Mo Qiong ran through the residences of the Defeated Emperors in Dadu. In just a few hours, he discovered something amiss.
The Western Xia Defeated Emperor had vanished, but after searching for a long time, Mo Qiong learned from her women that she had died five days ago, with her death being kept secret.
There were still people monitoring the Defeated Emperor's residence, so Mo Qiong directly hypnotized them.
He learned that less than an hour after Adams had explained the situation to Kublai Khan five days ago, Kublai Khan had summoned all the Defeated Emperors.
He restored their imperial titles, wrote a Restoration Edict, and stamped it with his own imperial seal.
He also signed the Alliance Protocol, recognizing Great Song, Dali, Western Xia, and the other nations as Brother Nations of Great Yuan.
After the Defeated Emperors returned, their trusted aides helped them establish governments, proclaim themselves emperors, appoint Kugyo, and Sacrifice to Heaven and Ancestral Emperors.
They were told that Dadu was currently surrounded by rebels, and that once the rebellion was resolved, they would be free to return to their countries and reclaim their former forces.
What was even more outrageous was that all of this had also been formally recorded by the Ministry of Rites of Great Yuan!
The Ministry of Rites had directly restored Zhao Song, Western Xia, Dali, and the other nations' diplomatic relations, rather than leaving them in the delisted status they had previously held.
It could be said that, aside from not having returned home yet, they were basically emperors already.
Or rather, they had been emperors all along. Kublai Khan's series of measures had essentially changed them from Defeated Emperors into Captive Emperors.
And they were Captive Emperors like Emperor Yingzong of Ming, whom he intended to send back.
Mo