Xu Yi pulled out the Boundary Barrier Pearl and sneered. "Lawless and presumptuous? Old Han, you've been a high-ranking official so long that all you know is how to devour people. You've lost your reverence. When I was carving out territory for the Discipline Department, why didn't you call me lawless and presumptuous? When I risked my neck to bring back a few scraps from the Gloomy Forbidden Area, then gritted my teeth and sent you, Old Han, five thousand spirit stones, why didn't you call me lawless and presumptuous?"
"Now things are different. The Discipline Department's position is secure, its influence is at its peak, and it's thriving like a fire fed with oil. So you're thinking of tossing me out to quell everyone else's anger. Old Han, isn't that little scheme of yours just a bit too clever?"
Since they'd torn off the mask, Xu Yi might as well lay it all out.
Han Xuedao trembled with rage.
Indeed, Xu Yi was right. This time, he had summoned Xu Yi to send him to Elder Xia's Elder Council as a Head Deputy Envoy.
At its root, Han Xuedao really had behaved dishonorably. But he had been immersed in officialdom for so long that he thought this sort of political infighting was unavoidable. Xu Yi had enjoyed the upper hand long enough; it was time he took a turn on the back foot. Even if he was unhappy about it, he should obey the orders from above.
After all, this personnel arrangement wasn't something Han Xuedao could decide. The bigwigs above had settled it in a meeting.
Of course, privately, he was pleased.
The Discipline Department had been far too prominent lately, attracting everyone's attention.
Han Xuedao was an old hand at officialdom. The Discipline Department's growing influence had