Ch 337: The Germination of Ambition

The chaotic battle between tens of millions of people day and night brought a huge impact to all viewers, including Yao Chen.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and said with a complex tone:

“Thanks to the chaotic battle of the Western Barbarians army, very few people actually escaped. After this battle, the Western Barbarians will definitely suffer a great loss of vitality and will have no chance to covet us again.”

“Although we have lost an incompetent sparring partner, since they were incompetent anyway, then losing them is no big deal. We can just supervise them more strictly in the future.”

“The most crucial thing now is to appease the soldiers and generals below, and not let them be frightened by this scene, otherwise so many of our troops will be directly scrapped.”

Yang Qian’s instructions brought all the generals back to their senses. The cultivation level of the generals present had at least reached the Transformation God stage.

Having reached their level, they had already understood their future path. Ordinary stimulation was impossible to shake their original intentions.

Although this battle of tens of millions of people was tragic, it only caused some shock in their hearts. As for being frightened, that was not the case.

But while they were fine, the soldiers below and the middle and lower-level officers were not. These people did not have such firm will as they did.

If they collectively fell into inner demons because of this, then the scrapping of the entire army would really be no joke.

It was even possible that the inner demons would cause trouble, adding a demonic army to the Zhou Kingdom.

Thinking of this, all the generals took their orders and rushed towards their own troops.

After everyone left, Yang Qian stood in place, looking at the land that had gradually turned black, and remained silent for a long time.

The Zhou Kingdom to the Western Barbarians, is just like the Great Qian Dynasty to the Zhou Kingdom.

Today, the Zhou Kingdom was able to make the Western Barbarians painfully lose tens of millions of troops, causing their blood to stain the earth and gather into rivers.

Then, in the future, could the Great Qian Dynasty also do the same thing?

Yang Qian dared not imagine that scene, but he couldn’t help but worry in his heart.

“Hopefully, it won’t happen.”

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Great Qian Dynasty, Imperial Palace.

“The war results are out?”

Empress Ji Ruxue looked at Ning Xueqing in surprise.

Ning Xueqing had been flirting with Jia Zhengjing recently, but at least she had a sense of propriety, knowing what things could be done and what things could not be done.

She didn’t say a word about the affairs in the Imperial Palace, and she didn’t miss a single thing within her duties. At most, she would just say a few bad things about Empress Ji Ruxue in front of Jia Zhengjing in a roundabout way.

Empress Ji Ruxue was too lazy to care and mostly ignored her directly.

Ning Xueqing basically wouldn’t say much in front of Empress Ji Ruxue anymore.

But now Ning Xueqing suddenly ran to her and told her that the Zhou Kingdom war was over, which had to make her feel surprised.

It wasn’t that she was surprised by the sudden end of the war between the Zhou Kingdom and the Western Barbarians.

Empress Ji Ruxue had also occasionally heard about this invasion war by the Western Barbarians, and she was very clear about the strength gap between the Western Barbarians and the Zhou Kingdom.

If the Zhou Kingdom couldn’t get rid of the Western Barbarians in a short period of time, Empress Ji Ruxue would be ashamed for them.

Therefore, even if the end of the war over there was sudden, Empress Ji Ruxue was not surprised.

It was Ning Xueqing’s reaction that was a bit strange.

Recently, even the information from the Blackbird Guard and the Brocade-Clad Guard, Ning Xueqing basically just handed it over with the Imperial Decrees and wouldn’t say a word more.

But today, she specifically mentioned it. Did she have other purposes?

Empress Ji Ruxue looked at the serious-faced Ning Xueqing in front of her and muttered to herself.

Sure enough, as soon as Empress Ji Ruxue finished speaking, Ning Xueqing stood up and eloquently stated the purpose of her trip.

“Yes, Your Majesty. In addition, the Qi State Duke’s Mansion heard about this war and believes that the Zhou Kingdom must have suffered heavy losses. Therefore, they want to request Your Majesty to allow them to lead their troops to declare war on the Zhou Kingdom.”

“If handled properly, perhaps the Zhou Kingdom can be brought under the command of our Great Qian Dynasty.”

Ning Xueqing spoke with great confidence. Empress Ji Ruxue leaned back in her seat and thought quietly, while also suddenly understanding.

Originally, she thought Ning Xueqing had some kind of trick in mind!

She didn’t expect that they were just greedy for the territory and resources of the Zhou Kingdom, wanting to take the opportunity to rush over and seize it before the Imperial Family and the Wei State Duke’s Mansion noticed.

But didn’t these people do any intelligence work?

The strength gap between the Zhou Kingdom and the Western Barbarians was so great, could these people really not see it at all?

Or did these people really think that the Zhou Kingdom had suffered heavy losses?

One question after another appeared in Empress Ji Ruxue’s mind. Suddenly, she thought that the future Great Qian Dynasty was going to be handed over to Mo Yunxuan anyway.

Then, wouldn’t it be fine to directly hand over so many problems to Mo Yunxuan to worry about?

Empress Ji Ruxue gave a thumbs up to her own wit, then looked at Ning Xueqing and said lightly:

“I need to consider this matter. Let them wait a few days.”

Hearing this, Ning Xueqing felt that Empress Ji Ruxue’s words had a sense of evasion, as if she was unwilling to let them attack the Zhou Kingdom, and immediately became anxious.

“Your Majesty, the war between the Zhou Kingdom and the Western Barbarians has just ended, and it is the time when their troops are exhausted. If we don’t take this opportunity to launch an attack on the enemy, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything in the future!”

These words made the corner of Empress Ji Ruxue’s mouth twitch. She was now certain that the woman in front of her was unrealistic and did not do things practically.

She didn’t even investigate the most basic information. Empress Ji Ruxue could use the fact that there were no Ning Xueqing and Jia Zhengjing’s people over there to convince herself that she didn’t know the strength gap between the Zhou Kingdom and the Western Barbarians.

But the strength gap between the Great Qian Dynasty and the Zhou Kingdom, as long as they weren’t an idiot, they should be very clear about it.

But Ning Xueqing…

Alas, forget it.

Empress Ji Ruxue was too lazy to complain, and directly hardened her tone and said coldly:

“I said, let me consider it for a few days. Are you planning to force me to abdicate?”

Ning Xueqing trembled all over when she heard this and dared not continue.

In her previous life, she had watched a lot of TV dramas, and the people who forced the emperor to abdicate didn’t end well, especially since she didn’t have Jia Zhengjing and others standing by her side now.

Ning Xueqing didn’t dare to gamble on whether Empress Ji Ruxue would unceremoniously take her down. After all, her current identity was still just Empress Ji Ruxue’s maid!

“Yes, Your Majesty, your subject will convey your decree to the Ningguo Duke’s Estate.”

Ning Xueqing bowed and saluted, her tone and attitude very respectful.

There was no way around it, she was forced by the situation.

But this time, Ning Xueqing once again experienced what the oppression of power was and understood the wonderful taste of power.

The ambition in her heart could no longer be suppressed!

Ning Xueqing slowly walked out of the Imperial Study, looked up at the sky with its clouds, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, as if she saw herself in the future, second only to one person and above ten thousand.

Maybe even in the future she could…

Ning Xueqing didn’t continue to think about it, lowered her head, and left the Imperial Palace.

Empress Ji Ruxue supported her chin with one hand, looking meaningfully at the direction Ning Xueqing left.