"I have completed the task you entrusted to me, but the two women interfered. The matter of the Fledgling is now for you to decide."
"I have discovered that the two women are using their family's wealth to establish a Mutual Market with the Mountain Race, hoping to cover the shortfall in funds and provisions for the Dingyuan Army. I need your help in this matter."
Chen Yi looked at the two sentences on the Yunsong Paper, which lacked any context.
Still, he was able to glean a few pieces of information from them.
First, this wasn't an intelligence report being sent up or down a chain of command, but clearly a correspondence between two people of equal status.
'Second, Xiao Dongchen once did something for the other party, something concerning the Fledgling... which is to say, concerning me.'
'Third, Xiao Dongchen, or rather the Hidden Guard, is also targeting the Xiao Family. They don't want the family to cover the shortfall in the Dingyuan Army's funds and provisions.'
