In the winter of the third year after the new emperor ascended the throne, Gu Shi, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, with his blood-stained clothes still on, led the Black Iron Army back to the capital through the snow.
At the celebration banquet, the emperor Shen Jue smiled and bestowed the honor, and a gracious decree to "take a rest to recuperate", but quietly took away the Tiger Talisman military power he had gained in three years of bloodshed.
Three years ago, he was the sharpest knife behind the Seventh Prince, cleaving his way to the throne in a sea of blood and corpses.
Three years later, he was the most successful general in the new dynasty, full of glory and suspicion.
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