Seeing the queen stand up, some of the ministers immediately stopped talking, while some continued to say inappropriate things.
What these people meant was that the child was still young and there was no need to appoint a crown prince so early.
Su Mengyan chuckled at this and said, "May I ask, ministers, is it that I am not the principal wife, or is it that this child's identity is not right?"
When she asked this question, everyone immediately stopped talking. No matter Su Mengyan's identity or the child's identity, they could not be the conditions for not establishing a crown prince.
Seeing that the ministers around her were silent, Su Mengyan said sternly, "Since I am the Empress, and this child is my own, then what's wrong with making him the Crown Prince? Or do you ministers have any better candidates in mind?"
She said this just to anger these people. Apart from the son she gave birth to, none of the concubines in the harem were even pregnant. How could there be other candidates?
Seeing that Su Mengyan was so straightforward, some ministers who were displeased immediately turned to look at Situ Yao, but found that Situ Yao was happily teasing his son at the moment and seemed not to notice anything.
However, these ministers were all smart people. They knew that Situ Yao was not unaware of all this, but he was deliberately giving Su Mengyan an opportunity to let the ministers understand that the prince must be established.
At this point, how could these people not understand? At this moment, they could only admit it: "Congratulations, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
night.
A cool breeze blew, and a group of people moved forward quietly under the cover of night.
"General, is this really possible? Can that businessman be trusted?" Zhong Yu asked, looking at Chen Yalan, who was wearing black armor beside him.
It turned out that after getting the map, Chen Yalan made up her mind to attack the enemy camp at night when the enemy was resting.
Today, the moonlight was hiding in the clouds and refused to show up. It was pitch black all around, which was naturally a good opportunity for a night attack.
Therefore, Chen Yalan took the soldiers who had been prepared long ago, quietly opened the city gate, and felt their way out of the city.
In order to avoid being discovered, they all changed into black armor. The black armor seemed to blend into the dark night, making it difficult to see.
"Those who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters. Naturally, he gave us the map, so we should give it a try." In fact, Chen Yalan did not rely solely on luck. She also made practical observations for a period of time before taking this action.
However, Zhong Yu didn't know about this. He was shocked when he heard her say this. He was about to speak immediately, but was stopped by Chen Yalan: "Okay, don't worry, everything is arranged properly, nothing will happen."
Just like that, Zhong Yu calmed down after being comforted by Chen Yalan. He thought, well, since the general is so confident, I can't help but believe it.
Then, silence returned, and the troops advanced quietly, without making a sound even though they were wearing armor.
Following the route on the map, Chen Yalan and others soon found a marked place. Looking at the pile of tents with some fire in front of them, Zhong Yu and Chen Yalan looked at each other.
They saw a glimmer of light in each other's eyes, and sure enough, the businessman did not lie to them.
After this period of contact, the two people have some understanding of each other. They don't say a word, but their hands are constantly moving. Just one glance can tell what each other means.
After a brief exchange, the two men made up their minds to split up into two groups, sneak into the tents quietly, and kill the night watchman.
Then, several people entered a tent, and Chen Yalan came to the one in the middle, which should be the tent of the local leader.
Looking at the man sleeping soundly on the bed, Chen Yalan swung her knife and chopped off the man's head without any hesitation. Poor leader, he was still in a sweet dream in the last second, and his head was chopped off in the next second.
The people who entered the other tents, like Chen Yalan, swung their swords to kill the soldiers in the tents and then quietly left.
Because there were so many people here, Chen Yalan and the others did not alarm anyone in order to escape safely. They just killed some people and left.
This time, Chen Yalan led a group of people and captured the head of the local leader without losing a single person. It was a victory.
Chen Yalan returned to the border town with the leader's head. When the soldiers saw it, they cheered.
"The General is back!"
"The general killed the leader of that group. That was amazing."
Since there were no losses this time and it was a complete victory, everyone was very excited and someone even suggested holding a banquet to celebrate.
No one disagreed with this proposal.
So, a banquet was set up in the border town that day. These soldiers and generals were all good drinkers, and they were very excited at this time, drinking a lot.
However, Chen Yalan is a woman after all. Although she worked hard to defend the border town after arriving there and even took the head of a leader without bloodshed, there are still people who are dissatisfied with her identity as a woman.
"It's just a victory, but there's no point in cheering like that. You're really a womanizer. You start showing off as soon as you have a little achievement." The person who spoke was a young general.
Originally, when Chu Yunshan came, he felt a little dissatisfied. How could a bandit leader have the qualifications to lead troops to fight.
After great difficulty, Chu Yunshan entered the encirclement. As he was disabled, he thought his status could be improved. But before he could be happy, he heard that the court had sent a woman.
This made him even more dissatisfied. How could a woman show up in public, let alone on a battlefield where people killed without blinking an eye?
Even though Chen Yalan did a lot for the border town after she came, he always felt that women should stay at home to take care of their husbands and children. What kind of logic does this make?
And today, Chen Yalan won another perfect victory, which made him a little jealous, so he said those words just now.
Of course, besides him, there were naturally some people who shared his dissatisfaction with Chen Yalan's identity as a woman. After hearing his words, they immediately echoed him, "Who says it's not true? Haven't we all fought in border towns to defend our country and shed our blood? We've experienced many battles, big and small. When has it ever been like this?"
When Chen Yalan heard these sarcastic voices, she smiled slightly, pretending that she didn't hear them and didn't take them seriously.
She knew that this was the way the world was, and women had an extremely low status, so it was normal for these generals to be dissatisfied with their identities as women.
So, I thought I would just pretend that I didn’t hear it. Anyway, I don’t really care about this kind of thing.
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