After news of His Yin's death passed through the capital, everyone became more afraid of the Noble Consort's family and even kept their distance from them, except the military officials whom had worked for Zhan Yanhui's father. When he was asked to comment about the matter, all he said was. "My daughter is not a heartless person at all. Whatever she did, she must have her most deepest reasons."
When he went to court and caught up people whispering and staring at them, he pretended not to see them and instead raised his head up with pride. If he was just like them, he would have found all this a little overwhelming indeed but he refused to cave into pressure at the court meeting.
He heard the emperor say to his eunuch. "Let's move on to the next topic and summon the general of the South, the one who had always defended our sea trades diligently."
Zhu Bo nodded and announced across the hall. "Summon General Teng Cheng, the General of the South!"