Chapter 849

Tuo Lei was gravely wounded and unconscious, and when you took him out of Wang Si, it had already aroused the suspicion of the princes and ministers.

If Shuchi has committed no major offense, and you imprison him again, the princes and ministers will surely be in an uproar.

When that time comes, the Kurultai..."

Speaking up to here, Yelu Chu paused for a moment.

Yu Guang saw Wokuotai's pupils contract sharply at his own words, and immediately knew he had understood.

Then he continued,

"This minister's suggestion may seem absurd, but in fact it will completely strip Shuchi of his position!"

"Mm?"

Hearing that Shuchi could be stripped of his position, Wokuotai looked at Yelu Chu with great interest.

"The Great Khan may find it strange—though it is called the Great Yuan's Thirteen Wings, why has so much time passed,

and our Great Yuan still only has a mere five Thirteen Wings such as Mu Huali and General Zhebie?"

Yelu Chu posed another question.

Wokuotai could not help but nod as he listened.

This Great Yuan Thirteen Wings is truly one of the Great Yuan's top secrets.

Even as the legitimate eldest son, Wokuotai had never learned a single scrap of information about it.

Though he had only just ascended to the Great Khan's throne, the Great Yuan's state affairs were tangled in a thousand threads, and on top of that it had recently suffered a devastating blow from the Qinglong Society.

Therefore, for the time being, Wokuotai had not gotten around to learning about the Thirteen Wings.

Precisely because the Thirteen Wings were so important, Tuo Lei had been rapidly promoted by Tie Muzhen to become one of the Thirteen Wings.

Wokuotai's jealousy and hatred toward him grew all the more intense.

This was also one of the reasons why, after taking the throne, he had recklessly and impatiently moved against Tuo Lei.

"Great Khan! Every one of the Thirteen Wings not only requires the consumption of vast cultivation resources, as well as Spirit Children and the like.

More critically, after each Thirteen Wing succeeds, they will lose a part of themselves."

When Yelu Chu spoke of the Thirteen Wings, his voice dropped even lower, almost pressed against Wokuotai's ear as he spoke.

"For example, Zhamuhe—what he actually lost was his former willpower.

In the past, he also deeply loved that Qiu Lingsu, but he could suppress it with his own willpower.

But this time, after he became one of the Thirteen Wings, he lost his willpower, and thus could no longer resist the desires in his heart."

Wokuotai, hearing this, could not help but feel it was absurd.

So becoming one of the Thirteen Wings actually came with a flaw?

But why did this flaw sound so outrageous?

Without his willpower, Zhamuhe had gone from a generation's grassland hero to a famously lickspittle dog of the realm?

"Then what about Tuo Lei?"

What others lost, Wokuotai did not care about.

What he cared about was precisely this greatest rival of his.

"What he lost was his lifespan!

His permanent lifespan!

Even if he swallows phoenix blood, it cannot prevent his fate of dying a violent death at the age of thirty."

Yelu Chu actually felt quite sorrowful in his heart, for after all Tuo Lei was also the ruler he had considered ideal.

But the past was past, and the current Great Khan was Wokuotai.

"What? Then are you saying he can never..."

Wokuotai, speaking up to here, did not continue.

Yet even without him saying it, Yelu Chu understood that what Wokuotai wanted to say was simply that Tuo Lei could never become a threat to him.

After all, if he could only live to thirty, then Wokuotai only needed to break through to the Earthly Immortal Realm, or even the Absolute level.

Then purely by outlasting him, he could wear Tuo Lei down to death.

"Great Khan! This flaw can either be random, or it can be designated according to the characteristics of the Thirteen Wings."

Yelu Chu did not spell it out, but instead stated his ultimate purpose,

"This minister has a way to make Shuchi lose his manhood!

Even with the power of the Thirteen Wings within him, he would become a woman.

On the grasslands, in the Great Yuan, how could a woman become an elder!"

The Great Tang's Empress was the only female sovereign in the thousands of years of the Nine Provinces.

On the grasslands, it was even more so that men were honored.

Therefore, if Shuchi became a woman, then his life would be finished.

The forces he had previously built up, and even the princes and ministers who supported him at the Kurultai, would no longer support him.

This was truly the best way to dismantle Shuchi's power!

"Are these words true?"

Wokuotai's eyes lit up, and he stared straight into Yelu Chu's eyes.

"This old minister pledges the lives of my entire family of twelve, young and old, as guarantee.

If these words are false, then this old minister is willing to bind my family, young and old, and deliver them to the Great Khan."

Yelu Chu immediately pledged.

"Haha! Good!"

Wokuotai could not help but laugh out loud, and clapped Yelu Chu on the shoulder,

"It is still thanks to the Grand Tutor's seasoned stewardship of the realm that this Khan can dominate the Nine Provinces!"

"Your subject swears to repay Your Majesty's grace in recognizing my worth, even unto death."

Hearing his own Grand Tutor mentioned, Yelu Chu knew he had passed this hurdle.

He could not help but let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

At last, relying on this bit of quick wit of his, he had gotten through this one.

It was just that Shuchi had been wronged, forced to transform from a strapping seven-foot man into a woman.

But there was no helping it!

It was still far better than being placed under house arrest, or being granted death outright!

Tie Muzhen, the late Khan, this old minister has done his utmost!

"Very good, very good!"

Wokuotai nodded with satisfaction, signaling Yelu Chu that he could withdraw.

Then, after waiting for Yelu Chu to return to his place, he addressed the assembly publicly,

"All of you ministers must in future conduct yourselves as a model after the old Grand Tutor!"

"Your subjects obey the decree!"

The assembled ministers, Boyan included, were all completely baffled.

They could clearly feel that just now Wokuotai had been on the very verge of exploding.

Who could have known that once Yelu Chu ascended the dais and whispered a few words, Wokuotai would turn from anger to joy.

The old Grand Tutor's skill is indeed worthy of our study!

"Shuchi, hear my command! Though your crimes are unpardonable, I recall that you and I share the same mother.

The late Khan passed away not long ago, his bones not yet cold; this Khan truly does not wish to recklessly raise a great case.

I shall follow the old Grand Tutor's suggestion and order you to serve as the Thirteen Wings, as a punishment.

I only hope that after you possess the power of the Thirteen Wings, you may mend your former faults and serve the Great Yuan with all your might!"

Wokuotai, regardless of what the ministers thought, directly proclaimed an imperial edict before the assembly.

Once these words were spoken, they became a golden mouth and jade utterance—imperial words irrevocable.

Some ministers loyal to Wokuotai could not help but urgently wish to step forward and oppose it.

Those who still held affection for the late Khan Tie Muzhen were at this moment also somewhat baffled, utterly unable to make head or tail of it.

How did the Great Khan, upon hearing Yelu Chu's words, bestow this precious Thirteen Wings upon Shuchi?

This is called punishment?