Deng Xiu and the others traveled swiftly and soon arrived at the Imperial Palace.
The Five Kings of Baiyue bowed their heads, meek and submissive.
"Useless. Absolutely useless."
Zi Shou was in a foul mood. He had seen useless people before, but never anyone this useless.
Deng Xiu was useless too, always falling into ambushes, but at least he never dragged anyone else down. Tai Luan had escaped every time.
These Five Kings of Baiyue were even worse than Deng Xiu. Whenever they were captured, all five came as a neatly packaged set.
"What? You aren't happy with me calling you useless?"
The more Zi Shou thought about it, the angrier and more aggrieved he became.
The Five Kings of Baiyue said nothing under this barrage of insults. They really were useless.
Their perfectly planned scheme of bait and ambush had been ruined by a bunch of who-knew-what, who had even turned the ambush back on them and captured them all alive.
What could they do? It wasn't as though they had wanted this!
Zi Shou hefted the Heavenly Mandate Sword that Deng Xiu had just presented to him. "So this is the Heavenly Mandate Sword? Whoever holds it is the lord of Baiyue?"
The King of Nanyue said fawningly, "This sword was forged from the Overseas Cold Sword. It can sever a hair blown against its edge, and its blade measures three feet and three inches. The first Hung King wielded this sword to unite Baiyue, and it has always symbolized the lord of Baiyue. With this sword in Your Majesty's hand, you are the heaven-appointed lord of Baiyue!"
There was no limit to his shameless flattery. In any case, no one knew they were in the palace right now. As long as they licked King Zhou's boots until