Long Zaitian's face twitched as well, his fists clenched tight.
Yet, a forced smile quickly surfaced on his face. "Chu Xuan, I am indeed burdened with affairs of state and simply slipped my mind!" he said. "However, I have always been a man of my word. Since I promised the Langya Prince's Estate a blank imperial edict, I naturally will not go back on it!"
Before uttering those words, Chu Xuan had already left Long Zaitian a way out, allowing him to step down gracefully. Otherwise, it would have been a direct slap to the sovereign's face right in the court. Until he grew strong enough to suppress an entire state single-handedly, doing something that foolish was out of the question.
Chapter 16