Chapter 131 I Am Not Afraid, so What Are You Afraid Of?

Yan Yunshuo stared at her tall and slender back, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, always feeling that he had made a wrong decision again.

The palace was terribly depressing, and the wind blowing through the treetops seemed to carry a gloomy and dead air all over the sky.

He turned his head and looked at the dark night outside the window, and gently closed his eyes: "How long do you think Concubine Ying can last if she goes to battle?"

The palace was quiet, and then the old prime minister guessed: "Three days should be no problem, right?"

"I think with Concubine Ying's ability, she can hold on for half a month."

"Your Majesty, there are not enough troops in the imperial city. Even if Concubine Ying has genius, she can only try her best to delay for a while. The most urgent thing is that Your Majesty should leave the place of trouble as soon as possible." The old prime minister knelt down and advised earnestly, "The army of Yong State is fierce. Once the city is broken, they will burn, kill and plunder. The concubines and princesses in the palace will become their slaves. Your Majesty, you take the queen and the princes and princesses with you. Lords, please leave first, and I will cover you——"

"Do you want me to leave, or are you eager to escape?" Yan Yunshuo looked at the kneeling ministers coldly, his eyes gloomy and murderous, "The country is my country, I am not afraid, what are you afraid of? Even if I have to die, I will die first, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Your Majesty——"

"It is your honor to die with me." Yan Yunshuo's voice was sinister, "Don't you say you are loyal on weekdays? This time I want to see who is truly loyal!"

The ministers were speechless, and their faces were pale, and they dared not say anything.

Yan Yunshuo sat on the dragon chair, looking coldly at the group of ministers who were greedy for life and afraid of death, but he thought of the dead man for no reason in his heart.

If you ask him if he is afraid of death?

Yan Yunshuo can now say with a firm heart that he is not afraid. He is indeed not afraid of death. He has experienced life and death countless times since he was a child. Every time he stepped into the gate of hell, he was lucky enough to be saved. So he deeply understands the importance of power.

In this palace, the emperor is the existence that dominates everything. His only goal in life is to climb onto the dragon throne and become the most honorable man in the world.

Later, he got his wish.

Looking at the civil and military officials in the court crawling at his feet, he knew that he had no regrets in his life. He ruled Nanzhao and had the power of life and death in the world. Who else could threaten his position?

But the border of Nanzhao was always uneasy. There were wars every year, and the generals available in the court died on the battlefield one by one.

Yan Yunshuo once felt that the old would not go and the new would not come. There would always be new generals in the court to replace the dead one. What he was most keen to do every year was to hold a martial arts champion competition to select men with superior martial arts and strategies and appoint him as a general.

In this way, they can be prevented from holding their own troops and threatening the imperial power.

But those generals were useless, and they almost never won a battle. In the end, it was Princess Zhaohua who protected the border for seven years.

But Princess Zhaohua was too dazzling.

On the day of the triumph, the people of the city were cheering and kneeling to welcome her, and they kept shouting: "Long live the princess!"

The sound of firecrackers resounded through the sky.

Yan Yunshuo felt that he had never seen such a grand and exciting scene when he ascended the throne, and the black army behind Princess Zhaohua, the uniform steps, and the respectful and awe-inspiring body made him feel a sense of crisis that he could not help but feel.

There has never been a precedent of a woman ascending the throne in Nanzhao, but this does not mean that women are without ambition. If Princess Zhaohua has her own army, if Princess Zhaohua feels that she can lead the army and govern the world, even if she has no ambition, if the generals under her command instigate her to do something treasonous, she can do it with her military power.

Even if she does not want to be the emperor, she can ignore the emperor.

This is something Yan Yunshuo cannot tolerate.

What he wanted was power, supreme power, the power to control life and death.

He would never allow anyone to threaten his throne, and he could not even tolerate anyone being disrespectful to him.

So Princess Zhaohua died.

Yan Yunshuo lowered his eyes and looked at his hand, which was the hand that controlled life and death. He personally caused the death of Princess Zhaohua and destroyed the last hope of Nanzhao.

But he did not think he was wrong. Since ancient times, generals who were too powerful to be worthy of the emperor had no good end. He was just repeating history. What was wrong?

His only mistake was that he did not select a more suitable general to lead the army, his mistake was that the treasury of Nanzhao was becoming increasingly empty, and his mistake was that there was no one available in Nanzhao, they were all a bunch of trash!