Empress Tantai Zijun showed little emotional reaction when she heard the report. Instead, she comforted Empress Dowager Li Feng'en. "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, there's no need to worry."
"In wartime, when a general is away from court, he need not obey every imperial command. I understand that."
Then she looked at Secretary Zhao. "You're being far too hasty."
"Marshal Xia is shouldering such a weighty mission. How could she come running whenever a mere imperial secretary summons her?"
"I am punishing you now. Go back and deliver the edict to Marshal Xia again."
Secretary Zhao quickly bowed. "Yes, Your Majesty! I'll go at once!"
With that, he boarded Empress Tantai Zijun's Large Bat-style Fighter Jet again and used a Space Warp to reach the Star Destroyer above Southern Cross Star.
Unfortunately, just like last time, Xia Chujian still did not appear, nor did she reply to any messages.
Secretary Zhao refused to accept it.
This time, he waited for an entire day and night without seeing a trace of her. Left with no choice, he requested instructions from the Empress.
The Empress summoned him back.
After that, Empress Tantai Zijun did not stop. Again and again, she sent people to deliver imperial edicts.
In just three days, twelve imperial edicts were issued in total, summoning Xia Chujian back to Beichen Star to report on her duties.
But Xia Chujian remained nowhere to be seen.
Somehow, word of this even spread to the Star Net.
Thus, countless netizens learned that Xia Chujian, Grand Marshal of the Zhengnan Fleet, had become arrogant after her great victory and refused to obey the Empress's orders. She had been summoned twelve times, yet she had ignored every summons!
Once this news emerged, Star Net users quickly split into two camps.
One side believed that