Second day, Imperial Court Meeting!
As usual, the defeat reports arrived. As usual, two fewer officials were present. As usual, troubles came one after another. Yet the assembled ministers all noticed one thing: Purple Chen Prince, the Prime Minister, and the Great General suddenly seemed different.
How were they different? The ministers could not say, but they all felt that the three men's gazes had grown sharper, as though their resolve toward Great Zheng had become firmer.
Perhaps it was only a feeling, but that feeling seemed contagious, replacing the ministers' originally tragic determination with a surge of steadfastness.
After the Imperial Court Meeting, Purple Chen Prince unexpectedly invited the Prime Minister and the Great General to a banquet together. In the past, Lin Xiao was always rushing back and forth among the Imperial Guards and had no free time at all. He almost never attended banquets, yet this time he accepted without hesitation. Shui Jing had also usually been buried in official business and would not normally attend Shui Wuhen's banquets, mainly because he felt stifled inside. But now, he too agreed without the slightest hesitation.
The banquet of Great Zheng's three giants displayed an air of sharing a common enemy, giving all the ministers greater confidence.
Minister of War Lang Zhen, along with a group of people harboring ulterior motives, watched this scene in slight astonishment.
"My lord?" one of the men from the Ministry of War looked at Lang Zhen.
"Something's wrong. Something is very wrong!" Lang Zhen said with a furrowed brow.
Which official capable of standing within Eternal Life Hall was a simple character? Leaving aside his character, the fact that Lang Zhen could drive Lin Xiao into irritation and agitation was proof enough of his ability.
Lang Zhen sensed that something was amiss and