Chapter 416: Total Annihilation

The next morning, when Chu Qinghuang got up to go to court, Fucang had already quietly left the palace and rushed out of the city with a few people.

The Imperial City was on alert all night last night. Because all the masterminds behind the assassination of Her Majesty the Queen had not yet been caught, the Royal Forest Army searched the city, and all nine gates were heavily guarded.

Everyone leaving the city must be interrogated and their identity confirmed before they can be released.

Under such intensive patrols and searches, Ange arrested sixteen men who were acting suspiciously. Some of these men were pretending to be small traders, some were pretending to be playboys, some were pretending to be jobbers, and some were pretending to be scholars.

But without exception, after their identity was exposed, their escape speed was worthy of Qinggong masters, which showed that they were well trained.

All sixteen people were tied up using the toughest silk ropes in Ange. No matter how high their martial arts skills were, there was no possibility of breaking free.

After Chu Qinghuang returned to the Imperial Study Room from court, Chu Xuanyi reported the matter: "Your Majesty, please make a decision."

"Bring them all here." Chu Qinghuang ordered, "Invite Duanmu Yu here too."

"yes."

Not long after, Duanmu Yu was invited to the imperial study room. When he saw the sixteen people pressed outside the imperial study room, his expression changed instantly.

"Does Emperor Duanmu know these people?" Chu Qinghuang glanced at the livid Duanmu Yu and smiled faintly, "They behaved suspiciously and acted sneakily. I suspected that they were involved in the plan to assassinate me, so I ordered them to be arrested. I wonder if Emperor Duanmu thinks they look familiar?"

Duanmu Yu was silent for a moment: "Her Majesty the Queen said that they participated in the assassination plan. Is there any evidence?"

"No evidence is needed." Chu Qinghuang looked indifferent, "On my territory, their sneaky behavior is very suspicious to me. If I say they are guilty, they are guilty."

After a slight pause in her tone, she raised an eyebrow: "After all, if the emperor wants to kill people, he can just find any reason. Emperor Duanmu must have killed many people in the years since he took the throne."

Duanmu Yu's expression was cold, and he clearly realized that he had miscalculated again this time.

Xiqi was originally a powerful country, but the civil strife in recent years has emptied Xiqi's combat effectiveness. The reason why he chose to come here at this time is because the queen has just ascended the throne, and she is only a teenage girl with yellow hair. There is no regent like Dongling around her. Assisted by a strong husband like Wang Rongyu.

Several princes were eyeing her throne again.

In Duanmu Yu's view, Xiqi should have been in chaos, and there were opportunities to take advantage of the chaos.

He had no idea that he would fall into the hands of this yellow-haired girl so easily.

It was a great disgrace to him.

At this moment, he could completely believe that if he did not admit to knowing these sixteen people, then this yellow-haired girl would definitely order people to put them all into the sky prison and torture them severely.

The only thing he was lucky about now was that there were still some experts staying on standby outside the Imperial City, so that the whole army would not be wiped out. But how could the news in the Imperial City be conveyed?

Duanmu Yu frowned.

"What is Emperor Duanmu thinking about?" Chu Qinghuang put her hands behind her hands and whispered casually, "Are you thinking carefully about whether you should get to know them or not?"

Duanmu Yu became angry with embarrassment: "Since Her Majesty the Queen has captured them, hasn't it confirmed their relationship with me? Isn't it the behavior of a king to humiliate me like this at this time?"

"I'm just expressing my doubts." Chu Qinghuang's eyes darkened, and his voice was a little colder, "Since Emperor Duanmu admits to knowing them, please ask them to stay in the palace to protect His Majesty the Emperor. It's nothing. Try not to leave the palace for important matters, otherwise they may not be so lucky if they are regarded as assassins again. "

Duanmuyu heard her threat, and the implication was that he should stop trying to tell the truth.

This means that he must be placed under house arrest in Xiqi.

"Her Majesty the Queen has just ascended the throne, and Xiqi's national strength is still recovering." There was a sense of oppression in his eyes. "If Northern Xinjiang and Xiqi go to war at this time, what are the chances of Her Majesty the Queen winning?"

"If we fight today, there is no chance of winning at all." Chu Qinghuang said truthfully, "If we fight within a month, the victory will be 50-50; if the northern border invades after three months, the entire army will be wiped out. It must be Northern Xinjiang...Does Emperor Duanmu know why?"

Duanmu Yu was secretly frightened, but his face remained calm: "I'm all ears."

"If we start a war today, I will have no time to mobilize troops or ask for help. With the current strength of Xiqi's iron cavalry, it is indeed no match for Northern Xinjiang." Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "But I believe that even if Emperor Duanmu has the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth, It’s impossible to mobilize troops and horses today.”

Duanmuyu said nothing.

"If the war starts in one month, I am 50% sure." Chu Qinghuang said, "This 50% sure is because my border cavalry do not yet have enough sophisticated weapons and horses. I will equip them in one month. Armor, weapons and horses, even if they don’t guarantee complete victory, they can ensure that Northern Xinjiang cannot take advantage.”

Duanmu Yu still didn't speak.

"If it takes three months..." Chu Qinghuang clicked his tongue, "I have enough time to ask for help and reinforcements to come. By then, I am afraid that the entire army in Northern Xinjiang will be annihilated, the country will be destroyed, the family will be destroyed, and all the concubines in His Majesty's harem will be destroyed. Being reduced to a lowly status, it is difficult for them to decide whether they live or die. "

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