In the Fengtian Palace of the State of Chu, the envoy from the Wu State knelt the moment he entered the hall. He held a silk scroll aloft with both hands and declared, "Your Majesty of Chu, the Yue Army has launched a direct assault on the capital of the Wu State. We fear our ancestral temples will not be spared. I implore the State of Chu to send troops to our rescue!"
Xuanyuan Haitang had the silk scroll brought forward. She scanned it quickly, a faint smile touching her lips, before passing it to Li Feng.
As Li Feng took the scroll, he realized the Wu State had truly made a desperate gamble—they were actually willing to cede all territory west of Chizhou. To offer up such a vast expanse of land as if it were nothing was shocking.
Chapter 324