251 The Assassination Attempt

While Xing was negotiating with the Gods fifty feet above the ground level, she wasn't aware of the almost mutiny going on down on the ground.

While there were three persons talking above, the generals and lieutenants and other soldiers saw was only a golden tiger standing in front of the big wall of water that was about to swallow them.

Fear of the unknown, helplessness in adversities and sudden show of wonders brings out the worst in some people. And especially in their case, some of those who were already provoked by Lord Chu, who in the past one month stay with the troops had made them believe by some stories he heard from 'reliable sources' that the Empress is some kind of demon who is seducing the Emperor to get her rule set in the nation.