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T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Before the people of the qinwang manors even left the palace, the thing Le Cheng Emperor wanted already produced results.
Just this outcome can be said to be far beyond Le Cheng Emperor’s expectations. Rather, it wasn’t some earthquake, but rather a mountain collapsing, even creating a very big disturbance. A mountain, a large mountain, just like that, strangely for no reason, was just like as if getting split open, half of it collapsing. And after collapsing, what appeared before everyone was a piece of ‘stone tablet’. It can also be said to be an ‘edict from heaven’.
The ‘stone tablet’ wasn’t simply just a piece of stone tablet, but rather chiseled out from an enormous rock. Afterwards, the generals of the Xishan Barracks personally sent it before Le Cheng Emperor.
That’s right, the place that collapsed can be said to be within the range of Xishan Barracks, only less than three hundred meters away, precisely the barracks’ lodging site. Speaking of which, because it was the new year’s eve, although aside from a few high ranking generals, the rest all weren’t able to return home, these people still needed to celebrate the new year, no? Afterwards, the side just suddenly collapsed, that noise deafening. Moreover, at the time, there were a few that were walking forward, at a place less than two meters away. If it had collapsed a bit later, or if their pace was a bit quicker, then they would’ve died without a doubt. Such an unforeseen event nearly gave each and every one of them a heart attack.
For such a thing to happen, the people in the Xishan Barracks naturally went to investigate first thing. Of course, with the surrounding earth loosening, it was naturally being extra careful. After going down, they just saw the ‘stone tablet’ in a conspicuous position. Towards this kind of obvious ‘heavenly decree’, they naturally didn’t dare to slight, reporting to their superiors immediately. Afterwards, the people Le Cheng Emperor sent just happened to arrive. Thus, the ‘stone tablet’ just got sent before Le Cheng Emperor.
As soon as Le Cheng Emperor saw the stone tablet, he was practically shocked to the point of speechlessness. After don’t know how long, “Guan Guan, Grandmaster Liao Chen said you weren’t an ordinary mortal. Looking at it now, it really is the case, just never thought…………”
On the stone tablet, not only were there words, there was also an image of an immortal fairy. Le Cheng Emperor’s hand continuously stroked the image.
In this very moment, the great majority of the people all got drawn in by the stone tablet. The words on it, they also understood first thing, their thoughts inside varied and interesting. For a moment, their face simply was unable to contain their expression, but this while, no one paid them any attention.
And the only ones that were able to remain unmoved were probably just Li Hong Yuan and Jing Wan.
The things on the stone tablet were actually quite simple. It was just fabricating an extravagant identity for the Imperial Noble Consort, coming to the mortal realm to experience a trial, even vaguely mentioning what will happen if one treats her kindly, and what will happen if one treats her maliciously.
Jing Wan coldly watched Le Cheng Emperor that was completely immersed in his own world. Everything in the surrounding all wasn’t able to affect him. Every time Jing Wan saw this kind of scene, she would just feel disgusted. According to her knowledge, in the days after the birthday banquet, Le Cheng Emperor indeed held the Imperial Noble Consort’s portrait all day long, but not long after, he still entered the imperial harem, holding those low-ranking, yet exceptionally tender and delicate consorts.
However, what Jing Wan was relatively curious about was how did a certain someone get this thing into the bottom of the mountain. If it was a certain deep mountain old forest, or some natural cave and such, it was still a little easier to manage. Jing Wan had the question pressed down, deciding to ask later.
Of course, because it appeared in that kind of place, that’s why, for the most part, there won’t be anyone suspecting that it’s manmade.
It was clear and easy to see that once this stone tablet appears, towards the matter of building buddhist altars, more than half the obstructions will be swept clean. Everything else aside, with just ‘treat kindly’, this bit, even if Le Cheng Emperor has become hysterical, in his subconscious mind, he was still feeling guilty. That’s why, regardless of what, he would definitely facilitate this matter.
The next day, this matter just spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital. The rapid speed made certain people surprised by the sudden turn of events. Just, the matters regarding the Imperial Noble Consort previously were already widely known by people, so how can they block it now. That’s why, they could only helplessly watch the matter escalate. The commoners’ originally negative feelings gradually weakened little by little, going towards the other side.
The Xishan Barracks were an important army for defending the capital city. The permanently stationed troops for the most part were all in the fifty thousands. The Left and Right Commander-in-Chief each led a hundred thousand people. That was just two hundred thousand people taking turns guarding the Xishan Barracks. As long as a portion of these people speak from their personal experience, ‘distorting the truth more and more’, then they will be able to have this matter turned into a legend.
In reality, not a single person dying, not even discovering any dead or injured animal, was already very telling. People didn’t believe this was a coincidence. When it comes to ghosts and deities, if just a deity, and not a ghost, and even a kind-hearted deity, believe that many people were all willing to have them enshrined.
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
The court officials, as well as the titled madams, when entering the palace to pay their respects for the new year, all fervently discussed this.
Jing Wan, who was among them, quietly listened. This effect really was extraordinarily good.
And that stone tablet under the mountain, turns out, was because of the underground river. She discovered that under her husband’s hands, there really were a great number of talented people, each and every one all incredible.
However, this matter didn’t calm down, instead reaching its peak three days later, because the northeast border town had sent in a report of victory. On the night of the lunar new year’s eve, the various tribes of Zhennu Mountain mounted a sneak attack on the northeast border town. However, General He was long prepared, fighting back, and killing thousands of the enemy, greatly defeating the various tribes of Zhennu Mountain. In the several decades to come, the northeast all won’t have war of this scale occur again.
Counting the time, didn’t it just so happen to coincide with Xishan’s mountain collapsing?
The immortal fairy was protecting Qi Yuan!
Although in a certain sense, it was stealing the Northeast Army’s limelight, it also helped the Northeast Army block certain dangers.
Having achieved their goal, Jing Wan sat in Li Hong Yuan’s arms, reading the specific matters regarding this battle together.
On the surface, it was a report of victory, but looking at the details now, Jing Wan was practically alarmed. It almost………..
The arrangements Li Hong Yuan made, Jing Wan although wasn’t completely aware of, she still knew more than half. And General He and them had also already determined who the inside traitor was, using their own plans against them. A war was unavoidable, but it should still be a steady victory, and the Northeast Army’s losses can also be reduced to a minimum, yet unexpectedly, an unforeseen incident still occurred, because there wasn’t just one traitor. And between these two traitors, there wasn’t any connection. That’s why, after finding one, and not finding anything else wrong, they just relaxed their guard towards the others.
And just as expected, an accident just occurred.
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How did LHY split open a mountain? ๐ Did he make use of explosives under the cover of the sound of fireworks? Did Jing Wan teach him that?
They dont explain it so I guess any theory is plausible ๐
“She discovered that under her husband’s hands there really were a great number of talented people, each and every one all incredible.”
And they all know the consequences of failing the Living Enma.
๐ Don’t sweat over the small details of “how”. Success is the only outcome.