"Fine, so you've chosen the throne, right? All right, then. You can continue being the Empress here—I won't stop you. But since you're the Empress, you must protect and cherish the living beings of the Azure Sea. If I hear that you've become vicious and tyrannical, throwing the seas inside and beyond into chaos, then one day I'll raise the armies of the Central Continent and Lan Prefecture to wipe you out!" Ao Shuang clearly couldn't bear to part with the throne. I also couldn't let the entire Azure Sea Dragon Palace fall into turmoil. Without restraint or supervision, the dragon-palace sea folk would certainly come ashore in Lan Prefecture without a care in the world. By then, the Nine Provinces would be in danger!
Besides, her cunning and treachery were also products of this place's law of the jungle. If someone else took charge, they might not be suited to it either. For example, if you handed the entire Azure Sea to Zou Wei, with Zou Wei's timid, submissive personality and lack of grand vision, the throne might change hands the very next day. So after weighing everything, if Ao Shuang were cast aside, there probably wasn't anyone else who could hold the dragon palace steady.
Moreover, she had previously established her own office and government, with countless advisers. She was far steadier than half-baked rulers like Ao Qing and Ao He. On top of that, she had the nerve and vision to hand me everything in the imperial palace in exchange for becoming Empress herself. There truly weren't many people who could compare with her.
When she heard me say that I would raise the armies of the Central Continent and Lan Prefecture to exterminate her, Ao Shuang froze for a moment, looking somewhat stunned. News from the