The emperor, who had been in awful spirits these past days, burst into laughter upon seeing this letter.
"My dear officials, such joyous news naturally calls for shared happiness."
The reporter hurriedly read the news from the war report.
The gist of it was that the supplies had been successfully delivered, the soldiers in the Northern Region had successfully extricated themselves from their predicament, and had successfully reclaimed one city knowing that the Xiongnu had aggressively captured two cities at the onset.
Now the recapturing of one city was indeed good news.
After hearing about Chu Heng's stealthy strategies, Duke Zheng's face looked extremely displeased. A few officials by his side exchanged glances and quietly asked, "Prince of the State, this..."
In the past, they had wanted to win Chu Heng over, but he remained impervious. The strength he had shown now, however, could be said to slap all those previous rumors in the capital right across the face.
