They both understood what this meant.
"Insolence!" Li Longji's face turned as white as a sheet, and in his shock and anger, he thoughtlessly smashed the jade cup in his hand onto the ground, shattering it to pieces!
"This ungrateful son... dares to commit such a heinous and treacherous act?!"
The envoy's words about the rumors in Luoyang—that he wasn't quelling a rebellion but fleeing in panic—now pierced his mind like poisonous needles.
The last thin "veil of decency" covering his incompetence and panic was ruthlessly torn apart in public.
This former "Sage Ruler of Kaiyuan" had his reason completely collapse, like a lion whose disguise was stripped away in public, left only with fury and madness, bereft of any majesty and order.
"Seize him!!!"
"Kill him!!!"
"Kill this sycophant!!"
He pointed shakily at the envoy, his face pale as he vented his rage.
