Feng Guan picked up the teapot, refilled his cup with tea, and said:
"Why can other military leaders tolerate it, but Lord Pingye cannot?"
Zhang Yuanshan heard this, smiled, and said:
"Being born human, who is naturally willing to endure such constraints? It's just the force of circumstances, compelled by necessity. The other military leaders in the Jin land can tolerate it because Lord Jingnan is pressing them, whether they want to or not;
but it's well known that Lord Jingnan regards Lord Pingye highly, and does the world know it, but Lord Pingye does not know?
Precisely because he doesn't need to tolerate it, he doesn't have to endure it."
"But this approach is indeed a bit too much; earlier, I was proclaiming an edict."
"He's done even more extreme things before; the Third Prince is still at the Lakeside Pavilion now."
"That's indeed true," Feng Guan nodded.
Zhang Yuanshan picked up a piece of fish head and put it in his plate, idly fiddling with it as he said:
