bookbashuk Chapter 68 Hua Zheng's Anger
Chapter 68 Hua Zheng's Anger
In the autumn of the first year of the Qianwu reign, Empress Yang Miaozhen of the Qianlong reign personally led a large army to defeat the Mongols at Yehuling, shocking the world.
Guo Jing heard the news at his residence in Yizhou Prefecture. Just before this news arrived, he had accepted Yang Kang's imperial edict, agreeing to serve the Daqian government.
Guo Jing stood calmly under the tree in the courtyard, silently watching the autumn leaves fall one by one.
"Brother Jing".
When Huang Rong first saw Guo Jing like this, she couldn't help but say with concern.
"I know that few dynasties last forever, but I followed Genghis Khan on his expedition to the Western Regions, traversing thousands of miles, in just four or five years."
"This is what Mongolia, once a land of boundless power and at the height of its might, has become."
"When I was young, the Jin Dynasty was the most powerful state in the world. Wanyan Honglie only had a pair of attendants, yet he could make the vast Mongol Empire tremble with fear."
"In just over a decade, Genghis Khan unified Mongolia and swept across the world."
"Ten years later, the Mongol Empire was replaced by the Great Qian Dynasty."
"Rong'er, how many more years do you think the Great Qian Dynasty can maintain its national prestige?"
Guo Jing's voice was very flat, as flat as a stagnant pool.
He grew increasingly weary of the power struggles in the world.
At this moment, Guo Jing, like everyone else, longed for the arrival of a peaceful world. However, his short but eventful life inevitably made him pessimistic and doubtful about his expectations.
In particular, Yang Kang was nothing more than a replica of Genghis Khan in his eyes.
Huang Rong stood behind him, looking at his broad back, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
"Brother Jing, don't you always say that?"
"Shouldn't we consider whether things in this world are right or wrong, rather than just whether they're worth it?"
"No matter how long the Great Qian Dynasty can bring peace to the world, even if it's only for ten years."
"For most ordinary people, this is already a rare and precious achievement."
Huang Rong wrapped her arms around Guo Jing's waist and gently comforted him.
As they spoke, Li Ping led Guo Fu into the courtyard.
"Jing'er!"
"Those grand principles about family, country, and the world are beyond my mother's ability to teach."
"But Mother knows that a man's duty in this world is to prioritize righteousness."
Princess Huazheng is still in Yanjing.
"Your sworn brother's wife and children are also in Yanjing."
"They all need you."
Li Ping offered gentle words of comfort.
Guo Jing nodded calmly and slowly knelt down.
"After my departure, I fear I will never again be able to walk the path of chivalry in this world."
Guo Jing lowered his head and said sadly to his mother.
He made this difficult decision because he understood Genghis Khan, and therefore he also understood Yang Kang.
He knew that the actions of the world's most ambitious and capable rulers inevitably involved endless bloodshed. This was true under Genghis Khan, and under Yang Kang, he too could not avoid having his hands stained with blood.
But loyalty and righteousness are not the only things in the world that are difficult to reconcile.
If he doesn't go, the Mongols will have almost no place to stand in Daqian, and they will be purged sooner or later.
Guo Jing received a great favor from Genghis Khan. He would not kill for Genghis Khan, but he would not hesitate to die for Genghis Khan.
As Guo Jing and his family set off for Yanjing, news of Wanyan Chen's victory over the grasslands was being sent back to Yanjing one letter after another.
In the imperial city of Yanjing, Hua Zheng, dressed in the attire of a Mongolian girl, saw her son Yang Xun one last time.
He took out a dagger in front of Yang Kang and held the blade to his own neck.
"What do you want to do?"
Yang Kang frowned and looked at Hua Zheng, asking a question.
"The Emperor killed my third brother, Ögedei, and the Empress killed my second brother, Chagatai."
"Wanyan Chenheshang's army is now rampaging and burning across the grasslands day and night."
"I have lived to this day in the hope that I can protect my people in Daqian."
"Now that Your Majesty and the Empress can no longer tolerate the people of the grasslands, what is the point of me staying in this deep palace?"
"Genghis Khan's descendants are not people who live a life of ignominy. If Your Majesty insists on soaking the grasslands in blood..."
"Let's start with me!"
After saying this, Hua Zheng plunged a dagger into her own heart.
Yang Kang quickly intervened, sealing Hua Zheng's heart meridian and channeling his surging inner energy into her body, narrowly saving her life.
"Yang Kang, although there is some affection between us as husband and wife."
"But from the very beginning, I married you for Mongolia, while you married me for your ambition."
"Now that I am of no use to you, why won't you even give me this little bit of freedom?"
"Would a man like you really be interested in using Genghis Khan's daughter as an ornament?"
Hua Zheng weakly opened her eyes and looked at Yang Kang in front of her.
Empress Yang Miaozhen had already received the news and had arrived at Hua Zheng's palace with her entourage. Accompanying her was Consort De, Mu Nianci.
Mu Nianci looked at Hua Zheng with a face full of worry, but she couldn't help but admire her actions.
"His Majesty said that after Genghis Khan, there are too many tough guys on the grasslands, and killing will not make you submit."
"Now it seems that there is some truth to it."
"However, you don't need to worry that the Great Qian will not let the Mongols go."
"The tribes of the steppe, having been persuaded by Wanyan Chenheshang and Möngke, will hold a Khureltai next year to elect your husband, our emperor, as the new Great Khan of the Mongols."
"The war between the grassland people and the Central Plains is about to end."
Yang Miaozhen looked at Hua Zheng in Yang Kang's arms with admiration, and her hand involuntarily touched the other's cheek.
Hua Zheng tried to twist away with a look of resentment in her eyes, but she had no strength left and fainted again in an instant.
Yang Kang rolled his eyes at his empress, speechless.
"Nianci, please take care of Huazheng. The Empress and I have important matters to discuss."
Yang Kang gently placed Hua Zheng on the bed and silently brushed away Yang Miaozhen's hand that was wrapped around Mu Nianci's waist.
The two walked out side by side.
"I only said that you share half of the throne, not that my other women also share half of it."
Yang Kang said helplessly to Yang Miaozhen.
Since the battle of Wild Fox Ridge, Yang Miaozhen has been acting like a man who has achieved fame and success, lacking any energy for anything she does, and her behavior has become increasingly arrogant.
"Haha, when husband and wife are together, why make such a big difference?"
Yang Miaozhen laughed heartily.
"Guo Jing has already set off and will arrive in Yanjing soon. How do you plan to wield this sharp sword?"
After laughing, she immediately spoke seriously.
"The Khuriltai assembly needs the presence of this former Mongol commander."
"But before that, we have something more important to do, something for Guo Jing to do."
Yang Kang said indifferently.
"You mean, destroy the Song Dynasty?"
Yang Miaozhen's expression immediately hardened.
"The Pope spent a month discussing with his master, his senior brothers and uncles, as well as Yelü Jinqing and countless other top scholars of the time."
"Everyone believed that the aura we witnessed that day was the result of the people's excessive longing for a peaceful world."
"They regarded us as the ones who would surely end this chaotic era, which is why the scattered spirits of countless people flowed towards us."
"My skill improved further that day, which may be related to this matter."
Yang Kang suddenly brought up the topic of martial arts.
In terms of martial arts training, people like Yang Kang, Yang Miaozhen, and Guo Jing may be stronger than 99% of the world's population, but when it comes to the study of martial arts theory, in the end, we still have to rely on those truly learned masters.
"To be condemned by a thousand men is to die without illness."
"When the hearts of the people are with you, even the rotten can be turned into the miraculous."
"Our innate hope may lie in the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty."
As Yang Kang spoke, a sharp glint suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He suddenly realized that the system's so-called luck didn't seem to be entirely the same as what he understood.