Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 637: The Capital Astir! (II)

Chapter 637: The Capital Astir! (II)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"Wang Bowu had a grandson like this!!"

In the Four Quarters Embassy, the Old Master of the Yao Clan, Yao Chong, propped his stick against the ground and stood out of his chair. The atmosphere in the room seemed to change.

At this moment, even if Yao Guangyi closed his eyes, he would still be able to sense his father's shock and agitation.

As a former Prime Minister of the Great Tang, his father had experienced countless storms and tribulations throughout his life, surviving numerous assassination attempts. But even in the last War of the Princes, when all the dragons were struggling for the throne, his father had always remained cool and collected.

Yet the news of victory in the southwest had shaken his father so much that he had lost his composure.

"Father, everything is still just gossip. There's no firm evidence, so this might just be a rumor. The southwest might not be what we imagine," Yao Guangyi consoled.

"Yi-er, you've been a minister of the court and general on the border for so many years, yet you still can't tell if this news is true or false?"

As Old Master Yao leaned on his cane, he glanced at his son, his disappointment difficult to conceal.

"Then Father means…" Yao Guangyi uneasily said.

"The southwest is the gateway to the Great Tang, and this war concerns the Great Tang, Mengshe Zhao, and Ü-Tsang. The course of this war will affect the fate and future prospects of the Great Tang. If we lose in the southwest, do you know what will happen to the Great Tang?

"The Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganates, the Goguryeon Empire, the Khitans, the Xi, the kingdoms of the Western Regions, as well as the Abbasid Caliphate and Charax Spasinu—how do you think they will react?"

Yao Guangyi looked in a daze at his own father, somewhat unable to accept what he was hearing. Why did it feel like his father was standing with the Wang Clan?

"Yi-er, although we stand on different sides from the Wang Clan, this matter has nothi

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