Hanzhong.
Jiang Wei looked at the imperial edict in his hands, then turned an angry gaze on the eunuch who had delivered it.
"When did this edict leave Chengdu?!"
"Why has it only reached me now? Who is trying to drive a wedge between sovereign and subject?!"
The eunuch trembled in terror and hurriedly knelt to report, "Grand General, the roads were difficult. I never dared slacken my pace and traveled at full speed. I had no intention of driving a wedge between sovereign and subject!!"
Jiang Wei gritted his teeth, his face crimson.
He had traveled between Chengdu and Hanzhong for years. No one knew better than he did how long the journey took.
Clearly, that dog bastard of a eunuch in the imperial palace was trying to sow discord against him, deliberately delaying the edict so he could then impeach him for neglecting it.
Such petty tricks disgusted Jiang Wei, yet he could do nothing about them.
Even if he truthfully told the emperor all of this, what good would it do?
Would the emperor believe him, or that eunuch?
Then he would become the one driving a wedge between sovereign and subject.
As for the eunuch before him, if he executed him now for delaying the journey, who knew what Huang Hao would tell His Majesty about it?
Jiang Wei had the armored guards take the eunuch away, then continued reading the edict.
The edict spoke of the fighting in Jingzhou.
At that moment, Jiang Wei hated Sun 𬘭 to death.
When Sun Jun had still been alive, he had considered joining forces with the Shu Kingdom. This had delighted Jiang Wei, who felt that if the two kingdoms worked together, they might truly find a way to turn the situation around.
Although considerable resistance remained at