Empress Tantai Zijun pressed her lips together.
Empress Dowager Li Feng'en continued, "Back then, he was also the supreme commander of the Interstellar Fleet. He didn't need to fight on the front lines, so why... did he die on the battlefield? And after a great victory, at that!"
The argument between the Empress Dowager and the Empress was neither loud nor quiet. Everyone in Qinzheng Hall heard it.
Chief of Staff Rong Tuidi of the Military Department immediately said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is right! Your Majesty cares for all the people of the Empire, and it is only natural that you wish to wage war against the Zerg. It is a blessing for people like us."
"But the front lines are simply too dangerous!"
"Especially the front lines against the Zerg!"
"Although our Beichen Empire has not formally gone to war with the Zerg, we have fought quite a few skirmishes with them at the front..."
"Moreover, we have intelligence sent back by field operatives of the Special Security Bureau from Southern Cross Star."
"The Zerg are not human."
"When fighting them, it is either you die or they die!"
"The brutality of such warfare surpasses any campaign humanity has ever fought!"
"Your Majesty once fought small-scale skirmishes against the Zerg at the Shaofu Front... You know how brutal the battlefield is."
"If Your Majesty personally leads an expedition, the Zerg may spot an opening and perhaps directly dispatch their High-Rank Insectoids. Then they could wipe us out in one stroke, and our Beichen Empire would be left leaderless!"
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
Then Grand Commander of Cabinet Quan Juntai also said, "Your Majesty, Chief of Staff Rong speaks with reason!"
"Your Majesty has governed diligently since ascending the throne. This is the Empire's good fortune!"
"Your Majesty