Myriad Realms Summoning System

The atmosphere of the court meeting this morning seemed a bit solemn. Even the minor officials who usually held lower positions and only came to go through the formalities felt the weirdness in the court. They stood behind the team of ministers, trembling with fear and not daring to make a sound.

Emperor Xiao Tianci sat upright on the dragon throne, looking extremely majestic, but his expression looked a little ugly.

The series of events that happened in the past few days made him feel very bad.

The killing of Prime Minister Yan Jilong was actually a good thing for him, so he simply chose to turn a deaf ear and did not pursue the matter.

Otherwise, how could he, as the emperor, remain indifferent when the Prime Minister's Mansion was destroyed?

But after Yan Jilong's death, he found that everything was not as simple as he had thought. The heavy pressure of state affairs weighed on him, making him feel a little breathless.

Then, a shocking battle broke out in front of Lingyun Commercial Bank. Houses within a radius of several miles were destroyed and countless people were killed and injured, but he was still unable to care.

The two warring parties were too powerful, so he could only choose to ignore them once again. He didn't even send anyone to investigate. This incident made him feel for the first time that being an emperor wasn't that easy.

If these two things were within his acceptable range, then what happened in the past two days was something he could not tolerate.

The first thing was that all twenty imperial guards were killed within two days, and the second thing was that the important border town of Duanren City was breached by the enemy.

"Shen Yun, I asked you to investigate the case of the murder of the imperial guards general. Is there any progress?" Xiao Tianci asked with a hint of anger in his voice.

Shen Yun, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, was a fourth-rank official in charge of criminal cases in the court. He was also the official in charge of investigating the killing of the forbidden army.

All the imperial guards were killed, which made Xiao Tianci furious, but also a little bit afraid.

These generals were not only fifth-rank generals of the imperial court, but also his own confidants. However, some people killed them in Luocheng without any scruples.

If there were only one or two, he could still understand it, but there were a full twenty generals of the imperial guards!

Even if you beat him to death, he would never believe that this matter was not directed at him.

Facing Xiao Tianci, whose emotions were somewhat out of control, Shen Yun was not afraid at all. He was a court official, but he was also a descendant of the Shen family, one of the three great families. As long as he did not make a serious mistake, Xiao Tianci would not dare to punish him easily.

Shen Yun walked out of the crowd, bowed to Xiao Tianci who was sitting on a high seat, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have found out that the murderer who assassinated the twenty imperial guards was a killer from the Assassin's Guild. Someone has issued a task to assassinate the imperial guards in the Assassin's Guild. The head of each imperial guard is worth 50,000 spirit crystals."

"What? Someone actually posted a mission to assassinate a general in the Assassin's Guild. Who is so bold?"

"No matter who they are, their identities must be extraordinary. 50,000 Spirit Crystals per person, 20 of them would be 1 million Spirit Crystals. This is simply a sky-high price!"

"Yes! I really can't think of anyone in Luo City who would be so generous as to spend so many spirit crystals to kill a few generals. What a huge hatred this must be!"

As soon as Shen Yun finished speaking, the officials standing below began to whisper, but most of them were shocked by the handwriting of the person who issued the task.

After hearing Shen Yun's words, Xiao Tianci's face became even uglier. If what Shen Yun said was true, then there was really no way to investigate this matter.

The Assassin's Guild had a special status. Even he, the emperor, did not dare to provoke them, let alone let them reveal the identity of the person who issued the mission.

This made Xiao Tianci feel a little aggrieved. Why was it so frustrating to be an emperor?

Shen Yun didn't care what Xiao Tianci was thinking. After answering Xiao Tianci's question, he went straight back to the queue of court officials.

Xiao Tianci, who was in a bad mood, was too lazy to pay attention to Shen Yun's rudeness, but was thinking about who would fill the vacancy of the imperial guards general.

Seeing Xiao Tianci's appearance, the three Xiao Wuya brothers became interested. This was a perfect opportunity to arrange their own people in the imperial guards!

The three of them were about to speak, but someone else spoke before them.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is not the most important for the time being. The current priority is to deal with the matter on the western border. Broken Blade City has been breached by the Kingdom of Xianglong. We must be fully prepared, otherwise there will be a disaster!"

Although the newly appointed Grand Marshal of the Kingdom's Army, Zhai Linfeng, knew that Xiao Tianci was in a bad mood, the situation on the border was too critical, so he had no choice but to stand up.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhai Linfeng's words, Xiao Tianci's face became almost gloomy.

He took a long breath to ease the depression in his heart, and swept the courtiers in the court with a chilling look, and asked in a cold voice: "Li Jun, as the Minister of War, why did you conceal the crisis in Broken Blade City at the beginning? Also, why hasn't the Ministry of War sent troops to rescue it yet?"

This incident made him angry again. Duanren City was attacked a month ago. At that time, he had just ascended the throne. This group of people actually deceived him and no news reached him at all.

It was not until half a month ago, when he had completely stabilized the situation in the court, that the Ministry of War passed on this news. He was greatly surprised.

He naturally knew better than anyone the importance of Broken Blade City, and immediately asked the Ministry of War to draw up a rescue plan. However, half a month had passed, and the Ministry of War had not come up with any plan at all.

Li Jun hurriedly stepped out from among the court officials and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! It is not that I have concealed the truth! It is that the treacherous Prime Minister Yan Jilong used his official position to suppress me and forcibly withheld the memorial I submitted."

Well, this assistant minister of the Ministry of War directly pushed all the responsibility onto the already dead Yan Jilong, and this time there was no evidence.

Xiao Tianci's face turned black with anger, and he roared angrily, "Come here, Li Jun, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, has neglected his duties. Put him in the Sky Prison and wait for punishment."

Li Jun's background is not very strong, so he was innocently used as a punching bag by Xiao Tianci.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

Li Jun wailed with tears and snot, but Xiao Tianci ignored him and had him dragged out.

After punishing an official and showing off his power, Xiao Tianci felt much better. He said to the officials below: "I wonder if you have any good ideas to retake Broken Blade City?"

After these words were spoken, all the ministers in the court kept silent, and it was obvious that they did not want to answer.

However, others may not answer, but as Xiao Tianci's confidant, the current commander-in-chief of the army, Zhai Linfeng, cannot remain silent.

He had no choice but to stand up again and said, "Your Majesty, I think that the best solution now is to seek peace!"

Since ancient times, seeking peace has been something that only the weaker party can do, and it is usually a strategy often proposed by civil officials. However, today, the word "seeking peace" came out of the mouth of the dignified Marshal of the Army, which made Xiao Tianci extremely disappointed.

He was just about to start scolding when he didn't expect the ministers in the court to suddenly speak up.

"Your Majesty, I think what the Grand Marshal said is very true. The only way out now is to seek peace!"

"Your Majesty, the Xianglong Kingdom is now at the height of its military might. We should avoid its attack!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Broken Blade City has been lost. Our Great Zhou has no soldiers left. We must not start a war lightly. Please think twice!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Countless voices for peace rang out in the court, making Xiao Tianci feel despair. Why were all the civil and military officials in the court so cowardly?

"Report, urgent news from Broken Blade City, the Xianglong Kingdom requests peace talks with our Great Zhou! We will send people to Luo City soon!"

At this moment, the sharp voice of a eunuch resounded throughout the court, leaving countless court officials dumbfounded.