As the Qing Kingdom's minister of personnel, Gu Nanhui was a senior official second only to the four chancellors. His words inevitably represented the Qing Kingdom.
The Qing Kingdom's officials had finally seized the opportunity to launch their attack.
Zong Ganyu, head of the Zong Family, coughed lightly and used Tongue Blossoms Thunder. "Brother Gu, why be so impatient? The Chen Family is buffeted by wind and rain, and perhaps this is beyond its strength. There is no harm in letting them hand over Desolate City a few years late. Of course, if Brother Mingding is willing to come to my Zong Family for some tea and a chat, and explain his reasons, it is only a Desolate City, after all. My Zong Family can certainly do without it."
The Zong Family had officially made its move!
Those words made the hair of countless people from the Jing Kingdom bristle with rage. Many members of the Chen Family nearly burst into curses, and even people from other countries looked at Zong Ganyu in astonishment. As the head of a dignified Half-Sage Family, he had actually said such things to another Half-Sage Family. It was almost tantamount to tearing away every pretense of civility.
Everyone knew that Sage Chen's grave injuries had yet to heal and that his fall was imminent, yet Zong Ganyu had openly called the family "buffeted by wind and rain" and said this was "beyond its strength." He was tearing open the Chen Family's wounds. As for inviting the Chen Family's head to the Zong Family for tea and a chat, those words trampled on Chen Mingding's dignity. If Chen Mingding really went, it would amount to begging the Zong Family for mercy and bowing his head completely.
Most importantly, Chen Mingding was right there in the