However, she would not let those soldiers die needlessly because of her grandfather's wrong decision.
So she sent the experienced Wu Ling and Commandant Qi to keep an eye on things!
They won't offer advice unless it's absolutely necessary.
They will not personally go to the battlefield.
He was stationed in the rear to oversee operations.
This gave the Bai family immense confidence.
Even the progress of the war began to advance by leaps and bounds, with everyone performing their duties and cooperating very well.
Furthermore, the selection of soldiers follows the principle of voluntariness, and all circumstances are explained.
Give these people the best equipment and the best weapons!
They were given the highest possible pay!
If you're willing, you can go with them; if you're not, we won't force you.
These people heard that His Majesty's own brothers and uncles were all fighting on the front lines.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
They were just worthless people.
His Majesty's own brothers will also be considered princes and nobles from now on.
So they all signed up with great confidence!
Meanwhile, in Shanping County of Mianzhou, the palace built for Lin Ru has already taken a rough shape!
The interior was a complex place of lively banquets and gatherings, and it consisted of seventy palaces of varying sizes.
Thousands of houses!
It covers an area of 400,000 square meters!
With the towering mountains behind it, it creates an even more continuous feeling.
Even from afar, the people of Shanping County could tell just how luxurious the entire palace was.
It's almost indistinguishable from the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
When Lin Ru learned that the area occupied was so large, she was completely stunned.
Not counting the mountain, it covers an area of 400,000 square meters!
There are only a few people in their family, and they can't possibly live in all these rooms.
She tried her best to refuse.
But now, the construction of the palace is no longer something she can decide.
It was a petition from several ministers below!
They felt the area was a bit too small!
But that's the most space we can free up!
This is all thanks to Qian Duoduo's money power!
This is similar to a demolition project!
They gave the indigenous people another place to live and provided them with enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives!
That's how the space was cleared out!
The Imperial Palace in Kyoto covers an area of over 700,000 square meters!
Lin Ru's palace is not even half the size of the one in the capital!
When Qian Duoduo mentioned this to the ministers below, they all felt like crying!
Quan Jinyu felt even more wronged by his own emperor!
Lin Ru really couldn't stand their constant crying and wailing, so she just let them be and didn't say anything herself!
Just as things were developing in a positive direction day by day, and the buildings in the palace were nearing completion, Lin Ru was suddenly surrounded by a group of people at the entrance of the Bai residence.
Those people all had faces full of hatred, and they were all wearing patched clothes. They were all pale and thin, looking malnourished.
Lin Ru looked at them with a puzzled expression.
Wu Juan, Wu Fei, and other personal guards tightly protected Lin Ru in the middle.
Holding a weapon.
He looked at the refugees in front of him with great vigilance.
Do you know what you're doing? Do you know who you're doing this for?
Wu Juan roared loudly.
These people weren't afraid of the weapons they were carrying at all; on the contrary, they seemed to have a do-or-die attitude and were eager to try their luck.
The hatred in these people's eyes didn't seem fake.
Seeing that they didn't say a word, Lin Ru walked in front of the guards and stood face to face with the refugees!
"Judging from your expressions, you should know who I am, right? Tell me, why are you looking for me?"
Only then did someone in that group speak.
He was a tall, big-looking man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks!
"Of course we know who you are. Aren't you Her Majesty the Queen?"
"You're the one we've been looking for."
The people around them echoed their agreement.
"Yes! You're the one we've been looking for."
Lin Ru crossed her arms and watched them quietly.
"Alright! Then tell me, what do you want from me?"
The man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face spat on the ground.
His eyes were filled with malice.
"What do you want? How dare you ask us?"
"Don't you know what your men have done? Look at the state we've become."
“Your men oppress the people and drive us from the homes where we have lived for generations.”
"They didn't give us a single penny, leaving us to fend for ourselves, all so that they could build a palace for you, their so-called Empress."
"This is utterly depraved."
Suddenly, the sound of a woman crying came from the crowd.
The crowd parted to make way for the woman.
The woman walked over slowly.
He was also leading a little boy who looked about six or seven years old.
“If it weren’t for the construction of that so-called palace for you, I wouldn’t be like this now. My poor parents were beaten to death by your people because they didn’t want to move away.”
"And my husband, in order to get justice for my family, also had your people find an excuse to lock him up in jail. Then a few days later, he told me that the person had died in jail, and that there was no trace of his body."
"How could you be so heartless? We're both women, why do you always make things difficult for us?"
"Why did you build the palace? Why do you do such a wasteful and burdensome thing?"
"As a woman, you should stay at home and be a good wife and mother. Why did you cause so much trouble and ruin our family?"
"My poor child, you lost your father at such a young age, how are you going to help my child and me live in the future?"
"You live a life of luxury, residing in such a fine palace, while we common people are left to die."
"I see what the people outside were saying was right. You are a demoness, not a goddess at all."
Lin Ru listened quietly to their back-and-forth conversation. Those people seemed to want to devour Lin Ru alive, their eyes filled with hatred. Even the seven-year-old boy suddenly squatted down, grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, and tried to throw it at Lin Ru when she wasn't paying attention!
But Wu Juan caught it with lightning speed!
"You little beast!"
"How dare they launch a sneak attack on His Majesty!"
"I think you don't want to live anymore."
The child seemed to be greatly frightened and wronged, and suddenly sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
He kept cursing, "Why don't you little bitches just die?"
"A lowly woman should become a prostitute!"
"Why are you taking over our land? Why won't you give it back to us?"
"Why don't you just die? Go die already and give me your territory. It should have been mine all along. Give it to me, I don't care, I just want it."
The child's mother was completely shocked by the scene before her.
They charged forward in a frenzy.
He wanted to hit Wu Juan.
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