Chapter 631 Treason
When Luo Yunxuan agreed to cooperate with King Xiling, he knew he was courting disaster.
But in order to obtain the throne, he still decided to take the risk.
What really made Luo Yunxuan want to kill King Xiling was when King Xiling threatened him with Concubine Rou.
Especially when Prince Xiling deliberately concealed the whereabouts of Concubine Rou, Luo Yunxuan's murderous intent increased exponentially.
He noticed that King Xiling took medicine every day, and all of those medicines were kept by Xie Chuxue personally.
In order to hide the secret from Xie Chuxue, Luo Yunxuan spent a lot of time before he successfully poisoned the medicines.
Now King Xiling is dead.
The remaining crowd was leaderless.
Even though Xie Chuxue is somewhat smart, she is just an adopted daughter.
The people under King Xiling would definitely not obey her, and the large and complicated families in Xiling County would not listen to a little girl like her.
In the end, her only choice was to cooperate with Luo Yunxuan.
The two of them are now like grasshoppers tied to the same rope, and neither can get rid of the other.
The group continued on their journey with the coffin containing King Xiling's remains.
Ten days later.
They finally entered Xiling County.
Upon learning that King Xiling was dead, the people of Xiling County were in panic.
While others were still not able to react, Luo Yunxuan, with the assistance of Xie Chuxue, took over the forces and assets left by King Xiling as quickly as possible.
The local big families originally had a lot of opinions about Luo Yunxuan, the outsider, and wanted to drive him out, but later, no one knew what means Luo Yunxuan used, but he actually suppressed all those big families.
By the time the imperial court's 100,000-strong army arrived in Xiling County, Luo Yunxuan had become the most influential person in the county.
At most, Xiling County could only muster 60,000 troops.
It is far from the 100,000 troops sent by the imperial court.
Someone in Xiling County proposed to surrender to the court, but was rejected by Luo Yunxuan.
He has been charged with treason. If he surrenders, the prince will definitely find a way to kill him!
Luo Yunxuan placed one hand on the map of Xiling County with a gloomy look.
"The battle hasn't even started yet, so it's still unclear who will win!"
From the very beginning of the war, Xiling County was at a disadvantage and lost four cities in two days.
Just when everyone thought that the imperial army would be able to march straight to Huanglong with an unstoppable force, the military strength in Xiling County suddenly increased exponentially!
What followed was a crazy counterattack!
Battle reports were sent back to Shengjing at full speed.
After a period of careful recuperation, the emperor felt a little better.
His mood also improved.
Unfortunately, his good mood did not last long and was ruined by the battle report sent back from Xiling County.
"Your Majesty, the army sent by the court to Xiling County to capture the rebels was intercepted. Our army first broke through four enemy cities, but soon the rebels gathered a large number of troops and launched a surprise attack on our army. Our army was defeated and more than half of them were killed or wounded. The remaining 50,000 people hurriedly evacuated."
The emperor looked gloomy. "There are only 60,000 soldiers in Xiling County. How could they be defeated when the imperial court sent a full 100,000 soldiers? What went wrong here?"
The five ministers looked at each other, as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.
The emperor slammed the table and said, "Hurry up and tell me!"
An elder in the cabinet quickly answered truthfully.
"Your Majesty, according to the battle report sent back, Xiling County now has far more than 60,000 soldiers. It is estimated to be at least 100,000."
The emperor was incredulous: "Where did Xiling County get so many soldiers and horses?"
Although Xiling County could temporarily recruit local civilians to serve in the army, the civilians who had not received formal training had low combat effectiveness. Even if they were sent to the battlefield, they could only serve as cannon fodder and would never be as fierce and brave as described in the battle reports.
The elder said hesitantly, "It is said that those soldiers who suddenly appeared were not from Dasheng, but from Liao."
The prince, who had been standing quietly by the side without saying a word, couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"You mean, Xiling County is colluding with the enemy country?"
The Liao Kingdom had always been eyeing the Great Sheng Dynasty.
Every autumn and winter, Liao soldiers would ride their horses to the border of Dasheng to burn and loot, and many innocent people died at their hands.
Marquis Dingbei's brothers and son were killed in the battle with the Liao army.
The hatred accumulated over the years is too numerous to mention.
For the Great Sheng Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom was definitely the number one enemy!
The emperor said angrily: "How dare the Prince of Xiling collaborate with the enemy and commit treason?!"
Another elder reminded.
"Your Majesty, our spies have learned that the King of Xiling has long been dead, and the person in charge of Xiling County now is King You."
In other words.
The real traitor is King You Luo Yunxuan!
The emperor opened his eyes wide, thinking he had heard wrongly, and asked again in disbelief.
"Who are you talking about?"
The elder repeated it reluctantly.
"It's You Wang Luo Yunxuan.
He has now accepted all of King Xiling's power in Xiling County.
Before the war, our army sent people to persuade King You to surrender, but was rejected.
King You insisted on going to war, and our army saw that he was stubborn and unyielding, so we had no choice but to fight him. "
The emperor felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over his head.
The raging anger was completely extinguished, leaving only a bone-chilling chill.
He never expected that his favorite son not only betrayed him, but also betrayed the entire Dasheng Dynasty!
The son he had high hopes for not only became a traitor, but also a traitor to his country!
The emperor couldn't catch his breath and felt a tight pain in his chest.
Then everything went dark and he passed out!
Everyone exclaimed, "Your Majesty!"
After a period of chaos.
The emperor was rescued by the imperial physician. He woke up slowly and thought of Luo Yunxuan. He couldn't help feeling angry and upset again.
The prince was listening to the imperial physician talking about the emperor's condition. When he heard that the emperor had woken up, he immediately walked quickly to the bedside.
"Father, how are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
The emperor turned his head slowly, his eyes fell on the prince, and spoke after a long time.
"Why exactly?"
Luo Qinghan knew what he was asking, but he still pretended not to understand and asked respectfully, "What is Father talking about?"
The emperor looked particularly haggard at this time, and his voice was hoarse.
"I don't understand why he has come to this point. Is it because I haven't been good enough to him?"
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "Father is kind and benevolent, and he is very good to everyone."
The emperor stared at him and asked, "Do you think I treat you well?"
Luo Qinghan still said the same thing.
"Father treats everyone well."
The emperor was very dissatisfied with this answer. He frowned and said, "Even if I am old and my eyesight is not good, you should not treat me in this perfunctory way. I want you to tell the truth."
Luo Qinghan lowered his eyes: "Every word I said is true."
The emperor frowned and his mood became worse.
"Get out."
"I'll take my leave, son."
The emperor looked at the prince's back as he left and inexplicably thought of his younger self.
They look similar, yet somewhat different.
(End of this chapter)
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