After Jia Xu's 'stirring things up', the court meeting ended quickly, and officials from many clans left with relaxed strides. In their elation, they believed they had shielded all the clans within the Qin Dynasty's borders from a fatal crisis. They failed to notice that high-ranking ministers such as Zhuge Liang, Xiao He, and Guo Jia did not return to their offices but instead proceeded to the imperial study.
Big matters are discussed in small meetings, and small matters resolved in big ones! The plans that would determine the future direction of the state were usually deliberated in the secrecy of Qin Wudao's imperial study. No power, when discussing important matters, would invite a large crowd to debate endlessly. Setting aside whether any conclusion could be reached that way, even if it could, the matter would become common knowledge. With many mouths come many opinions, and no one could guarantee that their own ranks were free of spies planted by other forces.
