Zu Huiyin was sick with regret. Right then, she wished she could drop to her knees before Zhou Sining to prove her sincerity.
But that kind of emotional blackmail would never work.
Never mind that a room full of elite mages would never let her kneel; even if she did, the million residents of the Ancient Capital would consider it only natural.
Who the hell did Zu Huiyin think she was?
When the Ancient Capital Cataclysm struck, had she killed a single undead, saved a single civilian, or caught a single Black Vatican lackey?!
She had done nothing but sit in a luxurious office and issue orders.
And now Zu Huiyin had been loudly proclaiming before and during the match that Zhou Sining was morally corrupt???
She was telling them that an orphan who had saved the Ancient Capital, nearly died doing it, still carried injuries, and crushed competitors from other countries was morally corrupt???
Fucking hell! Slandering an orphaned hero? If you ask me, you fucking idiot of a Grand Speaker's secretary are the truly corrupt one!
The public backlash was unimaginable. No official statement could do any good.
Barely an hour had passed since the match ended, and Zu Huiyin had already been forced to bring Zu Jiming to apologize. Even more frighteningly, the entire senior leadership had distanced themselves from her. No one dared help!
Even those bastards from the Lu Family had switched sides at the last minute, claiming their negative opinions of Zhou Sining had all been shaped by Zu Huiyin's remarks. Zu Huiyin was so furious that she had started fighting with Lu Xin on the spot...
"Well, Zhou Sining, we truly realize we were wrong..." Zu Huiyin was on the verge of tears.
Zhou Sining cut her off. "You don't realize you