Chapter 188: Ripples in Chang’an
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“Great victory at Cangzhou! Prince Qi slayed 100,000 barbarian soldiers!”
“Great victory at Cangzhou! Prince Qi slayed 100,000 barbarian soldiers!”
Along the Zhuque Avenue in Chang’an City, a young palace attendant galloped at full speed, shouting the news at the top of his lungs. It wasn’t just Emperor Xiao Wenxuan who was thrilled.
Even though he was just a eunuch, often looked down upon and incomplete in others’ eyes, he too carried the fate of the empire in his heart.
From the beginning of the battle for Cangzhou, Emperor Wenxuan had been unable to sleep at night.
If Cangzhou fell, and the fiefs of Prince Qi and Prince Wei were lost to the barbarians, then the imperial court would no longer be able to rein in the ambitions of the non-imperial princes.
But now, Cangzhou stood firm. The Seventh Prince of Great Yu, Xiao Ming, had slain 100,000 barbarians and forced them to retreat to Shanhai Pass.
From now on, the Great Yu Empire could proudly say no to tribute demands, no to territorial concessions, no to political marriages.
In the streets, merchants stopped in their tracks.
Scholars froze.
Officials halted.