Qi Shan flatly refused. "No!"
Shen Tang was stunned. "Why not?"
She hadn't expected Qi Shan to be the first to object.
Shen Tang thought her idea was decent.
Even if they couldn't seize the Rebel Army's weak point, they could seize Zheng Qiao's instead. As long as they could get Zheng Qiao and King Zhi to tear into each other, leaving both sides battered—or wiping one of them out!—then even if the people's lives remained miserable, they'd still be better off than living under those men's rule.
The situation was already beyond saving. They might as well stir the waters until they were completely muddy!
Qi Shan was so choked by her "naive and innocent" question that he couldn't speak. He held back again and again until his whole face flushed red.
What was he supposed to say?
In the end, he managed only one sentence: "The National Seal is of the utmost importance!"
Shen Tang was frustrated. "We're only spreading a rumor. We just need Zheng Qiao's side to believe the National Seal is in Xiaocheng. It doesn't have to be true."
Qi Shan immediately wore an expression that was difficult to describe.
What could he even say???
Could he tell her that the Xin Country's National Seal really was in Xiaocheng???
This wasn't digging a pit for Zheng Qiao and the Rebel Army. It was digging one for herself—and the sort where she'd helpfully climb in and lie down in her own coffin.
Qi Shan could only try desperately to hint at the truth. "If Zheng Qiao believes the rumor and really sends troops over, the other forces in the region will also catch wind of it and make their move. By then, it won't be as simple as Zheng Qiao and his brothers turning on one