"No problem." The Queen Mother waved her hand. She knew her own health well and was not yet at the stage of being frail and frail. "Where's Helan Ruizhe?"

"Brother, did he go to see Doctor Mo?"

Shi Qingmiao said so. After the Queen Mother fainted in the hall, Helan Ruizhe went to the Imperial Hospital in a rage. He really couldn't understand how the Queen Mother, who had always been in good health, could faint from just a few words.

"Call him back. I can't let him go to the northwest to fight. The military orders are all with me. He can't get a single soldier from me." The Queen Mother coughed angrily again. Shi Qingmiao helped her to breathe and patted her thin back gently.

"Grandma, calm down first. Brother doesn't have to go, but there's really no one more suitable than him right now."

It is true that no one is more suitable than him, but Helan Ruizhe is the Crown Prince. Even if the Queen Mother goes to the battle herself, she cannot let Helan Ruizhe go.

"You go down, I want to be alone." The Queen Mother said in a low voice.

***

The next morning court session.

The Queen Mother's face was paler than before and she looked weak. No minister dared to contradict her at this moment.

Yesterday, Helan Ruizhe went to the Imperial Hospital to look for the doctor Mo whom he personally sent to the Imperial Hospital.

He had checked the formula of the medicine that had always been used for the Queen Mother and found that it did not contain any harmful ingredients. He had also checked the leftover residue from the decoction and found that it did not contain any inappropriate medicinal ingredients.

This is strange, why is the Queen Mother's health getting worse day by day?

Is it really because they were so angry that the Queen Mother fainted?

"Today, what else do you want to object to?" The Queen Mother glanced at the ministers standing with His Highness and said coldly.

"I dare not!" Now all the ministers knelt down and answered in unison.

The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction and called out, "Vanguard General Liu Mo!"

"Here!" Liu Mo, who had been silent all the time, was answered by the burly man standing in the corner.

"From now on, you are the General of the Northwest. Tomorrow you will lead 30,000 elite troops to support the Northwest Frontier!"

"……yes!"

Liu Mo, a burly, rough-hewn man who rose to generalship solely through his martial arts prowess, had earlier accompanied General Jin on a campaign to redress injustices in the war-torn northwest, where he held the position of vanguard general.

He has a clean family background, both his parents have passed away, and he is in his twenties and still unmarried.

When the Queen Mother told him to lead troops to support the Northwest and to be the General of the Northwest, everyone was shocked.

Everyone knows that although Liu Mo is a martial arts expert, he is just a rough man who can only use brute force.

Things like leading troops in battle require both mental and physical strength, as well as carefulness.

This Liu Mo, so naive, how can he lead troops to fight? He can only kill a few more enemies on the battlefield.

In fact, Liu Mo himself was also confused. He was suddenly called up and given a task. He knew that the task was arduous. Even if it was difficult, a qualified soldier would not desert the battlefield.

"No need to discuss further at this time! Let's adjourn the court!" The Queen Mother was very angry, and Prime Minister Tang felt that this anger was about to burn him.

"Prince, please come to Fengluan Palace." The Queen Mother said before leaving.

Helan Ruizhe shrugged, pretending to be relaxed. He wasn't sure if the Queen Mother didn't trust his abilities and that was why she didn't allow him to lead the troops to support the northwest.

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When Helan Ruizhe arrived at Fengluan Palace, the Queen Mother had already calmed down and was much calmer. She sat behind a pile of memorials and drank the medicine that Eunuch Bai had just brought her.

"Grandson pays homage to grandmother." Helan Ruizhe knelt down and bowed deeply.

"Don't be so polite to me!" The Queen Mother put down the medicine bowl and glared at him. "I called you here to discuss something serious."

Helan Ruizhe stood up and brushed off the dust on his body. He saw the black substance in the bowl and said, "Is your illness still not healed?"

"I'm feeling better now," the Queen Mother coughed twice. "Doctor Mo has been prescribing medicine for me. This is the last dose."

"Don't change the subject," the Queen Mother said. "I granted you your marriage yesterday, and today I want to discuss the wedding date with you."

Helan Ruizhe's eyes lit up, and he really wanted to continue talking to the Queen Mother. This topic was what interested him the most so far.

But Helan Ruizhe was more concerned about what happened in the court just now.

"I plan to get married after the war in the northwest is completely overturned," said Helan Ruizhe.

"You're still thinking about this?" The Queen Mother was a little angry. "Then how long do we have to wait? I want you to ascend the throne sooner so that I can hand over these matters to you sooner."

"Grandma," Helan Ruizhe softened his voice, "Right now, Fuding State is indeed like an impenetrable net, surrounding Funing City and making it very safe. However, the northwest is the biggest loophole in this net. If we're not careful and handle it properly, this loophole will grow bigger and bigger, out of control, and eventually corrode the entire net. So we have to patch this hole now. This step is crucial. The person who takes this step is even more crucial."

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time before she said, "But that person cannot be you either."

Helan Ruizhe understood the Queen Mother's concerns, but he still said, "I am seventeen years old, Grandma. I don't want my contribution to Fuding to be limited to government affairs and talking about things that have no substance. I don't want to just talk about it on paper. What I want is to truly do something for this country. It is precisely because I am the crown prince, the future heir of this country, and the hope of this country's future that I want to do this."

"This journey to the northwest is extremely dangerous, do you understand?" The Queen Mother pondered his words carefully and said, "You are the Crown Prince of Fuding, the future of Fuding, but you are also my grandson. My only grandson. I cannot watch my grandson rush towards danger without stopping him."

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