One of the eunuchs smiled at their arrival. "You've come at just the right time. We were discussing a marriage between Your Majesty and a prince of the Britannian Empire..."
"What dog is barking here?"
Lin Luo sighed helplessly. "Lihua, deal with him."
"Yes, Master."
Jiang Lihua, who had long since run out of patience, took a step forward and instantly appeared before the eunuch.
Thud!
With a dull impact, Jiang Lihua sent him flying with a kick, slamming him into a stone pillar in the Palace.
"Ugh!"
Blood mixed with pieces of his organs gushed from his mouth. His body slid down the pillar like a painted figure, already lifeless.
Silence!
Dead silence!
Everyone's pupils contracted sharply, disbelief flashing through their eyes.
One kick!
She had killed a man with a single kick.
Was this really their utterly spineless Empress, who could serve only as a puppet figurehead?
Even the Federation's bravest, most battle-hardened general probably couldn't do much better, could he?
"Y-Your Majesty, what have you done?"
Another eunuch came to his senses and said in shock and fury, "It seems Empress, you've lost your mind. Guards, escort Her Majesty back to her chambers."
As his words fell,
guards streamed in from every direction.
Some even arrived piloting Knightmare Frames.
To be stationed here,
every one of them had to be a trusted subordinate of these eunuchs.
They wouldn't hesitate for even a moment to attack the Empress.
"CC."
"Understood."
CC walked forward gracefully, as though taking a leisurely stroll.
"Has this woman come here to die?"
The guard piloting a Knightmare Frame sneered. "Does she really think she can stop..."
Whoosh!
Before he could finish, CC vanished from before him.
The next instant, the entire cockpit caved in. The guard was crushed into pulp before he could