Chapter 52 General Huo's Surrender

Shen Xun said confidently, "Since Prince Su doesn't want General Huo, then why not take him?"

"Master Su, please tell me if you want to do me this favor."

Prince Hu was applying medicine to Su Yang, and his hand was shaking violently. "Oh my, my dead hand, why are you shaking it? What if it accidentally touches something and hurts Master Su again?"

Su Yang: “…”

So, one dark and windy night, Su Yang and Shen Xun sat opposite each other.

"Master Su, I just realized today that General Huo leading 5,000 officers and soldiers to guard us is really a waste of talent."

"Guarding you? The Emperor sent General Huo to guard Youzhou."

Shen Xun exclaimed, "The emperor really values ​​General Huo. Youzhou borders Northern Chu. If the two countries go to war, this place will be of paramount importance."

"What do you value?"

Su Yang sneered, "These 5,000 officers and soldiers are all General Huo's confidants. How could the emperor let General Huo guard such an important place alone? Wouldn't that just allow him to dominate the situation?"

"I'm just telling you, don't tell anyone. The Emperor may seem to have sent General Huo to guard Youzhou alone, but he's actually also sent his trusted confidants to garrison Jintang City. If the Huo family army shows any signs of rebellion, they'll be strangled in the cradle..."

Chen Xun was surprised. "Isn't General Huo also the emperor's trusted confidant and favorite? How could the emperor..."

Su Yang sighed, "It was like that before, but not anymore. General Huo refuted the Emperor in public. The Emperor's mind... those of us who are close to him all know that he is not very broad-minded. When his subordinates publicly humiliated him, the Emperor said nothing on the surface, but privately... Sigh!"

Shen Xun sympathized and said, "That General Huo is really pitiful. He is devoted to the emperor, but he didn't expect that the emperor doesn't care about him at all."

From time to time, voices urging people to drink could be heard from the house. Outside, the night was a little chilly, but General Huo's heart was even chillier.

“Master…”

Qi Yunzhou called him softly.

General Huo motioned him to be quiet, "Don't follow me, I want to be quiet."

Qi Yunzhou didn't ask him who "Jingjing" was, nor did he listen to him. He followed him and kept a distance from him.

General Huo is not a fool, otherwise he would not have been able to reach the position of general.

He just came to his apprentice Qi Yunzhou to study crossbows as usual, so how did he happen to hear what Su Song said?

Listening to the noises in the room, it was probably the Shen Xun couple who got Su Song drunk, deliberately tricked him into saying those words, and even deliberately let him hear them.

But after hearing what Su Song said just now, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Su Song was the emperor's most trusted minister, and in General Huo's eyes, his words were very true.

not to mention……

General Huo laughed at himself.

Hasn't he personally experienced Prince Su's arrogance and face-saving?

General Huo recalled the day when he refuted Prince Su in public. On that day, Prince Su had been attacking the city for a long time but failed. In desperation, a villain suggested that someone sneak into the city and poison the well water. In this way, the difficult city could be taken without any soldiers.

Among the generals, some agreed and some opposed. Prince Su made a decisive decision to adopt the vicious plan proposed by the villain.

"And then?"

Qi Yunzhou said suddenly.

General Huo was startled. He realized belatedly that he had unconsciously muttered about the past.

This matter had always been a thorn in General Huo's heart. He simply threw in the towel and said to Qi Yunzhou, "Later, your master firmly opposed it and even refuted it in public..."

Prince Su was humiliated in front of so many people. Even a broad-minded person might not just laugh it off, let alone Prince Su.

It is conceivable how Prince Su would treat General Huo.

"Tell me," General Huo said calmly, "Why did you deliberately let me hear this and disappoint the emperor?"

Qi Yunzhou didn't argue. He smiled and said, "Master is a smart man. My mother said that she hopes Master can submit to her."

General Huo was surprised. "Submit to her?"

General Huo only half anticipated this answer. He guessed that Qi Yunzhou was trying to win him over, but he didn't expect that he was trying to surrender...

General Huo thought about it before thinking of Shen Xun's name.

In General Huo's opinion, women obey their fathers at home, their husbands after marriage, and their sons after their husbands' death. No woman can surpass her father, brother, or husband to be the head of the family.

It was obvious that Shen Xun was the head of their big family.

General Huo is a male chauvinist and it is difficult for him to accept that he has submitted to a woman.

"Yunzhou," General Huo said with a complicated expression, "You were once the emperor of Daxia. Don't you have any thoughts of taking back the throne?"

Speaking of the reason why General Huo was not valued by King Su, one reason was that he was not loyal to King Su. The reason why he served under King Su was because Qiyunzhou was once a tyrant, and General Huo wanted to follow King Su to fight against the tyrant and seek welfare for the people.

But after spending some time together, General Huo discovered that Qiyunzhou did not seem to be what the world said it was.

There was also the precedent of Prince Su ordering the poisoning of the people in a city without hesitation. General Huo had long wanted to switch to Qi Yunzhou.

But... why does Qi Yunzhou seem to have no ambition to regain the throne, but instead spends all day either practicing martial arts or hanging around two women?

One of the women was Zhong Danyue, his future disciple's wife, and General Huo expressed his understanding.

But he didn't understand the other one...Chen Xun.

"Also, that girl Shenxun is about your age, why do you call her 'mother'?"

"Well," Qi Yunzhou lied without batting an eyelid, "She and Xie Lan are my adoptive mother and father. Although they are younger, they are older than me. They are close friends of my father, the Emperor, and my mother, the Empress. Later, they allowed the three of us siblings to adopt them as our godparents."

"So that's how it is," General Huo understood. "Then what you said just now about asking me to submit to Miss Shen Xun must have been wrong."

"As for surrender, it should be me leading the 5,000 Huo family soldiers and listening to you, a descendant of the royal family."

Qi Yunzhou corrected him: "I am not wrong, I am submitting to my mother - Chen Xun."

"Master, I must return to the capital, but no matter who becomes the ruler of Daxia in the future, they must obey my mother."

Okay, adding a dad is fine too.

He had discussed with his younger brothers and sisters that no matter who became emperor in the future, they must listen to Shen Xun's words. If they gained power and forgot about family affection, don't blame the other two for turning against them.

Of course, Qi Yunxi and Shen Yunzheng both said: If parents don’t want to be emperor, then the eldest brother will take over!

Anyway, they won't suffer from working themselves to death.

When Qi Yunzhou thought of his brother's wife's words, he felt that he was really a big resentful person, and suddenly he resisted becoming emperor.

General Huo was speechless. "You guys... are really weird."

Qi Yunzhou smiled faintly and said nothing.

If my parents' true identities could not be revealed, they would be the real masters of Daxia.

No, it's a half-human. His young father hasn't recovered his memory yet.