Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

Bai Xue thought for a moment, then whispered, "I’ll tell you, but you mustn’t spread it around, it’s a secret."

"You know I keep a tight lid on things," Feng Qingxue responded. She had only asked Bai Xue because she couldn’t find anyone else to question for details, having little hope that Bai Xue would know anything. Yet, to her surprise, Bai Xue actually did have some news.

Bai Xue whispered, "Our new commander has become the laughingstock; he’s lost face massively and now Lu Jiang has to come back and clean up the mess!"

Feng Qingxue was taken aback, "What happened?"

She remembered that many had said Hen Xiangqian was somewhat selfish, but his military abilities were unimpeachable.

"The specifics, Old Su said it was confidential and didn’t tell me. No matter how I tried, he wouldn’t spill a thing!" Bai Xue recalled seriously for a moment, then continued, "I just remember that the atmosphere in May within the troops was tense, everyone wore grave expressions. There were private discussions suggesting it was due to some blunder in Commander Hen’s strategy, apparently a conflict with someone, maybe the Tibetan army or the local bandits. It was quite a mess, so they called back Lieutenant General Lu. When he returned within three or four days, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone had thought that Lieutenant General Lu might take the train back, but by then, nobody knew what the situation would be."

Bai Xue was vague, and Feng Qingxue couldn’t guess the details, so she could only say, "As long as Lu Jiang didn’t arrive too late and managed to control the situation, that’s good. Since the higher-ups don’t want us to know, let’s just play deaf and dumb."