Forensic Imperial Concubine

Rolando launched fierce attacks against the forces of Bright Dynasty stationed at the Dragon Pass continuously for many days and nights that Shawn started to grow exhausted in dealing with them. Shawn decided to wait for them to get tired or run out of supplies, but it seemed like it would not happen, as the morale of the soldiers from the Great Jade Kingdom were at an all-time high, mainly because their emperor was fighting alongside them.

"General, with the Great Jade Kingdom continuously attacking us, I'm afraid our surviving men will die of exhaustion, not of war violence," the deputy general said with great anxiety.

Shawn couldn't be more aware of that. Furthermore, he had already tried to manage what he had: he divided his soldiers into three teams and ordered them to fight on the battlefield alternately. But even so, they still couldn't stand the violent attacks from Rolando's army. They were going to die if the attacks didn't stop.

"General! General! General!" one guard called out as he hurried upstairs. "The reinforcements are here!"

"Reinforcements are here!" All of them breathed a collective sigh of relief. "How many soldiers came?" Shawn asked.

"Well—two..." the messenger replied gingerly. He was telling the truth, though—only two people came. And out of the two, one was a frail scholar, who seemed like he would fall unconscious out of the blue at any time. Such reinforcements were no use to them!

The tone of the deputy general turned from pleasant surprise to unmatched horror. "Wait, I might have heard you wrong. Can you repeat what you just said? How many reinforcements came?"

"Two."

nerves down. "Is His Majesty crazy or what? Did he really send two people as our support? Doesn't he know that we are fighting against Emperor

are they? Did you recognize any of them?" Shawn asked curiously. He was sure that his emperor knew that Dragon Pass was in great danger, so even though only two people came, he felt that they couldn't not be underestimated. Somehow, somewhere deep inside him, he knew who

he was. He just asked me to give this note to the general." The messenger promptly gave the note to

it at once and read it carefully. Suddenly, a bemused smile appeared on his face. "I didn't expect that he would really come. Now, we need not worry. With him around, we'll defend this

General, who came?" the deputy general asked

"Prime Minister Zack Bu."

and soon, his previously troubled visage outwardly became relieved. Zack was an equivalent of a thousand—if not more—soldiers, and his presence alone could up their morale at an all-time high. Shawn also revealed what was in the letter, saying: "General Maxwell will arrive soon with a hundred thousand soldiers. Zack is asking us to

be something like the explosives Shawn used a while back. He then immediately barked an order, saying, "Jonny, lead a

"Yes, deputy general."

now commanding the Great Jade Kingdom's army towards the city gates in an attempt to better organize their attacks against Bright Dynasty. His emperor was right—the number of explosives Shawn had was limited, and it seemed

happening on the other side of Dragon Pass," Benjamin Wu's

of miles away. We have already sent people to stop them. There is no way they'd

Matthew back here, in Dragon Pass?" the counsellor deduced. He was a very cautious man, and Rolando appreciated that. Because of that, Rolando ordered him to stay with Benjamin Wu to lend him his counsel as he was a keen observer and had the ability to

isn't exactly Matthew's move," Benjamin Wu responded. He clearly knew why his enemies were on the defense, stubbornly refusing to have a head-on fight against them: they wanted to buy more time for their reinforcements. Though he, too, noticed that the enemy soldiers seemed to be acting more confident abruptly, he believed that