"However, if anyone attempts to obstruct my decision, I will not forgive him!"
The Female Emperor's warning was full of meaning.
The civil and military officials lowered their heads, not saying a word.
In this heavy and oppressive atmosphere.
"Hahaha... hahaha..."
A mocking laugh rang out.
Everyone looked at Di Qingyun with shock.
They couldn't understand why he could still laugh!
"Di Qingyun, what are you laughing at!"
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou showed displeasure and harshly scolded him.
Di Qingyun stood up, wiped the tears from his face, and laughed uproariously.
"What am I laughing at? I'm laughing at your stupidity!"
"Do you know that because of your stupid actions, the entire Wu Zhou will follow you to its destruction?"
"Once you value the noble families, our Wu Zhou will fall into endless internal strife!"
"The common people of this world will starve to death and suffer terribly because of your incompetence!"
Di Qingyun's words exploded like a bolt from the blue.
Everyone stood rooted to the spot.
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou's face flushed red, and her angry gaze pierced Di Qingyun like a sharp sword.
"Di Qingyun! You have a lot of nerve to curse my country's destruction!"
She waved her hand, full of murderous intent.
Pointing her finger at Di Qingyun, she was furious.
The officials were full of shock and panic.
They looked at Di Qingyun as if looking at a madman!
Crazy!
He's really crazy!
He's courting death!
Di Qingyun straightened his back, his eyes full of determination.
At this moment, he cast aside the relationship between ruler and minister, and angrily rebuked the Female Emperor's stupidity as an outspoken minister!
"Even if you destroy Qin Xiao by relying on the noble families, what of it? Our Wu Zhou will still be destroyed!"
Seeing Di Qingyun showing no remorse, the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou trembled with anger, wishing she could cut him into pieces alive.
"You... you have a lot of nerve!"
"Someone, drag Di Qingyun down! Behead him! To serve as a warning to others!"
In her fury, the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou directly gave the order.
Cold and stern murderous intent was awe-inspiring!
The imperial guards on both sides raised their halberds and stepped forward, preparing to escort Di Qingyun away for beheading.
"Get lost!"
Di Qingyun waved everyone away.
His cold gaze glared at the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou, showing no timidity, his words sonorous like metal.
"Haha... my death is not a pity! Then let my death today awaken Your Majesty!"
He looked at the officials and laughed sorrowfully.
His voice sounded like thunder, shaking the palace.
"I only hate that I was blind back then!"
Di Qingyun's eyes were resolute.
Without another word, he smashed his head against the cold pillar.
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly tried to stop him.
Blood splattered on the high platform!
Dripping scarlet blood stained the snow-white floor tiles of the hall.
A shocking sight!
A rare court dispute in history.
Ended abruptly!
Di Qingyun fell to the ground, blood flowing from his forehead.
His aged body was dyed scarlet, and there was no more sound.
In the deathly silence, the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou stood blankly.
Outside the hall, the fierce wind raged. Sorrow, regret, and complex emotions intertwined on the Female Emperor's face, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
At this moment, inside and outside the grand hall, there was complete silence.
The civil and military officials were silent, their expressions varying, extremely complex.
It wasn't until Di Qingyun's body had completely cooled down that the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou slowly came back to her senses, a flash of gloom passing through her eyes.
Those eyes, blinded by power and desire, finally gained a bit of clarity.
"Never mind!"
Looking at the body of the loyal minister lying in a pool of blood, she waved her hand weakly, unable to hide her exhaustion and bitterness.
"Give Chancellor Di a lavish burial!"
She gave this order with some difficulty.
The friendship between ruler and minister ultimately could not match the cold imperial power.
Her sharp gaze swept over everyone, and she said word by word:
"My lords, I do not want to see what happened today a second time. Our Great Wu... will absolutely not tolerate traitors plotting against the state!"
The warning, full of murderous intent, made the officials keep quiet out of fear, their hearts pounding.
They all lowered their heads and bowed, and no one dared to speak again.
A few palace servants carried away Di Qingyun's gradually cooling body.
Watching Di Qingyun's unyielding figure slowly recede, the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou's voice was hoarse:
"Chancellor Di... have a good journey."
In the empty Golden Chimes Hall, the atmosphere was bleak.
After a long time.
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou leaned back dejectedly in the dragon throne, as if extremely exhausted.
"Chancellor Di, I'm sorry..."
"I understand what you meant..."
"I want Wu Zhou to last forever, for thousands of generations!"
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou swept her gaze over the officials, her tone firm as she said word by word:
"I have decided, all of you civil and military officials will follow me to the front lines!"
"No mistakes are allowed!"
Di Qingyun used his death as advice to let the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou know that the noble families could not be trusted.
Then, she would bring these civil and military officials to form a check and balance with the noble families.
"We obey Your Majesty's command!"
Some loyal old officials of Wu Zhou knelt on the ground with joy on their faces.
In this instant, they seemed to see the return of the spirited Female Emperor who once pointed out the state of the country!
It's just that the price was too high!
A generation's loyal chancellor had fallen!
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou took a deep breath and forced herself to stand up.
"Temujin dares to invade our Wu Zhou. I will use thunderous methods and the majesty of a king to make him pay a heavy price!"
"My lords, follow me to war!"
Cold and sharp murderous intent burst forth from the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou, sweeping through the hall.
The crowd was impassioned, united in purpose!
At this moment, the hearts of the ruler and ministers were united like never before.
The solemn voices echoed endlessly in the hall:
"We vow to follow Your Majesty to the death, and fight to the end!"
While everyone was impassioned, no one noticed the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou's reddened eyes, nor her trembling fingertips clenched into fists in her sleeves.
Throughout history, for thousands of years, it was extremely rare for a female emperor to personally lead an expedition.
"Today, I will show the people of the world that a woman can be an emperor and can fight on the battlefield just the same!"
As the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou's impassioned words of personally leading an expedition landed, the civil and military officials' blood boiled.
Morale was high!
They arrived at the drill ground.
The two million strong army had bright helmets and armor, imposing momentum, and fluttering banners.
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou ascended the high platform, her fierce and resolute gaze sweeping across the vast sea of soldiers.
The soldiers knelt on the ground, looking up at this imperial majesty.
Torches illuminated her majestic face.
"Those who offend our Wu Zhou will be punished, no matter how far away they are!"
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou drew her sword and pointed it at the sky, shouting loudly.
That sonorous voice spread throughout the three armies.
Like rumbling thunder, turning into a torrent of hot blood, deeply branded into the minds and marrow of the soldiers.
The crowd was thrilled!
"Those who offend our Wu Zhou will be punished, no matter how far away they are!"
"Those who offend our Wu Zhou will be punished, no matter how far away they are!"
Waves of cheers like a tsunami sounded, fighting spirit surging fiercely.
The momentum rose again!
At this moment, everyone felt their blood boiling!
The news of the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou personally leading an expedition swept through the entire court, and even the streets and alleys of the capital, like a hurricane!
For a time, the court and the public were shaken.
The people of the world were rejoicing!
Their majesty had not forgotten them!
United as one, to conquer the world!
Taking advantage of this momentum, the Female Emperor of Wu Zhou quickly gathered her army to attack Temujin.
"Tell Temujin that I will fight a decisive battle with him at Tumu Fortress!"
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou gave orders from the imperial carriage.
To quickly resolve Temujin, there must be a real decisive battle!
Tumu Fortress was just right to finish off Temujin, and then deal with Qin Xiao.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The soldiers received the order in unison.
Morale was like a rainbow!
The Female Emperor of Wu Zhou wore a battle robe and held her long sword high.
"Set off!"
An order was given.
The massive army marched forth in a grand and mighty procession!
Amidst the resounding blare of war horns, the battle banners snapped fiercely in the wind.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
