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The Empress Dowager suppressed all her doubts and snorted coldly, "Hmph, Changsun Du, do you know your crime?"

In an instant, the Empress Dowager's chilling voice echoed throughout the hall, and sweat dripped from Changsun Du's forehead.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty confesses your crime!"

"Very well, since he has admitted his guilt, issue an imperial edict: Changsun Du has plotted a rebellion. Drag him away and exterminate his entire clan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two armored guards entered the hall and dragged the already limp Changsun Du out.

Changsun Du did not beg for mercy. He knew his fate was sealed and that begging would be of no use.

Immediately afterwards, the Empress Dowager glanced at the assembled officials and announced, "I hereby confer upon Chen Nan, the Prince of Zhennan, the title of Prince of Wei, a peerless prince, to jointly govern the Northern Wei court with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the court officials were surprised again.

However, none of them dared to speak out in rebuttal, nor did they even have the courage to offer any advice.

The fate of Changsun Du was still etched in their minds; who dared to speak up now?

Then, the Empress Dowager continued, "Order the Prince of Zhennan to oversee all the troops in the country and send them to conquer the barbarian tribes!"

Although she didn't know why Chen Nan wanted to attack the barbarian tribes.

However, the barbarian tribe had existed in the territory of Northern Wei for many years, and even she had long wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, the Northern Wei Dynasty in the past simply did not have this ability.

She planned to take advantage of Chen Nan's mention of it and eliminate the other party directly.

Chen Nan was slightly taken aback, completely unaware that the change had come so suddenly.

His expression remained unchanged as he replied, "I accept the decree!"

"Your Majesty, I have another matter to discuss!" Chen Nan said softly.

"Oh? Is there anything else, Prince Wei?" the Empress Dowager asked, puzzled.

"I suggest that Wu Zixu be granted the title of Marquis, to be passed down through generations!"

The Empress Dowager pondered for a moment. She didn't know how Wu Zixu died, but since Chen Nan said so, there must be a reason for it.

Without even considering it, he immediately agreed, "As the King of Wei says!"

He then asked, "Does the King of Wei have any further requests regarding his campaign against the barbarian tribes?"

Chen Nan thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the Manzi tribe is just a small tribe. I don't have many demands."

"After I go on my campaign, the Empress Dowager only needs to follow the steps I have written to keep the kingdom running smoothly."

The two looked at each other and saw a smile in each other's eyes.

"In that case, court is adjourned!"

The Empress Dowager shouted and was the first to leave Fengtian Hall.

However, he called Chen Nan away when he left.

The two stayed there for a whole day and night, and no one knew what they did or talked about.

All they knew was that Chen Nan looked extremely haggard after leaving the palace.

Three days later, Chen Nan prepared his army and, together with Zhao Yun, Chen Sheng, Hong Ming, and Gao Shun, led 20,000 troops to conquer the barbarians in the Qiduan Mountains.

Six days later, the group arrived at Duancheng, outside the Qiduan Mountains.

Only then did they realize that Broken City was no longer inhabited.

Looking at the deserted city in front of him, Chen Nan sighed, "No wonder, so that's why."

The people they sent out before never returned. Now, everything is clear.

This even includes the fact that no news of the barbarian tribes raiding southwards for so long has been reported.

It turns out they were using the entire Broken City as food for their tribe.

A day later, Chen Nan and the others arrived at the entrance to the Qiduan Mountains.

At the entrance, about two thousand people dressed in strange costumes were wandering back and forth.

Without wasting words, Chen Nan directly sent his men to crush them.

In less than a quarter of an hour, those barbarian soldiers were dead.

Two days later, Chen Nan's army had penetrated deep into the heart of the Qiduan Mountains.

Over the course of those two days, he experienced countless small-scale raids.

They eventually arrived in the heart of the barbarian tribe's territory.

At this moment, countless tents of various sizes were sitting in front of Chen Nan.

Each of those tents also had a small flag on top.

Seeing this, Chen Nan waved his hand, and just as the 20,000 men behind him were about to pour out, a group of people slowly walked towards them.

The leader was dressed in plain clothes and walked among the crowd. If you didn't pay special attention, you would never guess that such an ordinary person was the leader of the barbarian tribe.

The man slowly stepped forward and stood opposite Chen Nan: "May I ask who you are? And why are you attacking my barbarian tribe?"

"I am Chen Nan, the King of Northern Wei. Tell me why I attacked your barbarian tribe?" Chen Nan glanced at him disdainfully.

He had no intention of speaking, but since the other party had come to him, he had to give them some face.

Upon hearing Chen Nan's explanation, the man shook his head: "In that case, my name is Uro Dagan, and I am the current chief of the barbarian tribe."

"Your Highness, can't you talk things out properly? Why are you so fixated on war?"

Chen Nan was taken aback, then suddenly raised the spear in his hand: "Why didn't you think about discussing things properly when you attacked my Northern Wei people?"

"Now that I've led my troops to kill them, will we be able to have proper discussions?"

Uro Dagan was taken aback: "Your Highness must be mistaken?"

"We have never attacked the Northern Wei court! Those people were sold to our tribe by the Lord of Duancheng. We only traded with the Lord of Duancheng!"

Chen Nan sneered: "Even now, you're still trying to hide it. Duancheng is under the jurisdiction of my Northern Wei. How can killing the people of Duancheng not be making an enemy of my Northern Wei?"

"What? Does Your Highness mean that Duancheng belongs to the Northern Wei?" Uro Dagan was completely dumbfounded.

He only knew that the city lord of Duancheng had autonomy when he made the transaction, but he never thought that Duancheng was actually under the rule of the Northern Wei.

He shook his head helplessly. Things had come to this point, and he knew that saying anything would be useless.

He then pulled out a red crystal from his robes, held it high, and shouted, "God of the tribe, please grant your most devout people the power!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the tribesmen behind him were filled with immense pain.

The pain lasted only a short while, and then everyone's aura transformed into that of a second-tier martial artist.

"Charge!" Chen Nan shouted without hesitation.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle right in front of the barbarian tribe's main camp!

Ten days later, Chen Nan returned with more than three thousand men.

Outside the capital of Wei, the Empress Dowager went thirty li outside the city to welcome Chen Nan and his entourage.

Upon returning to the capital of Wei, the Empress Dowager immediately announced to the world that Chen Nan had been granted the title of King of the First Rank.

Over the course of several years, Chen Nan first swept across the territory of Northern Wei, wiping out all the city lords who refused to obey orders.

From this point on, the Northern Wei Dynasty reached its peak of power.

However, Chen Nan did not stop there. Instead, he strengthened military preparedness and restored people's livelihoods in order to deal with the empire's conspiracy.

Thirty years later, under Chen Nan's leadership, the empire's conspiracy was completely wiped out, and the continent finally returned to peace!

The whole book is finished!