Volume 1, Chapter 14: The Imperial Edict of Confession
Xiang Yun was already furious and on the verge of a breakdown.
But when the moment came for him to vent his anger, Xiang Yun suddenly felt not so angry anymore.
He let out a long breath, smiled bitterly and shook his head, then stuck the Great Sun Emperor Sword into the ground. Then he sat down on the ground, with scattered arrow feathers and the corpses of soldiers from the Imperial Guards and the three armies beside him.
Then Xiang Yun said earnestly: "Everyone, look at the corpses all over the ground. They are all the men of our Great Sun Dynasty, my beloved subjects, but now, they are all lying here, and their blood has flowed into a river!
These are all your brothers. They did not die at the hands of the barbarians outside the Great Wall, nor did they die at the hands of the invading enemy countries. Instead, they died at the hands of our own people in the Great Sun Dynasty!
You are all executioners and butchers. It should be an honor for a soldier to die fighting on the battlefield, but look at yourselves, what kind of honor is this? What is this?
Who among you can answer me, should I reward you or punish you?"
No one spoke. All the soldiers from the three armies who were kneeling there had sweat on their foreheads, and many of them were trembling, not because they were afraid of the emperor's power, nor because they were afraid of death.
What they are afraid of is themselves. They blame themselves and blame themselves for being deceived by treacherous people. This is a lifelong shame for these soldiers.
Xiang Yun's eyes were full of vicissitudes. Suddenly, he noticed that a strand of his black hair hanging in front of him had turned snow-white at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His heart was filled with shock. Was he already suffering so much? His hair turned white in an instant. Xiang Yun finally understood how difficult it was to be an emperor who cared about the world.
Many generals from the three armies were shocked when they saw this shocking scene. They seemed to begin to understand how much their actions hurt the emperor.
With an emperor who cares so much about his generals, how could they let him down?
A leading general of the Lieyang Army said loudly and worriedly: "Your Majesty, you must pay attention to your body and not exhaust your energy!"
"I am only eighteen years old now, which is the age when my body is strong and my blood is abundant. This is nothing." After Xiang Yun finished speaking, he raised his hand and drew out the Great Sun Emperor Sword, cut off the strand of white hair on his head, and scattered it on the ground with a wave of his hand.
Xiang Yun continued, "Stand up, you are all warriors of the Great Sun Dynasty, why are you kneeling like this?
I will neither punish you nor reward you today. I only hope that you will remember your bravery today, and when you face the barbarians outside the Great Wall or the enemy army in the future, you will be ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times braver than today!"
After Xiang Yun finished speaking, he stood up. At this moment, dozens of Lieyang Army soldiers brought Wang Teng and his remaining personal guards up, a total of eight people, and they knelt in front of Xiang Yun.
As soon as Wang Teng saw Xiang Yun, he immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy, saying, "Your Majesty, I am not rebelling. I just thought that Your Majesty was harmed by the treacherous minister Qin Yu, so I sent troops to besiege the capital without authorization in order to save Your Majesty from suffering!"
Xiang Yun looked at him expressionlessly and said calmly, "Wang Teng, do you know your crime?"
"Your Majesty, I..."
"I ask you, do you know your crime?" Wang Teng wanted to explain, but Xiang Yun spoke loudly to stop him from speaking.
Wang Teng's expression darkened, he bowed his head and cried, then knelt down and said, "I admit my guilt!"
"It's good that you admit your guilt. You are a veteran of three dynasties and a pillar of the country. You should behave yourself!" As soon as Xiang Yun finished speaking, the soldiers of the Lieyang Army threw eight long swords in front of Wang Teng and the other eight people.
At this moment, Wang Teng felt cold from head to toe and his body began to tremble. The other seven people were all brave men. They picked up their swords and committed suicide on the spot without any hesitation.
They knew that the emperor gave them respect, which was a gift. If they were not respectable, someone would naturally help them to be respectable.
Since you're going to die anyway, you might as well be a man and die quickly.
Wang Teng obviously knew this, and he trembled as he picked up the long sword, put it on his neck, looked deeply at Xiang Yun, and finally looked up to the sky and shouted: "My late emperor, when I think back to the past, you talked about the past and the present with me in my thatched cottage, and you showed me your grace of rebirth. But I am confused, and I am ashamed to live up to your expectations. I have no face to see you~;
Now that the Great Sun Dynasty has a wise ruler and new hope, even if I have to lick my old face, I will go down and have a good talk with the late emperor in person!"
Then Wang Teng drew his hand and blood gushed out. Wang Teng, a great minister of the Han Dynasty, died.
Xiang Yun felt a little uncomfortable. It could be said that Wang Teng was forced into this state by him. If he had not favored Qin Yu alone, how could he have let him do such a desperate thing?
Now Wang Teng must die, otherwise he will not be able to give an explanation to the dead soldiers.
A Lieyang Army general presented the Flame Shining Military Token and replied, "Your Majesty, this is the military token found on Lord Wang."
Xiang Yun tightly grasped the Flame Shining Military Token. With this token and the imperial power, he could now completely and unscrupulously slaughter the world with blood and control the entire Great Sun Dynasty. Anyone who disobeyed his orders or dared to resist would be killed without mercy!
Now, he has enough confidence to fight against Qin Yu, the auxiliary emperor.
Xiang Yun glanced at the soldiers and said with a calm smile, "Please trouble you all to collect the bodies of these brothers who died in the battle and bury them, and then we can return to the barracks."
Some soldiers were about to agree when they saw Xiang Yun suddenly wipe his right hand across the blade of the Great Sun Emperor Sword, cutting the palm of his right hand and causing blood to flow out.
A group of soldiers expressed their concerns: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
The next moment, Xiang Yun was seen holding the hilt of the Great Sun Emperor Sword with his bleeding right hand, causing blood to slide from the hilt to the tip of the sword. He then used the tip of the sword to write on a relatively clean piece of land, and the blood soaked the land.
A few minutes later, the Great Sun Emperor Sword was sheathed. Xiang Yun tore off a piece of white silk cloth from his inner robe and walked into the palace alone while bandaging his right hand.
All the soldiers were moved. Before Xiang Yun left, they rushed forward to see what he had written on the ground.
But when they saw this, everyone was shocked, and more soldiers couldn't help but shed tears, and blamed themselves: "Your Majesty~"
On the land was a piece of writing, and a general of the Akabane Army read it out in a trembling voice: "The edict of repentance.
Since I ascended the throne, I have intended to renew the world and return to the traditions of our ancestors.
However, the ministers disrupted the government, and I was cold-hearted and disrespectful, which led to chaos in the dynasty, wars and infighting, with tens of thousands of deaths and injuries.
This is a shame for the world and a humiliation for the dynasty.
However, the general is not at fault, it is my great crime.
I hereby issue a self-criticism edict and swear with blood to get rid of all evildoers. I will personally carry out all the work and bring peace and prosperity to the country and the people. However, I will not be able to say a word before my ancestors when I die."
After the general finished reading, his eyes welled up with tears and he said excitedly, "This is... the first imperial edict of guilt issued by an emperor in the 300 years since the founding of the Great Sun Dynasty!"
Another general said: "Your Majesty would rather take all the blame on himself than convict us!"
"With such a wise master, I have no regrets in this life!"
At this time, Xiang Yun had already disappeared into the palace gate, but after reading the edict of apology, the generals all knelt down at the palace gate and shouted, "Long live the emperor!"
Inside the palace, as soon as Xiang Yun entered, he was surrounded by countless royal guards, and Xiao Guazi even rushed over to support Xiang Yun. Seeing Xiang Yun's pale face, they were afraid that he would fall down at any time, which made everyone feel uncomfortable.
Xiang Yun glanced around at everyone and asked, "Where is Qin Yu?"
A captain of the Imperial Guard reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Qin has disappeared since the battle. I have just ordered people to look for him. A palace maid said that she saw Lord Qin and his family soldiers leaving the palace from the east gate in a hurry."
"This bastard is really good at escaping!" Xiang Yun cursed viciously, then turned his gaze to Qin Su, who was still sitting on the ground in a daze in the distance.
Xiang Yun did not go over, but stood there and gave the order: "Draft an imperial decree. Qin Su, as a concubine, interfered with state affairs, abused her power for personal gain, and did not know the general situation. From now on, she will be banished to the cold palace and not allowed to leave without an imperial decree!"
At this moment, no one dared to disobey Xiang Yun's imperial edict, because Xiang Yun now had the military power in his hands and could kill or kill them at will.
Four soldiers of the Imperial Guards approached Qin Su with knives in hand and said in a cold voice, "Madam Qin, please come in!"
Xiang Yun ignored him and said, "Little melon seed, help me return to the Yangxin Palace."
Wang Teng was executed, the rebels retreated, and stability returned to the capital and the palace.
The warm sun rose from the east, shining on the bloody road and corpses, and even more on Xiang Yun's tall and graceful figure.
Inside the Yangxin Palace, Wang Jiaojiao kept pacing back and forth, obviously very anxious, and she looked outside from time to time.
At this moment, Xiao Guazi came in with Xiang Yun. Wang Jiaojiao hurried over to support him. Seeing the wound on Xiang Yun's right hand, she asked hurriedly, "Your Majesty, how did you get hurt? Let me see it!"
"It's nothing serious." Xiang Yun took off his Mingguang armor and put down the Great Sun Emperor Sword, then lay back on the dragon bed. He looked at Wang Jiaojiao and smiled, "By the way, I have something to tell you. Your father, Wang Teng, conspired to rebel, and just now, he confessed his crime and was executed."
“Ah!” Wang Jiaojiao screamed and fell to the ground in fear. Her eyes were red and she trembled as she said, “How could this happen… How could my father do such a stupid thing?”
"This matter will not implicate you. I will give you three days to leave the palace and go home to have a look. That's it, leave now!"
Two palace maids came in and "invited" Wang Jiaojiao out of the Yangxin Palace. At this time, Xiao Guazi came in with a smile and reported: "Your Majesty, the news from the Imperial Hospital is that Commander Jiang is fine and just needs to recuperate for a while."
"Okay, got it." This is good news. Xiang Yun smiled with relief and secretly praised this kid for his amazing physique. He was able to stabilize himself despite such a serious injury. He was really blessed with a long life!
He already knew what Jiang Yue had done within the palace walls at that time. He was a young hero with extraordinary abilities, extraordinary courage, decisive actions, and a strong mind.
Xiang Yunyue liked Jiang Yue as soon as he saw him. Could it be that such a good general was really a gift from God to him?
Xiang Yun fell into a sound sleep while thinking this in his heart. He was weak and exhausted to begin with, so he slept deeply, soundly and beautifully.
Fifteen kilometers north of the capital, eight rough men, each about two meters tall, with rough and sallow skin, wearing lion fur leather armor and holding huge axes weighing hundreds of pounds, were slowly heading towards the capital.
The rough-looking man in the lead looked a little older. He held a two-meter-high scepter with a lion head and three human skulls hanging on it. He pointed to the front and said, "Everyone, work harder. We can rest as soon as we reach the capital!"
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