Huangfu Xiao leaped off his horse, holding his son's unrecognizable head and roaring to the sky like a wolf whose cubs have died.
Seeing Huangfu Song's tragic death, Huangfu Xiao's subordinates also had tears in their eyes and roared:
"Kill Nie Yuhuang to avenge the First Prince."
The soldiers of Wumeng stared fiercely at Qi An, and led by their general, they raised their swords and charged at her.
The soldiers of Dayu paid no heed, focusing only on killing the enemies around them, and even moved slightly away from Qi An.
When they first encountered the Queen being besieged, they all rushed to protect her, fearing that something might happen to her.
But as it turned out, they were overthinking it; the Queen didn't need their protection at all.
Sometimes I even had to spare a hand to protect them, only to cause more trouble.
After that, whenever such a situation arose, all the soldiers kept their distance, fearing it would affect the Empress's performance.
Besides, there are also Lord Fugui and General Huocheng.
Qi An stood in mid-air, holding a silver spear, his red cloak fluttering in the wind, like a war god descending to earth.
"Overestimating one's abilities."
The silver spear flew out, like the scythe of death, swiftly reaping the lives of enemies without anyone controlling it.
With Qi'an as the center, the Wumeng soldiers fell one circle after another, starting from the innermost part.
Huo Cheng stood behind Qi An, firmly protecting her back.
Even after witnessing her power firsthand, Huo Cheng did not relax his guard in the slightest.
Fu Gui rolled his eyes, gripped his longsword, and charged towards the largest crowd, slaughtering the Wumeng soldiers like a bulldozer.
After killing a few soldiers, she wasn't satisfied, so she targeted the generals, killing them one by one with her sword.
With bloodshot eyes, Huangfu Xiao watched Qi An slaughter his men, gritted his teeth, wrapped his son's head in his cloak, and hung it on his horse.
With a wave of his hand, several of his men brought Nie Ming, who was bound hand and foot, forward.
Huangfu Xiao grabbed Nie Ming and held a knife to his neck.
"Nie Yuhuang, if you don't stop, I will kill him."
Upon hearing Huangfu Xiao's words, both sides stopped what they were doing.
Qi An, mounted on his horse, looked at Huangfu Xiao with a smile.
"Has the Khan perhaps been infected by my foolish younger brother after his mind opened up? Do you think I care whether he lives or dies?"
Huangfu Xiao looked at the soldiers of Dayu, smiled coldly, and raised his voice:
"Do you know what kind of thing the empress you are serving is? She is not Nie Yuhuang at all."
The soldiers of Dayu looked at each other in bewilderment, then collectively looked at Huangfu Xiao with disdain.
This guy is shameless; when he can't beat someone, he resorts to sowing discord.
One hot-tempered military officer immediately started cursing.
"Bullshit! Stop slandering our Empress! If you're going to chicken out, kneel down and surrender! What nonsense are you spewing?"
Huo Cheng looked at Huangfu Xiao, his words filled with murderous intent: "Whoever harms her shall die."
Huangfu Xiao pointed at Qi An and shouted, "She is not Nie Yuhuang, but a demon in human skin."
Without saying a word, Huo Cheng drew his bow and shot an arrow at Huangfu Xiao.
Huangfu Xiao used Nie Ming as a shield, and the arrow pierced Nie Ming's shoulder.
Nie Ming stared at Qi An with hatred in his eyes, wishing he could devour her alive.
The general of Dayu could no longer bear it: "You are the ghost, your whole family are ghosts, and everyone in Wumeng will become a ghost."
Qi An raised his palm to stop this pointless, childish argument.
"Nie Yuhuang, you didn't expect this, did you? Your Crown Prince told me everything."
"You murdered your father, your ruler, your husband, and plotted to usurp the throne; you're a demon crawled out of hell."
Huangfu Xiao looked at Nie Ming and said to the soldiers of Dayu:
"Her ascension to the throne was illegitimate. Nie Mingcai should be the rightful emperor of your Dayu. Are you sure you don't want to save him?"
Nie Ming looked over with hopeful eyes, longing for the soldiers of Dayu to rescue him.
However, the soldiers of Dayu, as if they had discussed it beforehand, all looked up at the sky, pretending not to have heard anything.
Yes, the sky is so blue, and the clouds are so beautiful.
Huangfu Xiao roared, "Are the men of your Dayu so willing to be subservient to a woman?"
This time everyone could hear it again, and they all said in unison, "We're willing!"
If we don't listen to the Empress, are we supposed to listen to that cowardly, traitorous, and useless crown prince?
Qi An sighed, "What kind of grand wedding is this?"
Seeing that his provocation had failed, Huangfu Xiao pressed the knife against Nie Ming's neck, still unwilling to give up, and said:
"Nie Yuhuang, he is your own brother. Are you going to stand by and watch him die in front of the whole world?"
Fu Gui was amused: "That's as if you've never killed seven or eight of your own brothers."
Qi An asked the soldiers of Dayu behind him, "Does our Dayu need a traitorous crown prince?"
"unnecessary."
"unnecessary."
Qi An reached out his hand to Huo Cheng. Huo Cheng was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening and handed the bow and arrows in his hand to Qi An.
Qi An drew his bow and pointed it at Nie Ming: "Today, I, Nie Yuhuang, will personally clean up the mess for Dayu."
Nie Ming struggled in terror.
Qi An released his finger, and the arrow shot towards Nie Ming at lightning speed.
Seeing this, Huangfu Xiao quickly pulled Nie Ming back, but the arrow seemed to have eyes and actually went around to Nie Ming's throat.
An arrow pierced his throat and also wounded Huangpu Xiao's shoulder.
Nie Ming's eyes were wide open, his death unresolved.
If he were to do it all over again, his fate would remain unchanged.
Huangfu Xiao threw away Nie Ming's corpse, pulled the arrow out of his shoulder, drew his sword, mounted his horse, and charged toward Qi An.
"Nie Yuhuang, prepare to die."
Qi An grabbed the red-tasseled spear and laughed arrogantly: "You're the one who deserves to die."
The two sides looked at each other nervously, for their victory or defeat would be the deciding factor in this war.
There was no suspense; Huangfu Xiao lost.
When his head was chopped off with a single shot, Huangfu Xiao's last thought was...
Father Khan did not die unjustly.
"Great Khan..."
The soldiers of Wumeng roared in grief and indignation.
With the Khan dead, the soldiers lost all will to fight when faced with the spears thrust at them by the Dayu soldiers.
They knew perfectly well that morale had collapsed and Wumeng was doomed.
Qi An conquered the entire Wumeng region in just ten days and incorporated it into the territory of Dayu.
The Wumeng royal family was wiped out, just as they had done to the Dayu royal family in their previous life.
When the news reached Dayu, the whole country cheered for the Empress, and Nie Yuhuang's name was worthy of being recorded in history.
This devastating war also spread the fearsome reputation of Empress Nie Yuhuang of Dayu throughout the entire continent.
During her time in office, the neighbors were very friendly, and no one dared to cause trouble.
Qi An returned to the capital, took Wumeng Khan's head to the imperial prison, and "celebrated" with Xu Shize.
Xu Shi was utterly desperate and wanted to die.
Qi An sentenced him to death by a thousand cuts.
Xu Shi was brutally slashed 3,600 times before he finally died, much like the dismembered fate he had envisioned for Nie Yuhuang.
When the old emperor learned that his daughter had indeed incorporated Wumeng into Dayu, he felt both proud and heartbroken.
Why isn't she a prince?!
Qi An extracted the old emperor's soul and stuffed it into the body of a turtle at the bottom of the lotus pond.
Let this thousand-year-old tortoise and ten-thousand-year-old turtle guard the Great Yu Imperial Palace and protect his Nie family's empire.
During the Empress's reign, Dayu enjoyed favorable weather and peace, and the people never suffered from hunger or war again.
She also implemented numerous reforms, especially in improving the status of women, which were quite sweeping.
Women were no longer confined to the inner quarters; they could go to school, engage in business, take imperial examinations, or even enter the imperial court to become generals or prime ministers.
The Queen is the idol of all women in Dayu. Under her influence, the women of Dayu, like the men, hold up half the sky.
The Empress was perfect in every way, except that she refused to marry or have children, and no amount of urging or persuasion from her ministers could change her mind.
There was a period when she got annoyed by the constant pressure and did something outrageous.
If any minister dared to urge her, she would bring that person's handsome son into the palace to serve her.
At first, the courtiers held out hope that one day the Empress might take a fancy to a young man from a certain family, and then Dayu would have an heir.
As a result, she amassed a harem of handsome men, treating them all like servants, serving them tea and water, and massaging their shoulders and backs.
Sometimes, when they're in the mood, they even organize military training.
A group of gentle and refined young men were trained by her to be able to exchange a few blows with the imperial guards.
The most outrageous thing is that in the end, the empress got annoyed and wanted to kick these young men out of the palace, but not one of them was willing to leave.
Qi Laoda was speechless. How did she end up blaming him for this?
There should be a limit to how much you can freeload, right? Are you trying to make her a sucker?
Ignoring the resentful looks in the young masters' eyes, Fugui drove them all out of the palace.
Finally, I got rid of those annoying guys. All they did was pester Sister An'an all day long. They were so irritating.
Nie Yuwei and Nie Yudie brought their child to the palace to see Qi An, and upon seeing this scene, they could only smile bitterly.
My elder sister is perfect in every way, except she's incredibly slow when it comes to matters of the heart.
The admiration and love those young men had for her were practically overflowing, so why couldn't she see it?
The empress reigned for a total of thirty years, and finally passed the throne to the daughter of her seventh princess.
The new empress's surname is not Nie, but Qi, and her name is Qi Yuan.
May our nation prosper and our people enjoy peace and well-being.
She wished to take her father's surname, Qi, and her given name was given by the Empress.
She had always been attached to Qi An since she was a child, and was manipulated by Qi An and Fu Gui. She was full of bad intentions.
On the day of his ascension to the throne, an old turtle thrashed about in the lotus pond of the palace all day long.
The thing that the old turtle feared most has happened.
His proudest daughter truly changed the surname of the Nie family dynasty.
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