After Ye Zhen's Blood Essence Clone left Luoyi Imperial Palace, He Changying entered what was perhaps the most shocking period of his life.
His Majesty, Emperor Ji Ao—who was in fact Founding Ancestor Ji Bang after possessing Ji Ao's body—first issued several verbal decrees.
There was nothing unusual about the verbal decrees; they merely summoned a few high-ranking ministers: Prime Minister Wen Gang and Lu Jian, Grand Celestial Master of the Heavenly Patrol Division.
At the same time, another Imperial Decree was issued, appointing Nian Feixiong as the new Deputy Commander of the Central Imperial Guard and Left Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guard, to begin overseeing the palace defenses.
Not many people paid attention to this openly issued Imperial Decree.
Compared with the shock caused by the earlier decree stripping Ye Zhen, King of North Sea, of his royal title for misconduct before the throne, and appointing the former King of North Sea Ye Zhen—now Duke of the State Ye Zhen—as Grand General of Cavalry, this was nothing at all.
After all, the Nian Clan had produced generals for the Great Zhou Central Imperial Guard since the days of their ancestors. The current Deputy Commander of the Central Imperial Guard in charge of Luoyi's defenses, as well as the Left Commander of the Imperial Guard, was Nian Feizhang of the Nian Clan.
This Nian Feixiong was probably some rising talent from the Nian family's military line.
With the war underway, the front lines had suffered grievous losses, and trustworthy generals were becoming fewer and fewer. There was nothing wrong with His Majesty promoting several commanders from the Nian family's military line.
This newly appointed Deputy Commander of the Central Imperial Guard and Left Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guard was personally escorted to the Imperial Guard camp by Grand