"Really? This man actually colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. I had no idea I had such a subordinate. Execute him immediately!" General Han said and was about to behead him with a single stroke of his sword. But Gu Jingtian quickly stopped him.
"Do you want to destroy the witness? As a mere deputy, how could he have the audacity to do such a thing? He has already confessed that you ordered him to do it. What else do you have to say?"
Gu Jingtian ordered the cloth gagged in the deputy's mouth to be removed. After the deputy could speak, he repented deeply and accused General Han of threatening his wife and children to communicate with the people of the Southern Border.
"Nonsense! You want to frame me. I'll kill you!" After saying that, General Han seemed to suddenly explode and stabbed the deputy to death with his sword.
"How dare you commit murder in public? What's his fault?"
"Come and arrest this traitor for me!"
"No need. I'll do it myself." Su Wan'er thought that a gentleman should avenge this hatred. Although she was just a weak woman, she would never feel relieved if she didn't kill this traitor of the Su Family Army with her own hands.
Su Wan'er gritted her teeth. She had never felt so angry in her life. This was the Su Family Army that the Su family had guarded for decades, and he actually instigated someone to collude with the enemy and betray the country. He didn't even care about the lives of the soldiers.
Su Wan'er punched his chest with her bare hands until blood oozed out. General Han spat out blood on the spot before it was over.
Gu Jingtian pulled her over and supported her.
Su Wan'er was already tired after a whole day. Now she was so angry that she was shaking. She gritted her teeth tightly as if she wanted to eat someone. This scene made him feel heartache.
"General Han, Marshal Su and Old Marshal Su have treated you well. Why did you do this?" Gu Jingtian shouted at him.
"Treated me well? I'm clearly better than that old man of the Su family in every aspect. He actually passed the position of marshal to his son instead of me. Am I supposed to spend my whole life here and never get any benefits?"
This was no longer the kind and amiable General Han. Although he seemed strange, Su Wan'er suddenly remembered that she had even admired this man when she was a child. It made her feel sick.
"Since you don't want to die of old age, then go to hell now." After saying that, Gu Jingtian personally killed him. Originally, his crimes were enough for him to die ten thousand times, and his whole family should be executed. Colluding with the enemy and betraying the country was no small matter. But if he was really punished like this, Su Wan'er might feel even more uncomfortable. And after all, Old Marshal Su often corresponded with him and was on good terms with him. If he knew about his behavior, he would probably be sad.
"Pass on the order. General Han unfortunately died in battle today. Give him a grand burial! Bury him at the border between the two countries."
Gu Jingtian gave the order to the whole army. After sealing the news, General Han was really buried by the border river between the two countries. Let him atone for his sins there and atone for the soldiers who died in the past few days.
"Wan'er, you must be tired. Go back and rest quickly." From now on, no one will stop you anymore. You are the legitimate master of the Su Family Army. Gu Jingtian supported her back with heartache.
"An imperial edict is coming!" Just as Su Wan'er had just gone into the tent to sleep, suddenly a warhorse came at full speed. It was actually an imperial edict.
"I, Gu Jingtian, and the soldiers of the Southern Army, receive the imperial edict."
"Marshal Gu, it's not enough to have just you. Where's General Wei? This imperial edict is specifically for her."
Qingcao was just about to go back and wake Su Wan'er up. After all, it was an imperial edict. But Gu Jingtian signaled her not to go. The rules in the military camp were obviously more lax. The emperor was far away, so let her sleep a little longer.
"General Wei has accidentally caught a cold and may not be able to receive the imperial edict. We'll receive it on her behalf."
Since Gu Jingtian said so, the eunuch naturally didn't dare to make a fuss and had to read the imperial edict as usual. Who would have thought that at this time, Su Wan'er actually came.
"I, Su Wei, receive the imperial edict."
Naturally, the imperial edict was what Si Junlin had planned long ago. He wanted Su Wan'er to be the marshal, and Gu Jingtian to yield. Everyone just sighed that the imperial edict came a bit late. If it had arrived one day earlier, Su Wan'er wouldn't have had to strive so hard for this position.
"Miss, if this imperial edict had come one day earlier, it would have been great." Qingcao sighed beside her. The whole day and night of gunfire yesterday was really a life-and-death struggle.
"Si Junlin... he actually took the initiative to hand over the military power to me?" Su Wan'er was more surprised. She thought that Si Junlin would never hand over the military power to her even if he was beaten to death.
From the moment the imperial edict arrived, the female general Su Wei officially led the Su Family Army in the name of the Su family. Only then did Su Wan'er dare to write a letter to inform her father and brother. She always reported good news but not bad news. Naturally, she had to add the words "everything goes smoothly" in the letter.
However, Si Junlin in the palace was not as smooth as she was.
"Your Majesty, are you not satisfied with the taste of this dish?" Fang Xi looked at the lunch that the emperor had hardly touched today and felt a chill on his neck. If this continued, the Empress Dowager would definitely cut off his head.
"Um, it's good." Si Junlin glanced at him and replied habitually.
"Ah?" So, was it the dish that was good or what he said that was good?
"What are you 'ah' about? I'm going to review the memorials." Si Junlin calmly walked from the east side room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to the imperial study in a few steps and then began to review the memorials attentively.
Fang Xi almost twitched as he watched. For a whole hour, the emperor didn't move at all. Was this still the emperor?
"Your, Your Majesty, why don't you drink some tea first?"
"What are you babbling about here? Can't you see I'm busy?" When Si Junlin got angry, Fang Xi was so scared that his legs went weak. He wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
But rather than being interrogated by the Empress Dowager in various ways, it was better to persuade the emperor now. So Fang Xi, relying on the fact that he had served the emperor for a few years, took the risk to advise: "But Your Majesty, you've been looking at this memorial for a whole hour."
"Pa!" Si Junlin threw the memorial on the table and glared at Fang Xi.
"Your Majesty, spare my life. Your Majesty, spare my life. Your servant deserves to die!" Only then did Fang Xi really feel scared. So he hurriedly knelt on the ground, prostrating himself. In a hurry, a fan in his arms fell out.
"Ah, Your Majesty, spare my life." Fang Xi didn't even dare to raise his head. But seeing Si Junlin's shadow on the ground getting closer and closer to him, he guessed that he was going to die here today.
"They say that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. Your servant knows that it's a great blessing to have served by Your Majesty's side for these years. But Your Majesty... Your servant doesn't want to die yet. Your Majesty, can you spare your servant's life for the sake of the past..." Fang Xi was already in tears, but Si Junlin's shadow was getting closer.
"No."
"Ah?" It was over. There was no hope at all now.
"Where did you get this fan?" Si Junlin bent down and picked up the fan that had fallen from his arms.
Fang Xi looked at him in great shock as he picked up the fan. Then he quickly replied, "This was given to your servant by the Empress, oh no, by General Su before she left."