Chapter 1379: Robbing Fate, Cutting Will
“The Chief Libationist isn’t in the Jixia Academy right now. He’s currently overseas.”
Feng Qingyou’s answer was more or less what he anticipated. He added, “Emperor Jing Run’s the one who arranged it.” “Hah! Emperor Jing Run is quite the meticulous guy, isn’t he?”
Ye Qing remarked with great sarcasm. It was obviously why Emperor Jing Run sent the Chief Libationist away. It was because he was afraid that the old man would stop him.
Although the Chief Libationist wasn’t an imperial official, his renown, influence and power were, in a sense, all greater than Emperor Jing Run’s even though the latter was the regent of this nation. If the Chief Libationist truly wanted to stop him, he would have no choice but to compromise.
To prevent the Chief Libationist from stopping his grand plan, Emperor Jing Run sent the man away from the imperial capital. Not only that, he went a step further and sent him all the way to the other side of the four seas, guaranteeing that the old man would absolutely, definitely not be able to make it back in time.
Truly, Emperor Jing Run did everything he could to ensure that his grand plan would succeed!
In the end though, all his efforts merely resulted in him enmeshing himself in a trap of his own devising.
If the Chief Libationist was still in the imperial capital, then the situation would not be as dire as it currently was.
Of course, if the Chief Libationist was still in the imperial capital, then Feng Qingyou probably wouldn’t come up with the plan of stealing the Earthly Sovereign Bell and the Heavens’ Eye at all. That would be too audacious even for her.
In other words, Feng Qingyou had accounted for the Chief Libationist’s presence as well.
“Emperor Jing Run is lacking in great wisdom, but petty schemes? His brain is full of it.”
Feng Qingyou said while shaking her head, “If not for loyal, competent subjects such as Wan Bainian and Li Chengzhong, Chu would have run into problems a long time ago.”