The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

In the hall, everyone, including Emperor Haolian, thought of the Regent at almost the same moment.

Regent Ye Xiaohan became a general at a young age and had made a name for himself on the battlefield at the age of twelve. The stability of Zhongyue and the four directions over the years is inseparable from the efforts of this first-rank prince.

It can be said that if Zhongyue did not have a regent, he would have lived a restless life over the years. Not only would he have suffered harassment from other neighboring countries and even the erosion of war, but he would also have gradually lost the ability and capital to develop upward under the oppression of the Oriental Empire.

It was precisely because Zhongyue had a regent that Zhongyue had been able to live in a relatively stable situation for many years, and whenever a war broke out, it was usually the Night King who led the troops to fight.

The people of Zhongyue, whether they liked the Regent or not, all instinctively thought of the Regent when they heard the news about the war.

At this time, there is no exception.

It seems that the Night King is Zhong Yue's backbone. This is a fact that has been determined by God and will not change in the slightest.

While the people in the center of the hall were in an uproar, no one mentioned Ye Xiaohan's name directly. They were all thinking about and trying to figure out Ye Wang's current situation.

The breaking news of the Black Tiger Army's dispatch hit everyone hard, and even Emperor Haolian was frightened out of his wits.

At this time, he had no time to admonish the old subordinates of Duke Meng's faction, nor did he have time to suppress the people of the Night King's faction directly in the court.

Just now, Emperor Haolian was planning to throw away his dignity as an emperor, and wanted to directly and openly hold the officials who were related to the Night King accountable without any evidence, so as to abolish the followers of the Night King in one fell swoop and cut off the few wings left of the Night King. Even if it is impossible to eliminate Ye Xiaohan's people at once, it would be better to clear out some of them first.

However, the news of the Black Tiger Army caught everyone, including the emperor, off guard...

What the Emperor and his party didn't know was that the various behaviors of the people were exactly what the Night King expected... because the news of the Black Tiger Army's dispatch was deliberately released by the Night King...

If the emperor still had his normal thinking and reason at this time, he might have realized something: How come just when he was about to deal with Ye Xiaohan's people, new important news came, forcing him to terminate his plan? Could it be that Ye Xiaohan was plotting to deal with him?

After a while, the emperor, whose mind was in a mess, regained his shock and turned to stare at the messenger.

"I command you to say it again."

"Your Majesty, our people have found out that the army sent by the Eastern Empire is indeed the Black Tiger Army."

The emperor took a deep breath, as if he was thinking.

An old general stepped forward and asked the messenger, "The emperor just sent someone to find out which army the Eastern Empire had sent a few days ago, and you came here to deliver the message today. This is really a bit too fast."

"Moreover, if we take into account the time you spent on the journey, it would have taken even longer for you to reach the eastern border, but now the results of the investigation have come out. Doesn't this mean that the emperor has only sent people out for two days, and the people under him have already found out so quickly?"

I haven't even started investigating the location yet, but the results are out already. This doesn't make sense...

Several veteran generals and old ministers agreed with the old general's words, and they all looked solemn.

The emperor asked the soldier who delivered the message: "Is this news true?"

The messenger was about to nod, but paused and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the team you sent out to investigate is still on the way to the Eastern Territory, and I am one of them. I thought it would take a long time to find out the situation in the Eastern Empire."

"However, we happened to receive a message from the Eastern Border Army while we were on the road. They found out a few days ago that the troops sent by the Eastern Empire were the Black Tiger Army. When we were still on the road to the Eastern Border, we received the message they had sent out a few days ago."

After thinking about it, everyone finally figured out the whole story.

That is, when the East Border Army reported back the news that the Eastern Empire Army had unusual behavior, the East Border Army had already sent people to pay attention.

During the time when the news of the Eastern Army spread from the Eastern Territory to the capital, the Eastern Territory had already found out the result.

Finally, after the capital responded by conducting a thorough investigation, the latest news from the eastern border was already on its way back to the capital.

The emperor frowned and said coldly: "I know."

The others also understood that it was not that the news came too quickly, but that the East Realm had already found out about it. In the final analysis, it was still a problem of information asymmetry caused by the distance and time.

It is now certain that the Eastern Empire has sent the most terrifying army, the Black Tiger Army, and everyone's hearts are tightening.

You looked at me, I looked at you, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. Many people looked around, but in the crowd of officials, there was no sign of Lord Ye. Alas! Someone muttered in his heart: I suddenly miss Lord Ye!

The emperor sat upright on the dragon throne, but his clenched fists beneath his sleeves revealed his complicated emotions.

He felt annoyed. If he had known that the Eastern Empire was sending the Black Tiger Army, he would not have mistakenly believed that the Eastern Empire was just conducting a normal military exercise and allowed his confidants to participate in this good mission to the Eastern Territory.

Now they are sending out their most powerful team, and there is no chance that Xixiang Hou’s small army will be able to resist!

At this time, the emperor forgot that he originally thought he understood the intelligence reports sent to the palace by the Night King, and believed that the military situation in the East Territory was not as important as that in the West Territory, so he sent his own people to deal with the so-called good tasks in the East Territory, and let others take on the dry and bad tasks in the West Territory.

Unexpectedly, the truth is that the mission in the East Realm is the most troublesome.

Not to mention the trouble, it would be life-threatening. What was most important was the lives of the Zhongyue people. If the Dongyang Empire really wanted to fight, Zhongyue might be broken through the East Gate at any time and invaded directly into the territory.

Seeing the emperor's solemn expression, everyone turned around and whispered about military situation with the people around them.

Then, the emperor seemed to have finally figured it out and made some responses.

First, he ordered the messenger and several guards: "Go for further investigation. First, confirm whether the Eastern Ocean sent the Black Tiger Army to the border. Second, track the latest intelligence of the Eastern Ocean army."

Then, the emperor held a discussion with everyone. If they were lucky, Dongyang might not send the Xuanhu Army, or Dongyang might send the Xuanhu Army to other places on diplomatic missions instead of having the intention to attack Zhongyue.

But if he is unlucky, Zhongyue may face a devastating disaster.

So prepare for the worst.

The discussion returned to the most critical issue: if the Eastern Empire sent the Black Tiger Army to deal with Zhong Yue, what should they do?

Should we send new reinforcements to the Eastern Territory?

If reinforcements are to be sent, which army should be sent and who will lead it?