In fact, not only Xu Lingjun understands...
They are all seasoned veterans in the officialdom, how could they not understand the concept of merit surpassing the sovereign?
Although the current Blue Star cannot afford internal conflict, and thus never has there been a situation where meritorious subjects were discarded like extinguished birds... the problem is that Xu Lingjun's situation differs too greatly from the past.
Others have merit surpassing the sovereign.
His merit is so huge that the entire Blue Star cannot contain it.
They cannot kill him... or rather, they cannot kill him...
What needs to be done is to suppress him as much as possible, or to dilute his achievements, while also trying not to provoke his wrath, to make his prestige not so high.
This is also for more convenient future relations between the ruler and subjects.
In fact, although Xu Lingjun returned to receive his conferment, he was already prepared, not intending to celebrate grandly like before.
