The sound of hot tea being poured from a beautiful jade teapot filled the void. Pei Hua was already sitting in the biggest chair in the room receiving his guests that morning. He raised his teacup, smilingly raising it to toast his august guest.
"Please, enjoy our country's flagship tea, General Xia."
Pei Hua smiled, not expecting that the guest he was waiting for had arrived sooner than he expected.
Young General Xia came with his men, entering the temporary fortress built by Prince Ning who bringing lots of troops with him. And the troops' power was not just a figment. He brought tens of thousands of troops to the fort and it was reported that hundreds of thousands more had occupied the cities around the capital Tai Yang. They moved secretly and without being noticed by the Hua court, either by the Emperor or the Crown Prince.
