Outside the capital of Nanyue, beyond the city walls!
The King of Nanyue stood atop the gatehouse, gazing out at the vast, interconnected encampments of the Nanyan army. A mixture of bitter emotions churned within him. He had anticipated that Fan Li’s assassination attempt would fail and trigger a frenzied retaliation from Murong Fu, so he had prepared vast treasures and even another beauty, Zheng Dan.
Alas, Zheng Dan had not even managed to enter Nanyan territory before word arrived that the entire Nanyan nation was on the march. The gift list had been delivered to the Nanyan camp by a Nanyue envoy, but the only thing that returned was the envoy’s corpse and a letter: "Keep your gifts. We shall come to take them ourselves!"
Chapter 272