Rong Tuidi arrived at the Small Council Chamber and found Empress Tantai Zijun already waiting there.
He hurriedly bowed to Empress Tantai Zijun. "Your Majesty, I apologize for keeping you waiting."
Empress Tantai Zijun still wore a stern expression. "Does your Military Department know about Marshal Xia Chujian's situation at the front?"
Rong Tuidi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, we just received a Secret Letter from Marshal Xia Chujian, along with a video."
"I came to the palace to request an audience precisely to discuss supplying Marshal Xia Chujian's Zhengnan Army with provisions."
Empress Tantai Zijun raised her brows. "...You received it too? Including the video? What sort of video was it?"
Rong Tuidi brought up a Virtual Display Screen and began playing the video Xia Chujian had sent to the Military Department's highest authority.
At a glance, Empress Tantai Zijun saw that it was identical to the video Xia Chujian had sent to her Attendant Room!
She narrowed her eyes. "Was this video not classified?"
Rong Tuidi froze. "...Why would this video need to be classified? Everything in it is about the post-battle situation..."
They had won a battle. Why keep it secret?
Rong Tuidi did not understand what Empress Tantai Zijun was worried about.
Empress Tantai Zijun's hand tightened beneath the wide sleeve of her dragon robe. She said unhappily, "This was a Secret Letter sent by Marshal Xia Chujian!"
"The video was part of the Secret Letter!"
"What level of confidentiality does a Secret Letter require? Don't tell me you, the Chief of Staff, don't know!"
Rong Tuidi came back to his senses and realized he might have made a procedural error.
He knew about the Hot Search caused by that video on the Star Net. He also knew that the video had most likely been leaked by