Silla Castle achieved a great victory, defeating a combined army of 200,000 from the southern border with only 5,000 troops!

When the news came back from the front lines, Rowling and Bauhinia were both stunned, their expressions incredulous.

"Really? We've already won?"

Zijing shouted, staring unblinkingly at Yefeng.

Night Breeze nodded with a smile: "Yes, we have already won. The Southern Allied Army just encountered our new army from Sinlo City and collapsed immediately."

Zijing couldn't help but say, "The Southern Allied Forces are utterly useless. Even if there were hundreds of thousands of pigs, they couldn't possibly wipe them out in such a short time."

“Pigs won’t surrender, but people will,” Night Wind said.

The battle in the south lasted only an hour.

However, all sorts of messy things happened afterward, which gave Ye Feng a huge headache. It took him more than ten days to finally get everything sorted out.

All twenty-eight major cities in the southern region have fallen into the hands of Nightwind, and the other smaller cities have naturally surrendered one after another.

Thus, the vast southern territory was once again in the hands of Ye Feng and the Luo family!

When this news reached the capital of the Hongtian Empire, it naturally caused a great uproar in the imperial court.

The eldest prince Zhu Yunren, the Northern Han King Jiang Yuye, and the Western Chen King Ouyang Ming all believed that a rebellion had occurred in the Southern Border, just like in the Eastern Border.

But after investigation, they finally discovered that the lords of more than 20 major cities in the southern region had joined forces and gathered an army of 200,000 to attack Silla City, which was merely responding passively.

Regardless of the reason, the Southern Territory has now completely returned to the Luo family's hands and is once again in the possession of Ye Feng, the patriarch of the Luo family. This is an unchangeable fact.

Although the Southern Territory has not yet declared independence, it is clear to everyone that it is no longer under the control of the capital and has essentially broken away from the Hongtian Empire.

"Troublesome things just keep piling up," said the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, with a headache.

"I wonder what the first King of Nanling is thinking. Will he choose to help us or help Dongjing?" said Jiang Yuye, King of Beihan.

“I don’t think the first King of Nanling would rebel like my brother, but getting his help won’t be easy,” Zhu Yunren said.

"Therefore, we should contact the Prince of Nanling immediately and try to win him over to our side," said Prince Ouyang Ming of Xichen.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Yuye said, "In that case, I will make the trip myself."

"I'm counting on you," Zhu Yunren said.

The turmoil in the south ended, and peace returned to all the cities.

But the old order has been broken, and the administrative system of the Affairs Bureau, driven by the Night Wind, has expanded to every city.

Although the highest-ranking official in each city is still the city lord, the city lord also belongs to the administrative office and is essentially an employee of Ye Feng.

Moreover, most of these city lords were newly selected; the original city lords were basically all executed by Ye Feng.

But Ye Feng's attention was not on the Southern Territory, but on the woman in front of him.

The King of Northern Cold, Jiang Yuye!

Jiang Yuye's arrival went unnoticed; she sneaked into Silla City at night.

She went directly to Nightwind's tent and appeared in front of Nightwind.

However, while Jiang Yuye could deceive others, she couldn't fool Ye Feng. Ye Feng had already spotted her when she approached.

“I never expected you to visit me under these circumstances. This really surprises me,” Ye Feng said.

“You surprised me, King of Nanling. I really didn’t expect that war would suddenly break out in your Southern Territory,” Jiang Yuye said.

"I had no choice. More than twenty city lords, led by Li Honggang, the city lord of Honghu City, joined forces against me and declared war on me. I couldn't just stand by and do nothing," Ye Feng said with a smile.

"Is that really the case? But I always feel that the turmoil in the Southern Territory happened too suddenly, as if a dark hand was pushing things along in the shadows." Jiang Yuye said, looking directly into Ye Feng's eyes.

"Does the Northern King mean that I instigated this turmoil? Did I incite so many city lords in the Southern Territory to declare war on me and lead their armies to attack me?" Night Wind retorted.

“I didn’t say that,” Jiang Yuye shook her head.

“But that’s what you mean,” Night Wind said.

Jiang Yuye sighed and then said, "King of Nanling, let's stop arguing about this issue. I came all this way to visit you, not to argue with you. Moreover, the Southern Territory is now back in your hands, that's an indisputable fact, and I'm powerless to change it and don't want to change it."

"So what's the purpose of your visit? Let me guess..."

Ye Feng smiled slightly and continued, "I understand. You came to see me to persuade me to help the eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, instead of the second prince, Zhu Yunfeng. Is that right?"

"That's true."

Jiang Yuye nodded and said heavily, "The Second Prince Zhu Yunfeng caused trouble at breakfast, and he killed our Hongtian Empire's Emperor Zhu Chongguang and his father."

"What right does someone who has murdered his father have to be the new emperor of our Hongtian Empire?"

"If the Hongtian Empire really falls into the hands of the Second Prince Zhu Yunfeng, the end of our Hongtian Empire will probably be coming."

Night Breeze interrupted Jiang Yuye, saying, "If the Second Prince Zhu Yunfeng is not qualified to be the new emperor and govern the Hongtian Empire, then does Zhu Yunren have the qualifications?"

“Of course he is. He is the eldest prince, the legitimate eldest son. If it weren’t for Zhu Chongguang’s excessive favoritism towards the second prince, Zhu Yunfeng, Zhu Yunren would have been the crown prince of our Hongtian Empire long ago, according to tradition!” Jiang Yuye said emphatically.

Night Wind shook his head and said, "The qualifications I'm referring to are neither family background nor bloodline."

"What are you referring to?" Jiang Yuye asked.

“Ability,” Ye Feng said seriously.

Before Jiang Yuye could ask any more questions, Ye Feng continued, "Let me ask you, does the eldest prince Zhu Yunren have the ability to manage an empire? If I support him, help him eliminate the rebels in the eastern border, kill the second prince Zhu Yunfeng who caused the breakfast rebellion, and make him the new emperor of the Hongtian Empire, can he lead the entire Hongtian Empire to prosperity and flourishing?"

Jiang Yuye's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

She really wanted to say yes, but she didn't have the confidence to do so.

The eldest prince, Zhu Yunren, indeed lacked such talent. Although he was gentle and refined and well-read, he did not possess the great ability to govern the country.

This is why the old emperor Zhu Chongguang favored his second son, Zhu Yunfeng, excessively.

“You hesitated, and hesitation is a kind of answer, but it’s clearly a negative answer,” Ye Feng said.