Chapter 570

Although Emperor Xueye had thoroughly purged General Steve's army, leaving no trace other than the widely circulated news of General Steve's treason within Daglas and the Empire, the events surrounding General Steve back then had caused quite a stir. The soldiers had heard some of the news, but only noble generals knew the truth of these rumors. Even if the commoner generals knew something, they could only choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb!

However, when the Heavenly Dou Royal Family revealed the truth about General Steve, proving that General Steve had been framed, and the news spread throughout the country, the generals of the entire Heavenly Dou Empire, especially those from commoner backgrounds who could only rely on the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, felt a great sense of crisis!

However, the generals who commanded the soldiers also understood Emperor Xueye's cruel methods. If they could not control the army and let the soldiers of the Heavenly Dou Empire know about the Heavenly Dou Empire's practice of "killing the dog after the rabbit is caught," it was very likely to cause a mutiny in the army. At that time, they, as generals and marshals, would not have a good outcome!

It was precisely because of the deliberate cover-up by the generals and the Heavenly Dou royal family that, for a period of time at the beginning, the soldiers continued their normal lives and did not receive any news at all!

However, secrets never stay hidden forever. When Daglas, Steve's own son, personally came forward to accuse the evil deeds of the Heaven Dou Empire, causing the situation to develop further, no matter how much the Heaven Dou royal family tried to stop them, they could not prevent the soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire from knowing that General Steve and the army that followed General Steve and made great achievements had been betrayed by the Heaven Dou royal family and ended up being discarded like dogs after the rabbits were killed!

For a time, the entire army of the Heaven Dou Empire was shaken, and mutinies even broke out in some areas. Fortunately, the Heaven Dou royal family had made preparations in advance and sent people to suppress the mutiny in time. Otherwise, if the mutiny had really escalated, the Heaven Dou Empire might have fallen into chaos before the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall even attacked!

However, even though the Heavenly Dou royal family suppressed the mutiny and killed all the generals involved, it still couldn't change the fact that the Heavenly Dou army had completely lost faith in Emperor Xue Ye.

If it weren't for the patriotic education that the army constantly promotes, if it weren't for the fact that the vast majority of the army are ordinary people who have no ability to resist the Heavenly Dou Empire, and if it weren't for the timely appeasement policies issued by the Heavenly Dou royal family, perhaps they would have chosen to rebel or go into seclusion in the mountains and live a life of seclusion!

However, even if the vast majority of soldiers cannot resist the Heavenly Dou Empire, nor can they live in seclusion in the mountains, it is perfectly fine for them to be a little passive and uncooperative on weekdays. After all, it is not just a few people in the entire army who are passive and uncooperative!

Moreover, in addition to the soldiers, there is also the degeneration of the generals. After all, those generals are also afraid that they will face the same situation as General Steve. Therefore, rather than competing for the top, they would rather be an honest mediocre person!

It was precisely because of the passive resistance of the soldiers and generals in the army that the already somewhat weak Heavenly Dou Empire's army was further corrupted. If a war were to break out in the future, it would be a big question whether they could exert 70% of their original fighting strength!

Aside from the military-related issues, what the world finds most interesting is Emperor Xueye's tearful execution of his younger brother Xuexing, his son Xuebeng, and his daughter Xueke!

Although popular rumors say that Prince Xuexing, Prince Xuebeng, and Princess Xueke met such an end because of the coercion of Daglas, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, the fact that they were able to kill their own brothers and children only demonstrates the heartlessness and ingratitude of Emperor Xueye, making the world a laughing stock of the royal family!

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Miguel and Daglas knew that Emperor Xueye had left dealing with the catgirl trade until last because he didn't want to offend the nobles. After all, Emperor Xueye now had nothing left but Xue Qinghe and his own imperial power. To prevent Emperor Xueye from going crazy, after finishing the other tasks he had assigned to him, Miguel immediately started raiding the house and shutting down the catgirl trade!