eurekapd Chapter 210 Kun Kingdom’s reputation is ruined
Chapter 210 Kun Kingdom’s reputation is ruined
"Of course I can guarantee that."
Shen Changgong straightened up, looked at the civil and military officials in the court and said,
"I will tell you the truth and clear Commander Yu's name."
“Just a few days ago, I went outside the city to eliminate a group of assassins and got some information.
The rangers of Kun country set up a Yan-destroying society. In order to avenge the Kun army's disastrous defeat, their rangers split up into small groups and infiltrated into our country.
They wiped out the knight-errant sects of our Great Yan and brought disaster to the people. Their target was all the civil and military officials of our Great Yan, and their biggest target was the king and General Yu.
I am the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and General Yu is a Kun person who defected. Those Kun rangers hate both of us.
Therefore, I immediately sent the Shadow Guards to protect Marshal Yu.
Yesterday, when General Yu heard that the envoy from Kun Kingdom was coming to visit, for safety reasons, he asked the shadow guard to disguise himself as a guard to protect him secretly.
The Shadow Guard heard everything they said yesterday clearly. Xu Ke tried to recruit Yu Huatian, but Yu Huatian refused sternly and declared that he would chop off Kun Huang's head with his own hands.
After the messenger finished speaking, he said goodbye.
Marshal Yu asked one of the shadow guards to come and report the matter to the king.
This king felt something was amiss last night, and today I see that this Kun Kingdom has prepared such a wonderful show for this king."
Upon hearing this, all the ministers took a deep breath.
They were amazed at Kun Guo's meticulous plan, but also angry at his shamelessness.
But the most important thing is that Shen Changgong was able to use these clues to increase his vigilance and observe the envoy's every move.
While they were still discussing whether the conditions proposed by the envoy were feasible, Shen Changgong had already begun to pay attention to the other party's hands.
It can be said that if Shen Changgong had not been here, if any of these three evil plans succeeded, the State of Yan would have suffered heavy losses and its national destiny would have been affected.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
All the ministers shouted in unison, sincerely convinced.
Shen Changgong turned around and looked at the empress.
"Your Majesty, the envoy from Kun Nation has evil intentions. He intends to harm our country, assassinate Your Majesty and your ministers, and frame our military commander. His crime is punishable by death. Please, Your Majesty, decide how to punish this beast!"
He has already been in the spotlight enough and solved enough problems. He cannot take away the decision-making power and make the empress feel that she has no presence at all.
Living with the emperor is like living with a tiger, and the empress is a tigress.
Yan Fuyao stood up, his face gloomy and a little angry, and shouted,
"Issue an order to take the Kun Kingdom envoy to the Imperial Court prison, torture him severely, interrogate him about his crimes, and make him give his testimony under orders from the Emperor Kun, and then sign and seal it.
Chief Justice Bai Chongyan is responsible for investigating this case!
Three days later, the thief will be taken to the West Market and executed by slow slicing. All his followers and guards will be beheaded in public!"
"According to the order!"
The guards immediately took him away.
Shen Changgong looked at the ministers and explained again,
"Post an imperial edict about what happened in the court today, inform the people, and have the storytellers in all the major opera troupes and restaurants spread the news widely.
This king will let all the countries and people in the world know how despicable and shameless the Emperor of Kun Kingdom and his court are!
Let everyone know that such a ruler and his subjects are not worthy of ruling the people of Kun Nation!"
"We obey the order!"
After the court was adjourned, all the ministers went outside.
Shen Changgong stopped Yu Huatian and said,
"After this incident, I'm afraid you'll be even more targeted by the enemy. During this period, try to stay in the barracks.
Your Tianyu Army has no new recruits, so it will be harder for assassins to sneak in, and it will be safer."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I understand."
"Well, go ahead and get busy. Be careful."
Everyone dispersed and Shen Changgong turned and walked towards the empress.
He took the Empress's hand, stepped down from the throne, and said with a smile,
"This is probably the closest you've ever been to an assassination attempt, right? Are you scared?"
"With you here, Wan'er, Que Ling, the entire court, and the imperial guards and shadow guards here, why would I be afraid?
This is my home, the safest place in the entire Yan State. If I were still afraid here, I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.”
The couple walked hand in hand towards the imperial study.
Shen Changgong said as he walked,
“Speaking of which, the shameless people of Kun Country not only sent the knights who destroyed the Yan Society to cause trouble in our country, but also sent envoys to assassinate you and me.
We were lucky these two times and escaped, but what if they went on to kill the county magistrate, prefect, prefect, and all the civil and military officials in the capital?
The salaries of officials are not high, and we do not allow them to embezzle. How much money can they have to hire experts to protect themselves?
If this sort of thing happened two or three times, I'm afraid all the civil and military officials would be too frightened to attend court, and the functioning of the country would come to a standstill."
Yan Fuyao thought for a moment and said,
"We can do two things at once. First, we can use your method of setting up a martial arts conference and letting the Rangers fight against the Rangers. Then you and I will both participate to boost morale and unite everyone to fight against the Yan Society and destroy them.
Second, the conscription order has summoned thousands of experts. Let them compete and we will give out rewards.
After the competition, we will ask for their opinions. Those who are willing to join the army can go, and those who are willing to stay can be given salaries and asked to protect officials. If there are assassins, they can also play a good role.
This kind of thing isn't too risky, it's safer than a battlefield, and with the court providing support, I'm sure there will be many people willing to do it."
After listening to this, Shen Changgong nodded repeatedly, then put his arm around the empress's shoulders, and made a sneak attack without any martial ethics, kissing her beautiful and majestic cheek, and said with a smile,
"As expected of my wife, she is so smart. She came up with such a good idea right away."
The empress wiped her cheek in disgust, then kissed Shen Changgong unwillingly.
Yan Fuyao has never been inferior to others in her life, so how could she let Shen Changgong take advantage of her for nothing?
This advantage must be taken back.
Shen Changgong laughed heartily, and took off the empress's heavy crown with heartache, holding it in his hand to lighten the weight for her.
What happened in the court, with the posting of the imperial edict and the instigation of civil and military officials, swept across the city at the speed of a storm.
At noon, almost everyone on the streets and in the major restaurants was talking about this matter.
After learning about Kun's three-step evil plan, the people of Yan were filled with righteous indignation and cursed Kun for being shameless and using such conspiracy to harm their Yan State.
He deceived the State of Yan into negotiating peace in order to obtain the surrendered soldiers for free, and he also tried to assassinate His Majesty and the Prince, and framed Yu Huatian. It was truly too despicable.
For a time, anti-Kun sentiment was running high throughout the entire Great Yanjing City, and many students and common people wrote petitions to the court, requesting that the court send troops to attack the Kun Kingdom.
After this incident, Kun State’s reputation was completely ruined in the eyes of Yan State and other countries.
However, the people of Yan State had a much better impression of Yuhuatian, believing that he was indeed loyal to Dayan.