Inside Anyang City, the Linghu Family’s Grand Residence.
Linghu Qingqing’s second son, Linghu Jian, wore a smile as he sat upright on the great chair at the end of the main hall, beneath the Nine-Dragon Screen.
In the main hall, exactly one hundred large chairs were arranged neatly.
To the left and right of Linghu Jian’s chair were two rows of chairs on each side, each row containing twenty-five chairs.
About seventy percent of these chairs were occupied by men dressed in battle gear, all wearing stern expressions, their faces dark with displeasure.
These men represented the top-ranked generals of the Great Jin Divine Kingdom, the most influential and decisive figures among the generals—those who truly had the authority to speak and act.
Nearly seventy of them gathered here, representing the seventy percent of the generals who followed or were affiliated with the Linghu clan.
Linghu Jian was the top-ranked general in Great Jin and the person the Linghu clan answered to, so he sat at the central, most honored chair.
Meanwhile, the official head of the Linghu clan stood nervously at the hall’s entrance, busily barking orders to the clan’s maids, making sure tea was served.