Evidence?
As Jing Hongchen's words rang out, everyone stopped arguing and turned their eyes to his hand.
"Dean, is this really true?"
Had Crown Prince Xu Tianran not been disabled, he would already have been unable to stay in his seat.
"Of course."
Jing Hongchen answered without hesitation, "Your Highness need only examine them to judge whether they are genuine."
As he spoke, he walked over to Xu Tianran and placed the letters and seal before him.
Sharp breaths were drawn.
Could it really be true?
Everyone wore a complicated expression.
They watched Xu Tianran nervously.
They waited for his answer.
Xu Tianran still displayed the composure befitting a Crown Prince acting as regent.
He, too, was deeply shocked, but he did not show it.
First, he glanced at the words on the seal...
White Tiger Duke...
Those words left him stunned for quite some time.
Whew...
Only after letting out a long breath did he calm down. Then he opened the other letters and read them carefully, word by word, line by line.
Gradually, his expression grew grave.
"Your Highness? Your Highness?"
After an unknown length of time, Xu Tianran came back to himself amid the repeated calls.
"Hmm?"
"Your Highness, is what Dean Hongchen said true?"
The ministers all watched Xu Tianran eagerly, hoping for an affirmative answer.
Xu Tianran nodded. "I believe... it is true. But this is a matter of great importance, and I would still like to verify it..."
Well, this...
Everyone froze at his words.
They all knew this was, essentially, ironclad proof.
"Your Highness!"
"Urgent dispatch from the border!"
Suddenly.
An urgent voice rang out from outside the Main Hall.
Then everyone saw a dust-covered soldier, his face weary, rush into the Main Hall.
He held a letter high in his hand.
He