Kill All the Opponents, and There Will Be No Competitors

Inside the Imperial Palace, candle flames flickered and a faint fragrance filled the air.

Princess stared at the letter on her desk, smiling.

"Chu Qing is finally coming to the Imperial Capital!"

"The equipment will be forged soon!"

"By then... with the equipment and my support, he'll definitely clear the first stage of the mission!"

"After that come Recommendation Letters from the twelve departments!"

"I can help him secure Recommendation Letters from two departments!"

"With two departments as a foundation, he'll be able to get a ticket!"

"If his strength is extraordinary and he can secure a third department, then entering the Imperial Capital Martial Academy will be as certain as a nail driven into a board!"

"By then... with him assisting my reforms... this empire will have a greater chance of surviving the Millennial Calamity!"

Princess was brimming with confidence.

However, just then, a female official reported, "The First Prince has requisitioned the equipment scheduled for the coming months, saying he is giving it to the Ninth Princess!"

"Our equipment won't be ready until next spring at the earliest!"

Princess's head spun.

The First Prince requisitioned the equipment?

How dared he touch what was mine?

But then she thought of the Ninth Princess.

The Ninth Princess had gone to the forbidden zone.

Scattered news had come back, saying the losses were severe, but there had also been gains.

If the equipment truly was for the Ninth Princess, then no matter how compelling her reasons were, she could not take it back.

But—

Without the equipment, even if Chu Qing opened the Heaven-Connecting Path, he would not be a match for those Heaven-Connecting Martial Artists in the main city.

Because—

The gap in their foundations was simply too vast.

Even with her full support, she could not guarantee that Chu