For a moment, everyone in the tent fell silent.
They'd seen it clearly: Shen Tang wasn't joking.
Chief Clerk Yu said, "Does Lord Shen intend to use this opportunity to enter Ten Crows territory openly and stir up war from within? It's not impossible, but the commotion would be too great. Ten Crows would surely grow wary, and even Sovereign Zheng Qiao might become suspicious..."
If it were anyone else, that would be one thing...
But Shen Tang...
She carried the National Seal. If word of this got out, every side would spare no cost to seize it!
Shen Tang said, "Stir up civil unrest? I'm not planning to go that far yet. I only want to use this chance to find out what's happening in Ten Crows, so I can plan for the future. With Princess as a cover, there's less chance our party will be suspected."
Ten Crows prided itself on having completely bewitched Zheng Qiao.
They wouldn't suspect anything was wrong with the escort party.
As for stirring up civil unrest...
There wasn't enough time to pull it off.
Ten Crows' regime had already weathered its most unstable period, and tribes both large and small had begun attaching themselves to the Ten Crows royal court. It wouldn't be easy for outsiders to stir up trouble now. At present, all they could do was prepare as much as possible for the war to come, and, while they were at it—
solve the difficult problem Chief Clerk Yu and the others had set them.
Chief Clerk Yu said, "That won't be easy, either..."
Shen Tang remained composed, answering with effortless ease.
"Whether it's easy or hard depends on who's doing it."
Arrogant!
Incredibly arrogant!
But she had every right to be.
Chief Clerk Yu didn't pour cold water on