"Looks like you offended our number-one prodigy." Watching that upright figure stride away, Shi Mingcheng spoke.
"No one could have known whether Equality State would act, or how they would act. There was naturally nothing to say beforehand—what crime is there in that? Director Ruan was holding down Si Xuan Underground Palace, and we did not hide it from him; we had made the risks clear. The Marquis of Wu'an is not a narrow-minded man. In my view, he has simply made up his mind not to involve himself in the Official Path." Su Guanying, too, watched that retreating figure and said in a drawn-out voice, "People like us, scrambling and scheming in officialdom, are not fellow travelers on his road."
"He is only twenty this year, isn't he?" Shi Mingcheng asked.
"I recall that he is twenty-one." Su Guanying said.
"To possess such clarity and such resolve at so young an age is truly rare and precious." Shi Mingcheng praised him lavishly, then said with perfect naturalness, "Since he does not need it, my military command will take his share."
Su Guanying nodded halfway, then immediately stopped. "I think the Governor-General's Office has greater need of it."
"The injuries I suffered today will take at least three to five months to heal."
"In truth, this Governor-General was injured as well—my Primordial Spirit was hurt. You simply cannot see it at the moment."
"If it cannot be seen, then it is the same as not having it. Surely Governor-General Su does not fail to understand even this principle?"
"How many people are in your military command, and how many are in the Governor-General's Office? In this Governor-General's view, we should still divide it proportionally."
"It is pointless for Military Governor Shi to speak like that. You have your fairness, Equality