The supreme Heavenly Son above had little confidence in resisting Chu State. His subjects below, even less so, had this extravagant hope.
And in the face of despair and pessimism, the choices made by His subjects, to better preserve their own lives and extend their family legacies, were only natural.
In light of this.
Emperor Xu, though angry, cursed and reproached these treacherous, faithless rebels in his heart, but outwardly, he could do nothing.
For these so-called rebels beneath him precisely made up the most important foundation of Xu State.
Indeed, people below were undermining the very foundations of Xu State, dealing with Chu State, the empire's arch-enemy.
Such crimes were enough to warrant the extermination of nine generations of a family.
But without these people, Xu State would collapse instantly.
