"All of you were the ones who placed all your hopes on Sage Chen," Fang Yun said, his tone incomparably cold.
After giving it careful thought, the officials understood that Fang Yun was more correct.
Fang Yun had never placed his hopes on Sage Chen. That was why he now had to continuously build up strength, so that after Sage Chen's Sagefall, he could fight the foreign enemies with all his might.
Sheng Boyuan, on the other hand, regarded Sage Chen as his final trump card. That was why he was willing to sell everything away like a gambler, hoping to turn the tables through Sage Chen at the very end.
Sheng Boyuan was slightly taken aback, then retorted, "Then should we place our hopes on you?"
Yet Fang Yun did not even look at Sheng Boyuan. In a loud voice, he said, "The Clerk Examination is the achievement of every scholar in Jing Kingdom. So long as a single person disagrees, it cannot be handed over to the Miscellaneous School. As for the negotiations, the Miscellaneous School's purpose is to seize the Clerk Examination. Therefore, these negotiations end here."
Within the silent Heaven-Serving Hall, Sheng Boyuan flew into a towering rage. "You say negotiate, and we negotiate. You say no negotiations, and there are no negotiations. With one sentence, you completely erase the Negotiation Bureau's efforts and accomplishments. With one sentence, you consign peace between both sides to ruin. Do you think you are the Jing Lord or a Half-Sage of the Human Race? With the Jing Lord and the Empress Dowager present, it is not your place to behave so outrageously in Jing Kingdom! The lord of Jing Kingdom is, in the end, the Jing Lord! These negotiations must pass whether you approve of them or not!"
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