Playing Fast and Loose

Being exposed in front of so many people was an extremely awkward and humiliating experience for Jiang Ziya!

More importantly, by now, more than ninety percent of the officials in Xiqi's court had already taken Bo Yikao's side!

Some people had originally planned to wait and see.

But once word of this got out, all those who had planned to hold back would choose to side with Bo Yikao at once!

After all, whether in Shang or in Xiqi, everything had to be justified and proper.

A war needed a just cause!

And the succession to the throne had to follow the proper order of seniority!

Now that such a huge scandal had emerged around Ji Fa, even if Jiang Ziya used all the power of the Chan Sect to support him and put him on the throne of Xiqi, the people would no longer support Xiqi. With Xiqi's strength alone, even alongside the Chan Sect, victory over Shang would be impossible!

Because by then, many people of discernment would surely choose to side with Shang!

Li Jing and his wife, Yin Shiniang, for example!

Li Jing was currently serving as the garrison commander at Chentang Pass, and all the crises there had been resolved.

The weather was favorable at Chentang Pass, and relations with the surrounding lords were harmonious.

There was no chance of war breaking out there anytime soon!

So even though Li Jing was a disciple of Daoist Burning Lamp of the Chan Sect, he couldn't simply switch sides on a whim!

Since King Zhou was a virtuous ruler, the tribulation of the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals could not be forcibly shifted onto the Mortal Realm or the Interception Sect!

When that time came, they would simply have to bear their own tribulations!

As for the