"The Prodigy of Qi shall defeat all prodigies under heaven."
This was the bold declaration Jiang Wang had once made before the Emperor of Qi.
At the time, the Emperor had intended to appoint Jiang Wang as Commander of the Northern Office. Jiang Wang refused, and the Emperor did not take offense, only asking, "How will you repay Us?"
Jiang Wang had answered with those very words.
Today, he had been enfeoffed as a marquis of three thousand households for military merit. Looking across the world, none among his peers could compare to him. One could say that he had already fulfilled that once-arrogant claim.
And on this journey, bearing the imperial tally as an envoy to the grasslands, he was precisely the face of Qi State.
Especially now, after Mu Kingdom had lost its great war against Jing Kingdom and contracted across the board into the Northern Domain. This grand ceremony at Cangtu Temple, where the Divine Crown would preach the doctrine and a new High Priestess would assume office, carried extraordinary significance.
The eyes of the entire world would fall upon the grasslands, awaiting the next move of the Empress of Mu Kingdom.
At such a moment, when wind and clouds converged, they absolutely could not lose the dignity of the eastern states.
Both Chongxuan Zun and Jiang Wang were excellent choices. Against any peer in the world, neither would fall short. But since the Emperor had personally designated Jiang Wang, Jiang Wang had to shoulder the responsibility.
The bearer of the tally was the official envoy of the Great Qi Empire, appointed by the Emperor himself and sent off by the imperial princess...
Jiang Wang's departure north from Hengyang Prefecture this time was a grand affair indeed.
Two hundred men had been specially drawn from the Heaven