One day and one night:
In that single day and night, apart from the Anomaly Division, the mid- and lower-ranking experts from the Imperial Capital's eleven departments all joined forces.
Under Ying Hongzhu's direction, these people formed a super alliance at the fastest possible speed.
The alliance members were the handful of decision-makers from each organization.
Gathered together, they began their great undertaking of rebellion under Ying Hongzhu's by-the-book guidance.
No, it should not be called rebellion. It should be called setting chaos right.
Because:
They had pledged themselves to the Empress.
At the imperial level, they were the legitimate side.
Ying Hongzhu was in high spirits as she declared, "According to the plan, we will form the Imperial Guards."
"You have only one authority!"
At that, she deliberately paused and watched the expressions of these decision-makers.
This group of decision-makers were all prodigies. Though they had been suppressed—
They were still prodigies.
Every one of them remained expressionless.
Ying Hongzhu secretly sighed, then continued:
"Act first, report later—imperial authority granted! You may disregard official rank and let the lower overthrow the higher."
"You may suppress and kill anyone, any great clan, that opposes the Empress!"
"In short—anyone who opposes the Empress, you have the authority to purge!"
"Act first, report later—imperial authority granted! Officially, your status is the highest!"
"But in reality, how much power you can seize will depend on your own abilities!"
The moment those words were spoken, even these decision-makers—who had tempered themselves for decades and possessed exceptional self-control—were incomparably stirred.
Imperial authority granted, acting first and reporting later?
What kind of treatment was this?
If they went to kill the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers now, as long as they had suitable evidence proving those men opposed the Empress, they would not face suppression at