589. Chapter 589 The Rebellion of the Shang Dynasty
The Nine Dragons have fallen!
The Southern Expedition suffered heavy losses, including more than a hundred sons of nobles in the imperial capital, and most of them were lost.
The sea beast chaos in Vatican Port has been put down, and the Moon Goddess Tower has resumed operation.
Just when the Southern Expeditionary Army returned, the news of the death of Long Jiuzun, the God of War and the national protector, was like a quick arrow that broke the long-dormant structure of the imperial capital.
As soon as the news came, Princess Long Xue turned to stone, with shock and disbelief in her eyes.
She had the information in hand and was silent for half an hour.
Even the most observant female officials in the imperial capital could not guess the princess's mood at the moment.
"Everyone, please retreat and pass on my order. The imperial city will hold a seven-day national funeral ceremony. The whole city will be in mourning to welcome the return of the bones of the soldiers who marched to the south." Princess Long Xue put the intelligence on the table in a deep voice and waved her hand.
He waved his hand to signal the female officer to step back.
After the female officer retreated, Princess Long Xue showed an intriguing smile.
"Yue Jinghua, you gave me a big surprise." The death of Long Jiuzun, what it means to Princess Long Xue, is the smooth suppression of the rebellion by Yuanda and the Nanzheng Army.
Although the intelligence showed that Long Jiuzun acted decisively and led more than a hundred southern expedition troops deep into the outer sea, and died when surrounded by sea beasts.
But Princess Long Xue smelled a hint of conspiracy in it.
Subconsciously, she guessed that Long Jiuzun's death must be related to someone.
The lives of more than a hundred princes, nobles, and heirs could be exchanged for the lives of nine dragons. That was a worthwhile deal.
You must know that before setting off, Princess Long Xue only asked Yue Jinghua to monitor the Nine Lord Long.
But the current result far exceeded Princess Long Xue's expectations.
The new dragon knights were unscathed, and the true core elite of the empire was not damaged.
In addition, according to intelligence reports, after the death of Long Jiuzun, Yue Minzhi put down the rebellion in an orderly manner and eliminated all subsequent problems in Vatican Port, showing his talent as a general.
Princess Long Xue was extremely satisfied with the results of this southern expedition. She decided that once the Yue family brothers and sisters returned to the imperial capital, they must be rewarded well.
As for the Protector General's Mansion, with Long Ao trapped in the Four Xiangs chess Zhongtian, Long Jiuzun's death was due to his recklessness and underestimation of the enemy. It is a great favor for the imperial city not to hold the Long family accountable. What's more,
Needless to say, I worry about them coming to my door.
Just when Princess Longxue was secretly happy, the female official who had been waiting for orders earlier hurried in again. She looked panicked and her usually steady steps became chaotic.
"How dare you, without my summons, who allowed you to come in?" Long Teng was seriously ill in the 72nd year of his life, and Princess Long Xue was temporarily conducting state affairs for him. These days, all the memorials in the imperial study were commanded by Princess Long Xue.
When Princess Longxue was reviewing memorials, she didn't like to be disturbed by her ministers.
This female officer had been with her since she was a child and knew the princess's temperament best. Unexpectedly, she would break Princess Long Xue's commandments today.
"Princess, I am aware of my guilt. It's just an urgent matter, so I just sent an urgent letter from the north." The female officer knelt down in a hurry, her pretty face full of urgency, and presented a beastly letter with trembling hands.
Skin letter.
"The Northern Expedition was thwarted? Fa Xiaoyi, the regent of the Shang Kingdom, beheaded the Queen Mother and Emperor of the Shang Kingdom, Zhan Beiao died in battle, and Pengbo Jinnuo was trapped in the misty canyon." If we talk about the death of Long Jiuzun, it is what Princess Long Xue has accomplished these days.
The most shocking news that came from the Northern Expeditionary Army was undoubtedly a huge blow.
Princess Longxue's earlier joy had been replaced by disbelief and shock.
Not to mention Princess Long Xue, no one in the entire Eastern Continent would have guessed that the Dragon War Empire, which had not fought for hundreds of years, would suffer heavy losses in two small-scale rebellions that accidentally broke out.
If it can be said that the death of Long Jiuzun was due to lack of training in war and underestimation of the enemy, then the death of Zhan Beiao was beyond Princess Long Xue's expectations.
Although there is no war in the empire, Zhan Bei'ao has rich experience in leading the blood prison army to fight in all directions, slaying mysterious beasts and killing bandits in various places.
He was born in the Shang Dynasty and knew the local situation well. His death was unreasonable both emotionally and rationally.
Princess Long Xue originally thought that even if the Long Zhan Empire lost Jiuzun Long, Dan could control the Long family. Among the younger generation, there were also Yue Minzhi, Xiao Jinnuo, Zhan Beiao and others, so their successors would not be a problem. Who knew?
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"Princess? Do you want to send troops to reinforce the Shang Kingdom?" The female officer saw that Princess Long Xue looked uncertain.
"Go and ask Master Zhan to come over." After learning about the setback of the Northern Expedition, Princess Long Xue felt as if she had aged five years. Her father was weak, and after learning about the death of Long Jiuzun, she was already depressed. If she continues
If he knew about the Northern Expedition, he would definitely become depressed and ill.
Among the courtiers throughout the dynasty, Ji Jie, the Minister of Household Affairs, was a duplicitous master, Lao Jinnuo had a strong temper and was easily broken, and the rest were all vassals, making it difficult for her to trust her to discuss this matter.
After thinking about it, Princess Long Xue felt exhausted physically and mentally, and the name "Zhan Tian" was just repeating in her mind.
After the female officer retreated, Princess Long Xue felt that the atmosphere in the royal study was stifling. She walked out of the study to take a breath.
He had just taken a few steps when he heard a fierce stab of mysterious energy and a black shadow coming towards him.
"There is an assassin," Princess Long Xue was horrified, and several shadow guards lurking beside her jumped out immediately.
Under the combined attack of the shadow guards, the pitch-black shadow, whose shape could not be seen clearly, could not be attacked for a long time, and suddenly disappeared in an instant.
He came and went without a trace, like a ghost, and his actions were extremely strange. Princess Long Xue was so frightened that her face turned pale. Fortunately, Zhan Tian had already rushed over after receiving the summons from the female officer.
Hearing that someone had assassinated Princess Long Xue, Zhan Tian's expression suddenly changed. He searched the location where the black shadow appeared, and his originally unattractive complexion became even worse.
"Evil spirit," Zhan Tian found that in the location where the assassin appeared, the vegetation was withered, as if poisoned.
He then interrogated several shadow guards who had fought against the black shadow, and several of them recalled that when they fought against the assassin just now, there was an icy cold air all over their bodies, giving people a chilling feeling.
"That's not an ordinary assassin, I'm afraid it's a demon or an evil beast. Princess, I already know about the Northern Expeditionary Army this time. I suspect that the reason for the Northern Expeditionary Army's setback lies in these evil beasts. There are rumors that,
The regent of the Shang Kingdom is a summoner. It was his army of warcraft that trapped the Northern Expeditionary Army." Zhan Tian has a good relationship with the mercenaries in the Five Saints Town area. The unofficial channels of the mercenaries are much better than
The espionage in the imperial capital needs to be faster.
"Summoner? You mean the summoner who has long disappeared on the mainland?" Princess Long Xue was shocked. She could not have imagined that this time the Northern Expedition would involve summoners who had long since disappeared on the eastern continent.