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Liu Bei fell silent, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were speechless. After learning the news about the Imperial Jade Seal, the first thing they did was come to notify Liu Bei—wasn't it because they had hoped that the Imperial Seal would end up in Liu Bei's hands?
But now, Chen Xi was saying that the Imperial Jade Seal was merely bait. Had it not been for a series of schemes that had previously earned Chen Xi the recognition of Guan and Zhang, they would have already slapped him by now.
Liu Bei took a deep breath, his eyes slightly red as he looked at Chen Xi and said, "I placed too much importance on the Imperial Jade Seal, just as you said; it is nothing more than a worldly object. Li Ru is truly terrifying!"