vrcanaries Chapter 256 Chaos in Kun Kingdom's Court
Chapter 256 Chaos in Kun Kingdom's Court
The hall became eerily quiet, and everyone was dumbfounded, even forgetting to breathe.
Emperor Kun also stared at the general in amazement, without saying a word.
The Queen Tang Xinyi beside him was stiff and trembling slightly.
A divine thunder that can raze houses to the ground from a mile away?
Is that the weapon of the Yan army?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Emperor Kun was no longer angry or roaring, but laughed out loud.
"This is absolutely impossible. Divine thunder is the will of heaven, the power of heaven. Could it be that heaven is on the side of the Yan army? My Dakun is the country destined by heaven. The gods and our ancestors are blessing us. How could we possibly help the Yan Kingdom?
Hahahaha, what a joke, really a huge joke.
This military newspaper lied, someone definitely lied, Han Xuan deliberately wrote it this way to avoid punishment!
All the ministers were terrified when they saw Emperor Kun's crazy look.
Is Your Majesty crazy?
All the ministers wanted to step forward to persuade him, but they were afraid of being punished for being the first to speak out, so they remained silent.
The Prime Minister winked at the Grand Marshal repeatedly.
Damn it, if you, the general in charge of military affairs, don’t take charge of this kind of thing, who else can you ask?
Although the Grand Marshal was one of the Three Dukes like the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister was the head of all officials, so he had to obey him and said,
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. Han Xuan is already dead. He wouldn't have falsely reported the war. The ones who reported it were the soldiers who escaped. The defeat wasn't their fault, and they won't be punished."
Your Majesty, no one dares to lie in this situation. If a military report sent 800 miles in urgency is falsified, it will be a crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of the clan."
"I know! I know!!!"
Emperor Kun suddenly stopped smiling, roared in rage, and overturned the imperial desk to the ground, causing the memorials, brushes, and seals on it to fall all over the floor.
"Assholes! They are all assholes, good-for-nothings. An army of 200,000 was defeated in one day. How long can an army of 400,000 hold out? Who can tell me?"
Two days? Will we be defeated in two days?"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
All civil and military officials knelt down.
"I cannot calm down my anger. Come, arrest Han Xuan and all the families of his generals, bring them to the city and behead them!
I want everyone to see that this is the consequence of not fighting a war well, this is the consequence of losing a battle.
Let’s see who dares to neglect their duties and who dares to lose the battle!
Confiscate the property and exterminate the entire clan! "
"Your Majesty! You must not do this!"
"Your Majesty, Marshal Han has both merits and faults, but he has already sacrificed his life for his country. What crime has he committed?"
"If you wantonly massacre the families of martyrs, who will dare to fight in the future? Who will still serve the court, Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty, please revoke your order and refrain from acting impulsively."
"Your Majesty, are you going to be a tyrant who can't tell right from wrong?"
The civil and military officials seemed to be trying to dissuade him, but in fact they were just glaring and puffing, giving off a very oppressive vibe.
Just kidding, all the civil and military officials in the court are aristocrats, and every general and civil official has a close relationship with each other.
Han Xuan's family was also aristocratic, and even Yu Huatian was a nobleman.
It would be fine if you killed Yu Huatian's family if he defected, but Han Xuan was just defeated in the battle and even served the country loyally. Why did you still want to kill his family?
His family members are standing in the court right now. Why don’t you try killing one of them?
Although the powerful and wealthy usually fight for power and scheme against each other, Emperor Kun's actions have offended the interests of the entire aristocracy, and they have to unite to fight against Emperor Kun.
If you dare to kill Han Xuan and the families of his generals today, will you dare to kill other generals tomorrow? Will you kill us the day after tomorrow?
If this were true, it would not be difficult for the powerful and wealthy to unite and replace the emperor.
Emperor Kun stared at the courtiers who were pressing forward, and he roared with anger and fear.
"What are you going to do? Just because we lost a battle, you're going to rebel? I'll chop off your heads, all of them!"
"Your Majesty, please take back your order!"
The general shouted.
Tang Xinyi, who was standing aside, knew that Emperor Kun was afraid now, but if he showed cowardice in the face of the pressure from the court officials, it would damage the emperor's dignity. Would they be even more aggressive in forcing him to abdicate next time?
What he needs now is a step down.
So, Tang Xinyi quickly said,
"Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of yourself. I know you spoke only in anger and did not mean it. You are heartbroken for the lost land and the sacrificed soldiers.
The ministers have no intention of rebelling. They are begging Your Majesty not to do anything wrong.
Everyone is just anxious for the moment, and they are all thinking about the country.
Please withdraw your order first. The most urgent thing is to discuss with the ministers how to deal with the Yan army.
Please sit down first, and let's talk peacefully. The ministers will apologize to Your Majesty."
Emperor Kun nodded with satisfaction and said,
"You are indeed my good wife. Well, I was just impulsive and didn't do anything serious. My dear ministers, let's talk about how to let Nie Bei fight the Yan army."
"We have offended Your Majesty. Please punish us!"
Seeing that the emperor had surrendered, the ministers knelt down and apologized to give him a way out.
"Stand up and speak. I'm going to make it clear to you. If you can't come up with a solution, I'm going to punish you severely!
Think quickly! "
The ministers looked at each other and discussed in low voices.
Emperor Kun used his brain to think for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, so he handed the matter over to the civil and military officials.
But after thinking about it for a whole morning, the ministers still couldn't figure it out. They could only eat in the palace and continue thinking after dinner.
They didn't even know what the artillery looked like, so they could only guess and of course couldn't think of any way to deal with it.
Finally, Emperor Kun became impatient and asked them all to go home and rest. Then he ordered Nie Bei, the governor of Qiuxin County, to stop all the Yan troops in Qiuxin County and not let them move any further south.
After all, after passing Qiuxin County, there is the flat Fenglu County, which is easy to attack but difficult to defend, and even more difficult to fight. Further ahead is Shengjing.
After returning to the bedroom, Tang Xinyi considerately massaged Emperor Kun's sore lower back.
Kun Huang’s fat body almost took up half of the bed, leaving only pitiful space for Yang Xinyi.
Fortunately, she was thin and could barely sleep.
"Empress, today I am so grateful to you. If you hadn't stopped me in time, I would have started a quarrel with all the officials."
"This is what a concubine should do."
Tang Xinyi smiled slightly and asked,
"Your Majesty, are you confident in this battle?"
"I can only tell you the truth. The Yan army has such weapons. The city walls and gates are useless. The two southern countries are pressing forward step by step. My country, Dakun, is in danger of being destroyed.
But don't worry, even if I become the king of a fallen country and die for my country, I will never let you fall into the hands of the enemy and suffer humiliation. You and I will be husband and wife in the underworld and will never be separated."
Tang Xinyi didn't say anything, but her evasive and gloomy eyes kept changing.