A group that had righteousness on its side would force him to agree in the end!
And Shao Pingbo seemed to have no way out either. If he refused, no matter how great his merits, they could not withstand so many mouths in court.
Now, even if he did not want to marry off this daughter, he had no choice. In the end, the nature of this matter had changed. All of a sudden, its flavor had turned sour; it was no longer a matter of whether he would marry off his daughter.
A group of people was targeting Shao Pingbo!
They had already seen that he intended to place Shao Pingbo in an important position. Once Shao Pingbo was heavily employed, it meant dividing up those people's power and taking away certain benefits from them—something they were unwilling to see. They knew they could not stop him, so they wanted to use the princess to ruthlessly humiliate Shao Pingbo, preferably forcing him to retreat in the face of difficulty!
Bang! Taishu Xiong slammed a fist onto the table. His teeth itched with hatred. That pack of bastards actually considered marrying his daughter an insult!
He wished he could butcher every last one of those bastards!
Yet even if there were some things he could do, he could only think about them. He could not do so, and indeed, he was incapable of it. How many ministers' families were bound to Artifact Cloud Sect disciples through marriage? Over the years, the entire Jin Kingdom Imperial Court had long since merged with the Artifact Cloud Sect. Without a reasonable and legitimate cause, wholesale slaughter was impossible.
Even with a reasonable and legitimate cause, he could not massacre court officials.
After calming down, he still had to face it. He paced for