"What?!" Anlia's voice shrilly. "He's still outside the Elders' Council, and he's started a live broadcast on the StarNet?"
The secretary lowered his head even further, his voice trembling: "Yes, Elder An, he has been live streaming for about 10 minutes now, and I estimate that there are hundreds of millions of people watching."
"Smack."
Anlia casually slapped her secretary across the face: "Useless trash, hurry up and stop it."
The secretary hurriedly responded, not even having time to cover her face, and retreated.
The person who spoke first in the military headquarters happened to activate his personal terminal at that moment.
Bo Jichen's unhurried, sarcastic voice came from the personal terminal and echoed in the conference room: "Fellow Star Friends, let's continue talking about that piece of trash in the top 5 of the Empire's bounty list of bandits."
"Because it's been so long, I can't remember what that scumbag's name was. You can look it up yourselves later. For now, I'll give him a code name: Rabbit."
"The rabbit truly lives up to its name, a cunning rabbit with three burrows. I searched for him for three days, but I still couldn't find him."
"If you can't find his people, you can only try to dig up his den by sheer luck. But when you finally find it, guess what? The rabbits think I'm trash and don't deserve to enter their bandit den. They keep me out, point a sniper cannon at my head, and are going to blow me up."
"Just like now, as a general of the empire, although I am not as brave as the marshal of the empire in killing enemies and in resisting the Zerg, I am still able to fight against a hundred men and fight to the death to eliminate the bandits. Although I am left with a lot of illness, I will never regret it for the glory of the empire."
"Alas, Your Majesty, you have shown me compassion. Despite my many injuries, you took me to visit the Fourth Civilization, treated my wounds, and allowed me to recuperate in the palace..."
"But, I never expected, I never expected... I once had a sniper pointed at my head outside a bandit's den, and now, outside the Elders' Council, the Elders' Council is making me experience this mixed feeling again. It's better not to talk about it, better not to talk about it..."
"Let's continue. That scoundrel who's ranked in the top three on the Empire's bounty list, cough..."
"General, what's wrong? Don't scare me! Ah, blood..."
A panicked female voice came from the personal terminal. The last thing the voice said was "blood," and then the image and sound disappeared.
The meeting room fell silent instantly.
Anlia cursed "bastard!" first and ran outside.
The military personnel realized what was happening and followed closely behind.
When the people in the conference hall saw that Isaac didn't move, they didn't move either.
StarNet users were outraged, flooding the Elder Council's official Weibo account with comments like, "You contemptuous bastards of the Elder Council, what gives you the right to shut out an Imperial General and a hero of bandit suppression?"
"Without the sacrifices of the Imperial soldiers, where would the Elders' nagging life come from? Do they really think they're so arrogant just because they're all nobles?"
"As far as I know, today is a four-party meeting to discuss the issue of gradually increasing military spending. What does it mean that the Elder Council excluded General Bo? Do they want to monopolize power?"
"Oh yes, today is the four-party meeting. Last year's military spending was reduced compared to the year before. Why not let General Bo Jichen into the Elder Council? Is it because they don't want General Bo Jichen to vote against the reduction? The Elder Council's intentions are terrifying."
"You've worked hard, Daddy. Have some water." Jiang Si stepped off the StarNet, picked up the tea on the table, poured a cup for Bo Jichen, and presented it to him with both hands.
It has to be said that Bo Xilai's interesting soul is one in a thousand, directly implying that the Elder Council is superior and inciting the people of the entire empire to attack the Elder Council.
In this way, military spending is definitely not going to be reduced. As for whether it will increase, and by how much, that depends on what happens at the conference table.
"Thank you, baby, you've worked hard too!" Bo Jichen coughed lightly, took the water, sipped it, swallowed it, and asked Zuo Jin in a deep voice, "Lieutenant Zuo, how's it going online?"
Zuo Jin, holding the quantum computer, snapped to attention and gave a military salute: "Reporting to the General, the public opinion is trending exactly as you have indicated; the Elder Council has become the target of public criticism."
"Countless fans began to speculate that the Elder Council wanted to have a monopoly and deliberately reduced military spending year by year."
“Good, continue to intensify the publicity efforts.” Bo Jichen instructed, “And while you’re at it, add some more material, give us some clues, and have our fellow Star Friends dig into the Elder Council’s annual budget, the annual expenses of the various elders in the Elder Council, and whether their families have been to any money-wasting dens.”
"yes……"
"General Bo Jichen, you've arrived." An Liya's voice came before he even arrived: "Why didn't you tell me? I could have come to greet you at the door."
With a flick of her finger, Jiang Si unleashed an invisible stream of spiritual energy that flowed from her fingertip toward Anlia's knee.
With a thud.
Anliya fell to the ground, rolled twice, and knelt right in front of Jiang Si and Bo Jichen.
Jiang Si tilted her leg slightly, her right leg crossed over her left, her elbow resting on the table where tea was placed. She adopted a haughty and aloof posture, looking down at An Liya kneeling on the ground.
"Oh dear, Elder An, what are you doing? You scared me to death!" Bo Jichen held a teacup in one hand and patted his chest with the other. "I just vomited blood. Your fright has given me a real scare. I need to find someone to take me to the hospital."
Anlia knelt on the ground, shocked. She had been walking just fine, but somehow, her knees hurt and she tumbled down, as if she were completely out of control.
"General, Elder An is apologizing to you." Jiang Si followed Bo Jichen's sarcastic tone: "If the general public finds out that you are going to the hospital, they will think that the Elders' Council is using force against you at the gate."
"This is bad, very bad. It's bad for Elder An's reputation. General, you're not young anymore. You have to think about the Elder Council. We can't let Elder An be smeared."
Bo Jichen nodded heavily: "My dear, you are right. Elder An, please don't kneel anymore, get up."
Anlia remembered, but her knees felt like they were shattered. The pain was so intense that she was covered in cold sweat, her mental energy was agitated, and her genes seemed to collapse in an instant, as if being stabbed by knives and pricked by needles.
"She won't get up. Is she trying to scam us?" Jiang Si's words were slightly exaggerated. She leaned back in her chair without moving and pointed at An Liya. "General, did you record this? A centenarian like this is prone to osteoporosis. If she tries to scam someone, we mustn't let her try to extort us."
Anlia: "..."
She is only 110 years old.
Everyone who sees her says she takes good care of herself and looks young and beautiful.
How did I become an old person?
Osteoporosis?
Where did this wild girl come from, daring to call her spineless?
Bo Jichen shook the hand carrying the quantum computer: "I recorded it, how could I not record it? You're right, when people get old, their hearts become wicked. If they try to extort money from me, I won't be able to explain myself."
Jiang Si suddenly remembered the criminal law her cheap husband had once taught her, and said, "According to Article 436 of the Imperial Criminal Code, anyone who publicly insults another person by violence or other means or fabricates facts to defame another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of liberty."
“Just now, the people from the Elders’ Council called me a pretty vase, and called me a nobody, a nobody. Such blatant insults and fabricated facts to defame me have caused me psychological harm. Can I file a public prosecution with the Supreme Court of the Central Government and demand that the Elders’ Council provide me with compensation for mental distress?”
My precious baby can even recite the Imperial Criminal Code?
Bo Jichen's purple eyes flashed with surprise. He raised the light brain in his hand and solemnly echoed, "Of course you can. If the people of the Elder Council publicly insult, harm, and slander you, and fabricate facts, the Chief Elder of the Elder Council, Anlia, shall bear full responsibility."
"I'll call the Imperial Supreme Court right now and have them come over to assess your mental state, gather evidence, and make a judgment!"
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