On any other day, if the empress had declared Zu An to be the regent, the court’s important ministers would have been harshly opposed to it. The only ones who would have agreed were those with good enough relationships with Zu An that they couldn't really say anything against it. Still, even those who had a good relationship with him wouldn't have thought that Zu An could be a king. After all, he had gone from a commoner to a marquis in a mere two to three years, something that had never happened before. For someone like that to become a regent, it was enough to make people wonder if there was perhaps something wrong with the world.3

But now, no one voiced any opposition; instead, they praised the empress for her decisiveness. With Zu An’s current strength, it was already enough to convince the opposition. Besides, the Fiend races had even made him their regent. If his rank here was lower, wouldn't that practically be pushing him toward the other side?2

Now, the emperor was already dead and the human race lacked fighting strength. Meanwhile, Zu An had taken down an influential clan in a single night on his own and defeated the eight dukes backing them. If they pushed such a person toward the Fiend races, and a war broke out, they would really have no way to deal with such an onslaught.2

As expected of the empress. Her shrewdness in politics really is matchless.2

While most people were praising the...0