The significance of the Great Qi Son of Heaven opening his mouth was unlike that of anyone else.
In the era after the Six Powers, he was the one hegemonic Son of Heaven who had raised an entire nation with one hand. He had ended the chaotic thousand-year strife since Yang, crushed mighty Xia, dominated East State, set Near-Sea to rights...
Only he could truly strike the final hammer and decide how this world would treat Jiang Wang's path!
The Great Chu Duke of State and State Preceptor, along with Great Chu's foremost prodigy, could indeed represent Chu Kingdom. But the Chu Emperor was ultimately a new ruler. With weighty ministers rising one after another for Jiang Wang, people would instead begin to wonder whether he truly held the reins of the nation.
Helian Yunyun's theory of national character and personality certainly carried the bearing of a worthy Son of Heaven, but she had yet to truly prove herself and could not help being looked down upon.
But Jiang Shu was different.
Hong Junyan dared to immediately question whether Helian Yunyun was making a child's game of state affairs.
Even if Jiang Shu merely said, "This is your Great Void Pavilion's business"...
How could Hong Junyan dare question him?
The vast East State lay within a single blade. In merit and virtue alike, though Hong Junyan belonged to an earlier generation, he was still the latercomer.
Jiang Shu was a Son of Heaven capable of mobilizing his whole nation. Even Ji Fengzhou had to seize the right opponent before challenging him—if he said he would fight you, he fought you.
Chongxuan Sheng rubbed his belly as though it were a treasure... and understood that Xu Yuanzhi's story would not happen to Jiang Wang.
But the storm had yet to settle.