Chapter 2109: Chapter 2019: Living Like a Princess
"Duke Lie has fallen, and now many malicious eyes are treacherously watching me, looking for my faults to attack me. If I don’t suppress them with even stronger and outstanding achievements, I will be constrained by others and unable to achieve my goals."
"Your strength and merits will eventually silence them. Those officials can’t tolerate your sharpness, daring to even eliminate Duke Lie. They feel you disregard the old ministers and harbor apprehension towards you, fearing that if you replace the Grand Councilman, you might target them as well. That’s why they are now uniting to attack you, trying to topple you and undermine your power," the adjutant worriedly said.
Helian Ling Kong’s eyes were indifferent: "Scheming and intrigue will never disappear from politics. They indeed resent me for being so young and wielding authority over them."
"Why doesn’t the General endure it a bit, show them some goodwill, and make concessions? Even the Councilman has significant criticisms of you due to the Duke Lie incident and is upset with you. This isn’t beneficial for your future prospects. After all, when you take over the Councilman’s position in the future, you’ll need the support of those people."
"Take over the position? Do you think I’m fighting so hard just for that position?" Helian Ling Kong laughed more languidly, rubbing his aching temples.
Sometimes he felt ridiculous, in this whirlpool of political intrigue, everyone striving for more authority and power, while he fought against them, his ultimate goal was merely for one person. It’s unclear whether they are pitiable, or he is.
"I don’t care how they oppose or attack me. What I want is to race against time."
To fight against time, to use action to protect his only love!
He no longer wanted to see her tears, no longer wanted to see her grieve repeatedly over her inability to seek revenge.
Therefore, at all costs, he hid it from his foster father, gathered evidence, and used every means to eliminate factions, forcibly overthrowing Duke Lie. It’s no wonder his foster father was furious, believing his actions seriously fractured the unity within the Councilman Faction.
His foster father probably thought he was insane.
He simply didn’t want her to be trapped in the murky, filthy quagmire of power struggles, didn’t want her heart to be tainted by vengeance, and certainly didn’t want her to go to extremes in desperation.
As long as he was there, he wanted her to live like a proud little princess again!
So, he competed with her against time, wanting to fulfill her wish before she would sacrifice everything at all costs.
"Even so, you need to rest. With your current workload, you’ll collapse sooner or later, like a taut string, once snapped, you can’t go back," the adjutant said helplessly.
Yet, how could someone like Helian Ling Kong, who once made up his mind and would not rest until achieving his goal, take such advice to heart?
Time was too tight. He needed to make impressive military achievements to quash those dissenting voices, and also devise a highly meticulous and feasible blitzkrieg plan to earn the trust of his foster father, who already had considerable criticism towards him, and obtain the most crucial military deployment and command privileges.
There were indeed too many matters for him to handle, yet so little time. There was no time for relaxation.
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Because of Yiyi’s familiarity with operating and unlocking those secret weapons, she was heavily relied upon. Within a short span of three months, she participated in the newly formed battle team. The higher-ups had long wanted to test the real strength of this new combat team, so her team soon participated in several assault missions on the front line, achieving remarkable results.
