The previous administration was also in turmoil this morning.
Duke Chen originally intended to cry to the emperor in court and, incidentally, impeach the Ninth Prince.
Unexpectedly, news broke at the start of the new dynasty that the war in the northwest was in dire straits.
According to a report from a cavalryman who rushed back from the northwest, a mysterious army has recently appeared in Xidan.
The commander of this army could take objects from a distance and injure people with sword energy, leaving corpses strewn everywhere he went. However, they mostly committed atrocities in border villages and did not formally attack cities or plunder. The soldiers guarding the border had launched several sieges against them to protect the safety of the people, but all of them ended in failure, and complete defeat, with the entire army wiped out.
Shang Xiye lowered his eyelids and remained silent throughout.
He had learned of this matter the day before yesterday. The army numbered only a little over a hundred. Although they wore the uniforms of Xidan soldiers, their faces were quite different from those of the people of Xidan. They seemed to be people from the Central Plains disguised as Xidan soldiers, deliberately provoking conflict.
He speculated on two points regarding this matter:
First, some people felt that his staying in Kyoto threatened their interests and did not want him to continue to stay in Kyoto;
If this is the purpose, then it is most likely the work of the princelings.
Secondly, the person from Black Purgatory discovered by the spy who died in the palace was an extremely important person in Black Purgatory.
They were afraid he would find the man's whereabouts, so they used a feint to lure him away from the capital and back to the northwestern battlefield.
Regardless of the reason, it is not advisable for him to return to the Northwest at this time, otherwise a major upheaval may occur in the capital.
Shang Xiche asked three times in a row, "Who can quell the rebellion in the Northwest?" but no one in the court uttered a sound.
Many officials originally wanted to recommend the Ninth Prince to return to the Northwest, but then they saw the Ninth Prince in a wheelchair.
Well, let's leave such beastly things to others.
Shang Xiche thought that the people guarding the Northwest were still the Ninth Prince's men, and the Ninth Prince, as the main general, should return to the Northwest to take charge of the overall situation.
Therefore, his hopeful gaze mostly fell on Shang Xiye, but Shang Xiye's eyelids were lowered as if he were a sculpture, and he did not return his gaze at all from beginning to end.
Shang Xiche was secretly furious: The Ninth Prince actually disregarded the safety of the border people and the border cities!
What is he doing staying in Kyoto? Is he relying on the imperial edict to wait for the throne?
Shang Xiche naturally couldn't say these things openly.
He harbored resentment, then turned his hopeful gaze to the Duke of Chen, who held considerable military power.
Unexpectedly, Chen Guogong, who usually stood ramrod straight, was now hunched over like an eighty-year-old man, occasionally coughing in silence, his face practically screaming "I am old and frail."
"A bunch of useless good-for-nothings! You have three days to nominate candidates for the western expedition! If you fail to nominate one in one day, you will all be fined one month's salary; if you fail to nominate one in two days, you will all be fined half a year's salary!" Shang Xiche stormed off in a rage, turning and leaving.
The civil officials all looked miserable and crestfallen: Your Majesty, it's the military officers who are cowardly, it has nothing to do with us!
All the military officers glanced at Shang Xiye in his wheelchair, then their eyes turned to the officials beside them.
"Sir X, I remember you were a martial arts champion back in the day, and your kung fu was superb!"
"Ah, Lord XX, you are truly a family of valiant generals!"
"When it comes to a family full of outstanding generals, I am no match for Lord XXX. His three sons are all accomplished in both literature and martial arts, truly young heroes!"
Amidst the commercial hype, Shang Xiye silently made his way through the crowd out of the court, intending to summon Wuying directly to Cixi Palace.
The Empress Dowager didn't like his young wife, and the Empress wasn't easy to get along with either.
Not to mention Lady Chen, who wished she could skin his young wife alive.
He couldn't feel at ease for a moment with his young wife being with this group of fierce women.
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