Let them offer their loyalty!

As the Speaker of the State, you trusted intelligence from non-official channels, led troops into another state, berated the Speaker of the other state, and even surrounded the State Government!

The crime is enormous.

And Qiu Tu... While he wasn't fooled and didn't act on Xue'er, he secretly went after Yan Chen's daughter, Yanyan?

Originally, Old Pang used this dirty trap to drive the wolf to devour the tiger, aiming to restrain Qiu Tu.

Old Pang had presumed a relatively favorable outcome—just Huang Shangzong using his base power in Dongye State to trouble Qiu Tu, making Qiu Tu's policies fail to leave the State Government.

Afterwards, the enraged Qiu Tu would likely leverage his connections in New State, such as Tang Feifei and Liu Xiongyuan, to hinder Huang Shangzong.

In this way, New State and Dongye State, along with Qiu Tu and Huang Shangzong, would inevitably bog each other down, consuming their resources, unable to attend to other affairs.

At that moment, Old Pang could launch his second and third killing moves, gradually dragging Qiu Tu and Huang Shangzong into the quagmire.

But now... he's only reached the first step, and Huang Shangzong has already collapsed on his own.

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu has stirred up a ravenous wolf...

'Double joy indeed....'

Thinking this, while Old Pang's heart was brimming with surprise and delight, his face darkened as he turned to Huang Shangzong, shouting angrily, "Chairman Huang! What on earth are you doing!"

"Prepare yourself for Sanctuary's inquiry!"

Saying this, Old Pang flicked his sleeves angrily and strode directly toward the convoy.

Huang Shangzong stood there dumbfounded, seemingly unable to comprehend how things had turned out this way.

Witnessing this dramatic reversal firsthand, be it Old Pang's confidants or the female chief, they were overwhelmed with the shocking twists and turns.

Fearing that Huang Shangzong, in a fit of rage, might silence them, they quickly took advantage of his daze and hurriedly fled towards Old Pang's convoy.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu did not concern himself with Huang Shangzong but instead walked toward his own convoy.

At this moment, Huang Shangzong seemed to finally regain his senses. His face turned dark as he glanced at Old Pang, then at Qiu Tu, and finally dejectedly headed toward his camp of several thousand soldiers.

Because the soldiers' camp was in the same direction as Qiu Tu's convoy, and with Huang Shangzong's brisk pace, they crossed paths within seconds.

At the moment their figures overlapped, Huang Shangzong softly muttered, "Thanks."

The words were barely audible, and Huang Shangzong didn't even move his lips, yet Qiu Tu heard them clearly.

However, he did not respond, merely letting out a faint "hmm" from his nose, as if unconsciously.

Thus ended the farce, in a manner that left all three sides wounded.

In this world, there are no true walls sealing off secrets.

By the afternoon, every department in the State Government had already updated today's shocking twists and turns.

The revelation? It wasn't Huang Shangzong's daughter Xue'er asleep with Qiu Tu; instead, it was possibly Yanyan, Yan Chen's daughter.

This sudden reversal left the gossip-consuming crowd reeling, struggling to react.

But the drama still wasn't over.

The entire farce was quickly reported to Sanctuary.

The key figures in Sanctuary were furious.

Especially regarding Huang Shangzong's act of leading troops into another state based on faulty intelligence, which was deemed malicious and bordering on rebellion.

Thus, within less than two hours, an official removal letter arrived from Sanctuary to New State.

Huang Shangzong was relieved of his position as Speaker of New State, replaced by Deputy Speaker Pei Jing—an "Academic Faction" leader, responsible for "military systems" in Beiyun State.

Qiu Tu was issued a "warning" as punishment.

Furthermore, perhaps due to the turmoil stirred up in Dongye State and New State over the past two years, Sanctuary established a new temporary position titled "Two States Guardian," entrusted to Old Pang, overseeing all military and political affairs in Dongye State and New State.

In an instant, Old Pang's prestige and influence reached their peak across the two states.

Meanwhile, in the Dongye State Speaker's office...

Qiu Tu leaned in his chair, his body engulfed in darkness. Closing his eyes, he began dissecting the hidden dynamics and... the political moves of Old Rao and Elder Tang throughout the unfolding events...

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