Summer.
Since the defeat half a year ago, Daxia has been shaken from top to bottom.
Even knowing that the ancients were good at fighting, hundreds of thousands of troops were planning for a long time, but they were defeated by 50,000, leaving less than 200,000 to return. This can be said to be the only major defeat in recent decades.
Not to mention that the troops led by Flying Cavalry and Li Qianqiu also looted several cities in Daxia, causing panic in a large area in the south.
After the flying cavalry left, Daxia felt unspeakable anger from top to bottom.
There was a surge of sentiment in many places among the people, especially among the scholars. However, there was no action in Daxia for half a year, which disappointed many people, and they turned their attention to the court.
It's not that no one knows the current embarrassment of the court, but more people still turn their grievances towards the court. After all, being plundered by barbarians in the hinterland has never happened before.
First it was a big defeat, and then the enemy army ran rampant in the territory, but there was nothing I could do. For Da Xia who thinks highly of himself, it seems like rubbing his face against the ground.
"I say every day that now is not the time. I can't share this matter. I can't come up with any solutions. What use do I need you?" Emperor Xia's roar sounded in the Great Xia's conference hall, and the guards outside the hall shrank subconsciously. Shrink your neck.
In the past six months, Emperor Xia was often furious, which was already the norm. Almost every few days, someone in the palace was beaten to death for offending Emperor Xia.
At the same time, since those two times when he vomited blood and passed out, his physical condition has become worse and worse. Xia Huang, who originally only had a few white hairs, now has more than half of his hair gray, his face is haggard, and his eye sockets are sunken.
"Your Majesty, the imperial court now has heavy taxes, and many places have already complained that no more taxes can be added! If there is no tax increase, it will be difficult to raise military rations and armaments; moreover, recruiting and training recruits will take a long time, and they will not be able to go south for at least two years.
Now the barbarians have Yun and Chen kingdoms on the outside, and the land of heaven and scenery on the inside are causing chaos, and they cannot be calmed down in a short time. This is the best time for us to rest and recuperate. After two years, under the ebb and flow of each other, they will be able to wipe out their satisfaction in one fell swoop. "
An old man said calmly. He has long been used to the emperor's frequent anger, so he is not afraid.
He just sighed in his heart. His majesty, who was still considered heroic back then, inevitably became like this as he got older. Although outsiders don't know, but seeing the changes in the past six months, he felt that his majesty became more and more stupid. .
Fortunately, the crown prince is quite heroic. After a hundred years from His Majesty, the crown prince will be able to take care of the overall situation.
And looking at His Majesty's body, I'm afraid it will only take a few years.
"Wait, wait, wait, you say you have to wait every day, how can I wait? Don't I know what the people say about me now? And you, prime minister!" Xia Bailong snorted heavily, his face pale. Blushing, bloodshot eyes. Thinking of the news that came back, he almost went crazy.
"Your Majesty, please calm down first. Being so angry is not good for your health." Another old man said hastily. After those two times of vomiting blood and fainting, Xia Bailong fainted several times in the past six months. Everyone had to take care of the emperor's body carefully. How can you hide it from him
Especially the revenge against Dayao has become a thorn in his heart.
"Your Majesty, those are just provocations. If Your Majesty gets angry, it will be in their arms." Qi Mingtang, known as the prime minister with a shy head, said flatly.
"Hmph!" Xia Bailong snorted again, before saying: "Nowadays all kinds of ghosts and snakes have appeared, but they just lost a battle. They really think that my Daxia is going to die? Have you found anything?"
"Their organization is very strict. Some people were arrested, and they all committed suicide by taking poison. However, I have recently found a clue. In a few days, I will probably be able to find the person behind these ghostly tricks." Another middle-aged man said, The man looks heroic, with a white face and long beard, giving people a sense of majesty.
"I'll give you another month, no matter what, I have to find out who is making trouble!" Xia Bailong said, and then covered his head with his hands, but he just lost his temper, and immediately felt a splitting headache.
But at this time in the palace, an eunuch was walking somewhere, and seeing no one around, he dodged into the woods and found a small cylinder from a secret place, and a square was tied outside the cylinder. The box, after a few clicks on the box, a countdown is displayed on it.
After finishing all this, he put the cylinder and box back in place, walked out from the secret place, and went straight to the next place.
It took two months to send these things into the palace in batches and hide them everywhere, and now it's finally time to use them.
For these weird things, he didn't know what to do. But he knew that after four hours, there would be a major event that would shake the world.
My mission all along has been for this moment.
Thinking of this, his eyes seemed to shine.
There were five others who did the same thing with him, including eunuchs and maids.
Two hours later, the two of them passed the pre-arranged route, changed their clothes, hid under the meat delivery car to the palace and left the palace.
Another hour later, three more people left through different methods.
There was only the last one, a maid who was not particularly outstanding in appearance, but had extremely bright eyes and was unforgettable at a glance, sitting quietly in the yard, waiting to witness everything that was about to happen.
"Qing Lian, I'm afraid you will be scolded if you are discovered by your mother like this." A maid who passed by saw her and immediately reminded her.
This maid who doesn't fight for anything and has always been doing her own things peacefully, in this cruel palace, there are many people who don't want to see her being punished.
"Just scold me!" Qing Lian smiled and pulled her hair back, her smile was extraordinarily bright.
"You..." The maid was stunned, unable to figure out what was wrong with her. "Have you lost your mind and gone crazy? Hurry up and go. If you feel uncomfortable, go back to your room and rest. If the other side calls you, I will excuse you."
"Thank you, Sister Ling Yue." Qing Lian said, showing another smile: "But I'm leaving soon. So it's better not to have anything to do with me. If anyone asks, just tell me."
"Let's go? Where can you go? You don't want to commit suicide, do you? Are you crazy? The empress is also good to you. Although the palace is not very free, but you have enough food and clothing, and the work is not heavy. You Is there anything you can't see?" The maid was taken aback.
Qing Lian's smile froze suddenly, did she say that she would kill herself? Are you overthinking it
However, I still reminded him kindly with a smile: "There may be a big event in the palace in a while, sister must protect herself."
Following his words, cylinders hidden in secret places all over the palace suddenly exploded.
"Bang!" The sound of explosions sounded one after another.
"What's the sound? Go and have a look!"
At the same time, I don't know how many guard maids went straight to the place where the explosion just happened.
Before they ran a few steps, they smelled a suffocating smell, and they all stood there like they had been hit by a sledgehammer on the forehead and vomited violently.
Some maids fell directly to the ground and passed out.
This smell, which can only be found in the sky, permeates the entire palace.
Xia Huang, who had just drank a bowl of medicine and looked a little better, heard the noise coming from outside while he was in the room. Before he could reprimand, the smell penetrated into the room from the window and into his nose.
Emperor Xia only felt a sense of suffocation, and passed out before taking a breath.