"Your Majesty, what should we do?"
Seeing Xue Xin above remain silent, a minister below stepped forward and asked tentatively.
"Your Majesty, how about... how about... how about we surrender too?"
A minister risked having his head chopped off to speak those outrageously disrespectful words.
The moment those words were spoken, the other ministers all lowered their heads.
If this had happened before, they would definitely have stepped forward and pointed their fingers as they cursed him out.
But now...
Though they did not dare say it aloud, they all knew in their hearts just how strong their own ruler was.
Among the dynasties of the Southern Region, their ruler's strength ranked at the very bottom—the kind who could not defeat anyone at all, a bottom-tier Quasi-Saint.
She could not even beat Wang Dali next door.
Now that even Wang Dali had surrendered, if they did not surrender as well, what awaited them in the end would be the destruction of their dynasty.
The Heavenly Crane Imperial Dynasty had been destroyed. Its imperial capital had been razed to the ground, and not a single person had survived.
The ruler of the Xuanyuan Dynasty had fought to the death, ultimately preserving the people of the entire dynasty.
The ruler of the Southern Barbarian Dynasty had taken the initiative to surrender, and not a single minister in the court had died.
Therefore, the facts proved that as long as they surrendered, everyone could survive.
As far as they were concerned, that was nothing much.
As long as they lived, they would have everything.
Once they died, they truly would have nothing left.
If not for their ruler's Quasi-Saint strength, they would probably have charged up with blades in hand long ago, put knives to her throat, and forced her to surrender.
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