Chunfeng Residence was pitch-black beyond the candlelight in the early hours of the morning.
"Thank the Chief Guardian Envoy on my behalf."
Watching Coward King's guard leave, Li Qingxian sank into thought.
Coward King had just led people to the Imperial City to attend the grand court assembly.
Though he was a deputy commander, his actual rank was only Sixth Rank, so it was inconvenient for him to attend court.
However, Coward King had sent someone to deliver the latest news.
There had been another new development in the war to the south.
Previously, Shen Zhihai had said that, for his own selfish interests, Mad King was preparing to use Tannan Kingdom against Eastern Ding Kingdom and had already begun full-scale war preparations. Barring any surprises, Mad King would lead the Qi Army into Tannan Kingdom, disguise them as Tannan Kingdom soldiers, and probe Eastern Ding Kingdom's true strength.
But Li Qingxian knew that Mad King could not accomplish something this major by himself. Several major factions in Qi Kingdom must have joined forces behind him.
Mad King's relationship with Zhao Yishan, the Grand Academician of the Hall of Establishing the Ultimate and Chief Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, was ordinary, but his ties with Jie Linfu, the Grand Academician of the Hall of Literary Glory and Second Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, ran extremely deep.
Within the Cabinet, the Chief Grand Secretary naturally held the greatest power, but the emperor could not possibly allow any one person to monopolize authority. Thus, the Second Grand Secretary and the other Grand Secretaries existed to divide that power.
Within the Cabinet, Zhao Yishan's was not the only voice.
It was merely that Zhao Yishan's cultivation was profound, while Second Grand Secretary Jie Linfu held First Rank in office but was truly only