A Million Troops at My Command, Yet the Empress Sentences Me to Death on a Made-Up Charge?

Lin Yan, the only prince of the Great Wu Dynasty with a different surname, was granted the title of Prince Equal to the Emperor by the late emperor.

At twenty, he commanded a million troops, crushed ten foreign tribes, and guarded the frontier for ten years. His name resounded across the Nine Provinces, and he was named Great Wu’s foremost general and strategist!

Yet the newly enthroned empress, Murong Liuli, sentenced him to death on fabricated charges.

[By the Mandate of Heaven, the emperor decrees: The prince Lin Yan has abused his military power, harbored criminals of the empire, and colluded with foreign tribes. His crimes merit death. He is hereby sentenced to the extermination of his entire clan, to serve as a warning to others!]

“Fine, fine, you’re not even bothering to pretend anymore. You’re sentencing me to death on made-up charges? You say I colluded with foreign tribes? Then don’t blame me for rebelling!”

That day, the Prince Equal to the Emperor raised his arm and called out. A million frontier troops gathered at his command.

The capital wet itself in terror.