Chapter 1231: The New Emperor Ascends the Throne! (Thanks: Liji Ge) [1]

Imperial Palace, outside Jiade Hall.

In June, flowers were in full bloom, and bees and butterflies were dancing their wings in the garden, chasing each other in the large garden with colorful flowers blooming on both sides of the pond outside Jiade Hall.

The crystal-clear pond was paved with stones of similar shape and size.

Schools of fish were swimming slowly in the water.

In the center of the pond stood an octagonal stone pavilion, with corridors connecting to the shore around the stone pavilion.

Every ten steps or so on the corridor stood a palace maid dressed in a white long dress.

Empress Dowager Dong, dressed in a black gauze robe and wearing gold and silver phoenix hairpins, was sitting in the pavilion to cool off.

On both sides, palace maids were waving fans to drive away the heat.

On the stone table in front, there were also iced fruits and fine wines just salvaged from the deep well.

Compared to a few months ago, Empress Dowager Dong seemed to be much younger now.

And the graceful temperament on her body had also increased by a few points.

However, just when Empress Dowager Dong was closing her eyes and enjoying the cool breeze passing through the stone pavilion.

A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded from the corridor on the east side.

Jian Shuo, dressed in armor and stepping on war boots, walked toward Empress Dowager Dong's direction with big strides.

He was also holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand.

Jian Shuo arrived behind the pavilion, bowed to Empress Dowager Dong in the pavilion: "Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Dong, who was resting with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and looked at Jian Shuo: "What is it, coming to find me so urgently..."

Hearing this, Jian Shuo held up the bamboo slips he was holding with both hands and said: "Empress Dowager, just now the Grand Tutor sent a scroll of memorial, which was submitted by Liangzhou Mu Duan Yu."

Oh?

When she heard the two words Duan Yu, Empress Dowager Dong's eyebrows raised.

"Duan Yu?"

"Isn't he attacking the Western Regions?"

"Why submit a memorial?" Empress Dowager Dong asked indifferently.

However, Jian Shuo's expression was very solemn and said: "Empress Dowager, Duan Yu submitted a memorial saying..."

"Saying what?" Empress Dowager Dong asked, leaning on the long chair in the stone pavilion with one hand supporting her temple.

"Duan Yu submitted a memorial saying... saying that the countries of the Western Regions have now submitted, and the north and south lines of the Western Regions, except for Wusun fleeing to the Northern Desert, have all surrendered to the Great Han."

"The hostages of the countries of the Western Regions are being sent to Luoyang, including the surrender letters of the countries of the Western Regions, as well as the seals of the countries."

"Duan Yu submitted a memorial... asking the Empress Dowager... to enfeoff him as King."

"What!"

Empress Dowager Dong, who was indifferent a second ago, sat up from the long chair in the next second.

Her eyes looked at Jian Shuo with extreme shock.

"What did you say?" Empress Dowager Dong asked in disbelief: "You said Duan Yu conquered the entire Western Regions?"

Jian Shuo, who had his head lowered, nodded immediately, still holding the memorial with both hands.

"Bring it, bring it..."

Empress Dowager Dong pointed urgently at the memorial in Jian Shuo's hand.

The palace maid immediately stepped forward, took the memorial from Jian Shuo's hand, and then quickly sent it to Empress Dowager Dong's hand.

Empress Dowager Dong took the memorial, immediately untied the binding on the bamboo slips, and then unfolded the bamboo slips.

The bamboo slips were densely packed with small seal characters.

Empress Dowager Dong, sitting on the stone pavilion bench, quickly scanned the content above row by row from top to bottom.

Northern Xiongnu, Wusun, Guici, Dayuan, Shule...

Each sentence seemed to be a heavy hammer hitting Empress Dowager Dong's shocked heart.

After reading all the content, Empress Dowager Dong, holding the memorial with both hands, was full of shock on her face.

Four months.

Less than five months.

Duan Yu actually conquered the entire Western Regions?

"This..."

"This..."

Empress Dowager Dong's hands were trembling slightly: "How is this possible, Duan Yu... he... he is lying!"

Although Jian Shuo did not believe it either.

But Duan Yu had already said in the memorial that the hostages of the countries of the Western Regions were already on their way to Luoyang, and there were also the letters of the countries of the Western Regions.

This point cannot be faked.

"Empress Dowager, Duan Yu... since Duan Yu submitted a memorial, the possibility of faking it is not high; this subordinate feels that Duan Yu should have really conquered the entire Western Regions," Jian Shuo said.

Empress Dowager Dong, holding the memorial, had an abnormal, sluggish expression.

Normally, a frontier general expanding territory is a great thing for the country and the people.

The Western Regions were originally affiliated with the Great Han, but later, because the Great Han was weak, they gradually broke away from the control of the Great Han.

Now the Western Regions have returned to the Great Han, and it is not an affiliation, but a complete conquest.

Such a thing should be a national celebration.

But Empress Dowager Dong's face clearly could not see any happy expression.

Even Jian Shuo was the same.

Enfeoffed as King!

Duan Yu submitted a memorial to ask to be enfeoffed as King!

A few months ago, before Duan Yu left Luoyang, it was Empress Dowager Dong who personally promised at the court meeting, promised that if Duan Yu conquered the entire Western Regions, she would enfeoff Duan Yu as King.

Now Duan Yu has done it. ===== CHAPTER 1233 =====