8 Leading the reinforcement to Youzhou

Inside the grand golden hall, sitting on the dragon throne, The Emperor, Jiang Changyang read the evidence of King You's betrayal with his red eyes. After turning the last page, his fingers trembled in rage and he furiously threw the evidence book towards the court officials and pointed his trembling fingers towards it: "This is treachery. That dog Song not only betrayed the Empire, His Emperor but he even dream to lead the army to usurp the throne? Heh." The Emperor's eyes narrowed and his gaze turned sharp as he looked over the group of officials who had close ties Song Wanlei in the past.

The Emperor leaned against the throne, casually and asked, his tone lazy and eyes hooded: "Do you guys also have the same thought as him?" At the end of his question he even chuckled and raised his brows. His expressions flipping 180, as if the person who was trembling in rage just few moments was not him but an illusion.

'But that furious illusion was hundreds times better than this smiling emperor.' Thought those officials as they internally groaned for making friends with that dog Wanlei.

All officials immediately knelt down and sweared their loyalty towards the Emperor, denying their every ties with the fallen King You which got them only a snort from The Emperor.

Ignoring their dog like behavior, The Emperor instead turned towards his prime ministers and advisers for the solution of the problem at hand.

"Your Majesty. Since You army had already lost the three cities at You Pass and soldiers are falling day by day, if the reinforcement are not send as soon as possible, the situation is going to be worse than it is now. First, we need to send reinforcement and win the lost cities back, meanwhile we can continue to look into the evidence and the truth behind the King You's betrayal. Your Majesty shouldn't forget that evidence can be forged and the real mastermind can be still alive and waiting for us to fall into their trap." Left Prime Minister, Zhao Yujun advised the Emperor and at the same time he tried to remind him that what was in front of his eyes was not necessarily truth and the one who had fallen was not necessarily the betrayer.

Hearing his words, the trembling court instantly turned into uproar. The officials who were against the King You and wanted to seize this opportunity to rise in their rank or even eyeing the You King's throne, turned hostile against the Zhao Yujun's words. Zhao Yujun's rivals also got the opportunity to set a trap on him.

"What does Left prime minister wants to say? Does he mean by his words that he doesn't believe, it was Song Wanlei who betrayed his homeland and joined hands with the enemies instead it was general Lei Ting who was the one in cahoots with the northern barbarians and when caught, he killed the You King and framed him for his own deeds?" One of the official sharply questioned Zhao Yujun. It was the one who had a good relationship with the Lei family and he was also competing against Zhao Yujun for his position in the imperial Court.

"Eldest Master Di, it's not the first time you've been in this imperial court, have you? I'm sure, you've seen such cases where one commits crime and then frame others. King You had been guarding the North for more than a decade and fought against the northern barbarians countless times. I'm not saying that he surely wasn't the betrayer but investigating it for once to show our appreciation towards his loyalty, if, he was loyal, isn't that bad, right?" Zhao Yujun gave a gentle smile which didn't reach his eyes.

Di Yanli who was at the receiving was left speechless. When it put in this way, it did make some sense.

All those Lei supporters and those who wanted to throw remarks and question Zhao Yujun's intention, could only shut their mouth up and looked towards the dragon throne to see The Emperor's reaction.

For some reason, Emperor's cold aura had decreased a little bit but his fiery eyes were still blazing.

The Emperor narrowed his eyes at Zhao Yujun and raised his brows: "Since you have already said so much, I'm sure, you have also thought about the person who should be sent with the reinforcement." The Emperor didn't asked but made the statement, showing his trust in his loyal subordinate.

"Your Majesty, The Great Zhou Empire doesn't lack brave soldiers and capable generals to protect our Empire. Even this Golden hall is filled with our mighty and loyal generals who are capable of fighting against the northern barbarians and avenge our brave and loyal soldiers who had lost their lives while protecting our nation." Zhao Yujun didn't hesitate to sing praises for those who was always ready to kill or to be killed for the nation. The appreciation towards them could be seen in his sparkling eyes when he appreciated the efforts those soldiers put when they fight for the nation.

"But Your Majesty, since this matter is tricky and Enemy camp already have our secrets in their hands, sending a general who had been to north or had joined in a battle against those cruel barbarians is not feasible. This subordinate thinks, if we send a general who is capable and hadn't been to north before, would be more effective. Since we don't know who is the mastermind in this case, sending a general who didn't have any contact with any of them before this, seems more feasible to me." Zhao Yujun lowered his head head and replied to the Emperor's questions.

In his words, even though he hadn't pointed out any specific general's name but he had given a direction for others to think about.

Sure enough.

After hearing his words, the Emperor's eyes fell onto his loyal candidate for this misson: "General Wei, what do you think about leading the reinforcement to Youzhou?"

Inside the Duke Dinghai's mansion, three years old Wei Ning was running around and the maids appointed to look after her, were running behind her.

Wei Ning's child like laughter resonated throughout the Duke's mansion. Looking at the scene in front of her, Madam Wei's eyes were also filled with smiles.

Wei Ning was running with her short legs when she was suddenly lifted up in the air, making her head feel dizzy.

Wei Ning: "...."