People really did laugh when they were utterly speechless.
"What did you just say Cui Zhishan is doing right now?"
A high official's residence in the hall of Qi Country's royal capital.
Had any former Qi official been there, they would have recognized everyone present as former colleagues. Their ranks were not necessarily high, but they shared one trait: they all hailed from lineages and had maintained close private ties with Cui Zhi, advancing and retreating together.
They had all regarded Cui Zhi as the leading patriarch of the lineages. Who could have expected that, at the crucial moment, the leading patriarch would toy with them all?
This had to be traced back to two hours earlier.
The royal capital had opened its gates and surrendered, and Shen Tang had taken up residence in the royal court.
She had been so warmhearted as to give them a grand gift as soon as she arrived.
The moment they opened the gift, cold sweat broke out all over them.
They had no idea how such a deadly thing had fallen into Shen Tang's hands, let alone why she had treated it as a "gift" and sent it to them as a show of dominance. Interrogations and screenings had failed to uncover the mole. With no other choice, they had wanted to consult Cui Zhi and see what move they should make next.
They had no choice but to panic.
It was not even dark yet, but all eight gates of the royal capital had been locked.
Don't ask. If you did, the answer was that this was when curfew began in Kang Country's royal capital! Still, anyone with eyes could tell that they were preparing to shut the door and beat the dogs inside—to surround them and slaughter them! Who were they