When Madam Nangong heard Dugu Jie's words, her expression was filled with grief. She wanted to say something, but couldn't bring herself to say it clearly. However, Dugu Jie interpreted the old lady's hesitant look as something else.

The old lady and the old general had a love stronger than gold. They seldom even had a quarrel in their entire lives. In this huge capital city, they were a couple envied by everyone.

The old general has passed away, and the old lady must be feeling very sad.

Dugu Jie said, "I will burn a stick of incense for the old general."

He walked into the main hall, took three incense sticks, and just as he lit them, he heard a male voice say, "Madam, I heard that His Majesty has arrived. His Majesty..."

Before Nangong Jue could finish his words, he saw the emperor standing in front of the spirit tablet with his head bowed.

Nangong Jue was stunned on the spot, his face pale!

Dugu Jie held three incense sticks in his hands. When he heard the old general's familiar voice, he looked back in disbelief.

I saw the old general standing outside the door, and his shadow was very long in the sunlight.

This person has a shadow, he is a human, not a ghost.

Since the old general is still alive, then...

Dugu Jie suddenly thought of something, and he exerted force with both hands, breaking all three incense sticks.

"His Majesty..."

Madam Nangong and General Nangong both looked at Dugu Jie worriedly, their expressions filled with grief and pity.

Dugu Jie slowly turned around and finally moved the object onto the spirit seat.

The spirit tablet of the great national general Nangong Xian!

Dugu Jie read out the words on the spirit tablet word by word. When he read the two words "spiritual position", a smell of rust suddenly came up from Dugu Jie's throat and quickly filled his mouth.

Without waiting for Dugu Jie to react, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. The crimson blood sprayed onto the spirit tablet, instantly staining the three characters "Nangong Xian" red!

"Nan Gong Xian!"

Dugu Jie pointed at the tablet with trembling hands. His handsome, dignified face had turned pale, like a dying man. Dugu Jie grabbed the tablet and ruthlessly threw it to the ground.

Dugu Jie raised his head, his eyes red.

He stared at Nangong Jue and Madam Nangong, his eyes bloodshot as he accused them: "Do you know how severe the crime of deceiving the emperor is? Nangong Jue, do you believe that I will chop off your head?"

Seeing Dugu Jie like this, Nangong Jue closed his eyes on the spot, shedding two lines of tears. He thought that he had cried all his tears in the past few months, but he never thought that he could still shed tears at this moment.

"Your Majesty!"

Nangong Jue knelt on one knee in front of Dugu Jie. He knocked his head against the ground several times before he cried out in a choked voice, "Your Majesty, I dare not deceive you!"

Dugu Jie really hoped that Nangong Jue was deceiving the emperor!

He trembled all over and threatened Dugu Jie: "The crime of deceiving the emperor is punishable by death! Nangong Jue, you still dare to quibble? Believe it or not, I will have you beheaded immediately!"

Nangong Jue knelt on the ground without saying a word, just shaking his shoulders and crying so hard that he couldn't raise his head.

Madam Nangong also knelt down beside Dugu Jie.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. My husband has not lied to you. My daughter, Nangong Xian, has indeed passed away..." Madam Nangong sobbed, her voice breaking as she sobbed, "Your Majesty, Xian'er has passed away for over three months. Today is Xian'er's hundredth day..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please accept my condolences!"

Upon hearing this, Dugu Jie's body violently shifted. "Impossible!" He stomped his foot on the memorial tablet and, like a madman, he frantically exclaimed, "Impossible! Nangong Xian's leg is seriously injured and she's recovering in Shu! Nangong Xian isn't dead! Nangong Xian is a god of war! A great general protecting the nation! How could she be dead!"

Madam Nangong cried louder and louder, "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can ask Eunuch Chen! Ask the Empress!"

Everyone in the world knows the truth about Nangong Xian's death, except the supreme emperor!

Dugu Jie was dumbfounded.

He picked up the spirit tablet on the ground and threw it hard to the ground, breaking it into several pieces, and then left.

He left the General's Mansion with one foot deep and one foot shallow. As soon as he walked out of the gate, he saw Chen Desheng and a group of guards standing at the door.

Seeing Dugu Jie walking out with a sad look on his face and acting crazy, Chen Desheng knew that the matter had been exposed!

Chen Desheng quickly knelt on the ground, walked over to Dugu Jie, and hugged his feet as he tried to leave. "Your Majesty, I deserve to die! This is all my fault. I took it upon myself to have the news of General Nangong's death concealed from you!"

"Your Majesty, please sentence this servant to death!"

Dugu Jie kicked Chen Desheng away, "Get out of here, stupid slave!"

Dugu Jie passed Chen Desheng and strode towards his horse. He turned over, rode on the horse, hit the horse's back with a whip, and rode away.

He was heading not towards the palace, but towards the city gate!

Chen Desheng guessed that Dugu Jie was going to Shu to investigate, and he immediately became anxious. "Quick! Send someone to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Dugu Jie rode his horse to the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop His Majesty and could only let him pass.

Dugu Jie rode his horse through the city gate. As soon as he walked out of the city gate, he saw a man kneeling in front of the city gate.

He was a young boy, no more than fifteen years old.

The young man was wearing a light yellow robe with python patterns and a white jade hair crown on his head. He knelt respectfully outside the city gate with his forehead touching the ground.

Dugu Jie's horse charged towards the young man. Dugu Jie recognized his identity and roared, "Sheng'er! Get out of here!"

Dugu Sheng knelt on the spot and refused to move.

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