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Helian Manqiu stood still as she stood high above the city wall. Suddenly, she stretched out her hand and grabbed the sharp arrow. The force of the sharp arrow was too great. It trembled continuously in the hands of the blood sword.

Duan Zhan Chen anxiously looked towards the distant city wall. He could barely see from the torches that Helian Manqiu was still standing tall and unmoving. It seemed that she was unharmed. He could not help but secretly sigh in relief.

"Fifth Prince, my family's uncle sends his regards, has Your Highness been well?"

A group of janissaries shouted out in unison, and when their voices reached Duan Zhanchen's ears, he scolded, "You demonic genius!"

"Someone, send a message to this grandpa. Tell him that this grandpa is fine. Please come over for a drink, uncle Zhen. Do you dare to come over?"

"Yes."

Someone had loudly announced Duan Zhanchen's words to the top of the city walls. Helian Manqiu could not help but smile. This Fifth Prince still had such a temper.

"Tell him to invite me if he dares. Ask him if he dares to set a feast in front of the city and give me a welcoming reception."

As Helian Manqiu's words came down from the top of the city gates, Duan Zhan Chen angrily brandished the horsewhip in his hand. The warhorse restlessly loped back and forth on the ground with heavy steps.

"Your Highness, don't get caught in Uncle Zhen's trap. Don't forget what happened last time." Your Highness must not be disobeyed. If anything happens, Your Highness will not be spared! "

He gritted his teeth and pursed his lips. He did not dare to disobey the orders of the crown prince, Duan Ji Yan. Raising his head to look at the city wall, he muttered: "This prince has only invited Helian Qing to drink a cup of wine. Does he dare to come? Does this prince not dare to invite him?"

"Your Highness, have you not suffered enough at the hands of Helian Qingyu? Your Highness must not forget what the outcome of the Third Prince is right now. "

One of them whispered something into Duan Zhan Chen's ear, causing him to clench his teeth in hatred, "Could it be that this prince is so weak that he doesn't even dare to buy him a cup of wine?"

"Men, send word to Uncle Zhen Bei that the Crown Prince misses Uncle Zhen. If Uncle Zhen has the guts, then he might as well go to the royal court. There will definitely be some of the strongest wine in the country, and some of the most beautiful and passionate beauties will be entertaining."

Duan Zhan Chen's body swayed, almost falling off his horse. He lowered his head speechlessly with a face full of shame.

Helian Man smiled as she shook her head, "Rumor has it that I'm going to give a banquet to Duan Zhanchen to ensure his safety and leave. I wonder if he dares to come and drink to his heart's content!"

The two of them used their subordinates to talk back and forth, engaging in a war of words in the middle of the night.

Duke Ming was extremely anxious, wanting to urge Duan Zhanchen to join the army, but he didn't dare to. Just a moment ago, those strange and mysterious weapons' power caused his heart to tremble uncontrollably.

He couldn't help but sigh as he thought about all the rumors. "If I had this person by my side back then, I wouldn't have had to worry about my great mission!"

"Your Highness, why not send someone to recruit Helian Qingyu and grant him a great gift."

Duke Ming shook his head and sighed endlessly. No matter how stupid he was, he still understood that this young officer had a bright future ahead of him. The Crown Prince looked up to his father and gave him a special reward from the imperial palace. The Crown Prince looked down upon him and expressed his goodwill towards him.

Currently, he was just a prince who had fallen and fled the world without a shred of power. How could he let a fifteen year old boy who had been promoted to the title of a first-rate Northern Mountain Lord be willing to take the risk of defying him and come to his side?

"Your majesty won't stop us from trying. We grant you the throne."

"There's no need for that. I'm just bringing shame to myself. Unfortunately, This King got to know him too late. It was born at the wrong time!"

Duke Ming dejectedly retreated. He knew that Duan Zhan Chen wouldn't send out troops to attack him tonight. However, his mind was in a mess and he didn't have the mood to watch the war of words between Helian Manqiu and Duan Zhan Chen.

From his point of view, if Duan Zhan Chen was not a match for Zhenbei Bo in a battle of arms, then he would only end up losing even more miserably if he were to use his eloquence. Ever since the youth had dispatched his troops to the Northern Kingdom, Duan Zhan Chen had been defeated by Uncle Zhenbei several times, and even more so by him. This had long become a joke within the Northern Kingdom.

Duan Zhan Chen waved his sleeves and ruthlessly whipped his warhorse, urging it to back off. He didn't have the face to continue to stay and face Helian Manqiu's mockery as she tortured him with her words.

He would rather retreat and show that he couldn't hear, so that he wouldn't be distracted.

Seeing that the elite soldiers had retreated, the civilians and soldiers in the middle stage all let out a sigh of relief.

As the messenger eagle flew into the air, Helian Manqiu said in a low voice, "There must not be a moment of delay in the news regarding the Law King. You must deliver it to me as soon as possible."

"Yes, Uncle."

The janissary leader replied with a worried expression, but didn't say anything else.

Weapons, horses, and foodstuffs arrived one after the other with Helian Manqiu and were delivered to the city without stopping.

"Emergency secret report."

Chen Yu Yang hastily walked in, glanced at the blood sword, and bowed as he greeted, "Reporting to Great Uncle, the army of the Five Way has gone to besiege the Law King. Now, he is under siege!"

Helian Manqiu could not help but be shocked. "The army of the Fifth Route?"

"Yes, uncle. My lord has sent out two troops, each with thirty thousand soldiers. The Teng family has sent out two troops, each with fifty thousand soldiers. King Lu is currently besieged by the army of the Five Way! "

Hearing Chen Yu Yang's words, Helian Manqiu lowered her head to look at the military map. At this moment, what was placed in front of her was the path and arrangement of the Law King's army.

"Big brother, I want all the news."

Xue Jian smiled and asked, "Does Uncle want news about the Law King, or the imperial government's manpower arrangement, or the army's route plan, or Master's arrangements?".

"All of them. Whatever big brother can give me, please give me."

"As the Lord commands, I shall obey as long as you give me any orders. Whatever you wish to know, I shall also report everything to you without any concealment."

"Thank the Lord for me."

Helian Manqiu lightly said. Her eyes fell on the military map and she did not speak for a long time. She was analyzing, King Lu had a slight chance of winning this time. If he was willing to give up his troops, then perhaps he would have a slight chance of winning. But Gan Yuxuan personally led the expedition and the five armies besieged him. There was almost no chance for the Law King to win.

"The King of Law has sent people to liaise with the Lord several times, and he wishes for the Lord to uphold justice by joining forces to suppress traitors, to clear the side of the King!"

The blood sword said coldly.

Everyone curled their lips. A person like the Law King naturally wouldn't have the heart of a subordinate like Gan Zhixuan. Even they didn't think highly of the Law King and were willing to support him. Even if it wasn't for this chaos of seizing the throne, no one would be willing to acknowledge such a grim, harsh, and cold person like the Law King as their master.

"The Crown Prince is ridiculous, King Lu is treacherous and venomous, he is not worthy of supporting me."

Helian Manqiu coldly said. The only thing she cared about was whether the Law King was Mo Bai or not. If it was Mo Bai, she absolutely wouldn't have allowed anything to happen to the Law King. If it wasn't for Mo Bai, her life or death had nothing to do with her.

"Uncle pays so much attention to the Law King, but I wonder why?"

Xue Jian asked as he stared at Helian Manqiu.

"The battle for the throne has just begun. King Lu is just a bird of prey, followed by King Ming. Do you think that the princes of the capital will safely watch the Crown Prince ascend to the throne? Do you think that the Teng family will continue to control the rules of the court?"

With that said, Helian Manqiu handed the secret letter in her hand to the Blood Sword, "This is the secret letter I sent to my lord. It will be delivered immediately to my lord's hand."

"It's a secret letter every day …"

The blood sword muttered to himself. From the second day after he left Shengjing Manor, it seemed as if the secret letter that this young uncle had sent to his lord had never been broken. The storm never stopped.

"Big brother should understand when this is going to happen."

Upon hearing these words, Blood Sword didn't dare to hesitate and quickly passed out the best Condor's secret letter to Gan Yuxuan.

When he returned to his room, it was night, and the sound of a messenger eagle descending came from outside the window. Helian Manqiu immediately got up and pushed open the door, and saw her janissaries bringing the messenger eagle over.

He opened the secret letter and read through it. It was a secret letter from King Lu inviting her to join forces to punish the crown prince who murdered his father.

"Commander Xue is guarding outside and has seen the messenger eagle."

Helian Manqiu nodded and put away the letter with a cold sneer.

A king?

It was likely that the day that His Highness the Law King completed his task would be the day of her death.

The law king was dark and venomous, and no one in the world was unaware of this. This could be seen from the body of the deathsworn that the law king had raised. If it wasn't for the fact that King Lu and Mo Bai were too similar and that she had so many doubts in her heart, she wouldn't have been secretly associated with King Lu all this time.

She had not yet sent a reply to King Lu, so it was impossible for her to leave the city at this moment. Otherwise, it would be the same as handing the city to the Duke of Ming and the lowly people.

"Uncle, someone wants to see you. They say it's an emissary sent by Duke Ming."

"Pass."

The same words were said once more by Duke Ming's men. They sent a letter personally written by Duke Ming, inviting her to join forces and make a comeback.

"Reporting to Uncle, there is an emissary requesting an audience with Uncle!"

The blood sword could not restrain itself and stood at the entrance of the courtyard. Its piercing eyes flickered in the dark night, revealing a trace of killing intent.

"Pass."

Overnight, Law King and Duke Ming successively sent handwritten letters inviting Helian Manqiu to join forces and raise the throne.

The envoy sent by Duan Jidan to have a secret discussion with Helian Manqiu might have given him many benefits. He might even be willing to work with Helian Manqiu to divide up Great Hengkong Empire!

Chen Yu Yang was extremely worried. After these people left, he whispered into Helian Manqiu's ears and asked her what her plans were.

He had originally thought that Helian Manqiu had a soft spot for Gonggong, but from the looks of it, that was not necessarily the case.

"Reporting, it's urgent military news, Law King is defeated!"

Deep in the night, an urgent report made Helian Manqiu break out in cold sweat. She jumped up from her bed. "What? Say that again!"

"Reporting to uncle-in-law, the Law King suffered a crushing defeat. He retreated all the way back, but now there is no path in front of him, no food inside, no reinforcements!"

"So fast?"

Helian Manqiu could not help but be shocked. She had already expected that King Lu would lose, but she did not expect that he would lose so quickly, so miserably, so easily defeated!

"Under the imperial edict, the Law King colluded with the foreign races and plotted against them to usurp their position. The crime cannot be forgiven!"

"Imperial Decree, is that old man from the capital awake?"