The whole affair caused a massive disturbance, as even the emperor himself had personally come. The important officials from Yi Commandery rushed over when they heard the news, including Yi Commandery’s Martial Supervisor Yang Sheng and Yi City Lord Liao Ling.

Of course, some of King Yan’s officials also arrived without knowing about the situation. When they heard that King Yan had been detained, their expressions changed greatly. However, Zhang Jie didn’t give them the chance to leave. He seized the chance to take all of them into custody too.

The only regretful thing was that Yan State’s Xiang Minister Sun Xun hadn’t come. It was rumored that he was away.

When Zu An returned to the courtyard, the way people looked at him was different. Previously, even though his status as an Embroidered Envoy was frightening, there were quite a few local bigwigs present, so they hadn’t been that scared. However, after finding out that he could summon the emperor at any time, who wasn’t scared of him?

They had heard that Embroidered Envoys could summon the emperor, but that the ceremony was incredibly complicated. When had they ever summoned the emperor just like that, so quickly and...