Anlia lay on the ground, trembling.

But my brain reacted quickly.

It's all a setup.

Bo Jichen didn't want the situation of decreasing military spending.

He brought his daughter with him.

Since His Majesty has given the badge to his daughter.

The idea is to have his daughter represent His Majesty.

Bo Jichen, that cunning old thief, deliberately didn't take out the badge and put it in the most conspicuous place on his daughter, but instead hid it in the spatial button.

The elders' guards insulted her.

He had already recorded the screen.

They even streamed live online.

He wasn't just broadcasting live; he was clearly manipulating public opinion in secret, placing the Elders' Council and her at the center of the controversy.

She figured it out.

I realized it.

But she couldn't resist.

The Imperial Central Supreme Court has the power to kill any rebel on the spot, regardless of their status.

Anlia was taken away by the people of the Imperial Central Supreme Court, and they also took away the screen recording that Bo Jichen had made.

Jiang Si and Bo Jichen were ushered into the Elders' Council by the people there.

Jiang Si tugged slightly at the hand that was wrapped around Bo Jichen's arm and asked softly, "Daddy, what is that thing on my head? It exudes such domineering aura that it makes the Chief Elder of the Elder Council weak in the knees?"

Bo Jichen tightened his grip on his arm, looking straight ahead. He didn't answer her question, but instead sighed, "I'm not afraid of thugs who can hit people, I'm afraid of thugs who are cultured. Honey, you need to thoroughly study the Imperial Law."

"The way you recited the imperial laws today was just like how I used to argue back then. You were so cool."

Jiang Si directly confronted Bo Jichen: "So you've studied the Imperial Law so thoroughly just to find loopholes in the law and use it to legitimately do things against others?"

Bo Jichen opened his mouth to correct him, "Baby, if you say that, Daddy will be unhappy. Daddy is not in good health and can't fight or go into battle. We are trapped in this small place, surrounded by menacing enemies."

"The patriarch is merely raising the banner of law to protect his own interests. After all, the patriarch has suffered so much for the empire that he can only rely on empty talk to prolong his life!"

I believed his lies.

Jiang Si was internally ranting.

He studied law.

Being an executive officer of the Supreme Court is clearly a convenient way for him to accurately avoid committing crimes and accurately catch others committing crimes.

Then they would amplify other people's illegal acts to an extreme degree, turning them into criminal cases and civil cases, and then justifiably tell the public that everything was just in accordance with the laws of the empire.

Oh, right, there's also the Empire's highest legislative body, which, in conjunction with the Supreme Court, can rewrite and supplement existing laws.

The above is sufficient proof.

He's just a cultured scoundrel.

A huge conference room.

Jiang Si and Bo Jichen went inside.

The red dragon totem badge on Jiang Si's head was too conspicuous.

This forced the members of the conference hall who hadn't left earlier to stand up and bow respectfully to her.

With her chin slightly raised and aloof, Jiang Si followed Bo Jichen to the main seat at the conference table.

Bo Jichen very gentlemanly pulled out a seat for her.

Jiang Si blinked. The plaque in front of this spot read "His Majesty Emperor Relos of the Empire".

Is it appropriate for her to sit here?

She didn't have the guts to rebel.

Bo Jichen looked at her, waiting for her to take a seat.

All right!

If someone dares to offer her a seat, why wouldn't she sit down?

Jiang Si walked over, casually smoothed her skirt, and sat down.

Bo Jichen then sat down opposite her.

The long conference table separated them by thousands of miles.

sharp.

The others also took their seats.

Isaac was unaware of what was happening outside, let alone that Anlia had been taken away. He spoke to Jiang Si, saying, "Your Excellency is His Majesty's representative. Elder Anlia has not arrived. Please order an investigation."

On behalf of His Majesty?

Does the red dragon emblem represent His Majesty?

So the royal family is small because of this.

Once we catch this dog, we'll either abuse her or use her to our heart's content.

His Majesty cannot get up.

Let her come.

My brother-in-law is quite the character.

Jiang Si leaned back in her chair, playing with an egg on her lap with one hand and flipping through the meeting's topic in front of her with the other. Without even lifting her eyelids, she replied to Isaac, "Oh, you want to see her? You can go to the Supreme Court of the Central District."

Isaac blurted out, "What do you mean?"

"Who are you?" Jiang Si asked Isaac without even raising her eyelids, "You don't introduce yourself, you come in aggressively, and you want me to go find someone?"

"Should I make a call to His Majesty the Emperor and ask him to come and help you find the person? Don't you know your place? Can you afford to accept such treatment?"

I originally wanted to give Bo Jichen a hard time.

Isaac's face darkened at being cornered by a young girl, and he said stiffly, "That's not what I meant, sir. Please don't misunderstand. Today is a four-party meeting; without one party, it can't proceed. So, Elder An..."

Jiang Si flipped through the documents in front of her, playing with the slippery black egg, her eyelids still not lifted. She spoke slowly and clearly, yet infuriatingly: "Oh, so at the Four-Party Conference, Elder Anlia of the Elder Council held absolute power. She broke the law, so the Elder Council could not function properly."

"What's the point of having an elders' council then? Why not just disband it, let dust return to dust, and let everyone go home and find their own parents?"

"Your Mightiness……"

"Smack!"

Jiang Si slammed her hand, which was gripping the document, onto the table.

The room fell silent instantly, save for shallow breathing.

Jiang Si slowly lifted her eyelids, glanced at everyone, and exchanged a look with Bo Jichen.

Bo Jichen smiled like an old fox, gave her a thumbs up, and encouraged her to keep up the good work and take down all the people in the conference room.

never mind.

Even a hasty sharpening of the knife can make it shine, though not sharp!

Go ahead and fleece them!

After you've had your fill of that, go flirt with a cheap husband!

Jiang Si's gaze lingered on Isaac: "Today is a four-party meeting, mainly to discuss the issue of decreasing and increasing military spending."

"You all stopped me outside and wouldn't let me in, fine. But now that I'm in, I'm still babbling. Since that's the case, you're all tired of sitting, so why don't you stand up and get some exercise?"

As Jiang Si lifted her hand that was slapping the table, the long, thick table cracked with a crisp sound.

Bo Jichen dragged his chair back.

The cracking sound grew louder and louder.

A crack appeared in the middle of the table, followed by countless smaller cracks.

Immediately afterwards.

A snap.

A long, thick solid wood table, several meters long, was snapped in two with a snap.

The faces of the elders, council members, and military personnel sitting on both sides changed, and they all stood up instantly.

The moment they stood there, the table, which had only a single crack, instantly disintegrated, cracking and breaking into small pieces that fell to the ground.

Bo Jichen moved the chair quickly enough and is still sitting, his right leg crossed over his left, leaning back against the chair. His black military uniform makes him look exactly like an incredibly powerful warlord from the Republic of China era on ancient Earth.

Jiang Si raised the document in her hand, her dark eyes cold: "The reason given for this reduction in military spending is the sluggish national market."

“Effective reductions in military spending can reduce the burden on taxpayers. We hope that the bill will be passed to further reduce military spending by 2.5%.”

"So I would like to ask you all, if military spending is reduced, taxpayers will no longer have to pay taxes, and their burden will be reduced?"

Someone in the conference room whispered, "We can reduce it a little, we'll try to increase it by another 5% on top of the original salary, which is not subject to taxation."

"So that's how it is." Jiang Si looked at the person who spoke, and accurately threw the document she had finished reading at his face: "Stop using taxpayers as an excuse. Taxpayers all want to pay more taxes so they can have money to buy bullets and defend their country."

"You've been trying for three years, and you still haven't succeeded. You've been using the same excuses to reduce military spending for three years. Can't you come up with something new?"

"you……"

"If you can't think of anything new, then don't decrease it, increase it by 20%. I'm not discussing this with you, I'm asking you all to agree, understand?"