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Meanwhile, in the Jade Palace, panic consumed Xie Wei.
Never had she imagined the fire would start within her own walls.
Layer by layer, the defenses outside were collapsing. The imperial guards and her shadow agents were falling at a terrifying pace.
But her greatest reliance, Ocean Province’s 30,000 armored cavalry, she had sent away in the dead of night.
Her plan had been clear. First swallow the lands of Yan and Zhao, unify the rivers and mountains, and only then turn her hand against the southern territories.
In her eyes, the four great Kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Han, and Wei were no paper tigers. Even the western barbarians would not crush them with a single blow.
When that time came, if she could not swoop in as the fisherman profiting from others’ struggle, she would at least see the tides clearly and strike where it mattered most.
“Damn it! Damn it!” she cursed, pacing like a caged beast. “Which fool told Hu’er to act like this?! The war begins, and the boy rushes to throw armies together, what comes of it? Nothing but a rabble, scattered like sand. Every commander waiting for the other to step forward first, every force diminished before the battle even begins. The chance to swallow Yan and Zhao was right there, right in front of me! And yet someone chose this moment, when I sent my troops out, to seize power from my hands?!”
Her rage boiled over.
From afar came...
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