Chapter 351: Kneeling on a washboard!
"The King decrees that the rebellion in Tianshui City has been quelled, and all kingdom troops must immediately withdraw from the Tianshui territories, or suffer the penalty of death without mercy!"
Although still kilometers away, the voice of Grand Eunuch Gao Yin echoed throughout the entire battlefield.
Behind him, Suo Lun heard the voice, neither loud nor soft, distinct and clear, with a metallic resonance.
Yet even Yan Nai’er, kilometers away from Gao Yin, heard his voice as if it were right by her ear.
"The King decrees that the rebellion in Tianshui City has been quelled, and all kingdom troops must immediately withdraw from the Tianshui territories, or suffer the penalty of death without mercy!"
Gao Yin’s voice rose again and again, reaching the ears of every soldier.
Duke Zhi Wei turned a deaf ear, having decided that he would defy the King’s decree and eliminate the Suo family by capturing Tianshui City.
As for the consequences? At worst, he would lose his position as Governor of the Southeastern Province and be demoted from a Duke to a Marquis or even an Earl. If the punishment were more severe, it might extend to confinement in the ancestral mansion.
As for the penalty of death without mercy, that was just to scare ghosts.
He was a Duke, a child of the late King; not even the King himself would dare to kill him.
When King Zibian ascended to the throne, nearly all the princes involved in the struggle for succession met untimely deaths. This caused great controversy and forced him, even though he disliked Zhi Wei, to bestow high titles upon him to recover his reputation after gaining power.