Luoyang.
The atmosphere was incredibly tense.
Liu Dai sat on the dragon throne, looking at the sharp-eyed ministers, his body uncontrollably trembling.
"Gentlen... I... I..."
His voice was slightly trembling, as if he wanted to say sothing but couldn’t find the words.
"Your Majesty."
Yuan Kui stood at the forefront of the ministers, his gaze like an abyss, staring intently at Liu Dai, saying: "The Heirloom Seal of the Realm is a gift from Heaven."
"To this day, the rumors persist all around."
"Does Your Majesty still refuse to tell us the truth?"
Yuan Kui was genuinely sowhat angry; at first, they couldn’t understand why Gu Chen would easily abandon Luoyang.
Now, there seed to be an answer.
Looking at Liu Dai in that state, how could the ministers not know that the Heirloom Seal of the Realm was surely lost?
As for who would dare to ddle with the Heirloom Seal, is there a need to wonder?
Only Gu Chen!
This is soone who dared to kill even the Empress Dowager.
To ddle with the so-called Heirloom Seal, was naturally nothing at all for him.
Upon hearing this, Liu Dai’s body imdiately went soft, collapsing directly, a look of despondency on his face.
"Gentlen."
"I..."
The crowd watched Liu Dai indifferently, the disdain in their eyes becoming more intense.
"Your Majesty." Yuan Kui directly interrupted Liu Dai, "At this mont, Your Majesty ought to proclaim to the world to suppress the rumors."
"Tell the world that the Heirloom Seal of the Realm has not been lost."
"You are still the Emperor carrying the Celestial Mandate."
To everyone in the court, these rumors had to be subdued.
Although compared to the past Great Han, the moral baseline had already deteriorated significantly, it hadn’t yet degenerated to where no one would care about reputation.
This is, after all, the Emperor they supported!
An Emperor not under the protection of the Celestial Mandate, how could he secure the realm?
Liu Dai gazed blankly at the crowd, despondent expression but unable to utter a single word.
His vitality and spirit were thoroughly exhausted, and even the deanor he once possessed as the Governor of Yan Province was now gone.
Facing these people.
He even began to feel fear.
Without a word from him as the Emperor, the so-called imperial decree announcing to the world was imdiately spread in all directions.
But at such a ti, what use is this kind of decree?
Rumors, it seems, cannot be quelled with such a decree.
Unless the current world truly improves.
If not, the rumors of lacking the Celestial Mandate will never fully dissipate. .....
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Qing Province.
Lu Zhi naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
Though he didn’t know if the rumor was true.
He still promptly devised a counterasure.
—In the fourth year of Han Xing, in March.
A grand sacrificial ceremony was held, and during the ceremony, the cris of the Yuan Clan were proclaid, rallying the Han ministers of the realm to campaign against them!
The news spread quickly.
Most crucially—Liu Bei had also arrived in Qing Province.
With him, a so-called Imperial Relatives of the Han Dynasty, present, the ceremony beca much more official.
Rumors were rampant, spreading far faster than before.
In this situation.
—Finally, Ding Yuan mobilized troops from Bingzhou State!
Three sides campaign against Jizhou State.
The situation changed in an instant!
—With Liu Bei rushing to Qing Province, Lu Zhi beca like a tiger with wings, and even Gao Lan and Zhang He could not withstand them.
Right after the ceremony, less than a month passed.
They were defeated by Lu Zhi at Jinan.
The Jinan Commandery fell, and they had to retreat to Pingyuan.
At the sa ti, Ding Yuan mobilized troops from Shangdang, aiming at the heartland of Jizhou State, Wei Commandery!
This sudden change utterly disrupted Yuan Shao’s original strategic plans.
Wei Commandery was indeed the heartland of Jizhou State.
Ye City was furthermore the administrative center designated by Yuan Shao.
He absolutely could not allow Ding Yuan to capture Wei Commandery.
In urgency, Yuan Shao had no choice but to personally lead troops back to Wei Commandery to resist Ding Yuan, leaving the Zhongshan battlefield to Chunyu Qiong.
The originally sowhat smooth battle imdiately beca tense.
Ye City.
Yuan Shao’s expression was unusually grave.
"Well well!"
"Well done, Gu Clan, well done, Gu Ziyan!"
"To use such ans, putting in this situation!"
His tone was full of anger.
By this day, how could he not understand the cause and effect of these events?
Gu Chen was scheming against them!
Taking the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, acting at a critical mont!
"Master, you treated the Gu Clan with such regard, yet Gu Ziyan still plotted against you like this, why not first exterminate the Gu Clan of Julu and force Gu Ziyan to hand over the Heirloom Seal?"
Yan Liang imdiately spoke, eyes full of murderous intent.
"Exactly!" Wen Chou also nodded, "The first thing the Master did upon arriving in Jizhou was to honor the ancestors of the Gu Clan, also considered giving them face."
"To this day, never have they been mistreated."
"And yet, would Gu Ziyan dare to be ungrateful?"
Ungrateful?
Yuan Shao’s expression grew more unpleasant, looking at his trusted generals, his lips moved slightly, as if wanting to yell but ultimately said nothing.
"No."
He took a deep breath, shaking his head, saying, "If we act against the Gu Clan now, my position as the lord of Jizhou will also co to an end."
Anger aside, Yuan Shao stayed remarkably calm.
It was impossible to touch the Gu Clan.
He needed to solve the current predicant.
"Imdiately send people to Yan Province; no matter what, ngde must send troops to attack Qing, to help defeat the enemy."
He quickly made arrangents, his gaze becoming increasingly profound, "Also send people to Yangzhou State, tell Gonglu, now is not the ti for brothers to feud."
Lu Zhi proclaid the cris of the Yuan Clan.
Neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu could escape accountability.
Even in this mont, Yuan Shao remained very calm.
Although he also disliked Yuan Shu.
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