Even without leaving his quarters, Jiang Ping An could guess that someone had been fanning the flames behind the scenes to cause such a massive impact.
After all, so many people were not going to the battlefield. Why was he the only one suffering such intense public condemnation?
All he had to do was trace it backward. Whoever stood to gain when his interests were damaged was clearly the enemy.
Either it was the Wildsea Royal Clan, trying to crush the Lan Alliance's confidence.
Or it was the Dong Family and the upper ranks of the Lan Clan Royal Family, seeking to use this to undermine the prestige he had built up and force him out to face the assassins outside.
However, the Wildsea Royal Clan was less likely.
That was because the Wildsea Royal Clan did not hold much influence within the Lan Alliance and would find it difficult to sway public opinion.
That left only the second answer: the Dong Family and the upper ranks of the Lan Clan Royal Family were pushing things from behind the scenes.
Long Ya cursed, "These idiots! The Lan Alliance is clearly already standing at the edge of danger, yet these people are still thinking about suppressing their own!"
Long Ya and Lan Shi'er could naturally see that someone was stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
"Since they enjoy infighting so much, then we'll fight them. I only hope they can bear the consequences of internal strife."
A cold glint flashed through Jiang Ping An's eyes.
Long Ya rolled her eyes at him. "What big talk. Our side isn't strong enough at all; there's no way we can strike back."
The royal family's upper ranks only needed to casually put forward the Dong Family, and that alone was beyond what they could