Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Being interrupted while doing important business naturally made Lu Chen feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't take it out on Bai Qingqing, since it was Bai Qingqing's duty.

Moreover, intelligence on the war between Dayue and the barbarians was indeed very important to the Great Xia.

When Lu Chen arrived at the imperial study, Liang Zong quickly handed him the intelligence report and said directly, "Your Majesty, the Great Yue and the barbarians have reconciled, and the barbarians have joined the Great Yue. The barbarian goddess has become the Great Yue's national advisor!"

Upon hearing Liang Zong's report, Lu Chen's right hand, which was about to take the intelligence, froze in mid-air as he stared at Liang Zong in disbelief.

reconciliation?

Wasn't Dayue supposed to be attacking the barbarians and seizing their battle formations?

How come they've reconciled?

Not only did they reconcile, but the barbarians even joined Dayue, and the barbarian goddess became Dayue's national advisor.

This……

Lu Chen was somewhat confused as to how such a thing could have happened.

No wonder Bai Qingqing came to find him while he was fighting; the news was just too shocking.

What exactly happened? How did the barbarians and Dayue reconcile?

Lu Chen snapped out of his daze, grabbed the intelligence letter from Liang Zong's hand, tore it open, and quickly scanned the contents.

In a short while, Lu Chen roughly understood what had happened.

According to intelligence, after the Yue Emperor and the barbarian goddess clashed, they found that their strengths were evenly matched and neither could gain the upper hand, so they reconciled.

Upon seeing the reasons in the intelligence report, Lu Chen found it hard to believe that they had actually reached a settlement.

Even if they reconcile, it shouldn't be enough for Dayue to directly annex the barbarians and then make the barbarian goddess the national advisor, right?

There must be some kind of deal between the two of them, and it must be something they both want. Only if they have common interests could they possibly form an alliance.

Lu Chen suspected that the goddesses of Dayue and the barbarian tribes had formed an alliance because of the Great Xia, since the Great Xia's current strength was indeed too great for other dynasties and forces.

Not only do they possess so many powerful weapons, but they also have four celestial beings. This strength is enough to sweep away all dynasties.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen's gaze continued to sweep over the letter in his hand. The letter also mentioned that both the Moon Emperor and the Barbarian Goddess were suspected to be Celestials. When the two made their move, the wind and clouds changed rapidly, and the commotion far exceeded that of a Grandmaster.

Upon seeing this, Lu Chen frowned. Wu Yunwan had told him long ago that Emperor Yue was a celestial being, but at the time he did not believe it, thinking that Wu Yunwan was mistaking a pseudo-celestial being for a celestial being.

Later, after Wu Yunwan broke through to the pseudo-celestial realm, she understood the difference between a pseudo-celestial being and a celestial being. So she also told him that Yue Huang might not have reached the celestial being realm, but was just a pseudo-celestial being.

Now, the Great Xia spies have discovered that Emperor Yue is a celestial being?

With one Yue Emperor and one barbarian goddess, wouldn't the Great Yue have two celestial beings combined?

Furthermore, the battle formation of the barbarian goddess seems to be able to be used to resist the celestial beings. When the Great Xia sends troops to destroy the Great Yue, it will probably encounter a lot of trouble.

Just thinking about this gave Lu Chen a headache.

It seems that my pace of unifying this world will slow down again.

The Great Wu is going to be destroyed, but the Great Yue and Great Qian that follow will both be troublesome.

The entire imperial study was completely silent. Lu Chen stared at the intelligence report in his hand, remaining silent for a long time.

A female guard's voice rang out at the door, "Your Majesty, there's a battle report from the Great Wu!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen snapped out of his daze and looked towards the door, saying, "Bring it in."

The next moment, a female guard entered the imperial study and handed the battle report that had just been delivered to Lu Chen. Lu Chen opened the report and found that it was a battle report sent by Mu Changtian from the front line.

The Xia army has arrived at the capital of Da Wu, and now only one step remains before Da Wu is destroyed.

Upon seeing the battle report sent by Mu Changtian, Lu Chen said, "Finally, some good news."

We'll consider destroying Dayue after we've destroyed Dawu.

Although Dayue already has two Celestials, no difficulty can stop Lu Chen. The restrictions on the Misty World are about to disappear, and he must unify this world in a short period of time, then integrate its resources and improve its overall combat power.

Only in this way might they be able to fight the enemies of the Misty World.

Of course, the most crucial point is that only by unifying this world can his realm transcend the Celestial Realm.

Therefore, in Lu Chen's eyes, the two Celestials were not a threat either, but dealing with them might be a bit troublesome.

Not to mention that he can command four Celestials, he himself is also capable of killing Celestials. The God-Slaying Spear in his hand is no toy gun.

Lu Chen then handed both intelligence reports to Liang Zong, saying, "Give these two intelligence reports to Grand Scholar Zhuge and Grand Scholar Situ."

Liang Zong took the intelligence from Lu Chen, bowed, and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your subordinate takes his leave."

After Liang Zong turned and left the Imperial Study, Lu Chen also returned to Chen Wanrong's room to continue with his own affairs.

at the same time.

Otake, Kyoto.

Kyoto has completely fallen into chaos. People are killing each other and no one cares. Now, all the important figures in Kyoto are thinking about escaping. They have no interest in what's going on in Kyoto.

The royal family of Da Wu was terrified. Although they had anticipated this day when the celestial beings descended upon Da Wu, they did not expect it to come so soon.

Now they have nowhere to run.

For a moment, it was as if a dark cloud had been cast over Kyoto, and people felt an immense sense of sorrow.

Now, the ministers of the Great Wu are all watching Emperor Wu's every move, eager to know what choice she will make.

Should he commit suicide or surrender?

Given Emperor Wu's personality, it's more likely that he committed suicide, after all, the foundation laid by so many generations of ancestors of the Great Wu Dynasty was buried in his hands, and Emperor Wu is a person with a very strong sense of self-respect.

The court officials had already decided that once the Empress committed suicide, they would immediately open the city gates and surrender.

The reason why the ministers of Da Wu did not open the city gates to let the Xia army in at this moment was because they all knew that the Xia army itself had the ability to attack the capital. The Xia army did not move because Da Xia was waiting for Emperor Wu's decision.

If the Great Xia wanted to quickly and directly destroy the Great Wu, they could have done so when the Great Xia people descended upon the Great Wu last time; there was no need to wait until now.

tonight.

All eyes in the capital city of Da Wu were on the imperial palace.

Everyone is waiting for the Empress's decision.

Inside the palace, Emperor Wu sat on his dragon throne, looking at the empty court, lost in thought.

After an unknown amount of time, the emperor's princes and princesses arrived at the main hall.

The Empress's children stood in the hall, their bodies trembling. They were unsure what crazy thing the Empress might do in this final moment.

After all, their country was about to be destroyed. Some kings of fallen kingdoms would choose to kill their children before the country was destroyed, so as not to let their children be humiliated.

And Empress Wu was precisely that kind of person.

The Empress glanced at her princes and princesses, then asked, "Do you want to live?"

Upon hearing this question, the princes and princesses all knelt down. The second prince, Wu Ming, said in terror, "Father, let's surrender!"

"My elder sister is now the Emperor's Noble Consort. If we surrender, we'll still have a chance in the future!" (End of Chapter)