Su Daji's words were like a basin of cold water poured into An Ning's heart.
Yes, the war is still going on.
The victory that Ye Cheng gained with his life was only temporary. The Double Ninth Festival is still here, the army of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty is still there, and the wolves of Yuan and Wei are watching.
She is now the empress of Dayan, and she cannot only care about her own children.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, we'll go find the medicine when An Xin and I recover. You first sit in Phoenix City and stabilize the situation."
An Ning nodded.
In this way, three days passed. On this day, An Ning was reading the battle reports sent back by the monks using magic.
Suddenly, a messenger hurried in.
"Your Majesty! Urgent report from the front line!"
"What happened again?"
An Ning asked.
"Reports from all fronts, the allied forces of the Puppet Zhou, Yuan and Wei Kingdoms suddenly retreated across the board!"
"What?!"
Today, Su Daji and An Xin were about to set off, so they happened to come to the palace to bid farewell to An Ning.
And Leng Yurou was about to return to Kunlun Sect, and she also arrived at the door.
Hearing this, the four of them were stunned at the same time.
Have the enemy troops withdrawn?
How is this possible!
They clearly had an absolute advantage, so why did they suddenly withdraw their troops?
An Ning looked at the messenger and asked seriously, "What did you say? Say it again?"
The messenger was frightened by the empress' aura, but he immediately repeated: "Your Majesty, it's absolutely true! This is King Kong Xuan, General Lu Bu, and General Wei Zhishi When news came from multiple front lines at the same time, the enemy... really withdrew! "
"It was not a rout, but... a very orderly retreat. Our army tried to pursue, but the opponent's defense was tight and did not take any advantage. "
An orderly retreat?
This is more frightening than the defeat.
This shows that the opponent was not afraid of being beaten, but took the initiative to give up the attack.
An Ning's mind was running rapidly, forcing herself to calm down and analyze the possible reasons behind this.
"Why? Why did they withdraw?"
An Xin frowned, puzzled. "If we try harder, our defense line will be torn apart."
"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Su Daji said.
An Xin continued, "I know the Demon Emperor named Chongyang. He is not an impulsive fool.
There must be a reason why he did this that we don't know."
"Maybe there is a big problem within them?"
Su Daji said.
Is there an internal problem?
An Ning immediately ordered, "Secretly send someone to contact Prime Minister Dong and ask him to tell us what happened in the Puppet Zhou Dynasty.
In addition, an order was sent to the generals, asking them to stick to their defense lines and not to pursue. "
"Yes!"
"Yes!" The ordering soldier took the order and retreated quickly.
Three days later.
Another scout rushed into the hall covered in dust.
"Your Majesty! Prime Minister Dong's reply has arrived."
An Ning hurriedly opened the reply envelope, but the content inside made her scalp tingle and her hair stand on end.
Because, the letter said, a living An Qing suddenly appeared in front of the defeated Puppet Zhou army.
Of course, this is not the reason for the enemy's retreat. Dong Chong said that the round of attack in Chongyang was to test Yecheng.
As they had guessed at the beginning, Chongyang didn’t know if Ye Cheng’s cultivation had been damaged, but he knew.
Ye Cheng kills ten thousand immortals with one sword, which will definitely consume a lot of energy.
This kind of consumption may not be relieved even in one day.
That's why, after An Qing's death, he quickly used magic to unite the other three countries to attack at the same time.
But as all the troops were defeated, Chongyang understood that Yan State would not be defeated so easily even without Ye Cheng.
Hence, he used magic to order the armies of various countries to retreat.
This is the reason why the enemy armies retreated in an orderly manner.
An Qing appeared in front of the Zhou army on the way to retreat in Chongyang.
An Qing not only survived, but also told Chongyang and all the soldiers.
The reason why she acted absurdly and violently in the past was because she was possessed by a demon from a demon clan.
A series of absurd policies and excessive taxation were all done by that devil. He wanted to rely on An Qing's identity to destroy the dragon vein of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
And she was possessed before An Xin was killed.
Henceforth, she immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Not only that, after An Qing returned to the capital, she immediately paid homage to her ancestors and knelt for two days to apologize.
Him After that, she issued an edict to punish herself and abolished all unreasonable policies.
Since then, the policy of restricting people’s immigration has been completely abolished.
From now on, all citizens of the Zhou Dynasty can immigrate to Dayan.
What's even weirder is that An Qing also released an imperial list to compensate people across the country.
All common people shall be exempted from taxes for four years and compensated with three thousand catties of grain every year.
In addition, An Qing also asked people to investigate all corruption in the Puppet Zhou territory, and executed 731 corrupt officials in one go.
The political atmosphere and people's livelihood of the entire Puppet Zhou Dynasty have taken on a completely new look.
Finally, she also wrote a letter of apology to Yecheng, which was printed and distributed throughout the Puppet Zhou territory.
Dong Zhong also stated in the letter that the newly resurrected An Qing indeed had no demonic energy in her body.
After reading the letter, An Ning fell into deep thought.
She was not sure whether what Dong Zhong said was true.
If An Qing really did those ridiculous things after her body was taken away by the demons that year.
Then...can she forgive An Qing?
Just at this moment, footsteps were heard outside the palace gate, and it was Feng Suling.
"Your Majesty."
Seeing An Ning, Feng Suling raised his hand.
"Wind Immortal? Why are you here?"
"I heard that Lord Ye Guogong was seriously ill, Zhou An and I came here to visit. Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
An Ning handed Dong Chong's letter to Feng Suling.
「What do you think?」
Feng Suling shook her head, "An Qing is lying. Let me put it this way, the demons will destroy the soul of a human being when they seize their bodies.
In other words, even if the demons in An Qing's body are eliminated and An Qing wakes up again, she will never be her original self."
"Are there any exceptions?"
"No, the souls of humans and demons are mutually exclusive. If An Qing's soul was still there, the demon would have died long ago."
Hence An Ning's brows frowned even more tightly.
Say it this way, it is a bit strange that An Qing was resurrected and then turned into a saint...
On the surface, An Qing is dedicated to good and has changed her past mistakes.
All of a sudden, Dayan’s rationality for resisting her was gone.
Secretly speaking, An Ning had no idea who the resurrected An Qing was.
I don’t even know what she is going to do.
"Miss Feng, what can you do?"
Feng Suling is a smart person, so he naturally knows what An Ning is asking.
"I have no way to expose her true identity, until the demon possesses the human being and will destroy the soul of the original owner as soon as possible, it is our disciples of the Shushan sect."
"And you also know that Shushan has surrendered to your Majesty after the peace talks in Fangcheng."
"If we tell the truth now, we will only be slandered as monstrous words to deceive the public."