Even His Majesty Had to Stay and Defend the City with You

An ugly daughter-in-law had to meet her parents-in-law eventually. This could not be concealed; however hard it was to say, it still had to be said.

Yet the consequences of saying it aloud were rather terrifying to everyone present.

Shang Jianxiong's eyes widened. Shang Yongzhong stood stunned, and Tian Yu was dumbfounded.

Gao Jiancheng remained expressionless, but his heart gave a jolt as well. He was one of the few somewhat prepared for this, since Niu Youdao had previously raised the question of whether to kill them, and he knew Niu Youdao had considered slaughtering the prisoners. Even so, he could not help sighing inwardly. It seemed Niu Youdao had still resolved to kill those captives. What kind of mess is this?

He did not know that killing the prisoners was purely Meng Shanming's personal decision, and assumed it was Niu Youdao's intent.

Tong Mo was visibly dumbstruck. Then he cried out, "Sect Master Meng, what do you mean by that?"

Meng Xuan said, "There has been a slight twist in this matter. Meng Shanming insists on killing the prisoners."

Tong Mo said furiously, "Why have the three great sects not stopped him? Are they really incapable of stopping him?"

He could not accept this reality. He had poured no small amount of effort into these negotiations. Song Kingdom had opened its maw like a lion, and one of its conditions for withdrawing its troops was that Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming be handed over to Song Kingdom—or killed.

Naturally, Tong Mo would have loved nothing more than to eliminate those two scourges. But at a time like this, even if he wanted to, he was powerless. Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming were beyond the Imperial Court's control, and moreover, they could not afford to provoke those two now. Thus,