Shock (2)

The Li Family...

"Father? Are you going too?" Li Tianjun asked curiously when he saw his father get into the carriage.

At this point, Grand Marshal Li's status was already quite extraordinary. He was not usually required to attend to ordinary matters, but if he were to attend, it would undoubtedly be a major event that would affect the entire empire.

"Hmm! It seems something big has happened!" Grand Marshal Li nodded.

When a minister entered the main hall of the Imperial Palace, he found Zhao Yarou already sitting on the throne waiting. He realized that this was no small matter, as even the emperor was waiting.

He stood quietly in his usual spot, without making a sound. At this point, he must have been waiting for everyone to arrive before starting.

Soon, in less than half an incense stick's time, almost everyone had arrived. They all lived very close by, so when one person arrived, it meant the others would be arriving soon.

No one would delay, because if Zhao Yarou had to wait too long, the consequences would be severe!

At this moment, seeing that Grand Marshal Li and the Military Affairs Department had arrived, they understood that this matter must be related to military affairs. Could it be that we are going to attack a certain country?

Or perhaps someone is attacking our empire, which is why we are being summoned so urgently!

Yes, that must be it!!

"Alright, everyone's here! Now I'll tell you why I've called you all here!" Zhao Yarou glanced at the ministers. "We need to send troops to take over the northern part of the empire! Grand Marshal, this task is entrusted to you. Make sure to take over the northern region in the shortest possible time."

"What?!"

The entire hall erupted in uproar; none of them had expected Zhao Yarou to bring up this very topic.

"Your Majesty, although I also wish to take over the northern region of the empire, the Greedy Wolf Legion is stationed there, and other legions cannot intervene. Going there now would only cause internal turmoil within the empire, and the time is not yet ripe!" Grand Marshal Li stepped forward to persuade him.

If it were in the past, Zhao Yarou would have agreed with his statement, but not now!

"Grand Marshal, the time is ripe, now is the perfect time to seize it!" Zhao Yarou smiled slightly. "My future brother-in-law has already helped us seize this opportunity."

"Future brother-in-law? Oh, you mean Thirteen? What happened to him?" Grand Marshal Li naturally knew who Zhao Yarou's future brother-in-law was. There were only two: the seventh son of the Ye Clan and the thirteenth son of the Ye Clan. The only one Zhao Yarou cared about was Ye Lang, the thirteenth son of the Ye Clan.

Of course, no one would think that Zhao Yarou calling Ye Lang her future brother-in-law was a sign of affection. She might be laughing and calling him brother-in-law while secretly locking Ye Lang up or killing him.

"He has already dealt with 100,000 Greedy Wolf Army for us. The Greedy Wolf Legion must be in turmoil now. This is our best opportunity. Otherwise, once the Greedy Wolf Legion stabilizes, we will have to wait again," Zhao Yarou said softly.

"Resolved 100,000? Your Majesty, I don't know what 'resolved' means?" Grand Marshal Li asked, somewhat puzzled. In fact, he knew the literal meaning, but he didn't believe it.

How could he believe that Ye Lang could take down 100,000 people? If that were the case, what would be the point of their army?

If he knew that Ye Lang had solved not just the 100,000 people, but more than double that number, what would he do then?

The news Zhao Yarou has received is about Ye Lang blowing up those 80,000 people and killing more than 10,000. Including what happened before, Ye Lang and Li Yue have already dealt with more than 100,000 people.

"Solving it means killing them. He and Li Yue used a restaurant to delay others for half a day and a night, and used the restaurant as a base to kill more than 10,000 members of the Greedy Wolf Legion. After that, it seems that he planted a lot of bombs and traps during that half day and night, blowing up all the people and things within a ten-mile radius!" Zhao Yarou explained.

"!!"

The entire audience was shocked. This was truly astonishing. If Zhao Yarou hadn't said it, they would have thought it was a joke. Even if Zhao Yarou was the one saying it, they still found it hard to believe.

"It seems that when he left Soaring Sky Empire, he didn't make things difficult for our people, otherwise he could have blown all of us up!" Zhao Yarou recalled the past and, combined with this incident, felt a little scared.

If Ye Lang had really done that back then, she would not be in her current position. She would have lost so many people, would not only be unable to win over the masses, but would also be unable to suppress them.

"Hmm! He's a good kid. I believe the Greedy Wolf Legion must have gone a bit too far this time, otherwise they wouldn't have acted this way," Grand Marshal Li nodded and said.

"Actually, they didn't do anything wrong. According to the intelligence, they were initially attracted to Li Yue's beauty, so Li Yue taught them a lesson. Later, they didn't change their ways and continued to harass her, so the two of them killed them." Zhao Yarou said calmly. She had investigated this matter thoroughly, which showed how pathetic the Greedy Wolf Legion was.

"..." Grand Marshal Li and his son remained silent. They knew that Li Yue would provoke some people, but they never expected that the cause of this incident would be because of her.

"Your Li Yue is quite something! Not only did she instigate this war between them, giving us such a great opportunity, but she also seems to be close to reaching the Heavenly Rank now," Zhao Yarou said casually, it was hard to tell whether she was happy or uncomfortable.

"What?! That can't be!"

The ministers present were immediately shocked, especially the Grand Marshal and his son. They were very familiar with Li Yue's strength. Li Yue had only just entered the Earth Grade, and now, in such a short time, she was already close to reaching the Heaven level.

This would normally take decades, or even a lifetime. Some people can only reach this level in their lifetime and cannot go any further.

"There's no mistake, he's almost trained her to the Heavenly level! She killed nearly a hundred Earth Grade experts at the Bright Moon Pavilion, something even the Heavenly level couldn't accomplish." Zhao Yarou seemed a little jealous and a little resentful, but it was only a very faint expression, making it seem like it was there and yet not there.

"Is... is this true?" Grand Marshal Li asked. He actually thought it was true, after all, Li Yue was his granddaughter, and he would naturally be happy to see her achieve such a feat.

"You can see for yourselves! Give the document to Grand Marshal Li and the other ministers." Zhao Yarou handed the document to a maid, who then presented it to Grand Marshal Li.

When Grand Marshal Li finished reading the document, his body trembled. He seemed extremely excited. If he had any doubts about what Zhao Yarou had said before, this document made him completely abandon those doubts.