After Gu Beisheng fell in battle, I took his place as the new Marquis of Zhenbei. Everyone thought I was unworthy of the title. Some even wished I had died in his place. But they didn’t know that victory had left me utterly exhausted, poisoned, and with little time left to live. Just as I was clinging to life, the Lord of Wuan they had all been longing for returned alive.
