"Your relatives are relatives, but what about these soldiers who protect you? It's not them who set the taxes, so what are you yelling for? Did they pop out of the rocks to just throw away their lives for you?"
Although her words were coarse, the rationale was solid, which moved the soldiers, their eyes reddening. Most of them didn't even know if their families were still alive.
The crowd below was stunned, then, as if provoked, burst into shouts.
"Who are you to replace Admiral Rong?"
"Little girl, come down here."
".."
Rong Bai looked at her for a long while, then suddenly spoke up, "Who says she can't?"
His voice, strong and resonant, boomed, "She is my sister-in-law."
He somewhat understood why Lu Chen wanted her.
The crowd below fell silent.
