For the tremendous help Shao Pingbo had given his army in battle, he had wanted to lend Shao Pingbo a hand.
If he had been willing to go all out and help, the schemes of those people at court would surely have been thrown into disarray by him. For no other reason than that he was now the commander-in-chief of this war, with the campaign in his hands—which meant he carried great weight.
Yet, as he himself had said, he had climbed step by step from an ordinary soldier to his current position. Only he himself knew what he had gone through along the way. Going all out to help Shao Pingbo meant standing against the entire court. He could not do that.
He knew perfectly well that the Emperor stood behind Shao Pingbo. So long as Shao Pingbo did not act recklessly and give those people at court something to seize upon, they could only go this far and would not dare go too far out of line. Otherwise, the Emperor would kill people.
If Shao Pingbo did not act recklessly, those people at court would have no reason to act recklessly either. If he did, it would be a different situation altogether.
Those people knew they could not stop His Majesty from raising Shao Pingbo up. Since that was the case, they might as well force Shao Pingbo into throwing himself into disarray. Once Shao Pingbo could not swallow this bitter breath and did something, their objective would be achieved.
He was commanding troops in battle outside and did not want internal strife to erupt at court behind him. Whether Shao Pingbo acted recklessly or those people at court did, either could affect his army's campaign. He hoped both sides would stop here and not continue deepening the