Circumstances Were Different

Contrary to what she had expected, those mysterious sects had not let the matter rest... Quite the opposite!

The wording in their letters was even more aggressive than before, and their demands even more excessive!

Her act of putting Ye Li forward and confiscating his golden plaque had not only failed to quell the mysterious sects' fury, but had instead been interpreted as weakness and guilty fear on the Imperial Court's part, prompting them to press even harder!

The words of several of them even carried veiled threats!!

"Th-this... Father Emperor..." Li Yingluo raised her head tremblingly, her voice thick with tears, her eyes filled with incredulous panic.

Instinctively, she wanted to shirk responsibility. "This daughter believed this would make those mysterious sects strike their banners and beat their drums, after all, Ye Li was indeed at fault first... This daughter never imagined they would dare push things this far..."

"How dare they?!" Emperor Sheng laughed in extreme anger, but his voice was cold enough to freeze the air. "I find it not surprising at all!"

"Come to think of it, don't you often boast to others that if you had the same foundation of influence as your imperial sister Huaian, you would surely accomplish this and that? You even said you would make those mysterious sects and great clans bow their heads and obey, letting Great Sheng's might awe the four seas!!"

"Fine! I gave you an opportunity! Heaven gave you an opportunity too! A Martial Sovereign at the height of his prime, fearing nothing! Daring everything! A Martial Sovereign who slew Supremes as though butchering pigs and dogs, was placed right before you! Delivered into your hands!"

"He was someone even your imperial sister dreamed of obtaining, someone she would have emptied everything she possessed to recruit into