Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Looking at Rhys's expression, Nie Bing knew what he wanted to say.

"Are you wondering why they agreed so readily?"

Ries nodded: "I've heard about this Yun Qing Urgen... He was one of the first people Xiao Ce sent. Back then, he had nothing, and everything he has now was given to him by Xiao Ce. Do you think he's sincere? Or is this just a temporary measure...?"

"In my opinion, those people from the various Turkic tribes were the ones who truly wanted to join the Illuminati?"

After listening to Rhys's words, Nie Bing smiled and said, "Your Highness, it seems I no longer need to doubt you..."

Hearing Nie Bing's words, Rhys became even more puzzled and said, "What do you mean? Could it be that Lord Nie Bing has been suspecting me all along?"

Nie Bing said to Rhys, "It's not quite like that. Always be skeptical! Actually, a theory that Xiao Ce mentioned before makes a lot of sense."

Ries asked Nie Bing with a puzzled look, "What theory?"

Nie Bing said to Ries, "Cooperation is mutual, it's not permanent. Even if that Yun Qing Urgen is a fake... we don't care... as long as he's under our control. As long as we maintain our dominance, Yun Qing Urgen isn't stupid; he'll take the charade for real..."

"If Xiao Ce remains powerful, and we remain weak... then even if Yun Qing. Urgen truly pledges allegiance to us, over time we will also become weak... and the same applies to you..."

Rhys nodded, then suddenly realized: "So, you don't care whether he really came to seek refuge with you or not?"

Nie Bing smiled at Ries and said, "That's right. Similarly, I don't care whether you sincerely pledge your allegiance to us. Because we have plenty of ways to get your support..."

Rhys smiled and nodded: "That's right, Xiao Ce also said something similar to me."

Seeing this, Nie Bing said to Rhys, "So you have no more doubts?"

Ries nodded, then asked Nie Bing, "Lord Nie Bing, may I have our men send troops over?"

Nie Bing smiled and said to Rhys, "Of course! My goal right now is to subdue the enemy without fighting, and given the current situation, that's quite easy to achieve."

As soon as the two arrived at the accommodation arranged for them by Yun Qing. Urgen, Nie Bing saw someone waiting at the door.

Nie Bing noticed the man's attire and said to Rhys, "Perhaps good news is coming soon."

Rhys looked at Nie Bing with suspicion: "Good news?"

After Nie Bing stepped forward, the young man bowed to her and said, "Sir, here is a letter for you."

The letter has a postmark with a sun symbol on it.

Rhys instinctively tried to avoid the situation, but Nie Bing stopped him.

Nie Bing said to Rhys, "You don't need to avoid me, come in."

Rhys glanced at Nie Bing, then followed her inside.

After Nie Bing entered the room, she began to open the letters.

He then looked at it, and Nie Bing, who had been smiling, suddenly turned sinister.

Seeing Nie Bing's appearance, Riston immediately had a bad feeling and quickly asked, "Lord Nie Bing, are you alright?"

After a moment of stunned silence, Nie Bing slowly said, "It's nothing... good news."

Rhys looked at Nie Bing and said good news, but his expression didn't look like good news at all.

Rhys looked at Nie Bing, but didn't press her for details. Instead, he waited for her to speak first.

Nie Bing seemed somewhat lost and stood there, stunned.

After waiting for Nie Bing for a while, and seeing that Nie Bing did not speak, Rhys asked, "Lord Nie Bing, are you alright?"

After hearing Rhys's words, Nie Bing finally came to her senses, then smiled and waved her hand, saying, "No...it's nothing..."

Rhys said to Nie Bing, "So the good news you just said was..."

Hearing Rhys's words, Nie Bing suddenly remembered and said with an awkward smile, "Xiao Ce has been captured and is currently being handed over to the headquarters of the Illuminati!"

Rhys listened, his eyes widening in surprise.

Looking at Rhys's expression, Nie Bing asked, "What's wrong? Rhys, you don't seem too happy?"

Ries smiled and said to Nie Bing, "Lord Nie Bing, it's not that I'm unhappy... I'm just a little surprised... how did he get caught... you didn't seem happy either just now."

After hearing what Rhys said, Nie Bing smiled and said, "That's right, I was just as surprised as you... I thought Xiao Ce would organize a few counterattacks... I didn't expect that he would be captured before the war even started... How can that not be surprising?"

Ries then smiled and said, "Lord Nie Bing, is your information accurate?"

Nie Bing nodded very confidently: "Don't worry about that, this information is absolutely accurate... This is information from the Illuminati, they have either already confirmed it or verified it!"

Rhys sighed, "It seems I had too many filters when I looked at Xiao Ce. Without those filters, he doesn't seem that strong. How did he get captured?"

Seeing Rhys's curious expression, Nie Bing smiled faintly: "Being bitten by your own dog... I actually thought Xiao Ce was a bit blindly confident before. If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring. This time, it was Xiao Yang, Xiao Zhan, and one of his trusted advisors, Murata Hiroshi, who joined forces. They already captured him back in Japan..."

Rhys nodded in agreement and said, "That's right... Didn't Xiao Yang intend to harm Xiao Ce from the very beginning?"

Nie Bing recalled some past events...

It hasn't been that long, but when Nie Bing thinks back, it feels like a lifetime ago.

"That's right, Xiao Ce was probably too confident, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up like this."

Rhys said to Nie Bing, "So, isn't this our chance now...? With Xiao Ce dead, it'll be much easier for us to persuade them..."

Seeing Rhys's excited expression, Nie Bing said, "However, there's some bad news along with the good news..."

Upon hearing this, Rhys's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a hint of nervousness as he asked, "What bad news? Xiao Ce is dead, what bad news could there be?"

Nie Bing said to Ries, "This capture of Xiao Ce was orchestrated by the Japanese!"