Having confirmed this news, Yue Jinghua returned to White Moon Pavilion without any visible reaction. The time was not yet ripe to make a move; she must clarify the specific deployments and actions of the Empire.
Hitting the snake at its vital spot is crucial, but impulsiveness is always detrimental.
The changes in Fengdan County and the assertiveness of its new Lord were no longer a secret.
The blockade of the town had no practical effect on Yue Jinghua; if she wanted to send out news of the Imperial Army, she had at least three or four ways to do so.
A tax force of a thousand elite Imperial Soldiers posed no particular threat to Fengdan County as it stood now.
Yet Yue Jinghua was not willing to fall out with the Imperial Ministry of Revenue at this critical juncture.
After all, geographically, Fengdan and Bailu Counties were directly under the jurisdiction of the Dragon War Empire.
