Xie Zhaozhao immediately said to Yuanyuan, "Go and summon Emperor Chen."

A short while later, Zhou Shaoyu walked over. After Zhou Lingyin and the other two greeted Zhou Shaoyu, they recounted the story of the Pyu monks' rebellion once again.

"We did not land in Pyu, but only encountered the Pyu princess and the fifteenth prince fleeing in panic when we passed through the islands that belonged to Pyu."

The princess Zhou Lingyin was referring to was Princess Chizhen. She received the news at the princess's residence and fled in panic with the fifteenth prince. The siblings originally wanted to escape to Xiandou, but were blocked at the border by the Dongli people.

Left with no other choice, she sailed to a small island in the sea.

Seeing the Jade Dragon flag that Zhou Lingyin and his group had hung, she begged Zhou Lingyin to take her and her fifteenth brother to the Jade Dragon Kingdom for refuge.

According to Princess Chizhen, after returning from Yulong Kingdom, she reported to her father, the emperor, and invited a high-ranking monk to inspect the "Welcoming the Buddha Soul Array".

Zhe Rinpoche repeatedly tried to stop them, but just then, a letter arrived from the neighboring kingdom of Xiandou, saying that an anomaly had been detected in Xiandou's soul array—

The original soul array had been tampered with; it was no longer meant to welcome the Holy Buddha, but rather a sinister array that summons ghosts.

Moreover, at the heart of the formation, they discovered that the person they were trying to recruit was Guan Ying, the infamous leader of the Eastern Li Kingdom.

Upon careful inspection, Pyu Kingdom indeed discovered that its own soul-summoning formation was also a Yin formation, and that it had summoned Guan Ying from Dongli Kingdom.

The emperor of Pyu was both angry and frightened. He immediately ordered the soul array to be destroyed and then launched a thorough investigation into the monks.

During the attack on the formation, the Grand Master Zhe Rinpoche clashed with Prince Dara. For some unknown reason, Prince Dara suddenly died of poisoning.

The emperor was furious and ordered the execution of all the monks present.

When the monks rioted, forces across the country suddenly stood up to support Zhe Rinpoche. Unaware of the truth, the common people, under the blessing of the "myth" of the national teacher, all leaned towards supporting Zhe Rinpoche.

With the country in chaos, the Dongli people took the opportunity to invade the Pyu Kingdom.

After listening to the stories of Zhou Lingyin and the other two, Zhou Shaoyu told them to go back to the mansion to rest.

Zhou Lingyin left, while Xie Zhaozhao left behind Yunyang and Yunhe.

"If the Dongli people enter the Pyu Kingdom, what are the chances of victory if we send you to its aid?"

Upon hearing about the war, Yunyang's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, the Pyu Kingdom is adjacent to the Nanzhao Kingdom and the Tubo Kingdom, and to the south it borders the Queen's Kingdom. If Empress Feiyan, Tubo, and Nanzhao join forces with us, the people of Dongli will not return alive."

Yunyang drew the geographical locations of Pyu, Xiandou, Tubo, Nanzhao, and the Queen's Kingdom. Zhou Shaoyu immediately said, "We will not participate in the rescue of Pyu. We support Lu Feiyan in subjugating Pyu and making it a vassal state of the Queen's Empire."

If Yulong Kingdom wants to support Pyu Kingdom, it must either enter Pyu Kingdom by sea, or cross Nanzhao Kingdom or Tubo Kingdom, and also cross mountains covered with snow all year round.

It's not worth it.

"Yunyang, Yunhe, you take three thousand men and escort Xu Li to support Empress Feiyan." As soon as Xie Zhaozhao said this, Yunyang and Yunhe immediately understood.

Xie Zhaozhao then summoned Xu Li and Xie Rong to the palace.

Xu Li was busy day and night at the Ordnance Bureau. Xie Zhaozhao summoned him to the palace and gave him a secret edict. Xu Li, Yunyang, and Yunhe accepted the order and left.

That day, Xie Zhaozhao wrote a letter to Xie Rongyu and told him to send a secret letter to Empress Lu Feiyan of the Queen's Empire.

Xie Rongyu set off immediately.

In August of the third year of the Yulong era, the Eastern Li Kingdom occupied the Pyu Kingdom.

Overnight, the royal family of Pyu Kingdom was decimated.

One after another, ships from the Dongli Kingdom landed at ports along the coast of the Pyu Kingdom. The people of Dongli killed anyone they saw, regardless of age or gender, shouting "Die! Die!"

Only then did the people of Pyu realize that their national teacher, Zhe Rinpoche, was actually from Dongli.

The Dongli people came to Pyu Kingdom to exterminate their race and make way for the Dongli people.

This is completely different from the previous dynastic changes. In the past, the throne was passed around in rotation. No matter how the throne changed, it was still their race. It was just a change of leaders. They would not be wiped out.

Foreigners are different; they come to seize resources and space, so the first thing we do is exterminate their race.

The Pyu people and army, having realized what was happening, fought a desperate battle with the Dongli people. Countless casualties were suffered on both sides, and the entire Pyu Kingdom was transformed into a land of wandering souls.

Unable to withstand the attack, the common people had no choice but to leave their homes and flee into the deep mountains and forests.

On the first day of the twelfth month of the third year of Yulong, Empress Lu Feiyan of the Queen's Kingdom personally led an expedition, with 100,000 imperial soldiers and 3,000 Yulong reinforcements, to the border of Pyu Kingdom.

The Nanzhao Kingdom deployed its troops to the eastern part of the Pyu Kingdom.

Because Tibet was not strong enough, and although it bordered the Pyu Kingdom, the border was formed by a very high mountain, making rescue efforts difficult.

On December 2nd, Empress Lu Feiyan's chariot entered the Pyu Kingdom.

"Second son, bring my cannon over here!"

While directing the use of catapults to throw earthenware pots at the Dongli people, Lu Feiyan also commanded her vanguard battalion to rush up and use poison to kill a wave of them.

As a master of poisons, the Queen used a hallucinogenic poison in this war, not one that would kill instantly.

The people of Dongli were poisoned and went mad, taking their own lives.

Seeing those gleaming long knives vying to cut open their bellies, Lu Feiyan sneered, "Running wild in someone else's homeland, don't you even know who you are?"

Princess Chizhen of Pyu and the fifteenth prince stood on her chariot.

Princess Chizhen's eyes were filled with tears; she was moved, excited, and even fervent.

As she advanced, Princess Chizhen addressed the people of Pyu, saying that Her Majesty the Queen had come to provide aid and that the people should not be afraid and should hide to avoid being harmed.

The Dongli people, who had been rampant in Pyu Kingdom, burning, killing, and robbing, only stayed in Pyu Kingdom for three months. They thought they had moved into a "new homeland," but unexpectedly died far from home, their beautiful dreams crushed by Lu Feiyan's war chariot.

On New Year's Eve of the third year of the Yulong era, the Pyu Kingdom announced the recapture of its territory.

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