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Chapter 313 Useless, a bunch of useless trash!

Lu Chen's "Letter from the Northern King to the People of Great Xia" not only displeased the vassal kings within Great Xia, but also the various dynasties.

Just when it seemed that the Great Xia was about to descend into chaos and war was about to break out, the Northern King's "Letter to the People of Great Xia" came out and immediately intimidated the vassal kings within the Great Xia territory. For a time, only the King of Zhao raised an army and marched north, and no other vassal kings responded.

This infuriated King Zhao so much that he wanted to rush to the northern kingdom and kill Lu Chen. Just when the plan was about to succeed, this kid jumped out and pulled this stunt.

Although there were rumors circulating among the people that "there are no Celestial Realm experts in the Northern Kingdom," most of the vassal kings dared not gamble on this possibility.

In the eyes of those vassal kings, the Northern Kingdom already possessed a Celestial Realm expert. If the Northern King were to truly launch an attack southward, these vassal kings would most likely be no match for him.

Since the Northern King has clearly expressed his support for the First Prince, the best course of action is to kill the First Prince.

In this way, the struggle for the throne was once again confined to the capital city. The princes could only provide some manpower assistance, such as finding assassins to kill the eldest prince.

Great Xia Dynasty.

The capital city, the imperial palace.

Emperor Xia sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, listening to the shadow guard's report. After hearing the report, Emperor Xia suddenly opened his eyes, stared wide-eyed at the front, and angrily cursed, "Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"

"They were all intimidated by just one announcement; what a bunch of cowards!"

The "useless" that Emperor Xia was referring to was clearly the vassal kings. He had originally hoped that those vassal kings would rebel, giving him a good excuse to eliminate them. Most importantly, once they started to rebel, it would inevitably weaken the strength of all sides.

Moreover, his original plan was to lure those vassal kings into leading their troops into the capital, so that the Zhao King's army could take action from the rear and launch a surprise attack on the vassal kings' fiefdoms.

His plan was about to succeed. The regional princes were already eager to rise up and march into the capital, take control of the city, and then use the emperor to command the princes.

As a result, when the Northern King's announcement came out, it directly frightened all the vassal kings within the Great Xia territory. Apart from the Zhao King, who was a pawn, not a single vassal king raised an army. They all stayed in their own fiefdoms and watched the show.

The more the Xia emperor thought about it, the angrier he became.

However, Emperor Xia quickly calmed down.

Unlike the other vassal kings, the Northern King did not eagerly prepare for war. Instead, he publicly expressed his support for the eldest prince to become the crown prince and directly threatened the vassal kings that he would attack anyone who dared to rebel. This was clearly in order to stabilize the situation in the Great Xia.

Does this mean that he, the Northern King, never actually intended to go south, or at least not to seize the throne?

It seems that Zhuge Chongguang really hasn't broken through to the Celestial Realm.

Otherwise, with the so-called 500,000 troops announced by the Northern Kingdom, the Northern Kingdom could have easily marched south, or taken advantage of the rebellions of the local vassal kings to march south. However, the Northern King did not do so. Instead, he used this threatening method to temporarily stabilize the situation in the Great Xia.

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia felt a little relieved. As long as Zhuge Chongguang did not break through to the Celestial Realm, once he himself broke through to the Celestial Realm, the Northern Kingdom could be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

However, the vassal kings within the Great Xia territory have now been intimidated by the Northern King, and it will probably not be so easy to get them to march north again.

The best approach now is to start by addressing the fact that Zhuge Chongguang has not yet broken through to the Celestial Realm. The reason why the vassal kings fear the Northern Kingdom is mainly because the Northern Kingdom has a Celestial Realm expert.

Although the Northern Kingdom has a strong military, as long as it can control the entire Great Xia, Great Xia, with its resources, can wage a war of attrition against the Northern Kingdom.

However, the situation is different when there are experts at the Celestial Realm. The side with experts at the Celestial Realm can completely crush the other side. Those vassal kings thought that even if they occupied the capital and installed a puppet emperor, everything they had done would be in vain when the Northern King marched south. Therefore, they might as well not raise an army and wait and see.

Emperor Xia's idea was simple: if he could convince the vassal kings of various regions that there were currently no Celestial Realm experts in the Northern Kingdom, then those vassal kings would most likely be incited and choose to rebel.

But how can we convince those vassal kings that there are no Celestial Realm experts in the Northern Kingdom?

This needs to be carefully planned...

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Several days have passed.

Murong Xue'er felt that time was getting more and more urgent, and the Emperor Yue sent someone to urge her to complete the task as soon as possible.

She also wanted to finish the task as soon as possible, but Lu Chen had been staying in the Northern Prince's Mansion. In the past, Lu Chen would go out to inspect things, but these past few days he simply hadn't come out at all, which made it impossible for her to get close to him.

In the past few days, Lu Chen has also sent people to deliver food, daily necessities, and clothing to her, as if he really treats her as a mistress he keeps outside.

Murong Xue'er felt that things couldn't continue like this. She couldn't remain passive and wait for Lu Chen to take the initiative to find her. It would take forever. Since Lu Chen wasn't taking the initiative to find her, she would take the initiative to go to the Northern Prince's Mansion to find him.

North Palace.

Lu Chen was busy processing official documents in his study when his maid's voice rang out from outside the study.

"Your Highness, Miss Murong requests an audience."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's lips curled up slightly. This aloof and proud woman finally couldn't resist her loneliness.

Lu Chen then said, "Bring her to my study to see me."

"Yes, Your Highness."

A short while later, Murong Xue'er, dressed in a white robe with black trim, her hair tied with a black ribbon, and exuding a cool and aloof aura, appeared in Lu Chen's study.

Murong Xue'er entered Lu Chen's study and saw that Lu Chen was dealing with official documents. She then glanced at the mountain of documents piled up on his desk.

Murong Xue'er couldn't help but think, no wonder the Northern King has been staying in the Northern King's Mansion and not going out. With so many official documents, how long will it take him to process them? Even the Empress couldn't process so many official documents in a day, right?

Most official documents of the Dayue Dynasty were handled directly by the ministers below, and only particularly important documents were submitted to the Empress for review.

Just as Murong Xue'er was staring blankly at the official documents on the table, Lu Chen stopped writing with his pen, then looked up at Murong Xue'er and said, "Miss Murong, you've arrived. I'm so sorry, I was so focused that I didn't notice you."

Murong Xue'er said, "Your Highness, did my visit disturb your business?"

Lu Chen said with a smile, "That's not true at all. I would love for Miss Murong to come and see me."

At this point, Lu Chen stood up from his chair and walked directly toward Murong Xue'er.

After approaching Murong Xue'er, he did not make any advances, but said, "Miss Murong, please come with me, let's talk somewhere else."

Murong Xue'er thought to herself, "That makes sense. There must be a lot of secrets in the Northern King's study, so he doesn't want to meet me here to prevent me from stealing the secrets of the Northern King's mansion."

Murong Xue'er immediately replied, "Okay."

Then Lu Chen walked towards the rest room next to the study.

Although the study's rest room is cleaned and the bedding changed by maids every day, it hasn't been used for a long time. Since Murong Xue'er took the initiative to come to see him today, it's time to use the rest room.

If we don't use it, wouldn't it be a waste of the hard work of the maids and servants?

(End of this chapter)