Given the Royal Li Family's iron grip on the Mountain and Sea Empire, they clearly had no need to engage in such convoluted and unnecessary schemes.
If the Li Family were planning something major, Nangong An, despite not being weak, certainly wouldn't be the best choice given his personality.
Besides, during the battle in the Imperial City, Li Shimu had already made his stance clear by drawing upon the Empire's providence.
Therefore, there was a ninety percent chance that some members of the Six Great Clans, or perhaps a single individual, had colluded with the Hall of Envoys many years ago behind the Li Family's back.
Nangong An was likely just a pawn.
As for how many similar pawns existed, who the true mastermind was, or what he—or they—planned to do, Mo Qi had no way of knowing.
'Looks like the waters in this Empire run incredibly deep!'
'Someone's planning to make a huge move!'
