Chapter 804

"An envoy from the State of Shu, Qin Mi, requests an audience!" "An envoy from the State of Wu, Lu Qian, requests an audience!" The initiative now rested entirely in Jia Lingyun's hands. Facing the envoys from both Wu and Shu, Jia Lingyun did not grant them an audience immediately; instead, he left them waiting quietly right outside the gates of the Prince's Estate. Inside the estate, civil and military officials had gathered in force. The heads of the Six Ministries and all officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital were essentially present. Jia Lingyun, dressed in princely robes and wearing a crown, sat upon the throne clutching the formal petitions from Wu and Shu. He looked down at the assembled courtiers and said, "My lords, the tables have turned."