Han Yun glanced at her, and Bi Xie smiled sweetly and nodded at him before he was helped out by the guards.

As he reached the study door, he turned back and glanced at her with bright eyes.

The emperor felt his old headache had returned, his head was throbbing, and he completely believed Lin Jinwei's words. Si Jin loved this woman to the point of obsession, and if he didn't follow Xu Xie's lead, he was afraid that his son would be kidnapped by her with just a word.

After Bi Xie guaranteed with her life that this military expedition would not affect the safety of the Ye Xi Kingdom, the emperor finally began to discuss the specific details of the subsequent troop deployment with her. Bi Xie already had a plan in mind. After listening, the emperor's face showed no emotion, but he agreed that the war would not harm the people of the two countries and ordered that the news of her arrival in the Ye Xi Kingdom be kept secret for the time being.

Leaving the study, Bi Xie felt refreshed. The previous world's conquest had been too frustrating; the cute puppy boss in this world was much more endearing. The villain's happiness level was now 55 points. As long as he could defeat the scheming empress Chu Chu and protect the Kuiyang Kingdom for the original owner, the mission in this world would be basically complete.

Ru Hua suddenly stabbed him in the back: "Host, be careful that your joy may turn into sorrow."

"Get out!" What a lousy system.

When I went to visit Han Yun, the boy had just taken his medicine and fallen asleep. His fierce face had calmed down, like a rose with its thorns removed.

·

Half a month later, Si Jin's cough finally subsided, but the imperial physician repeatedly warned that the young prince must not fall into the water again, otherwise even a celestial being could not save him.

Before setting off, the emperor, still worried, summoned Bi Xie to the imperial study and earnestly told her to pay close attention to Si Jin's health. He talked about it for more than an hour, and in the end, still not reassured, he sent several highly respected imperial physicians and chefs from the imperial kitchen to accompany and serve him.

Bi Xie was speechless and wanted to laugh, but he understood the emperor's intention. At present, apart from a dozen princesses, only the emperor's branch of the royal family of Ye Xi Kingdom was still intact. The other royal family members were either dead or crippled, and a few were imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court and tortured into madness. The crown prince was unable to produce an heir, so the emperor could only place his hopes on Han Yun.

But what kind of fatherly love and filial piety exists in the royal family?

In the previous life, after Han Yun led his army to defeat the Kuiyang army and captured Xu Xie in triumph, the emperor did not depose the crown prince and establish a new heir. This shows that the emperor's mind was still inclined towards the crown prince. His purpose in sending people to find Han Yun was only to have an heir and to keep his throne. After all, an emperor without an heir would sooner or later be forced to rebel by his ministers and be overthrown by his maternal relatives.

The emperor is in his forties or fifties. He has had more than ten princesses and only two sons. Even if he wanted to have more children, he is now too weak to do so.

Bi Xie will not hesitate to use this cunning old man!

However, the old man was quite efficient. When Bi Xie and Han Yun were escorted to the border by a team of imperial guards, apart from the officials of the entire court who knew that the woman who escorted the young prince back to the country was Xu Xie, the invincible war god of Kuiyang Kingdom, her identity did not spread to the common people, and naturally did not reach Kuiyang Kingdom.

Meanwhile, the people of Kuiyang Kingdom were already filled with fear and unease.

With the army of Yexi Kingdom pressing on the border, urgent reports from the frontier were being sent to the court one after another. However, several days had passed, and Her Majesty the Empress had not yet chosen a person to fight. General Xu, the invincible war god of Kuiyang Kingdom, had mysteriously disappeared from the General's Mansion on his wedding day several months ago, which was no secret in Kuiyang Kingdom.

The story of "General Xu falling into the water and disappearing on his wedding night" was originally just a casual conversation among the people of the capital. But once the war broke out, everyone had only one thought in their minds: they hoped that General Xu would return quickly and lead the army to fight against the traitors of Yexi Kingdom.

Without Xu Xie, the people were like a person without a backbone, spreading negative rumors everywhere.

In the imperial court of Kuiyang Kingdom.

The Empress frowned, looking down at her usually eloquent ministers who, upon hearing her announcement of appointing a general, all shrank back like turtles. Her gentle demeanor crumbled, and she roared, "You are all capable ministers of Kuiyang! Now that General Xu is missing, and the Yexi Kingdom is taking advantage of the situation to invade and provoke us repeatedly, is there no one who can help me resolve this predicament?"

"Does my Kuiyang Kingdom have no one capable of leading an army besides Xu Xie?"

The ministers fell silent, as if trembling with fear. After a long while, someone finally stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this humble subject requests permission to go and fight the enemy."

The others all looked at Xu Lan and, as expected, flattered him, saying, "With the Grand General in charge, the traitor Ye Xi will certainly not dare to act rashly."

The Vice Minister of Revenue stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the General Who Guards the Nation is General Xu's mentor. His military strategy is no less than General Xu's. I agree that the General Who Guards the Nation should lead the troops to defend Kuiyang!"

"I second that proposal."

"I second that proposal."

Xu Lan was indeed brave in her youth, having served on the frontier for many years. However, years of fighting had taken a toll on her body, forcing her to retire from the battlefield. The Empress's face darkened; she did not believe that her ministers were unaware of this.

A bunch of good-for-nothings, cowards who collect salaries without contributing anything!

Empress Chu Chu suddenly stood up from her throne, her anger rising, but she really couldn't find anyone she could use. Although Xu Xie had won the hearts of the people and was feared by her over the years, one thing was undeniable: with her in charge of the border, she had never worried that Ye Xi Kingdom would break through the border defenses and threaten Kui Yang Kingdom.

After much debate and argument in the court, it was ultimately decided that Xu Lan would be sent to the border.

The General's Residence.

Xu Lan silently touched the armor on the shelf, the scars on his face appearing particularly gruesome in the candlelight.

Looking at the armor on the shelf, her confidante Ya Qing was overcome with grief and said coldly, "If General Xiao Xie were here, she would never have let him go to war. All the injuries he sustained on the battlefield are from that fight. Her Majesty the Empress doesn't even seem to care about you. In my opinion, Her Majesty didn't care at all about General Xiao Xie's disappearance. For months, she only went through the motions of searching. Now that war is about to break out, she finally remembers how good General Xiao Xie was..."

Xu Lan stared down at the armor without saying a word.

Ya Qing had been holding back a lot of things to say. She had watched General Xiao Xie grow up and had developed feelings for him. But after Xu Xie disappeared, how many people in the capital, besides her general's mansion and them, had seriously searched for him?

As for the Prime Minister's son, the Prime Minister himself wasn't in a hurry to find him, but Her Majesty the Empress issued several imperial edicts in search of him, as if she was afraid that others wouldn't know that a son of the Prime Minister's family had gone missing.

This difference explains why she felt uncomfortable.

Seeing that her general remained silent, Ya Qing broke down in tears, sobbing softly, "General, didn't you ever suspect that General Xiao Xie's disappearance was related to Her Majesty the Empress? If you knew that Her Majesty the Empress wanted to harm General Xiao Xie, why didn't you dare to rebel..."

"Shut up!" Xu Lan shouted sharply, then looked around. Seeing no movement, she calmed down slightly and said, "She is a subject. When the emperor commands a subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die. She has known this principle since the first day she entered the court as an official."

"Even if... the Empress can't tolerate her, that's her fate. I told her long ago that a tall tree catches the wind, and a tree that stands out in the forest shouldn't be so ostentatious! But she has won battles and won the hearts of the people time and time again. Which emperor wouldn't be wary of her?"

"Does the general really think so?" Ya Qing asked with a pained expression. "Little Xie General used to call the general 'mother' when he was young."