I don't want to be a hero.

Besides, that little brat might not listen to him. Compared to Ye Zai, it was obvious that the little emperor preferred to coax his ministers every day.

"Your Majesty, I have said it several years ago that I am not working for a certain person or a certain family.

If the Empire is worth my service, I will do my best, but if the Empire is not worth my service, I will not be attached to this privilege. "

After saying this, Ye Ya left the palace without looking back. As for the reward, Ye Ya didn't care at all.

For Yeya, his current position has already reached the top of the empire, and he is known as one of the three great generals of the empire along with Bud and Esdeath.

In terms of position, Najeshitan is actually slightly inferior to him.

Looking at Ye Ya who left without even looking back, the old emperor sighed helplessly.

If possible, he naturally did not want his young offspring to inherit the throne too early, but he was indeed old.

The minister's power in the court is already enormous, and the only ones who can make him afraid are Esdeath and Yeya, who control the army.

Bud is too loyal and might be threatened by the ministers through his own offspring.

Esdeath had already paged him before, but she said that she didn't care who was the emperor, all she cared about was whether there was a battle to fight.

So the old emperor could only place his last hope on Ye Ya, but it was obvious that the latter had just rejected him.

Ye Ya's original mission was to bring down the empire, so how could he possibly agree to the old emperor?

Besides, Ye Ya had long been dissatisfied with the various systems of the empire. Only by breaking everything could a new order be established.

If it weren't for the fact that the old emperor had nothing to say about Ye Ya over the years, he would have started making trouble a long time ago.

Almost not long after Ye Ya’s triumphant return, the old emperor successfully received his lunch box.

As for the candidate for the new emperor, as expected, it was the old emperor's son who was less than ten years old.

In fact, there were more candidates for the emperor than just the half-grown little emperor. Most people in the court stood up against the ministers, claiming that the successor was too young to ascend the throne.

But the result is obvious. The minister had already made sufficient preparations for all this. How could anything unexpected happen at this critical moment?

After one night, the candidates competing with the little brat for the new emperor either disappeared or died.

There were other generals and ministers in the court who expressed some dissatisfaction with the minister's unscrupulous behavior, but not long after, they were found and died tragically in their own homes.

The ministers’ excessive power directly led to some loyal ministers not daring to speak out, and some chose to go along with the crowd.

After the old emperor's death, the court had become a pool of turbid sewage, and there was no room for any clear stream to exist.

The minister's power is almost absolute, and anyone who stands out to resist him will almost certainly die tragically on the street the next day.

Such unscrupulous behavior has obviously made the entire court a one-man show.

As the main force among the Qingliu, Najeshitan was naturally the main candidate to fight against the ministers. However, not long after the old emperor's death, Yeya received the news that he was seriously injured and defected.

During the pursuit, the person who caused him to lose an arm and an eye was the fighting maniac Esdeath.

However, Yeya got wind of the news, and although he lost an arm and an eye, Najeshitan escaped alive.

I heard that the minister later sent the Empire's "assassination force" to hunt down Najeshita, but with Najeshita's strength, as long as it's not Bud and Esdeath, it shouldn't be a problem for her to escape successfully.

"Master Yeya, there are a few people outside who claim to be ministers of the court and want to see you. They say they have something important to discuss."

Fina appeared behind Yeya like a professional maid and spoke respectfully.

"Just tell them I'm not here and let them fend for themselves. If possible, they should take their families and leave the capital as soon as possible. I can't protect them every time."

Without Fina's detailed explanation, Ye Ya roughly knew who the people who came to his door were.

Chapter 364 The little emperor ascends the throne and the ministers hold great power!

(There will be an update today. Normally, I will update it as soon as I have time (?▽｀)

Those who found Ye Ya's family were nothing more than the so-called "clean stream" ministers.

Because the minister now has the power to control everything, these people are dissatisfied with the minister's monopoly of power, but they don't want to abandon their "noble" status and leave the imperial capital, so they come to Ye Ya.

The reason is that he hopes Ye Ya will make an effort and take the lead in preventing the young emperor from ascending the throne.

There are only a few people in the imperial capital who can compete with the ministers.

General Bud's family, as a family that has guarded the royal family for generations, naturally supports the young emperor. After all, they are the orthodox.

As for Esdeath's words, these ministers were scared to death. They heard that the other party was a murderer without blinking an eye. They were afraid that if they went to Esdeath's door, the other party would be unhappy and kill them.

You know, Najensita is a former general of the empire and also a good friend of Esdeath.

But Esdeath showed no mercy this time...

And even if they are not afraid of death, Esdeath is only on her way back at this moment and is not in the imperial capital.

Then the only person left in the imperial capital who was capable of competing with the ministers and had no ill will towards them was Ye Ya.

Especially a few days ago, when the ministers in the hall took advantage of the little emperor's status to pour black water on them and were about to execute them, it was Ye Ya who stood up and saved their lives.

This made these ministers think that Ye Ya was actually on the same side as them and was also dissatisfied with the ministers monopolizing power.

In fact, they were completely overthinking it. Those who opposed the ministers' monopoly of power were not necessarily all good people.

Yeya saved them just to give face to Najeshita, after all, they have a close relationship.

Among the generals and ministers who were to be executed by the ministers, there were many generals who were once Najeshitan's subordinates. They were saved only because of Najeshitan.

Among them, there were some people that Ye Ya thought were not seriously injured, so he rescued them.

The ministers also gave Ye Ya a lot of face. After Ye Ya spoke, they all pardoned their death sentences, but deprived them of their noble status.

The minister was still quite wary of Ye Ya's existence. The strength of the man in front of him had been proven in his battle records over the past few years.

He just wanted to use the little emperor as a puppet and enjoy the desire for power. The ministers believed that Yeya and Esdeath were the same kind of people, warriors like them, and they did not covet the so-called power at all.

Since everyone has different goals, the minister feels that there is no need for him to provoke Ye Ya.

After all, if he wants to enjoy his desire for power for a long time, he has to rely on powerful generals like Ye Ya to resist enemies outside the empire.

Esdeath and Yeya have now become the two pillars of the empire. No matter how corrupt the empire is internally, as long as they two exist, the empire will not collapse.

Not only will they not harm Yeya, but the ministers will also have to deliberately try to please him, just like they were trying to please Esdeath.

The existence of people like them is the basis for him to firmly grasp power.

"Lord Ye Zai, you have to show up. If you let the ministers continue to act recklessly, the empire will be finished!"

"Lord Ye Ya, the late emperor treated you well. You cannot watch his offspring being treated as puppets."

After hearing what Fina conveyed, most of the courtiers outside the door were still unwilling to leave and began shouting at Yeya's door.

In fact, only a small number of these people are really working for the future of the empire. Most of them say they are working for the empire, but in fact they are working for themselves.

After all, among the people of this era who call themselves "nobles", how many of them are good people?

Even though most people outside claim that they are doing this for the good of the empire, the reality is that they are dissatisfied with the power in their hands being taken away by the ministers.

When a minister comes to power, his hungry lackeys will naturally also need to rise in power.

So the minister placed all the people in his faction in various important positions, and these people naturally became victims.

They were dissatisfied with the fact that they used to hold power but were now being stripped of all power. However, they could not win over the ministers, so they urgently needed to find a general to support our camp.

"Don't think that Lord Ye Zai doesn't know what you are thinking. Saving your lives is already a kindness of Lord Ye Zai. If you don't get out of here, I will kill you all!"

Fina tried to persuade everyone present to leave in a kind way, but Feiya was not so easy to deal with. She directly took out a dagger and threatened them.

The little girl has never had a good impression of "nobles". If she hadn't met Ye Ya, the three siblings would have ended up like ditch rats.

"You are just a servant, yet you dare to be so disrespectful to us? Don't you know that we are nobles?"

Although Feiya was Yeya's man, all those present were nobles. They felt ashamed to be scolded by a mere commoner girl.

"Heh, isn't this the end of the world? You have neither position nor title now. If you compare yourself to me now, your status seems to be lower than mine, right?"

After being rebuked by Feiya, the ministers at the door were suddenly speechless. In the past, they used their status to bully others, but they never expected that they would be treated like this one day.

As for Yeya himself, he had actually just left his mansion from another place, and he was accompanied by the little loli Fina.

"Lord Yeya, those courtiers still refuse to leave, and Feiya is about to fight with them."

"They are a bunch of guys who can't stand hardship. They will leave naturally when they are hungry. If they still don't know what's good for them, let Fei'o and Fei'ya do it. Just don't beat them to death."

Ye Ya had almost no good feelings towards these court officials. Those who were really dedicated to the empire and had a bit of blood in their veins had already left with Najeshita.

The rest are simply unwilling to give up the power in their hands.

At this time, Ye Ya was heading towards the palace again because the new emperor was about to ascend the throne.

So the minister summoned all the remaining court officials, and this time even Esdeath, who was often away on military campaigns, would arrive at the palace.

Having said that, although Yeya has been an imperial general for several years, this is the first time he has met Esdeath, the sadistic fighting maniac.

Both of them were great generals, and they were often away from home fighting in the imperial capital, so even though they had been colleagues for several years, they had never met each other.

When Ye Ya arrived at the hall, most of the generals and ministers in the court had been replaced by new faces. Obviously, these were the ministers' new minions.

Except for a few individuals, everyone in the hall now belongs to the faction to which the minister belongs.

Although Ye Ya was that other person and did not belong to the ministers, when he arrived at the hall, the generals and ministers still surrounded him enthusiastically.

After all, Ye Ya's strength and status are there, and they can't afford to offend him.

Moreover, the ministers behind them had also warned them not to provoke Yeya and Esdeath for no reason.

Chapter 365: Esdeath and Yeya’s first fight!

(The second update today, the third update will probably be in the evening, I slept too late last night, I’m still a little sleepy today (￣◇￣;)

Almost all the people in the hall had arrived, until a figure in a white military uniform and waist-length blue hair entered the room, and then the sound of bustling discussions could be heard again.

Ye Ya's attention was also attracted by the movement over there. The arrogant nobles in the hall consciously made way to both sides to allow the figure to pass.

This is a tall, curvy beauty wearing a white military uniform. Although she is a woman, her aura is so strong that everyone present dares not breathe.

Unlike Yeya's easy-going personality, the nobles present all knew that Esdeath was not an easy person to deal with, so no one dared to approach her and talk to her.

After everyone arrived, the minister also appeared with the little emperor.

He, with a big belly, first expressed his condolences for the death of the previous emperor, and then began the ceremony for the new emperor.

After an impassioned ceremonial speech, he asked the nobles and generals present whether they agreed with the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

The result is self-evident. It was passed unanimously, because those who took the lead in finding fault had already been dealt with by the ministers in advance.

Ye Ya watched the minister's self-directed performance on the podium with lack of interest, yawning repeatedly and looking bored.

Compared to the fat pig performance on the stands, he would rather go home and play with the loli. He has been fighting outside for years, and the little princesses are already jealous.

"You must also find it boring that you called me back from the north just for such a small matter.

However, it was not a wasted trip to meet the empire's long-famous 'Lion Warrior'. Najeshitan seems to have a very high opinion of him."

Ye Ya leaned against the pillar of the hall, watching the performance on the stage. When he was about to fall asleep, an unexpected person came up to him and started talking...

The person who spoke to Yeya, with waist-length blue hair and a powerful aura, was none other than Esdeath, who was known as the strongest general in the empire.

"What Lion General? It's just a rumor. I've only been a general for a short time. How can I possibly be better than General Esdeath?"

Ye Ya is well aware of the troubles this woman is facing and is determined not to have too much contact with her, otherwise it will probably be very troublesome.

"I originally thought so, but after meeting him in person today, I feel that the rumors are not entirely exaggerated.

Going forward alone is like leading a million lions? I happen to be able to fight against ten thousand people alone, so why not have a fight with me later?"

Esdeath looked at Yeya, licked her lips, and looked very interested.

Obviously, compared to this boring "new emperor's coronation ceremony", fighting with Ye Ya would make her feel more satisfied.

She used to think that [Moving forward alone is like leading a million lions] was just a joke, but when she heard Najeshitan’s evaluation and met Yeya himself, she no longer thought so.

Esdeath knows Nadine very well. She is not someone who likes to boast. Anyone who can make her admire him must have some merits.

As a strong person, Esdeath had directly consumed the blood of a "super dangerous species". With her beast-like instinct, she kept warning her the moment she saw Ye Ya that the man in front of her was very dangerous!

When Yeya heard what Esdeath said, his face instantly turned bitter. He knew that being targeted by this woman was definitely not a good thing.

"I don't think we need to fight anymore. The title of the strongest in the empire belongs to General Esdeath. I voluntarily admit defeat."

Yeya responded lazily, saying that if he lost a fight with Esdeath, he would be unhappy, but if he won, there would be no benefit at all.

What's even more terrifying is that the latter might be endless like a dog-skin plaster, so Yeya refused to fight Esdeath!