Shan Dongxing frowned. He too felt that Niu Youdao had gone a little too far. Hui Qingping might have been a deposed empress, but she had once been the Empress of Song Kingdom. Handing the Song Kingdom's empress over to foreigners—forget whether Wu Gongling could bear that humiliation, how were the officials and people of Song Kingdom supposed to face it?
This was practically an insult to Wu Gongling. He too felt that Wu Gongling could never agree to such a thing.
But the real problem was that Niu Youdao had made his warning crystal clear: if you did not agree, I would hit you!
Holding the letter, Shan Dongxing tentatively asked, "I wonder whether Niu Youdao's words are true or false?"
Wu Gongling sneered disdainfully. "Who cares whether they're true or false? Does he think Yan Kingdom belongs to his family, that he can fight whenever he wants? I won't pay him any attention. Let's see what he can do to me!"
Shan Dongxing said, "He does have some influence in Yan Kingdom. If he truly gets serious, who knows what might happen? He started the Yan-Zhao War, and Zhao Kingdom was destroyed in the end."
Wu Gongling said, "Stop frightening yourself here. Times have changed. He has already attached himself to Purple Gold Cave; Xiaoyao Palace and Spirit Sword Mountain will never let him run wild again. It's not that I look down on him, but the men under his command would find it difficult enough just to cross Yan Kingdom's territory and reach our Song Kingdom border, much less send troops to attack. He thinks he can scare people just by opening his mouth? Does he take me for a three-year-old child?"
Shan Dongxing tried asking, "Then we just ignore him?"
Wu Gongling fell silent for a