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Lu Chen's "North Prince's Announcement to the People of Great Sum" not only made the seigniors within Great Sum's territory feel extremely upset but also annoyed the major dynasties.

Just as Great Sum was about to be thrown into chaos, about to start fighting, out came the "North Prince's Announcement to the People of Great Sum" from North Prince, which directly intimidated the seigniors within Great Sum. For a time, only Zhao King raised troops and headed north, with no other seigniors responding.

This also made Zhao King so angry he wished he could charge to the North Country and slaughter Lu Chen himself, watching as his plan was about to succeed, only for this brat to pull such a stunt.

Although there were rumors among the common folk that "the North Country does not have a Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse," most seigniors dared not gamble on this possibility.

In the eyes of those seigniors, North Country already possessed a Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse. If North Prince truly led his troops south, it was highly probable that they, the seigniors, would not be a match for him.

Since North Prince had already made it clear that he supports Prince Lu Yi, the best method was still to eliminate Prince Lu Yi.

In this way, the struggle for succession was once again confined within the Capital city's limits, and the seigniors could only offer some superficial help, such as providing assassins to murder Prince Lu Yi.

Great Xia Dynasty.

Capital city, Imperial Palace.

Sum Emperor was meditating on his bed with his eyes closed, listening to the Shadow Guard's report. After hearing the Shadow Guard's report, Sum Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, staring ahead with wide, furious eyes, and cursed, "Good for nothings, all of them are good for nothings!"

"Someone just issued an announcement, and it completely scared all of them, what a bunch of useless cowards!"

The "good for nothings" Sum Emperor referred to were evidently those seigniors. He had hoped that those seigniors would rebel and give him enough reason to eliminate them. The most crucial point was that once they started causing trouble, it would surely weaken everyone's strength.

Moreover, his original plan was to lure those seigniors to lead their troops into the Royal Capital. This way, Zhao King's troops could act from behind and take the opportunity to ambush those seigniors' feudal states.

His plan seemed to be on the verge of success as seigniors from all over had already become restless, all of them thinking of leading their armies into the Royal Capital, being the first to control the city, then to command the other lords by holding the Emperor hostage.

But the result was that the announcement from North Prince directly intimidated all the seigniors within Great Sum's territory. Apart from the chess piece that was Zhao King, not a single seignior decided to rebel, all of them stayed within their own areas, watching the show unfold.

The more Emperor thought about it, the angrier he became.

However, Sum Emperor soon calmed down.

North Prince, unlike those seigniors itching for action, openly declared his support for Prince Lu Yi to be Crown Prince and directly threatened the seigniors, asserting that if any dared to rebel, he would be the one to attack them. This was obviously a move to stabilize the situation in Great Sum.

Does this not also mean that North Prince, at heart, really has no plans to head south now to snatch the throne?

It looks like Zhuge Zhongguang truly didn't Break through the Heavenly Human Realm.

Otherwise, with North Country's so-called massive army of five hundred thousand, North Country could totally head south or choose to move south while the seigniors were rebelling, but North Prince did not do so. Instead, he used this threatening method to temporarily stabilize Great Sum's situation.

With this realization, Sum Emperor felt somewhat relieved. As long as Zhuge Zhongguang hadn't broken through to the Heavenly Human Realm, once he himself broke through, North Country could be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Yet now, all the seigniors within Great Sum's territory had been cowed by North Prince, and to rouse them into action again to march north would probably not be so easy.

The best course of action now was to work from the angle that Zhuge Zhongguang hadn't broken through to the Heavenly Human Realm. The main reason the seigniors feared North Country was due to the presence of a Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse.

Although North Country's military might was strong, as long as one could control all of Great Sum, with its foundation, it was fully possible to engage in a war of attrition against North Country.

However, the presence of a Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse changed everything. One side with a Heavenly Human being could completely crush the other. The seigniors thought that even if they later occupied the Royal Capital and installed a puppet Emperor, once North Prince marched south, all their efforts would be in vain. Therefore, they preferred not to rebel and wait to see how things would unfold.

Sum Emperor's idea was simple, if he could make the seigniors from various places believe that North Country currently didn't have a Heavenly Human powerhouse, they would likely be agitated and choose to rebel.

However, how could he convince those seigniors that North Country didn't have a Heavenly Human powerhouse?

This matter requires careful planning...

...

Several days had passed.

Murong Xue'er felt the urgency of time growing, as the Yue Emperor had sent people to hasten her to complete the task.

She also wanted to finish the task quickly, but Lu Chen had been staying inside the North Prince Mansion. Before, Lu Chen would still go out to inspect, but these past few days he simply hadn't come out at all, which made it impossible for her to get close to Lu Chen.

In the last few days, Lu Chen had also sent people to deliver her food, necessities, and clothing, as if he truly treated her as a concubine he kept outside.

Murong Xue'er felt that she couldn't go on like this, being so passive and waiting for Lu Chen to take the initiative to find her would be like waiting for an eternity. Since Lu Chen wasn't taking the initiative to see her, then she would take the initiative to go to the North Prince Mansion to find Lu Chen.

North Prince Mansion.

Lu Chen was busy dealing with official documents in the study when the maid's voice sounded outside the study.

"Prince, Miss Murong requests an audience."

Hearing this, the corners of Lu Chen's mouth lifted slightly; the cold and aloof woman had finally succumbed to loneliness.

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

"Yes, Prince."

Before long, Murong Xue'er, dressed in white garments with black edges and a black headband, exuding an aura of cool elegance, appeared in Lu Chen's study.

As Murong Xue'er entered Lu Chen's study and saw him working on official documents, she glanced over the mountainous pile of papers on his desk.

Murong Xue'er thought to herself, no wonder the North Prince was always staying inside the North Prince Mansion and not going out. With so many documents to process, when would he finish? Perhaps even the Empress couldn't handle so many in a single day.

In the Da Yue Dynasty, most of the official documents were directly handled by the ministers below, only the specially important ones were submitted to the Empress for review.

While Murong Xue'er was lost in thought looking at the documents on the desk, Lu Chen put down his fountain pen and looked up at Murong Xue'er, saying, "Miss Murong, you've come. My apologies for not noticing earlier. I was deeply focused."

Murong Xue'er said, "Prince, by coming to see you, have I disturbed you from your duties?"

Lu Chen said with a smile, "Not at all, I have actually been hoping Miss Murong would come to see me."

Having said that, Lu Chen rose from his chair and walked straight towards Murong Xue'er.

Upon approaching Murong Xue'er, he didn't touch her but said, "Miss Murong, please follow me; let's talk somewhere else."

Murong Xue'er thought to herself, that made sense; the North Prince's study likely contained many secrets, so he didn't want to meet with her there to avoid her stealing any secrets from the North Prince Mansion.

Murong Xue'er immediately replied, "Alright."

Then Lu Chen walked toward the lounge next to the study.

Although the study's lounge was cleaned and had its bedding changed daily by the maids, it hadn't been used for quite some time. Since Murong Xue'er had taken the initiative to come to him that day, it seemed appropriate to make use of the lounge.

If it remained unused, wouldn't that be a waste of the servants' hard work?

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