Five Provinces' Curse, the Foe Blocking the Way
The Son of Heaven had someone send Li Fei a detailed battle report from the twenty-seventh year of Hongguang.
This was both to tell Li Fei that the Great Blue Dynasty's future focus was the Western Continent—that was the greater picture, and everything had to yield to it!
At the same time, through the battle reports' accounts of powerful figures being surrounded and slaughtered, he wanted Li Fei to understand that individual strength ultimately had its limits. Only by rising to a high position, grasping power, and commanding a million troops could one truly influence the situation under Heaven! That night, Ye Ze'an had deliberately mentioned Rogue Cultivators during his conversation with Li Fei, telling him that aside from those few fiends, not a single Peak Expert in the world had come from the ranks of Rogue Cultivators.
The hidden meaning behind this was already obvious.
As for the later line, "To save oneself, first save others," it was pointing out how Li Fei should conduct himself in court.
Li Fei could understand all of this.
But he did not completely agree! He had deliberately left a note in the wooden box precisely to give his response.
Everything he wanted to tell the emperor was in that poem.
"Imperial Brother, what is this?"
On the square, Qin Zishu curiously came to the Crown Prince's side and looked toward the note in his hand.
"Ha, a lousy poem!"
Before the Crown Prince could speak, the First Prince suddenly cut in.
Qin Zishu glanced at him and could clearly sense the anger of this eldest imperial brother.
"A lousy poem?"
The Crown Prince looked at the First Prince. "I think this poem is excellent! It has spirit!"
As he spoke, he handed the note