Chapter 3989: Me, Lin Bai, Am I Going to Rebel?
The maid Chun Han brought Imperial Censor Yang Cheng's memorial and handed it to the Emperor Xiao.
The Emperor Xiao unfolded it and saw that it contained two items.
The first was the Ten-Thousand Names Petition.
It had been jointly submitted by Yang Cheng, the civil and military officials of the court, and tens of thousands of families within the imperial city. They hoped that the Emperor Xiao could make peace with the Central Sacred Nation and avoid plunging the realm into war.
The second was the construction of the Nation Protection Temple.
Yang Cheng said that building the Nation Protection Temple would give the ascetic monks a place to stay, thereby displaying the imperial bearing of the Divine Martial Nation and allowing His Majesty the Emperor Xiao's name to resound throughout the four seas.
As for the third item, it was not in the memorial. It had been added just now, after Chu Jiangliu saw the troops entering the palace hall.
The Emperor Xiao had not finished reading the memorial when the military officials below could no longer hold themselves back. One warrior immediately stepped forward, cupped his fists, and said, "Your Majesty, the Divine Martial Nation and the Central Sacred Nation are already as incompatible as fire and water. There is absolutely no chance of making peace. Lord Yang Cheng's words are undoubtedly telling us to surrender to the Central Sacred Nation."
"Your Majesty, King Chu has rendered outstanding service through years of toil. He has fought for the Divine Martial Nation for more than a decade and accumulated countless military merits. I beg Your Majesty to forgive King Chu!"
"Your Majesty, a group of ascetic monks has run rampant within the imperial city, disrupted our territory, wrecked