Dai Mubai's Humiliation! Offering Up His Fiancée?!

"Didn't you all usually boast that Star Luo's army was strong and mighty?"

"Now, who can tell me what we should do?"

A deathly silence filled the grand hall.

The military officials stared at their toes, while the civil officials fixed their eyes on the floor.

Who dared to speak?

Even the elite White Tiger Legion had been scattered, and even First Prince Dai Weisi had been beaten so badly that he fled back to the imperial capital in disgrace. Whoever went out now would simply be courting death.

That Blue Silver King, Tang Yuan, was not human at all.

He was a god leading a horde of undead monsters.

A long while passed.

An aged minister with white hair and beard trembled as he stepped out from the ranks.

"Your Majesty."

The old minister dropped to his knees, pressing his forehead against the ground.

"At present... the only option is to sue for peace."

The moment those words were spoken, a faint stir ran through the court, only to quickly subside.

Though humiliating, it seemed to be their only path to survival.

The Star Luo Great Emperor closed his eyes. The veins on the hand gripping the armrest bulged, but in the end, his fingers loosened weakly.

"Seek peace..."

"How? And with what?"

"Cede territory? Pay reparations? Tang Yuan has already taken sixteen cities in a row. Does he lack this little bit of land?"

The old minister straightened, and a sharp glint flashed through his clouded eyes.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, even heroes have struggled to resist beauty."

"The Blue Silver King Tang Yuan is only sixteen, at an age brimming with vigor."

"This old minister has heard that although he was enfeoffed as King in Heaven Dou City, he has no principal wife in his residence. During this campaign, he did not even bring a single maidservant with him."

"If we cater to his preferences..."

The old minister did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was already clear.

A marriage alliance.

The Star Luo Great Emperor opened his eyes, sweeping his gaze across the Imperial Family members below.

"You mean to send a princess for a political marriage?"

The old minister shook his head.

"An ordinary princess would likely not catch the Blue Silver King's eye."

"If we are to send someone, it must be the best. The most breathtaking beauty."

The old minister turned and looked toward the Zhu Family Head, who stood at the front of the military officials' ranks.

"The women of the Nether Spirit Cat Family have always been renowned for their graceful figures and peerless beauty."

"Especially the two young ladies of this generation, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing."

"If those sisters were offered to the Blue Silver King together, then even a heart of iron and stone would surely melt into tenderness."

The entire hall was stunned.

The Zhu Family Head's face instantly turned incomparably ugly.

Those were his daughters!

Moreover, Zhu Zhuyun was the First Prince's fiancée, while Zhu Zhuqing was the Second Prince's fiancée!

Was this not tearing off the Imperial Family's dignity and throwing it to the ground to be trampled?

"No!"

An enraged roar came from one side of the hall.

First Prince Dai Weisi charged out, looking utterly disheveled and not even having had time to change out of his tattered armor.

His eyes were bloodshot, like those of an enraged beast.

"Father Emperor! We absolutely cannot do this!"

"Zhu Zhuyun is my fiancée! The future Crown Princess!"

"If she is given to that bastard Tang Yuan, where will I put my face? Where will the Star Luo Imperial Family put its face?"

With a thud, Dai Weisi dropped to his knees and shouted:

"Father Emperor! Your son can still fight!"

"Just give your son another hundred thousand... no, fifty thousand elite soldiers! Your son will definitely defend the imperial capital and fight Tang Yuan to the death!"

The Star Luo Great Emperor looked coldly at his eldest son, who had disappointed him beyond all measure.

"Fight?"

"The fighting strength you speak of was abandoning sixteen cities and fleeing back like a stray dog?"

"You still want fifty thousand elite soldiers? If I give you another fifty thousand, should the Star Luo Empire change its surname to Tang?"

Dai Weisi's face turned deathly pale from the scolding. He opened his mouth, yet could not utter a single word.

The Star Luo Great Emperor took a deep breath, his gaze turning utterly cold and merciless.

"Face? The nation is about to fall, and you still care about face!"

"Deliver my decree."

"Order the Zhu family's Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to bathe and change immediately, and prepare their dowries."

"As a gift of peace from the Star Luo Empire, present them to the Heaven Dou Blue Silver King."

"Additionally..."

The Star Luo Great Emperor's gaze swept through the crowd before finally settling on a corner.

A blond young man stood there with his head lowered, his face full of despondency.

It was the Second Prince, Dai Mubai, who had been urgently recalled from Suotuo City.

"Dai Mubai."

Dai Mubai's body trembled. He slowly stepped forward and knelt on the ground.

"Your son is here."

The Star Luo Great Emperor looked at this younger son who had once chosen to flee, without the slightest trace of pity in his eyes.

"You will serve as the chief envoy for this peace delegation."

"You will personally take those two Zhu sisters to the Heaven Dou Military Camp and meet the Blue Silver King."

"You must make him feel Star Luo's sincerity and have him withdraw his troops."

Dai Mubai suddenly raised his head, his mismatched eyes filled with disbelief and humiliation.

He was being sent?

He was to personally package up his own fiancée, along with his elder brother's fiancée, and deliver them to another man?

And that man was an enemy general who had beaten his brother to a crushing defeat?

"Father Emperor, I..."

"What? You're unwilling?"

The Star Luo Great Emperor's voice instantly turned cold.

"If you cannot do it, then don't bother coming back."

"Dying outside would still count as dying in service to the nation."

Dai Mubai looked at his father emperor high above him, then at his elder brother Dai Weisi glaring at him with venomous hatred, before finally looking toward the pale-faced Zhu Family Head in the distance.

His fists clenched tightly within his sleeves, his nails piercing his palms as blood flowed through the gaps between his fingers.

This was the sorrow of being born into an imperial family.

For the weak, even dignity was a luxury.

After a long while.

Dai Mubai heavily kowtowed, his voice hoarse as though he had swallowed burning coals.

"Your son... accepts the decree."

The thirteenth day.

This day was destined to be recorded in the history of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Reports of victory flew into Heaven Dou City like snowflakes.

Sixteen cities taken in succession!

The army's edge pointed directly at the Star Luo imperial capital!

The entire Heaven Dou City erupted in celebration.

In taverns, tea houses, streets, and alleyways, everyone spoke of the same name—Blue Silver King, Tang Yuan.

That mere sixteen-year-old youth had accomplished what generations of Heaven Dou Empire rulers had not even dared dream of.

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Crown Prince's Eastern Palace.

Xue Qinghe sat before his desk, holding that scorching battle report in his hand.

The usually gentle and unflappable "Crown Prince" had fingers that were faintly turning white as he held the paper.

"Infinite resurrection..."

"An undying army..."

Xue Qinghe murmured to herself, her eyes filled with disbelief.

As an undercover agent planted in Spirit Hall for many years, she had seen countless powerful figures and hidden secrets.

But how could there truly be an Immortal and Undying army in this world?

What kind of monster was that Tang Yuan?

"Even Grandfather's Great Enshriner Hall probably couldn't achieve something like this..."

Xue Qinghe rose to her feet and paced back and forth through the room.

She had originally thought Tang Yuan was merely a gifted young genius, a piece on the board that could be recruited—or even used.

But now, how could he possibly be a chess piece?

He was clearly a colossal dragon capable of overturning the entire board.

If he continued to grow, then forget the Heaven Dou Empire—even Spirit Hall might not be able to keep him in check in the future.

"It seems the plan must change."

Xue Qinghe looked out the window, her gaze turning profound.