Old Marshal Qiu yelled, "Tie Zheng! Watch your words! It is a heinous crime to link to such an influential general; how can you simply spout such atrocities? What evidence do you have to support this?"
However, he was making surreptitious eye signals even as he berated the man.
Tie Zheng was huffing and puffing, his veins popping up on his skin from his agitation. When he finally calmed down, his jaw was clenched tight as he glared at Yang Botao; as long as he had a chance, he would pounce on the man to bite him!
"Your Majesty… this aged official… is late…" Panting could be heard by the council court entrance as an old man whose hair and beard was all white was helped into the hall as he coughed until he hunched over.
It was the Empire of Yutang’s military Grand Commandant, Fang Qingtian.