Chapter 846: Betrayal
It was rumored that the people of the Valley of Heavenly Secrets had the ability to assist the emperor. Their strategies and methods could not be underestimated. It was definitely not as simple as using poison. Unfortunately, they had learned about their true goal too late.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the palace.
When the urgent report from the border returned, Xuanyuan Qi immediately summoned the ministers of the imperial court to the imperial study for a meeting.
Seeing Song Jingchen enter, the atmosphere in the imperial study was a little strange.
"Greetings, Your Majesty of the Xuanyuan Kingdom." Song Jingchen cupped his hands.
He called himself an external minister, which meant that he was standing here as an envoy of Great Xia and not as a prince consort from the Xuanyuan Imperial family.
"Rise." Xuanyuan Qi waved his hand and looked at a minister kneeling below. "Continue."
The minister who was called out paused and glanced at Song Jingchen. He braced himself and said, "Your Majesty, the messenger said that the Wu Kingdom’s army has powerful weapons in their hands. Now that they’ve occupied Lin’an City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if we snatch it back in the end, we’ll definitely suffer heavy casualties. I think the reason why the Wu Kingdom violated the border is because they don’t want us to participate in their matters with Great Xia. As long as we..."