C973 Not a Single One of Them Can be Missing

The Monarch appeared calm on the surface, but internally, he felt a touch of disdain for Zhan Mu's words. Why should he, the ruler of a nation, be so easily influenced by others? Why did Zhan Mu think that the person trying to manipulate him wasn't aiming to drive a wedge between him and Xiao Chen, but rather between his advisor and Xiao Chen?

This implied that, in Zhan Mu's eyes