Chapter 1574: Being Brainless Is An Illness (2)

If it weren't for Shen Yanxiao, not even a single soldier from any of the four countries would have made it out alive. The news brought by the soldiers that returned from war made all the powers of the four countries begin to ponder. Did they really make a mistake this time?

The Broken Star Palace, which incited them to attack the Barren Land, just looked on and did not lend a helping hand at all.

In times of crisis, it was their enemy that gave them the opportunity to survive.

Such a thing, if said out loud, really was quite laughable.

The king of the Lan Yue Dynasty was not as greedy as the emperor of Long Xuan Empire. The main reason why he agreed to the requirements of the Broken Star Palace was due to the pressure of the lords of their country.

The country with the highest emphasis on noble lineage, the system of the Lan Yue Dynasty was different from that of the Long Xuan Empire.

The highest power is the king, followed by the various first rank princes.

The Lan Yue Dynasty had four first rank princes, each with military power. Even the emperor could not ignore their opinions too much. These princes were nobles who existed at the beginning, during the foundation of the Lan Yue Dynasty. They were second in power only to the king. Since the position of the first rank prince could be inherited by his son, after thousands of years, these princes had accumulated a bit of power; enough that even the emperor could not control them.

Under the Prince of the First Rank was the title of Duke, followed by Marquis, then Earl; next, the title of Viscount, Baron, and Knight.

Almost every lord had his own territory and army. They filled their respective territories with cities and nourished their land. They only needed to pay taxes to their country on a regular basis. Their army only listened to them. It was very difficult for the king to mobilize them.

When the Broken Star Palace came to incite disharmony, the Lords with an earl rank and above were all present, and the king had not yet had time to express his position when the four Princes of the First Rank had already expressed their eagerness to agree.

As far as the king himself was concerned, he did not want to go into this muddy water at all.

Unfortunately, he did not have the kind of supremacy that the Long Xuan Empire's emperor held.

When people came back from war, the Lan Yue Dynasty had suffered heavy losses. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers were drawn out from the various lords. Not to mention that the king was distressed, the various lords themselves were also distressed.

Now, listening to Qu Rui wanting to kill the soldiers who had escaped in the end, these lords were naturally unhappy.

Your father was just a small Marquis. When you die, you die. Why do you still want to pull our soldiers into this muddy water?

No one would sympathize with the death of Qu Xun. Instead, they privately began to discuss how to divide the several cities and territories previously owned by Qu Xun.

"Qu Rui, you withdraw first." The king rubbed his temples. There were too many things to do during this time. Listening to Qu Rui crying here all day, his brain was going to explode.

But Qu Rui was not willing to let go of the matter. He was simply rolling about in the main hall as he made an unreasonable scene, causing everyone to incessantly roll their eyes.

"Young Master Qu Rui is really just as annoying as in the past. It seems that you haven't made any progress after such a long time." A voice full of laughter came from outside the main hall.

Everyone in the main hall looked strangely at the entrance to the hall.

There,, they saw a young lady with a smile on her face standing outside the main hall. Behind her was a cold-looking youngster who let go of a royal guard whose neck he had just broken.

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. When did these two people break into the main hall? Why didn't the guards block them?

"Guards, come! There are assassins!" Shouted a duke.

Unfortunately, none of the guards outside came. In fact, if they were to walk outside the main hall at this time, they would find the corpses of the guards lying on the ground.