Shang Xiye pretended not to see Wuying's pitiful, abandoned dog-like eyes.
Wuhen covered her mouth and chuckled as she followed Shang Xiye.
Wuying pouted, turned to look at the scout again, and found him increasingly displeasing. A surge of anger rose within him: "Where do you live? Give me your address!"
Only after Shang Xiye left did the prefect dare to sit down. He picked up his cup to drink some tea to moisten his throat when he suddenly heard Wuying's roar. He was so startled that he almost dropped the teacup.
The scout shuddered in fright: "..."
Why did this guy suddenly change his expression like that?
Was there something wrong with what he said?
Meanwhile, Shang Dongyang waited in the palace for more than half a month, but not only did the Ninth Prince and Princess Chonghe not return, but even the scouts he sent to deliver the imperial edict did not come back.
Send someone down there to investigate:
Good heavens!
The scout's family members were also nowhere to be seen!
The emperor sent out a task, and yet someone in the whole world dared to disobey the imperial decree and run away with their belongings. This is something that Shang Dongyang has never heard of before, not even in any dynasty or era!
That's absolutely ridiculous!
If it weren't for saving face, Shang Dongyang would have fainted from anger.
Shang Dongyang refused to believe in such superstitions and wrote several more imperial edicts, sending several people to Cangzhou to deliver them.
It took a month or two of back and forth.
Without exception, the scouts and the imperial edict disappeared without a trace, and some even vanished without a trace along with their servants!
The Ninth Prince and Princess Chonghe acted as if they had never received these imperial edicts, showing no reaction whatsoever!
If Shang Dongyang still doesn't realize that the Ninth Prince is behind all this now, then he's truly an idiot.
Shang Dongyang, who had been enjoying everything since ascending the throne, was so angry that he was almost driven mad.
All the soldiers under heaven belong to the king;
Under heaven, all are subjects of the king.
As the emperor of a great dynasty, he would never allow anyone within the Great Zhao territory to openly disregard him!
He dared not go to Cangzhou to cause trouble for the Ninth Prince himself, but he had so many ministers under him!
So early that morning, Shang Dongyang decided to send troops to Cangzhou to punish the Ninth Prince and bring him and the Princess Chonghe to the capital for questioning, citing the reason that "the new emperor has ascended the throne, but the Ninth Prince and the Princess Chonghe have not come to the capital to pay their respects, which shows disrespect for the new emperor."
All the civil and military officials: "..."
Even though the late emperor was so wary of the Ninth Prince, he never dared to openly say that he wanted to kill him.
You must have forgotten that the Ninth Prince was invincible in every battle and never lost a single battle, earning him the title of God of War;
The army under the Ninth Prince was the most elite and powerful army in the Great Zhao Dynasty.
It is said that they still possess the late emperor's edict.
You should be grateful if they don't rebel; why would you take the initiative to raise an army to attack them?
You probably just got a throne and got all cocky, thinking you can get everything by lying down.
The veteran generals in command remained silent.
The entire court was silent.
Seeing that all the civil and military officials were cowering like quails with their heads folded and arms crossed, acting as if it were none of their business, Shang Dongyang's anger flared even more. He directly addressed them, saying, "Lord Yuan, I have long heard that your soldiers are brave and skilled in battle. You will be in charge of this expedition to Cangzhou. Go and capture that traitor. When you return to court, I will reward you handsomely!"
Yuan Zhouhan silently weighed the Dark Knight's token in his sleeve, rolled his eyes inwardly, and stepped forward with his hands behind his back, saying, "Your Majesty, our ancestor once decreed that the Yuan family had served the country with utmost loyalty, resulting in the decline of their descendants and the near extinction of their bloodline. Therefore, as long as the Yuan family's descendants do not prosper, the descendants of the Yuan family will not be allowed to go to the battlefield."
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