"Is the Lord not worried something will happen to Qi Yuanliang?"
It was Kang Shi, who had heard the news and come over to watch the excitement.
"What good would worrying do? Why didn't he think things through when he was stirring up trouble himself? Gongsu has an honest nature, so he just toys with him as much as he likes. Even a clay figurine has a temper." Shen Tang was in a bind, too. As the Lord, she shouldn't get involved; taking either side now would only add fuel to the fire. She sighed. "Think about what he did in the past. A little beating is what he deserves."
Kang Shi also thought of the debts behind the name "Wicked Schemer."
He nodded in agreement. "That's true."
Then he shook his head. "A menace like him will live for a thousand years."
Given Qi Yuanliang's... no, Tan Lezheng's nature, if he dared to toy with Qin Gongsu a second time, he must be confident he could get away unscathed. The two weren't simply political rivals. They had been enemies, but they had also once been friends. The more complicated things were, the harder they were to sort out.
Shen Tang agreed wholeheartedly. "...Actually, I think Yuan Liang is kind of like Duan Zhengchun sometimes! The essence of being a playboy is to make a mess of someone's life, then shamelessly play the sentimental card and coax them into forgiving you. If they refuse, you accuse them of being heartless, unreasonable, and making trouble for no reason. The First Ascendant and the others have never liked him, but they haven't done much to him all these years. There's an old saying that goes..."
Kang Shi asked three questions in a row.
"What old saying?"
"Who's Duan Zhengchun?"
"Yuan Liang can't