Chapter 930: Anti-Zhou Proclamation. Late at night.
Green Maple Valley.
Candlelight flickered in the Internal Affairs Hall.
Li Xuanyong sat before his desk.
Today, he had moved the thick pile of account books on it to one side.
Across the cleared desktop lay a three-foot length of gold-threaded silk.
He stared at the silk for a long time.
Then he rose.
Rolling up his sleeves, he began grinding ink.
Round and round.
The ink was ready.
He raised his head and gazed at the bright moon outside the window.
He thought back to more than twenty years ago.
He had been in this very room then, too.
But back then...
The family head had just died, and their old enemies watched like hungry tigers. He had lived in constant dread, unable to sleep each night, terrified that the moment he opened his eyes, disaster would engulf the Li Family.
Later, the family head had stepped forward.
More than twenty years had passed.
The Li Family, which had once trembled as though treading thin ice within the confines of a single county, had now come this far.
More than twenty years.
That boy, still a little green and immature back then...
Had now become the King of Chu, whose might shook the world.
He was even about to overthrow this decaying realm that had endured for six thousand years.
"Whew."
Li Xuanyong let out a long breath.
He reached out and picked up his brush.
The tip touched down.
Four characters appeared in the center of the gold-threaded silk.
"Anti-Zhou Proclamation"
The four large characters were bold and vigorous.
After writing those four characters...
He paused.
Then he dipped his brush in ink again.
And continued writing.
"The King of Chu of our Great Chu hereby proclaims to all beneath heaven,