Ashina Zhuxie listened and looked at them again, then silently withdrew his gaze.
Everyone around also stopped talking, only looking at him. At this moment, the torch in the hand of the nearby soldier flickered, its bright light revealing the exhaustion on his face.
It also illuminated a long, blood-red whip mark beneath his right ear.
Everyone was suddenly shocked: "Prince!?"
"..."
Ashina Zhuxie silently raised his hand, stopping them from speaking.
Just now in the King's Tent, Ashina Shali had questioned him about the fall of Taiyuan, even furiously wanting to punish him. Ashina Zhuxie strongly argued, saying the situation in Taiyuan was complex and couldn't be discussed briefly, but his troops hadn't arrived, and the enemy was already lying in ambush at Shouyang to trap him. Clearly, someone had leaked his movement, and it was likely someone from his own side!
