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Madam Li's being saved and returned to General Li was a good thing - the Li family had made their fortunes through military accomplishments, and three generations had fallen on the battlefield. Perhaps it was the battlefield that was their ultimate fate, the emperor thought to himself.

The emperor and Shangguan Xuanyi retired to the study, where they pulled out a map to discuss the matters at hand.

General Li had already begun to mobilize his troops. An urgent report had come through a few days prior, saying that the first city in the northwest had been successfully seized by him.

Li Ming Jun was captured, Madam Li and Mrs. Li were being hunted near and far. General Li couldn't wait any longer.

In fact, from the moment Li Ming Jun began privately mining iron ores, General Li knew their family was walking a path of no return.