Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

The Emperor hurriedly took the letter and immediately opened it to read it.

Tokugawa Heiji was so eager that he wanted to offer his own head as well.

However, he was blocked by the guards standing nearby.

The Emperor's expression grew increasingly grim as he read the letter.

Tokugawa Heiji asked the Emperor with a worried expression, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Who is it? Who has attacked?"

The Emperor's face was extremely grim: "It's the Tojo family!"

After hearing the Emperor's words, Tokugawa Heiji felt as if he had misheard: "What Tojo family? Tojo Seisuke and his men attacked us? Has Tojo Seisuke gone mad?"

The Emperor shook his head and then handed the letter to Tokugawa Heiyasu.

It was quite a coincidence that the Emperor sent their scouts there.

They disguised themselves as ordinary people and infiltrated the area.

They happened to run into some of Tojo Koichi's staff, who were brainwashing the surrendered civilians.

Therefore, they all blamed Tojo Koichi for this attack, following the same explanation Xiao Ce had given them.

These troops from the Xiao Kingdom and the Slavic Kingdom all belonged to Tojo Koichi.

Their aim was to liberate the people of Fusang, so that they would no longer have to pay the price for Fusang's constant warfare.

Therefore, these staff members' words were relayed to the Emperor verbatim.

After reading the letter, Tokugawa Heiyasu looked at the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, you see... I told you long ago that the Tojo family has great ambitions. I never expected that they would turn against us now."

"That Tojo Seisuke just now even accused me of staging the whole thing..."

Upon hearing this, the Emperor said to Tokugawa Heiyasu, "Tokugawa, judging from Tojo Seisuke's expression just now, he truly seemed unaware..."

"If he really knew, he wouldn't have come, don't you think?"

After hearing the Emperor's words, Tokugawa Heiyasu calmed down immediately: "Your Majesty, what you said is possible... You mean, what if Tojo Seisuke was completely unaware?"

The Emperor shook his head and said to the guards beside him, "Go and invite all the heads of the families over here."

The guard beside him nodded and said to the Emperor, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Tokugawa Heiji said with a grim expression, "Your Majesty, if the scouts' report is accurate, this matter is extremely serious... The enemy has nearly a million troops and countless warships..."

"Our elite troops are all on other fronts. The combined forces of our several families probably don't even amount to 300,000! How...how are we supposed to fight this war?"

The Emperor, his face grim, didn't respond: "After everyone returns, let's see what Tojo Seisuke's attitude is..."

Tokugawa Heiji said, "Should we set up a defensive line first...?"

The Emperor waved his hand and said, "They've already landed and established a foothold... a few more hours won't make a difference. We need to figure out first, what does Koichi Tojo want? What does the Tojo family want..."

Tokugawa Heiji said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, what if they take this opportunity to ask you for some extremely unreasonable demands?"

The Emperor said to Tokugawa Heiyasu, "If they have any requests, we can discuss them... I can even grant their requests..."

With that, the Emperor said with a sinister expression, "Of course, this is just a temporary measure for me. Once we come to our senses, I will make them return the money with interest."

As the two were talking, several family heads came over one by one.

When these family heads arrived, they discovered that the air pressure here was very low.

After exchanging glances, neither of them spoke first.

When the Emperor noticed that Tojo was the only one missing from among these people, his expression grew increasingly grim.

His voice grew increasingly cold and sharp: "Where is Tojo Seisuke? Why isn't he here?"

The head of the Kikuta family, who was standing to the side, said, "Reporting to the Emperor, Lord Tojo Seisuke suddenly remembered that he had something to attend to at home, so he went back to take care of it."

The Emperor scoffed, "Something's wrong at home? What is it? Is there anything more serious than what's happening here?"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. Lord Tojo Seisuke actually owns several ships transporting supplies to the Xiao Kingdom, which are about to depart... Given the current situation in our Fusang Kingdom, he's mediating this matter to prevent problems with their ships transporting supplies and ammunition..."

The heads of several families standing nearby, unaware of what had happened, were about to speak up to explain.

Upon hearing this, Tokugawa Heiyasu said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, did he sense something was wrong and run away?"

The Emperor nodded with a grim expression: "Men, arrest everyone from the Tojo family. Don't let a single fly escape!"

The Emperor's personal guard beside him nodded firmly: "Yes, sir..."

The Emperor said to his personal guards, "Let the Ronin-do people do it... Remember, don't let this get out of the way."

The guards nodded after hearing the Emperor's words.

The heads of several other families stood nearby.

Sensing something was amiss, the head of the Okamoto family cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, have you received some news? Why have you arrested all the members of the Tojo family?"

The Emperor then told them the message in the letter.

After hearing this, their expressions were not good, and they were clearly unable to accept it for the time being.

After all, according to what the Emperor said, Tojo Koichi seemed to be coming with great force.

Their combined army numbered only 300,000, while the renowned Tokugawa army was almost completely wiped out upon first encounter.

This is the message that Tokugawa Heiyasu received.

At that moment, the head of the Fukuda family bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think there might be a misunderstanding in this matter?"

The Emperor listened to the head of the Fukuda family, his brow furrowing slightly: "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding are you referring to? Wasn't it orchestrated by Tojo Koichi? Or was Tojo Seisuke unaware of it...?"

The head of the Fukuda family said, "Your Majesty, I think Tojo Seisuke is unaware of this... The Tojo family head's behavior just now didn't seem like an act."

After the head of the Fukuda family spoke, the head of the Koizumi family nodded: "That's right, I think we can bring Tojo Seisuke over first... Let's discuss this, discuss it... Don't let ourselves be used."

The other family heads echoed this sentiment.

Tokugawa Heiyasu and Tojo Seisuke were never on good terms.

Now, hearing everyone speaking up for him, Tokugawa Heiyasu coldly addressed the crowd: "Looking at the usual situation, Tojo Seisuke hasn't bribed you, has he? Why are you all so quick to side with Tojo Seisuke? These messages were all sent by the Emperor's personal guards? Is that wrong?"

The crowd addressed Tokugawa Heijiyasu, saying, "Lord Tokugawa, please calm down... Although we've conquered your territory, we are all one... After defeating you, they'll come after us... So, you could say we share both glory and ruin..."

"We really need to pay attention to this, and we should remain calm and not let anyone take advantage of our weaknesses!"

The Emperor listened as everyone spoke in support of Tojo Seisuke.

However, he believed the message from his personal guards.

"Okay, then let's wait..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tojo Seisuke's voice came from the doorway.

"Your Majesty, you have misjudged me... While the Tojo clan may indeed harbor ambitions, we will never betray Japan..."

Both the Emperor and Tokugawa Heiyasu were somewhat surprised to hear Tojo Seisuke's voice.

After Tojo Seisuke arrived, the Emperor asked, "Are you sure you have a clear conscience?"

Tojo Seisuke asked the Emperor what exactly was going on.

The Emperor then showed the letter that had come from the front lines to Tojo Seisuke.

Judging from Tojo Seisuke's reaction.

He should indeed be unaware of it.

After Tojo Seisuke appeared, they were cleared of suspicion.

After reading it, Tojo Seisuke's face darkened instantly.

"Your Majesty, is your information accurate?"

The Emperor nodded: "Head of the Tojo family, these were my Ronin-do's personal guards... Do you think this information is accurate? Do you have anything to say about it? Or do you have any explanation?"

Tojo Seisuke said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, I have no explanation. I would rather it was Tojo Koichi who rebelled! If it were Tojo Koichi who rebelled, things would be easier to handle... But now it seems to be another, worst-case scenario."

Tojo Seisuke's words stunned everyone.

The Emperor asked, "Head of the Tojo family, what do you mean by that?"

Tojo Seisuke glanced at everyone present and then said, "Gentlemen, can't you figure this out?"

As he spoke, Tojo Seisuke looked at Tokugawa Heiyasu.

Because he could tell from Tokugawa Heiyasu's expression that Tokugawa Heiyasu must have thought of it.

"Head of the Tokugawa family, you should already know, right?"

Although Tokugawa Heiyasu was in competition with Tojo Seisuke, he was also a smart man.

Tokugawa Heiyasu nodded, getting straight to the point: "That's right. As long as the Tojo family doesn't rebel, they'll always find a way to control Tojo Koichi if he does. But the biggest problem now is that I'm afraid Tojo Koichi was controlled in Xiao Kingdom before."

"The people of Xiao and the Slavs have already formed a cooperative relationship. They jointly controlled Tojo Koichi and then tricked us out of our supplies. They then launched an attack in response to our actions."

Tokugawa Heiji asked Tojo Koichi, "Is this your guess?"

Tojo Kou nodded: "That's right... I'll say it again: our Tojo family does have ambitions, but we will never betray His Majesty the Emperor!"

“We know very well that everything I have is a gift from the Emperor. I don’t think I, and I don’t think the Ancient One would either…”

Upon hearing Koichi Tojo's words, the Emperor's expression relaxed considerably: "If that's the case, I think it's good news, not bad news!"

After hearing the Emperor say this, it was now the heads of several families who were puzzled.

Why would the Emperor say that?

The Emperor said, “A country that is on the verge of being destroyed! We only let the people of Xiao survive because we had taken pity on them. The same thing happened when we sent Tojo Koichi there! Now their behavior is as if we were keeping a dog as a pet.”

"This dog followed us, baring its teeth... We had some reservations before, but now that things have turned out this way, it's time to make up our minds! That is to kill them all."

"As for that Slavic country, they've been no match for us in several naval battles, and this time they came by surprise. We've wanted to deal with them for a long time... Now they're here! They're practically begging us to kill them... Do you think we should be afraid?"

"This is good news for us. I've heard it's nearly a million soldiers. If we kill them all on our island in Japan...wouldn't they be severely weakened?"

"This is good news! This is our territory. Do you think our Fusang army is afraid of them? To be honest, I'm still quite worried if the Tojo family rebels. After all, the Tojo family's strength is among the top in the entire Fusang country..."

"Gentlemen, although we suffered a defeat... it was entirely due to their surprise attack. They had nearly a million men who directly attacked Edo. No matter how powerful the Tokugawa family's soldiers were, they weren't invincible... Now, we understand what happened. We have the advantage of terrain... To be honest, even if their million-strong army numbered two million, I wouldn't consider them a threat!"

"Is war these days still about numbers?" the Emperor said, his face full of arrogance. "Tokugawa patriarch, how many men did you use to attack the Sulu Kingdom?"

"Less than two hundred thousand!" Tokugawa Heiyasu said with a hint of pride on his face.

The Emperor nodded and said, "That's right. You should know that the Sulu Kingdom is a country with tens of millions of people."

Tokugawa Heiyasu nodded.

At this moment, the heads of the families were all excited by what the Emperor said.

"Indeed, Your Majesty, you are right. Our six families, including your Imperial Guard, number nearly 500,000... Wouldn't it be a piece of cake to fight them?"

The Emperor nodded, a hint of pride on his face: "Indeed, I was worried before that this concerned the Tojo family... Are you sure..."

Tojo Seisuke said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, I may follow you to show my loyalty!"

After listening to Tojo Seisuke's words, the Emperor nodded: "Very well...then, gentlemen, go and retake the main port! Make sure to destroy their ships, make sure they have a way to get back..."

"I will ensure that none of the million men who invaded our Fusang Empire return! Tell the warriors of Fusang! I want them all dead! I want not a single prisoner..."

"You have one week to wipe them out!"

Then the Emperor looked at Tojo Seisuke: "Head of the Tojo family, however, for the upcoming attacks on Xiao and Slavic countries, we'll all have to go together..."