Ning Chen had been back in the capital for nearly ten days.

The plan to march on Xiangzhou at the ten-day mark was on hold for now.

So far it was only Ning Chen's guess that Kang Luo had brought an army to the eastern frontier and was waiting for him to walk into the net.

He had to wait for Xiao Yanxi's information to confirm it.

That day Ning Chen had just come back from paying his respects at Uncle Chai's grave.

The moment he was home, Xiao Yanxi heard and came hurrying over.

"Ning, dear, let's talk in the study."

Ning Chen's eyes lit up. Looked like she had news.

The two of them went to the study, and Ning Chen told the Ning'an Army soldiers on guard outside, "From now on, nobody disturbs us without this prince's order."

"Yes!"

Inside, they shut the door.

Xiao Yanxi lowered her voice. "Ning, dear, I've found out. It's just as you guessed. Kang Luo is putting on an act, to make it look like his hands are full.

The truth is, he reached the eastern frontier a month ago, and he brought a hundred and fifty thousand men with him.

Kang Luo kept it very quiet this time. He split the hundred and fifty thousand into three waves and sent them to the eastern frontier in secret, every man of them in eastern frontier army uniform.

As for the Kang Luo in Nanyue, he's a complete fake... And all that business about the brothers fighting each other is fake too."

Ning Chen's eyes narrowed. "That bastard really is a sneaky one."

Xiao Yanxi said, "Thank goodness you were sharp enough to sense something was off, Ning, dear... Otherwise, if you'd taken a hundred thousand men to the eastern frontier, you'd probably have taken a beating.

This Kang Luo is a crafty one. But one of his conditions for working with Zhang Tianlun this time was getting Kang Xiao out. Those two brothers must be really close."

Ning Chen rubbed his hands together, a little excited.

"None of that matters. What…