Xia Zeming complained with dissatisfaction, "Even within us, unity is lacking; each of the Seven Great Families has its own agenda. The Glirhuade family finally sided with Joseph V ten years ago; I don't believe for a second that Celia has had no dealings with him."
If there hadn't been a deal, Joseph V wouldn't have signed the Imperial Decree so readily.
"There definitely was a deal." Those who have betrayed before find it hard to be trusted again; although Fu Xing has helped Celia, he does not trust her.
It was just a casual aid, but even if it couldn't win someone over, it could still shatter the trust between Celia and Joseph V.
"I guess Joseph V will look for a breaking point next; he's very skilled at using someone insignificant and unremarkable to pivot the whole situation," Duke Mesfield said sarcastically. "Like ten years ago, who would have thought that it would be Celia and Lance who eventually shifted the whole situation and ended up killing Joseph IV."
