Hearing this, Chen Yixiao instructed the attendant beside him:
"Prepare some food and bring it here."
"Yes."
The attendant acknowledged the order and left.
Song Yaoyao took the Military Tally from inside her robe and said:
"Here's the Military Tally.
All sixty thousand men are stationed at Extravagant Delight Manor outside the city. You'll have to take charge of deploying them from here."
Chen Yixiao took the Military Tally, examined it, and put it away.
"These sixty thousand men have arrived at just the right time. We simply don't have enough manpower right now.
Most importantly, Nian Xiaoqing still hasn't been captured. We have to stay on guard against him."
"I know. That's why we hurried straight back after winning them over.
Oh, and I promised those sixty thousand men that they would receive equal treatment.
Whatever our Heavenly Phoenix Kingdom's troops have, they must have too.
I even put that promise in writing."
"As long as they've sincerely pledged their allegiance, they're part of our Heavenly Phoenix Kingdom's army too. That goes without saying.
I'll also send word to my imperial father about this immediately."
"Good.
By the way, Prince Xiao, Xiao Sifan, and Xiao Simin are dead. How did you deal with the rest of the people at Prince Xiao's Manor?"
"Although the others at Prince Xiao's Manor weren't directly involved in trafficking people, they all enjoyed some share of the profits.
So they weren't innocent.
I reduced them to commoners, made them leave Prince Xiao's Manor, and confiscated all the manor's property."
Song Yaoyao nodded, finding this punishment fair.
Remembering the Twelve Shadow Guards, Song Yaoyao said:
"At Black Mountain, I encountered twelve Elite Shadow Guards whom Prince Xiao had stationed there. They've now accepted me as their master.
Prince Xiao made them take poison to keep