"Your Majesty will surely agree, but the court cannot be without General Chen for seven years,"
It was a statement.
Seemingly flattering, but in reality, a refusal.
"Mr. Hou, I also know that since ancient times, it has been difficult to fulfill both loyalty and filial piety,"
Chen Sansi spoke again, "But even if one is to show loyalty, it does not mean one must completely forsake filial piety.
"Two thousand years ago, the one known as the Military Immortal, Yu Shanggong, on his return home for his father's funeral amidst a war the Great Zhou Court launched against foreign enemies, commanded all military affairs through letters during his three years of mourning; only after the completion of those three years did he rejoin the fight."
"Our peers should take the Military Immortal as a role model. Even if we are military men with duty binding us, we cannot wait seven years, but at the very least, three years is the minimum,"
The Military Immortal Yu Shanggong.
