"I'm not afraid of fighting. I'm afraid we won't be able to take it down. Then it won't just be a matter of losing face."
"Lord Li, who do you think will ultimately win?"
Everyone turned to Li Qingxian.
Some of the older officials looked thoughtful. Those questioning Li Qingxian bore him no ill will, but there was more or less an element of testing him.
Which of those seated in the rosewood grand armchairs had not fought their way out of the crowd?
Li Qingxian had his accomplishments, but his seniority was still far too lacking.
In the end, he was only Sixth Rank.
Li Qingxian considered for a moment, then said slowly, "I've spoken with Meng Huaichuan and others about affairs in the south. Still, as I've said before, I haven't experienced them myself, so I can't offer conclusions, only possibilities. In the past, I too thought the Eastern Ding Kingdom would crumble at a single blow. After all, decades ago, our Qi Kingdom often flaunted its might on the Eastern Ding Kingdom's Xia River. To test and suppress them, we even sent men to kill their envoy in the Junlan Kingdom. And what happened? They could only swallow their knocked-out teeth. But have you noticed that in recent years, not only have they stopped swallowing their teeth, they've even stopped losing them..."
Everyone nodded.
Li Qingxian said, "Moreover, just a few years ago, our Qi Kingdom still paid the Eastern Ding Kingdom no mind. Yet in recent years, many people have wanted to restrain it, which was why the Mad King devised his countermeasures. But you've all seen the result: the Eastern Ding Kingdom has continued developing steadily. Taking other information into account, we can infer that it is indeed very powerful-so powerful that the Qi Kingdom