After Xuanye obtained the body of the second prince, he immediately ordered people to lift up the body and rushed to the Xuanwu Empire in a hurry.

There's quite a commotion here. I think the officers and soldiers from the Great Zhou Dynasty will arrive here soon.

These people have been hiding in the Great Zhou Dynasty and must not be discovered, otherwise it will be a huge loss to the Xuanwu Empire.

Moreover, once the second prince's body is sent back, he will definitely receive a reward from Emperor Wu.

Getting promoted and getting rich is definitely not a dream.

The most important thing is that the second prince’s body can definitely strike a blow to the arrogance of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

After the people from the Xuanwu Empire left, the soldier from the Guards Corps, who had been buried in the mountain of corpses, dared to breathe heavily.

He struggled to push aside all the corpses that were pressing on him, and then found a horse that was not seriously injured in the valley.

The soldiers rode their horses towards the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

He wants to inform Emperor Zhou of this important news!
Especially, there are so many people from the Xuanwu Empire hiding within the Great Zhou Dynasty. This news is really too important.

Of course... the most important thing is the death of the second prince!

The soldier knew very well that as the Second Prince's guards, they failed to protect the Second Prince and instead caused the Second Prince to lose his life.

Then their families will not be spared either, and may even be implicated!
Therefore, conveying this message back would at least allow Emperor Zhou to turn his attention in the opposite direction and seek to settle accounts with the Xuanwu Empire.

Jun Lintian, who was watching this scene on the top of the mountain, curled the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.

Everything was going according to his plan.

However, he did not expect that there was still one person alive among this group of guards, but this was exactly what he wanted.

Originally, Jun Lintian was thinking of sending people disguised as guards to pass the news back.

But there is no need for that now.

Jun Mengyao, who was standing next to him, looked at the faint smile on the young master's face and was confused for a moment.

She couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Young Master, we can obviously kill the Second Prince on the way, why do we have to go to such great lengths?"

In Jun Mengyao's opinion, if the masters under their Jun family united together, they could easily behead the Second Prince in the Guards Corps.

But the young master obviously took a lot of effort to make this arrangement. Why did he have to let people from the Xuanwu Empire kill the second prince?
In fact, it would be easier and safer for them to kill themselves.

In this case, once it is discovered that the Jun family has connections with the Xuanwu Empire, it will also cause dissatisfaction among other families.

Although the dissatisfaction of these families is of no concern to the Jun family, it will still have a certain impact.

Faced with Jun Mengyao's question, Jun Lintian just smiled and did not answer.

"Let's go back and wait. After that, you will know the plan that this young master has set up today."

Jun Mengyao couldn't help but frown. She pouted and said, "Young Master is always like this. Can't you just tell this servant directly..."

"Hahaha, this is more interesting, isn't it?"

Jun Lintian laughed, reached out and pinched Jun Mengyao's face, then took her back to the Jun family.

If his estimation was correct, by now the surviving soldier of the Guards Corps would have brought the news to the palace.

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Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Royal study room!
Emperor Zhou was originally dealing with memorials that had been piled up for some time, and he was clearly in a bad mood.

At this moment, Eunuch Li didn't even knock on the door, but came in directly with a soldier covered in blood.

"What's going on!" Emperor Zhou's face suddenly fell.

He didn't recognize for a moment which prince's guard the soldier was wearing. At this time, he thought that some prince had led people to fight, so his face was naturally a little unhappy.

"Your Majesty!" Before Eunuch Li could even open his mouth, the soldier had already knelt down.

As soon as the soldier knelt, tears began to flow.

"Your Highness, the Second Prince, he...he..."

The words came to his lips, but he couldn't utter a word.

Emperor Zhou was originally a little angry and was about to slam the table, but suddenly he thought of something and looked sharply towards Eunuch Li.

"What happened? What happened to the Second Prince?"

Eunuch Li's face looked very ugly. He just kept his head down and didn't dare to speak.

"I! I'm asking you a question!" Emperor Zhou gritted his teeth.

Eunuch Li also knelt down hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Second Prince, he was ambushed by the Xuanwu Empire during his march and unfortunately died in battle..."

"This soldier is the witness..."

Eunuch Li's words were quite tactful. He did not use the words "killed in an ambush" to describe the death of the Second Prince, but used the words "died in battle", which could be regarded as an explanation to His Majesty.

Emperor Zhou stood up suddenly, his eyes were red, and all the energy in his body burst out instantly.

"What did you say? Say it again?!"

"It has only been a short time since the Second Prince left the capital. How could he have encountered an ambush by the Xuanwu Empire?"

"How dare you lie about military intelligence, you bastard!"

Emperor Zhou waved his hand and knocked the soldier away, but he didn't use much force.

The soldier hurriedly crawled back and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, everything I said is true! They are the soldiers of the Xuanwu Empire who ambushed the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"I vaguely heard someone calling the leader...Xuanye, yes! Xuanye!"

Emperor Zhou's eyes narrowed and his pupils shrank slightly.

His breathing became rapid and his chest was filled with anger.

"Xuan Ye? He is actually from the Xuanwu Empire?!"

At this moment, he was extremely furious, but not because of the death of the second prince.

After all, the death of the Second Prince was not a big deal. He had never expected the Second Prince to come back alive from the border from the beginning.

What really made Emperor Zhou angry was that he was slapped in the face by the Xuanwu Empire!

You know, the second prince set out yesterday, leading a 3,000-strong guard corps. To be honest, he has never left the scope of Kyoto.

But he was ambushed so close to Kyoto.

That also proves that the people of Xuanwu Empire have already infiltrated Kyoto!
Otherwise, these people would have no way of knowing the Second Prince’s marching route, let alone setting up an ambush in advance!
"Go and take good care of your wounds! Eunuch Li, give him some medicinal herbs and money."

After hearing this, Eunuch Li immediately winked at the soldier and told him to leave quickly.

At this moment, only Emperor Zhou and Eunuch Li were left here.

"Your Majesty, how should this matter be handled?"

The anger on Emperor Zhou's face subsided a little. He smiled coldly and said, "Convene a court meeting immediately! Such a big thing has happened, so naturally all the civil and military officials must be informed."

In fact, he has come up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone! (End of this chapter)