The Immortal Emperor Returns novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: Brother Han
Chu was dressed before the shout ended.
Shuang was a breath behind him, tying her sash with shaking fingers.
"How many?" she whispered.
"Two hundred."
"You can hear that?"
"I can hear their boots."
He opened the flap and stepped out into the torchlight.
A ring of black-coated Chancellery guards stood around the tent in the snow, spears leveled, breath smoking.
Behind them came a ring of Northern Army soldiers, thousands, silent, with their hands on their hilts.
The Chancellery commander faced Chu across ten paces.
He was a tall pale man, and he had clearly not expected the audience.
"By order of the Chancellor," he began again, less loudly.
"I heard," said Chu. "The Chancellor is a long way from here."
"The Princess is a fugitive."
"The Princess is in my camp."
A murmur ran through the ranks.
The commander glanced at the thousand faces that did not like him, swallowed, and lowered his voice.
"Marshal. We do not want trouble. Give her up and the army can go home."
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