The entire court was a huge mess. As they argued about Sang Hong’s case, they were divided into two factions.

King Qi, who was standing in front of the ministers, secretly gave Zhao Han a look. He wasn’t able to pick up much from the emperor’s expression. He sighed and thought, This older brother of mine really is hard to predict. I can’t tell what kind of attitude he has at all.

He looked at the civil and military officials around him, only to discover that many of the people he was used to seeing had gone missing as of late.

The two brothers Vanguard General Qin Zheng and Defense General Qin Se had led their armies to battle due to the Fiend races slaughtering an entire city. The Fiend races had sent one of the four great generals, the Flying Leopard King, to lead the other side; that had left them evenly matched. It would take some time before the battle ended and they could return.

Secretariat Assistant Director Yu Nan had shamed the royal family, as he had married a princess but been implicated in a love rivalry with Zu An in a brothel. As such, he had admitted responsibility and resigned. His father, Imperial...