D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

"No need, your little problem is probably just an exception. I'll talk to Father about the Tenth Army Group, it shouldn't be a big problem. The Empire should be grateful to you for taking on this responsibility for the Empire," the Crown Prince quickly said.

"Thank you for the Empire's trust. I've thought about it and I think Your Highness is right. My little problem is probably just an exception, so I shouldn't bother my colleagues. Also, Your Highness, I have another idea," Rhine continued with a smile.

"you say."

The eldest prince silently took a deep breath, preparing to accept the new conditions.

"I want to use my recent military achievements to ask my lord for a dukedom," Rhine said.

The eldest prince frowned slightly.

This condition sounds simple; it's quite common for male insects to use the merits of the females in their homes to promote themselves.

Rhine fought a good battle recently, chasing the Araqi insectoids all the way to their homeland and eliminating a significant number of them. They deserve considerable credit.

In addition, Lu Yuan was already an earl, so it would be reasonable for him to be promoted to duke.

Oh dear, these are all just excuses. The point is that Rhine is already an S-rank female insect. An S-rank female insect is just asking the Empire for a dukedom title. Would the Empire refuse?

However, the title of Duke is not the nominal title that Lu Yuan had before. It is a title with real power and fiefdoms. Moreover, according to the regulations of the Empire, the Duke is required to reside in his own fiefdom.

Given Rhine's previous behavior, it's unlikely that the Crown Prince would be willing to let his beloved lord leave him to live in his fiefdom.

"Has your lord considered the matter of granting fiefdoms?" the eldest prince asked tentatively.

"My lord and I are both insects who don't want to cause trouble for the Empire. Anyway, my husband and I have gotten used to living in the Arach Line, so let's just grant my lord the planets in this area. Although it's a bit poor here, we don't mind," Rhine said, being particularly understanding.

The Crown Prince's lips twitched slightly, thinking to himself that Rhine had changed since becoming an S-class female insect; she really dared to ask for things.

The area around the Arach Line is indeed impoverished, but it is vast, encompassing a total of twenty-three planets.

Currently, even the most powerful nobles in the empire only have eighteen planets in their fiefdoms, yet Rhine casually claims that his lord will have twenty-three.

Moreover, what does "fiefdom" mean? It means that from now on, these twenty-three planets will be directly under the administration of the Rhine's rulers. The Rhine's rulers will enjoy all powers on these planets, including land ownership, taxation rights, judicial power, and so on, and the Empire shall not interfere.

The rulers of the Rhine only needed to pay a certain amount of tax to the empire each year.

You two, one of you controls the army within the Arachi defense line, and the other has taken all the planets within the Arachi defense line as your fiefdom.

So you're trying to turn the Alacchi defense line into your own territory?

The eldest prince pressed his throbbing forehead. If Rhine's level hadn't improved, and she dared to ask for things like that, he would have already scolded her. He might even have used some methods to teach Rhine a lesson, to teach her what she should and shouldn't say.

But Rhine is now an S-class female insect.

To reiterate, in the Zerg Empire where strength reigns supreme, the status of S-class female Zerg is different; even the First Prince can no longer suppress Rhine.

However, this matter was too big for the eldest prince to answer immediately. He could only say, "The title is no problem, but I need to discuss the fiefdom with my father-in-law again."

"Then I await Your Highness's good news. Oh, Your Highness, I have a small request."

"Speak."

The eldest prince felt a headache coming on. He couldn't guess what Rhine would want next. It seemed that Rhine was now willing to say and ask for anything.

"I hope Your Highness can pass on a message for me, saying that I'm protecting Professor Samuel and his successful case, and asking those insects on the capital planet to stop sending assassins."

"Of course, I will also make Professor Samuel stay on Golan Star to do his research from now on, and not go to other places to preach about low-level male insects pacifying high-level female insects," Rhine said.

Although Professor Samuel's previous paper was very convincing, he was still outnumbered and outmatched. Under the propaganda offensive of the Xiongbao Association and some nobles, most of the insects in the empire now believed what the Xiongbao Association said.

It seems unlikely that a lower-ranking male insect could soothe a higher-ranking female insect; there must be something fishy about Professor Samuel's successful case.

Seeing that the operation had succeeded and that Professor Samuel's paper had not had as much of an impact as expected, the Xiongbao Society and some nobles reduced their efforts to assassinate Fies and his group.

In this situation, Rhine believed that as long as she spoke up for the protection of insects as an S-class female insect, and at the same time ensured that Professor Samuel would not further amplify the influence of the research on lower-class male insects pacifying higher-class female insects, the Male Protection Association and those nobles should agree.

The Rhine Society wanted to protect Professor Samuel and his team, also for the sake of the development of the Arach defense line. With bugs constantly causing trouble, how could Professor Samuel concentrate on his research and develop profitable businesses for him?

Previously, Rhine didn't have the strength to openly confront the Xiongbao Association, so they could only send their subordinates to protect Professor Samuel and his group in private.

But now that he has the right, of course he speaks up directly.

Besides, his initial intention to publicly announce the story of low-level male insects appeasing high-level female insects was merely to provide Lu Yuan with a scapegoat.

This way, even if Lu Yuan's ability to soothe himself with mental energy is exposed in the future, there will be a good explanation, and it won't attract the attention of the insects.

Now that the goal has been achieved, Rhine doesn't care whether the other insects believe it or whether the Empire will change as a result.