Prime Minister Mansion of the Imperial Capital.
Xue Yuanzheng did not convene an emergency meeting not because he did not consider it important, but because he was too busy.
That morning, right after Rofuss issued the ultimatum, Xue Yuanzheng only then gathered the members of the War Cabinet at the Prime Minister Mansion for an emergency meeting.
As Newland Federation's involvement in the war had been anticipated, the meeting did not conclude with any significant results.
The only certainty was that the vessels attacking the Newland merchant ships were not those of the Imperial Navy.
Before the meeting, Liu Changxun called Xue Yuanzheng to inform him that the Navy had already conducted an internal investigation, and the 42nd Special Mixed Fleet had submitted a report. When those Newland merchant ships were attacked, the nearest destroyers were about ten kilometers away. They did not fire at the merchant ships, let alone use torpedoes.
