Being a minor official in Guangye City is truly useless; he must continue to climb upward.
Even if he can't be the head of the household himself, he cannot let these petty scoundrels trample on him whenever they please. In short, he really disdains these two.
...
It's night.
In the capital of Daqing Kingdom, within the palace.
The Emperor, dressed in a bright yellow Dragon Robe, sat in the imperial study room, tapping lightly on the table with one hand.
"Retired Emperor, huh."
He just received news from An Jiuyue, saying that behind the matter in the Northern Lands, it's very likely the Retired Emperor.
He had suspicions before, and now he's even more certain.
But he never imagined that the Retired Emperor would ignore the lives of all the people in the Northern Lands for his own benefit—he truly witnessed it now.
"I am truly too benevolent."
"Your Majesty, what are you…?"
The eunuch beside the Emperor heard his words and quietly asked.
