"Cheng, since it's an urgent dispatch, I suppose there can't be good news inside." He spoke.
Urgent dispatches had to be sealed in special envelopes and covered with wax, preventing anyone from opening them and reading their contents before they reached Xu Jiawei.
Xu Jiawei had been staring at this urgent dispatch from Xu Jiujiu for some time, hesitating over whether to open the envelope. After all, he truly did not want to receive any more bad news.
He had received far too much bad news in the past, enough to leave him with a psychological shadow.
Titan Douluo Cheng Gang, standing beside him, shook his head and consoled him. "Your Majesty, whether this urgent dispatch contains good news or bad, you'll only know after opening the envelope and reading the letter.
"Perhaps it contains news of a great victory for the frontline allied forces? Compared with the forces during the previous Mingdou Mountain Range Grand Counteroffensive, the current allied army is much stronger. It can truly be said that they are no longer what they once were!"
"A great victory for the allied army?" The gloom on Xu Jiawei's face faded, and a smile appeared. "That's true. Perhaps it really is good news of crushing the enemy army, delivered as an urgent dispatch and presented to me. Very well, let me see what this urgent dispatch actually says."
He opened the envelope, pulled out the yellowed letter paper, and read its contents.
As time passed, his face gradually turned pale. In the end, despair appeared in his eyes, and he slumped onto the dragon throne as if his spine had been pulled from his body. In a weak murmur, he said, "In the battle for Star Cloud City, the allied army has suffered another crushing defeat. Countless people have