"Please, Empress Dowager, think thrice! Da Xuan and Immortal Country must not go to war. It would be like sending the people of Da Xuan to their doom!"
"How dare you!"
At the Observatory, He Buning now wondered whether the arranged matters with the Immortal Country could still be accomplished; perhaps his father had already known everything and deliberately acted now to thwart his actions.
For now, he could only try his best to dissuade.
Empress Dowager Yu was enraged, unwilling to hear one more word from He Buning, and directly ordered Ma Gu.
"Drive him out of the Imperial City. No entry without an edict."
"Yes!"
Dong——
Dong——
Dong——
Just as Ma Gu was about to act, the sound of a bell suddenly echoed from the direction of the Imperial City's east gate, startling Empress Dowager Yu and Ma Gu.
This bell was only rung when there was a dire military emergency.
