"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your approval." Chu Jinnian bowed his head in gratitude, his fist clenched tightly inside his sleeve.
News of Chu Yunzhao and Chu Jinnian heading to Lu together to suppress the bandits spread quickly.
The Empress, upon hearing this, furrowed her brow. She abruptly placed the half-eaten bird's nest in her hand onto the table. "Summon the Emperor for me. I want to ask him what kind of desperate bandit situation necessitates sending my two grandsons personally."
"Empress." Aunt Gui by her side quickly tried to comfort her, "Calm your anger."
"How can I calm down when the Emperor has done such a thing?" raged the Empress, "If the bandit situation is serious enough to require the Yulin Army, it shows how vicious these bandits are. If anything happens to Yunzhao and Jinnian, wouldn't it be the death of me?"
