Once he decides on what to do next, Bai Long asked his women to collect as much information about the Zhu Kingdom as possible, and began carefully studying them to try and understand as much of it as possible.
Cao Ning, on the other hand, was in the process of easing the tension and fears of the prominent clans inside the Bai Kingdom, by using Yailing who was the current head of the Zheng Clan.
After which, she planned on getting rid of everyone whom she suspected to be a spy working for the other Kingdoms.
Linxin and Zhenya, however, were considerably much freer, and only had to double check the reports Linxin's slaves brought her before giving it to the even more free Bai Long.
Reading through the books and books of information, which was collected by all the spies who had managed to infiltrate the Zhu Kingdom, Bai Long came to a conclusion that their military strength wasn't much higher than the Bai Kingdom's.
