"We never intended to hold back in the first place, so stop saying such things to gild your rotten old face. Wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if you lost?" Li Sinian had no intention of showing these old fogeys any respect. She said whatever she pleased, stabbing straight into Mister Taishan's filthy heart. "If you cared even a little about decorum, you wouldn't have taken the initiative to challenge a young and adorable girl like me."
Li Sinian turned around, pointed toward where Peacock Country's Imperial Advisor, Ying Wuyu, stood in the distance, and said, "Look at him. That's what a wise man's bearing and an elder's magnanimity look like. He would never pop out at every turn to bully a little girl like you do."
"You—" Mister Taishan was so furious he wanted to smash Mount Taishan itself. You little brat, is that any way to talk?
The most exasperating part was that he could not fight back. If he spoke up to refute her, wouldn't that amount to accusing Imperial Advisor of lacking the "wise man's bearing and elder's dignity" she had mentioned?
Everyone knew that in the Peacock Dynasty, offending Peacock King Ying Boyan might still leave one's life intact, thanks to the emperor's broad mind. But if one offended Imperial Advisor Ying Wuyu or Grand Princess Ying Qian Du, perhaps they themselves would not care—but there were countless people eager to avenge them.
Imperial Advisor Ying Wuyu held an extremely high position in Peacock Country, and his prestige was no weaker than Peacock King Ying Boyan's. What was more, his followers were devout and fanatical. If they learned that he had insulted their idol, those people would probably come charging to his door to challenge him without regard for their lives. How could he still