Qin Li's words sent a thousand ripples across a still pond.
Gu Chi heard his lord's inner "Wah-wah-wah-wah," like a monkey shrieking. She was afraid he hadn't heard, so she called his name in her thoughts: Wangchao, take a look. This is the damage a huge fan can do when they turn against their idol and start kicking him while he's down. It hits the mark every time!
Help me broadcast this, will you? What's Wu Zhaode thinking right now? Is he bleeding internally? Does he regret not treating Gongsu better? No, no, no. A scumbag like him won't reflect on himself. He'll only regret Gongsu...
Gu Chi silently glanced toward Wu Xian.
The man's face was shrouded in dark clouds, as though a gale and torrential rain were about to break loose at any moment. The thoughts in his heart were indeed far from friendly. Wu Xian was, after all, the leader of a major power. Even with a volcano erupting inside him, he could suppress his true feelings on the surface.
His lord added: Pah! Where were you before?
Gu Chi: "..."
With his lord's running commentary, this show was truly riveting!
Gu Chi silently watched the drama unfold, eager to see how Wu Xian would respond.
Qin Gongsu's move was so shameless that even shamelessness's own mother would have opened the door for it. No matter how sterling Gu Ziyi's reputation had been in life, he was now one of the dead. What did the dead know of the living? If the new ruler was willing to spare Gu Ren's family and let them live out their days in peace, that would already be a great kindness. Treating the former governor's orphaned children and widow well could even win over the people in the process.
"Qin Gongsu,