As soon as the empress said this, the other two were stunned.
The reason why Lin Ran was stunned was very simple. Before he set out for the north, he had already made it clear with the empress. No matter if the war was over or not, he would send the empress back to the palace.
Now that the empress wanted to keep Lin Ran in the Northern Garrison, could it be that she didn't want to return to the palace?
Compared to Lin Ran, General Guo Fuzhen thought of many things—
First of all, although Guo Fuzhen didn't know Lin Ran's exact realm, since even he, who was at the ninth level of the Senior Martial Master Realm, felt that he was unfathomable, Lin Ran must be above the Grandmaster Realm.
In the agreements between countries, those above the Grandmaster Realm were not allowed to participate in the war.