After being transformed into a random male beetle

"You allow your nobles to beat and scold female insects at will and to smuggle insect people. You are not worthy of being the insect king."

"Every year, female insects have to pay a lot of money to the male protection association. Those male insects take our hard-earned money with a clear conscience, cursing and enjoying themselves at the same time. In the end, they even want to suck our blood dry. They are hypocritical and make insects feel more disgusted than if they had eaten insect feces."

"All male insects are the beginning of evil; only female insects can save themselves from the mire, and you are the obstacle preventing us from saving ourselves."

The insect king was suddenly and unjustly accused.

These are all rhetoric used by politicians to smear him; I never expected that someone would actually volunteer to be used as a pawn.

He had only been in charge of the empire for a little over twenty years, and before he could even remove the cancerous growths left by generations of insect emperors, he was about to face the onslaught of the female insects who had been oppressed for so long and were now rebelling.

The Insect King calmly observed the resentment in their eyes, remaining seated without speaking.

Seeing that he didn't refute, the insects assumed he was guilty and spoke even more ruthlessly.

Modenuy told them to shut up and ordered the insect servants to take them away.

The leading female insect surveyed the area, cursing all the insects in turn. With his arms restrained behind his back, he looked defiantly at Modenu.

"You're a piece of dung too. You were just found by the Insect King and you're already in a hurry to take female servants as slaves. You even got involved with Black Star and used all sorts of shady methods..."

Upon hearing the female insect reveal those secrets, Modenu felt a wave of dizziness and dared not look at the expressions of the insect queen and the prince.

Despite his rising anger, he managed to maintain his composure as he approached the female insect.

"Slandering a male insect is punishable by five to ten years in prison. I advise you not to talk nonsense and throw dirty water on me."

The insect sneered: "By the Insect God, do you think no insect will know what you've done?"

Modenu grabbed the other man by the collar, intending to shut him up, when he saw blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Modenu's gaze drifted downwards uncontrollably. The insect plunged the dagger deep into its body, gave him a mocking smile, and then slid to the ground.

Modenu stood in a position that was completely opposite to all the other insects. From the perspective of the outsiders, it looked as if the two emperor insects had killed the arrogant female insect in a fit of rage.

The insects present looked at each other in dismay as the blood quickly flowed to the ground, while Rigdon, who arrived later, also fell silent after seeing the dead female insect.

The insect had a smile on its face, but its eyes were looking towards the doorway, as if it were waiting for some insect.

Modenu seemed startled and took a few steps back, creating just enough space for the insect behind to see the beautiful dagger stuck in its chest, the one that the Second Emperor Insect had recently acquired.

No one saw the expression on Modenu's face twist instantly, his eyes turning venomous, when he recognized the dagger as his accidentally lost one.

After this incident, no one wanted to stay any longer, and they gradually dispersed, bringing the once wonderful banquet to an abrupt end.

After the police intervened in the banquet, many people inquired with the nobles who attended that night. To their surprise, many nobles remained silent about what happened that night.

But soon news broke that the Insect King left the banquet in a low-key mood that night.

After the news spread, the insects with their keen sense of smell already sensed the impending storm beneath the surface of this banquet.

The Insect King suppressed the news of the Queen's disappearance and vented all his anger on the troublemaking nobles.

The council has the most say in this matter. These past few days, we don't know if the Insect King is going through menopause or what, but his mood has been unpredictable. He keeps sending a noble away with a fatal blow, putting them under tremendous pressure.

The well-informed councilor, who knew the truth, trembled with fear and wished he could disappear completely. He had no intention of getting close to the Insect King these past few days.

Some, after learning that the female queen had been taken away by space pirates, used the male protection association to send insects to the insect king. The insect king was furious and directly drove the male insect out of the central star.

The moment word got out that the Insect King had made an example of someone, it immediately deterred the nobles who were also secretly planning to send insects as gifts.

Besides causing trouble for these nobles, the Insect King also ordered Kapas to speed things up and find out the hidden connection as soon as possible.

Modern has been angry ever since he returned from the last banquet.

He had thought that after what happened, the Insect King would reprimand him, but the Insect King completely ignored him, which made him even more resentful than being reprimanded.

Aside from the title of "Second Emperor Insect," he had nothing else he should have.

Modenu looked at the photo of the Insect King and Moros with resentment, and a terrible thought flashed through his mind. The originally benign insect face gradually became distorted, which made the insect servants waiting next to him feel cold in their feet.

Although research institutes often bury themselves in research, they are still quite well-informed when it comes to information.

For example, recent incidents include: Tumur, the female son of the Tutwa family, being beaten up overnight by insects with sacks over her neck; an entire wall of insect wings being found at Joseph's house, which led to the female lord suing him in court, and so on.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this male Joseph is really cruel. If anyone dares to even think about touching my insect wings, I will beat him so badly that he won't even recognize his female father."

"Exactly, I can't even imagine how painful it must be to have his insect wings ripped off. He even has a whole wall of insect wings. It's disgusting."

"I want to punch him just looking at his face. In my opinion, none of these male insects are any good!"

"Hey, what are you saying? Junior Brother Xi is still here."

The senior brother, reminded by the insect, came to his senses and looked at Xi Yun, repeatedly apologizing with a smile: "Junior Brother Xi, I wasn't talking about you. I just lost my temper and cursed along with him. Oh, no, no, look at my mouth, it was that Joseph Xiongzi who went too far..."

"I understand, senior brother." Xi Yun nodded.

Sometimes, when gender issues arise, Xi Yun, as a male insect, does feel a bit embarrassed when his senior brothers scold male insects.

But what Joseph did really infuriated the insect.

It's no exaggeration to say that the female insect's wings are its second life; a female insect whose wings are plucked will die quickly. One can imagine the fate of those female insects whose wings were plucked by Joseph.

Since this insect emperor took the throne, the imperial laws have been amended over the years, with many provisions that harm the interests of female insects being revised. Among them is the prohibition against male insects plucking the wings of female insects, with violators subject to fines and imprisonment for up to ten years.

Although the punishment period was short, the terrible environment in the prison was already unbearable for the male insects who had been pampered since childhood.

Not to mention that for the next ten years, he would have to eat and sleep with those vicious female insects in prison; such a terrifying scene was simply unimaginable.

"That's good, that's good." The senior brother patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't mention Joseph's matter again.