I was imprisoned by the Empress at the beginning, and I was secretly invincible

The human emperor body is naturally endowed with the effect of "divine things concealing themselves".

Once the brilliance is restrained, there will be no trace of breath leaking out, and it looks no different from ordinary people.

Even if the other party's cultivation level is higher than Jiang Hao, it is difficult to discover his true situation unless you check closely.

This is also the reason why Jiang Hao has been able to conceal his cultivation level until now, because in the eyes of others, he is just an ordinary person with no cultivation.

On the other hand, the female emperor Ji Luoyao, after several rages, caused her breath to surge, and she did not deliberately restrain it, which made it easy for Jiang Hao to spy on her cultivation level.

Ji Luoyao is only in her twenties now, but her cultivation has reached the realm of Dharma Image.

Even if you look at the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, including all the big and small forces, I am afraid there is no younger Dharma Image Realm powerhouse than her.

Compared with her talent in governing the country, Ji Luoyao's talent in cultivation is indeed far ahead.

At her cultivation speed, if everything goes well, it is likely that she will be able to break through the Heavenly Man Realm in just a few years.

But if you think about it carefully, this is also normal.

Because Ji Luoyao awakened the Human King Body very early. Putting aside the legendary physique of the Human King Body, the Human King Body itself is already the first-class cultivation physique in the world.

After ascending the throne and becoming an emperor, as the unique female emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she can mobilize resources beyond imagination.

Coupled with her superior talent and understanding, all kinds of conditions are superimposed together, and her cultivation will naturally progress rapidly.

Moreover, Ji Luoyao is practicing the secret techniques of the royal family, and has various treasures to protect her. Her actual combat power is far beyond the ordinary Dharma Realm powerhouses.

Compared with the Archbishop of the Black Witch Cult, who is over a hundred years old and barely breaks through the Dharma Realm, he is not even worthy of carrying her shoes.

Thinking back to the time when Shadow Demon could easily control the Archbishop of the Black Witch Cult, but facing Ji Luoyao, Shadow Demon hiding in the dark did not dare to act rashly, but felt a fatal threat from her.

"If I cooperate with Shadow Demon and Shadow Demon waits for an opportunity to act, there may be a 50% to 60% chance of winning."

Combining the information feedback from Shadow Demon, Jiang Hao thought secretly in his heart.

Although his realm is only the Dragon Gate Realm now, his foundation is not ordinary, and he has the Human King Body, which happens to suppress Ji Luoyao's Human King Body.

In addition, he has a calculated mind but no intention, so his chance of winning can naturally be improved a lot.

His only shortcoming is that he has too little combat experience.

If he is just dealing with an opponent like Ji Xuanjing who is not as strong as him, it is easy to say, as long as he crushes the opponent with all-round advantages.

But if he encounters an opponent who is stronger than him like Ji Luoyao, it will be a bit troublesome.

Even with the cooperation of Shadow Demon, there is only a 50% to 60% chance of winning at most.

Of course, to deal with a Dharma Image Realm expert with extraordinary talent and strength, having a 50% to 60% chance of winning is actually quite good.

However, Jiang Hao did not act rashly in the end.

On the one hand, a 50% to 60% chance of winning is still too low.

Even if Ji Luoyao is really taken down, what can happen?

This is the imperial capital, and there are many powerful people.

Not to mention the Dharma Image Realm experts, even if the Heavenly Man Realm experts come, they dare not be too arrogant.

Moreover, as the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ji Luoyao must have been protected by powerful people in secret in addition to a large number of imperial guards following her.

Unless Jiang Hao is determined to trade one for one with her, once he takes action, it will be almost difficult for him to escape.

As for the other reason.

Jiang Hao feels that taking her down like this is a bargain for her.

On this issue, Jiang Hao and Ji Xuanjing have the same view.

Ji Luoyao wants to be the only empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but she does not have the corresponding skills and abilities.

But she is still eager for quick success and instant benefits, and likes to show off her achievements.

If she continues to play like this, one day she will finish herself off.

The Eight Kings Rebellion is just the beginning. If it is not handled properly, the real big problem will come later.

The more Ji Luoyao does, the faster she will fall in the future.

So the longer Ji Luoyao sits in that position, the more painful she will be.

For Jiang Hao, what better revenge is there than this?

"So, I don't have to do anything now, I just need to sit back and watch the success or failure."

At this moment, Jiang Hao suddenly understood Ji Xuanjing's mood at the time.

The opponent is too weak, and there is really no challenge.

There is no need to do anything, just wait quietly for the opponent to fall.

And Jiang Hao believes that the day when the empress falls will definitely not be too far away.

At that time, he will stand in front of Ji Luoyao and ask her if she regrets her decision?

"I hope she can hold on a little longer!"

Looking at the cell door where Ji Luoyao disappeared, Jiang Hao murmured in his heart

After all,

He still needs some time to reach the legendary realm of immortality.

…

At this time, Ji Luoyao had already walked out of the prison.

After repeatedly hitting a wall here with Jiang Hao, she not only failed to achieve her goal, but was so angry that she almost vomited blood.

Unfortunately, she couldn't confide these things to others, so she could only swallow her anger. You can imagine how depressed and crazy she was.

So after coming out of the prison, Ji Luoyao exuded a cold breath that kept strangers away.

Anyone could see that Her Majesty the Empress was in a very bad mood.

Not only did Tao Gongwang and others dare not breathe, even Shangguan Qing and other confidants did not dare to ask more questions.

Ji Luoyao stopped until she reached the gate of the prison and looked back expressionlessly.

She secretly swore in her heart: She would never come to this broken place again!

"Go back to the palace!"

As soon as the voice fell, Ji Luoyao boarded the imperial chariot and returned to the palace under the protection of a group of imperial guards.

After returning to the palace, Ji Luoyao did not stop and immediately issued an order to summon a group of civil and military leaders.

"I have decided to draw 500,000 troops from the surrounding states and counties, and then recruit another 500,000 soldiers to gather a million troops to fight against the eight kings of the north with all my strength!"

When the civil and military leaders arrived, Ji Luoyao did not drag her feet and directly told her plan.

Since Jiang Hao was unwilling to give her advice, she could only do it herself.

A million troops?

Hearing this astonishing number, the civil and military leaders could not help but be stunned.

Although the eight kings of the north now claim to have gathered a million troops, this is just an exaggeration to the outside world.

The actual number of combat troops is good enough to have one-third of this.

After all, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the minimum requirement for a qualified soldier is to enter the threshold of cultivation, that is, a warrior who has reached the sixth level of physical body.

On the other hand, the million-strong army that the empress requested at this moment is obviously not mixed with any water.

It is precisely because of this that everyone present was extremely shocked.

"The scale of a million-strong army is too large, Your Majesty, do you want to reconsider it?"

Before others spoke, the Minister of Revenue could not help but stand up and object first.

Ji Luoyao raised her eyebrows, and her eyes were full of evil: "The military situation is urgent, what else should we consider? Consider letting the opponent continue to grow?"

The Minister of Revenue trembled in his heart and was almost frightened to kneel down, but he still had to bite the bullet and said: "The treasury is not abundant now, and I am afraid it can't afford such a large expenditure."

A million-strong army sounds scary, but the expenditure is equally scary.

Just standing there doing nothing, the daily food and horse munching is also an astronomical figure.

If the war does not go well and the time is prolonged, it will be enough to drag down any dynasty.

"Then increase taxes. Jiangnan is the richest place, so increase taxes in Jiangnan!"

Ji Luoyao said without hesitation.

For the stability of her dynasty, she had to make the people in Jiangnan suffer first.

"But Jiangnan suffered a flood last year, and countless people were displaced. At that time, the Duke of Weiguo granted Jiangnan a three-year tax exemption..."

Someone couldn't help but remind her.

When she heard the three words "Duke of Weiguo", Ji Luoyao seemed to be touched by the reverse scale, and she was furious and shouted angrily: "I am the master of the Great Zhou, what's the use of the Duke of Weiguo's promise? I want to increase taxes, who dares not to obey?"

Everyone was silent.

Although they wanted to say that the court's breach of trust might make the people alienated and even arouse civil unrest.

But seeing the empress's resolute attitude, they looked at each other and didn't dare to say anything. They could only choose to obey the order honestly.