"Jiang Xiaobai, you... you'd better let me go!"
Jiang Lü fixed Jiang Xiaobai with a furious stare. "Otherwise, I will go straight to His Majesty and lodge a scathing impeachment against you!"
This time, he did not even call him Heir Jiang, addressing him directly by name instead.
But the instant Jiang Lü finished speaking, Jiang Xiaobai raised his hand and slapped him again.
Smack!
The crisp sound rang out once more.
"You..."
After another slap, Jiang Lü's expression turned utterly ugly.
Yet just as he was about to speak, his pupils abruptly contracted.
Indeed, at some point, a Silver Tally had appeared in Jiang Xiaobai's palm.
The Silver Tally was small.
But the markings on it were extremely distinctive.
In particular, the character for "imperial" at its center instantly froze the anger on Jiang Lü's face.
Was this...
An Imperial Silver Tally?!
"You recognize it, don't you?"
Seeing Jiang Lü's stunned expression, Jiang Xiaobai could not help smiling.
"You... you..."
Jiang Lü's throat bobbed as he stared at Jiang Xiaobai in disbelief. "How do you have that?!"
"Do you even need to ask?"
Jiang Xiaobai lifted the Silver Tally in his hand. "His Majesty bestowed it on me, of course. Just today, in fact. It's still warm!"
Jiang Lü's face immediately went pale.
The Imperial Silver Tally.
Naturally, he knew just how much weight it carried.
Before, he could still have used the Ministry of Justice to put pressure on Jiang Xiaobai.
Now that this Silver Tally had appeared, however, everything he had said had become a joke.
For seeing the Silver Tally was the same as seeing His Majesty himself!
"Heh..."
Jiang Xiaobai smiled faintly at Jiang Lü's expression, then swept his gaze over the armored soldiers behind him. "You lot... aren't you going to put your swords