"I heard that His Majesty has returned? I wonder if it's true?"
"Idiot, if His Majesty had not returned, why would anyone inform the court?”
"Your Majesty must have heard about the Flame Extermination of the Five Nations, which is why you came back in a hurry!”
"Not bad! This Yan Chao was too arrogant! We must gather all our elites to prevent Great Flame from ambushing us!”
"That's right, no matter how powerful the Fire Country is, for the sake of our Xia, we will fight to the death!”
In the throne room of Weiyang Palace, all the officials of Great Xia who were qualified to attend the court were gathered here.
At this moment, the empress had yet to arrive, but the ministers were already discussing among themselves.
At the mention of the matter of Yan exterminating the Six Nations, they all had a strong sense of crisis!
"What do you all think His Majesty's attitude towards the Fire Country would be?”
The minister of the Ministry of Rites asked the ministers beside him.
"What kind of attitude can I have? Naturally, it was to fight! We already have the heart to fight to the death! I'll definitely get Xia Wuyu!"
"That's right, the soldiers have already made up their minds to fight! We can start the war at any time."
The few courtiers were passionate and said firmly.
They were not like Western Liang and Qi Country, who could be easily destroyed!
The Xia people were all hot-blooded!
"His Majesty has arrived!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in front of the throne room.
Closely after that, the empress walked out of the side hall in a majestic dragon robe and crown under the escort of a few female internal guards. Then, she walked towards the dragon throne!
"Long live our emperor!"
Seeing the arrival of the Emperor, the officials immediately knelt down and shouted in unison.
"Beloved ministers, rise!"
The empress sat on the dragon throne and waved her hand gently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The court officials stood up and stood in two rows.
According to the rules, they could not look directly at the Emperor, so they all lowered their heads.
Looking at the officials below, the empress hesitated for a moment and was about to speak up about Xia Gui and Xiang Yan.
However, before she could say anything, an official on the left of the court stood up.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!”
This middle-aged official was the Minister of War of Xia Country, Yu Lian!
"Speak! What's the matter?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, yesterday the Fire Country split their forces into five groups and conquered all five countries including Western Liang! This subject believes that the ambition of the Fire Country's Emperor would definitely not stop at this!”
"The next step might be to attack our Xia Country!”
"Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty will issue an order to order the entire Xia country to prepare for war! To prevent the Fire Country from launching a sneak attack!"
As the Minister of War spoke, the other officials in the court also spoke up, hoping that the empress would order the entire country to prepare for war.
The empress smiled as she listened to the ministers 'advice.
She did not interrupt them and allowed them to speak one by one.
After about an hour, everyone was almost tired. They then raised their heads slightly and looked at the empress sitting on the dragon throne.
"Do you all really wish to declare war against the Fire Country?”The empress glanced at the ministers and spoke slowly.
She was very satisfied with the attitude of these people. After all, in the face of a strong enemy, no one spoke or negotiated.
Below, when they heard the Emperor's words, the officials looked at each other and saw doubt in each other's eyes.
What did His Majesty mean?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is entirely dependent on the Fire Country's attitude! Although our Great Xia is unwilling to start a war, we are not afraid of war!”
"The reason why we have the entire country preparing for war is to guard against the Fire Country's wild ambitions to suddenly make a move against the Xia Country!”
It was still the Minister of War, Yu Lian. He stood up and said with his head held high.
The Water Empress nodded. After a moment of silence, she said,"
"Yan Hun will never attack China!”
"What is it? What does Your Majesty mean?"
As soon as the empress finished speaking, everyone was stunned for a moment. Then, they could not help but speak up.
"That's right. May I ask how Your Majesty knows that the Fire Country will not attack our Xia Country?”
"If Your Majesty is imagining things, then it is a delusion! This lowly subject is so straightforward, please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
"That's right, Your Majesty must not give the initiative to the Fire Country. We must also be prepared at all times!”
They did not believe that the Emperor of Great Yan would be so merciful!
After all, he had already destroyed the other five countries. Who would believe that he could resist the temptation of unifying China and ignore it?
Therefore, almost everyone was advising the empress not to believe in words like never attacking.
"Silence!"
Seeing all the officials in the court talking about each other, Lan 'er, who was the leader of the internal guards, took a step forward and berated them!
Her voice spread out with her true essence, directly drowning out the noise in the throne room.
All the officials fell silent.
Upon seeing this, the empress said expressionlessly,
"The reason why we said that Great Yan doesn't need to attack China! It's because-"
"I want to merge Great Xia into Great Yan's territory. From now on, the seven kingdoms will be completely unified!”
"If that's the case, do you think Great Yan will still attack Great Xia?”
The empress's pleasant and cold voice resounded throughout the throne room.
Other than the empress's voice, no other sound could be heard in the entire throne room.
All the ministers were stunned by the empress's words.
For a moment, the entire throne room was silent. Everyone was shocked to the extreme.
At the same time, their expressions were extremely complicated.
"Your…Your Majesty, are you joking again?”After a long silence, an old minister took a deep breath and stood up to look at the empress. He asked in an extremely serious tone.
Ridiculous, this was too ridiculous. Merging Great Xia into Great Yan? Wasn't this the same as surrendering?
Therefore, they found it hard to believe!
Although the empress never joked, they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts. They hoped that the empress would admit that she was joking.
However, they were destined to be disappointed!
"Zhen never jokes!" The empress looked at the ministers seriously and said slowly,
"Furthermore, I have already decided that tomorrow, I will announce my abdication and bring Great Xia into Great Yan!”
Really? It was actually true!
Everyone was a little stunned at this moment. It was as if a storm was brewing in their hearts!
"Your Majesty, you must not! What's the difference between this and surrendering?"
An official immediately stood out to persuade him.
He hoped that he could make the empress change her mind.
Although this was very difficult, he had to do it. He could not just watch as Great Xia was destroyed.
"We were just about to fight to the death. Why did Your Majesty surrender?”
The Minister of War, Yu Lian, stood up with a sorrowful expression and cried out loudly!
Hearing the voices below, the empress felt gratified and amused. Who said that she was surrendering?
After thinking for a while, she decided to tell him her true thoughts.
"You may not know this, but I am in love with the Emperor of Great Yan, Xu Hao! Therefore, I plan to use the entire Xia Dynasty as a dowry to marry Xu Hao!”
"Therefore, how can this be considered surrender?”
Dowry?
Hearing these words, the ministers could not help but look at each other.
Using a country as a dowry?
They were actually speechless at this moment!
To put it nicely, they were officials for the sake of the people of the world!
To put it bluntly, they were working for the royal family!
Learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family!
Now, their master wanted to use an entire country as a dowry to marry the Emperor of Great Yan.
As officials, what could they say? After all, this was their business!
In the end, they were just servants hired by others!
After all, Grand Xia still had their foundations. It didn't matter if they had it or not.
Therefore, after the empress said that, they all fell silent.
"Zhen knows what you are thinking! Perhaps you're thinking that a woman is a woman. If you like someone, you'll lose your mind!”
"But I want to tell you! The unification of the seven kingdoms was the destiny! If Great Xia couldn't do it and didn't want to do it, why couldn't they let others do it?”
"You should have heard of Xu Hao, right? How is he compared to me? Even if Great Xia was handed over to him, would he still be able to do anything tyrannical?”
The empress's gaze was indifferent. No one could change her decision!
Because she was now the strongest person in Great Xia! Even with the foundation of Great Xia, the foundation of that person who had already changed, he was still not her match.
"Since Your Majesty has made up your mind, we have nothing to say!”
Not only was their Emperor's cultivation level unfathomable, but his status was also there. If they had any objections, they could only bury them in their hearts.
As for refuting? That was courting death.
Of course, there were also people who were not afraid of death and were ready to stand up and remonstrate, but they were held back by the people beside them.
"I heard that Great Yan's Majesty is not bad. Forget it, I'll let His Majesty do whatever he wants!”
"Sigh, Her Majesty is the heavens of Great Xia. Her words are like the laws of heaven. No one can change them, and no one dares to resist!”
"Don't be discouraged. I've carefully investigated the Emperor of Great Yan. If we really compare them, even our Emperor is inferior. I believe that he will treat our Great Xia well.”
"This is the only way! Sigh!"
The ministers discussed for a while and made a decision.
Since there was no other way, then he would just accept it!
"Oh right, zhen has already discussed it with Xu Hao! After the unification, the new dynasty would be named Xia!”
"This is a brand new country name, the country name after the world is unified!”
Although the kingdom was called Xia, it was not their Great Xia Kingdom!
It was a brand new Great Xia Dynasty!
This name was a memorial to them, and it was also a form of comfort!
"Your Majesty, are you serious?"
An official could not help but ask.
"Naturally!" The empress nodded.
Hearing this, many of the ministers 'expressions softened.
This was indeed a form of comfort. After all, Grand Xia had existed for thousands of years. The word 'Xia' had long been engraved into their blood.
"Alright, this is all I have to say. From tomorrow onwards, anyone who dares to obstruct me and the integration of Great Yan and Great Xia will be killed without mercy!”
The empress stood up from her dragon throne and swept her gaze across the ministers with a cold expression. Her words carried a trace of cold killing intent.
She was telling everyone in advance and giving them face.
If there was anyone who stood in her way after tomorrow, no matter who it was, no matter what achievements they had in the past, she would definitely kill them.
As an emperor, I don't care about any feelings. If you dare to disobey me, then I'll make an example out of you!
The empress only revealed a trace of killing intent, but it caused the temperature in the entire throne room to drop by a few degrees.
All the ministers shrunk their necks. They never doubted the empress's words.
Moreover, he didn't dare to underestimate the empress's methods!
Otherwise, how could this empress sit on the throne as a woman?
The previous emperor had six sons, and Great Xia had dozens of princes and county lords.
Why were they all gone now? Most of them wanted to rebel when the empress ascended the throne, but they were killed by the empress in a bloody manner! And the few who survived lost their titles and peacefully became rich men in other places!
"We obey your orders!"
All the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted in unison.
The empress nodded and turned around to leave the throne room.
In this world, the strong preyed on the weak. Therefore, the powerful royal family's imperial power was even more stable!
The royal family was never afraid of anyone who dared to rise up because they had the strength to suppress everything.
Of course, people like Xu Hao were really an anomaly!
"Your Majesty, you're really awe-inspiring!”
The empress looked out of the throne room and saw Xu Hao standing in front of her with a faint smile on his face.
Hearing this, the empress rolled her eyes and said,"Don't joke around. Isn't this all your fault?”
She knew that Xu Hao was teasing her!
"How can you say that! Isn't the unification of the seven kingdoms something you've always wanted?”Xu Hao blinked and smiled.
The empress shook her head. She did have this thought in the past.
Although her cultivation was unparalleled, she was still unable to defeat the low-level soldiers of Great Xia.
Therefore, she had not taken any action and had quietly developed Great Xia, waiting for the right opportunity.
The empress might be able to destroy the six dynasties by herself, but what did that have to do with Great Xia? What she wanted was for the entire Great Xia to rise up and crush them openly.
Furthermore, with the six dynasties around, they could be used as a whetstone for Great Xia. Once Great Xia's overall strength was far beyond that of Great Xia's, they would be able to unify Great Xia.
Unfortunately, before this idea could be realized, it was snatched by Xu Hao, who suddenly appeared.
If Xu Hao knew what the empress was thinking, he definitely wouldn't agree with her. Since he had the ability, he would take down the six countries by himself!
Perhaps this was the difference between people!
What the empress wanted was to crush the Six Nations openly and not by herself!
"Let's go! I still have to go back and make preparations. Tomorrow, I will officially announce the disintegration of Great Xia and its merger with Great Yan!”
The empress glanced at Xu Hao and strode toward the royal study.
Indeed, she still had a lot of things to deal with. After all, tomorrow would be a big event that would shake the entire Great Xia!
Xu Hao nodded. He chased after the empress and said a few words before leaving the imperial palace.
He also had to contact Great Flame and make preparations!
At the same time, he would be able to establish the new dynasty as soon as possible.
He was a little impatient!
After upgrading the system, he would go to the vast Upper Realm!
……
Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, it was already the second day.
On this day, when the sun had just risen, pairs of armored soldiers suddenly appeared in all parts of Great Xia.
They held notices in their hands and posted them in conspicuous places.
At this moment, the commoners had already woken up. Many people on the streets were immediately attracted and headed towards the place where the notice was posted.
Rather than calling it a notice, it might as well be the Imperial Roll!
A notice made of bright yellow cloth that only the royal family could use was filled with words.
"Who can read! Come and read it, see what happened!”
Many people were illiterate. They were confused when they saw the Imperial Roll, not knowing what had happened.
At this moment, what was surprising was that after the Imperial Roll was posted, the soldiers did not leave. Instead, they stood guard in front of the Imperial Roll.
At this moment, a soldier said,"
"This Imperial List was personally written by His Majesty! I've been ordered to stay here and tell you!”
Hearing this, the commoners were a little stunned. They had never encountered such a situation before.
But there was no doubt that this was a big deal!
In the past, after the Imperial Roll was posted, the soldiers would leave. Even if they did not leave, they would not read the contents for them.
And this time, he was ordered to read it out to them. This was simply unprecedented!
The soldier cleared his throat and began to read out the contents.
" The Emperor has decreed that…since I can remember, the world has been divided and war has not stopped…"
The first half of the Imperial List roughly meant that the seven countries were in chaos and the empress wanted to unify them.
In the middle, it described the ambition of the Great Yan Emperor and his determination to unite the world.
Finally, it was written about how the empress loved the emperor of Great Yan and was willing to use Great Xia as her dowry to promote the unification of the seven kingdoms!
In other words, Great Xia was about to merge with Great Yan, and the empress would marry Xu Hao!
"What is it? His Majesty wanted to use Great Xia as a dowry? His Majesty is…muddle-headed!”
"What are you confused about? I think it's pretty good! She really admired the empress for using Great Xia as her dowry to marry the empress of Great Yan.”
"That's true. The most extraordinary man and the most beautiful woman of the seven countries are a perfect match!”
"Hey, hey, hey, can you please be more serious? Our Great Xia will soon be gone."
"Nothing, my ass! Didn't you hear what the higher-ups said? It was the unification of the two countries and the formation of a brand new dynasty!”
"Haha! Don't even think about it. His Majesty's Imperial Roll has already been posted. What can you do? Could it be that you want to learn from Great Yan's Emperor? Rise up in revolt? I'm dying of laughter!"
On this day, countless commoners were shocked when they learned that Great Xia was about to join Great Yan.
Many commoners and aristocrats discussed animatedly. Some were in favor, while others were against it! However, no one dared to curse!
After all, the imperial power was supreme. Who would dare?
When Great Xia announced that they would join Great Yan, Xu Hao, who was already in the palace of Great Peace City, was anxiously waiting for the system to upgrade.
Now that Great Xia had announced that they would join Great Yan, they should have fulfilled the conditions to unify the seven kingdoms and unite the world!
"Ding! Detected that the host has unified the seven countries, and the world belongs to the flames!”
"The system is upgrading!"
"Upgrading…"
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PS: This chapter is 5,000 words, there will be more later!
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