Jiang Chen stood beside Qian Renxue in his battle armor, straight as a spear, and looked upon the grand spectacle with slight surprise.
Nearly all the citizens in the city had flooded onto this largest main avenue, eager to catch a glimpse of the new emperor. The entire Heaven Dou City was practically deserted.
"You only went on one campaign, yet you've already gained such immense popularity," Jiang Chen said.
As Qian Renxue waved to the crowd, she said, "As citizens of the Heaven Dou Empire, they naturally held some prejudice against those countries that broke away. Now that I've reclaimed those nations, I've naturally won over a great deal of popular support."
Jiang Chen said, "I wonder how these citizens will feel after becoming citizens of the Spirit Hall Empire."
Qian Renxue said calmly, "The most numerous people on the Douluo Continent are ordinary folk like them. Whoever can give them a better life is who they will follow. They are unlike those soul masters, who are always thinking of resisting and refusing to submit to others."
Jiang Chen shook his head. "Then we'll just have to crush all those hard bones!"
After returning to the palace, Qian Renxue had barely warmed her seat when a guard came to report that the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had arrived.
Qian Renxue and Jiang Chen exchanged glances, smiles appearing in their eyes. She ordered, "Have them wait in the study first."
Jiang Chen smiled. "I didn't expect that old fox Ning Fengzhi to lose his patience so quickly."
Qian Renxue sneered. "He used to think he understood me very well, but now he has discovered that he can no longer see through me. It is only natural for him to panic."
She rose to her feet.