Chapter 116: Red Shadow's Defeat

In the study room of the Royal Courtyard on Central Star, the Third Prince Karen was signing a document with a gilded pen.

The rustling sound of the pen tip sliding across the paper was filled with his pride in holding the imperial power.

Until the personal guards rushed in in a panic, holding the third prince's laptop with a message on it. He was gasping for breath due to the intense exercise.

Karen clicked her tongue impatiently, clearly expressing her dissatisfaction with the guard's reckless behavior.

He looked up with disdain and dissatisfaction in his eyes: "What are you panicking about? Is the sky falling?"

"Your Highness! There's a message from His Highness the Second Prince," the guard's voice trembled.

"It's just a message from my second brother. So? Did he occupy the Sphenoid Galaxy?" Karen's tone was full of sarcasm, as if it were a joke.

The guard was choked by his prediction, and after taking a deep breath, he swallowed his saliva.

"Second Prince, he...he defeated Chi Ying! He also captured Marshal Ye Heng and...Major General Lin Yaolin alive!"

With a "clang", the gilded pen fell on the paper, leaving a stain on the white paper.

Karen stood up suddenly, and because of her big and fast movements, she bumped into the edge of the table, making a thud.

It hurts to hear that, but Karen doesn't care: "What did you say? Ye Heng was captured alive?"

He took two steps forward, snatched his laptop, and dug his fingers tightly onto the edge of the screen, looking at the message sent by the Second Prince Vic.

【I have taken down Red Shadow! 】

Those six words were like a silent mockery.

Karen shouted in disbelief, "Who is Ye Heng? He's the youngest marshal in the empire, and the Red Shadow Legion is his elite force!"

During the insect swarm, he led the Red Shadow Team to guard the border for three months. How could Vic, a idiot who couldn't even understand the patrol corps, capture him alive?

"And Lin Yao!" Karen's facial muscles trembled with anger, and her face flushed red from lack of oxygen from yelling.

"Isn't he dead? Didn't he die in the pirate attack?"

Every movement of Karen's body expressed disbelief. In order to stabilize the people's hearts, the royal family posthumously recognized him as an imperial hero and held a funeral for him.

Then he quickly cancelled Lin Yao's citizen information and agreed to the Ye family's requests.

Now that the person is still alive, what will the people say? Will they say that the royal family ignored the person and took his life for the sake of face?

Panic and ruthlessness filled his heart. Karen suddenly threw the laptop at the guard. The guard hurriedly tried to catch it, but just as he had grasped it, a sinister voice rang out:

"Pass on my order! Have Vic finish Lin Yao right here and then! Say he died resisting and wipe out all traces!"

"Your Highness... it's too late." The guard's voice was full of embarrassment.

"Before sending the report, His Royal Highness the Second Prince had already announced the victory declaration through the Imperial Public Channel, and even included pictures.

The people of the entire empire saw the photo of Major General Lin and Marshal Ye standing together.

The Second Prince also said that he would take them back to the Central Star and hand them over to the military for a public trial to give an explanation to the Empire."

"Vic!" Karen's chest heaved with anger, and the soles of her boots rolled hard on the ground.

"He did it on purpose! He knew that Lin Yao's survival was a weapon against the royal family, yet he deliberately exposed it to everyone!"

But it was no use being angry, as the eyes of the entire empire were now fixed on Lin Yao and Ye Heng.

If Lin Yao died, all the blame would be directed at him, the prince who held the imperial power, and he would definitely be criticized by everyone.

Karen held onto the edge of the table, her fingertips cold. She was filled with resentment towards Vic, who had tricked her into submission by the Second Prince.

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At the same time, in the reception room of the Ye family's old house, Ye Bingzong was sitting on a rattan chair, and the holographic screen in front of him was replaying the second prince's victory declaration.

In the picture, Ye Heng was wearing a gray prison uniform, but his back was still straight. Lin Yao stood beside him with a stern face. Neither of them looked at all embarrassed as prisoners.

Ye Bingzong drank his tea leisurely, without any ripples in his eyes, only the slightly white fingertips revealed his emotions.

He recalled the news that came back not long ago, that Ye Heng had regained control of Chiying and defeated the people sent by the Third Prince to take over.

The Third Prince originally wanted to target the Ye family.

But because of the uproar over Ye Heng's previous marriage refusal, Ye Heng would rather die than obey.

Not only was his imperial citizenship information deleted, but the page with Ye Heng's name was also torn out of the family tree, as well as Ye Heng's own statement.

The live broadcast spread throughout the entire empire, and everyone knew that Ye Heng had completely cut ties with the Ye family.

What Ye Heng did had nothing to do with the Ye family.

The royal family could not find an excuse to implicate the Ye family, and coupled with the fact that the Ye family had been deeply rooted in the Central Star for many years, the matter ultimately came to nothing.

"Master," Butler Qin walked in quietly, "Should we make some preparations for our... Marshal in advance? For example, smooth over the relationship with the military?"

Ye Bingzong put down the teacup, and the lid collided with the cup, making a crisp sound. "What are you preparing?"

He looked at Ye Heng's figure on the holographic screen, his tone without any warmth.

"Ye Heng is no longer a member of the Ye family. The Ye family has no right to interfere in his affairs."

But having said that, he still came to the inner room under the gaze of Butler Qin.

He took out a brocade box from the drawer, which contained a seal engraved with the word "night".

That was the seal that every successive head of the Ye family would inherit. Ye Bingzong stroked the lines on the seal, a complex expression flashing in his eyes:

It’s not that he doesn’t care about Ye Heng. How could he really not care about the child he raised?

But the Ye family’s foundation must not be overturned because of someone who has left the family.

Now that Ye Heng and Lin Yao are going back to Central Star, the royal family is bound to encounter unpredictable turmoil. The only thing the Ye family can do is to continue to distance themselves from the matter in order to protect themselves in this vortex.

Ye Bingzong put the brocade box back into the drawer, his voice returning to its usual calmness as he called out Butler Qin's name.

Then he told Butler Qin that the Ye family and Ye Heng had no contact for a long time, and how the military dealt with the matter was the military's business. The Ye family would not interfere and did not want to be involved.

The butler withdrew in response, and the only sound in the living room was the cheers coming from the holographic screen.

Ye Bingzong looked at the falling sycamore leaves outside the window and sighed softly.

Family interests come first; this has been his lifelong creed, and he makes no exception even when facing his own grandson.