Peaceful Morning

"He said what?!?!"

Lian Zhiqiu raised her voice as she stood up from her desk in her office while receiving a report from Elder Hai about Wu Long's latest plans regarding the new arrangements.

"Umm..."

"I heard what you said, I can still hear"

As the old man was about to repeat his report or at least summarize it she waived her hand while rolling her eyes and turning to the circular window that took most of the wall behind her desk with nervous steps. 

She was holding a piece of paper in her hand that was a report she was reading at the time she received Elder Hai's oral report, waving it around in frustration as she completely forgot its existence.

"I have to keep the troublemakers at bay and fawn over the Imperial Heirs, while everyone who helped me do that so far would be going away. And I can't even move because I have to operate the Grand Formation"