Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 93: Ji Lengyue

The empress coldly glared at Noble Consort Hua and questioned, “Why should Chen’er apologize to the superior state? It’s doubtful whether you’d still be standing there if Chen’er had not slain Marquess Xianyu on the Great Xia River.”

Noble Consort Hua chuckled softly and calmly reasoned, “Your Majesty, there’s a cause and effect behind everything. If not for Fang Chen killing Viscount Zhou Xiu, Longdu wouldn’t have sent its army to attack us. The superior state also wouldn’t have to send an envoy down.”

“Zhou Xiu killed our people. He reaped what he sowed,” the empress replied.

“But that’s not for Fang Chen to decide,” Noble Consort Hua replied. “Great Xia belongs to His Majesty, not Fang Chen. Your Majesty, you should be more prudent in drawing that distinction.”

Their argument vexed the emperor, and he impatiently bellowed, “Have you argued enough yet? If so, let’s focus on how we should resolve this matter!”

There was a short pause before he added, “Follow me to welcome Chillwater’s envoy.”

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The purple-robed man looked at the kneeling Tao Mingsheng and chuckled. “Despite offering fewer tribute to us with each passing year, your Great Xia killed so many Longdu cavalrymen. Even Marquess Xianyu lost his life in your capital. If you ask me, I don’t think you have fallen into decline at all; if anything, you’re growing stronger. Are you intending to eliminate Longdu, Guhe, and Yizhou first before challenging us?”

Those words sent a shudder down the officials’ spine.

Challenge Chillwater? That is impossible. Even the combined prowess of Great Xia, Longdu, Guhe, and Yizhou won’t match the tip of Chillwater’s iceberg.

They had seen how powerful Chillwater was back in their younger days. Just the Nightmare Knights could crush all four countries in a month!

“Milord, our Great Xia has no such intention!” Tao Mingsheng exclaimed with a lowered head.

“Empty words. I’m here to demand an explanation,” the purple-robed youth scoffed. “Speaking of which, I ought to introduce myself. I am Ji Lengyue. Zhou Xiu, who d

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