Listening to the complaints of his subordinates, Zhao Jundu finally said, “Enough, it’s useless to speak further about this. A general died in my hands, after all, so they need to put on a show. Otherwise, how can they placate the masses?”

One of the generals said, “Sigh! Everything would be fine if the fourth young master had been a bit more ruthless and killed all of them.”

Zhao Jundu smiled faintly. “These are troubled times. Intimidating lowly people is right and proper, but it wouldn’t be appropriate to start a massacre. It brings no benefit to the greater picture.”

Since Zhao Jundu had spoken thus, the generals couldn’t say anything else. One of them did mumble in dissatisfaction, “Duke Chengen won’t be that easy to deal with!”

Within a large courtyard in the core region of Indomitable, a fully-armored Zhao Weihuang passed through many a corridor to finally arrive at a building by the water.

Princess Gaoyi was sitting by the window. She didn’t even turn back upon hearing the door open and merely kept on gazing at the pond outside.

Zhao Weihuang sat down across from her with a rather embarrassed smile.

The princess poured a cup of tea for herself, took a sip, and looked out of the window once more. From the beginning to the end, she...