I'm a villain, not a devil

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! We really can't...we really can't hold on any longer..."

The two speakers and six vice speakers of the National Assembly knelt in front of the emperor's bedroom, crying.

Except for Lan Youshan, who suffered a severe blow and was resting at home, the other two Speakers and the other Deputy Speakers all came.

There's no way, I really can't sit still.

Few of the high-ranking military officials who had been at odds with them in the past were left in the imperial capital. In the past, they would have been secretly delighted and held a grand dinner party, but now, they simply could not be happy.

It is said that politicians are fickle. The senior officials of the National Assembly have thought about the fall of the empire, but for them, changing someone's allegiance is not too embarrassing - it is better than being buried with the empire, right?

But now, the army wreaking havoc within the country is not even human, but the tree people from across the sea - they are not of our race, so how can we surrender?

The Tree People have already killed their way to the deepest part of the border. In two days at most, they will be at the gates of the Imperial Capital. That damn Wu Xiao not only did not resist, he also kept ordering his troops to retreat. In all these days, not a single effective barrier has been formed.

The National Assembly sent people to the military headquarters to inquire, but the marshal whose name contained the word "Xiao" (laugh) directly kicked the people out. Someone was scolding outside, but was shot in the head by Wu Xiao.

The military didn’t dare to ask, and what was even worse was that His Majesty couldn’t get anything out of it.

When the country is about to fall, Your Majesty is still putting all his thoughts into building the statue of the founding father!

They went to the palace again and again to beg His Majesty, but they saw someone taking away the resources of the royal treasury and piling them all on the statue's construction site. Even the imperial treasury was closed - it was said to be closed, but who didn't know about such a big commotion?

Someone transported a lot of resources from the imperial treasury to the construction site in the middle of the night!

And there's that damn new person in charge, Bai Ye. Her Royal Highness the Princess secretly handed over the supervisory power of the construction site to the Second Prince Bai Wen. Now, Bai Wen and his greedy mother, Grand Duke Yuantie, are openly snatching resources!

But His Majesty not only did not hold anyone accountable, he even acquiesced to it all. What's worse is that His Majesty ordered people to urge the completion of the statue.

While Bai Wen and Grand Duke Yuantie were enriching themselves, they were also recruiting a large number of residents of the empire. Every household was required to provide two adult workers, who worked more than eighteen hours a day. The double shifts meant that everyone had to work day and night without rest.

The statue has been built, but the city has been in a state of chaos in recent days.

In addition, the approach of the Treeman army could no longer be concealed, and the residents of the city were in extreme panic - as a result, His Majesty actually sent out the Silent Ones that he refused to use to guard the city gates. Anyone who tried to escape from the imperial capital was tied up and sent to the construction site.

The imperial capital has completely lost its former appearance. If it continues like this, I'm afraid they will collapse before the tree people army even reaches the city.

However, the kneeling pleas of several speakers did not bring anything.

Palace Prime Minister Covens hung his head and said, "His Majesty has said that our imperial army is extremely brave and valiant. You gentlemen are really worrying too much. In addition, the imperial capital has many garrisons. If the tree people army dares to advance to the city, it won't take long for them to be reduced to ashes."

After saying this, Covens was about to leave. The leading speaker hurriedly shouted, "Lord Covens, can we meet His Majesty? The current situation is really too tense..."

Covens interrupted him directly: "Your Majesty said, it's okay."

After saying that, he left quickly, leaving behind this group of once high-ranking speakers sitting on the ground in despair.

The eyes of the speaker at the head were dim, and he murmured, "Is my empire...really going to perish..."

……

"Tsk, this is truly an empire, mobilizing all national power to build the statue. This thing is so big that its top is almost visible." Sean, who was standing on a high place, marveled.

Standing next to him was Bai Ye, who had already handed over the supervision to the Second Prince. Her Highness the Princess had no intention of talking nonsense with Sean, who was always looking for trouble. Her beautiful eyebrows were tightly knitted together: "You don't care... But, according to the current trend, the empire may be in big trouble..."

Sean pointed at the panicked and wailing crowd on the street and said with great joy, "Your Highness the Princess is really generous. This is not a big problem, right?"

Bai Ye said unhappily: "The empire is gone, and everything we agreed on before is automatically invalidated."

Sean spread his hands and said, "But I'm just a wanted criminal. I can't do anything, right? We went out of town to see them that day. Turtle, those tree people were so densely packed that it made my scalp tingle at the sight of them. Even Crimson would be drowned in front of such a large number of tree people."

Bai Ye sighed and said, "The tree people were advancing without any obstacles... Wu Xiao just kept asking people to retreat, but I don't know how he would respond."

Sean said, "Didn't you receive news that a large number of bombs in the armory were taken away? Their whereabouts are unknown."

Bai Ye said in a deep voice: "That's true, but the problem is, if Wu Xiao just wants to plant bombs on the tree people's advancing route, it's really too naive - especially since the tree people can use their roots to go deep into the ground, they naturally have ways to detect. The other side will at most lose some vanguard troops..."

"Wu Xiao shouldn't be such a loser. He probably has a backup plan. However, I'm not Wu Xiao's confidant. It's probably unrealistic to want to know all this..."

As Sean was speaking, suddenly, a shadow flashed.

The two turned their heads and saw a shadow appear in the same place.

Shenhong, Bai Ye's confidant, has not been doing well recently. His proliferation has grown to a level that cannot be ignored, and he can no longer move freely like before - but Yingzi is also a ruthless man. In order to ensure that Her Royal Highness the Princess is well-informed, he took the initiative to reduce a part of his proliferation in exchange for his previous flexibility.

However, this has also caused the shadow to be covered in blood every time it appears recently. According to Bai Ye, he gets injured every time he moves through the shadows now.

Before Shadow could say anything, he saw Sean throw a bottle of healing medicine at him.

After receiving the healing medicine, Shadow bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness Sean. However, I'm afraid you won't like the news I bring you this time."

Sean and Bai Ye looked at each other subconsciously.

Shadow said, "His Royal Highness's confidant, the old butler Hansen found me. He couldn't find you, so he had to come to me."

Sean suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. Old Hansen did not disappear with Bai Youming. In the past period of time, he did nothing except occasionally providing Sean with some help. He suddenly came to his house. He might be worried about Bai Youming's problem...