"Or do you believe that people in future generations have no ability to tell right from wrong?!
Since you chose to act like bandits, stop expecting anyone to sing your praises!"
Elder Huo's face turned pale and ashen by turns. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected Feng Xi to expose their schemes so openly. After all, from his perspective, even if the people of the Northern Territory knew what was really going on, they wouldn't dare speak a word out of fear of provoking the Southern Domain.
Before he could utter a response, Feng Xi pressed on:
"What? Surprised that I dared to expose your little plot?
There are plenty of things you didn't foresee!
Did you honestly think our Northern Territory lives in terror of your Southern Domain? Are you that certain we'd cower at the mere thought of your armies marching against us?
Wrong! Dead wrong!
When my master spoke to you with civility and made concession after concession, was it because he was a coward clinging to life?
No!
His Reverence did it for the greater good!
The humans of the Southern Domain and the Northern Territory are all of the same race; we should be looking out for one another, not pointing swords at each other's throats.
Once a war breaks out between us, it will inevitably plunge the common folk into misery and fill the land with wailing and despair.
Anyone with an ounce of conscience would want to avoid such a tragedy.
That is why my master and my three senior uncles have exercised the utmost forbearance. Yet…
Chapter 195