Negotiation
The commissioner on the side interrupted. "But your dragon isn't the only dragon."
"Same here, there're still other snakes prying for your positions." Yang Qingyue was noncommittal with her words.
She knew her family also had enemies and likewise the same applied to the three officials before her.
A tit for tat began in the conversation. Listening from the sideline, Cai Ning expected the future negotiations to be problematic but Yang Qingyue gave her a signal to calm down.
Silence ensued as each side calculated the opponent's move. One mishap might ruin everything they had striven for.
One spark could light up and engulf the people inside this room in flames, that could be too late and difficult to stop by then.
"So, what's your plan and what do you want?" The mayor finally spoke and the momentum dissipated.