Dong Huiying retorted, "Then what exactly is your reason for doing this, Commander?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The Great Commander spoke in a hoarse voice, "Within the royal family, apart from the Eighth Princess, everyone else is already left without descendants!!"

Dong Huiying was clearly unprepared for this reason; she looked at the Great Commander in shock. "Left without descendants??"

The Great Commander painfully closed his eyes for a moment. "Back when Your Majesty was in trouble, I was outside, and by the time I rushed back to the Imperial City after hearing the news, Your Majesty had already fallen into a coma from poisoning and was even confined by the Eighth Princess."

"The only thing I could think of at that time was to take Your Majesty out of the Imperial Palace. Because, to me, the palace had already become a place of trouble, no longer a safe haven."

"I led Huang Qi and others to secretly infiltrate the palace and secretly escort Your Majesty out of the Capital. At that time, I wasn’t entirely sure of Your Majesty’s condition and thought it was merely poisoning; if the poison was removed, Your Majesty could wake up."

"It wasn’t until I realized, deep down, that it was possible Your Majesty might remain in a coma forever, never to awaken, that I considered perishing together with the Eighth Princess. But then I learned something."

"All the princesses met tragic ends, whether dead or injured, insane or ill, and in the end, only the Ninth Princess and Prince Meng remained. But both had fallen victim to the Eighth Princess. They could never have children of their own in this lifetime, so to leave a lineage for Your Majesty, I tolerated and even protected the Eighth Princess when you wanted to take action against her."

Recalling those past events, the Great Commander painfully closed his eyes.

"I was too slow to realize that, back when she schemed against Your Majesty, she had already laid her plans."

"Her move was specifically aimed at me, fearing my retaliation, and fearing that I would stop at nothing for Your Majesty to destroy her."

"Even though we Hidden Guards have always existed in the shadows, and even many people in the Capital had only heard stories, legends, and could never confirm our existence."

"The Eighth Princess back then, she was too meticulous; she had already thought of it, thought of it in advance."

"So she made a move to completely cut off the future, harming the Ninth Princess and Prince Meng so they could never reproduce, and she strangled all the offspring the former princesses had."

"In this way, she secured her safety, because I would never take action against her under such circumstances. After all, if even she were to die..." The royal lineage would indeed be completely ended.

Once there are no descendants, what future is there to speak of?

If it ever came to that, the reign of the Ji surname would no longer continue, and it would inevitably fall into the hands of others!

Dong Huiying felt a wave of disbelief, unable to recover his senses for a long time. "How could it be like this?"

Dong Huiying looked incredulous, for back in the Capital, when treating the Ninth Princess’s madness, she had checked the Ninth Princess’s pulse. And at that time, the Ninth Princess’s pulse... she hadn’t discovered any abnormalities in this regard?

Yun Ge was also stunned by this hidden truth, while the Great Commander smiled bitterly and said, "That’s why I have to protect him. I know you will be furious once you learn the truth, but I have no choice. It’s for the sake of this nation, this country, and for the Majesty whom I’ve sworn loyalty to!!"