C786 There Was No Difference

Outside the County Mayor's office, the crowd buzzed with speculation, but Chi Rongyan, deep in negotiations with Huang Zhong and Huang Shu, remained oblivious. Even if she had known, she likely wouldn't have considered it significant. She had long prepared herself to be criticized by the entire southern populace. Xie Xuanmo and the rest of the Ninth Duke Mansion shared this understanding