The Prince of Donghai was rather evasive about killing the imperial envoy. "Wouldn't laying hands on an imperial envoy be going too far? Killing an imperial envoy is tantamount to rebellion." Xie Ciyuan countered, "Does Your Highness still intend to be a loyal subject?"
The Prince of Donghai could only smile bitterly.
"Rest assured, Prince. Great Yu has its own particular circumstances. It's hardly as though only one or two imperial envoys have been killed." Xie Ciyuan said calmly, "Father has already made arrangements. Someone from the Demon Cult will naturally step forward to claim responsibility."
Lianshan Xin felt angry on his grandfather's behalf.
Is the Demon Cult your chamber pot?
You can dump the blame for this on them too?
Public security in Great Yu truly was rotten; even an imperial envoy's life could not be guaranteed. In a high-martial feudal empire where martial heroes used their strength to violate prohibitions, expecting martial experts, especially Great Grandmasters, to obey the law was unrealistic.
Expecting the Imperial Court to dispatch an army to suppress a rebellion over the death of a single imperial envoy was equally unrealistic.
That was something that would only have happened in his previous life.
Lianshan Xin followed the local customs and knew that once his party was discovered, their lives would certainly be in danger.
Behind the Right Chancellor stood the Xie Family, and behind the Prince of Donghai stood the Retired Emperor. With the Xie Family and the Retired Emperor joining forces, it was hard to say they were necessarily weaker than Top-Ranked Big Brother. Even if Top-Ranked Big Brother later sent an army to suppress the rebellion and avenge him, that would happen after he was dead.
Lianshan Xin still wanted to live.
So he eagerly offered the two men his advice. "If