Snow: The Crown Prince of Chu, forced into marriage by the Minister of the Southern Palace with his

Therefore, the Li Yang Dynasty is currently facing pressure from three sides.

Then they could do nothing but continue to shrink their power.

After all, the more they are consumed now, the more dangerous they will be later.

Although many people believed that the Liyang Dynasty had no future at this point.

However, they still intended to fight to the death, deciding to make a final showdown with Jiang Xuan and the Great Chu.

To live or to die, to win or to lose.

Everything depends on this battle.

However, it must be said that Chen Zhibao truly deserves the title of "White-Clad Military Genius," as he does indeed possess unique insights into warfare.

Despite being besieged by Tuoba Pusa of Northern Mang and Gu Jiantang of Great Chu, they were still able to fight and retreat, even managing to tear a piece of flesh from Northern Mang.

If Gu Jiantang hadn't reacted quickly, he might have ended up paying a price.

After that, Xu Fengnian led a group of people, along with the army of Tai'an City, to defend the capital city of Liyang.

Meanwhile, Chen Zhibao roamed outside, harassing the troops from time to time.

However, no matter how strong Chen Zhibao, the White-Clad Military Genius, was, he was powerless against an overwhelming situation.

After all, the armies of both the Great Chu and the Northern Mang were dozens of times larger than the Northern Liang army under his command.

This is not something that can be solved by one person or with a little trickery.

Even after Gu Jiantang realized what was happening, he couldn't even wear down his opponent.

Faced with this situation, Chen Zhibao changed his tactics, selecting a group of elites and then carrying out assassinations.

After all, he was a terrestrial immortal, and his strength was among the best in the entire martial arts world.

As expected, after Chen Zhibao did this, many camps were filled with panic.

Especially at night, I'm afraid someone might jump out from the darkness.

Not long after, he ran into Gu Jiantang and Cao Changqing.

Chapter 270 The Death of Zhang Julu and the Great Chu Dynasty

Chen Zhibao suffered a great loss here, and was even injured.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and managed to escape from Cao Changqing and his companion.

Otherwise, if Chen Zhibao dies, the entire Northern Liang, or even the entire Liyang, will be finished.

However, before Zhao Zhuan could even relax, another piece of bad news arrived.

Zhang Julu died, and he died in the Imperial Hospital.

Although he rarely read memorials during this period, he also spent his days recuperating at the Imperial Hospital.

However, much of the news about Li Yang still needs to pass through his ears.

However, his health was already poor, and after hearing about the situation in Beiliang, he fell silent.

Not long after, Zhang Julu died.

Zhao Zhuan initially intended to keep the death a secret, but the Li Yang Dynasty was not only comprised of people from Li Yang.

Soon, news of Zhang Julu's death spread throughout the entire Liyang Dynasty.

The imperial court was finally forced to step in and confirm the authenticity of the matter.

However, this incident ultimately caused widespread panic, and the already collapsing Li Yang Dynasty took an even more rapid turn for the worse.

Zhao Zhuan had no good idea about this and tried to find a solution but to no avail.

However, due to the addition of Beiliang, although the Liyang Dynasty was somewhat turbulent, Beiliang's many years of victories still reassured some people.

At least in their view, things weren't so bad, and perhaps there was still hope for victory?

Then, not long after, Jiang Xuan made a move.

Because Cao Changqing and Gu Jiantang had already cleared up a large part of the problems for him.

He doesn't need to do anything now; he can just leave for Tai'an City.

This time, Jiang Xuan was accompanied by everyone, including Xu Weixiong, Nangong Pushe, Chen Yu, and others.

Jiang Xuan initially disagreed, since they were all pregnant.

If anything happens, this is a big deal.

But these people didn't give him a chance at all; they were all already fully prepared.

Fortunately, they are all in good physical condition and should be fine.

Jiang Xuan originally planned to take a large group of people to Tai'an City, but their carriages were too slow, so in the end, Jiang Xuan and Hongshu had to go ahead first.

Jiang Xuan's speed increased significantly, and he arrived in Tai'an City in no time.

Facing the Tai'an City before him, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

At the same time, a look of emotion appeared on his face.

After all, he has been in this world for some time now, more than two years.

Because he had just celebrated his birthday not long ago.

It was during this period that Da Chu was officially renamed the Da Chu Dynasty.

And Jiang Xuan officially proclaimed himself emperor.

According to Xu Weixiong and the others, the idea was to hold a grand celebration and let the whole world rejoice.

However, Jiang Xuan's idea was that since this matter would still need to be addressed after Li Yang was resolved, it might as well be done together.

Since Jiang Xuan, the person in question, had already said so, the others did not refuse.

After that, Xu Weixiong set up some kind of department, although it already existed before, but it wasn't very formal.

There were also things like the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, which gave Jiang Xuan a headache.

Fortunately, all of these include Xu Weixiong.

By the way, Xu Weixiong also had a harem.

The empress was Zhao Fengya, after all, she was a woman he married through proper channels, which is quite normal.

Both she and Minister Nangong were Imperial Noble Consorts.

The empress was normally responsible for the management of the harem and all matters, large and small.

For example, the ceremony for bestowing titles upon concubines, their monthly allowances, benefits, and so on.

The Imperial Noble Consort was the Empress's assistant, helping her manage the inner palace.

However, generally speaking, unless one is particularly favored by the emperor or their family has made some contribution to the emperor, they will be promoted to the rank of Imperial Noble Consort.

Because this position held a status in the harem that was no less prestigious than that of the Empress.

However, no one in the entire harem objected to this approach.

Even Zhao Fengya felt a little flustered when she heard that she was the empress.

Although she came from the royal family, she didn't care about these things. She just wanted to be with Jiang Xuan, and all the sisters were nice to her.

Of course, most importantly, all of Jiang Xuan's women, whether they came first or later, or whether they were older or younger.

They all had complete faith in Xu Weixiong's position and harbored no ill intentions whatsoever.

After all, Xu Weixiong was quite skilled at whatever he did.

Some even say that Xu Weixiong was Jiang Xuan's legal wife, and that without her there would be no Xiangfan City, and no Great Chu.

This idea wasn't just present in Xiangfan City; it was felt throughout the entire Chu state.

Later, when the matter was reported to Jiang Xuan, Zhao Fengya also came over to say something.

Jiang Xuan directly reversed the two people's positions, that is, Xu Weixiong was the empress and Zhao Fengya was the imperial concubine.

Then, a character named Xuanyuan Qingfeng was added to the list of Imperial Noble Consorts.

No one else raised any questions about this, and even when Xu Weixiong felt something was amiss, Jiang Xuan didn't give her a chance to refuse.

After that, Jiang Xuan stopped caring about things, and Xu Weixiong handled the entire system of the imperial court all by himself.

Of course, some of Jiang Xuan's ideas were added to ensure that even ordinary people in the Great Chu would have a chance to rise in the future.

Even women could become officials.

After all, with Xu Wei and Xiong Zhuyu as precedents, there was no problem in promoting this matter, and even if some people raised questions, there was nothing that could be done.

After all, who dares to say they can do better than Xu Weixiong or Xuanyuan Qingfeng?

nobody!

Jiang Xuan knew all about Xu Weixiong's various actions and was aware of them, which was why Xu Weixiong liked her.

No matter what she wanted to do, she would report it to Jiang Xuan. Jiang Xuan listened without saying anything and let her do as she pleased.

In Jiang Xuan's opinion, even if he did it himself, it might not be as good as Xu Weixiong's, so why bother?

It was only after Xu Weixiong had resolved these miscellaneous matters that they set off with Jiang Xuan.

As for why they had to follow him, it was because they thought that if everything went smoothly in the future and Jiang Xuan became the emperor, they would become empresses and imperial concubines.

By then, it will be much harder for them to leave the palace, experience the thrill of battle in the martial world, and see the beautiful landscapes of the world.

So they thought they'd take this opportunity to go on one last spontaneous trip.

After Jiang Xuan learned of their thoughts, she followed them for quite some time, but because she kept stopping and starting, and because of her pregnancy, the journey was extremely slow.

That's why he later left with the sweet potato and came to the city of Tai'an.

Chapter 271 A Small Test of Skill in Tai'an City: Outer City, Inner City, and Inner City

The entire city of Tai'an was on high alert, looking down at Jiang Xuan, each of them gripping their weapons tightly.

After all, in just a few short days, Jiang Xuan's Great Chu had completely crushed the entire Li Yang Dynasty.