The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Although they had already guessed Tuoba Xiangtai's ulterior motives, Tuoba Ashina and the eldest prince were still extremely angry.

"You brat, how dare you!"

"Third brother, you've gone too far!"

However, before the two could finish speaking, they saw the soldiers who were already standing in the tent approaching them.

That's when it dawned on me.

After the battle between the left and right peaks, only a few thousand people were pursued and killed by the Yu people and managed to escape back; the elite forces were almost completely wiped out.

However, Takuba Shota has nearly 20,000 people under his control!

The scariest thing is,

When they entered the tent, they brought with them a small number of elite soldiers.

Tuoba Xiang had made preparations far in advance. No matter how elite their troops were, how could they possibly fight against him?

Most importantly, these elite soldiers were so badly beaten by the Yu people that they were no longer able to fight.

It's simply impossible to fight against them.

Sure enough, a large number of soldiers soon poured into the tent. Apart from a few fierce warriors from the grasslands, there were also some carrying long swords, who were clearly not of our kind!

Japanese!

Soon, the guards who followed were slaughtered, and Tuoba Ashina and the eldest prince were also firmly controlled.

He was forced to kneel down and kowtow to Takuba Shota, who was sitting on the tiger chair.

Both were brave warriors of the grasslands; how could they endure such a humiliating disgrace?!

They all shouted and cursed, "Tuoba Xiangtai, how arrogant you are! How dare you make my father kowtow to you? Aren't you afraid of divine punishment from the Eternal Heaven?"

"Third brother, I never imagined you would harbor such rebellious intentions. The Central Plains dynasty was right after all: those who are not of our race will surely have different hearts!"

Upon hearing this, Takuba Shota smiled slightly.

He said, "Father, elder brother, you both look down on me too much."

"What do you mean I have rebellious intentions?"

"I already had one!"

Takuba Shota gently waved his folding fan, his posture relaxed and carefree, a slight smile appearing on his lips, always the composed and unperturbed young master.

He said to the eldest prince, "Brother, you have been exchanging goods with many merchants from the Central Plains Dynasty, but you have been repeatedly discovered by the border army, causing you heavy losses. You cannot explain this to the nobility of the grasslands."

"Guess who did this?"

The eldest prince was taken aback.

A nascent commercial system had already emerged on the grasslands, which he controlled, cultivating many merchants from the Central Plains and helping grassland nobles prosper. This not only brought him wealth but also won him popular support.

However, recently, a series of accidents have occurred.

Even the Li family of Huaiqing, whom he valued most, suddenly disappeared without a trace after he personally received them.

I've never understood it.

I thought the Red Beacon Army had tightened border control, but it turns out it was actually...

Takuba Shota!

Tuoba Xiangtai looked at Tuoba Ashina: "Father, the leaders of your ten tribes have repeatedly disagreed with you. Even this time, when they occupied Shanhe City, I had to go and mediate. Can you guess why this is?"

Tuoba Ashina was also utterly shocked.

"Is it you?"

"You, you, you son of a foreign woman, how did you manage to persuade them?"

Before Tuoba Xiangtai could give an answer, Tuoba Ashina immediately realized what was going on.

Takuba Sho is too rich!

After all, Empress Xiao Mingzhao was willing to give Shanhe City to Tuoba Xiangtai, so she must have given him a lot of money and benefits in private.

He suddenly seemed to collapse.

He had never thought highly of his third son, who had been sent to various countries as a hostage since childhood. He always expected him to return with a refined and indifferent demeanor. He never imagined that his son was hiding his true nature so well!

Tuoba Xiangtai showed not a trace of smugness on his face, as if this act of undermining the foundation of the Northern Frontier was nothing to him.

He simply said, "Father, elder brother, the ruler of this grassland is already mine."

"While the army was invading the northern frontier, I had already arranged for people to give them countless amounts of gold and silver to subdue the tribes, large and small."

"at the moment……"

"I have far more than 20,000 men!"

"I've transferred over 20,000 more people from the grasslands!"

"Now, I have over 40,000 troops, plus the several thousand elite soldiers you brought back, making a total of 50,000!"

"Fifty thousand people!"

"Father, elder brother, do you think I'm qualified to be the ruler of the Northern Frontier?"

On the grassland, there were 50,000 people, who were absolutely qualified to compete for the title of ruler of the grassland. In addition, the most elite soldiers were all wiped out in one battle. No one on the entire grassland could compete with Tuoba Xiangtai anymore.

Tuoba Ashina was especially aware of this.

However, I felt increasingly distressed.

Is the mighty grassland about to fall into the hands of Tuoba Xiangtai, who has half Japanese blood?

He stared at Tuoba Xiangtai, his expression as fierce as a lion that had once roamed the grasslands, and coldly said, "So, all of this was your conspiracy?"

Takuba Shota shook his head and said, "How can you call it a conspiracy?"

"This is my desire for the throne of the steppes!"

"However, I didn't expect you all to be so cooperative!"

"We told you to abandon your southward advance and instead attack the northern frontier, and you actually did it!"

Tuoba Xiangtai shook his head slightly, his eyes filled with contempt for Tuoba Ashina and the eldest prince.

"The Northern Frontier may no longer have the Crimson Beacon Army or the border troops, but the Great Yu and our barbarian tribes are sworn enemies. How could the people of the Northern Frontier just stand by and watch us attack them?"

"Most of those border troops haven't left yet, and they'll be fighting us sooner or later. The northern frontier will soon become a vast ocean of battlefields."

"Hehehe..."

Tuoba Xiang laughed, a rare occurrence for him: "But you guys, you believed it anyway!"

With just a smile, Takuba Shota quickly suppressed his smile and returned to his calm demeanor.

"I originally planned to take Yunji City for you, make a great contribution, increase my prestige in the army, and then let you sink into the vast ocean of the northern frontier."

"At that time, I sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight."

"When you are both exhausted from fighting, I will stab you in the back and take the opportunity to subdue these elites and become the master of this northern frontier."

"But unexpectedly, the commander of Yunji City has been replaced. Zhan Shubai, that fool, is still a fool after all. He can't even defend Yunji City."

"The newly appointed Ren Tianye doesn't even listen to Luan'er."

"That's pretty strange."

"I'm at my wit's end!"

Tuoba Xiangtai sighed, a hint of interest in Ren Tianye appearing on his face, and said, "Fortunately, you're going to attack Yunji City."

"The even better thing is that you can confidently and boldly hand over Shanhe City to us!"

"I was so happy that day!"

"Then they even more ruthlessly exploited those aristocratic families and gave them the opportunity to go and deliver messages, waiting for the people from the Northern Frontier to attack Shanhe City."

"I just didn't expect you to lose so badly!"

"I was hoping that after Shanhe City was occupied, your attack on it would fail, but instead, you suffered such heavy losses!"

"Warriors of the grasslands!"

"You wiped it all out in one battle!"

"But you've also lost all your prestige!"

Takuba Shota said politely.

Tuoba Ashina and the eldest prince heard it clearly, and now that they no longer needed to hide it, their faces were filled with shock and disbelief.

All of these things were actually done by Takuba Shota.

Other things had become unbearable for the two of them.

What's even worse is... so many elite troops died!

The grassland could never stand up again.

Tuoba Ashina angrily tried to stand up, but was pressed down. He then cursed, "Tuoba Xiangtai, you have half barbarian blood in you, how could you be so heartless?"

"That's an army of 80,000!"

"This is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication on our grasslands!"

"It is the foundation of the grassland!"

"How dare you let them suffer such a complete loss!"

"Is it my fault?!" Tuoba Xiangtai said nonchalantly, "I didn't want to either, but there's nothing I can do. God only gives you one chance like this."

"Blame it on your stupidity!"

"Your petty tricks have led to your crushing defeat, and you have no right to criticize me!"

As he said this, a rare look of anger appeared on Takuba Shota's usually extremely calm face.

His anger grew stronger, and he inexplicably became more and more manic.

"Besides..."

As he spoke, his voice trembled uncontrollably, as if he wanted to reveal all the secrets he had kept hidden for so many years.

"Besides, you all deserve to die!"

"You lot, how dare you slander and insult my Luan'er!"

"You all deserve to die!"

"Good riddance!"

"Serves him right for dying!"

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