"Your Majesty! Let me go instead!"
"Your Majesty! No, let this old minister take the risk instead!"
"Your Majesty! The rise of Tang is at hand, you shouldn't be taking such risks!"
Li Changhe, in his [Great Wall Mountain Armor], sat on a folding chair, eating sunflower seeds watching the palace drama unfolding not too far away.
The soldiers beside him looked at him, feeling the man from beyond their domain was quite insolent. They had pristine loyalty for their ruler, and him sitting there munching on seeds was nothing short of a breach of protocol.
Five hours had passed since the handsome uncle had announced his intentions to serve as bait. In three more hours, it was time for the planned full-scale attack.
The [Players] had almost finished their preparation, what was the handsome uncle still playing at continuing this ruler-minister charade? Could Li Changhe resist the allure of the seeds?
He had to eat these seeds!