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After hearing the system notification, Lu Chen immediately spoke to the maid outside the door, “Have someone call for Wu Yuan to come here.”

“Yes, Prince.”

Before long, Wu Yuan appeared in Lu Chen’s study, “I pay respects to the Prince. What commands do you have for your subordinate, Prince?”

Lu Chen said, “You take some of the Brocade Guards to the seaside to meet the army returning by sea to the Prince.”

“The General leading them is named Wei Siyuan.”

Wu Yuan was not too surprised, as it was normal for people to come to pledge allegiance to the Son of Destiny, and he promptly said, “Your subordinate obeys.”

Lu Chen said, “All right, you may go.”

“Your subordinate takes his leave.”

After Wu Yuan left, Lu Chen also planned to leave the study, but just at that moment, a seductive figure appeared at the door of the study.

Wang Qingci said with a charming demeanor, “Congratulations, Prince, for gaining another descendant.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen said with a smile, “Why don’t you also have one for me some day?”

Qingci replied somberly, “This one is already a Half-step Grandmaster; it’s not so easy for me to become pregnant.”

At this point, Qingci walked into the study, placed the intelligence report in her hand on the table, and then said, “The Princess Junwan of Great Wu personally led troops to suppress the remaining rebels in the southwest who refused to surrender. It is heard that her prestige in the Great Wu army is very high, and it’s possible that there might be another Empress in the future.”

Hearing Qingci’s words, Lu Chen opened the intelligence report that Qingci had placed on the table and glanced at it quickly.

Qingci continued, “The conflict between Great Yue and the Barbarian Tribe has ended. The Great Yue Empress led her army into battle personally, and it’s rumored that the Barbarian Army crumbled and fled at the mere sight of the Great Yue Empress’s countenance on the battlefield.”

“The Prince should pay attention to the situation in the North Land these days.”

Hearing Qingci’s words, Lu Chen furrowed his brows and then curiously asked, “Isn’t it true that the Barbarian Tribe had assembled nearly five hundred thousand troops? How did they fall so quickly?”

Qingci said, “The exact situation on the battlefield has not been thoroughly investigated by our people, but one thing we can confirm is that the Barbarian Tribe indeed suffered a great defeat. The Great Yue Empress is formidable; this one surmises that her strength is very likely above that of a Grandmaster.”

Lu Chen fell into deep thought, recognizing that the Great Yue Empress was not a simple character since she was able to defeat several large Barbarian tribal coalitions in such a short time. Moreover, the Da Yue Dynasty didn’t have the advanced weaponry that North Country possessed.

Capable of defeating the Barbarian Army so quickly with cold weapons alone meant that Great Yue was a fearsome opponent, especially since Great Yue bordered the North Country at its southwestern corner.

Originally, when Great Yue had stationed more than two hundred thousand troops at the border of the North Country, Lu Chen hadn’t considered the Da Yue army a threat, seeing the Da Yue Dynasty as newly founded and lacking real strength. Now it seemed he had underestimated the Da Yue Dynasty.

It appeared that in the future, he would have to be wary of the Da Yue Dynasty.

Of course, now was not the time to focus on the Da Yue Dynasty. With the Barbarian Tribe suffering defeat at the hands of Great Yue, it was likely that some of the Barbarians would migrate to the North Land. Furthermore, there was another possibility: the Barbarian Tribe might try to regain their confidence by taking it out on someone else.

Lu Chen wasn’t familiar with the situation in the west, but the Da Yue and North Country’s borders were adjacent to the area where the Barbarian Tribe was active. If the Barbarian Tribe didn’t move west but instead came east, then it was highly likely they would attack North Country.

This was not impossible—the Barbarian Tribe from the northwest had attacked Great Sum in the past.

Having suffered a defeat in Great Yue, losing face, Lu Chen didn’t believe those Barbarians would just let it be.

If the Barbarian Tribe decided to advance eastward, if they reached North Land, or if they set out to attack North Country, it would be the perfect opportunity to drill the troops.

At this thought, Lu Chen immediately said to the maid outside the door, “Xiao Huan, notify the generals that they are to come to the Hall of Political Affairs for a military meeting at dawn tomorrow.”

“Yes, Prince.”

At this moment, Qingci said, “Prince, if there is nothing else, this one shall take her leave first.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen teased, “Don’t you want to eat your fill before you go back?”

Qingci gave Lu Chen a resentful look and then said, “With the Prince being so busy recently, this one would not want to bother you, lest a certain jealous one starts to nag this one again.”

Lu Chen said with a laugh, “Very well, then. Today I will let you go, but next time you visit, I will make sure to feed you until you’re full.”

Qingci pouted and did not say much more before she left the study.

Just as Qingci departed, Qin Yushan entered the study. Seeing that Qin Yushan was holding a bamboo tube used to transmit intelligence, Lu Chen asked, “Is it intelligence from the Capital City?”

Qin Yushan placed the newly arrived bamboo tube on the desk, “Yes, the Brocade Guards from the Capital City have run into some issues recently. Our people seem to have been discovered by the Shadow Guards, and the Shadow Guards are conducting a thorough search for the Brocade Guards.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Lu Chen had known for a long time that the Brocade Guard would eventually be exposed. Previously, when the Brocade Guard was inactive, very few people were aware of its existence.

However, since the Brocade Guard had been put into operation, it had been gathering all kinds of intelligence, and additionally, the number of people in the Brocade Guard had increased significantly in this period.

Once the numbers increased, problems with management could arise, and it wasn’t surprising that the Brocade Guard in the Capital City was detected by his father’s Shadow Guard.

Coming back to his senses, Lu Chen opened the intelligence report from the Capital City and looked at it carefully, while Qin Yushan continued, “The imperial army has already marched southward, and according to observations by Commander Liang, the court has sent at least three Grandmasters to the South this time, not including Situ Ce.”

Hearing Qin Yushan’s report, Lu Chen was not too surprised, as there were Grandmasters among the Aristocratic Families in the South. If his father wanted to eliminate the Aristocratic Families in the South, he would surely need to send Grandmasters with the army.

Lu Chen spoke while reading the report, “Is there any other intelligence?”

Qin Yushan said, “Recently, the remnants of Chen Nation within the Great Sum territory have become more active and appear to be gathering towards North Country.”