The Second Prince, Set Up by Others

As Emperor Sheng's words fell, several ministers immediately cast sidelong glances at the sharp-auraed, hair-bound woman among the crowd, their eyelids twitching.

Xiao Yu, the garrison general of the Capital City's Nine Luminaries Division.

In terms of combat techniques alone, even if she claimed a place among the top three beneath the Martial Path Venerable supreme realm, few would dispute it!

With her accompanying them, the disaster in the Southern Territory should not be difficult to quell.

What truly left the ministers clicking their tongues was that Ye Li had clearly rendered repeated outstanding service, and his prestige within the Capital City was already unmatched.

Yet His Majesty had still given him another opportunity to earn merit... Had he truly valued him to such an extent?

With this imperial decree alone, this Deputy Commander Ye, who had emerged out of nowhere, had already become the eye of the storm in Great Sheng's court!

"Your son accepts the decree!"

Li Yingluo immediately bowed to accept the order, unable to conceal the delight between her brows.

"Your daughter accepts the decree." Eldest Princess Li Huaian also bowed, her heart a tangle of indescribable emotions.

The art of an emperor's balancing was not difficult to understand, but the feeling that came after understanding it was another matter entirely.

On the surface, it seemed Xiao Yu and Ye Li would handle this matter together, but everyone knew that only a commanding general could lead a deputy general in carrying out affairs—

Ye Li was undoubtedly the highest-ranking person in charge of this matter.

If this succeeded, Ling'an would certainly rise to fame in one stroke through it as well... The Eldest Princess sighed even more deeply within, yet she had no good solution.

With Father Emperor's methods, it would by no means have been