Emperor Shunde glanced at his ministers with a smile, then said:
"My dear ministers, you have heard what Miss Jun said. She is willing to serve the country, but she is currently lacking crystals to assist. I wonder how much each of you can contribute to alleviate this urgent need?"
Jun Shutong opened her eyes wide and looked at Emperor Shunde in disbelief. Look, who said that he was fleecing the emperor? The only one more cruel than her was the emperor himself.
She only dared to grab the emperor, but the emperor wanted to grab everyone as soon as he opened his mouth.
Alas, she is still too narrow-minded and not magnanimous enough. She needs to reflect deeply on herself and strive to get everything from everyone in the future.
The ministers looked at each other and saw that they could not refuse, so they had to bite the bullet and donate generously. They had to give. Not giving would be unpatriotic, and not giving would be a drag on the kingdom. They could not bear any of the charges.
"I am willing to donate ten crystals to serve the country."
"I am willing to donate twenty."
"I am willing to donate thirty."
The amount donated by the ministers was larger than the other, and they all wanted to surpass the person in front of them, as if they were the ones who contributed the most to the country.
No matter how much, Emperor Shunde was happy. The country did not belong to him alone. When it was good, everyone shared it, and when it was bad, everyone had to share it together.
The happiest person was Jun Shutong. As the direct beneficiary, she was already smiling from ear to ear, happily imagining the scene of the crystal stones being stored in the space.
So, an hour later, Ming Dequan, holding a big box, walked towards Jun Shutong who was waiting in the hall.
"Miss Jun, these are the crystals collected by His Majesty and the other adults. Please keep them."
Jun Shutong excitedly took the box. It was very heavy, and he had to use a little internal strength to hold the box in his arms.
[Get rich, get rich, get rich! ]
【Host, we are rich! 】
The scream was deafening, and the baby voice penetrated through the numerous barriers and struck Emperor Shunde's heart.
Ministers in the hall: Oh, as long as you are happy, but please don’t build your happiness on our pain.
Not to mention how rare crystals are, we have spent half our lives collecting them to get these few. Your arrival has brought us back to the pre-liberation era. You'd better leave quickly!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you all, my Lords."
After leaving the palace, Jun Shutong reluctantly handed the box to his grandfather for safekeeping.
"Tongtong, have you thought it over? Do you really want to go to war with your father?"
Mr. Jun still didn't give up. In just one hour, he had asked eight times.
"Grandfather, don't worry. You know, I'm a person with great luck and I'm even protected by the gods. I'm sure nothing will happen to me."
"But Grandfather, after my father and I left, we don't know when we can return. You and Grandmother must take care of yourselves."
Old Master Jun held his granddaughter in his arms and kissed her forehead, feeling extremely complicated.
"Tongtong, you must be careful on this trip. Don't be too aggressive. Your life and property are the most important. Everything else comes second. Remember this."
"Yes, don't worry, Grandfather. I've taken note of everything. I won't try to be brave. Life is the most important thing."
Jun Shutong nodded obediently, but she never expected that her father would actually volunteer for her to join the army to assist. She was happy but also surprised.
The most rare thing is that the old man, the head of the family, actually agreed with her father's proposal. Not only did he not stop her, he also gave her all kinds of instructions, as if he had known that she would agree.
Duke's Palace.
When they got home, the old lady and Yi had already packed everything, and ten large boxes were neatly placed in the yard.
"Grandma, Mother, are these boxes prepared for me?"
The old lady squatted down, took Jun Shutong's hand, held her in her arms, and tears couldn't stop flowing down.
"My precious granddaughter is still so young. How could that rebellious son have the heart to let her go with the army? Woo woo..."
The old lady cried uncontrollably and held her granddaughter tightly in her arms, unwilling to let go.
If she knew that her son and the old man made the decision after listening to their precious granddaughter's voice, she wondered if she would be itching to beat the little girl up.
"Mother, don't be sad. Tongtong is just following her father. She won't go deep into the front line, nor will she lure the enemy. She is still very safe." Yi comforted.
Yi was able to convince the old lady, but she could not convince herself. She pulled her daughter aside and gave her many instructions, telling her to put her own safety first.
She knew her daughter too well. If she didn't want to go, she would never agree to it happily given her hedonistic nature.
Yi had heard her daughter nagging more than once, saying that she didn't want to go to work and didn't want to be asked to work, let alone in a dangerous place like a battlefield.
Therefore, she guessed that the two men in the family must have heard their daughter's thoughts, so her husband took the initiative to volunteer.
As she expected, the first thing Jun Wansheng did when he returned home was to tell her that he was going to take his daughter to war.
Everything was ready and the army was assembled. Emperor Shunde and his ministers saw them off on the city wall, and the Jun family also followed the army to the city gate.
"Grandfather, grandmother, mother, you must take good care of yourselves. Don't worry too much. I will protect father and myself."
She waved to her family members and then got on the carriage. Xia Xue and Yingying followed, followed closely by ten guards.
The carriage was not far from the commander-in-chief's position, about a few dozen meters away. The old lady and Yi looked at the army going away, tears streaming down their faces.
If Jun Wansheng saw this scene, he would be shocked, because every time he went to war, his mother and wife would at most send him out to the streets of the royal capital, and any further would be on the city wall, so crying was out of the question.
As for Mr. Jun, apart from taking a look at him from the city wall, that was all that mattered.
That night, the two brothers of the Jun family, Jun Fengting and Jun Cheng'an, cried bitterly after learning that their sister had gone off to join the army...
Especially Jun Cheng'an, he immediately packed his bags and went after his sister and his father.
His younger sister had to go to the front to fight at such a young age. As an older brother, he naturally couldn't fall behind. If his younger sister could go, he could go too.
Before Jun Cheng'an had even packed his bag, he was greeted by Yi's cane beating.
So, the servants who were working heard that the second young master was crying even louder than before.
Jun Fengting shook his head helplessly, wiped away the tears of his silly brother with disdain, and then said:
"If you really want to follow father into battle, then study hard, especially when practicing martial arts, and don't be lazy. Only when you are capable can you help father and protect your sister."
"Otherwise, with your current behavior, what else can you do besides hindering your father and sister and bringing shame to the Jun family?"
It hurts, so much.
Jun Cheng'an looked at his elder brother in disbelief. How could he, with such a warm body, say such cold words?
Jun Fengting ignored this "retard" and walked straight out of the yard without even looking at him.
The second young master Jun, with tears in his eyes, thought about his elder brother's words for a while, and silently added a lot of homework to himself in his mind.
He wants to become stronger, he wants to change the status quo, and he wants to protect his sister.
After returning to the courtyard and finishing his homework, Jun Fengting started practicing sword skills. When the tip of his sword pointed directly at Jun Cheng'an's face, he was almost scared to death.
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