Lu Lingfeng and Su Wuming solve the case at Xingqing Palace, only to be demoted instead of promoted.
Sent north to Youzhou, a strategic stronghold, Lu Lingfeng becomes a complete pawn after the princess stages a coup.
Eunuchs gaze out from the imperial city, while the cast-off pawn guards the frontier!
The timeline may be a little off. Please bear with me.
“Lu Lingfeng, it’s been ages since you came to see me. How many chickens did you bring this time?”
“Old Fei... it’s me, Xue Huan!”
“Yingtao, when I’m on my deathbed, you must take me to Luoyang. My mentor is buried there. Bury me beside him.”
“My dear Lu, I, Pei Xijun, have no regrets in this life. Go and fight the enemy. Don’t let me distract you.”
“My ancestors were all famous generals. Born in the glorious age of the Tang, I too will become a great Tang general!”
“The Lu clan of Fanyang is nothing special. Their name will not be sung down through the ages.”
“Born among the outlaws of the martial world, and dying among them too. Such is fate, such is destiny.”
