Seeing Him Off for Ten Miles

The Qing Kingdom officials who witnessed this scene could no longer describe how they felt. They stared at Fang Yun in alarm. He had clearly written a poem to save a dancer and denounce the Qing Lord, yet in the end he had forcibly driven a wedge between Qing Kingdom's ruler and ministers, one that would be difficult to remove.

Now that it had happened, no matter what Xin Zhi did, the events of today would remain like a thorn lodged in the Qing Lord's heart.

The thorn itself was not particularly formidable, but because it had been driven in on the very day Qing Kingdom lost Xiang Prefecture, it could never be removed unless Qing Kingdom reclaimed Xiang Prefecture.

Some colleagues close to Xin Zhi sighed inwardly. A Hanlin Academician might hold lofty status, but before a ruler, he amounted to little.

In a vast nation like Qing Kingdom, the Qing Lord did not even care much whether a Grand Academician stayed or left. Only Great Scholars could make him take notice.

But in Jing Kingdom, the departure or retention of a single Grand Academician was enough to shake both court and country.

Fang Yun knew that taking over an entire prefecture was an enormous undertaking. As for negotiations over the other commandery, they would not conclude in one or two months. Jing Kingdom's officials would handle all such discussions; he would not waste his time on such trifles.

"General Zhou and the other officials will handle this matter through negotiation. Tomorrow, I will return to Jing Capital." After saying that, Fang Yun headed outside the Prefectural Academy.

Once he left the Prefectural Academy, he saw that one side of Literary Academy Street was blocked, just as before, by countless people from Baling City. Yet they were all waiting