The people present were all Cataclysmics, with keen hearing and sight.
Unless an array was set up, they could clearly hear anything, even if it was softly spoken about 10 ters away.
So, Secretary Pang Haichen's words clearly reached the ears of several mbers of parliant.
The mbers exchanged glances.
Qiu Tu first glanced at Tang Feifei on the opposite side, and then noticed he received an eye-roll from Rain Butterfly from his rear side.
He coughed lightly to cover his embarrassnt and then recalled Councilman Tian's situation in his mind.
Councilman Tian, nad Tian Baoliang, is a mber of the Supre Sanctuary Council, the Vice-Principal of the "Officer Academy," and one of the seven top leaders of the "Academic Faction."
In terms of seniority and status, he ranks about the fourth or fifth within the "Academic Faction," sowhat inferior compared to Huang Shangzong at his peak.
Yet now, he was suddenly taken away. Pang Haichen imdiately frowned.
He turned to his secretary and asked, "What happened?"
The secretary whispered, "Not sure... they haven't figured out the exact reason yet."
"Rumor has it that it's a move by the 'Fengtian Faction,' with Tang Shouye from the Tang family (Tang Feifei's second uncle) bringing the Disciplinary Departnt for the arrest."
"So it should have obtained Elder Tang's approval."
Upon hearing the secretary's words, Pang Haichen's gaze naturally fell on Tang Feifei.
Recently, Tang Feifei has been fully in charge of the Disaster Zone offense plan, commanding a force of a hundred thousand, further elevating her temperant and deanor.
The harsh training on the flesh-and-blood battlefield, coupled with Huang Shangzong's long-distance guidance, has made her progress rapidly.
If in the past she was just a leopard never having fought, carrying wildness but lacking ferocity;
Now she almost has the majestic quality of the king of beasts, simply sitting there radiating a refined yet bloody aura.
Feeling Pang Haichen's gaze, she looked back sharply.
The two locked eyes, Pang Haichen's brow furrowed slightly, then he turned to Qiu Tu again.
At this mont, Qiu Tu was pretending to ditate, avoiding any response.
Pang Haichen didn't get the information he wanted and slowly retracted his gaze.
He said in a low voice, "Understood."
The secretary wisely bowed and left the eting room.
Watching his back, Pei Jing's gaze deepened slightly.
Perhaps due to the intimidation from Qiu Tu, he felt this matter wasn't that simple.
Old Pang is serving as the Two States Guardian. He himself is the New State Governor. Principal Tian has been arrested?
Are there really no connections between these events?
Even if Principal Tian was arrested, the "Academic Faction's" strength is evidently not declining but rather increasing. Why is there still a sense of inexplicable unease?
With these thoughts, Pei Jing couldn't help but knit his brows into a '川' shape.
Though he couldn't quite grasp where this unease stemd from, he always felt that the "Academic Faction" used to be like a great tree, maybe not tall, but with deep roots.
And now... although this tree is rapidly growing to towering heights, it seems like it's lost its roots?
Is he overthinking? Could it all just be a coincidence?
Because the reality of this matter is too frightening, even though Pei Jing sensed so anomalies, he didn't dare to delve deep, choosing to temporarily bury this doubt in his heart.
At this ti, after the secretary left, Old Pang also began today's small eting.
The contents of today's small eting were simple, to summarize the recent work of the two states and arrange the welcoming of Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng.
Soon, the small eting ended, and Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng had already arrived less than 60 kiloters from the "Trading Market."
Pang Haichen decisively wrapped up the eting, preparing to lead the group for the welco.
However, after he called for the eting to adjourn, among the 10 mbers, vice mbers present, except for Pei Jing who swiftly packed his docunts to leave with him, the other mbers leisurely collected their files, but their seats seed fixed like weights.
Seeing this, Pang Haichen's face darkened once more, and he was too lazy for further humiliation, suppressing his anger as he strode out of the eting room.
The instant he stepped out of the room, he paused, turned back for a deep look at a few people in the eting room, and his gaze beca increasingly sharp.
Especially when he glanced over Yan Chen, his gaze grew even more somber.
Qiu Tu observed all the reactions of those present, then a smile appeared in his eyes.
Actually... he didn't anticipate the impact of his intimidation would be this effective.
But thinking it over, it seed quite reasonable.
Among the 8 vice-mbers, Qiu Tu had 4 staunch direct lineage supporters: Tang Feifei, Rain Butterfly, Liu Xiongyuan, and Dai Yukang.
These four people unquestionably followed his lead.
Whatever Qiu Tu did, they would follow. Whatever he didn't do, they would refuse to do.
This allowed Qiu Tu to control half the power of the two states.
And Dongye City Hall's Guo Huai, he is one of the core forces of the "Fengtian Faction," a direct lineage of Elder Tang.
In the Two States, Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei represented the "Fengtian Faction," so he naturally had to follow.
That makes five votes.
Dongye State military's Ye Mingfeng, he is a core force of the Iron-Blood Faction, holding military power.
The Iron-Blood Faction always acts impartially, and unless the Speaker errs, they must stand on the Speaker's side.
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