"Presumptuous! Is there no end to this? There surely is no end to this! Do Xinsu City and Shengle City still belong to the Yan Empire? Do they really?! That Chen Yang doesn't leave his city is one thing, but that Zheng Fan dared to drive away my envoy sent for grain collection and even sent a letter to us begging for money! Unacceptable, truly unacceptable! Is that Lord Jingnan's Army? Do they even have our emperor in their eyes? Do they even respect His Majesty!"
The old man was so angry he was blowing his beard and glaring, and the numerous generals beneath him were filled with righteous indignation, banging on the table and cursing along with him.
The old man was Deng Jiuru, the helmsman of the Sanshi Deng Family, a veteran in the Yan Army. Moreover, his daughter was the mother of the Fourth Prince, an imperial consort.
