"Alright! I agree to let you go. Li Xiaochen will escort you. Don't even think about trying to sneak away, understand? Set off as soon as your marriage with Li Xiaochen is settled. Remember, be careful."
The emperor then relented and gave instructions to the two troublesome officials.
"Thank you, Father Emperor!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lin Yuxin and Cheng Tinghao immediately bowed to the Emperor with joy.
"Pingning, didn't you just ask me why I got angry? I do have something troubling me. Can you help me think of a good solution?"
Seeing that the matter was resolved, the Emperor remembered what they had been discussing earlier. He glanced at the maid who was about to leave and bow, and for some reason, he suddenly spoke up.
These words caused several ministers present to look at the Emperor. Did the Princess really have no secrets from him now? Did she tell everyone everything?
Even Prince Mu looked at the Emperor with disapproval, but this time he did not speak up to stop him.
He could tell that the Emperor trusted the Princess immensely, and if the Princess could truly help the Emperor share his burdens, then he could feel at ease.
He knew his own body well; how long he could live was a question. The imperial physician had also said that he couldn't overwork himself. He came today because he saw that the emperor was troubled by state affairs and wanted to help the emperor share the burden.
However, before he could say anything, the emperor interrupted him.
"I sent you here just to vent my frustrations and keep me company. If you can avoid using your brain, then don't. Otherwise, you'll faint again, and my uncle will have to come to the palace to punish me."
The Emperor looked at Prince Mu, who was about to speak, but immediately stopped him.
He hadn't seen this brother for a year, and now that he was finally back, he would call him over to chat and relieve his boredom whenever he had the chance.
He dared not let this person trouble himself with his affairs.
He remembered that Prince Mu suddenly fainted last year and remained in a coma for a whole month before waking up. Later, the imperial physician issued an ultimatum, telling him that he could not think too much and needed to rest. So, his uncle sent him back to his fiefdom to recuperate for a year.
If it weren't for the Chinese New Year, and the fact that Li Xiaochen is getting married, he probably wouldn't have come back.
"Your Majesty, please speak, and I will help in any way I can!"
Lin Yuxin immediately agreed. The Emperor had just granted her permission to travel abroad, so she had to return the favor.
If you can help, then lend a hand; if you can't, just enjoy the show.
"You know that the Qi Kingdom has never given up its evil intentions! It has been provoking the Xia Kingdom on the border since before the New Year. It didn't even celebrate the New Year. A few days ago, I received a notice that the Qi Kingdom has sent 300,000 troops to directly advance into Chushui County in Jibei City."
"They just don't fight. They set up camp three kilometers outside Chushui County. But they are very arrogant. They say they will kill one Xia citizen a day until the Xia people surrender and the Xia emperor surrenders."
The Emperor grew angrier the more he spoke. This was a blatant provocation from Qi. Li Xiaochen had told him before the new year that Qi was stirring up trouble, and Li Xiaochen had made preparations accordingly.
And what's worse? These bastards, they resort to underhanded tactics, killing one person a day? Aren't they treating the people of our Xia Kingdom like they're not human?
"Wait, Your Majesty, I remember that Chushui County is part of Jibei City's territory, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuxin suddenly realized that Chushui County was her territory.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
The emperor nodded, puzzled.
"What's wrong? Has Your Majesty forgotten? Didn't you bestow Jibei City upon me as my fiefdom? Then Chushui County is my territory!! This Qi Kingdom is truly lawless, they even want to attack my territory!! Are they tired of living?"
Lin Yuxin grew angrier and angrier as she spoke. She had initially intended to have some fun, but now she wished she could fly to the border of Chushui County and blow up those bastards from Qi State with a bomb!
emperor:……!
When I spoke earlier, I didn't see you react so strongly. But as soon as you heard it was in Chushui County, you reacted so strongly. So it's not your territory, so it's none of your business?
The Emperor took a deep breath, ignoring her reaction, and continued:
"Furthermore, the new emperor of Zhao, Qiu Qiyi, has also sent 100,000 troops to the vicinity of Henghe in Luxi City, claiming that he wants to take his second prince back. He intends to attack Luxi City on the pretext that Xia Kingdom has illegally detained the prince of Zhao."
"They said we had ten days to hand over Qiu Jingfan, or we would fight them to the death."
After speaking, the emperor felt ten years older. He suddenly wanted to retire. Whoever wants to be emperor can be emperor! It's fucking inhuman!
"What is Your Majesty worried about?"
Lin Yuxin got a general idea of what was going on and then asked the most direct question.
Both of these matters must be resolved as soon as possible, and we need to send people to negotiate; otherwise, war could break out.
"His Majesty is now worried about who to send to negotiate, who to suppress the border rebellion, and what to do with Qiu Jingfan?"
Prince Mu reverted to his previous sickly appearance and spoke weakly.
"Does Your Majesty have any thoughts?"
Lin Yuxin looked at the Emperor with suspicion. She didn't believe that an Emperor would be clueless about these matters and only know how to lose his temper.
"What? Can't I ask you if I have a solution?"
The Emperor found the girl's cleverness amusing, but he looked at Lin Yuxin with displeasure and asked her a question.
"Your Majesty, look at what you're saying! I'm just saying this because I believe in Your Majesty's wise decision! Instead of asking me, why don't you ask yourself how you want to resolve this?"
Lin Yuxin grinned and immediately started flattering him!
"Hehe! Alright, enough with the flattery. I do have an idea. I'd like to send someone to negotiate first. It's probably impossible to get them to withdraw their troops, so we can only try to stall one side for now. If a real war breaks out, we'll be the ones who suffer!"
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