While they were talking, the two of them had already entered Li Linghai's secret meeting room.
This conference room used to be the Damaged Relics Restoration Center of the National Museum. Many extremely fragile relics required very harsh conditions of temperature, humidity, and pressure when they were being repaired. Therefore, extremely sensitive detection magical equipment had been installed around the Restoration Center. After some modifications, it could be used for anti-eavesdropping and surveillance.
Or maybe, Queen Li Linghai had a certain sense of irony and thought that it would be interesting to discuss the cause of "renewing the Imperium" in front of Blackstar the Great's broken statue that was in dire need of repair.
Other than Li Linghai, who was wearing plain clothes, Jin Yuyan, director of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, who represented the business interests at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium, Yue Wushuang, leader of the "Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils", and Dongfang Sheng, commander of the Deep Sea Fleet, were all present in the meeting.
They were all the core, most loyal reformists.
Together with Lei Chenghu, a military giant, and Li Yao, a "super warrior" who had been showing his talents recently, they constituted the most luxurious team for the reformists to march into the capital.
"Your Grace —"
Lei Chenghu looked around and said straightforwardly, "Before we begin the deployment of the next operation, I want to make sure of one thing first. None of the soldiers in the Third Battle Area thinks that they are taking part in a rebellion. So, we do not want the Empyreal Terminus Sector to be mired in uncontrollable chaos at all. The operation of the 'Crying Emperor's Mausoleum' should stop here. It won't escalate further, right?"
"Of course, General Lei. We are saving the Imperium, not destroying it."
Li Linghai, the queen of the Imperium, whose face was as gentle and fair as mutton fat without any makeup, smiled. "If I really wanted to raise chaos in the capital, I could've totally instigated the surplus generals, the wounded veterans, and the infuriated members of the royal family to march toward the Council of Elders and set the entire planet ablaze with their blood. However, it would've been utterly meaningless. Also, it would've been too sordid, shameless, and sordid. I never thought of doing that.
"Look, I have controlled the intensity of the 'Crying Emperor's Mausoleum'. I have even evacuated most of the soldiers and members of the royal family because I do not want the innocent to be involved. The mausoleum is not our main battlefield, and the bodies of the soldiers, the members of the royal family, and even the public are definitely not our cannonballs. Rest assured about that."
Lei Chenghu nodded and said, "Alright. Then, I have no more questions. Please begin, Your Grace."
Li Linghai coughed softly and cleared her throat. After Li Yao closed the door and set up the soundproof rune arrays, she opened her arms and said to everybody, "First of all, thank you for your unremitting efforts and sacrifices in the past years. Our cause has finally taken a critical step forward, and we have secured a critical victory!
"In the past half month, we have been saved from the most desperate situation. Caught unprepared, we fought a gratifying battle against the wind in the most difficult situation. It was an out-and-out counterattack!
"We won the support of General Lei Chenghu of the expedition army. Then, we suppressed the Divine Rain Sector and allied with the Li family, one of the four Kurfürst families. We also forced the other two families, the Yun family and the Song family, to be bystanders, narrowing the range of our primary enemy to only the Dongfang family. All our attacks were aimed at Prime Minister Dongfang Wang of the Imperium!
"With the support of the Li family, we will boast the completely unimpeded Spiritual Nexus and media channels leading to the entire sea of stars. Our ideas of 'renewing the Imperium' will be transmitted to every corner of the Imperium within a breath!
"The chain reaction raised by the 'Crying Emperor' incident, on the other hand, put Dongfang Wang under a lot of pressure. His cabinet was exhausted, and even the entire Dongfang family was occupied. They had no time to care about anything else. That was all that we have accomplished in the past month. At first glance, the situation was in our favor. It couldn't have been better!"
The core leaders of the reformists all looked smug after hearing that.
"However —"
Li Linghai observed carefully. His face suddenly turned gloomy, and his voice suddenly turned sharp. "Do not be complacent, and do not lower your vigilance. While we secured the initial victory, we pushed ourselves to the center of the storm and into a perilous situation that could decide our life and death!
"The sabers of the reformists have been completely unsheathed. All their sharpness has been displayed and seen clearly by the enemy. It is impossible to take them back.
"The Dongfang family, on the other hand, is the 'first family' of the Imperium of True Human Beings after all. It will not be crushed by such a petty trick as' Crying Emperor's Mausoleum '.
"Most importantly of all, the Yun family, the Song family, and even the Li family are not on our side sincerely. They are just observing the competition between the reformists and the Dongfang family to see which side is most likely to be the winner and if it is possible for them to take advantage of us while we fight each other.
"The battle between us and the Dongfang Clan is just like a battle between two experts. Our side made the first move, and our attacks were like a flood that surged and surged like waves. Our attacks were continuous and connected with each other, and they completely drowned our opponent and beat them to the point they didn't have the slightest strength to fight back.
"At first glance, the situation seems to be under our control, but only we know that the seemingly dazzling attacks do not cause fatal wounds to the enemy. Instead, under the illusion that the enemy is struggling, they are accumulating strength. As long as we stop attacking and the enemy has a brief moment of rest, they will immediately launch thunderous counterattacks.
"If we do not kill the enemy immediately, the Yun family, the Song family, and the Li family that seems to be behind us will all turn on us and kill us immediately!
"Therefore, we are in a race against time. By my estimation, if we do not deal a critical blow to the Dongfang family in a month or even half a month, the hesitant Yun family and the Song family will vaguely stand on the Dongfang family's side, and different voices will appear in the Li family. 'Silver Fox' Li Jiande might even make a deal with the Dongfang family in private and sell us out!"
Everybody was deep in thought after hearing what he said.
Lei Chenghu asked, "Is the crying incident not a fatal blow?"
"Of course not."
Li Linghai shook his head and said, "The crying incident is actually very easy to resolve. In short, it is all about 'money'. Although the most calculative big shots of the Dongfang family are unwilling to pay, Dongfang Wang certainly has a way to open their money jar at the moment of life and death. If he can't do that, how can he be called 'prime minister of iron and blood'?
"As long as there is money, the surplus generals and the disabled soldiers will not be a problem at all. It is even possible that they will be bought over by Dongfang Wang. I believe that Dongfang Wang will certainly handle the matter well, and we will not have any evidence against him. It is too naïve to think that he can force the prime minister who has served for twenty years to step down with a few tears!
"Like I said just now, the crying incident is just a disguise and a 'feint' to divert the enemy's attention."
"Then —"
Thinking carefully for a moment, Lei Chenghu asked, "Her Grace has found the key evidence about the incident of the Blood Oath Alliance. Was it really done by Dongfang Wang?"
"The incident of the Blood Oath Alliance must be a trick directed and performed by the Dongfang family in order to get an extra share when they divide the rights and interests in the newly-recovered territory. Even a blind man can see that."
Li Linghai sighed and said, "However, it is not so easy to find solid evidence for such a thing. Even if we are going to 'create' some evidence, we are not trustworthy enough to win other people's trust. Therefore, it is indeed a fatal blow, but it is not the time to launch it yet. It will be a waste of a great trump card if we do not have full confidence!"
Lei Chenghu frowned hard and asked, "Then, where is our main attack right now? Didn't Your Grace say last time that there were still a lot of 'cannonballs' in the arsenal of the reformists?"
"Yes, that is exactly what I said."
With a mysterious smile, Li Linghai said unhurriedly, "There are indeed a lot of cannonballs in the arsenal of the reformists. In the next couple of days, we will perform a 'carpet bombing' and expose the many scandals of the Dongfang family. There will even be shocking cases that involve multiple financial groups.
"Although the scandals will not completely crush the Dongfang family, they will at least further consume Dongfang Wang's energy and distract his attention so that he will not be able to see the real direction of our attack in his burning fury.
"Then, it will be this huge bomb that is likely to blow him into smithereens!"
The light around Li Linghai dimmed, but a beautiful, well-structured, and pleasant building appeared behind him.
Lei Chenghu recognized it immediately. "The First Affiliated Hospital of the Imperium Medical University? What's the meaning of this?"
The First Affiliated Hospital of the Imperium Medical University, known as the 'First Hospital of the Imperium Medical University', was one of the few cutting-edge general hospitals with the most advanced facilities and the strongest treatment and research teams in the entire Imperium of True Human Beings.
During the ten years of the Imperium's counterattack, it had also treated a lot of heavily wounded soldiers who had been evacuated from the frontline, making great contributions to the victory of the Imperium's counterattack.
Li Linghai smiled, but her smile was indescribably hideous. "I wonder, General Lei and the fellow Cultivators here, have you ever heard a terrible, heinous rumor? It is said that many high-level Immortal Cultivators who are already old, in order to pursue the unpredictable longevity, or to maintain their peak state by force, or to help their offspring who do not have good aptitudes to be 'reborn', produce all kinds of high-energy nutrition drugs and strengthening drugs with the spiritual roots, cores, and even Nascent Souls of other Immortal Cultivators. They even directly absorb other people's Cultivation and spiritual energy through evil techniques to train themselves in such a cruel way?"
Lei Chenghu said solemnly, "Those are just the groundless rumors of the ignorant people on the street."
Li Linghai smiled but did not say anything.
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