Yang Heshu glanced at him and then laughed, "You should return. If you can make it back to the capital before the New Year, that would be ideal. If not, arriving on the second or third day might calm the Emperor's mind a bit."
After all, rushing to the capital during the New Year shows they aren't deliberately wasting time.
Although, considering the time they've spent, it's not very convincing.
Bai Shan looked at Manbao and asked Yang Heshu, "Is the Emperor really that angry?"
Yang Heshu replied grumpily, "What do you think?"
He continued, "Zhihe mentioned that General Ashina praised you endlessly upon his return, saying that you parted ways only in Shazhou City, and because you had many people with you, you were slower."
"The Emperor originally thought you'd be slow—about five or six days slow—and should have returned to the capital by now. But it's been nearly half a month, and still nothing."
