After Uchiha Hiko finished speaking, he reached his hand even deeper, slowly moving it toward the depths of the monarch's pulse, as though threatening the monarch in another way to agree to his demands.
The monarch had already sensed the air of coercion. Too weak to say anything, he hurriedly agreed.
"Fine, fine, fine. There's absolutely no problem with that. In fact, I'm very happy and delighted. With two such fierce generals serving our country, I couldn't be happier."
"Other than his profound martial prowess, what other talents does your younger brother possess? We should get to know him better as well. After all, he'll be following you from now on and will surely have dealings with me often."
"And Xiaoyu, you know that I enjoy making friends. So although we now have a relationship of ruler and subject, in another sense, we're also good friends. As for your younger brother, I'm willing to accept him as my good friend too."
The monarch said these things only because he was terrified and did not know what else to say. He knew very clearly that he was being threatened and could not make any further moves. He could only obey Uchiha Hiko's orders.
Uchiha Hiko felt that now was the best time to make his move. He had already fully introduced Xiaosheng, so he only needed to slowly let the civil and military officials get acquainted with Xiaosheng.
But what Uchiha Hiko had discussed with the monarch today had only been done in private. He felt that the monarch should emphasize the matter at court tomorrow and promote Xiaosheng to an official post.
Only then could the plans he had laid out afterward be carried out naturally and logically. If any part of the earlier preparations went wrong, things would get