Chapter 797 - 229: The Great Collection and the Great Vortex, Invasion of the Southern Barbarians, Palace Upheaval

Chapter 797: Chapter 229: The Great Collection and the Great Vortex, Invasion of the Southern Barbarians, Palace Upheaval

"Is that so..." Li Yuan responded casually, then said, "Your Sixth Lady seems a bit lonely. If you’re free... you can keep her company."

"Sure!"

The Wu Ya chirped, "I like Sixth Lady too."

Li Yuan nodded with a smile. He had come today for this matter, so he prepared to leave.

But as he turned around, he suddenly stopped and called out to the Wu Ya who were about to fly away, "Does King Chu have a good relationship with his youngest daughter?"

The Wu Ya shook its head and said, "No.

My mother’s copper mirror shows everything clearly. That princess is a pitiful person, always bullied and humiliated at the Prince’s Mansion. She’s never done anything bad, so she didn’t go mad when she looked into the copper mirror, and that’s why my mother agreed to take her in and send her to the Divine Temple."

Another Wu Ya said, "It’s probably because Xiang Yan is now a guard, and King Chu is trying to get close to my mother through his daughter. That’s why he keeps coming."

"Keeps coming?"

Li Yuan’s eyes suddenly flickered.

A dark ripple suddenly began to ripple outwards.

Even though his eyes were full of light now, it only highlighted the chilling sensation of the dark undercurrents.

He stopped completely, stood with his hands behind his back, and gazed into the distance.

In his eyes, King Chu was ascending the steps.

But King Chu wasn’t important...

What’s important is...

His eyes quickly moved downward, fixing on the six people carrying the sedan chair.

Then he focused on one person.

That person was curiously observing the surroundings of the Divine Hall, but there was nothing unusual.

Neither the Seventh Grade data beside him nor the Yin Yang Qi within him showed any anomalies.

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze, his eyes flickering with uncertainty, then he smiled and said lightly, "Take good care of your Sixth Lady."

"Got it, father." Xiao Wu Ya replied obediently.

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...

The twilight Imperial Palace was in a commotion.

Urgent reports came from afar.

But where there is noise, there is also silence.

At this moment, in the Dragon Roar Hall, the Emperor had not returned.

Among the two palace maids on duty in the hall, one suddenly deviated from her original trajectory and entered the bedroom, then curiously glanced around.

From outside the door came the voice of another palace maid.

"Hurry and open the mechanism, complete the task."

The maid who had entered the bedroom moved swiftly, and soon, with a series of clicks, a Dark Pavilion appeared behind the wall.

The maid quickly entered and saw the items on the table.

It was a kite.

The kite was very old, and the ink on it had faded, but the four large characters "Persevere tirelessly" were still clearly recognizable.

The maid didn’t touch the kite but quickly took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, tilted it slightly, and liquid dripped down.

The liquid dripped onto the ink.

Soon... the words "Persevere tirelessly" began to fade away slowly.

After completing all this, the maid retreated, then carefully closed the Dark Pavilion, wiped the surroundings gently with a silk cloth, and then cautiously left the palace.

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In the Imperial Study...

The young Emperor sat quietly beside the Empress Dowager, listening to the flurry of urgent reports flying in like snowflakes.

The Emperor’s appearance was ugly, and by comparison, the Empress Dowager was completely like a fairy.

Normally, people couldn’t imagine how such a beautiful woman like the Empress Dowager could give birth to such an ugly creature like the Emperor.

But the Emperor resembled the late emperor quite a bit; thinking this way, it could only be said that the royal family had a unique and powerful bloodline.

Swif-swish...

Papers flipped over.

The Empress Dowager looked at those largely indistinguishable documents and then pushed them to the young Emperor.

She slightly closed her eyes, and her dark gold fingertips lifted slightly.

The content of the reports was simple.

The Southern Barbarians had already invaded and had quickly overrun the entire Wei Kingdom.

King Wei fled to the Han Kingdom of the original Mianzhou Path.

Now, letters from various countries sought an alliance to resist the external threat.

These letters were requests for aid.

Soon, the young Emperor finished reading them as well.

"What does Your Majesty think?" the Empress Dowager asked calmly.

Ji Hu said, "Since the Southern Barbarians have invaded, we should naturally resist together."

The Empress Dowager nodded with a smile and said, "My son, you draft the edict and first deploy the Flying Bear and Zhenxi armies to march south."

Over the years, Xie Wei had certainly not been idle.

In addition to the original two elite armies, she had expanded the four armies of Zhenxi, Zhenbei, Anton, and Ping Nan.

Among them, Anton and Ping Nan armies were the strongest.

Each of these four armies consisted of sixty thousand soldiers, although they claimed to have a strength of one hundred thousand men externally.

Ji Hu sat and slowly drafted the order, then transmitted it... as the night fell, he took his leave again.

But after he left, the Empress Dowager remained seated in the Imperial Study.

She was waiting for someone.

Soon, she welcomed the one she had been waiting for.

It was a Ten Thousand Men Commander of the Hanzhou Iron Cavalry, now a close aide to Grand General–Xie Feng.

The Empress Dowager pulled out a Holy Edict from the table and tossed it out, saying coldly, "To openly resist the Southern Barbarians, while secretly swallowing Yan Zhao...

Such a grand strategy is now entrusted to you, General.

The Anton Army will act with you, at that time... break through Yan Zhao swiftly like lightning."

The Ten Thousand Men Commander respectfully saluted and then left.

The Empress Dowager blew out the candle and immersed herself in darkness, her phoenix-like eyes quietly staring at the world map on the wall.

The current situation in the world can only be overcome with speed.

There is only one chance.

Her big brother and the army she built with her own hands, the Anton Army, will not disappoint her.

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Early the next morning.

The officials assembled for court.

By midday, they had one by one retired.

By dusk, Xie Wei was in the Imperial Study reviewing documents, when suddenly, a righteous cry came from the front courtyard.

"I implore the Empress Dowager to retract the order!

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