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Eleven o'clock in the evening.

Imperial Clan Three and two pitch-black red flags returned to the War God Palace from the Eastern Bayu Hospital on the western outskirts of the capital.

The guard on duty in front of the palace subconsciously raised his hand in salute, but there was a look of reverence in his eyes that came from his subconscious.

In the eyes of the knowledgeable, this line of convoys represented almost half of the empire's upper echelons.

The door of Royal Clan Number Three opened first. Following that, a few figures emerged from the two black red flags. In a silent and somewhat oppressive atmosphere, a group of people walked into the elevator leading to the war hall with serious expressions.

Ye Nianlun , member of the Standing Committee of the Imperial Policy Bureau, the first academician of the Imperial Center Academy, president of the Imperial Center Party School, and vice-head of the Imperial Center, had just taken over the King's Banner from Chen Hua Lou.

Chen Hualou, member of the Standing Committee of the Imperial Policy Bureau, deputy prime minister of the Cabinet and deputy secretary of the ruling party.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Imperial Policy Bureau, representative of the Imperial Nationals, Director of the General Assembly Zou Rente

Guo Tianlong, Standing Committee member of the Imperial Policy Bureau and Minister of Imperial Supervision.

Apart from the four standing members of the Imperial Decision Making Bureau, Chen Fengnan, member of the Imperial Decision Making Bureau and head of the Military Department, was also the general.

Ho Ming-hui, member of the Imperial Policy Bureau and vice-head of the Empire

Lin Guodong, member of the Imperial Policy Bureau and deputy prime minister.

Guo Zhinu , member of the Imperial Policy Bureau, State Councilor, Academician of the Central Academy, and Minister of Justice.

As well as the highest official of the empire's secret service system, Divine Continent Guardian Wang Tianxiong, all arrived.

This is a rare occurrence in recent years.

Regardless of their positions, and rarely come together on unnecessary occasions, A faction is a faction, But blatantly paddling the top of the mountain, In the end, it was taboo. Under normal circumstances, if there was a major event that required all the giants of the royal family to agree, the leaders of the faction would inform the War God King or the Side King. Then, the War God King or the Side King would communicate with the other leaders and work together after reaching an agreement in private.

This was also one of the important roles of the War God Palace, the hidden side of the royal family. It could convey some sensitive matters to every royal family leader in a more private way. It didn't offend any taboos, but at the same time, it could also spread its own opinions and the voices of the leaders throughout the royal family.

The southwest faction also had forces similar to the War God Palace, That was the Lin family in the southwest. If it was true, what Lin Fengxue did for the southwest faction was similar to what Lin Xuanyuan did for the royal faction. They were the dark side of the two major factions in the empire. Perhaps the only difference was that Lin Fengxue did not possess the strength of Lin Xuanyuan in the royal faction in the southwest faction.

At the very least, when Lin Xuanyuan disagreed with some of the actions of the royal clan, he could raise objections, or even shelve the opinions of the giants, whereas Lin Fengxue simply did not have the power to do so.

The Imperial War God King was standing side by side with the Emperor in the territory of the Divine Boat Empire.

Lin Xuanyuan's words and deeds in the Divine Boat Empire, every order, every power he had, every attitude he had expressed, all represented the Emperor.

No one in the royal family would ignore every word he said.

It was precisely because War God Wang Lin Xuanyuan had enough prestige and power that he said, That was why he was able to communicate with the leaders of the royal faction in private. He was able to gather the power of the royal faction and persuade the other leaders more easily. As long as he spoke, he would convey the intentions of the other leaders, but he also expressed his support for them.

The southwest faction was different. The most important point was that Lin Fengxue's prestige and power were not enough.

The Lin Clan in the southwest was known as the number one clan in the empire. It was very important within the southwest faction. For some high officials at the final stage, even at the rank of Governor and Deputy Governor, being able to enter the Lin Clan in the southwest was a shortcut to climb up the ladder.

However, in the hearts of some powerful leaders of the southwest faction, Lin Fengxue's position was somewhat awkward.

By the way, Lin Fengxue could be said to be one of the leaders of the southwest faction, but when it came to fighting, the other leaders rarely needed his support.

Just this alone was enough to make Lin Fengxue lose confidence when she spoke.

It was precisely because of this that when the southwest faction made a major decision, and when Lin Fengxue's attempt to convey the leader's intentions was met with resistance, they even needed the Empire's supreme leader, Lin Qingtian, to come forward and coordinate.

In the royal family, however, such a problem would not arise.

This was also the reason why the leaders of the royal family rarely gathered together.

Some of the old people who knew about the situation in Nine Continents City knew what this meant.

This was because the gathering of all the leaders of the royal family had happened many years ago.

It was about ten years ago.

At that time, the royal giants returned to the Divine Continent Empire side by side with the king. In the same half a year, the leaders of the royal family gathered at the royal palace.

Soon after, the entire empire fell into great turmoil.

The turmoil began with a senior cadre who had retired without any real power to enjoy the treatment of a lieutenant-governor, Afterwards, it rolled like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. The real power department level was implicated one after another, and then the real power deputy governor level. When a certain incumbent provincial first secretary was put on file by the Supervision Department for investigation, the entire empire was greatly shocked.

But this was only the beginning.

Less than half a year later, turmoil spread throughout the whole world. The fall of a certain incumbent leader of the southwest faction, a member of the policy bureau that had a high chance of becoming a standing member of the policy bureau, caused a huge uproar in the empire and even the whole world. This also marked the victory of the first stage of the royal clan's attack.

With the dismissal of a member of the Southwest Faction's Policy Bureau and the chaos in the empire, the royal family once again took advantage of the chaos. A few ordinary-looking Lieutenant Governor-level cadres were investigated and a large fire burned down on a certain elder-level figure of the Southwest Faction and a former member of the Empire's Policy Bureau Standing Committee.

Rumble!

Then, in a very short period of time, the empire's first member of the Standing Committee of the Policy Bureau fell.

Prior to this, those at the level of giants would at most not be addressed as comrades.

Just as everyone thought that the royal clan's attack should be called off, the royal clan once again displayed their madness to the outside world, giving the southwest faction a heavy blow at the most chaotic time.

Xue Zhiguo, then the supreme head of the empire and the number one advisor to the military, was unable to be re-elected during the mid-empire transition.

The southwest faction's Yuan Qi was greatly damaged and people were panicking. It could even be said that even though the southwest faction was known as the number one faction in the empire, its strength was not much stronger than the Wang faction. It was most directly related to the heavy blow that the Wang faction had dealt to the southwest faction.

And this time...

News of the royal giants gathering again had already spread. On this night, countless powerful figures tossed and turned as if they were facing a great enemy.

Without a doubt, the abnormal death of Yun Shanluan had directly become an important opportunity to detonate a series of storms before the new term!

And in this storm, how should the royal clan advance and retreat?

In the small conference room of the War Hall, smoke was shrouded in smoke.

Lin Xuanyuan held a cigarette in his hand and didn't wrinkle it tightly. However, he couldn't help but recall what happened in the Eastern Bayu Hospital.

Apart from Vice Head Gao Changhe, The nine Policy Bureaux 'Standing Committee members were all present, The members of the Policy Bureau in Beijing also rushed over, And the last to arrive, They were a few generals with the rank of lieutenant-general or above from the Nine Continents City and old comrades who had retired but were recuperating in the Nine Continents City, including former Prime Minister Li Donglei, Ye Chunqiu, the first-generation guardian of the empire, Chen Zhengxian, the former minister of the empire's military, Ye Nianhua, and several elders from the southwest faction who were comparable in seniority to the royal elders.

The super elder of the empire, Elder Sun, who was over a hundred years old and was currently recuperating abroad, also called him personally.

During the meeting just now, Imperial Prime Minister Yang Xiuyuan, as well as members of the Southern faction's Decision-making Bureau, State Councilor, Academician of the Central Academy, and Minister of Household Affairs Gao Xiangdong had an ambiguous attitude.

Another staunch supporter of Yang Xiuyuan, the Minister of Rites, went down to inspect the place and did not show up.

The few Policy Bureau Standing Committee giants did not show any attitude when shaking hands with Lin Xuanyuan. They were very friendly, but Lin Xuanyuan could clearly feel the coldness of several veteran comrades from the southwest faction and Policy Bureau members shaking hands with him.

As for the military bigwigs belonging to the southwestern faction, the commander of the Capital Military Region, Yan Mingkai, the first deputy minister of the Imperial Military Ministry, and the minister of defense, Liu Changzhi, and the others, their hostility towards him was almost undisguised.

This indirectly increased the pressure on the royal lineage. Especially an old comrade from the southwest faction, who was no longer making much noise, had even made his stance clear. It could even be said that he fiercely criticized the Empire's Supreme Head, Lin Qingtian, for failing to do his job. He was impetuous and didn't pay attention to protecting the safety of the old comrades.

This was a very forceful statement.

The criticized Lin Qingtian was extremely embarrassed, but in reality, every single word of the elder was aimed at Lin Xuanyuan, and the pressure was overwhelming.

The matter was simple, complicated, and extremely strange.

But in essence, it was still an active and passive game, reaching the final balance.

Yun Shanluan was already dead.

The death of an Empire Elder could only be exchanged for the benefit of countless southwest factions.

Coldness, ruthlessness, concretization of value, this is politics.

However, no matter what, this time, the royal family was indeed in a very passive position.

"What should be explained is still to be explained. Regardless of whether anyone believes me or not, I will make a trip to the elders of the southwest faction tomorrow."

In silence, Lin Xuanyuan finally spoke, his voice a little hoarse.

Ye Nianlun was slightly stunned and nodded.

"Feng Nan, Elder Yun has great prestige in the empire's military and secret service system. You should do more work in the near future and communicate with some people to calm their emotions first."

Ye Nianlun said. As for the empire's secret service system, it was relatively independent and had Wang Tian Xiong's presence. There was no need to worry too much. Moreover, as long as the Divine Continent's guardian power was held by this side, there wouldn't be any strong noises coming from that side.

Chen Fengnan nodded with a calm expression. The ancient well was calm and composed.

"Hua Lou, you and Guo Dong should try your best to win the support of the southern faction. Comrade Xiu Yuan's attitude tonight is very vague. This is not good for us. We need to unite all forces that can be united. The attitude of the southern faction is very important."

Ye Nianlun continued with a calm voice and a calm atmosphere.

Chen Hualou and Lin Guodong nodded in agreement. The attitude of the southern faction was indeed important. Not to mention his important position as the third largest faction in the empire, Yang Xiuyuan's neutral attitude towards the two factions had won the support of the neutral factions in recent years.

Although the neutral faction was still relatively weak compared to the royal faction, it could not be underestimated if they really worked together with the southern faction.

"Director Zou, you may have to make another trip to the place recently. Let Ming Hui go with you and take a walk."

Ye Nianlun swept his gaze and landed on Zou Ren Te, director of the General Meeting of the Empire.

Without a doubt, Zou Rente and He Minghui, the deputy head of the empire, had come down to fight for the voices of some local factions.

Zou Rente was in charge of the empire's National Assembly. In recent years, his wrist had been very tough. He had once controlled many high-ranking officials to lose in the election process. He was an iron-wrist figure that countless people respected. He Ming Hui hid his needles in his pocket. The two of them could better stabilize the situation when they went down.

"Do you want some old people to come out and do the work?"

Guo Tianlong, head of the Supervision Department and a member of the Standing Committee of the Policy Bureau, rubbed his hair and said thoughtfully.

Not to mention the great prestige of former Prime Minister Li Donglei.

It was Li Donglei's predecessor, Ye Zhonghua, as well as Chen Zhengxian, the former head of the Imperial Army, and the first generation of Imperial Guardians, Ye Chunqiu.

They had already held high positions before the establishment of the royal family, From the standpoint of the three major factions, When they were on the throne, The political stance was relatively neutral. For example, Chen Zhengxian had promoted some of the military generals of the southwest faction, and Ye Zhonghua had supported Lin Qingtian before the establishment of the royal faction. This complicated relationship was confusing, but if he played these trump cards, it would definitely have a pleasant surprise effect.

"Not for the time being. It's not the time yet. Let the old man rest more."

Chen Hualou drank a mouthful of water and said calmly.

"Right now, the key is to stabilize, especially Huating, Wu Yue, and Minnan. We have to stabilize them."

Zou Ren said as he looked around Guo Zhinu and He Ming Hui without a trace.

"I'll do this."

Guo Zhi, Minister of Justice, said angrily. He was Li Donglei's son-in-law and had once served in Wu Yue. He was now one of the leaders of the royal family. He had a very good personal relationship with the top leaders of Huating and Wu Yue. As soon as he spoke, Huating and Wu Yue, the two fundamental places, were not a problem at all.

As for He Ming Hui, Ye Nianlun 's old subordinate also had an extremely deep influence over Minnan. It was very reassuring to hand it over to these two people.

"How is the patrol team sent by the Ministry of Supervision?"

Wang Tianxiong, who had always been silent, suddenly asked.

Guo Zhi was stunned for a moment, then calmly said, "I've already received some news, so I need to take my time."

Wang Tianxiong nodded, and the sharpness in his eyes flashed.

"I have a suggestion."

Lin Xuanyuan extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and suddenly said.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Lin Xuanyuan.

Regarding his proposal, the leaders of the royal clan had to seriously consider it at all times.

"Keep a low profile and carefully investigate the cause of death of Yun Shanluan . This will be very helpful to us."

Lin Xuanyuan said calmly as he tapped the table with his fingers.

Ye Nianlun looked at Lin Xuanyuan helplessly, then looked at Wang Tianxiong and smiled bitterly.

Wang Tianxiong had just asked the patrol team about the situation when Lin Xuanyuan suggested investigating the cause of death of the Yun Shanluan .

This pair of junior brothers, their aggressiveness is truly ridiculous...

Outside the window...

The night grew darker and darker.

The discussions between the leaders continued.