Tomin in The Alien World

The hall was completely silent, everyone stared at each other, all of them were looking at Xiao Xiang. Xiao Yuan and the other dukes had never thought that Xiao Xiang would be so vicious, setting up a feast as a lie, and taking away the military power was the real thing.    

They knew nothing about this matter in advance, and Xiao Xiang had not revealed anything to them either. They also felt that it was strange, that a good princess would actually invite a duke for a banquet, so it was because she wanted to seize the military power.    

The one who broke the silence was Xiao Xiang. Seeing that no one talked, Xiao Xiang continued to swing her chopsticks and beat at the cut off head in front of him, and leisurely said: "Hong Yuetian is really a fool, living to his age, to be able to enjoy all the glory and wealth, to live through all the years, to have all the children and grandchildren, it is already a beautiful thing, but he just had to chase after the fame and fortune. Now that he has lost his life, what's wrong with that? To have a life to fight, to not have a life to enjoy, isn't that also lamentable! "    

Her words were as sharp as knives, stabbing into the hearts of every duke present. Everyone knew that Xiao Xiang's words were for them to hear, and their bodies that were sitting on the bed trembled uncontrollably.    

Forget it! Xiao Yi heaved a long sigh in his heart as he sniffed forcefully, stood up with bloodshot eyes, walked around the table, walked to Xiao Xiang and knelt in front of him, kowtowing and saying: "Since Your highness has condescended to ask for it, this old subject does not dare to disobey. This old official is willing to serve under a subordinate... The eighty thousand soldiers under the command of the imperial government shall be given to them ? " At the end, the old man couldn't continue any longer. He laid on the ground and started sobbing in a low voice.    

Asking them to offer up their wealth was tantamount to cutting meat. Having them hand over the military power was like digging out the heart and digging out the liver.    

Hearing this, Xiao Xiang's eyes lit up, the chopsticks in her hand dropped, and she subconsciously leaned forward, staring straight at Xiao Yi who was lying on the floor. After a long while, she finally recovered, and her body slowly leaned back, returning to her sitting posture with her chest puffed up.    

With Xiao Yi taking the lead, another marquis of the Xiao Sect, Xiao Yong, walked to Xiao Yi's side and knelt down as well. He said with a trembling voice, "This humble subject ? "I am also willing to hand over the sixty thousand soldiers under my command to the imperial government ?"    

To the dukes, it was true that the army in their hands was their lifeblood, but it wasn't their life after all. If they had to choose between life and death, they could only choose to preserve their lives and give up the military power in their hands.    

After Xiao Yi and Xiao Yong stood up and made their gestures, the other dukes all left their seats and expressed their willingness to accept Xiao Xiang's orders to hand over their troops.    

Seeing the dukes give in to Xiao Xiang one by one, Xiao Yuan, who was at the side, was completely dumbfounded. Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that the banquet would end up like this.    

The duke had become the most important bargaining chip in his hands solely because of the Family Army that the duke possessed. Now that the duke had handed over the military power to the imperial government, the duke had become worthless, even inferior to the court's ministers.    

He sat there in a daze for a long time. This was the terrifying aspect of Xiao Xiang. Killing people without blood, only talking and laughing as he took away the most important bargaining chip in Xiao Yuan's hand.    

Seeing the crowd of dukes kneeling down, Xiao Xiang smiled and stood up, walked around the table, and helped everyone up. She said emotionally, "The dukes are truly worthy of being my pillar, when my Chuan Country is in danger, I am truly grateful for your help. As she spoke, Xiao Xiang took two steps back, cupped her hands, and respectfully bowed deeply towards the dukes.    

If they were unwilling to hand over the military power, Xiao Xiang had no choice but to go on a killing spree. If she really reached that step, who knows how much blood Chuan Country he would bleed, or how much trouble she would cause, when she ascends the throne, she would definitely be crowned as a tyrant or a demoness. But now, it was good that the dukes had taken the initiative to hand over the military power. This difficult problem, which had troubled the Chuan Country for hundreds of years, had finally been resolved. Not only was she not scolded as a tyrant, she had even become the Wise King of a Sacred Ground that was praised by the later generations.    

Seeing Xiao Xiang bowing to them, the dukes were all shocked. The crowd that had just stood up kneeled back down and shouted, "Your Highness, you have to kill this humble subject!"    

Xiao Xiang straightened her body, reached out her hand with a smile on her face, and said: "I ask of the various marquis to hand over the Soldier Symbol!"    

She had combined the etiquette of a first soldier with the etiquette of a first soldier. Her thoughts were both meticulous and strange, making it hard to figure out what she was thinking. The dukes looked at each other. After a long while, everyone reached into their bosom and carefully took out their respective Soldier Symbol s.    

Some were wrapped in red silk, some were wrapped in yellow silk. The dukes' fingers trembled as they opened the silk outside the Soldier Symbol, scooped it up with both hands, and handed it over to Xiao Xiang.    

Most of the duke's Soldier Symbol were made of copper, and on them were sculpted all kinds of ferocious beasts and auspicious beasts. Even if Xiao Xiang wanted to, she couldn't pick them up. She tilted her head and shot a glance at the personal guards on her left and right.    

The guards understood, one by one they picked up the trays that had been prepared beforehand and walked forward, placing the Soldier Symbol in each of the duke's hands onto the trays.    

With these Soldier Symbol, he would have the authority to command the Family Army. Xiao Xiang looked at the Soldier Symbol on the tray and nodded her head in satisfaction. Then, she turned around and returned to her seat, and said with a deep voice, "Since you want to be a labourer, weapons and armaments are useless. They should be placed in the treasury." While speaking, she looked at the generals at the other side and said: "Zhang Situ, listen up!"    

"This lowly general is here!" Zhang Situ's body trembled, he anxiously stepped forward and interfered with the greeting.    

Xiao Xiang took out two Soldier Symbol s from the tray and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang, lead your troops and go to the encampments of the Marquis of Changshan and the Marquis of Martial Crown immediately. Take over the weapons and equipment of the two armies and take care of the food and shelter of the brothers of the two armies.    

"Yes!" This lowly general understands! " Taking over the weapons and equipment, in other words, it was disarming, taking care of the living quarters and food. In other words, it was placed under house arrest.    

"Right, now is the time. Immediately!" Xiao Xiang said resolutely.    

"This lowly general obeys your command!" Zhang Situ strode forward, took the two Soldier Symbol that Xiao Xiang passed to him, and turned to walk out of the room.    

"Bu Ying, listen up!" Xiao Xiang's gaze turned, and looked at Bu Ying again.    

"This lowly general is here!" Bu Ying lifted his dress and walked out.    

Xiao Xiang picked up three more Soldier Symbol and said: "General Bu Ying, your division will take over the troops from the Marquis of Chi Shan, Marquis of Qing Yun, and Marquis of Dongyuan. Just like your General Zhang, you must clearly assess the military equipment of these three armies and properly place them in the three armies.    

"Princess, rest assured, this general will definitely go all out!" Bu Ying took the three Soldier Symbol s that Xiao Xiang passed to him and walked out of the hall with big strides.    

After that, Xiao Xiang called for Yang Zhao, Lv You, and the three generals to pass the remaining Soldier Symbol to the three of them. In just a short while, all of the hundreds of thousands of troops and horses under the command of the Twelve dukes were completely distributed among Xiao Xiang, and were all controlled by her Central Army.    

With such a wrist, such a swift and decisive move, and with such shrewd calculations, even a man might not be able to compare to Xiao Xiang.    

After settling the Family Army matter properly, Xiao Xiang felt a sense of relief, as though a huge boulder had been removed from his heart, and her entire being felt much more relaxed, the smile on her face was no longer a fake, but from the bottom of his heart, and it looked extremely brilliant.    

If not, it would be impossible for the Family Army to become a huge threat in the hearts of the Chuan Country, and even become the heart of the kings of past generations. However, Hong Yuetian and the other twelve marquis were definitely considered the leaders of all the dukes in the Chuan Country, so after chopping off the military power in their hands, the other little dukes were nothing to worry about, as they could only allow themselves to be slaughtered by the imperial government.    

It was only natural for her to be proud and complacent if Xiao Xiang could solve the problems the previous generations of Former King had not.    

Xiao Xiang waved repeatedly at the dukes, and called out with a face full of smiles, "Ladies and gentlemen, please come in and take a seat.    

She was currently quite proud of herself, but dukes' moods could only be described as ashen. How could they still drink wine? All of them were like frosted eggplants that had withered away.    

Seeing that everyone was dispirited, Xiao Xiang's mouth raised slowly, holding her wine cup, she stood up abruptly and shouted out: "Da Chuan is strong, our National Aura is strong!"    

Following her shout, thousands of soldiers standing outside the hall all shouted in unison, "Chuan! Chuan! "Chuan!"    

The deafening cheers made all the dukes sitting around the table shudder and their legs twisted. They no longer dared to pretend to be deaf and mute as they raised their goblets and said in unison, "This humble subject pays respect to Your Highness!"    

"Hehe, haha ? ?" Xiao Xiang laughed softly at first, but very soon, she laughed with her head facing upwards, raising his cup and drinking all the wine in it. That valiant and valiant demeanor, it was truly dazzling, but unfortunately, everyone present was not in the mood to appreciate Xiao Xiang's beauty, they only felt that she was terrifying, and their hearts were filled with gloom.    

After the banquet, Xiao Xiang was still unwilling to let the dukes leave. Instead, he used the excuse that they were all too drunk and were afraid that some accidents might happen on the road as an excuse to keep all the dukes in the Princess Mansion, letting them live in the Princess Mansion tonight.    

She would obviously not let the Marquis go immediately. If the Marquis went back on his word and something happened, it would become troublesome, and the Marquis would at least have to wait until the Central Army was completely taken over before she could let him leave.    

Xiao Xiang's meticulous planning was completely revealed at this time.    

Towards Xiao Yuan, she did not ask him to stay, and personally sent him out of the Princess Mansion.