Chapter 564 - Chapter 564: Chapter 564- Is He Dead?
Chapter 564: Chapter 564- Is He Dead?
Translator. Dragon Boat Translation | Editor. Dragon Boat Translation
Birds couldn’t fly without a head, and people couldn’t walk without a head. The
Wan Family Army was initially brave and invincible.
However, they didn’t know if their Emperor was dead or alive. Although they had a commander, seeing the Emperor spit blood had a massive impact on their morale. They were even more discouraged after being bombarded by the Xiao Family Army. They felt that the Xiao Family Army was invincible, so they naturally didn’t have the momentum to fight.
If the army had no confidence to win, they would lose the battle.
However, the Xiao Family Army was different. They had a wise commander, and they had the confidence to destroy everything. Their morale was high, and they didn’t care about their lives. They just wanted to charge forward and contribute to eliminating the evil Wan Family Army. Their beliefs could stimulate their potential, and they were invincible.
The Xiao Family Army rushed into the capital like a tide, and the four gates fought together. The Wan Family Army was forced to have no way to escape.
Some died, and some surrendered. In less than two hours, the Xiao Family Army had utterly occupied the Forbidden City.
The first thing Xiao Zeyu wanted to do was to capture Wan Yulin and the Wan family. The concubines, princes, and princesses in the palace were captured like stray dogs, all of them trembling in fear.
The trauma of Wan Qingzhi being turned into a human skin lantern was too great for them. They were afraid that they would be torn apart like Wan
Qingzhi.
They knew that Xiao Zeyu would seek revenge for Xiao Heng and would never let a member of the Wan family off.
Some timid people tried to commit suicide. Some hanged themselves, some drank the red wine on the crane’s head, and some threw themselves into the lake. It could be said that these people were brilliant because they would die without a way out. This way, they would suffer less torture.
Xiao Zeyu didn’t even need to find Wan Yulin. The surrendered Wan Family
Army would tell him his whereabouts so that he would be given a lighter punishment.
Xiao Zeyu immediately ordered people to bring Wan Yulin to the throne room.
He wanted to judge Wan Yulin and the Wan family in the throne room.
The soldiers were furious. They had been waiting for this moment to avenge General Xiao Heng and avenge the people of the world.
After taking down the capital, Su Qing brought Xiao Ying and Jiang Yuyan along with the military doctors to treat the injured. She did not go to the throne room immediately. These soldiers who fought for Xiao Zeyu were all very precious. As long as they could be treated, they would not give up.
Even those soldiers who had lost their arms and legs and were no longer of any value, Su Qing treated them all because they were the heroes.
The attitude towards the deserving and the wounded was the yardstick for soldiers to decide whether to pledge loyalty. Knowing that their families would be taken care of even if they died in battle and that they would not be abandoned even if they were injured was a strong cohesion that made the soldiers pledge their loyalty to the death.
“Young master’s wife, Miss, young master wants you to go to the throne room immediately.”
Xiao Zeyu wanted to judge the Wan Family. At this critical moment, he hoped that Su Qing could be by his side. His sister also wanted to witness the revenge for her parents, so he sent people to look for them.
Su Qing left all the medicine for the military doctor and organized a group of soldiers who knew medicine and bandages to help. After everything was done, she washed her hands and rushed to the throne room with Xiao Lanxin.
It was Xiao Lanxin’s first time visiting such a magnificent palace, but she was not in the mood to look at it. She was overwhelmed by the thought of avenging her parents.
In the past, she did not have such a strong feeling. She just wanted to avenge her parents. Now, she wanted to kill her enemies with her own hands and cut them into pieces. Her hatred was boiling like lava.
Su Qing brought Xiao Lanxin into the throne room. She had been to all sorts of occasions, but she was still as calm as ever in the face of the majestic throne room. She stood tall and straight, looking straight ahead. She had the dignity and style of the mother of a country.
The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty had all been taken down and were kneeling outside the throne room. Some of the smarter ones immediately submitted and took the initiative to write a memorial listing Wan Yulin’s ten major crimes, hoping to please Xiao Zeyu so that they could continue to be officials in the court.
Xiao Zeyu came without any expression or fear. He received the memorials and listened to Wan Yulin’s denouncement. He did not say a word, but his expression was unfathomable. The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty could not understand his intentions and were even more afraid of him.
Su Qing walked up the steps from the group of officials without looking sideways. They would never keep these fence-sitters. After investigating their crimes, they would kill those who should be killed, exile those who should be exiled, confiscate their homes to fill the national treasury, and re-select their officials.
Su Qing walked into the throne room. Xiao Zeyu came down from the throne to personally welcome her. He held Su Qing’s hand and walked up to the throne under the gaze of the generals. Su Qing calmly sat beside Xiao Zeyu and coldly glanced at the Wan family members kneeling in the throne room. The former royal family members were now prisoners.
It was this group of dogs who killed her in-laws, causing Shuisheng and Xiao Ying to be homeless and flee for half their lives…
Sensing Su Qing’s cold and murderous gaze, the Wan family members were so scared that they trembled. They were now in a state of panic about the outcome they were about to face. Death was not the most terrifying thing for them. They even regretted not killing themselves before they were caught.
Xiao Zeyu was waiting for the culprit, Wan Yulin. However, the guards who had gone to bring him had not returned for a long time. He frowned and asked, “Hasn’t Wan Yulin been brought here yet?”
“Young Master, Wan Yulin has arrived.”
Someone outside the hall immediately answered. Soon, the guards carried the dying Wan Yulin into the hall on a stretcher.
The concubines looked at Wan Yulin, whose face was as pale as gold paper with blood still hanging from his mouth. In the past, this man was so powerful that he could protect them and let them enjoy wealth and peace.
Now, this man had become a fallen tiger. His claws had been cut off, and he had lost his fighting strength. He could no longer protect them. He even implicated them.
The princes were so frightened that they didn’t dare to cry. They feared that if they cried for their father, Xiao Zeyu would be so angry that he would tear them apart.
They subconsciously felt that their father was incompetent and had caused them trouble.
“Young master, Wan Yulin vomited a lot of blood and is on the verge of death. The guard who had brought him over knelt and reported to Xiao Zeyu. Xiao Zeyu didn’t need him to say anything. Wan Yulin was lying on the stretcher, his chest not moving up or down. He looked like a corpse without any signs of life.
Xiao Zeyu’s thick brows furrowed as he looked at the dying Wan Yulin. Wan Shengchang had died a step earlier, and escaping punishment had already made him feel stifled.
Now, the main culprit, Wan Yulin, was about to die. He had a good ending and was not punished. This made Xiao Zeyu extremely angry.
“Find the imperial physician and save him. We can’t let him off easily.
Xiao Zeyu ordered the guards to call in the imperial physician kneeling outside. As long as Wan Yulin could still breathe, he would be able to enjoy the pain his father had suffered fully. However, the dead did not know pain, so he had to bring Wan Yulin back to life.
The imperial physicians were called into the main hall, and all of them were trembling, unable to speak. Xiao Zeyu had ordered them to save Wan Yulin, and all of them knelt to beg for mercy,
“We are useless! Emperor… There’s no chance of saving him.”
Xiao Zeyu clenched the armrest in hatred. Wan Yulin was going to get away with it just like that? He was reluctant!
Su Qing stood up and walked towards Wan Yulin, lying on the ground. Xiao Zeyu’s eyes lit up.. How could he have forgotten about Qing’er?