Chapter 996: Nanjiang Royal Court
August eighth was a good day for marriage, cleaning, moving, and traveling. Taboos: none.
August eighth was undoubtedly a good time of the year, which was why many people chose this day to marry, travel, and visit friends. Temple fairs, festivals, and some holidays happened on this day as well. For example, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter God Festival, Mountain God Festival and more all happened on August eighth[1].
Unfortunately, what should have been a lively, celebratory day turned dark and ominous this year because of a certain news. The entire world shook in shock and fear because of it.
It was because Chu had mobilized a total of two hundred thousand Nanjiang Pacification troops to invade Nanjiang. It was because they had crushed the Eight Tribes and Nine Fortresses and annihilated the Nanjiang Royal Court in dominant fashion and announced to the world that, from now on, the One Hundred Thousand Mountains of Nanjiang was now Chu’s territory. The land was categorized as a prefecture.
At the same time, the Chu Emperor issued an imperial edict proclaiming that Chu would be holding a grand ancestral worship ceremony on October tenth. They would be offering sacrifices to the heavens , the earth, and their virtuous ancestors.
From now on, the Nanjiang Royal Court no longer existed. There was only the Nanjiang prefecture of Chu.
For obvious reasons, the news hit the world like an atomic bomb. The Nanjiang Royal Court boasted a storied history longer than even Chu itself. Since ancient times, Nanjiang had always been famous for its tall mountains, thick jungles, dangerous geography and even more dangerous creatures. It was held by many tribes whose culture was fierce and thuggish.
A long time ago when the You Dynasty still existed, the leader of a small tribe had unified the tribes of Nanjiang and built the Nanjiang Royal Court. Calling himself the King of Nanjiang. He had coveted the fertile lands of the Central Plain and waged countless battles against them.
Angry, the You Emperor had raised an army of one million and personally taken command. He had slain the King of Nanjiang at Fusu Mountain, and condemned one hundred thousand Nanjiang citizens to slavery in the Central Plain.