Ming Dynasty, the capital.
After the battle at the Earth Wood Fort and the new emperor's thunderous rage, the noble families had been defeated.
There were already very few talents and very few outstanding abilities.
Now, he could only hold on to the legacy of his ancestors and survive.
He no longer dared to have any thoughts of disobedience.
Of course, there were still complaints and schadenfreude.
A group of dignitaries were enjoying themselves in the small pavilion on the lake.
After drinking to his heart's content, he couldn't help but sigh.
Du Li, Marquis of New Yang, raised his wine cup with a hint of contempt.
"Our new emperor has been on the expedition for some time. I wonder how the battle is going?”
"Cough cough, Marquis Xinyang, it's best if we don't talk too much about current affairs.”
Kang Ningbo pushed the beauty in his arms away and said mysteriously.
"However, there's a saying that goes, if the sky is crazy, there will be rain.”
The other dignitaries laughed after hearing this.
"Haha, right, right. A madman is bound to be in trouble. We just need to enjoy ourselves and not worry about the country.”
"Sigh, I really miss the days when Retired Emperor was in power. At that time, we were all noble and honorable. How could those civil officials dare to give us face?”
"Don't worry, the tables have turned…Don't look down on those civil officials. They are in high spirits right now, but one day, they will be in great trouble.”
"I wonder how many of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers will return.”
"Hehe, it won't be too much anyway. It's also possible…hehe.”
"Alright, let's just wait and see.”
The Imperial City.
Nianci Palace.
Today, a few vassal kings came.
The King of Qin, the King of Qi, the King of Huainan, and the son of the King of Zhou.
Today, I came to pay my respects to Empress Dowager Wu.
These vassal kings had been imprisoned these days.
Each of them was like a frosted eggplant.
He no longer had the imposing manner he once had.
In order to appease them, Empress Dowager Wu had gathered them.
"Empress Dowager, please judge for us. We are all His Majesty's blood relatives. How can we harm him?”
"That's right. He handed the capital's defense to others and not to us.”
"Yes, yes, they even took away the soldiers of our vassal king.”
"Empress Dowager, isn't this a form of house arrest? This is against the ancestral system."
When these vassal kings saw Empress Dowager Wu, they began to complain angrily.
Empress Dowager Wu could only try her best to appease them.
"Everyone here is His Majesty's elder. Please bear with it."
"Now that His Majesty is fighting in the outside world, we can just wait for his return in peace.”
Hearing Empress Dowager Wu's words.
These vassal kings all sneered and sneered.
"Empress Dowager, it's not that this minister's younger brother is boosting other people's morale and reducing our own prestige. His Majesty has just turned twenty years old. He hasn't even read the art of war, right?”
"Furthermore, they are the formidable figures of the grasslands. We should have negotiated earlier. Where is His Majesty? Kill their diplomatic mission."
"Qin Wang is right. Yu Qian was only a civil official. There weren't even a few of the truly distinguished generals, how could they fight this battle?”
"Empress Dowager, think about it. The Duke of England, Zhang Fu, and so many famous generals were all defeated at Tumu Castle. Why didn't you stop His Majesty at that time?”
The vassal kings chattered on, their words filled with pessimism about this war.
Empress Dowager Wu began to worry.
In her opinion, some of the words of these vassal kings were not without reason.
Just as she was worried, the hurried footsteps of the palace maids came from outside the hall.
"Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, the Chief Minister of the cabinet, Grand Secretary Chen, has brought his ministers here.”
Hearing this sentence.
Whether it was Empress Dowager Wu or the vassal kings, they were all shocked.
To be able to make a group of pavilion elders personally come to the harem.
This was undoubtedly a major event.
Could it be…Could it be that the rebellion of the Earth Wood Fortress had happened again?
The few vassal kings looked at each other, their eyes filled with ecstasy.
Because they knew that as long as this new emperor was captured.
Then, the next Emperor would definitely be born among them.
How could they not be excited?
Empress Dowager Wu seemed to have thought of this as well. Her face was extremely pale and her body staggered.
Fortunately, the two palace maids at the side supported her.
"Empress Dowager, my condolences."
"Yes, Empress Dowager, I didn't expect that we were right.”
"Your Majesty, it has only been ten days since the expedition, right?"
Although the vassal kings seemed to be consoling him, their expressions were filled with schadenfreude.
"Quick, quickly call the Pavilion Elders."
Empress Dowager Wu was someone who had experienced great storms.
She deeply understood that if something really happened, then someone had to maintain the Ming Dynasty.
Soon, the cabinet elders hurried into the hall.
Their faces were all red, and their eyes…seemed to be filled with excitement.
"Congratulations Empress Dowager, congratulations Empress Dowager."
The moment the pavilion elders entered, they bowed respectfully.
This not only stunned Empress Dowager Wu, but also the vassal kings.
"Why are you congratulating me? Shouldn't we ask the Empress Dowager to offer her condolences?"
Empress Dowager Wu finally regained her composure.
"My dear ministers, what are you…"
Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Wang Zhi, Shang Lu, and the other elders all rushed to report excitedly.
"Empress Dowager, His Majesty annihilated the 30,000 strong army of the Wala Blue Wolf tribe.”
"Empress Dowager, His Majesty also set fire to the thirty-mile-long camp of Yexian, directly burning more than sixty thousand of them to death.”
"Empress Dowager, the good news they're talking about is outdated. The latest news was that His Majesty had annihilated Yexian's 200,000-strong army and personally beheaded Yexian.”
"Empress Dowager, that…that Retired Emperor is dead.”
"Empress Dowager, His Majesty has already recovered the five prefectures. Now that they had set out on the plains, they would be able to return victorious in a few days.”
These exciting news came one after another.
However, there seemed to be some bad news mixed in with this news, right?
Of course, to Empress Dowager Wu, this was all great news.
Empress Dowager Wu's pale face suddenly turned red like the other elders.
"My son destroyed Wala and recovered all the lost land?”
Empress Dowager Wu began to cry bitterly.
"Former Emperor, ChenQie did not let you down. Our son didn't let you down.”
It was as if he wanted to pour out all the pain and hardships he had suffered over the years.
The surrounding vassal kings turned pale.
All of them muttered to themselves in disbelief.
"How did you win?"
"This…would he lie about the military situation? It had only been ten days. How could he have destroyed Wala's Yexian?”
At the same time.
All of the officials and even the ordinary people of the capital were shocked.
They all knew that the new emperor had won successive battles and had already wiped out hundreds of thousands of Wala soldiers, along with their leader.
All of a sudden, the people of the capital walked onto the streets, knelt on the ground, and paid their respects to the northwest.
"Your Majesty is truly the ruler of the saints. Even Emperor Yong Le is only so much in this world.”
"My son can finally come back.”
"Yes, I heard that our army didn't suffer any losses.”
The commoners were all crying tears of joy.
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