"Of course, your appearance will cause the common people to be displaced. I cannot allow uncertain things to happen on the soil of Great Prosperity."
Seeing that Gu Xi dared refuse her, Shi Houren's expression tightened, and she spoke with a serious face.
Judging by her appearance, she did seem to have a touch of compassion for all living things.
But Gu Xi was not moved by her words in the slightest.
"Are you the emperor?"
"What?"
The moment Gu Xi asked that, Shi Houren was visibly stunned.
"I'm asking you, are you the emperor?
Does this Great Prosperity Dynasty belong to you?
If you've got nothing better to do, stop acting like you're the master of the Great Prosperity Dynasty.
Anyone who didn't know better would think you were the empress regnant.
You really do know how to show off.
Pah!"
Gu Xi did not even glance at Shi Houren. What he hated most were people like this, who had no sense of their own limits.
Gu Xi had only entered after watching the cutscene.
When that big shot had fought at the Black Tortoise Gate, he had struck to kill. When he said execution, he executed, without the slightest thought of showing mercy.
And she talked about compassion?
Bullshit. Gu Xi had not seen even a trace of compassion.
What he saw was a dark line of thinking that wanted to influence the emperor and use imperial authority to deceive the world.
As an emperor himself, this was what Gu Xi could least tolerate.
What emperor would be willing to let someone else control his territory?
In Gu Xi's view, the big shot behind the Great Prosperity Dynasty was likely thinking the same thing.
He definitely had corresponding arrangements in place.
It was just that Gu Xi had