Tong'an Country sent an emissary team over, ostensibly to celebrate Chu Dingtian's fiftieth birthday.
But the two countries had been at war continuously, so this sudden dispatch of people to celebrate Chu Dingtian's birthday seemed unfathomable, making one believe they definitely had ulterior motives.
The emissary team arrived during the daytime, but on that very night, the leader of the delegation, Assistant Minister of Rites from Tong'an Country, Tang Ci, personally came to visit Shi Hao.
Throughout the whole process, both parties just drank tea and chatted about the local customs and practices of their respective countries, and as Shi Hao was never fond of trivial talk, Tang Ci took the hint and left.
Originally, this was a mundane matter, yet merely after one evening passed, suddenly a rumor emerged in the streets and alleys of the Imperial Capital, claiming that Shi Hao had accepted Tong'an Country's overtures and would leave soon.