Chapter 643: Arrogance

Bai Lang, no secrets, and the most loyal minister of the imperial court, simply loyal beyond words. The Grand Guardian and Duke of Qin, Bai, arrived at the Rongguo Mansion and felt bored after looking at it—could it be that he came to this place to put on airs? Put on airs in front of a fallen family? It was a matter of one sentence for him to restore the Duke of Rongguo now, but the problem was that even the two old Jias didn't dare to accept this edict.

Although Bai Lang said he wanted to follow the story of Duke Mengde, holding the Emperor to order the princes, his actions were far from those of Mengde and Gao Huan. He didn't have deep-rooted forces in the imperial court, with his little brothers from top to bottom. To this day, not a single imperial official had come to join him—others didn't dare to join him when they saw him like this. This look was clearly the path of Grand Master Dong Zhongying, and not even as good.

Grand Master Dong had tens of thousands of Xiliang troops in his hands, and even then he was attacked by the princes and had to leave Luoyang for Chang'an, and finally died at the hands of his own people. And Grand Guardian Bai had less than ten thousand troops in his hands, and he disbanded the entire Capital Battalion, only collecting more than two thousand new recruits who were still training. Even so, he searched the whole city and specifically raided the homes of various imperial officials, nobles, and eunuchs. This kind of behavior didn't look like he could accomplish anything.

Bai Lang didn't have many civil officials in his hands. Perhaps after a period of time, if there were no reinforcement troops or if the reinforcement troops were beaten back by him, some people would join him, but for now, everyone was just watching—like the scholars in the late Han Dynasty who were determined to restore the Han Dynasty, there was not one now. Every day, they still had to go to court, but Bai Lang just changed the time to three quarters past the hour of Chen. Every day, going to court meant killing people.

According to the results of the home raids, he took action to kill people—Bai Lang had almost killed all the families of the eunuchs in the harem, and even so, not a single eunuch had raised his arms to shout, taking the opportunity to clear the side of the monarch and kill the rebellious thief when Bai Lang entered the palace to supervise the Emperor's morning court. Instead, they were all crying and begging for mercy, and then were dragged out of the hall by Bai Lang's order to Bai Bao, Bai Biao, and others to be beheaded. The palace guards were also useless, and none of them dared to take action against Bai Lang.

The Emperor was kept in the harem, and the four gates were guarded, so no news could get out—could it really get out? Bai Lang thought it could, but Bai Lang just guarded it for the sake of it. He was still counting on this Majesty to connect all the people in the Capital who opposed him, Bai Lang. "Only then can I kill them cleanly, right? Hahahaha." His two younger brothers and sisters were not at the level of 90 in intelligence. In Bai Lang's view, their intelligence was probably at most around 50, far worse than his big brother who had 100 in martial arts and at least 90 in intelligence.

"At least the martial arts are worth watching." The martial arts value of these four younger siblings was probably around 70 to 80. After they were fully grown, they might be able to grow another 10 points, which could be considered fierce generals of the world. The situation in the world was very strange. There were indeed reinforcement troops, but Bai Lang didn't send out scouts to investigate—he had only this many troops, so he might as well wait for those reinforcement guys to come and die.

Among the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, three princes had already issued edicts saying that Bai Lang was rebelling and should vigorously raise reinforcement troops to clear the side of the monarch. Bai Lang also directly issued an edict—that is, he also came to serve the heaven and pacify the disaster, and also came to clear the side of the monarch, that is, there were treacherous officials and eunuchs in the imperial court who deceived the Emperor.

Not one of the Eight Dukes had run away; they were all in the Capital. Two families had already been raided by Bai Lang along the way. The place where Bai Lang lived was inside the Forbidden City, "Your Majesty, isn't it a bit wasteful for you to live in such a big place? Why don't you let me share some for you." Of course, the Emperor's harem had so many women and palace maids that he couldn't serve them all, so it was better to divide two-thirds to Bai Lang. As for the eunuchs, let His Majesty enjoy them himself.

Such things, one by one, were all deeds done by Grand Master Dong. Whether it was the Prince of Wei or the Prince of Jin, even if the saying "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone" was left behind, they had never been so filthy in the harem—not to mention that Bai Lang also let his two younger brothers live in. As for his younger sisters, of course, they lived in a separate palace. Such behavior, was it really something a person who wanted to usurp the throne should do? At least act like a person who respects the virtuous and respects the monarch and father on the surface?

Bai Lang had nothing. When the Emperor went to court, he stood on the side, righteously accepting the worship of the hundred officials. The Zhongshu Sheren wrote an edict to enfeoff him, but it was dragged out as a soft resistance. As a result, he was cut down by Bai Lang with a saber, and the blank edict was stuffed directly into the Emperor's hand, "Your Majesty! Write an edict!" The eunuch in charge of the seal next to him was also too scared to take it. Bai Lang took the Emperor's jade seal into his own hands, ready to let the Emperor write it and then stamp it directly.

The Emperor's face was extremely ugly, but he couldn't help but write—this bastard in front of him could really kill people, and it seemed that he didn't care about the world's taboos at all. He wouldn't even dare to kill the Emperor directly. With the size of the Imperial Palace, no one could block Bai Lang's blow within three zhang to save the Emperor—Bai Lang's bravery, the civil and military officials and the eunuchs of the inner court, including the Emperor, had all seen it—the bronze lion outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, this person directly lifted it up to play with it like a paperweight...

To defeat this guy, I'm afraid it would take a god.

Bai Lang also had friendly gestures, such as announcing a banquet after the morning court, where ministers could sit down in the hall to eat and drink together. Bai Lang himself sat on the side of the throne, and his two brothers sat further down. Bai Lang didn't care about the fine wine and food—he didn't seem to be afraid that someone would poison him, "Eat and drink! Don't learn from the little girls and put on airs!" Bai Lang said with a ferocious smile.

After three rounds of wine, Bai Lang stood up directly and raised the giant goblet in his hand, "Your servant Bai Lang invites Your Majesty to drink! Drink to victory!" The Emperor's face was livid, and he had no choice but to raise the small cup in his hand slightly and take a sip. "Hahahaha, sure enough, it's a dog-legged Emperor! It's not good to let my brothers 'beat the Emperor with three punches and leave'! Hahahaha." Bai Lang laughed and spoke wildly. The ministers were all people who had read poetry and books, and of course, they understood this allusion.

Bai Lang's behavior was not even done by the arrogant general. It was Gao Cheng who did this. Bai Lang could be considered not letting the sages go first.

The Emperor rolled his eyes and fainted directly, probably angered by Bai Lang? Bai Lang was not in a hurry, completely ignoring the ministers below shouting to summon the imperial physician. He walked to the fainted Emperor and pressed a few times, and the Emperor let out an "uh" and regained his breath. "If Your Majesty wants to pretend to be sick, then pretend, but don't make it real and die." After Bai Lang said this arrogantly, he left, leaving only the ministers and the awakened Emperor and the serving eunuchs to weep at each other.

At this time, Bai Lang had also made preparations to meet all the reinforcement troops outside the Capital. "Humph, the army is not united... I see that these guys, even if they come to defend the throne, all have their own ghosts. Who is the master and who is the follower, I'm afraid they will argue for a long time—I won't give them this trouble, let everyone go to the court to worry about it, hahahahaha." ===== CHAPTER 644 =====