"I..." Ye Qingwei did not know how to begin, nor did she know how she should take responsibility. During the more than two years she had overseen Dawn, she had made some mistakes, but none of them had been major, and there had always been opportunities to make up for them. But this time was different. Wu Lei, Huang Zhu, and the others were Jiang Yang's top generals, his earliest followers, and the pioneers of Dawn.
Setting aside Wu Lei and the others' status in Dawn, their friendship alone was enough to make Ye Qingwei regret this for the rest of her life.
"If they died, how would you make up for it?"
"Do you know how important Wu Lei and Huang Zhu are to me? Do you know how important they are to Dawn?"
"One order from you, and they lost their lives?"
Jiang Yang's gaze gradually turned icy as he looked down at Ye Qingwei. Her body trembled slightly, and fear filled her eyes.
"I... didn't know."
"You didn't know? Is saying you didn't know enough to settle this?" Jiang Yang shouted angrily. "Didn't you do quite well when I wasn't around?"
"Everyone outside calls you the Dawn Empress, but look at yourself. Do you still have any bearing of an empress?"
"Victory and defeat are commonplace in war. When you make a mistake, the first thing you should think about is not blaming yourself, but how to make up for it!" Jiang Yang stood before Ye Qingwei, Dragon Might flowing through his eyes. "You did quite well before. No one could have predicted when the Zombie Plane would appear. This isn't your fault, so why are you putting all the blame on yourself?"
"If you keep being so indecisive, when will you become a true empress?" The