The struggle for power between the Wei Kingdom's royal sister and brother threw the Wei Kingdom into internal chaos, shocking the world!
At least, that was how outsiders saw it at first—that the conflict had been caused by the siblings' struggle for power.
Xuanwei's slaughter of the Wei Kingdom's imperial harem sent an even stronger message both within and beyond Wei: the ruler of Wei could no longer restrain her. She had formally taken control of the Wei Kingdom and secured the support of its three major sects.
As more details gradually came to light, coupled with the Jin Kingdom's timely massing of its tiger-and-wolf army, the various states realized that the Wei Kingdom's internal turmoil was the Jin Kingdom's doing. The Jin Kingdom, which had long kept the other states wary, had finally bared its savage fangs again.
This time, however, the Jin Kingdom's approach differed from its usual forceful style of conquest. It first used cunning means to throw the Wei Kingdom into disarray, then sent its army charging straight in!
Mist Bureau spies sent several reports a day on the movements of the Jin Kingdom's army, putting the Wei Kingdom on edge.
Xuanwei immediately moved to soothe the military, declaring that everything before had been a Jin Kingdom conspiracy. So long as they united against the enemy, none of the previous matters would be pursued. She urgently ordered the army to prepare for war.
Yet Nan Renyu's death, along with the deaths of several capable Wei Kingdom generals, had ultimately dealt an irreparable and enormous blow to the Wei Kingdom military's fighting strength. Emergency promotions to fill the vacancies brought a tangle of immense problems in every direction.
Xuanwei was skilled at governing a state, but that did not mean she was skilled at commanding armies in