Gu Yun sat motionless at the table for a moment, then unconsciously grasped the string of beads left to him by the former emperor — it was quite strange, Gu Yun had been on the border for a long time and often traveled around, collision in his daily life was unavoidable. The thread had been broken several times, but every time without fail, he was able to recover it without exception. Up to now, the thread had been changed three times, but not one bead had gone missing, quietly gathering a cool layer of water vapor, wrapping around his wrist bone.

... As if the man who loved him and harmed him truly always watched over him.

Gu Yun was touched by the wooden beads and finally returned to his mind.

He did not make a fuss, taking out the emergency liuli glass from his chest and put it on, then bent his fingers and knocked gently on the medicine bowl, breaking it. Gu Yun gathered the broken fragments and swept them into the corner of the wall. He turned around and sat down, writing a report and an order with his face unchanging then sent someone to deliver the letters.

Yao Zhen followed the messenger inside just in time. As he raised his eyes and saw the lens on Gu Yun's face, he wondered, "Why, has Marshal not taken the medicine yet?"

Gu Yun was very fluent with lip-reading now, as if nothing happened, he replied: "I was careless and dropped the bowl — forget it, no need to boil another. Don't worry, even if I'm completely blind, I can still clean up these foreigners."

Yao Zhen glanced at the broken porcelain pieces in the corner of the wall. He kept having the feeling that something might have happened, but even after thinking for a long while, he was still unable to figure it out. He said to Gu Yun instead, "We had an accident here, I'm afraid the capital will undergo changes again."

Gu Yun made an ‘Mm’ sound in response and said: "I'd like to ask brother Chong Ze to send an urgent call to Jiangbei and ask Shen Ji Ping to come here. I need to adjust the deployment of the four regions, and Chen..."

As he said the word ‘Chen’, he suddenly went quiet. Yao Zhen asked curiously, "who?"

"No one." Gu Yun shook his head. "Go."

Chang Geng's Bone of Impurity was still relying on Chen Qing Xu. He did not wish to disturb her.

In the evening of the same day, the emergency war report arrived in the capital. Li Feng sent people to the Hu Guo Temple overnight to retrieve Chang Geng. Once again, the whole Western Warm Pavilion was full of important officials of the court.