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The next day.
The Nine Province Alliance renewed their assault on the Jade Capital.
This time, the city fell without resistance.
The reason was simple. The Red Lotus Cult’s disciples who had defended it were gone. Peng Chao’s assassination attempt had been his last desperate gambit. With his death, the remaining cultists lost their will to fight.
Soon, a clamor erupted from the city’s northwest corner, the sounds of steel and shouts ringing faintly through the snow.
Li Yuan couldn’t sense that far, but he didn’t need to. He remained seated in the central command tent, dignified and unmoving, as messengers came and went, carrying reports of the unfolding battle.
The Son of Heaven never needed to ride at the frontlines.
Even though everyone knew his personal strength was far from weak, the court would never allow the Emperor to gamble his life on open ground.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, the Lotus Cult is attempting a breakout!”
“Reporting to Your Majesty, the forces of Harmony, Wildsouth, and Swallowcloud Province have crushed the rebels. Scattered remnants are being hunted down!”
“Reporting to Your Majesty—!”
“Reporting to Your Majesty—!”
One after another, the reports poured in, none of them surprising.
Li Yuan barely reacted. His thoughts were elsewhere, on the Jade Capital itself, or more specifically, on a place deep within it—Apparel Atelier.
He had no doubt in his mind. The Apparel Atelier was far more dangerous than his own Ghost Prison ever was.
Later that day, escorted by the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the nine governors, Li Yuan returned to the Jade Capital.
But the imperial city he...
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