Only Qiu Tu faced opposition from three votes. This time, Li Tingdong still didn't raise his hand, but he said "abstain."
The vote ended up 3:2:1, rejecting Qiu Tu's transfer proposal.
Soon, this undercurrent-filled Speaker's meeting concluded.
At the meeting's end, Huang Shangzong, furiously amused, said "good" six times in a row before leaving the conference room with a stern face.
In the conference room, Liu Xiongyuan grinned and winked at Tang Feifei, then looked towards Dai Yukang.
He smiled and said, "Old Dai, I didn't expect you to step forward."
Hearing Liu Xiongyuan's words, Dai Yukang packed up his files, then shook his head with a smile, saying, "You misunderstood. I just owed Qiu Tu a favor, so I repaid him."
"Moreover, he really is talented. Xinjie City needs him."
After speaking, he picked up his files and left the conference room.
His words were clearly not intended for Liu Xiongyuan and Tang Feifei, but for Ye Mingfeng, who had not yet left.
Hearing Dai Yukang say this, a look of realization crossed Ye Mingfeng's face, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
If Dai Yukang was just repaying a favor and only supporting him this once, then maybe the situation wasn't as bad as it could be.
"I hope... the Speaker won't overreact."
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker being at odds is not good for the state...
Meanwhile, as Ye Mingfeng was thinking this,
in Huang Shangzong's office.
"Crash!" "Bang!" "Clang!"
Items that Huang Shangzong had just replaced two days earlier after smashing them were once again swept to the floor and shattered!
Huang Shangzong paced angrily back and forth in his office, chest heaving dramatically, eyes nearly popping, like a bull.
He truly hadn't expected that one day the state he controlled would spiral out of his control!
Three Deputy Speakers had even joined forces against him! Another just watched from the sidelines!
He couldn't fathom how such a situation had developed!
He madly clasped his head, trying to figure out how Qiu Tu won and how he had lost.
Why had Dai Yukang opposed and Li Tingdong abstained?
The more he thought, the more puzzled Huang Shangzong became!
So, after much deliberation, he decided to make a call for assistance.
As a high-ranking member of the Academic Faction, Huang Shangzong was among the top five in the faction.
Now, as the Speaker of Dongye State, he could be considered in the top three in terms of power.
But as for intelligence... he wouldn't even make the top ten, no, the top twenty.
With this in mind, he walked back to his collapsed desk, sat down heavily, then pulled out his communicator and dialed a direct line.
"Beep...beep...beep..."
Shortly, the call connected.
Before Huang Shangzong could speak, an elegant male voice came through, "I figured you'd call me."
Huang Shangzong was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Old Guo, can you predict the future now?"
The elegant man laughed, "No, not really."
"Just that Old Pang and Elder Tang had a phone call today to exchange some information and views."
"You... got completely outmaneuvered by a junior."
Hearing the elegant man's words, Huang Shangzong was even more perplexed.
Old Pang is the leader of the Academic Faction and one of the five Deputy Speakers of the Supreme Sanctuary Council.
And Elder Tang, needless to say, is Tang Feifei's grandfather, the leader of the Fengtian Faction, also one of the five Deputy Speakers.
For such prominent figures, unless the True Body of the Evil God invaded, they generally wouldn't pay attention to these matters.
How had such a small matter alerted them?
And he was outmaneuvered?
He had indeed been outmaneuvered just now, but how could the leaders of two factions have known about it beforehand?