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Da Yue Dynasty.

Empress's Bedchamber.

Two snowy figures were faintly discernible behind the red curtains, and at this moment, they approached the beauty couch. Wu Junwan sat behind Yue Emperor, gently massaging the emperor's fragrant shoulders.

Yue Emperor spoke, "Junwan, we haven't been this intimate in a while, have we?"

Hearing this, Wu Junwan smiled lightly, "Indeed, it has been a long time since we've bathed together."

Yue Emperor sighed softly, "I miss the days at Misty Immortal Sect when we sisters could be together all the time. Now, we reside in two great dynasties, and even meeting once is not easy."

Wu Junwan said, "It's because we've both grown up, each with our own duties to attend to."

At this point, Wu Junwan asked, "Qingrou, do you really have no intention of joining forces with Great Wu to eradicate Great Sum?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Emperor said indifferently, "Junwan, you from Great Wu are underestimating Great Sum too much."

Turning around, the Yue Emperor placed her jade hand on Wu Junwan's smooth, white leg, gazing into her eyes and said, "Do you really believe that if Great Wu joins forces with Da Yue, they could eliminate Great Sum?"

Facing this question, Wu Junwan replied without hesitation, "Currently, Sum Emperor is at death's door, and various seigniors across Great Sum are amassing troops, plunging the state into chaos. Once they start fighting over the throne, it will provide Great Wu and Da Yue with an opportunity."

Yue Emperor smiled slightly, the solemnity she showed before her ministers gone from her face, "Your intelligence operations still leave much to be desired."

"Don't you know about the strange phenomena that have been happening in the capital city of Great Sum?"

Wu Junwan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "I am aware of that."

Yue Emperor continued, "It's very likely that Great Sum has gained a Celestial of the Heavenly Human Realm. Not to mention whether Great Wu has the means to deal with a Celestial, Sum Emperor just happens to fall ill at this moment. Don't you find that too coincidental?"

"Moreover, you must have noticed that the North Prince seems completely uninterested in marching south to fight for the throne. As far as I know, the North Country has an intelligence agency known as the Brocade Guard, and their ability to gather intel is incredibly powerful. Whether Sum Emperor is truly in trouble, I believe the North Prince must be the most aware."

"If there was really something wrong with the Sum Emperor, the North Prince would surely make a move southward, instead of deploying thirty thousand Heavy Cavalry to Yongan County to guard against the Great Wu Dynasty."

Upon hearing Yue Emperor's analysis, Wu Junwan fell into deep thought. Initially, she too had considered this issue; she just thought the North Prince hadn't made a move south because he deemed the North Country too lacking in resources, unable to sustain the consumption of a war.

Although the military might of the North Country seems strong, having defeated several invasions by the Barbarian Tribe and destroyed armies numbering hundreds of thousands, they acted in defense of their homeland, not as aggressors.

To march south and attack Great Sum's royal court or the lands under control of other seigniors, extensive resources would be required. Given the current capacity of the North Country, their logistics might not be able to keep up.

Of course, this was Wu Junwan's initial thought.

At this moment, Yue Emperor raised her slender, snow-white hand and lifted Wu Junwan's chin, looking into her eyes as she continued, "Junwan, the North Prince is not simple at all. The power of the North Country is far greater than what you know. Your arrival seeking an alliance with Da Yue against Great Sum is likely because you do not understand the North Country enough.

It seems your intelligence network indeed needs a thorough overhaul."

Surprised by these words, Wu Junwan smiled and then said, "I didn't expect you to think so highly of the North Prince."

Yue Emperor said, "It's not that I think highly of him, but that you don't understand him, nor do you understand the North Country."

"The North Prince had been in the North Country for only a short while before he effortlessly wiped out three hundred thousand of the Barbarian Army. Haven't you wondered how he achieved that?"

Wu Junwan said doubtfully, "The North Country possesses fifty thousand Heavy Cavalry with formidable combat strength, so it doesn't seem strange that they could annihilate three hundred thousand of the Barbarian Army?"

Yue Emperor smiled faintly, and then her hand slid down from Wu Junwan's chin, gliding smoothly over her long, white neck and gently caressing her soft body.

"It seems indeed that your intelligence network needs some rectification."

With that said, Yue Emperor raised her hand, and the next moment, a book flew from a Phoenix Chair not far away. She took out a letter from within the book and handed it to Wu Junwan.

Wu Junwan took the letter from Yue Emperor with curiosity and read it intently. Upon completing the letter's intelligence report, her brows furrowed slightly.

Seeing Wu Junwan's serious expression, Yue Emperor said with a smile, "Junwan, this is why I don't intend to join hands with Great Wu."

Wu Junwan was silent as the letter the Yue Emperor gave her turned out to be an intelligence report from the North Country, detailing an investigation into the military strength of the North Country's forces.

Though the military discipline of the North Country was already exceedingly strict, there were no walls that can keep all winds at bay. The North Country's troops have begun to extensively use advanced weaponry; it would be impossible for there not to be any whispers about it.

The North Country daring to annex the entire North Land into their territory and even easily eliminating the Barbarian Army, which included a Grandmaster, proved the North Country's military was not to be underestimated.

Even at its height, the Da Yue Dynasty could not as effortlessly wipe out the Tianqi King's army as it confronted the allied Barbarian Tribes. It could only deter the Tianqi King's forces. However, once the Tianqi King fled to the North Country, he was promptly annihilated by them.