Chapter 824: Chapter 16: One Man Against a City! (6000+)_4
The seats in the meeting hall are arranged with two rows of chairs on each side, and then a chair is placed at the very center inside the hall.
This is the only main seat, and currently sitting on it is a man wearing a golden Five-clawed Dragon Scale Armor.
The man’s appearance bears some resemblance to the current Emperor, but compared to the Emperor’s majestic presence in the Zhenglan Hall, the man’s aura is more imposing and filled with a sense of aggression.
He is the Northern Governor, the foremost figure in the Northern Territory, Prince Cheng (Qin Shixian).
Prince Cheng sits upright on the seat, not speaking, and the others in the hall remain silent as well.
After a while, footsteps are heard from outside the hall.
A trusted aide opens the door to the hall, and a golden robe catches everyone’s eyes.
Li Fei is clad in the Golden Silk Jade Qilin Armor, holding the Ghost Slash Blade, and walks step by step into the meeting hall.
Previously, Prince Cheng had suddenly intervened to stop a confrontation between him and Luo Xu, and both of them descended from mid-air.
Afterward, the Military Department issued an order to convene an emergency meeting, and Luo Xu and Zhao Hongcai left immediately.
Li Fei first ordered the more than three thousand Martial Artists blocking the gates of the Military Supply Headquarters to disperse and led them back to the camp within the city before receiving the notice from the Military Department instructing him to attend this emergency meeting.
Thus, Li Fei was the last to arrive among those attending the meeting.
After entering, he glanced over the arrangement of the seats.
The meeting hall had three chairs placed on each side, with five of them already occupied, leaving the last chair for Li Fei.
However, this chair is on the right side of the main seat and in the last row.
The lowest rank present is Level 16 and holds a significant position, while Li Fei is a newcomer to the Northern Territory, and his current position is merely an Inspector of a yet-to-be-formed troop, not the entire Northern Territory’s Inspector.
This seating arrangement seems not overly problematic.
Yet, Li Fei did not take his seat.
Not only did he refrain from sitting, but he also stood in the center of the meeting, staring directly at Prince Cheng in front without taking the initiative to salute.
“Bold Marquis Jing’an!”
A general sitting in the first seat on the right side, also fully armored, shouted loudly:
“You don’t salute upon seeing the Prince?”
This general was Yan Han, the General of Shaman City, Level 16 military officer.
Luo Xu, sitting in the first seat on the left side, looked at Li Fei with a hint of a sneer.
He wanted to see whether Li Fei would dare to be rude in front of Prince Cheng as well.
He dared not kill Li Fei, but it doesn’t mean Prince Cheng wouldn’t dare!
Prince Cheng looked at the young man who was already renowned across the country expressionlessly, waiting for his response.
Li Fei listened calmly to Yan Han’s reprimand, met Prince Cheng’s gaze, and slowly said:
“For this Northern Territory trip, His Majesty entrusted me with a heavy responsibility. Before departure, I worriedly told His Majesty: I have never before commanded troops in battle, and on this trip to the Northern Territory, I fear I might not act appropriately and fail His Majesty’s trust.”
His Majesty said nothing, only had someone give me something.”
Upon hearing this, Prince Cheng’s eyes slightly moved, seemingly thinking of something.
Everyone present was smart enough to immediately realize that this item was likely Li Fei’s biggest reliance for this Northern expedition!
Luo Xu’s face turned somewhat unpleasant.
This meant that during that previous confrontation, he had already revealed his trump card.
Whereas Li Fei’s trump card has yet to be revealed.
In everyone’s gaze, Li Fei calmly took out a gold plaque from his chest. The source of this content ɪs novel✦fire.net
Holding the plaque with one hand, he faced it forward.
On the main seat, the glacier-like expression of Prince Cheng showed signs of melting.
Everyone clearly saw the four characters on the gold plaque in Li Fei’s hand—
“As if the Emperor were present!”
Transportation Commissioner Zhao Hongcai was the first to stand up, cupping his hands to salute Li Fei.
Then the second person followed, and the third…
“As if the Emperor were present.” If the Emperor were to arrive in person, how should everyone present react? Then seeing this gold plaque, how should they now respond!
Luo Xu’s face was extremely unsightly, though he was extremely reluctant, but could only stand up, cupping his hands to salute the plaque in Li Fei’s hand.
The only person still not standing was Prince Cheng.
Li Fei looked at this King of the North, and said word by word:
“Earlier, someone said I should salute the Prince. May I ask the Prince, do I still need to salute?”
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Then the second person followed, and the third…
“As if the Emperor were present.” If the Emperor were to arrive in person, how should everyone present react? Then seeing this gold plaque, how should they now respond!
Luo Xu’s face was extremely unsightly, though he was extremely reluctant, but could only stand up, cupping his hands to salute the plaque in Li Fei’s hand.
The only person still not standing was Prince Cheng.
Li Fei looked at this King of the North, and said word by word:
“Earlier, someone said I should salute the Prince. May I ask the Prince, do I still need to salute?”