Chapter 387 - Quanrong’s Delegation (2/2)

All officials panicked, sweating all over.

The emperor’s accusation was heavy, treasonous even. He started off as a joke, but singled out Zhuge Changfeng, the Prime Minister, as the nation’s traitor.

Not even the emperor could accuse someone without evidence, especially the Prime Minister.

It only went to show how enraged the emperor was, getting ahead of himself.

Zhuge Changfeng took it in stride, even chuckled, “Your Majesty, please don’t joke. I am under Tianyu’s payroll, working in its best interests. Try to understand, Your Majesty, everything I do is for the empire.”

“Ha-ha-ha, of course I understand the Prime Minister’s toil!”

The emperor forced out through gritted teeth and slammed a servant with the petition, shouting, “As per Prime Minister’s petition, I shall allow the Quanrong’s delegation into Tianyu. The lockdown on the imperial capital is lifted and the High Priest’s case will be postponed until after my celebration!”

“Your Majesty is wise!”

The officials bowed, to which the emperor snorted, watching with clenched fists. Dugu Zhantian cursed them inside for being treasonous dogs.

…

Meanwhile, in the High Priest’s observatory, a ten-meter-large golden compass placed at the top released a deep blue glow. A strange energy lingered over it, forcing it to move.

Zhuo Fan and Yun Shuang witnessed this phenomenon in shock.

“Is this the Yun clan’s heirloom, the 8th-grade spiritual weapon, Heaven Linking Apparatus?” Zhuo Fan was amazed.

Yun Shuang nodded, “By having the Heaven Linking Apparatus commune with the world, one can see what happens in the world. As I watched the stars last night, I saw the vile dragon converge his attention here. But that is only a rough estimate. Only through the Heaven Linking Apparatus can I see it’s precise focus and how it tangles with the other factions’ fates.”

“So that’s how it is!”

Zhuo Fan nodded and looked at her in earnest, “You do what you do best and I’ll be the lookout!”

Pff!

Yun Shuang giggled, rolling her eyes, “This is the home of Yun clan, having a lookout is like saying we came here to steal from ourselves.”

“Uhm, you do have a point. Nevertheless, with every house having eyes and ears everywhere, I’ll block them!” Zhuo Fan scratched his head awkwardly, guarding the door.

Looking at him, Yun Shuang recalled last night and blushed, “He… isn’t all that bad. At least not to his people. Or they wouldn’t hold a birthday party for him.”

This recall also brought her unmistakably to the moment when she threw himself in his bed, like a birthday present. And there she went again, blushing harder.

Shaking her head to get rid of those thoughts, Yun Shuang focused. Her eyes turned black and she stared at the Heaven Linking Apparatus.

The stars above transformed into four dragons, roaming above Tianyu and tearing at each other. The clearer it became, the greater the alarm on Yun Shuang’s face.

When she had last looked at the stars with her grandfather, the clash of the dragons resulted in Tianyu being left in a sorry state. As for the final winner, it was unclear. But the aftermath of this war would leave Tianyu filled with corpses and the people a wreck for decades to come.

The greatest casualties Tianyu had ever seen in history!

Hum~

The Heaven Communing Apparatus stopped and the stars resumed their rightful place.

Zhuo Fan ran over, interested, “Eh, it’s over?”

He was stunned to see Yun Shuang crying and mournful.

“Shuang’er, what’s wrong? Did the wind get in your eye?” Zhuo Fan blinked.

Yun Shuang grabbed his wrist and pleaded, “Steward Zhuo, I beg of you. You can ignore what happened to grandfather but please, you must stop the bloodshed from happening. Only you can alter Tianyu’s fate and free the people from suffering!”

Yun Shuang tightened her grip. Zhuo Fan met her gaze and nodded, “I will do my best, but…”

“But what?” Yun Shuang was overjoyed that he had agreed.

Zhuo Fan was still very much serious, “I keep my private matters separate from business. Personal matters always come first. You are with me now and I will help you in your troubles. But everything else will be done in passing.”

Yun Shuang was clueless.

Zhuo Fan grinned, “That’s just my style. You’ll know soon enough. Now, what did you see?”

Yun Shuang snapped out of it and said, “Vile dragon’s focus is on the Luo clan!”

“Eh?” Zhuo Fan raised an eyebrow.

Luo clan had just received its newfound position and had not one darn relation with Quanrong. [Why is it after the Luo clan…]