Murong Hong spoke earnestly, each word piercing the heart and drawing blood... Jiang Ming also felt his sincerity and the great character of a clan leader!

"My dear son-in-law!"

Murong Hong held Jiang Ming's hand tightly and said, "Take good care of Xue'er, and also take good care of Xue'er's mother..."

"Waaah!"

Upon hearing this, Changsun Yuehua covered her face and wept bitterly: "Great Khan! Waaah!"

"Father! Don't worry! I will take good care of Xue'er... However, I feel that I am not suitable to assume this position of Khan..."

Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "After all, I am just a foreigner. If I were to become the Great Khan, I would not be able to unite all the Xianbei people."

"But......"

Seeing Jiang Ming's refusal, Murong Hong's eyes widened nervously, and his pale lips trembled as he said, "The Tuoba and Changsun tribes, weren't you managing them quite well? You conquered the Zhongshan Kingdom and led the Changsun tribe to sweep across the Central Plains..."

"cough!"

Jiang Ming sighed: "Father Khan! That's different... I'm just acting as a custodian. You are the true master of the Xianbei people! I made it very clear to them that the Tuoba tribe and the Changsun tribe are both your tribes, Father Khan... I'm just working for my father-in-law, which is why they obeyed me. Now you want to give me all eight Xianbei tribes. That's a different matter!"

"My dear son-in-law!"

Murong Hong, tears streaming down his face, said, "At this time, you should stop refusing. If you refuse to take over my Khanate, then I... will die with my eyes open in disgrace!"

Having said that, he raised his weak arm, pointed at his kneeling sons, and said with all his might, "You... hurry up and pay your respects to your new Khan!"

The princes, realizing that the die was cast and the situation was hopeless, knelt before Jiang Ming, murmuring, "Greetings, Khan!"

"And you too!"

Murong Hong pointed at the civil and military officials inside the tent and said, "Do you want to rebel?"

"Greetings, Khan!"

Long live the Khan!

......

The Xianbei ministers all knelt and kowtowed to Jiang Ming.

Seeing this, Jiang Ming was also embarrassed and kept clicking his tongue.

"Yuehua, bring me... bring me my golden knife!" Murong Hong said weakly.

Changsun Yuehua wiped away her tears and retrieved Murong Hong's golden knife.

"My dear son-in-law!"

Murong Hong took Jiang Ming's hand and said, "This golden sword of mine and the one at your waist were originally a pair... Now, I'm giving you mine too! From now on... you can command all the Xianbei troops!"

"Father Khan, this..."

"Alright! Stop talking!"

Murong Hong's tone suddenly became very forceful. He looked at Jiang Ming with firm eyes and said, "Since you still call me Father Khan, you must listen to me! My mind is made up on this matter! Just let your father-in-law... make the decision this time!"

Now that things have come to this point, it would be impolite for Jiang Ming to refuse again.

"Alright then! But..."

Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "I am only acting as regent. In the future... I will observe among the princes to see who has matured and who is capable of shouldering great responsibilities, and then I will abdicate the throne to them..."

Hearing Jiang Ming say this, Murong Hong's eyes shone with gratitude, and he nodded: "That's for the future. If you really have this intention, you must train them well!"

"Father, rest assured! The Khanate... is a matter of life and death for the Xianbei people! I will choose it carefully!"

As soon as Jiang Ming finished speaking, Murong Hong's life truly came to an end...

He leaned to one side, his arm dangling down, and he closed his eyes.

"Father! Father!" Jiang Ming went forward to check and found that Murong Hong was really dead this time.

"cough!"

Jiang Ming sighed deeply, looked at Murong Hong's sons, and said, "Father, this time, it's truly the end for us!"

"Father Khan!"

"Father! Waaah!"

"Father Khan!"

......

The princes once again broke into mourning.

"Everyone!"

Standing beside Murong Hong's corpse, Jiang Ming loudly proclaimed, "You all heard what I said to the late Khan just now. By the Eternal Heaven, I, Jiang Ming, am a man of my word. I am already the King of Chu of Daqian, possessing thousands of miles of territory and millions of people... I do not covet the Khanate of the Xianbei people. This Khanate is merely a temporary regency in place of my father! When any of you are capable of shouldering this great responsibility, I will naturally relinquish the Khanate to him! However... let me make this clear: if you continue to fight amongst yourselves like you did last night, disregarding the overall situation, don't blame me for demoting you to commoners!"

"Brother-in-law, we'll never do it again!"

"Brother-in-law! We were blinded by greed, we'll never do it again!"

"Brother-in-law! We were wrong!"

......

All the princes kowtowed to Jiang Ming and admitted their mistakes!

Jiang Ming sighed and said to the guards at the door, "Bring me ten arrows!"

The guards at the door immediately brought ten arrows...

Jiang Ming handed one of the branches to the eldest prince and said, "Break it in half for me!"

The eldest prince was taken aback, not understanding what Jiang Ming meant, but he dared not disobey the order and easily broke an arrow in half!

Jiang Ming then handed him the remaining nine arrows and said, "Break these nine in half at once!"

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