Chapter 239 - 222 Ranger_2
Not to mention the civil and military officials, even the Empress Dowager and the Great General wouldn’t agree, right? What a suicidal move! Truly sending troops to the South, inviting the Stone Dragon to charge in?
Thus, the current situation across the land grows increasingly chaotic, the court’s situation also becomes more turbulent. The Great General, finally having seized control of court affairs, becomes ever more cautious, not daring to leave the capital on his own accord. Naturally, the agenda painstakingly reached by the Three Constellations now has to be scrapped and started anew.
Hence, the debate over whether to attack the South first and then the North, or the North first and then the South, or if the Old Immortal Palace is invincible and can wage war on two fronts without issue, is now at fever pitch in the Taiwei Constellation.
In such a scenario, what does it matter if three dogs died and a fire burned dozens of old eunuchs to death?
In the end, it was the Inspector General Si Li who suffered great misfortune. After all, it was his duty to maintain order within the Imperial City, yet he failed in this task. And to make matters worse, he was seated solitary, unable to escape from being the target of everyone’s frustration. The Three Ministers, Nine Ministers, and the Great General took turns berating him, raining down a torrent of abuse on him, until he was finally fired, left with nothing but a dog’s blood mishap...
Tsk, after all that effort, they only managed to oust one Inspector General Si Li. The disruption wasn’t potent enough...
It seems playing house isn’t much fun, more effort needs to be put in, some big events need to be stirred up...
"Where is the envoy sent by Marquis Zhongshan the rebel staying?"
Tie Dan queried, instantly silencing everyone, all casting glances at him, clearly recognizing who was an unfamiliar outsider.
Tie Dan chuckled and said,