Creating nests (2)

But no matter how careless or poorly she felt her seniors had handled the matter, she couldn't fault them entirely. It was always safer to overestimate an enemy than to underestimate them, but even overestimation had to be guided by reason, and for the finishing touches it needed to be tempered with a dash of healthy absurdity.

Despite not expecting it, her clan had been right to assume that the three clans might be hiding a palace realm expert. But once that assumption had been proven true, they should have raised their estimations further, considering the possibility that the other two clans were also likely concealing similar strengths to the Chi family. But even then, that assumption had to have a limit.