"To expose...His Majesty?" Li Hu answered uneasily. He wanted to refuse, but due to Ran Min's presence, he dared not speak out.

"What? You still want to swear allegiance to Wei Maozhen?" Lin Mo sneered. "Oh, perhaps you think I'm lying to you, that His Majesty never betrothed the princess to me, right?"

As he spoke, Lin Mo stood up and walked towards Li Hu.

“Look up and take a look!” Lin Mo showed him the letter written by Wei Maozhen himself. “Look carefully? This handwriting is His Majesty’s, right? And this seal, His Majesty’s seal.”

Hehe, they're practically stamping it with the imperial seal!

Li Hu felt disheartened. He recalled that he had mentioned his son's marriage to the Empress many times before, and had intentionally or unintentionally hinted that he wanted to help his son propose to the princess.

However, he was repeatedly rejected by the Empress for various reasons.

But now...

The Empress took the initiative to propose marriage between the princess and Lin Mo!

How could he not be heartbroken to see all this?

I, Li Hu, have done so many evil things for you, and I have always been loyal to you.

Thinking of this, Li Hu trembled.

However, to his even greater surprise, Lin Mo revealed news that made him even more furious.

"Li Hu, I really don't know what's going on in your head!" Lin Mo said. "You're thinking about your family, aren't you? They're in the capital, in His Majesty's hands. As long as you grit your teeth, your family will be safe and sound, and you'll live a life of wealth and honor, right?"

Li Hu truly believed this; the safety of his family was the belief that kept him going.

"Hmph!" Lin Mo snorted coldly. "I'll show you something else, something His Majesty doesn't want you to see!"

As he spoke, he took out another letter and unfolded it in front of Li Hu.

Li Hu took a closer look and saw that it read: "[Traitor Li Hu, colluding with the barbarian Duosi, secretly mobilized border troops, intending to assassinate the King of Shu of Great Xia. He is utterly despicable.]"

Therefore, I have decided to exterminate his entire clan to uphold the order of the court. This is my decree!

Upon closer inspection, it also bears the royal ink.

Upon seeing this, Li Hu was heartbroken!

"Exterminate my three clans?" he blurted out instinctively.

“That’s right!” Lin Mo put the letter away and sighed at Li Hu. “Our Emperor is a master angler.”

“A skilled angler!” Li Hu repeated the word.

"Yes, only now do I, Li Hu, realize that Your Majesty is a master angler!"

"The infamy I, Li Hu, have accumulated in this life has been used by you to flaunt your brilliance."

"In the end, you still don't understand my predicament, and you even want to exterminate my three clans."

"Absolutely! Your Majesty, you are not a fish, how can you know the fish's suffering? Li Hu originally thought that following you would create a close bond, and that he would thrive under your command."

"Only at the very end did I realize! You are the angler, and I am the fish! I am the fish!"

"It was I, Li Hu, who defeated me, not someone else."

"Time flies like an arrow; life is like a dream, like a play!"

"Everything is a double-edged sword, Your Majesty. If you want to exterminate my entire clan, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo's lips curled up slightly.

The claim that Li Hu's entire clan was exterminated is all false.

The above content was all copied by someone Lin Mo had imitating the Empress's handwriting.

Li Hu was subjected to inhuman torture by Ran Min for a month, leaving him in a daze.

I just cut my finger again. I'm scared and panicked, and my mind is a complete mess.

Furthermore, the news that Lin Mo had bestowed a marriage upon them was indeed true.

To make something appear real while making it appear real, and vice versa.

After a series of punches, Li Hu was no longer able to make any judgments.

So he believed Lin Mo's claim that his entire family would be exterminated.

"So, General Li, are you truly willing to attend my wedding?" Lin Mo asked.

"That's right, I will not only attend Your Highness's wedding, but I will also expose that bitch's ugly face at the wedding, so that the whole world will know that this bitch is a wicked and incompetent ruler!"

As he spoke, Li Hu's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his two crippled hands trembled uncontrollably.

"Very good!" Lin Mo laughed. "Someone, take General Li away, give him a bath, some food, and a decent set of clothes. Don't neglect him!"

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"Your Highness, you should trim your beard!" Su Qing'er said. "You know what? Right now you look like someone from our region..."

She meant to say beggar.

"Bai Qi swore an oath with Qin Zhixing during the battle of Tianyue Mountain that he would not shave until he had defeated the enemy!" Lin Mo said. "I don't want to shave before defeating Wei Maozhen either!"

"Huh? How long should it be?" Su Qing'er asked subconsciously.

But she soon realized she had said the wrong thing.

Doesn't this mean it will take Lin Mo a very long time to defeat the Empress?

"Oh no, that's not what I meant!"

"It's alright!" Lin Mo said with a smile.

No one knows the secret of the cheat system. With tens of thousands of people under Lin Mo's command, defeating the Empress is more like a pipe dream.

What's more, now there are three more hostile major powers!

"Alas, I am tongue-tied and don't know how to speak!" Su Qing'er sighed.

Seeing Su Qing'er like this, Lin Mo suddenly had a strong urge to kiss her, to carry her back to the bedroom, and to throw her onto the bed...

So he went up to her and kissed her.

"Ah...don't do this, Your Highness!" Su Qing'er exclaimed, both anxious and embarrassed. "It's broad daylight!"

Hehe, if it weren't broad daylight, Lin Mo would tear open her dress and kiss her…

Perhaps we can do that now?

Just as Lin Mo was having wicked thoughts, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

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