With the destruction of the Qing Palace and the disappearance of the Great Qing Dynasty's central government, the realm descended into utter chaos!
Facing the encirclement of the Four-Party Allied Forces, the Qing armies could no longer hold out. Their requests for reinforcements sank like stones into the sea, receiving no reply.
Soon, when they learned that disaster had struck the Imperial Palace, and that the Little Emperor Xuanye, Regent Prince Dorgon, and all the civil and military officials were dead, the Qing armies collapsed completely, throwing away their armor and fleeing.
The Four-Party Allied Forces immediately intensified their offensive. Coordinating with Zhuo Donglai's allied army in the central region, they swept forward like a blade splitting bamboo. In just ten days or so, they overran all four regions and reached the Capital's surroundings.
Then the five allied armies joined forces.
When everyone learned of Great Qing's current situation, they were overjoyed.
But at the same time, they were somewhat shocked.
A dynasty with a legacy of nearly a hundred years had fallen just like that.
Even now, seeing it with their own eyes, they still found it somewhat unreal.
This was a dynasty!
Not some sect or powerful clan!
Yet it had been destroyed just like that.
And they had all played a part!
For a time, everyone felt utterly dazed...
Shengjing.
Since the earth veins beneath the Qing Palace had been destroyed, the Imperial Palace had been reduced to uninhabitable ruins.
Thus, Yu Huatian had been staying temporarily at the former Heqin Prince's Mansion in the eastern part of the Capital these past few days.
After killing the Little Emperor Xuanye, he had stopped intervening in subsequent matters, leaving everything to the five allied armies.
He had spent these past few days recuperating at the Heqin Prince's