If I send you to join the army and marry a woman, will you conquer the Empress?

The words "sheep-leading ceremony," spoken by Tuoba Zhan with a cruel smile, seemed to possess a magical power that could freeze the air.

All the members of the Great Xia royal family and civil and military officials present changed their expressions drastically upon hearing these three words, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Many of them had read about this highly humiliating surrender ceremony in historical records.

But they never imagined that one day, this national humiliation, which only existed in cold words, would be played out in real life before their eyes!

Moreover, the ones who suffered this humiliation were the three most honorable people in their Great Xia Dynasty—the Emperor, the Empress, and the "new Emperor" who had just declared himself Emperor!

"No...don't..."

Xia Yuanhao, who had just been all-powerful and held the power of life and death over his officials, had now completely collapsed.

He knelt on the ground, crawled on his hands and feet to Tuoba Zhan's feet, hugged his riding boots, and begged with tears streaming down his face.

"Your Majesty the Khan! I beg you! I beg you to have mercy!"

"I'm willing to be a slave, a servant! I'm willing to be a cow or a horse! I only beg you not to make me perform that sheep-leading ceremony! I beg you!"

That means being stripped naked and led around like livestock!

He just killed a loyal minister and imprisoned his own father, all so that he could become emperor and enjoy supreme wealth and glory!

If he really performed the sheep-leading ceremony, what dignity would he have left as emperor? How would he then rule the country?

He will become a complete joke! A clown forever nailed to the pillar of shame, to be scorned by all!

However, his pleas were met with a merciless kick from Tuoba Zhan!

"Get out of here! You useless piece of trash!"

Tuoba Zhan kicked him several meters away, his face full of contempt and disdain.

"Now you're thinking of begging for mercy? Too late!"

"I, the Khan, will show the whole world what kind of person your Great Xia emperor really is!"

He was too lazy to waste any more words with Xia Yuanhao, so he simply waved his hand at the Northern Barbarian soldiers behind him who were already itching for a fight.

"What are you all standing there for?!"

"Let's do it!"

"yes!"

Several burly, menacing Northern Barbarian soldiers pounced on them like wolves and tigers!

Their targets were Xia Yuan, who was lying on the ground, Xia Yuanhao, who had just been kicked away, and the distraught Empress Lü.

Xia Yuan was already heartbroken and despondent. He was like a soulless puppet, letting the soldiers roughly tear off his dragon robe, which symbolized his supreme status, leaving him with only a thin undergarment.

Xia Yuanhao and Empress Lü, on the other hand, began to struggle and resist desperately!

"Don't touch me! You filthy beasts! Get away from me!"

Xia Yuanhao acted like a madman, kicking and biting with both hands and feet, trying to break free from the soldiers' control.

"I am the Emperor of Great Xia! You cannot treat me like this! Crown Prince Ying! Save me! Crown Prince Ying!"

He placed his last hope on the handsome young man who had always stood aside, watching coldly.

However, Ying Wuji merely glanced at him indifferently, his eyes showing no sympathy whatsoever, but rather a hint of amusement as if he were watching a good show.

This dog doesn't seem to be obedient enough and needs further training.

"Bang!"

One of the northern barbarian soldiers, clearly annoyed by Xia Yuanhao's struggles, punched him hard in the stomach!

"Aaaaaah!"

Xia Yuanhao was in so much pain that he curled up like a boiled shrimp, vomiting up even the acidic fluid from the previous night, and was unable to utter another word.

Taking advantage of the situation, the soldiers quickly stripped him naked.

On the other hand, Empress Lü's resistance was even more intense.

She was, after all, a woman, and knew all too well the importance of a woman's innocence.

Like a lioness driven to the brink, she used all her strength to scratch, claw, kick, and bite, resorting to any means necessary.

A northern barbarian soldier was unable to dodge in time, and she slashed his face with several deep bloody marks.

"Hmph! You dare to resist?"

Tuoba Zhan snorted coldly, stepped forward, grabbed Empress Lü's hair, and forcibly dragged her up from the ground.

"I love your kind of spirited, thorny horse!"

His eyes gleamed with a desire to conquer, and with his other hand, he reached out without hesitation for Empress Lü's magnificent phoenix robe!

"Rip—"

A sharp, tearing sound rang out.

Empress Lü's phoenix robe was roughly torn to shreds, revealing her lotus-root-colored silk undergarment underneath.

Then, even her undergarments were ruthlessly torn open...

"Aaaaaah!"

Empress Lü let out a scream of utter despair, clutching her chest tightly with both hands.

But how could that insignificant cover possibly block the hundreds and thousands of eyes around us, filled with desire and greed?

The soldiers of the Northern Barbarians let out bursts of vulgar laughter and whistles.

The officials of the Great Xia Dynasty lowered their heads or turned their faces away, unable to bear to watch this scene, which was a national disgrace.

"Hahaha! Continue!"

Seeing her utterly humiliated and indignant state, Tuoba Zhan laughed even more wildly and unrestrainedly!

Several northern barbarian soldiers immediately understood and rushed forward!

Outer robe, inner garment, inner shirt...

Clothes symbolizing nobility and glory were roughly torn to shreds and thrown on the ground, where they were wantonly trampled by the filthy hooves of horses.

The once revered and powerful Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty shivered in the cold wind.

Her face was expressionless, her eyes were empty, like a puppet that had lost its soul.

That extreme humiliation had completely destroyed her will.

On the other hand, Xia Yuanhao's fate was equally tragic.

His gleaming armor was forcibly torn apart by several Northern Barbarian soldiers, and the clothes underneath were also ripped to shreds.

The deposed crown prince, who had just been dreaming of becoming emperor, was now exposed to everyone's gaze, just like his mother.

His face was filled with humiliation.

He regretted it. Why did he have to provoke this group of devils who didn't follow any rules at all!

As for Xia Yuan, the former emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, he offered no resistance whatsoever from beginning to end.

He was like a real dead man, letting those northern barbarian soldiers strip off his dragon robe and sever his last shred of dignity.

His eyes remained vacant, staring at the sky, as if everything in this world was no longer relevant to him.

Perhaps, he was already dead the moment he decided to surrender.

……

Soon, three rough sheepskins, still smelling of fish and mutton, were thrown over and draped over the three men.

Three thick dog chains were placed around their necks.

An emperor, an empress, and a crown prince.

This is an unprecedented humiliation in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Tuoba Zhan looked at his masterpiece and laughed with satisfaction.

He stepped forward, grabbed the two dog leashes that were binding Xia Yuan and Empress Lü, and weighed them in his hand as if he were leading two dogs.

"Let's go! My two fine beasts!"

He extended an invitation to Ying Wuji behind him.

Ying Wuji's face was expressionless as he gracefully took the dog leash that was binding Xia Yuanhao from a soldier.

An extreme humiliation targeting the entire Great Xia Dynasty is about to begin.