Constable Jian looked around again. Fortunately, they were at the entrance of an alley and no one was walking this way.
He lowered his voice even more. "There's no harm in telling you. You'll find out sooner or later anyway. Let me tell you, our lord dares to be so unyielding because a higher-ranking person came to the city and directly suppressed Marquis Pingnan."
Someone with a higher status?
"Who?"
"Duke Dingguo."
Shao Qingyuan and Gu Yundong were stunned. They were a little surprised. "The Old Duke is here too?"
The Duke Dingguo's family status in the capital was not something a mere Marquis of Pingnan could compare to.
The old duke was even more famous for his outstanding military achievements when he was young.
However, when the late emperor was still around, such results had clearly become superior to him, causing the emperor to be afraid.
