Emperor Tantai Hongyuan frowned. "...Why are they advancing? Didn't I order them to hold the Shaofu Star Domain?"
Empress Li Feng'en said, "You haven't read the latest battle report, have you?"
Emperor Tantai Hongyuan took a sip of tea somewhat awkwardly. "I've been too busy. I haven't had the chance..."
Empress Li Feng'en rose to her feet. "Your Majesty, the most important matter right now is still the war against the Zerg."
"Nothing is more important than this. You should not lose sight of priorities."
Emperor Tantai Hongyuan also rose angrily. "Empress! Mind your status!"
"You actually dare tell me how to do things!"
Empress Li Feng'en stared steadily at him for a moment, then gave a soft snort and turned to leave with her head held high.
Emperor Tantai Hongyuan watched Empress Li Feng'en's slender figure recede, his fists gradually clenching.
Back when Empress Li Feng'en had still been a noble lady of the Li family, she had carried herself like this.
At the time, Tantai Hongyuan had only been an ordinary prince, not the first in line for the Right of Succession.
He had had an elder sister ahead of him.
But then the situation had changed abruptly, and his elder sister, Tantai Jinyu, had suddenly relinquished her Right of Succession, allowing him to become Crown Prince.
Yet whether he had been an ordinary prince or the Crown Prince, Li Feng'en had never been either servile or overbearing toward him.
Compared to all those noble ladies who either loved him to the point of madness or flattered him with frenzied devotion, Li Feng'en had truly been like an ethereal orchid soaring alone in the sky, giving him a distinctly different feeling.
Although Li Feng'en had not been his first choice, she had been his second.
After the Quan