"I, the Commander, ask you gentlemen, is this the outcome you desire? Do you truly believe that ceding territory and negotiating peace will resolve the situation? Is it beneficial to the grand scheme? No! You are leading Her Majesty into injustice, leading the court into unrighteousness, causing the public support accumulated by Her Majesty's benevolent governance over three years to be utterly wasted!"
Zhao Douan, angered by their lack of vigor, swept his gaze over the faces of the Peace Negotiation Faction ministers: "Lose the negotiation, lose much. Lose the public support, lose everything."
With a cold and proud expression, he spat:
"How foolish!"
A dead silence!
Many officials turned red with embarrassment, feeling as though they wished to burrow into the ground.
