The Lord of Ashes

The reception standards prepared by Tianming Emperor Gongsun Wuji for Sean, his brother-in-law, were undoubtedly unprecedented.

He only had one sister, so naturally everything was arranged to the top.

Even the pomp of the marriage of the Princess Taiping, who was the guardian of the country, exceeded that of the prince marrying the princess.

And for the officials of the Tianming Empire, and the overall civilization level.

Sean, the master of the wizard world, could marry the Princess Taiping, the guardian of the country of the Tianming Empire, which was of great significance to the civilization of both worlds.

The only thing that made Sean a little regretful was that he had not met Gongsun Wudi for the time being.

This seemed to be related to the customs of the Tianming Empire.

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At this time, Gongsun Wudi was waiting for Sean at the Princess Taiping's mansion.

Since the princess' marriage was the top priority of the Tianming Empire, many Tianming strongmen who were originally sent to guard the four borders temporarily withdrew and returned to participate in the event.

Of course, we have to maintain a good relationship with the brother-in-law of Emperor Tianming.

Sean has also seen that Emperor Tianming attaches great importance to family affection.

And before in the world of despair, Sean had learned from Wudi that Ms. Bev, the leader of wizard civilization, was their sister.

Also related to the royal family of Tianming Empire are the Blade Queen of the Zerg and the God King family of the Titan world.

That is why, when he heard that the wizard civilization and the Gallente Federation had a full-scale war, Emperor Tianming would lead the army without hesitation and lead more than 70% of the main army of Tianming Empire to fully assist the wizard civilization.

With such a kind brother-in-law, Sean will definitely not lack any help in the future.

And, as Sean and the Tianming royal family became one family, the true foundation of the Tianming Empire was also opened up to Sean.

It turns out that in addition to Emperor Gongsun Wuji, the Holy Dragon King, and the newly promoted Princess Gongsun Wudi, the guardian of the country, there are also masters in the Tianming Empire!

At the banquet in the palace, Emperor Tianming personally introduced a person to Sean, the Tianming Empire's Palace Guard General Zhang Yongde.

The other party also holds the title of "General" and "Prince's Martial Master" of the Tianming Empire, and is a close confidant of the emperor.

When the emperor led the main force to the wizard civilization to participate in the war, in addition to the crown prince sitting in the capital, the Tianming Empire also had this Palace Guard General leading part of the remaining army to guard the four borders and four regions of the Tianming Empire.

The strong man Zhang Yongde of the Tianming Empire in front of him, who was strong and strong, only had a level 6 peak life level.

The specific strength was only comparable to that of a half-step peak despair.

It didn't seem to be outstanding.

Such an existence was nothing to Sean, who was already used to the storms.

But Zhang Yongde, the Palace Guard General of the Tianming Empire, was different from other half-step peak despairers that Sean had come into contact with. This guy had obviously crossed the most critical stage of qualitative change of rules!

In other words, the guy who appeared opposite Sean has already stepped into the realm of domination.

As long as Zhang Yongde keeps his pace of improvement and cultivates his own strength step by step, entering the realm of domination is a matter of course in Sean's view.

It can be said that Zhang Yongde in front of him is better than the cards in Sean's master Cui Lisi's hand at the moment!

At least Cui Lisi's promotion to the realm of domination is not as "stable" as the Tianming warrior in front of him.

From this point of view, this Tianming Empire's palace inspector is more valuable than the average peak despairer.

You know, even the twelve-winged mechanical angel Fu Meila, who already has the strength of a peak despairer, Sean did not dare to say that he would definitely be able to promote Fu Meila to the domination in the future after completing the body exchange experiment transformation.

"In other words, will the Tianming Empire have four dominators in the future?" Sean couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Coupled with Sean's own strength, this is indeed a good force.

In addition to Zhang Yongde, the chief inspector of the palace, this time, taking advantage of Sean's entry into the high-level circle of the Tianming Empire as a royal relative, he finally got a general understanding of the overall internal power structure of the Tianming Empire.

The Tianming Empire is indeed dominated by the royal family and enjoys unparalleled power, but the power of the aristocratic families in the Tianming Empire cannot be completely ignored.

In addition to the royal Gongsun family, the Ximen family, the Li family, the Liu family, and the Zhang family are collectively known as the "Four Major Families" of the Tianming Empire.

Among these families, the most powerful one is not the Ximen family from which Gongsun Wudi's mother came.

But the Li family!

The main power of the Ximen family is in the military.

The Li family controls the direction of the civil officials in the court of the Tianming Empire.

The civil officials control the military generals, which is a means for the royal family of the Tianming Empire to maintain the stability of the court.

Moreover, the prime minister of the current dynasty is surnamed Li.

In addition, the mother of the Tianming Emperor Gongsun Wuji is from the Li family.

Including his current queen and his son's crown princess, they are all from the Li family.

Sean hadn't figured out the reason for this situation at first.

It was not until later, after breaking through the last layer of relationship with Gongsun Wudi, that he vaguely learned from his wife that the throne of the Tianming royal family was inherited from the Li family from the beginning.

That was when the Tianming Empire was still a martial arts civilization, including the predecessor of the Tianming Empire, which was also a warrior country called the Shengtang Empire.

Delegating power to the Li family, and even giving the royal bloodline to the Li family, is a means for the Tianming Empire to integrate internal forces and avoid meaningless internal friction.

Judging from the results, the Tianming Empire has experienced the governance of two generations of emperors, and it is obvious that it has done a good job in this regard.

As for the situation of the Liu family, the Zhang family, and the Ximen family, it is not much different.

The palace inspector Zhang Yongde is from the Zhang family and is currently the person with the most power in the Zhang family.

After hearing this information, Sean not only gained more knowledge, but also felt a headache.

Sure enough, Sean is not suitable for leading a super power. He doesn't even want to worry too much about his own True Spirit Tower, so how can he support the operation of a huge empire.

If Sean is placed in the position of his elder brother-in-law, he would rather do magic experiments, or travel around the star world, and do something he likes.

Definitely not to build a huge foundation.

But Sean's wife Gongsun Wudi seems to be very talented in this regard.

This is the difference between Sean and Gongsun Wuji's personalities, and also the essential pursuits of magicians and warriors.

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After the palace banquet, Sean went to the Princess Taiping's mansion, and felt the baptism of the traditional customs of the Tianming Empire.

In short, it was not easy for Sean to meet Gongsun Wudi.

Various strange requests were made by Gongsun Wudi's relatives and sisters.

Faced with this situation, Sean couldn't force it.

In addition to completing the other party's requests one by one, Sean also shed a lot of "blood" in the process of entering the Princess Taiping's mansion.

Among them, the one who impressed Sean the most was a level 5 female general of the Tianming Empire named Ximen Yan'er.

Sean knew her.

In the world of despair, Gongsun Wudi told Sean that Ximen Yan'er was her best sister, and she always loved to stick to Gongsun Wudi.

She even said nonsense that she would marry the same person as Gongsun Wudi in the future.

In order to deal with Ximen Yan'er, Sean finally took out a fingernail-sized fragment of the master of the Greedy Demon Emperor, and finally pushed open Gongsun Wudi's boudoir.

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Red silk was draped in every corner of Wudi's boudoir.

Sean knew in the past that Gongsun Wudi often used gold.

Whether it was her armor or the imperial carriage, they were all in gold, showing the royal nobility.

But at this time, Gongsun Wudi, wearing a bright red dress, brought Sean a different kind of charm and beauty.

This was a feeling Sean had never experienced when he was in the desperate world.

Holding up Gongsun Wudi's white jade hand, a little red candle tears flowed from the window of this wedding room full of warmth and fragrance.