"I've brought the man. What you want to do with him is up to you."
Lillian Bancroft nodded. "Alright."
Just as he finished speaking, a soldier ran in. "Reporting to the Supreme Leader! The Matriarch has led a hundred-thousand-strong army to the gates of the Imperial Palace. She demands you release the prisoner."
"Her army is at the Palace gates?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then where is the Matriarch herself?"
"She has already arrived." The soldier had barely finished his sentence when the Matriarch strode through the door, a large retinue following behind her.
This was a blatant attempt to force his abdication.
When she saw Chloe Marshall, Quentin Grant, and Ethan Ellsworth were also present, she froze for a moment, then sneered. "And here I was, wondering who you had invited. Quentin Grant may be powerful, but he's no match for my army, is he? Didn't you just drag him here to his death?"
