As soon as Lin Mo entered the Phoenix Cry Palace, he saw many female soldiers wearing armor.

The female soldiers were different from the palace guards; their armor bore obvious signs of battle, with scratches, scorch marks, and several repaired rivets on the armor plates.

Their auras were extremely powerful; the weakest among them was at the late stage of the Divine Lord realm, while the leaders were even at the early stage of the Divine Emperor realm.

They were carrying a stretcher, their faces filled with anxiety.

Lying on the stretcher was a woman, wearing a tattered suit of armor, most of the plates broken, revealing her blood-soaked undergarments.

Her figure was extremely graceful, with broad shoulders and a slender waist. Her two long legs hung down from the end of the stretcher, and one of her boots had been removed, revealing her crystal-clear and rounded jade foot.

The other person's features were not the seductive type, but rather heroic, with sharply defined eyebrows, a high nose bridge, thin and tightly pursed lips, and a jawline so clean it looked as if it had been drawn in one stroke.

Even though his face was ashen and his lips were blue, his inherent sharpness still shone through.

She is not in good condition.

It looks like they've been poisoned.

Purple veins spread from the wound on her chest, forming a dark green pattern on her skin, like the blood vessels of some living creature crawling under the skin.

Her breathing was shallow and rapid, her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and her fingers unconsciously gripped the edge of the stretcher.

The Empress stood in the center of the Phoenix Cry Palace. Upon seeing Lin Mo enter, she immediately spoke:

"Minister Su, General Duan was poisoned during the battle with the ferocious beasts."

"She's in grave danger! Quick! Use your purifying power to detoxify her."

Lin Mo nodded, walked to the stretcher, squatted down, and placed his palm on the female general's chest wound.

Purifying power surged from her palm, and a silvery-white light membrane seeped into her meridians, advancing along the pathways.

The dark green poisonous gas quickly disintegrated under the cleansing power, fading away layer by layer from the skin's surface, like ink being washed away by water.

A moment later, the dark green color completely disappeared, the female general's complexion changed from grayish-white to rosy, and her breathing changed from weak to steady.

She opened her eyes.

Those eyes were extremely bright, with dark brown pupils, and a scrutinizing light swirled within them.

She looked at Lin Mo, her gaze lingering on his face for a moment, then shifting to his hands, and finally returning to his eyes.

Lin Mo had the illusion that he was being seen through, as if the gaze had pierced through his disguise and reached his true self.

A moment later, she sat up from the stretcher, stretched her shoulders, and then knelt before the Empress:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving me."

"General Duan, you are too kind. You have shed your blood on the battlefield for the country for many years! Now that you are poisoned, I will do everything in my power to prevent anything from happening to you, otherwise wouldn't that discourage the soldiers?"

The Empress raised her hand to help her up, then turned to Lin Mo.

"Minister Su, you may leave now."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lin Mo bowed and left the Phoenix Cry Hall.

After Lin Mo left, the Empress spoke again:

"General Duan, how is the situation at the front recently?"

The female general cupped her hands and said:

"Your Majesty, the ferocious beasts' attacks have become increasingly fierce recently."

Previously, they were scattered impact light curtains; once one batch was broken up, it would take several days before the next batch would arrive.

But now it's different. They seem to be under the unified command of something, rushing towards the light screen in groups.

They rinse during the day and at night, leaving almost no gaps in between.

"What about the energy consumption of the light screen?"

"It's twice as fast as before."

The female general's tone turned serious.

"The divine power that used to be consumed in a month by the light screen is now used up in half a month."

Although His Majesty left behind a substantial reserve of divine power when he set up the formation, at this rate, it can only last for a maximum of three more months.

The Empress tapped her fingers lightly twice on the imperial desk, then remained silent for a moment:

"Has a new leader appeared among the ferocious beasts?"

"have.

On the battlefield, I encountered three ferocious beasts at the late stage of the God Emperor realm, which were a small stage higher than the previous ones.

One of them, with a snake's tail, was particularly ferocious; it was from the poisonous mist it spewed that I was poisoned.

"Late stage of God Emperor".

The Empress repeated it.

"Previously, he was at most in the early stage of God Emperor, but now he has risen to the late stage."

It seems there's been another development outside the light barrier!

"I think so too."

If the light barrier continues to operate like this, the array will completely fail once the stored divine power is exhausted.

When the ferocious beasts charge into the Women's Kingdom, the Zhenbei Army simply won't be able to stop them.

The Empress leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes briefly, and then opened them again after a moment:

"General Duan, please rest and recover from your injuries."

I will find a way to deal with the light screen.

"Now that you're returning to the capital, I'll host a banquet to reward you, and also to let those people in the court see that I haven't forgotten the soldiers on the frontier."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Empress waved her hand:

"Go ahead, the banquet is ready."

After finishing her meal, the female general returned to her residence.

Her residence was located in a courtyard on the east side of the palace. It was much larger than the courtyard of Su Meiniang's row of female officials. Two stone lions stood at the entrance, and reliefs of armored guards were embedded in the courtyard walls.

She entered the room, but her expression was not as relaxed as at the banquet. Her brows were furrowed, and she immediately summoned her advisors.

The advisor's surname was Lu. He was a civil official in his thirties, wearing a gray robe, with a round face, and he looked like a shrewd person.

She pushed open the door and entered, noticing the female general's unusual expression, she cupped her hands and asked:

"General, what's wrong?"

"I saw a man in the palace today."

Lu's advisor was taken aback:

"Men? How could there be men in the palace? Doesn't His Majesty dislike men?"

"I find it strange too."

The female general sat in her chair and tapped her fingers twice on the armrest.

Do you know Su Meiniang?

"Su Meiniang? I know her. She's a lady-in-waiting by His Majesty's side and quite favored."

He has been running errands for His Majesty for many years, and he recently went to the border.

What, what does this have to do with her?

"Today I was poisoned and fell into a coma in Fengming Palace, and it was Su Meiniang who cured me."

"Yes, Su Meiniang has two strange insects, one for purification and the other for transformation."

"She's changed..."

A hint of doubt flashed across the female general's face as she looked up at Lu, the advisor.

"You also know that one of my alien insects has a Heavenly Eye, which can see through all nothingness."

When I woke up from the poisoning, I saw Su Meiniang in her true form!

Lu's advisor's expression turned serious:

"Isn't she a woman?"

"Yes. He's a man."

The female general leaned back in her chair, her brows furrowing even more deeply.

"But I don't know whether I should tell His Majesty."

What if His Majesty knows?

Your Majesty is a divine being, possessing immense power.

She outwardly acts as if she doesn't like men, but in reality, she keeps a man around for enjoyment.

If that's the case, His Majesty will definitely be unhappy if I point it out.

But if I don't speak up, what if this Lord Su has malicious intentions?

He's been staying in the palace for so many days using Su Meiniang's face; who knows what he's up to?

The female general rubbed her temples and looked at Lu, her advisor:

Give me an idea.

To speak or not to speak?

The staff members were also caught in a dilemma upon hearing this.

She stood by the table, her fingers tracing patterns on the surface, her brows furrowed even more tightly than a female general's.

This is indeed a difficult matter to handle.

If I say it, the Empress might take offense.

The Empress outwardly appears to dislike men, but if she knew someone had exposed her keeping men, even as a goddess, she might not be happy about it.

If she doesn't tell, and something goes wrong later, the Empress will definitely blame her for not reporting it.

This charge is neither too serious nor too minor.

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