At the same time, the vermilion gate slowly opened.
These advisors suddenly remembered that the King of Chu had summoned them urgently today because he had important matters to discuss.
And this important matter is probably Bai Jiwu's arrest and Lu Muchen's take over the Mobei Army!
As the butler slowly descended the stairs, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.
Oh no! Bad news has come from the northern desert: His Highness the King of Chu is going crazy again!
Butler Mu looked at everyone and said with a forced smile, "How long have you gentlemen been here? Why don't you go in?"
Chief Secretary Ling gave the other staff members a wink, and they all smiled awkwardly before slowly following Steward Mu into the room.
As expected, the council chamber was in a complete mess once again.
It just so happened that the weather in the Jiangnan region was pleasant during this time, so Steward Mu simply had the pavilion prepared and arranged for the prince and his advisors to hold a meeting in the pavilion in the garden.
The King of Chu was holding a cup of wine, drinking it sip by sip, his eyes already somewhat glazed. Seeing that Chief Secretary Ling and the others had arrived late, he slowly stood up.
As Chief Secretary Ling and the others lifted the pavilion curtain and entered, King Chu suddenly smashed his cup and pointed at Chief Secretary Ling, cursing, "Does my word no longer carry weight? I told you to come and discuss matters, yet you dare to delay again and again. Do you want to come back tomorrow?"
Knowing they were in the wrong, Chief Secretary Ling and the others didn't utter a word of explanation and quickly knelt down, saying, "Please punish us, Your Highness!"
"Punishment my ass!"
The successive defeats had driven the King of Chu to the brink of madness; he felt nothing but frustration and wanted to vent his anger.
Recently, the servants in the manor have been working in a state of constant fear, afraid that if they make even the slightest mistake, they will be caught by His Highness Prince Chu and become his punching bag.
During this period, the King of Chu had already killed several servants.
In the hearts of the imperial nobles, the lives of these servants were nothing. If they were beaten to death, they would simply be wrapped in straw mats and thrown into a mass grave. No one would seek justice for them.
Therefore, when Butler Mu learned that the King of Chu was going to summon Chief Secretary Ling and others, he breathed a sigh of relief.
There was nothing he could do; the King of Chu was so enraged that even the Queen couldn't contain him. Sooner or later, he, the steward, would also be beaten to death by the King of Chu.
After seeing Chief Secretary Ling and the others kneel down, Steward Mu quickly led his servants to retreat behind the moon gate, hoping that the King of Chu would not implicate them when he got angry.
At this moment, the King of Chu really didn't have the extra energy to care about Steward Mu and the others. Without thinking, he stepped forward and kicked Chief Secretary Ling to the ground: "So much time has passed, what results have you found when I asked you to investigate Xiao Liu's matter?"
Chief Secretary Ling quickly got up, knelt down again, and kowtowed heavily to the ground: "Your subject suspects..."
Before he could finish speaking, the enraged King of Chu kicked him again.
This time, Ling Changshi tumbled down the steps, rolled several times on the ground, and almost fell into the pool.
The other staff members immediately felt a sense of unease, like a rabbit being killed after its hunt.
They were the ones King Chu spent a lot of money and gave generous gifts to win over with his sincerity, and they were invited to assist him. They were not the servants who had signed indentures and could be beaten and scolded at will!
But now, let's see how the King of Chu treats Chief Secretary Ling. How are they any different from those servants?
No matter how sorrowful they felt, not one of them dared to speak at this moment.
Ling Changshi was so dizzy and weak from the fall that he could barely get up and kneel down again.
Before he could even utter a word, he spat out a mouthful of blood: "Your Majesty, I have investigated thoroughly. The advisors around Prince Wen are the same advisors Your Majesty used when you were still the Crown Prince. I suspect that the Northern Desert is now under Your Majesty's control."
"Do you need to say these things?"
The King of Chu grabbed a wine pot and smashed it at Chief Secretary Ling, hitting him squarely on the head.
With a crisp cracking sound, the wine flowed down with the blood. For a moment, Ling Changshi experienced severe tinnitus, and his vision went black, unable to see anything.
He shook his head slightly, and his blurred vision and tinnitus improved somewhat.
But the King of Chu clearly had no intention of letting him off so easily. Standing on the steps, he continued to berate him: "The Northern Desert Army is now under Lu Muchen's control. What's the use of you talking about the identities of those advisors?"
"Am I a fool? Can't I see that the Northern Desert is now under Gu Yuchen's control?"
Perhaps because of the further destruction, the King of Chu's raging anger finally subsided somewhat: "I really don't know what you people are doing, giving you so much money every month."
"You guys spent so long investigating the identities of the people around Xiao Liu before you finally found out."
"At this rate of efficiency, what important matters can I possibly be thinking about? I might as well wash my neck, lie in bed, and wait for Gu Yuchen to come and kill me!"
Apart from Chief Secretary Ling, who was in a daze and unable to speak, the other staff members hurriedly pledged their loyalty: "Your Highness, please forgive us!"
Because of his injury, Ling Changshi's reaction was much slower than usual.
Listening to the King of Chu's sarcastic remarks, it took him a long time to come to his senses and try to defend himself, but unexpectedly he spat out another mouthful of blood.
For some reason, Chief Secretary Ling had a feeling that he was going to die here.
The identities of the advisors around Prince Wen were indeed very mysterious. If the emperor hadn't agreed to send their families to the northern desert, he wouldn't have known their identities.
However, regardless of the circumstances, they were already at a disadvantage from the start because they failed to notice something was wrong when Li Yanping came to report on the Wen family business.
One slow step leads to another, causing them to completely lose control of the northern desert.
Ling Changshi's mind was in a mess, and the dizziness was getting worse. He wanted to look up at the King of Chu, but his head was so heavy that he couldn't lift it up at all.
At this moment, the King of Chu pointed at the other advisors and said, "Now tell me, what are your thoughts on the northern desert?"
The other staff members had no idea what to say.
They weren't fools; they naturally knew that Lu Muchen had gone to the Northern Desert Army, so those of them who remained in the Northern Desert Army would either betray them or be purged.
Unless Lu Muchen dies, this situation will absolutely not change!
Seeing that these people had fallen silent again, the King of Chu's anger surged up once more: "A bunch of fools, you actually expect me to come up with a solution!"
He stepped forward and kicked each of them to the ground, then turned to Chief Secretary Ling: "Chief Secretary Ling, quickly contact Jiang Ningqi and ask him what's going on over there? And..."
Ling Changshi trembled slightly, feeling the King of Chu's voice growing ever more distant.
And what else?
He could no longer hear clearly, then his body slumped, and he fainted...
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