Song Honao put down the decree and frowned. Just as he had guessed, Zhao Rao would definitely let him attack the Ning Kingdom. She wanted to kill Mo Mingyu in front of Lu Yaoyao.
"General." Song Honao's two deputies walked in and looked at him in confusion.
"The emperor has ordered to attack the Ning Kingdom." Song Honao looked at them and asked, "What do you think?"
One of the slightly chubby Deputy General Wang said, "General, since the emperor has already given us the decree, why are we still hesitating?"
"If we attack the Ning Kingdom, we will be attacking the Jin Kingdom. Ye Chunnan will definitely lead troops to attack us." The other Deputy General Hu said. They couldn't just go to war on impulse. They had to consider the consequences. The Qi Kingdom wasn't the same as when the former emperor was still alive. They didn't have the power to sweep the world.
"So what? If we don't go to war, we will be disrespecting the emperor. "Deputy General Wang said.
Song Honao said in a low voice, "Murong Ke won't sit back and watch if we attack the Ning Kingdom."
"In the past, Mo Mingyu was the princess of the Jin Kingdom. Murong Ke naturally protected her. Now that she is the Heavenly Princess of the Ning Kingdom and not his own daughter, will he still go to war with the Qi Kingdom for her?" Deputy General Wang asked.
Would Murong Ke go to war for Mo Mingyu? This question was simply ridiculous.
Song Honao didn't even want to answer. Murong Ke wouldn't take a concubine for anyone, but Song Honao knew better than anyone else.
"A general cannot obey the emperor's orders." Song Honao said in a low voice, "Send scouts to the capital of the Ning Kingdom to investigate before making a decision."
Deputy General Hu agreed. He carefully looked at Hei Ao and said, "The world is not the same as before. Even without us, the Ning Kingdom won't be able to hold out for more than a few days."
Demon beasts that appeared out of nowhere could easily kill hundreds of people. If they had demon beasts to help them, let alone the Ning Kingdom, even if the Jin Kingdom and the Ning Kingdom joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for them.
Song Honao frowned and looked at him, "Do you think war is child's play?"
"General, I didn't say anything." Deputy General Hu said with a smile.
"You can leave first. I will think about it." Song Honao said lightly.
"Yes, General. We'll take our leave then." The two deputy generals didn't want to stay in the tent any longer. They could clearly hear the demonic beast's breathing. Although they couldn't see its face, they felt scared just by listening to its breathing.
After they left, Black Mastiff whispered, "If you need me, I can help you."
"You need to take care of your body now, don't think too much." Song Hongao said.
"Although my demonic energy has been sucked away by the child in my belly, as long as I command it, the nearby demonic beasts will still help you." Black Mastiff said. She was the king of the jungle after all, and the child in her stomach was a Mastiff Beast King. It was easy for her to help Song Honao summon a few Demonic Beasts that were weaker than her.
Song Hongao said, "Let me think about it."
He really didn't want to make an enemy out of Lu Yaoyao.
However, he couldn't resist Zhao Rao's order for long.
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Ye Zhen had not yet left the capital of the Western Regions when she met Wanyan Xi.
At the beginning, she saved Wanyan Xi's life and was caught by Qi Ruoshui in the Western Regions. She almost died. If it weren't for Murong Ke, she might not be able to stand here now. Thinking of the past, Ye Zhen really had no good impression of the Western Regions.
"Empress!" Wanyan Xi looked at Ye Zhen excitedly. He thought that he would never meet her again in his life. He didn't expect to see her again in the capital.
"It's you?" Ye Zhen froze for a moment before recognizing Wanyan Xi. The once handsome young man had now gained a lot of weight. If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't have recognized him.
Wanyan Xi's eyes were full of excitement. "Why are you here? I heard about you. It's great to see you well now. "
Ye Zhen smiled. "I'm no longer the Empress. You don't have to call me that."
"Ah!" Only then did Wanyan Xi remember that the Emperor of Jin Kingdom was no longer Mo Rongzhan, and the woman in front of him was no longer the Empress he knew before. "Why are you here?"
"There's something." Ye Zhen said with a smile. "Why are you outside when you are not in the palace?"
The smile on Wanyan Xi's face froze slightly. "I'm going to the Priest Hall."
Ye Zhen frowned at the mention of the Priest Hall. She remembered that the Priest Hall was burned down by Mo Rongzhan.
"Have you rebuilt the Priest Hall?" Ye Zhen asked.
"No, no." Wanyan Xi knew that Ye Zhen had been locked up in the Priest Hall by Qi Ruoshui. He was very resentful of the Priest Hall. "There seems to be something strange over there."
Ye Zhen raised an eyebrow. "What's strange?"
"No one has been close to it since it was burned. It's almost deserted. There seems to be some movement recently. I'm afraid … Qi Ruoshui is back, so I want to go and see."
What kind of movement required him, the Emperor, to go and see it in person?
"Really? I also want to see the Priest Hall. "Ye Zhen said," Let's go together. "
"Why are we going to the Priest Hall?" Fire Phoenix, who was behind Ye Zhen, frowned and asked, "Aren't we going to stroll in the street?"
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "I used to be locked up in the Priest Hall and tortured. Since I'm here, I naturally have to go and see."
"Who tortured you?" Wu Sheng came just in time to hear Ye Zhen's last sentence.
"That's a long time ago." Ye Zhen said.
Fan Fan pointed to the west. "Xiao Yao, we're going there to see."
She pointed in the direction of the Priest Hall.
"What a coincidence! We want to go too." Ye Zhen said, "That's the former Priest Hall."
"There's the smell of blood worms." Wu Sheng whispered.
Ye Zhen was stunned. Blood worms?
Wanyan Xi stood next to Ye Zhen and heard their words. He did not understand at all. What blood worms? Is it a poisonous insect?
"Go back to the palace. Don't go to the Priest Hall." Ye Zhen said to Wanyan Xi, "Let's go and see what's going on."
"Empress … Sister Lu, is Qi Ruoshui back?" Wanyan Xi asked nervously.
Ye Zhen shook her head. "No, it's impossible for Qi Ruoshui to come back. Even if she comes back, she is no longer the high priest."
Wanyan Xi smiled bitterly. "There are still many people in the Western Region who think that the former high priest can change their fate."
"Go back to the palace, don't worry." Ye Zhen said lightly.
After sending Wanyan Xi back to the palace, Ye Zhen and Wu Sheng went to the original Priest Hall. She was not a blood demon, so she could not feel the smell of the blood worms. She could only feel that the atmosphere here was slightly different.
The Priest Hall was already completely desolate, traces of being burned by a great fire were still there, and it had long lost the sacred and majestic aura it had back then.
"There used to be a lot of poisonous insects here." Ye Zhen said lightly. "You said that the smell of the blood worms is here?"
"That's right." Fan Fan said, leisurely waving the golden ax in his hand as he walked in front. "It seems that someone has just become a blood demon."
Ye Zhen was slightly stunned. "Can a mortal become a blood demon so easily?"
Wu Sheng whispered, "It's not that easy. It's more painful than ten thousand arrows piercing the heart."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Zhen saw a figure appear in the ruins of the Priest Hall. From afar, he looked quite familiar.
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