While others tread carefully even when exploiting a back door, she seemed ready to tear down the entire gate.
"Your Majesty!"
"This, this, how could this be possible!"
Gongsun Wu was flabbergasted. If they were to proceed in such a manner, wouldn't the whole Eastern Empire have to rely on their own defense?
"You!"
Gongsun Wu glared at Bailuo, her cheeks puffed up like a cute, spineless pufferfish.
"Don't underestimate my Eastern Empire," she said.
Ying Muyao was right to help, but she was also worried Bailuo wouldn't be able to break through: "Under my command are many talented individuals, and the number of unique and extraordinary figures is countless. Even if I were truly to lag behind, they would not be easy to deal with."
Those generals defending the city, the scholars and warriors in the court, each was no simple character.
"It's enough,"
said Bailuo. "If you say so, sister, and I still fail, I would have no face to ask you to return."