"Cough, cough."
Seeing that the vermin below had argued themselves nearly hoarse, Qian Renxue coughed twice, drawing their attention.
"All of you are pillars of the nation, nobles whose lineages have lasted at least ten generations. The court will certainly not mistreat you, nor can it mistreat you.
"Through this princess's strenuous efforts, the court has agreed to my proposal."
Listening to the cheers and cries of gratitude below, Qian Renxue sneered inwardly. A bunch of buzzing flies. How noisy.
"Of course, distribution cannot follow the original division of territories and property. It can only be allocated at a two-to-one ratio.
"In other words, you can only receive half of your original territories and assets."
To prevent certain fat-headed nobles from failing to understand, Qian Renxue even specifically explained it.
Watching disappointment appear on the vermin's faces below, as well as those who seemed ready to angrily speak up, Qian Renxue spoke again. "This is already the limit of this princess's efforts. Beyond this, you can only petition the court yourselves.
"Then, issue a notice throughout the entire Northern Border. Have all the nobles come to Linshi City and register the size of their territories and the extent of their assets with this princess, so they can be distributed after we leave the Northern Border."
Registration—people could report whatever they wanted. As long as it was not too outrageous, Qian Renxue's words implied exactly that.
"Of course, I still ask everyone to organize some troops and hold back the New Army, buying us time to withdraw.
"Lord Eternal Night disdains taking action against us, so ordinary people should still be able to hold them off, right?"
Seeing the vermin's excited, eager expressions, Qian Renxue smiled again.
*Those vermin's lackeys still need to be dealt with. It'll be troublesome if they