The courtiers remained silent, yet many sneered secretly in their hearts.
"So, you power-hungry traitor, you also have a day of panic and collapse?"
"Why could General Han Fuyue with merely thirty thousand Zhao Yi Army forces march straight in as if entering an unguarded land?"
"Isn't it because you suppressed military men, persecuted capable generals until they were ousted from their posts and replaced with your useless cronies?"
"Isn't it also because you were harsh on the lower-ranked soldiers, tolerated your favorites pocketing military pay without proper service, and abused the soldiers, leading to the breakdown of military discipline?"
"Isn't it as well because you acted perversely and against the norm in the court? The people have seen that you are a spy for the Jin, who has long since destined yourself for eternal infamy in the history books?"
"You ask why hundreds of thousands of the Imperial Guards watched as General Han Fuyue marched straight in..."
