No time!
Li Tianming had just arrived at Tianyuan Ruins.
He headed straight toward the Yuanhao Imperial Court.
"It's Lord Left Chancellor!"
"I heard Tai Yu convicted him of treason. They're even going to execute nine generations of his clan."
"Then he's completely thrown in with us."
Though Li Tianming was the Left Chancellor, without an audience summoned by the Yuanhao Empress, he technically could not barge into the Tai Yu Imperial Court like this.
However, his status was now special. Seeing his arrival, the many guards of the imperial court did not stop him.
"Please wait a moment, Lord Left Chancellor. I will report this immediately."
By the time Li Tianming reached the depths of the imperial court, members of the Yuanhao imperial clan came to intercept him, their attitude quite courteous.
But at that moment, the Yuanhao Empress's majestic voice rang out from within the imperial court. "Let him in."
"Lord Left Chancellor, this way!"
Now that Li Tianming had become Yuanhao's rising star, wherever he went, the gazes upon him were basically filled with reverence.
Following the direction from which the voice had come, Li Tianming swiftly entered the inner palace. Arriving at an elegant courtyard, he spotted at once a mature woman of breathtaking beauty and graceful figure, dressed in soft casual clothes, reclining by the lakeside as she read.
It was the Yuanhao Empress.
So relaxed was she that, at first glance, Li Tianming had thought she was some family's pretty auntie.
"Your subject, Li Tianming, requests an audience with Your Majesty."
Li Tianming stepped forward and waited outside the pavilion's white gauze curtains, lowering his head slightly without staring directly at the snowy-white scenery upon the reclining chair.
"No need to stand on ceremony. If you have something to say, say it directly." The