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The Six Fan Sect harbored grievances against the Imperial Court. In truth, ever since the matter involving Su Xin, both the Six Fan Sect and the military had developed no small amount of resentment toward the Imperial Court.
After all, if the Imperial Court had not stirred up trouble back then and had been more magnanimous, how would they have torn all pretenses apart with Su Xin and left Great Zhou in such a mess?
Now, Great Zhou could be said to face endless troubles both within and without. The Golden Tent Khanate and Eastern Jin had already dispatched large armies to glare covetously across the borders, and the two sides had begun engaging in small-scale battles and clashes.
After this incident, Zhao Wunian and Xue Zhenyue were both in the Northern Frontier guarding against the Golden Tent Khanate, while Tie Ao should actually have been in Eastern Jin, guarding against Eastern Jin's forces.
It was only because Eastern Jin was somewhat less aggressive than the Golden Tent Khanate that Tie Ao had found time to return to Great Zhou and deal with the White Lotus Sect. He had not expected Ji Xuanyuan to still be shirking responsibility now.
Hearing Tie Ao's words, Ji Xuanyuan took a deep breath. He knew that he had been somewhat out of line, so he directly said to Tie Ao, "Lord Tie, my apologies. The matter of the White Lotus Sect came too suddenly, and I was somewhat anxious."
Before advancing to the True Martial Realm, Ji Xuanyuan had only devoted part of his energy to Great Zhou. Most of the rest of his time had been spent cultivating martial arts.
Only after Ji Xuanyuan took over all of Great Zhou's affairs did