The War Chariot was burned to ash, marking the end of Emperor Xue Qinghe's reign...
Jiang Mingyang sobbed his heart out. Anyone could see he was a Loyal Minister through and through.
With the emperor dead, the killer naturally had to be investigated.
The result... naturally, no one knew.
Ask why, and the answer was simple: far too many experts on a battlefield could use a bow. There was no way to find the culprit!
Of course, even on a battlefield that vast, some people had seen who did it.
They knew perfectly well that the killer in plain sight was the Soul Saint who had fought Jiang Mingyang. The one behind it all, naturally, was...
But none of the witnesses were fools. They would never be stupid enough to say it aloud.
With Jiang Mingyang, the Prince of Wei, involved, reporting him would bring them no reward.
The first person killed would be whoever reported him.
And it would not just be Jiang Mingyang's side that acted. Anyone with ambitions of independence would do the same.
The reason was simple: Xue Qinghe had no descendants. He was, in effect, the last emperor.
His death left the Heaven Dou Imperial Family without a rightful heir.
Naturally, those with ambitions wanted to seize this chance to break away.
But the first banner raised would catch the wind.
Those ambitious men knew they lacked the strength and standing to be the first to declare independence.
In fact, the only people in the realm qualified to make that first declaration were the Princes recognized by the Empire.
Among them, apart from the kings of the various kingdoms, there were only a handful of imperial Princes and Jiang Mingyang.
As for kingdoms breaking away... most of these ambitious men were kings themselves.
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