Several generals of the royal army looked at each other and knelt down hesitantly.

Pei Zhiyuan took the imperial edict and read it aloud: "Your Majesty's edict says that Hua Guoshi persecuted loyal officials and harmed the country, causing the rebels to rebel and the northern defense line to suffer from the flames of war, causing great suffering to the people.

Now that the traitor has been executed, the court has specially sent me with an imperial edict to convey the emperor's will in order to encourage the generals to fight bravely and quell the rebellion.

You are all loyal ministers and generals of the Haoyue Kingdom, and you have vowed to defend the country until your death.

Therefore, the imperial court specially prepared new weapons, armaments, food and supplies for the soldiers.

"Pass the order down: the monthly salary of all soldiers in the royal army will be increased by 30%, and the pension for those killed in battle will be increased by 50%."

Several soldiers stood up upon hearing this, with different expressions on their faces. Some were wary and questioning, some frowned in thought, some breathed a sigh of relief, and some looked solemn.

Shen Xu glanced at everyone, defended Pei Zhiyuan a few times, and told everyone the truth about Pei Zhiyuan's father's murder.

She asked Pei Zhiyuan to hand the imperial edict to several generals. Pei Zhiyuan slowly walked up to a general and handed him the imperial edict.

Then he said with a serious expression: "Several of these people are veterans who have followed my adoptive father for many years and have followed my adoptive father to defend our country for many years.

Although the imperial teacher is dead and his adoptive father’s revenge has been achieved, the country is in ruins and the imperial court is in danger.

My adoptive father has been loyal to the emperor and patriotic all his life, so he would certainly not want to see this country being devastated.

Pei knows he is guilty and would rather die than refuse. I only hope that you can let go of your old grudges and defend this land for my righteous husband and the people of Haoyue Nation."

Everyone looked at each other and started whispering to each other again.

Pei Zhiyuan continued, "These two are Song Lin and his wife, who sniped the Imperial Master from the sentry tower. They have contributed the blueprints of the power spring crossbow used to kill the Imperial Master. I believe that with this powerful weapon, we will be able to defeat the Xue army soon and pacify the world.

They also brought a strategy to repel the enemy and came to help."

They saw that several people had unfriendly expressions and did not seem to welcome them. Only a few people showed admiration and studied the spring crossbow with great curiosity.

Shen Xu looked at their different expressions calmly. It was not surprising that they had such reactions, because Grand Marshal Su Yi was promoted by the National Master himself. Although he was seriously injured now, his military power was still there, and most people still had great faith in him.

Naturally, they would also believe in the national teacher. If they had not received Su Yi's order, this group of people would have rushed up and hacked them to death with their swords.

The other generals were veterans under General Yu. When they heard that they had single-handedly killed the imperial teacher and reorganized the soldiers of the three battalions of the Imperial City Guard, they admired them very much.

When he heard that there was a plan to repel the enemy, he was relieved and believed that the court had really sent people to stabilize the morale of the army and help repel the enemy.

Shen Xu asked Song Lin to take several generals to test the crossbow, while he himself asked to go to General Su Yi's residence to meet the general and offer a strategy to repel the enemy.

Pei Zhiyuan asked the soldiers to lead them to the resting place of General Su Yi.

They were stopped outside the mansion and told that General Su was resting and should not be disturbed. Pei Zhiyuan and Shen Xu looked at each other and frowned slightly.

Chen Xu pulled a box from his sleeve and said to the messenger, "Please tell General Su that the Imperial Concubine Yu in the capital asked us to bring him some supplements. This is a token from the Imperial Concubine, and the general will know it at a glance."

Shen Xu opened the box and handed it to the soldier at the door for inspection. The soldier who passed the message gave it a rough inspection and then walked inside.

In a luxuriously decorated house, a burly man lay on his side on the legs of a scantily clad beauty, letting four beauties serve him, massaging his legs and back, and rubbing his head with their slender fingers.

"Marshal, have some fruit." The beauty sitting on the ground stood up, held a grape in her mouth and fed it to him.

A man in golden armor came in, holding a box, and reported: "Father, the court has sent someone to offer a plan to repel the enemy."

Su Yi barely raised his eyelids, and said with difficulty, "I understand. Let them leave and tell them that I am seriously ill and cannot see guests."

Another person spoke up, "Father, I heard that the couple who came here are the ones who killed the Imperial Master. They brought an imperial edict and new weapons. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to the Emperor if we don't meet them?"

"A general is not allowed to obey the orders of the king when he is away from the court. Let them wait." Su Yi said lightly.

He put his arms around the waist of the beauty who was feeding him grapes, pulled her into his arms, and sniffed and licked the sweetness of her slender white neck.

The beauty's body stiffened and she shrank subconsciously, as if she was very uncomfortable with his licking.

Crack...

His strong and powerful fingers left deep fingerprints on her fair neck, and Su Yi twisted her neck with a cold look on his face.

He threw the person under the couch and said, "What a despicable thing that dares to look down on me! Throw it out to feed the dogs."

The other three beauties were so frightened that they froze in place, not daring to cry or move.

"Keep pinching, beauty." He picked up a beauty who was standing there motionless and bit her shoulder. The woman was so frightened that she dared not cry or make a fuss and could only whimper softly.

He seemed to enjoy the suppressed cry and bit the shoulder until it bled...

The standing man in golden armor seemed accustomed to such scenes. He said calmly, "But the visitor said he was asked by Concubine Yu to present you with some tonic."

The man repeated what the soldier outside the door had told him.

Su Yi opened his cloudy and yellow eyes, let go of the beauty, and waved to him to hand over the box.

There was a ring lying in the box, which was the one that Concubine Yu had hidden the poison needle in her hand.

"Has that perverted bitch Yu Qingzhu sent me some pills again? Those crappy things of hers are fishy and taste terrible, and are completely useless. They're not as effective as the ones sent by Master Hua."

He spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "Alright, call them in. I also want to settle the score with them for killing the Imperial Master."

After a while, Shen Xu and Pei Zhiyuan were brought in. They were searched, their belongings checked, and they were asked to hand over their weapons before they were allowed to enter the room where Su Yi was.

As soon as he entered the room, a scent of women's perfumed powder hit him in the face, and then he saw a room decorated splendidly like a palace, with red gauze curtains gently fluttering. Behind the curtains, the Grand Marshal Su Yi was lying on a wide couch, with three beauties serving him around and indulging in pleasure.

Pei Zhiyuan frowned angrily and clenched his fists. He hadn't expected that Su Yi, while away at the battle, would indulge in women. While the soldiers outside were engaged in fierce fighting, suffering heavy casualties, he was in his mansion, enjoying the spring flowers and autumn moon!

Besides, his own aunt was completely obsessed with him and was willing to resort to diabolical means to kill her entire family and bring disaster to the nation in order to be with him. And here he was, surrounded by beauties?

Pei Zhiyuan immediately wanted to step forward to accuse him, but Shen Xu stopped him slightly.