Hearing Zhong Gui's words, Shangguan Wei slowly raised his head and responded: "Okay!"

Having got up from the chair with difficulty, Shangguan Wei ordered the housekeeper: "Take care of the matter in the mansion, I'll change my clothes."

The housekeeper immediately asked someone to help Murong Yan down, then bury the body, and then sent two maids to serve Shangguan Wei to wash and change clothes.

After changing into court uniforms, Shangguan Wei's face seemed to have a sense of spirit again.

"My father-in-law has been waiting for a long time."

Zhong Gui could see that Shangguan Wei was trying to keep his spirits.

"Let's go."

Zhong Gui and Shangguan Wei entered the palace and went straight into the inner court. They saw Li Chengdao wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. There was also an eunuch standing next to him, the military envoy Yu Fuguo.

"My minister Shangguan Wei pays homage to my emperor."

Shangguan Wei saluted respectfully.

Li Chengdao sat at a stone table. The leaves of the trees around him were yellow, the lotus leaves on the pond were withered, and the autumn was bleak.

"Defeated?"

Lee Seung-dao spoke lightly.

Shangguan Wei lowered his head and replied: "I'm defeated."

The king and his minister said this, and then there was a long silence.

When Shangguan Wei retreated, Yu Fuguo led his men to run wildly, first returned to Jinling, and told him about the battle situation.

Li Chengdao was very shocked after hearing this.

In this battle, everyone felt that they would win. Two generals led 400,000 troops, and there was no reason to fail against a 20-year-old Emperor Luoxi.

But in the end, the 400,000 army was almost wiped out, Murong Xiao was killed in battle, Shangguan Xiu and Shangguan Mu died in battle.

No one expected this result.

The five tiger generals of Nanliang, Long Ye, died, and Murong Xiao was dead, leaving only three.

Shangguan Wei is not dead yet, but after such a big defeat, does he still have the courage to fight again?

There is no greater sorrow than death in the heart. If a general loses morale, how is it different from a waste?

"Sit down."

After a long time, Li Chengdao said.

Shangguan Wei bowed and sat on the side. He used to sit opposite Li Chengdao.

"Tell me, what's going on."

Shangguan Wei stood up and bowed again, and told the story of the war.

Yu Fuguo next to him sweated slightly on his forehead, and what he said just now was adding fuel to the fire.

After listening to Shangguan Wei's story, Li Chengdao said expressionlessly and said lightly: "So, did you lose to Long Chengen, a eunuch?"

Yu Fuguo and Zhong Gui's eyes moved at the same time, and they didn't know whether they were happy or despised.

Shangguan Wei has always despised them, but this time he was defeated by the eunuchs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which felt a little relieved.

"The weak minister is incompetent."

Shangguan Wei admitted it directly without arguing and explaining.

Li Chengdao said with a slight smile: "A eunuch, one eunuch killed you 600,000 yuan, and put Murong Xiao and your two sons on it."

"Have you found out about Long Cheng'en's identity?"

Shangguan Wei stood up and bowed: "No."

Li Chengdao couldn't help laughing dryly: "Then what did you get this time?"

Shangguan Wei was silent.

After laughing dryly, Li Chengdao immediately restrained his expression again, and still had a look of no sorrow and joy.

"Why didn't the empress kill you when she arrived in Diaoyu City?"

Lee Chengdao asked suddenly.

Shangguan Wei was stunned for a moment and replied, "I don't know."

In fact, he was also very strange. When the empress arrived at Diaoyu City, she only needed to cross the river by boat and could easily kill Shangguan Wei, but she asked Yingfeng to come over to help and let him go.

Another silence.

Li Chengdao looked at the withered pond without vitality and said, "There are losses invasion of soldiers and generals, and the court is shocked. You can do it yourself."

Shangguan Wei stood up and said, "I received the order, I thank you!"

Li Chengdao had no expression on his face, and Shangguan Wei withdrew from the palace.

Yu Fuguo lowered his head next to him, not daring to make any moves.

Li Chengdao waved his hand and the two eunuchs went down.

At this time, a Taoist priest walked out and it was Xuan Jizi, the leader of Cangxuan Mountain.

"The Taoist priest thinks why the empress doesn't kill Shangguan Wei?"

Li Chengdao asked.

Xuan Jizi sat down, stroked his beard and said, "Two possibilities, first, he deliberately let Shangguan Wei go. Anyway, he is scared and there is no threat anymore, so we can see it."

"Second...the empress cannot kill Shangguan Wei."

Li Chengdao frowned and asked, "Do you think the empress can't do it?"

Xuan Jizi shook his head and said with a smile: "I dare not speculate, this is just a possibility."

While the two were talking, Zhong Gui came over again and bowed: "Master, Murong Xiao's body has been sent back."

After the empress killed Murong Xiao, she collected the body with a coffin and sent someone to send the body back.

Li Chengdao immediately said, "Come in!"

Zhong Gui was stunned for a moment. How could the body be carried into the palace?

Li Chengdao saw what Zhong Gui was thinking and said coldly: "Go quickly!"

Soon, a pair of coffins were carried in and placed outside the pavilion.

Xuan Jizi and Li Chengdao stood up, and they opened the coffin with their own hands. It contained Murong Xiao's body, with different bodies and heads.

Lee Seung-dao carefully looked at his whole body, especially the wound.

"I killed myself in one blow, without any signs of fighting, and the empress completely crushed Murong Xiao."

After careful inspection, Li Chengdao came to the conclusion.

Xuan Jizi looked complicated and said, "So, the rumors are fake."

Li Chengdao sat back, and Zhong Gui asked someone to carry the coffin out of the palace and return it to the Murong family.

Li Chengdao knocked on the stone table and said, "It's hard to tell whether it's true or false."

Xuan Jizi shook his head and said, "I can't tell."

After a while of silence, Xuan Jizi returned to the Taoist temple in the palace, and Li Chengdaoze returned to his bedroom.

After the palace maids and eunuchs all retreated, Li Chengdao took out a booklet from the secret wall with a line of words written on it: Long Ye Jinjue.

Looking through the booklet, Li Chengdaozai looked at every word carefully.

"Ryu Ye, are you talking about true or false?"

After reading the booklet, Li Chengdao put the booklet back into the secret compartment.

....

Prince's Mansion in the East Palace of Jinling.

Li Chengtong was listening to a eunuch's report in the room. After listening, Li Chengtong looked shocked.

"Murong Xiao is dead? Shangguan Wei is finished?"

Li Chengtong did not expect that the Shangguan family would fail this time, and it was defeated by a eunuch.

"I heard that the empress took action."

The eunuch whispered.

Li Chengtong was shocked: "Empress? No wonder, I said how could a eunuch kill Murong Xiao!"

"Six sister is pitiful. Betrothed to Long Chen. Long Chen is dead. Betrothed to Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Xiu is dead."

He was talking about the Sixth Princess Li Yunji. He had originally had a engagement with Long Chen, but later he betrothed to Shangguan Xiu. Before he could pass the family, he died again.

"This Long Cheng'en must keep an eye on it."

Li Chengtong faintly felt that Long Chen had a huge threat and was specifically targeting Nanliang.
To be continued...