Lin Qi did not answer immediately. He picked up the teapot, poured a cup of Flower Tea for the Prime Minister, poured himself a cup as well, and asked, "I don't quite understand what you mean."
He set the teapot aside and looked at the Prime Minister.
Some words had different effects depending on who said them.
If a homeless man on the roadside said those words, and the Prime Minister of an empire said the exact same thing, they would give people two completely different feelings.
But it had to be said that Lin Qi felt a little secretly pleased. After all, the person saying those flattering words had a very different status. Regardless of whether he had said them merely to placate him, he had truly said them.
The Prime Minister did not get angry at Lin Qi's evasion. He merely smiled, then his face filled with worry. "The Gefra Financial Index plunged again today. Although the fall has stopped for now, the outlook remains unfavorable."
"We can't count on the Minister of Finance having the ability to get to the bottom of this and restore everything to normal. We need to make an effort ourselves as well."
He had begun with an official tone, and from start to finish, he had not touched on the true core of the issue. Instead, he had expressed his thoughts in another way.
If they encountered someone who was not very clever, they might find it strange at this moment. The Prime Minister was clearly the Minister of Finance's political opponent, and the two had already begun undermining each other. So why was the Prime Minister saying the very things the Minister of Finance would say? In fact, this was the most normal response. No matter what a nation's prime minister