"Qianyu, your efficiency has been lacking lately. It will delay the Dragon Emperor's resurrection."
A woman of extraordinary bearing spoke to Yuan Qianyu with her nose in the air.
Yuan Qianyu was Wei Manying, a princess of the former dynasty's noble Yuan bloodline.
Anyone who dared speak to her like that had to rank far above her in status.
The woman speaking was named Qiu Xianyu. She played Yuan Qianyu's mother at the Wei residence, but in reality, they had little to do with each other.
She was one of the Dragon Emperor's most loyal consorts and had only recently awakened from her slumber.
Qiu Xianyu's status alone was enough to make Yuan Qianyu bow her head.
"Your Highness, I will pick up the pace and do everything I can to resurrect the Dragon Emperor."
Yuan Qianyu spoke respectfully, but inwardly, she was cursing up a storm.
That wretched woman always wears a face like everyone owes her millions.
She's just the Dragon Emperor's consort. What's so great about that?
The entire Yuan clan relies on me to keep it running, while you people spend all day acting high and mighty. If you're so capable, do it yourselves!
But those were only Yuan Qianyu's private thoughts. She did not dare voice them.
The Dragon Emperor's consort was powerful-at least far more powerful than she was.
And once the Dragon Emperor was resurrected, he would be a being who could hold an entire era beneath his heel.
Then there was the Dragon Cavalry, which had existed only in ancient times and could crush everything in its path.
For the sake of restoring the Yuan clan, Yuan Qianyu said nothing more.
Qiu Xianyu urged her on a few more times, then turned and left.
Her figure was alluring, and she could not