Lin Xiaosu smiled. "If Your Excellency wishes to prove whether what I used really was the Lesser Divinity Soul-Subduing Art, that is easily done. Experience it yourself, and you will understand."
Song Yuncang smiled. "A mere Fourth Rank official like you wants to do as he pleases with a Second Rank dignitary like me? You will have to see whether my official seal agrees!"
Mad Wolf's gaze abruptly shifted to Song Lifu, the Minister of Justice.
She belonged to the Heaven-Subduing Pavilion.
She knew the power of a Second Rank official seal.
No matter how formidable her lord's Lesser Divinity Soul-Subduing Art was, it could never break through the protection of a Second Rank official seal and truly subdue Song Yuncang.
Then could the minister's official seal subdue Song Yuncang?
That was impossible too!
Although the minister was a court official and theoretically stood above a local official of the same rank, that was merely a matter of etiquette.
The actual power of official seals paid no heed to etiquette, only rank. Their ranks were equal, so their power was identical.
Out of respect for a court official, Song Yuncang might salute him first. But this was clearly no longer a matter a salute could resolve. Lin Xiaosu wanted to subdue his soul. How could Song Yuncang let him run wild?
If they resorted to force, Song Yuncang was still the prefect, with a host of subordinate officials, all high-ranking Third and Fourth Rank officials. If everyone brought out their official seals together, it would become the greatest scandal in officialdom.
And they still would not succeed in subduing Song Yuncang.
Lin Xiaosu smiled faintly. "Your Excellency sounds very confident when invoking your official seal. But are you aware that everything happening today has been under His Majesty's Insight Eye?"