"Bang!" A precious vase shattered on the floor.
From within the palace, the angry voice of Emperor Gaozong of Qi resounded.
"Rebellion! Rebellion!"
"Prime Minister Qin, as you predicted, Han Fuyue had long harbored intentions of revolt!
"Twelve imperial edicts, and he dares to defy them all!
"What does it mean to send back his seventy thousand troops and a few distant Deputy Generals? To keep over thirty thousand elite soldiers and all of his lineal Deputy Generals for himself, what is that supposed to signify!
"He even dared to issue a 'Proclamation to the Common People' and self-proclaims as the 'Zhao Yi Army'!
"Does he have any regard for the court of Great Qi, any respect for me, the Emperor!"
At this point, Emperor Gaozong of Qi had already received news from the north.
The action taken by General Han Fuyue was a clear provocation to his imperial authority and, at the same time, it almost entirely substantiated the false accusations made by Qin Huizhi.
