Genius Demon Empress

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 Protector of the Country, 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 held the information in hand and remained silent for half an hour.

Even the most observant female official 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, and the whole city will be filled with mourners to welcome the return of the skeletons 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 meant to Princess Long Xue, Yuanda and the Nanzheng Army successfully put down the rebellion.

Although the intelligence showed that Long Jiuzun acted decisively and led more than a hundred southern expedition troops deep into the outer sea. He 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 and nobles' heirs could be exchanged for the lives of nine dragons. That was a worthwhile deal.

You know, before setting off, Princess Long Xue only asked Yue Jinghua to monitor Long Jiuzun.

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 the subsequent problems in the Vatican Port. He had already begun to show his talents 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 haste and underestimation of the enemy. It is a great blessing for the imperial city not to hold the Long family accountable. What's more, Needless to say, I worry about them making trouble.

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 come in? Without my summons, who allowed you to come in?" Long Teng was seriously ill in the 72nd generation, so Princess Long Xue took over temporary state affairs for him. These days, all the memorials in the royal 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 guilty, but the matter is urgent, and an urgent letter has just been sent from the north." The female officer hurriedly knelt down, 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, killed the Queen Mother and the emperor of the Shang Kingdom, and Zhan Beiao died in battle, Peng Bo. Jin Nuo was trapped in the misty canyon." If we talk about the death of Long Jiuzun, it is what Princess Long Xue has accomplished in the past few 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 been without war for hundreds of years, would suffer heavy losses in two small-scale rebellions that accidentally broke out.

If Long Jiuzun's death was due to lack of training in war and underestimation of the enemy, then Zhan Beiao's death 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, killing mysterious beasts and killing bandits everywhere.

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 the successor would not be a problem. Who knew? …

"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 Jockey Zhan to come over." After learning about the setback of the Northern Expedition, Princess Longxue felt as if she had aged five years. My father was in poor health, and he was already depressed after learning that Long Jiuzun had died. If he were to find out about the Northern Expedition again, 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 only felt physically and mentally exhausted, 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 thrust of profound 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 with an unclear shape 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 where the assassin appeared, the vegetation was withered, as if he had been 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, which made people feel shuddering.

"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.