It was not exactly taking his anger out on Shao Pingbo; Artifact Cloud Sect had simply made him feel rather miserable.
What Blackwater Bureau? What powerful intelligence agency? It had all been cursed as dog shit. Artifact Cloud Sect had said that if it were not for the inadequate intelligence he had provided, could something like this have happened? Surely his intelligence network had failed to obtain the full details, causing the sect to make a mistaken judgment.
Taishu Xiong was utterly speechless. Where was he supposed to argue this logic?
He had warned them from the beginning that an Imperial Palace was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and accidents could easily happen there. How could it possibly be so easy to strike? But the Sect Master would not listen and insisted on seeking that windfall. Now that something had gone wrong, it had become his fault. Yet explanations were useless in such matters, and it was not convenient to argue. He could only grit his teeth and take it.
But when would it end? He had just received another thorough scolding. Being emperor was truly stifling.
Three Supreme Elders were gone. This was no small matter; to Artifact Cloud Sect, it was a catastrophe. If he could not give them an explanation, this matter would not be allowed to pass so easily.
Taishu Xiong wanted to create some major event to divert Artifact Cloud Sect's attention. Once Jin and Wei Kingdom went to war, Artifact Cloud Sect would naturally have to set this matter aside for the time being.
Though Shao Pingbo did not know what had put the other man in such a temper, he guessed that something must have happened.
The emperor had already put it so plainly. What else could he do while living