After Little Zhongzi left, Duke of Jingguo held Lu Zhiling's letter and read it over and over, afraid of misreading a single word. The Duchess of Jingguo leaned over next to her husband and together they read the letter several times.
It was not until they could recite the letter from memory that the couple truly believed two things: one was that Lu Zhiling had indeed sworn a brother-sister oath with Hua Yan, and the other was that the Crown Prince had truly entrusted the command of a million troops to Lu Zhiling.
If word of these two significant events were to spread, they would surely shock all under the heavens.
Who could have imagined that Lu Zhiling, the Princely Heir of the Duke Residence, who had never seemed particularly outstanding, would have such a turn of fortune? Not only did he become the sworn brother of the Crown Princess Consort but also a great general commanding a million soldiers in the Southwest Territory.
