After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

"Chan'er, what kind of monsters are these? You should be normal."

Chen Futu regretted not choosing Wang Yue; could someone with a normal personality be brought into the family?

Diao Chan smiled gently and said, "Your Majesty, don't be afraid. With me here, they can't cause any trouble."

And so, Yang Yuhuan was thoroughly punished by Xi Shi, who finally dragged her into the room.

Yang Yuhuan lay prostrate on the ground as if she had no bones, and said resentfully, "Sister, you are too cruel. You want to take my life."

"Be more careful next time. Don't use your shameless tricks against the king again, or you'll regret it."

Xi Shi coughed lightly, using her inner energy to dry her clothes and hair, finally restoring her harmless appearance.

But Chen Futu felt his hands and feet were cold and sensed something dirty in the room, so he ignored them and pulled Diao Chan outside.

Of the Four Beauties, one was sickly and delicate, another was a vixen, Diao Chan was relatively normal, and hopefully Wang Zhaojun was normal too.

In another room, Xue Tong was in considerable pain from the torture. Chen Futu gave her the antidote, and she lay on the ground, panting heavily, her eyes filled with madness. "Chen Futu, you'd better release me, or else..."

"noob."

Chen Futu shouted, and Xiao Bai, waving his chicken leg, entered the house.

She tilted her head, sizing up the blood-red-eyed boy who was about her age, and clapped her hands happily. "Big brother, are you finding a playmate for silly girl? Silly girl is so happy~"

“That’s right, this is your playmate. She’s just a bit unruly and doesn’t understand the situation. Help your brother teach her a lesson and let her know the rules of our royal court.”

"Hehe, big brother, leave it to silly girl."

Xiao Bai stuffed a chicken leg into his mouth and lunged at Xue Tong. Xue Tong hadn't taken Xiao Bai seriously and was about to unleash a killing move. Even a grandmaster wouldn't be able to withstand such a blow, but it hit Xiao Bai and he was completely unharmed.

Blood-Eyed was so shocked that he staggered back, "How could this be!"

Little White mumbled indistinctly, "Are you giving Silly Aunt a massage? Silly Aunt can do that too, she'll punch your chest with her little fists."

Xiao Bai threw a punch with a grin, and Xue Tong, the deputy hall master of the First Hall, was actually punched into a blur, slamming against the wall with a loud thud. Blood trickled down the corner of her mouth, and her eyes widened in disbelief. "What... what kind of monster is this..."

"Not bad, not bad. You can take a punch from Silly Girl. From now on, you'll be Silly Girl's follower."

Chen Futu then left the rest of the time to Xiaobai.

Bloodshot's heart-wrenching screams could be heard from the nearby garden. She was no match for Xiaobai. Her strength was at most equivalent to the Lord of the Asura Palace. Even the Lord of the Asura Palace was torn apart by Xiaobai. If Xiaobai hadn't wanted her to be his follower, she would have been beaten to a pulp long ago.

After a long while, Xiaobai dragged the half-dead Blood Eye to the garden, casually tossed the person at Chen Futu's feet, and shook her big head, shouting, "No fun, no fun, she's too weak, she can't withstand a few hits from Silly Girl at all."

Diao Chan was horrified by what she saw.

Xiao Bai's combat power is beyond human capabilities. Not to mention that Blood Eye couldn't stop her, even the master of that ancient palace might not be able to withstand her little fists.

Chen Futu squatted down and looked at the dying Xue Tong. "Speak, what is the secret of the ancient palace, and why are there so many saints?"

Xue Tong weakly asked, "Aren't you going to kill me?"

"You are at least a Saint-level warrior, and you have taken the Three Corpse Brain God Pill. From now on, you will be Little White's playmate. You can rest assured that with the Royal Court here, the Ancient Palace will have no chance to find you."

"Okay, I'll tell you everything I know."

Next, Xue Tong explained some inside information. It turned out that those saints all relied on the dynasty's fortune to rise to power, including herself. Unfortunately, only the mysterious palace master knew these methods, and she did not understand them.

Chen Futu frowned slightly. "So, the Palace Master needs to be bound to the dynasty's fortune, really so that he can take another step forward and break through to the Saint realm?"

Chen Futu now has an urge to send Xiaobai to destroy the ancient temple, but the ancient temple is too mysterious. After thinking about it, he decided against it. If Xiaobai is not able to defeat it, the Northern Frontier will probably face annihilation. It's better to accumulate more strength first.

Currently, the Northern Frontier's Saint-level combat power, excluding Xiaobai whose rank is unknown, consists of three peerless beauties. Adding Qingyi, Ake, and Ji Wuchen, there are a total of six Saint-level beings. In a real fight, the Northern Frontier is not afraid. It's just a pity that the Ancient Palace's peak combat power is unclear.

Perhaps when all the powerful generals reach the peak of Grandmaster, enough to contend with Saints, then we can try to test our strength.

Before leaving, Chen Futu tossed Xue Tong a bottle of white medicine, then left her with Xiao Bai. As long as she was smart enough to realize that Xiao Bai was a stubborn mule, she wouldn't get beaten up.

In the days that followed, reports kept coming back from the various legions that were out on campaigns. They had wiped out dozens of bandits and rebel forces, large and small, and had amassed a great deal of wealth.

Their wealth was plundered from the people or looted from the government treasury.

After the grain was distributed, the people's anxiety was temporarily calmed. In addition, Chen Futu received five million shi of rice from the system and distributed it to various places, which further enhanced the prestige of the royal court.

"Your Majesty, merchants from the south have arrived."

“Some aristocratic families who migrated south also wanted to return after hearing that the northern frontier had been pacified.”

New intelligence has been sent back to the palace.

Chen Futu was willing to accept merchants, but as for aristocratic families, now that they had left, it was wishful thinking for them to come back and wreak havoc.

Chen Futu sent a secret order to Dian Wei, instructing him and Luo Wushuang to disguise themselves as bandits and loiter around the Tianhe area. If they discovered any aristocratic families, they were to be slaughtered. In short, they were to be absolutely prevented from coming over.

Wang Tingning would rather support new aristocratic families than use that bunch of filthy people.

As expected, Dian Wei and Luo Wushuang reaped a great harvest. The representatives sent by the aristocratic families to pave the way were all ambushed by the "bandits" and slaughtered. The "gifts" they prepared to present to the royal court were also stolen.

The powerful families were furious and spread rumors that the King of the Northern Frontier had secretly attacked them. Anyway, Chen Futu refused to take the blame and didn't care who it was, his main point being that he was shameless.

The powerful families, lacking evidence, sent strong men to capture the two bandit leaders, but Ji Wuchen secretly dealt with them both.

Who would believe that bandits could kill a Grandmaster and a group of other Grandmasters?

The aristocratic families made a fuss for a while, but the matter was eventually dropped. They understood the royal court's attitude towards them: compared to the ruthless and decisive King of the Northern Frontier, the new emperor was the only one who couldn't do without them.

This indirectly fostered a closer relationship between the emperor and powerful families.

Of course, life wasn't easy for Nanqian either. The Beiwu army had crossed the Milky Way at some point and captured twelve cities in one fell swoop. The new emperor hurriedly dispatched troops to fight them, but their fierce battles had nothing to do with Chen Futu north of the Milky Way.

Summer harvest is in, and the harvests in Guanzhong and Dongchuan are good. Northern Xinjiang has a bumper harvest thanks to the "auspicious snow for a good harvest" experience card. Truckloads of grain are being transported from Northern Xinjiang and the two regions to the Central Plains, and the food crisis has finally been resolved. The next step is to continue to vigorously develop agriculture and commerce. As long as the country's strength can overwhelm the other side of the Milky Way, the rest is just a matter of time.

"Your Majesty, news of victory has arrived from the Western Regions. The Queen of the Western Zhao Kingdom has defeated the Kingdom of Shi and unified most of the territory along the route. She intends to come to the capital to meet Your Majesty."

"Tell Zhao Xier that she can come, but she must ensure the defense of her homeland."

For some reason, Chen Futu felt that something was strange.

Why did Zhao Xier come to the capital at this time? Shouldn't she be sorting out the affairs of state first?

Zhang Liang and Zhuge Liang exchanged a glance and also sensed that something was wrong.

They came at the wrong time; I'm afraid something else might happen.