Koala Reads

"The imperial edict from Empress Dowager Kang ordered him to set off tonight. Naturally, there was not a moment to be wasted."

"Xiao Jingnan nodded and said, "Understood.""

"Then he turned to Li Wanming and said, "Father already knows the content of the imperial edict, but he was afraid Mother Concubine would worry, so he didn't tell her. Father will feign that his leg ailment has worsened and will ask Mother Concubine to go with him to the suburban villa for recuperation tomorrow, thus hiding the fact of my departure for the war.""