Chapter 94: I Pulled Strings to Come Here and Die?

In the world of Great Ming's Splendor, within the capital city.

At this moment, inside the imperial palace's great hall, numerous civil and military officials were all frowning and sighing.

During the march, Your Majesty changed the marching route, causing the five hundred thousand elite troops to be broken through by the Oirat Esen's cavalry.

The moment the news arrived, the entire court erupted in an uproar.

What kind of Emperor is this!

Even a pig couldn't do something this bad.

In the hearts of the many ministers, they were already utterly disappointed in Zhu Qizhen.

If it weren't for the fact that they were people of the Great Ming dynasty.

They would have wanted to curse him out on the spot.

And just as the many ministers were preparing to discuss relocating the capital, a burst of hurried footsteps came in from outside the hall.

In an instant, the people inside the great hall all furrowed their brows and looked toward the newcomer.

"V-victory report!"

The arriving Imperial Guard soldier said excitedly and joyfully.

"Your Majesty, at Tumu Fort, slew Oirat Esen on the battlefield, utterly crushing ten thousand of Oirat Esen's cavalry!"

As the words fell, they exploded in the great hall like a sudden thunderclap.

Hearing the content reported by the newcomer, the many ministers had only one thought.

That was impossible!

This absolutely couldn't be!

Five hundred thousand troops had already been defeated—how could Your Majesty have killed Oirat Esen?

Isn't this a joke?

"Quick, bring it here!"

On the seat of honor, Empress Dowager Sun, who had been worrying about her son all along, now shouted excitedly.

Then, unable to wait for someone else to hand it over, she walked over directly.

Taking the victory report in one hand, she couldn't wait to open it and read.

But the moment she saw the contents of the victory report, not only did a smile not appear on Empress Dowager Sun's face, instead a chilling killing intent surfaced.

"Someone come, drag this man out and behead him!"

With a great shout, Empress Dowager Sun directly flung the victory report heavily onto the ground.

Before she had even finished reading the victory report, she was already furious beyond endurance.

Clearly knowing she was in a moment of heart-wrenching grief, yet someone actually brought this utterly absurd victory report.

What were they thinking!

Empress Dowager Sun raged, and in an instant, the soldier who had come to report was completely dumbfounded.

Holy crap, what just happened?

Wasn't this an eight-hundred-li express victory report?

He'd only ever heard of people being beheaded for reporting a great defeat.

He'd never heard that reporting a victory carried such a huge risk.

The Imperial Guard soldier was bewildered, for a moment doubting his entire life.

Could it be that he hadn't done this in too long?

Has delivering messages become a high-risk profession these days?

"Empress Dowager, what is written on the victory report?"

Seeing the Empress Dowager's fury, the entire court of civil and military officials were all curious.

This was a victory report—what kind of victory report could make the Empress Dowager this angry?

"See for yourself!"

Pointing at the victory report on the ground, Empress Dowager Sun directly waved her hand grandly at Yu Qian.

She had already been angered to the extreme by the contents above.

She also wanted Yu Qian and these people to see exactly who had done this.

Hearing the order, Yu Qian immediately lowered himself and picked it up.

The entire court's civil and military officials also gathered together one after another.

But the moment they saw the contents of the victory report, everyone was thoroughly dumbfounded.

Your Majesty's single halberd cleaved a trench dozens of meters long!

Your Majesty's single halberd slew over a dozen Oirat cavalrymen!

Your Majesty rode alone, leaving all behind, and slew Oirat Esen on the battlefield!

Your Majesty, alone on a single horse, utterly crushed the Oirat cavalry, slaying over ten thousand!

Piece after piece of information left everyone staring in stunned disbelief.

At this moment, they finally understood why the Empress Dowager had been so furious.

Damn it, who wrote this victory report?

This is written so that even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe it.

Why didn't you just write that Your Majesty single-handedly killed tens of thousands of the Oirat army!

Everyone was furiously cursing in their hearts, and couldn't help but look toward the signature.

But with just one glance, everyone was stunned once again.

At the signature, it was actually the civil and military officials of this expedition, along with Your Majesty himself.

This……

For a moment, everyone was a little dumbfounded.

This inconceivable scene nearly robbed everyone of the ability to think.

Is the Great Ming done for?

Has Your Majesty, along with all the ministers, gone mad?

Or could it be that they defected to the enemy together with Your Majesty, only then to be able to write a victory report like this!

"Speak quickly—what exactly is written on this report?"

For a moment, Yu Qian, who was at the head, was the first to react.

He shouted directly at the Imperial Guard soldier who was about to be dragged out.

Here, the only one who knew the situation most clearly was him alone.

"Lord Yu, everything written in the victory report is true!"

At this moment, he also understood why he was about to be beheaded.

So he directly began to explain.

"At the time we all thought we were done for, and were just about to escort Your Majesty in retreat and wait for reinforcements!"

"But Your Majesty, as if he had long known the Oirat cavalry was coming, directly put on his armor and rode off in a cloud of dust."

"We hurried after him, and then we saw Your Majesty brandish his halberd, cutting through the Oirat cavalry like slicing melons and chopping vegetables, routing them completely!"

"In the end he even hurled a sword, which flew several hundred meters and directly struck Esen down from his horse!"

The more he spoke, the more excited the Imperial Guard soldier became.

Thinking back to what had happened at the time, even now he felt Your Majesty was like a heavenly being.

Only, listening to the soldier's words, everyone wore an expression of doubting their entire existence, gazing up at the sky.

Damn, is what he's saying really true?

You speak with such righteous conviction—they really want to believe you!

But could you please make it up a little more convincingly?

What you've made up sounds like a fantasy—how could they possibly believe it?

If they believed this, what difference would there be between them and pigs.

Even Yu Qian, the pillar of Great Ming, was dumbfounded at this moment.

Holy crap, what you're saying has damn all difference from what's written in the victory report!

If it weren't for the signature at the end of the victory report, he would have stopped believing long ago.

But now, faced with this situation, Yu Qian for a moment didn't know what to do either.

But just then, another burst of hurried footsteps arrived.

"Victory report—a victory report from Datong!"

A Datong garrison soldier came rushing in at this moment, face beaming with joy as he ran in, holding the victory report high.

This was something he had obtained specially through the connections of his second great-uncle's wife's maternal uncle.

All for the sake of showing his face, hoping for a chance at promotion.

Only, the moment the man arrived, he saw the dust-covered Imperial Guard man beside him cast him a look of sympathy.

Such a situation made him slightly freeze.

What's up, brother? What we're reporting is a victory!

Be happy—promotion is right before your eyes!

Only, facing the Datong garrison soldier's cheerful optimism, the Imperial Guard man directly covered his forehead in helplessness.

Brother, promotion is probably hopeless!

But a grave relocation is guaranteed.

When the two of us get beheaded later, remember to send someone to relocate the graves and collect the bodies!

After returning a look to the other party, the Imperial Guard man directly started crying.

And the cheerfully optimistic Datong garrison soldier froze.

Holy shit, beheaded?

What's going on?

Wasn't he reporting great news?

Thinking this was still a cushy job he had pulled strings to get, the man froze.

Did I pull strings just to come here and die?