Chapter 541 The last morning court in the Tianji year
Huailing City.
While Ning Yongnian was mobilizing his troops and making secret arrangements, waiting for Wei Changtian's arrival, Xu Suisui and others, who had set off first, were already in an inn in the north of the city.
"Girl, there is still no result on the fifth condition. I'm afraid we haven't reached an agreement."
In a guest room on the top floor, the innkeeper was nodding and bowing to report the latest status of the peace talks to Xu Suisui.
"I think we will continue the conversation tomorrow. Don't worry, girl. I will always send someone to guard you. If there is any trouble, I will tell you in time."
"Okay, thank you so much, shopkeeper."
Nodding, Xu Suisui stood up and handed over a small piece of broken silver.
Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper immediately put on a smile on his face, bowed and walked out of the room.
"Auntie, please rest, I will go out first."
"If there are other things that need to be done by the villain, the girl can just give you the instructions..."
"Squeak~"
The wooden door, which was not very smooth, made a sound. Seeing the shopkeeper leaving happily, Xu Suisui shook his head helplessly.
Alas, the millions of people in Huailing City don't know that they are actually just a few inches away from seeing the sun tomorrow.
If he knew... I'm afraid the shopkeeper wouldn't be so happy for a few scraps of silver.
He silently walked back to the table and sat down. The window behind him was not closed tightly, and a cold wind blew in.
Xu Suisui shuddered and stood up to close the window.
When she closed the window, she glanced outside and realized that the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, with no intention of stopping.
Although it has been raining for a whole day, it is estimated that it will continue to rain for a while at this rate.
"Strange, I remember it didn't say in the book that it would snow in Huailing..."
He muttered in confusion and slowly closed the window.
Xu Suisui sat beside the bed uneasily, staring at the flickering candlelight without moving.
The outcome of the peace talks in Huailing was no different from what was written in the book...at least that's how it seems now.
There were a total of five conditions, Dafeng agreed to four, and the last one was firmly rejected by Li Qi, which eventually led to the breakdown of the negotiations.
And the situation in Beijing should not change much.
The Wei family will support Ning Wenjun to ascend the throne, and will also reveal the shocking news of "the real murderer in Yuanzhou City", which will put Ning Yongnian in a very embarrassing situation.
From a "legal perspective", Ning Wenjun has successfully usurped the throne and became the new Daning Emperor.
From the perspective of "popular sentiment", the reputation of the "fierce king" is firmly established, and the various states are wavering.
In terms of "strength", except for the 400,000 troops left in Dafeng, it is difficult to mobilize a single soldier in the country.
Ning Yongnian only left Beijing to negotiate and ended up in this situation... I have to say that Wei Changtian's plan this time was very bold, and it indeed had very good results.
As for the next development of the incident...
That's what Xu Suisui wants to change.
However, now everything seems to have gone awry.
Turning his head to look at the falling snowflakes outside the window, Xu Suisui didn't know if he was overthinking it.
But she always felt that the heavy snow that should not have fallen seemed to be foreshadowing something.
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The next morning, Daning Palace.
From the fierce battle for the city wall to the fighting all over the palace.
Although Xuanjing Si had already broken through the Zhengyang Gate and entered the palace when he was a child, the entire battle was not completely over until the end of Yin Shi.
As the last red-armored soldier who resisted fell, a total of 50,000 Imperial Guards were completely destroyed.
More than 20,000 people were killed in the battle, more than 10,000 were injured and disabled, and more than 10,000 surrendered.
The Xuanjing Division, the Duwei Mansion, and the city defense army also paid the price of nearly 30,000 casualties.
It seems that the number of casualties on both sides is actually about the same.
But you must know that the Wei family had the upper hand in this battle.
Not only was the attack very sudden, giving the Imperial Guard almost no time to deploy their defenses, but they also had a complete advantage in terms of "high-end combat power."
Under normal circumstances, the general configuration of the Guards is one chief general and five lieutenants.
As a result, who would have thought that the general Han Zhao would directly rebel before the war started and even help kill four of his lieutenants.
As a result, the top combat strength of the Imperial Guard is actually only a third-level lieutenant.
However, the Wei family has two second-level players, Han Zhao and Wei Zhaohai, plus more than a dozen third-level masters.
But even so, the two sides still fought with a "evenly matched" result... It can only be said that the combat power of the Imperial Guard is worthy of being second to none in Daning.
Of course, no matter how awesome this imperial red-armored army was, it no longer exists now.
All that was left were corpses that looked like they had died tragically.
"Check each corpse carefully to see if there are any alive!"
"Move everything you checked to the car and take it away!"
"Our people are sent to Yizhuang! The Imperial Guards are sent to mass graves!"
"Move quickly!"
"No one is allowed to steal the spoils of war! Once discovered, military law will be served!"
"Hurry up! Clean up the area around the Hall of Supreme Harmony first!!"
"..."
Various shouts echoed in the morning mist, mixed with the disgusting smell of blood, shrouding the huge palace in fear.
It will undoubtedly take a long time to dispose of more than 50,000 corpses, and it cannot be completed in one morning.
But even though the entire palace was now covered with blood from severed limbs, the Taihe Hall still opened the door as soon as Mao Shi arrived.
The opening of the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony means that the morning dynasty will continue as usual.
"Master Gong, Minister of Rites, is here!"
"Secretary Minister Zuo of the Criminal Department, Mr. Ran is here!"
"Master of Dali Temple, Mr. Li is here!"
"Master Taichang Temple, Mr. Yu is here!"
"General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mr. Tang is here!"
"..."
The eunuch with a strange face stood on the side of the long stone steps with relief sculptures of clouds and dragons. Every time he saw someone walking up the stone steps, he would shout in a high-pitched voice.
Most of the court officials whose names were called by him lowered their heads and ignored them, and walked even more slowly, as if their legs and heads were as heavy as lead.
There is no doubt that they certainly knew that today's "morning court" was caused by Wei Xianzhi.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, no matter how scared or reluctant they are, they still "have to" show up on time.
Of course, many of them already know what will happen next.
But there are quite a few people who know nothing about it...
The rising sun shines brightly on the towers, and the east wind shocks the world.
The rays of sunlight pierced through the mist, gilding the row upon row of buildings in the capital with a golden-red color.
It's just that this scene, which was originally a beautiful place with beautiful scenery and brilliant treasures, now seems a bit dead.
It seems that in the entire capital, only the Imperial Palace still has a glimmer of life...
"ah!"
On the 102nd level of the Yunlong relief, a man wearing a vermilion official uniform with a white pheasant embroidered on his chest suddenly let out an exclamation.
This man's name is Ruan Tianfu, his official title is Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry, and he is just a fifth-rank minor official.
With such an official position, one can barely squeeze into the court hall, but when going to court, one can only stand in the last row.
The reason why he exclaimed just now was because he happened to catch a glimpse of a severed hand hanging on the stone fence.
Only two of the five fingers of this severed hand remain, and the remaining three fingers are missing. White bones, flesh and blood are clearly visible at the fracture.
Ruan Tianfu was accidentally startled just because he passed by this hand.
"..."
He stroked his chest gently and calmed his breathing.
Ruan Tianfu quietly raised his eyes and looked around, and found that no one nearby noticed his embarrassment. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony not far away.
However, after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and turned around hesitantly to look back.
At this time, another court official happened to walk next to the severed hand.
"My lord..."
Ruan Tianfu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to remind this person not to be frightened by the bloody severed palm like himself.
But the visitor didn't raise his head at all, or rather didn't hear Ruan Tianfu's words at all, and just walked over with his head lowered.
Ruan Tianfu was stunned, and then he realized that he was being too sentimental.
If you can't protect yourself right now, how can you care about others?