Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 10: As Promised, You’re the First to be Slain

The empress’ procession was already waiting for him outside the imperial palace by the time Fang Chen arrived. The empress invited him onto the carriage, and the two of them made their way back to the Fang Clan.

“Chen’er, did His Majesty reinstate you as a marshall?” the empress asked with a suppressed voice.

Fang Chen chuckled. “His Majesty told me to have a good rest in the Fang Clan. He said that I have only just regained my martial cultivation, and I should take my time to heal up.”

“I see…” The empress was disappointed.

“Aunt, has Noble Consort Hua been causing you trouble?” Fang Chen asked.

“The crown prince addresses me as his mother, but in the end, he’s Noble Consort Hua’s child. She has been making use of this relationship to kick a fuss in the rear palace. She hasn’t openly challenged me yet, but she has been probing. I reckon she’s eyeing my position,” the empress replied.

There was a brief silence before she said, “I must be getting old. Why am I saying all these? You have never been fond of the political shenanigans of the imperial palace. Since His Majesty told you to take a rest, you should take this time to rest well.”

Fang Chen simply smiled without saying a word. He understood the emperor’s temperament.

He had once been revered as Great Xia’s War God, and his prestige amongst the populace soared even above that of the emperor. This had stoked the emperor’s displeasure.

However, there was nothing Fang Chen could do about it. To defeat Greenpine Country and the others who were eyeing their Great Xia, he needed to build up a strong prestige to bolster the morale of the soldiers, so that their soldiers could be more valiant than the others.

It wasn’t easy for his reputation to fall to the bottom. There was no way the emperor would let him make a comeback. He was unlikely to be reinstated as the Grand Marshall.

Hardly anyone knew that most of the insults and rumors surrounding him were orchestrated by the emperor.

Fang Chen, in one of his astral projections, had personally witnessed the em

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