1966: C1966 Final volume

C1966 Final volume

The combat power displayed by the Hong Family Army caused Zhang Situ, Ren Fang and the rest of the generals to feel deep admiration. Bu Ying stood beside Xiao Xiang and looked at the smoke that was rising from all over the place and the messy Hong Family Army camp that was.

He was not only sighing over the casualties of the soldiers on his side, but also over the Hong Family Army. Such a strong army had been turned into ashes in the midst of internal strife, how could he not feel pity?

Xiao Xiang tilted her head and shot him a glance, and faintly said: "When King Father was alive, she was deeply fearful of Family Army, and believed that Family Army was the root of the worry within my Chuan Country, and thus she had already had the intention to ban them. Now that King Father is no longer here, and there just happened to be a chance like this, I naturally had to fulfill King Father's last wish."

As one of Xiao Xuan's trusted aides, Bu Ying naturally knew that Xiao Xiang was not lying. The Former King did have the desire to eliminate the Family Army, and it was just that he had not found a suitable opportunity to do so, that's all. However, he did not agree with Xiao Xiang's methods, they were too extreme and too bloody, the total number of Family Army of the entire Chuan Country was over a million.

It was true that their existence was a threat to the imperial government, but they were also People of Chuan Country. Killing each other was also a internal matter of the Chuan Country, so it would only cause the enemies of the Chuan Country to snicker behind their backs.

Seeing Bu Ying and the other generals frown as they were silent, Xiao Xiang understood what they were thinking. She smiled and said: "Generals, no need to worry, the reason why I used such a forceful method to deal with Hong Family Army is because I thought of the deterrence of killing a chicken to set an example for a monkey and knocking the mountain into a tiger. In the future, there won't be any more massacres like this."

Hearing this, the generals' expressions finally eased a little. Everyone cupped their hands in greeting and said, "The princess is wise!"

After the sky brightened up, the battle finally came to an end. After this battle, all of their Hong Family Army s had been destroyed, and less than five thousand soldiers and horses, including even Eldest Young Master and Hong Yuetian, had died in the chaos.

The next thing to do was to clean up the battlefield, take care of the wounded, bury the corpses, and continue watching Xiao Xiang.

When the soldier carried Xiao Ting's corpse to her, she lowered her head and looked at it carefully, before sniffing. Without saying anything, he turned around and entered the carriage, gesturing to the surrounding guards to return to the city.

After a fierce battle, Hong Family Army was removed from the list. In the future, this title would only exist in the annals of history in Sichuan, but unfortunately, Xiao Ting would become the second victim in the battle for the throne of Chuan Country.

From start to finish, he had only made two mistakes, but they were two fatal ones. One, he had overestimated himself, and two, he had underestimated his opponent.

On that day, Xiao Xiang made a public announcement in the name of the imperial government, enumerating the crimes committed by Xiao Ting and herself.

No one dared to object to this announcement, including those officials of Xiao Ting's group. Right now, no one dared to oppose Xiao Xiang, and it was simple, whoever had the authority of the military would have the right to speak. Right now, all the Central Army around the capital city were practically under Xiao Xiang's control, if someone was foolish enough to continue opposing her, it would undoubtedly be playing a joke on them and their families, who would dare take such a risk? Even if she was dissatisfied with Xiao Xiang, she could only swallow him down.

Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian were dead, but Xiao Xiang did not let go of their families. Xiao Xiang was extremely determined towards Hong Yuetian. He ordered the slaughter of the nine clans mercilessly, and completely eradicated a branch of the Hong clan.

As for Xiao Ting, Xiao Xiang still had a bit of kinship with them, and could be said to be kind to them, he did not kill them all, but he did not let them off the hook either. All of the officials that took up their positions, the imperial court would never hire them, all of the dukes with titles, they would be demoted as concubines, all of their wealth and assets would be returned to the national treasury, and they would be exiled to some remote areas in Chuan Country.

Xiao Xiang's iron wrist had given Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian these two great forces a devastating blow, and it had a wide range of implications, involving too many people. That was, aside from future troubles, it had also allowed Xiao Xiang to establish her prestige in the Chuan Country, so at least no one else would look down on her because she was a woman.

In addition, Xiao Ting's and Hong Yuetian's fate had also served to set an example for others, and shake the mountains and shake the tiger. The twelve dukes that were still in the Zhaoyang City could be said to be people in danger, and all of them were like frightened birds that were about to be frightened out of their wits.

Right now, the only thing they could rely on was Xiao Yuan, who was also willing to accept their trust.

However, it was still not enough for him to have the strength to contend with Xiao Xiang. If he was able to have an additional important bargaining chip in his hand, he could endure it and not raise his hand. Even if he could make Xiao Xiang sit on the throne, it would not be too late for him to find an opportunity to rebel in the future.

The biggest difference between Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ting was that he could endure it more. He did not care about the gains and losses at the moment, as everything he had done was for the future.

As a result, when Xiao Xiang took advantage of the fact that she had destroyed both Xiao Ting and Hong Yuetian to establish her prestige, Xiao Yuan did not stay idle either. Firstly, to win over all the dukes, and secondly, to rope the ministers in from the imperial court, but as long as she was not satisfied with Xiao Xiang, he would think of ways to pull Xiao Xiang over to her side. Moreover, he was very smart to not rush to signal a fight with Xiao Xiang, and only won over the hearts of the people, and pull as many people as possible who were useful to him to surround him, and slowly form a large faction.

He thought that he had tolerated doing things secretly enough, but he was still unable to escape from Xiao Xiang's eyes. In Xiao Xiang's opinion, this Second Royal Brother of her had neither guts nor courage, and could only secretly try some underhanded tactics, making it difficult to escape.

On the third day after her battle with Hong Family Army, Xiao Xiang personally invited Xiao Yuan and the other twelve dukes to her Princess Mansion for a feast. Counting the gratitude she felt for their help, it could also be considered a celebratory feast.

Receiving Xiao Xiang's invitation, these twelve marquis' hearts all rose to their throats, as they felt that Xiao Xiang's feast would not be that simple. They came to Xiao Yuan at the same time, asking for his opinion.

Xiao Yuan did analyse the situation and the dukes' considerations were not wrong. Xiao Xiang definitely would not invite him and the other dukes for no reason at all. She must have some sort of scheme, but what exactly was she plotting? It was impossible for her to kill herself and the other dukes without any reason. If she had dared to do so, all the People of Chuan Country in the world would definitely scold her. Xiao Xiang was so smart, he would not do such a foolish thing.

Then why did she give a banquet? After thinking about it, in the end, Xiao Yuan could only come up with a reasonable excuse. That was, that Xiao Xiang wanted to convince himself and the other nobles to support her ascension to the throne.

Understanding this, Xiao Yuan laughed in his heart. Actually, it didn't matter if he and the other heirs didn't support her. Currently, her influence was the greatest, and he received the most support, his ascension to the top had already become a foregone conclusion. It was just that with the support of him and the other heirs, her succession would become more orthodox, and his face would be even more pleasing. Xiao Xiang, this damned girl, wanted both face and face. Since that was the case, why not give her a favor?

Xiao Yuan decided to accept Xiao Xiang's invitation based on his own judgement. After he expressed his stance, the other dukes relaxed and expressed that they would go with him to the banquet.

To make a long story short, Xiao Yuan and the dukes traveled together that night, arriving at Xiao Xiang's Princess Mansion.

In the Princess Mansion, there were soldiers everywhere, and there were guards everywhere. In particular, when they entered the courtyard in the front yard, they could almost not see the empty space in the huge space, where there were all bright helmets and bright warriors with swords crossing their ribs. The place was pitch black and there were countless of them, and each and every one of them had a fierce and murderous look in their eyes.1

When they saw this scene, the hearts of the dukes once again rose to their throats. As they walked forward, the tendons in their legs rotated as cold sweat dripped from time to time. The Marquis of Changshan, Xiao Yi, who was walking beside Xiao Yuan, said with a trembling voice, "Second Young Master, this ? There's something wrong here! "

Seeing this scene, where the troops were like a forest, the dukes were afraid, but Xiao Yuan was actually relieved.

He smiled and said indifferently, "Marquis, you don't have to worry. If there really is no good wine or good feast, then these soldiers won't hide in the dark."

Oh? When they heard his words, the dukes looked at each other and thought carefully, this was indeed true. Xiao Yuan smiled confidently: "It's just a bluff, if such a formation is enough to scare you all, then Sister Xiang can do as you wish."

"So that's how it is. This subject understands." The dukes heaved a sigh of relief, their expressions much more natural.

sat in the middle, and on her right hand side, the seats of the Generals s were already filled with Chuan Country, among which Zhang Situ, Ren Fang, Bu Ying, Yang Zhao, Yang Zhao and the other generals were sitting to the left of her side. The seats were all empty, which was obviously prepared for Xiao Yuan and the dukes.

Seeing them enter, all the generals stood up and cupped their hands in greeting, while Xiao Xiang sat there without moving. She casually waved her hand and said with a smile, "Royal Brother and the various Marquis have finally arrived.

Xiao Xiang was a sister and Xiao Yuan was a brother. Even if Xiao Xiang was a landlord, according to the etiquette, she should still let him sit in the seat of honor. But when she sat there, she did not even get up, nor did she have the intention to give up her seat. This made Xiao Yuan frown.

Feeling unhappy, Xiao Yuan did not show it on his face. He smiled slightly and said: "Sorry for making Sister Xiang wait so long."

"Royal Brother is too polite."

As they exchanged greetings, Xiao Yuan and the dukes all took their seats in the empty seats. Just as they sat down, Xiao Xiang clapped his hands and said: "Serve the wine and dishes!"

As she spoke, the maidservants came in one by one, bringing in pots of fine wine and plates of delicious food.

After the maid finished pouring the wine, Xiao Xiang picked up the cup first, stood up, and raised the cup high above her head. Afterwards, she sprinkled the contents of the cup onto the ground, and after that, she said to the people below: "This first cup of wine is to serve the Elder Royal Brother, even if he is at fault, he is still my Royal Brother, and his blood is thicker than water!"

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