Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1140 Today's Court Meeting
The scene before her made Jiang Ni startled, "You..."

Xu Fengnian reminded: "How is it, did you vent your anger?"

"Hmph! Not enough!" Jiang Ni said, and stabbed Xu Fengnian dozens of times.

Every time the sword stabbed down, the wound on Xu Fengnian's sword from the previous stabbing had healed.

After these dozen sword strikes, Jiang Ni was out of breath, but Xu Fengnian's energy did not weaken at all.

Jiang Ni, who had vented her anger, looked at Qi Dingshe. Xu Fengnian, who was idle, was annoyed, but more helpless.

The conflict between the Xu family and the Jiang family was not just some ordinary conflict between elders in the neighborhood. Instead, it was the Xu family's cavalry that trampled on the mountains and rivers of Great Chu. It was Xu Xiao who personally forced the previous emperor and the queen of Great Chu to death. It was Xu Fengnian's father who personally killed the parents of the new emperor of Great Chu, Jiang Si.

She knew that in the past twenty years, many people in the entire Great Chu territory privately said that the reason why Great Chu was destroyed was because of her mother, whose face she could no longer remember. Otherwise, how could the great Great Chu, with its wise king, outstanding civil officials, skilled military generals, and peaceful people, lose to the barbarian Li Yang in the north who didn't even know the etiquette between the king and his subjects? She didn't want to believe it, but sometimes she was still afraid that she would become his beauty.

If it was her four years ago, a girl who knew nothing and only thought that a man and a woman in the world should be together as long as they liked each other, then she would go with him.

However, after entering Guangling Road, Ao Xiao Hongchen's teachings made her understand the general situation of the world, but also made her understand her own position, which was not to come and go as she pleased.

She looked at the person who almost single-handedly made her who she is today, and she had never missed her past self so much, the one named Jiang Ni, not the Queen of Great Chu, Jiang Si.

After calming down, Jiang Ni said, "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to take you away."
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Today's court meeting of the Great Chu can be described as gloomy and dismal.

In the past, almost all the civil and military officials who served in Beijing and could attend the court meetings were quite tacitly connected. No matter the wind and rain, whether it was scorching heat or heavy snow, they would regard the daily court meetings as a pleasant and enjoyable event without exception, and never regarded them as a daunting task. The reason was simple. The emperor of their Great Chu was not only a young woman in her prime, but also a peerless beauty who was one of the four people in the Rouge Review. Looking at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne and wearing a dragon robe, even a glance from the corner of the eye would make one feel relaxed and happy.

But the situation changed after Minister Zhao and several other officials entered the palace yesterday.

First, the world-famous King of Beiliang arrived with his cavalry. After breaking into the palace with great fanfare, there was no further news.

Not long after, His Majesty the Emperor let Qi Su, the frustrated deputy commander of the imperial guards, take sole control of the military power and lead his troops to visit the residences of various dignitaries in the capital.

The first to bear the brunt of the attack were the prominent families of Western Chu. These powerful officials were no different from the criminal officials. They cried and shouted incessantly, and were escorted to the Heavenly Prison by the imperial guards in shackles and shackles.

Next, I would like to ask all the adults who have not been caught to attend the court meeting tomorrow.

The Beiliang cavalry outside the city set up camp on the spot, and
It was not until the evening that a shocking news came back.

His Majesty the Emperor has ordered the execution of all the captured ministers and their families.

This news made the ministers who had no chance to contact Li Yang feel like they were falling into an ice cave.

When they waited for today's court meeting, they found that most of the temple was empty.

This is different from the helplessness of many middle-level officials who are not yet qualified to enter the palace.

The remaining dignitaries also discovered that even the eunuchs who held the seal of the palace had been quietly replaced. They had thought that if they were promoted to a high position, even if someone else sat on the throne in the future, they would not become rich and powerful, but at least they could use it as a life-saving talisman. But they did not expect that it would become a death warrant.

At the court meeting, the Queen of Great Chu sat there, looking coldly at the group of ministers below.

The golden mouth, which had not opened for many days, uttered a cold voice, "These days, I have been listening to you. Today, you just listen to me, and you don't need to say more."

The Queen of Great Chu has accumulated power over a long period of time. Even if the war on the front is unfavorable, it cannot change the power of the supreme ruler of Great Chu.

Those who wanted to change before had already used their own blood to tell those attending the court meeting what the outcome would be.

When Empress Jiang Si opened her mouth, many ministers subconsciously shrank their necks.

Yuan Shanhong, the only remaining Minister of Personnel among the six ministers, was trembling with legs.

This Shangshu, who was known for his "elegant conversation at the banquet" in Jiangzuo, had even dared to attack the front-line commander Zhang Bianguan, the "Military Saint of Great Chu", and confronted Xie Xichui and Kou Jianghuai, the "Twin Pillars of Great Chu", many times before today.

Now, it is just as silent as a cicada.

Empress Jiang Si said in a deep voice: "The deputy commanders of the Imperial Guards, He Taisheng and Gu Sui, were sentenced to death."

Then he added: "The three great families of Gu and Song have plotted rebellion, and I have also issued an order to execute them all."

After saying this, Empress Jiang Si turned her gaze to a third-rank civil official and asked, "Lord Li, your family has been married to the Song family for generations. Now the entire Song family has been convicted. Don't you have anything to say?"

The Lord Li who was named by the empress stepped out tremblingly, "Your Majesty, your humble servant...your humble servant..."

Before he could finish his words, the empress said, "Lord Li, this is not like your behavior in the mansion yesterday. Aren't you going to question me about the fact that the late emperor had granted the Song family a red seal and promised that the Song family and the Jiang family of Great Chu could share the world for generations? But I heard that you, Li Changji, claimed that you didn't even need to read the articles of ancient and modern times, but just judged the quality by the tip of your nose? How come you can't even speak clearly today?"

Lord Li Changji was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing to the empress and pleading guilty. "I am guilty! Please spare my life, Your Majesty~..."

Empress Jiang Si ignored Lord Li and looked at another famous scholar in the literary world who had been critical of Li Changji and questioned his peers the most, Cheng Wenyu, the Right Palace Attendant of the Ministry of Personnel, and called him out, "Lord Cheng, why are you silent? Didn't you reach an alliance with Lord Li yesterday and swear to advance and retreat together? Why did you let Lord Li fight alone in the court for so long today?"

Cheng Wenyu collapsed to the ground, and his eloquence, which he usually relied on, was of no use at all at this moment.

He really couldn't understand how His Majesty knew about the top-secret correspondence between him and Li Changji, which even his bedmates didn't know about.

Not only him, but all the ministers in the court, both civil and military officials, were sweating profusely and their legs were shaking.

"Alas, forget it. Since you don't want to be a subject of our Great Chu, then don't be one." Jiang Si ordered Qi Su, who was promoted to the commander of the imperial guards, "Strip these two men and drive them out!"

"As ordered!"

(End of this chapter)