#2312 - The darkest hour is coming
Chu Yudie waited outside the palace until midnight.
The palace was very quiet, with no sound other than the voices inside.
For some reason, Chu Yudie felt a little more comfortable.
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The next morning, Mu Lian Yue went to court, with Wan staying by her side to protect her.
Jun Wuxie and Chu Moli changed their appearances and clothes and toured the imperial city.
Chu Yudie was in a room on the top floor of a tall building in the imperial city, standing in front of the window, her eyes passing through the streets and crowds, quietly watching them.
On this day, Mu Lian Yue issued the Twilight Emperor's decree, sending it to the surrounding countries.
Those countries were all dependent on the Twilight Dynasty, including the Sele Kingdom.
At least, on the surface, the Sele Kingdom had a dependent relationship with the Twilight Dynasty.
However, in recent years, the Sele Kingdom had become increasingly inflated, and with the intervention of forces from the Immortal Realm, they had become much more arrogant, and often did things without considering the Twilight Dynasty's intentions.
The customs and culture of the Twilight Dynasty were still good. There were many scenic spots in the imperial city, including some historical sites.
Jun Wuxie and Chu Moli toured for a day and returned to Mu Lian Yue's palace in the Twilight Imperial Palace in the evening.
Mu Lian Yue informed them that the countries had already responded, and the time was set for two days later, and the location was Qinghe City, on the border between the Twilight Dynasty and the Sele Kingdom.
At that time, the rulers of the countries would personally arrive to discuss the ceasefire between the Basha Kingdom and the Sele Kingdom.
In the next two days, Jun Wuxie and Chu Moli spent most of their time in the palace with Mu Lian Yue and Wan.
Chu Yudie had been following them secretly.
She wasn't very far away, but she never showed herself.
Jun Wuxie and Wan pretended not to know.
Until the day of the national talks.
For this trip, Mu Lian Yue only brought some personal female guards and two ministers.
Jun Wuxie and Chu Moli concealed their identities and followed to Qinghe City, but did not travel with Mu Lian Yue.
Qinghe City, the City Lord's Mansion conference hall.
The rulers of the countries and important figures from the countries sat on either side of a long table.
The scene was very quiet, and everyone was waiting quietly.
The faces of the rulers of the countries were full of anticipation.
The ceasefire between Basha and Sele was something they had always wanted to achieve but had never been able to do.
In recent years, the Sele Kingdom had become increasingly arrogant, and the massacres of Basha had become increasingly appalling.
Everyone knew that the Sele Kingdom wanted to annex the territory of Basha to lay the foundation for its upgrade from a kingdom to a dynasty.
The Sele Kingdom's ambition was well known, but the countries could not directly intervene for various reasons, and they were anxious as they watched the Sele Kingdom gradually achieve its goal.
In the past, the Twilight Dynasty turned a blind eye, and the two seemed to have reached some kind of agreement.
Today, the Twilight Dynasty suddenly wants to hold talks, and things may usher in a turning point.
"The Empress is here!"
As the voices of the two female guards rang out in the conference hall, everyone from the countries stood up.
A figure in a twilight imperial dress walked out from the inner door, followed by several sharp-eyed female guards.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The rulers and ministers of the countries saluted one after another.
"You may all be excused, please sit down."
Mu Lian Yue walked to the top and sat down, her eyes sweeping across the audience, and said: "The reason I invited you all to come to the meeting today is for the affairs of the two countries, Sele and Basha.
I believe that with the current world situation, the countries of our Twilight Continent should coexist peacefully and should no longer resort to war.
You may express your opinions and talk about your views and attitudes towards the affairs of Basha and the Sele Kingdom."
As soon as Mu Lian Yue spoke, she directly stated the position and attitude of the Twilight Dynasty.
In this way, in addition to those countries that already wanted to help Basha, other neutral countries should also know how to take sides.
The faces of King Sele and the princes and ministers of the Sele Kingdom all sank upon hearing this.
When the previous Twilight Emperor was in power, he would never have stated his position so clearly in public.
The current new emperor has a completely different attitude. It seems that today he wants to force them to cease the war!
"Your Majesty, the affairs between Basha and the Sele Kingdom should have been resolved long ago.
Over the years, countless Basha soldiers and civilians have been killed and injured, and the Sele Kingdom's methods are extremely cruel, which is simply outrageous.
I call on the Sele Kingdom to immediately stop its aggression and massacre of Basha, return all the land that originally belonged to Basha that was occupied by the Sele Kingdom in the past, and provide a certain amount of resources as compensation for the mistakes caused by their massacre of Basha!"
"I second that, I agree that the Sele Kingdom should return the land of Basha, admit its crimes, apologize and pay compensation!"
"That's right, the matter between Basha and the Sele Kingdom is a historical issue that should have been resolved long ago.
In the past, there were no Sele people around the Basha Kingdom.
Later, the Sele people came to build a country, and the Basha Kingdom was benevolent and gave them a peaceful land.
Who knew that the Sele Kingdom would not be satisfied with this, they wanted more, they wanted to invade and annex the entire land of Basha, and therefore planned many massacres, causing heavy casualties to Basha soldiers and civilians.
Such an act of repaying kindness with hatred is simply worse than a beast!
Over the years, the population of Basha has dropped sharply, less than half of what it used to be. Many of their children have difficulty living to adulthood and are ruthlessly slaughtered by the Sele Kingdom. This is genocide!
How can our Twilight Continent tolerate such behavior!"
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For a time, the rulers and ministers of the countries present spoke out one after another to condemn the Sele Kingdom and support the Basha Kingdom.
Everyone's opinions were very unified, demanding that the Sele Kingdom return the land, admit its crimes and pay compensation, and guarantee that it would no longer massacre the people of Basha in the future.
"Hahaha! You are daydreaming, why should our Sele Kingdom return the land?"
A minister of the Sele Kingdom said理直气壮: "The land of the Basha Kingdom belonged to our Sele people before all ages!
Our Sele people are the chosen people of heaven, one of the noblest races in the world, and the Basha people are only worthy of being our slaves.
Slaves have no human rights, and their life and death should be controlled by us, the chosen people of heaven.
Over the years, we have not slaughtered all the Basha people, which is already very benevolent.
The Basha people should be grateful to our Sele Kingdom!"
"What a joke! Why do you say that the land originally belonged to you.
Chosen people of heaven? You Sele people are really shameless, you dare to call yourselves noble.
You say you are the chosen people of heaven, are you?"
"We Sele people are the chosen people of heaven, do you dare to question it?
There is a clear record in the scriptures left by our ancestors that we Sele people are the chosen people of heaven, born noble, who among you does not agree?"
A prince of the Sele Kingdom swept across the rulers and ministers of the countries, his eyes and attitude were quite strong.
"You Sele Kingdom is too arrogant!"
The rulers and ministers of the countries glared at King Sele and the princes and others.
"King Sele, I hope your ideas are not too extreme.
The Basha people and your Sele people are all human races, no one is noble, and no one is inferior.
As for your so-called scriptures recording the chosen people of heaven, I admit that you have scriptures, but scriptures cannot be used as a basis in such a situation.
On behalf of the Twilight Dynasty, I urge you to stop the persecution and massacre of the Basha people as soon as possible, repent of the crimes of the Sele Kingdom's massacre of innocent Basha people over the years, return the illegally occupied land, and provide resource compensation to Basha.
You should carefully consider the above conditions."
"Empress, this joke is not funny at all!"
King Sele spoke, he was burly, his eyes were sharp as an eagle, and his attitude was extremely tough, "Does the Empress really think that my Sele Kingdom is afraid of your Twilight Dynasty?
My Sele Kingdom is no longer what it used to be.
If the Twilight Dynasty insists on interfering, my Sele soldiers will definitely make the Twilight army go and never return!"
"Very good, I admire your courage.
Since this is the case, today's meeting is over, there is no need to continue.
Your Sele Kingdom's attitude is already very clear."
"Then I will not accompany you, I did not want to attend this meeting in the first place.
Before leaving, I would like to once again clearly tell you that we will slaughter all the Basha people!"
After saying that, King Sele got up and left, and the princes and ministers of the Sele Kingdom all sneered and glanced at the rulers of the countries before following him away, their posture looked extremely arrogant.
"How unreasonable, the Sele Kingdom has become so arrogant, who gave them the courage?"
The rulers of the countries could not understand.
The Sere Dynasty acting arrogantly in front of them was understandable because, for various reasons, they wouldn't actually send troops, which is why the Sere Dynasty dared to clamor.
However, for the Sere Dynasty to dare challenge the Twilight Empress to her face, confronting her head-on, was truly unexpected and incomprehensible.
"Your Majesty, the Sere Dynasty is acting obstinately. What should we do now?"
The rulers of various nations all looked towards Mu Lian Yue.
"The matter of Basha must be resolved.
Everyone, please be patient and return to your respective countries first, and await news from my Twilight Dynasty."
"Yes, then we shall take our leave."
The rulers of various nations left with their people.
"The Sere Dynasty is truly too arrogant!"
The ministers of the Twilight Dynasty all wore unsightly expressions.
They were all shocked.
"It doesn't matter; arrogance comes at a price."
Mu Lian Yue's expression was calm as she reached out and retrieved the rune memory stone floating on the roof.
"Have these copied in large quantities and then sent to all parts of Changsheng, broadcasting the contents of the meeting everywhere.
We're returning to the imperial city."
Mu Lian Yue simply didn't care whether the Sere Dynasty would agree or not.
What she wanted was the Sere Dynasty's arrogance.
Because she knew Jun Shen's attitude towards the Sere Dynasty.
The Sere Dynasty thought that the Twilight Dynasty wouldn't dare send troops against them because they had people from the Immortal Realm behind them, and there were also people from the Immortal Realm within the Twilight Imperial Palace.
If their dynasty were to mobilize troops against Sere, the people from the Immortal Realm would come out to stop them.
Therefore, the Sere King was so arrogant.
He thought that no matter how much he clamored, it wouldn't bring the disaster of war to his dynasty.
"Arrogance with strength is called dominance; arrogance without strength is called foolishness.
If it were the previous dynasty, due to various factors, they really wouldn't have attacked the Sere Dynasty for verbal provocations and clamoring.
But times have changed, and the current dynasty will no longer have those concerns.
For a mere Sere to dare threaten my Twilight Dynasty to my face is simply courting death!"
After returning to the Imperial Palace, Mu Lian Yue met with Jun Wu Xie and, when speaking of the meeting, a cold killing intent flashed in her eyes.
"Mere ants. They've grown accustomed to making wild claims, thinking that major powers wouldn't attack them for various reasons.
But this time, they miscalculated and should pay the price.
Otherwise, any small fry will dare to clamor and provoke the dynasty to its face in the future. Where will the dynasty's majesty be?"
"Yes, Lian Yue has already had the Prime Minister draft a proclamation. We just need to let the meeting's image and the proclamation ferment in Changsheng for a few days, and then the army will march straight to the border, sweeping through the Sere Dynasty."
"Did you send someone to notify Barre?"
"Don't worry, Jun Shen. Lian Yue has already sent Eunuch Wei to Jun Yue City to find Barre."
"That's good. The matter of the Sere Dynasty is finally going to be resolved.
Although it's just an ant, it's going to take up a lot of our time."
In these past two days, he observed the Misty Forest and discovered that the barrier there is also about to disappear.
Almost immediately after destroying the Sere Dynasty, he can enter the Misty Forest. The timing is just right.
