How can this be? His Highness the Crown Prince is delighted to hear this.

He frowned slightly, scratching Tong Wanyan's palm: "Continue! I like your flattery."

Tong Wanyan suppressed a laugh, her eyes full of admiration and tenderness: "It is my greatest fortune to have met you, sir. You are a man of exceptional literary talent and handsome appearance, you are simply the most perfect person."

"Hmm." Yinreng nodded, his lips curving upwards so wide they almost revealed his teeth.

Tong Wanyan said with a grin, "Every time I see you, my heart pounds. Even a god couldn't be more amazing!"

De Shun stood outside the door, listening to the shameless words inside, while he focused on counting the ants on the bluestone bricks.

Ants are moving house; it's going to rain!

Bad things are more likely to happen on rainy days, such as Princess Dong'e being disfigured.

Speaking of Dong E Gege, she was truly unlucky.

Ever since that incident in the palace, she has been unwelcome at home.

In Manchu families, a woman's aunt is highly valued, but only if she marries into a good family and brings benefits to her own family.

Princess Dong'e has clearly offended the Crown Prince's favorite concubine. Isn't this offending her future husband's family before even getting married? Especially the royal family, which is no ordinary husband's family.

Given Yinreng's pettiness, coupled with Yinzhen's current success, the men of the Dong'e family who held official positions in the court were so bullied they wanted to cry.

Clan is of paramount importance. Between a daughter who has not yet married into the royal family and the future of the family, the latter is clearly more important.

As a result, Dong E Gege was arbitrarily implicated and locked up.

If Princess Dong'e behaves herself and stays quiet for a while, naturally no one will remember her anymore. After the rumors have died down, she will still be the precious legitimate princess of the Dong'e family.

But she shouldn't have, she shouldn't have, run outside in the dark of the evening out of resentment.

It was dark and I couldn't see clearly, so I accidentally twisted my ankle and hit my face on a pebble, disfiguring myself.

Natural disasters and man-made calamities: man-made calamities can be avoided, but natural disasters cannot.

Dong Egege really ruined herself and dragged her whole family down with her.

With Emperor Kangxi not in the capital, the matter was temporarily put on hold.

After telling Tong Wanyan about it as a joke, Yinreng forgot about it.

The Dong'e clan was indeed a powerful family, and it was truly unfortunate for Yinzhi and Consort Rong to lose such a support.

Time flies, and it was already August. Chang Guogang and Tong Ruita joined forces in Arni, surrounding Galdan in Ulan Butong. Tong Guogang and Tong Ruita were among them, a group of elite Manchu soldiers, ready to fight Galdan to the death.

Kangxi's dignity was repeatedly trampled on by Galdan, and he had no more tolerance for Galdan.

Tong Ruita knew this war was a golden opportunity for him and Tong Qinian to achieve great merit. Tong Qinian was originally a civil official among military officers, and even if wars decreased in the future, he could still rise through the ranks. However, Tong Ruita wanted to fight the enemy in real combat. Such a large-scale war was extremely rare in prosperous times, and he had to cherish this opportunity.

When setting up tents in the military camp, Tong Guogang and Tong Ruita put their arms around each other's shoulders, treating him with more affection than they would their own son.

Along the way, Tong Ruita had shielded him from countless swords and blades. A few days ago, he was nearly killed by a stray arrow piercing his chest. If Tong Ruita hadn't rushed over in time and shielded him with her own body, he would probably be meeting his ancestors by now.

Unable to repay the life-saving grace, Tong Guogang did everything in his power to help Tong Ruita gain military merits and build connections.

Tong Ruita is a human weapon, tough and resilient, with terrifying strength.

Before anyone knew it, rumors began to circulate in the military camp that Tong Ruita was the reincarnation of a war god, and the story reached Galdan's ears in a vivid and detailed way.

When two armies are locked in a standoff, combat tactics are of utmost importance.

Galdan's army set up camel fortresses along the mountains and facing the water. Camels were bound and lay on the ground, their backs piled with boxes covered with wet cloths. Galdan's army hid in the gaps between the boxes and fired crossbow bolts and muskets at the Qing army.

Galdan was confident that Camel City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and that it was invincible. He believed that the Qing army, weakened by repeated battles, would certainly not be able to withstand the attack.

Unexpectedly, Tong Qinian offered a tactical suggestion: the Qing army formed ranks across the river, unleashing a barrage of muskets and cannons. From afternoon until sunset, the artillery fire broke through the camel city with unstoppable force.

"My lads, whoever beheads Galdan will be credited with the greatest military achievement!"

With carrots in front, how could the horses not run fast?

Soldiers risked their lives to defend their country, but weren't they all doing it to earn military merit?

Tempted by wealth and power, they fought each other with all their might.

The camels killed by cannon fire became Galdan's best shield as he fled.

The Qing army's elite cavalry charged forward, and Tong Ruita roared, his tiger-like eyes blazing with fury. He wielded his broadsword, each strike killing its target. Wherever he went, corpses littered the ground.

Galdan led his remaining troops and broke through the encirclement under the cover of night.

With eyes like a hawk, Tong Ruita, sitting on his tall horse, immediately saw Galdan being escorted by his confidants as he fled north towards the Great Desert.

"Traitor, prepare to die!" Tong Ruita kicked his horse's belly, his body covered in blood, and charged in the direction Galdan had fled.

Galdan turned around and saw the tall and strong Tong Ruita rushing towards him, which startled him so much that he almost fell over.

The long sword that Tong Ruita was carrying had flesh and blood on its blade.

Perhaps finding the warhorse too slow, Tong Ruita simply jumped off and continued chasing after it, stepping on the camel carcass.

Galdan was surrounded by hundreds of personal guards. He looked at himself with a human wall protecting him, while Tong Ruita came alone.

"You little brat who hasn't even grown all your feathers yet, how dare you come here to your grandpa?" Galdan stopped in his tracks and roared in Tong Ruita's direction.

Tong Ruita gave a simple, honest smile, revealing her dazzling white teeth.

He put his hand on his waist and pulled out a musket.

“I’ll call you grandpa if you want! But my grandpa’s dead, you can go to the underworld and talk about brotherhood with him!” Tong Ruita raised his musket, aimed it at Galdan’s head, and fired a shot.

Galdan didn't care at all: "A little baby like you who hasn't grown up yet is thinking about playing with a gun? We're so far away, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

He had barely finished speaking when the bullet was already in front of him.

Tong Ruita was a natural-born soldier who was suited to survive on the battlefield. He stood on a small hill, with Qing soldiers following him in the distance behind him.

"I've been in the firearms battalion for half a year, do you think I can just pull out some ordinary muskets to play with you?" Tong Ruita said in a roguish tone.

The enemy soldiers surrounding Galdan, their faces full of vigilance, stared blankly as their leader fell, dying with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

Wasn't it said that the Qing army's red-coated cannons were ineffective? Or was it just that their leader was unlucky and happened to run into someone who knew how to use these things?

Without a leader, and with the death of a general, the morale of the soldiers under his command will inevitably be unstable.

Ignoring Fuquan's objections, Tong Guogang, blinded by rage, followed closely behind with a group of personal guards. He couldn't let other factions have such a lucrative opportunity to gain merit.