Great Peace City.
In the palace, in the harem.
The Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War held a letter in his hand and knelt on the cold ground, his body trembling.
At this moment, the Assistant Minister of War's face was covered in sweat.
He kept wiping the sweat off his face with his sleeve.
However, no matter how hard he wiped, sweat would drip down.
Because the content of the letter was the battle report to kill Jiang Han.
"I failed."
A sinister voice rang out in the hall.
The Empress of Liyang, Zhao Zhi, who was wearing a phoenix robe and sitting at the head of the table, looked coldly at the Minister of War.
The woman looked like an ordinary young woman.
However, she was the one who gave the order to kill Jiang Han.
" This subordinate…This subordinate had originally mobilized more troops, but the other party had obtained a token from the Ministry of War and left too quickly…"
"This wine is for you."
Zhao Zhi did not listen to the reason at all. With a wave of her hand, a palace maid brought over a cup of wine.
"Please spare my life, Empress."
The Minister of War was sweating profusely.
"Oh? Do you want to die in another way?"
Zhao Zhi's sinister voice caused the Vice Minister of War's heart to sink.
The Empress was extremely scheming.
Today, he would not be able to escape death.
"Thank you for the wine, Empress."
The assistant minister of the Ministry of War could only pick up the wine cup shakily and drink it.
A moment later, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War felt a sharp pain in his heart and lost consciousness.
The assistant minister of the Ministry of War bled from his seven orifices and died.
"I don't want to kill you either."
Zhao Zhi looked at the corpse of the Minister of War.
This was her most capable subordinate.
However, she had received an order from Zhao Huangchao, and she had asked the assistant minister of the Ministry of War to carry it out.
Now that he had failed, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War couldn't stay either.
"We can't expose the existence of our ancestor. We can only let you die.”
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Yan Prefecture City.
North City, Lu Manor.
The door of the scholar's house is like a market.
Because the Lu family was recruiting guests today.
The Lu Clan was one of the four great clans of the Jiangnan Dao.
She even had a marriage alliance with Northern Liang and married the Eldest Princess of Northern Liang, Xu Zhihu.
They naturally wanted to become Lu family's hanger-ons.
In terms of strength, the Lu family was firmly in the top two among the four great families.
As a preeminent Jiangnan family, the Patriarch of the Lu Family, he was the Right Chancellor of the Imperial College in the capital.
Xu Zhihu's father-in-law was the younger brother of the Lu Family Patriarch and was also a famous gossiper in the directorate.
He was a Half-Saint Scholar praised by the Jiangnan Sect!
The Lu Family also had a swordsman, Lu Baijie, who was known as Sword Immortal Tang Xi. He was in charge of Yan State City, where the family was based.
His cultivation had just broken through to the half-step Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The butler was drinking tea when he heard someone knocking on the door. He walked forward and opened the door.
"Who is it? If you want to become a guest of my Lu Residence, go through the side door and register.”
The butler saw the three people at the door.
The two women and one man looked very unfamiliar and thought that they were also here to be guests.
"Xu Weixiong of the Xu family is here to look for my sister, Xu Zhihu.”
The person who knocked on the door was Xu Weixiong.
"Someone from the Xu family? Wait here, I'll go report."
Bang!
The butler of the Lu Residence glanced at him contemptuously before slamming the door shut.
"How can there be such hospitality?"
The green bird saw the butler being so rude and immediately flew into a rage.
Xu Weixiong's eyes were also flickering with a cold light.
He had come all the way here, yet he had actually been given the cold shoulder.
However, this was also her eldest sister's home, so she couldn't be impudent.
If it was anywhere else, she would have dragged the butler out and beaten him up.
"Wait a moment."
Xu Weixiong could only suppress the anger in his heart.
"Second son-in-law, this Lu family is actually going overboard. Why aren't you angry?”
The green bird saw Jiang Han sitting on the ground, leisurely basking in the sun.
She was still munching on the melon seeds that she had just bought.
"You've heard many rumors along the way. Can't you guess what the Lu Residence is like?”
Jiang Han had heard many rumors about Xu Zhihu along the way from the dock to the Lu Residence.
Rumors spread everywhere.
Qing Niao and Xu Weixiong frowned when they heard Jiang Han's words.
Xu Zhihu had just married into the Lu family and had just finished paying his respects when his husband died.
Therefore, he had the notoriety of being a husband.
And now, many people were spreading rumors that Xu Zhihu was a promiscuous man.
However, with the Lu family's power in Jiangnan Road, if the Lu family stepped forward to protect them, who would dare to talk about it?
However, the truth was that the rumors had spread throughout the entire Jiangnan Road.
One could imagine the Lu family's attitude.
"Wait a minute. If they don't treat my sister well, watch how I make a scene in the Lu family.”
For the first time, anger appeared on Xu Weixiong's cold face.
After a full hour, the door of the Lu Residence opened.
The butler stuck his head out.
"Our old madam said to let you come in through the side door.”
The butler pointed at the side door.
"What is it? Say it again, are you courting death?"
The green bird was furious.
This was a humiliation. He actually made them go through the side door.
One must know that Xu Weixiong was the Second Princess of the Northern Liang. His status was not inferior to the Lu Family's Family Head.
The long spear in Qing Niao's hand stabbed into the door.
"Not good, the Xu family is causing trouble.”
The housekeeper shouted loudly when he saw the green bird.
In the Lu Residence, many guards ran over from the courtyard.
The people outside also started to watch.
A moment later, an old woman walked out of the door.
The old lady was Xu Zhihu's mother-in-law, Old Madam Lu.
He was also the current manager of the Lu Residence.
The Lu Family Patriarch and his brothers were not in the Lu Residence, and Lu Baijie was obsessed with swordsmanship and did not deal with worldly affairs.
"Which impolite person came here to be so impudent? The barbarians in the north are indeed rude.”
The old woman was very mean. As soon as she went out, she would talk nonsense.
"Where's my sister?"
Xu Weixiong looked at the old woman with anger in his eyes.
His hand was already on the hilt of his sword.
"What's wrong? You want to kill me? That little slut's clansmen were indeed not good people.”
Old Madam Lu snorted coldly.
Sword intent surged out from Xu Weixiong's body.
The light and sharp sword essence was filled with endless killing intent.
The domineering spear intent from the green bird also erupted.
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