It was a dark and windy night.
Inside Duke White Tiger's Mansion, however, the air was tense and solemn.
The Duchess sat in the study that had originally belonged to Dai Hao, her head tilted to the side as she held her forehead, feeling her temples throb in waves, as if something bad were about to happen.
However, ever since Lion King Douluo had sat down in front of Duke White Tiger's Mansion, the Duchess had felt this way the entire time. She was already used to it.
At this moment, the Duchess was reviewing everything that had happened recently, wanting to find the reason things had turned out like this, to find the problem she had overlooked.
She absolutely did not believe that Xu Jiujiu had the ability to overturn heaven and earth!
Previously, after the Star Luo Empire went to war with the Sun Moon Empire and suffered defeat, the Star Luo Empire had been in imminent danger. At that time, some nobles had joined together and secretly sought out the Duchess, wanting Duke White Tiger's Mansion to push the Star Luo Empire into peace talks with the Sun Moon Empire.
Logically speaking, Duke White Tiger's Mansion absolutely could not have agreed to such a thing. Even though Duke White Tiger's Mansion did indeed have many problems, there was no doubt about Duke White Tiger's Mansion's loyalty to the Star Luo Empire.
The Duchess was also loyal to the Star Luo Empire.
But that group of nobles had convinced the Duchess with a single reason.
Back then, because the Sun Moon Empire had badly wounded the Star Luo Empire, the White Tiger Lineage had been forced to abdicate the throne to the Star Crown Lineage. Now that the Star Luo Empire had been wounded again, perhaps this would