Even Prince Mu fell silent at this moment, suddenly realizing that his intelligence was no match for this girl's!
That girl is so mean! Did he not provoke her?! Indeed, women and petty people are the hardest to deal with!
"Okay! We'll do it your way!"
The emperor snapped out of his daze and immediately agreed. Although the idea was not very proper and could not be presented in a respectable way, it was exactly what they needed right now. If they could get the two countries to withdraw their troops without losing a single soldier, then that would be a good plan.
"Your Majesty, sending Zhao Yingfeng and Zhao Chenhai is sufficient!"
Lin Yuxin spoke again.
Why send a child?
Now it was the Emperor's turn to be puzzled. He could understand sending Zhao Yingfeng, after all, Zhao Yingfeng was not only in good health now, but also a General of the Cavalry, and could command from the rear. But why send a child?
If he remembered correctly, this Zhao family boy, Zhao Chenhai, was only seven or eight years old, right? He should be about the same age as Xiao Hao! What was he going to do?
"Your Majesty, if you send them, perhaps they will have unexpected gains?"
Lin Yuxin didn't elaborate, instead keeping it a secret.
The Emperor was suspicious, but he did not stop her. Since Pingning had spoken up, she must have her own plan.
"Very well, I will draft an edict immediately, appointing Zhao Yingfeng and Zhao Chenhai to lead 100,000 troops…!"
The Emperor was interrupted by Lin Yuxin halfway through his speech:
"Your Majesty, we don't need too many people, just a hundred elite soldiers will suffice!"
"One hundred people, are you sure?"
The Emperor was still not entirely at ease; could a hundred people really manage?
"Your Majesty, if you trust me, I will make sure that both countries return to where they came from!"
Lin Yuxin smiled confidently.
"Very well, I'll trust you this once! Issue my decree, ordering Zhao Yingfeng and Zhao Chenhai to lead one hundred elite soldiers to Bengteng Mountain."
The emperor listened to Lin Yuxin's advice and issued an imperial edict.
"Is Your Majesty alright now? Then I shall take my leave."
Seeing that the Emperor's decree had been issued and that there was nothing more for her to do, and also because she was hungry and wanted to have lunch at the Empress's, Lin Yuxin prepared to leave.
"Go! Have lunch with the Empress later. I need to speak with you afterward!"
The Emperor waved his hand readily this time and said...
"??"
Is there anything else? Can I leave the palace normally today?
"Yes! This humble woman takes her leave."
"Your subject takes his leave!"
Lin Yuxin reluctantly bowed; after all, she was now working under the Emperor, so she had no choice but to agree.
Then she pulled Cheng Tinghao, who was bowing and saying goodbye with her, and left the Imperial Study.
The men who remained were deeply troubled.
"Alright, now that the matter has been resolved, all of you may leave!"
The Emperor had nothing else to do at the moment, so he started to send people away. He was quite tired after a whole morning of running around.
The adults were quite perceptive; they all bowed and left.
Zhao Shijie also left. He had to go back and tell his son and grandson that his beloved granddaughter had assigned them a new task, and he also had to appease the women in his family.
Only Li Xiaochen and Prince Mu remained.
After everyone left, no one spoke in the entire imperial study. It was Prince Mu who couldn't hold back and spoke first:
"Tell me! What's the story behind this newly appointed Princess Pingning?"
The Emperor glanced at Li Xiaochen, who originally wanted to pretend he didn't see it, but Prince Mu also turned to look at him. He had no choice but to start talking about Lin Yuxin's situation, since he was the youngest of the three people present.
One is someone you can't be angry with, and the other is someone you can't mess with. Li Xiaochen suddenly misses Xin Xin a little!
"This story begins with the Lin family bringing Lin Yuxin back to the Lin family home...!"
Li Xiaochen began to recount Lin Yuxin's heroic deeds honestly, starting from the state banquet and continuing until just now. He embellished the parts he could say, except for the space and those strange things.
Lin Yuxin's abilities will be known sooner or later. The Emperor already knows a general idea, so it won't make a difference to tell Prince Mu. Besides, with Prince Mu's intelligence, he will find out sooner or later anyway.
"So this girl has actually helped the Emperor quite a bit this year!"
After hearing about Lin Yuxin's story, Prince Mu actually believed it in his heart. The words Lin Yuxin had spoken to the Ninth Prince earlier had impressed him. A woman with such a broad mind and insight must be quite remarkable.
Suddenly, Prince Mu thought of something. He looked up at the Emperor and asked softly:
"Does Your Majesty still remember that rumor?"
The emperor paused, then realized what was happening:
"You mean that piece of white jade?"
"That's right. Back then, Zhao Hanyue accidentally obtained that piece of white jade on the battlefield. Not long after, the rumor spread that 'the white jade appeared, the phoenix was born, and the world was in harmony.'"
“Your Majesty, I once wanted you to take Zhao Hanyue as your concubine, but you didn’t believe in such things and did not agree. Later, it was rumored that Zhao Hanyue had an affair and got married not long after. I investigated at the time and found that this matter was related to Prince Gong.”
“At the time, I suspected that Prince Gong had disloyal intentions, but I had no evidence. Later, Zhao Hanyue gave birth to three sons in a row, and the white jade did not move. I also did not hear about Prince Gong’s hands. I thought that this was just a false rumor deliberately spread by someone, so I did not pay attention to it. The matter passed by like that. Until Lin Yuxin was born, the white jade disappeared.”
“At the time, it wasn’t just Zhao Hanyya who was looking for it; many forces were searching in secret, but they couldn’t find it. Not long after, Lin Yuxin was also stolen from. There can’t be no connection between these two things.”
Prince Mu's gaze was deep, and his tone was indifferent. That rumor was a secret in the capital and only circulated among the upper class. He and the emperor had ordered an investigation into how the rumor came about, but they found nothing.
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