"Father, the Elder Court is related to every aspect of the Imperial Nobles, to the daily operations of the entire Empire, and stirs the whole body with a single hair..."
The Emperor's gaze was icy cold, and the group of Great Nobles from the Sherman family below instantly fell silent.
But they knew that the Emperor would not punish anyone today; he had to act out of a need to maintain stability, make compromises and concessions, and smoothly get through this political crisis.
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Although the Emperor was furious at the moment and wanted to pull each of these corrupt nobles of the Sherman family down to fill the foundations, he still needed to maintain restraint.
Step by step, he would regain the daily affairs of government to smoothly complete the reclamation of power.
The Empire appeared strong, yet it was riddled with holes inside; it could churn, but direct turmoil could not be played out.
The point was, he could not find a good way to break the interest groups of these Great Nobles.
Without a sword in hand, he was controlled everywhere.
Suddenly, a middle-aged maid shouted from outside the palace; she called out nervously, "Transformed people suddenly appeared fighting near the Imperial Palace! It might affect the Palace! Please retreat to a safer area temporarily!"
The Emperor slightly raised his eyebrows.
He understood his subordinates; at such a moment, they would not report just any trivial matter.
The Emperor asked, "Transformed people? Who are fighting?"
"One side is more than ten supermodified people whose information couldn't be found, presumably unregistered. Judging from their strength and weapons, they are all powerful supermodified people. On the other side is an Empire hero, the Imperial Guard Knight White Ghost·Viscount Hanton, personally knighted by you!"
"Hanton?" The Old Emperor's eyes lit up, "He's not dead?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, in the current battle, Viscount Hanton has gained a clear upper hand, and the security team has already arrived to support!"
"To face many and still have the upper hand," the Old Emperor laughed, "Truly worthy of being the White Ghost who saved countless lives during the bug disaster... I remember, there seems to be a large number of transformed people outside the palace gate, send them over, make sure to protect the hero of my Empire!"
The middle-aged maid immediately knelt down and cried out, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty! You might not be able to mobilize these supermodified people! Most of them obey the Elder Court! You will need to order the Elder Court first to get these supermodified people to move!"
The hearts of those Great Nobles inside the palace skipped a beat.
So they were waiting for this.
"Hmph!" the Old Emperor shouted angrily, "Has the Elder Court already risen above me, the Emperor?"
The middle-aged maid just sighed.
The Old Emperor was about to rise up and directly chastise the Elder Court.
This was actually giving himself a way out, berating the Elder Court for a while to maintain the Emperor's face, then verbally pardoning the Elder Court, relieving them of the worry of being rectified later, which is the 'substance' granted by the Elder Court.
But the thought that this double act of stepping down, was played by an old maid who had served him for decades, made the Old Emperor realize that not one of these worthless fools was useful!
Suddenly, another young maid rushed into the palace, dusty and weary, immediate kneeling down upon seeing the tense atmosphere in the hall: "Your Majesty! Maid Han Yin has urgent news for Your Majesty! I humbly request that Your Majesty allow Han Yin to approach and speak."
"It's Han Yin, come here."
The Old Emperor waved his hand.
Han Yin quickly stood up, and under the puzzled gaze of her mentor, she lifted her skirt and hurried forward, circling to the side of the Emperor's throne, whispering a few words.
The few aged Princes closest to them only heard 'White Ghost,' 'he is confident in resolving,' 'let the Elder Court lose convincingly,' 'although it will cause turmoil, it can enhance the royal prestige.'
Han Yin finished speaking and then bowed her head, waiting to the side.
The Old Emperor's face clearly showed indecision, obviously unsure.
After a long dozen seconds, the Old Emperor suddenly laughed.
He was the Emperor of the most powerful force in the Milky Way, what was there to doubt? At worst, he would leave behind a name cursed through the ages, still better than those emperors who had existed but whose names could not even be remembered.
"Then let him try," the Old Emperor said indifferently, "Young people have the spirit to take risks, dare to make big bets, that's a good thing, much better than the Empire being tightly held by a bunch of old stubborns, then slowly decaying."
For some reason, Han Yin felt a little happy inside.
The Old Emperor openly said before everyone, "Pass my command, grant him the highest temporary authority, cooperate with him fully, I actually want to see how he will help me resolve this palace siege."
Han Yin bowed and quickly left.
Seconds later, a series of explosions occurred in the distance, thousands of micro unmanned drones formed an attack formation, surrounding the battling group of transformed people, multiple laser cannons firing simultaneously.
That was the defense system of Emperor Star.
Half a minute later, a hovering skateboard nonchalantly passed the more than a dozen checkpoints in front of the Imperial Palace module, each checkpoint showing green lights, heading straight for the No. 6 palace gate guarded by people from the Elder Court.
Security guards who saw the situation on the skateboard were struck with pupil-shaking, utterly astonished.
In front of No. 6 palace gate.
Two elders glanced at their continuously vibrating communicators, then their expressions drastically changed, and they hurriedly ran towards the Great Elder, wanting to report the latest developments.
But before these two elders could reach the Great Elder, the hovering skateboard had already directly descended into the line of guards at the palace gate.
The guards swiftly separated;
The supermodified people in this area were as if facing a great enemy.
The skateboard landed, numerous kneeling elders, Great Nobles looked up, more than ten women bowed their heads retching, half of the elders looked somewhat panicked.