Although Qin Shuo was mentally prepared, after hearing Hu Xiao’s question, his body couldn’t help but stiffen and become speechless.
Seeing him act this way, Hu Xiao was immediately angered. With a cold face, she continued to ask: "Do you think I don’t want to save South Yue? South Yue is my clan, are you going to save them or not? "
Her words made it clear that if Qin Shuo did not save her, it was because he did not love her.
"Xiao-Xiao, calm down first. We have to consider this carefully." Then, Qin Shuo raised his head and said with a firm voice.
He and Hu Xiao looked at each other, determination flashing across their faces.
Hu Xiao snorted lightly, her face turned to the side as she said angrily: "This is not a question of whether or not I can remain calm, but a question of whether or not you are willing to save. South Yue and East Court have always been mutually assisting each other, you can’t be thinking about the destruction of South Yue, right?"
Hu Xiao squinted her eyes and said coldly. If Qin Shuo had that thought, then let’s see if she doesn’t kick him to death.
After listening, Qin Shuo hurriedly shook his head, and then, he said, "Xiaoxiao, I am still unable to give you a satisfactory answer, but I will do my best to help South Yue.
Qin Shuo did not say whether he wanted to save his or not. He was the sovereign of East Court, and the decisions he made were decisions to be made for the East Court.
Hu Xiao knew that he was in a difficult situation, and seeing that he was feeling wronged, she decided not to interrogate him anymore.
Just now, she had waited here by herself for half an hour. Half an hour was more than enough time for her to calm down and think.
Seeing that she did not continue making trouble, Qin Shuo was overjoyed. He extended his hands, wrapped them around her waist and left with her.
Along the way, Qin Shuo kept on comforting Hu Xiao, but words could not compare to actions in comforting him, so Hu Xiao’s mood was still as gloomy as before.
After sending Hu Xiao back to the Phoenix Perching Hall, Qin Shuo called for Mo Zhu, Yin Fufeng and Zhao Qiyan urgently. The matter of the war being sent out was related to the safety of the citizens of East Court, so they could not be careless.
Qin Shuo’s expression was solemn, he pursed his lips and swept his eyes across Mo Zhu and the rest.
"Your Majesty, East Court and South Yue are linked through lips. Helping South Yue is equivalent to saving East Court.
Mo Zhu calmly analyzed the current situation. Sending troops to help South Yue naturally had its benefits, but war was cruel. If South Yue lost, then East Court would also be in danger.
"The North Qiang is strong and robust, if you want to defeat it, I’m afraid it won’t be easy!" Yin Fufeng rubbed his chin, and said cautiously. At this time, he did not dare to come up with any ideas.
"Your majesty, right now, the development of the East Court is basically not good enough. Even if the East Court sends troops, the South Yue is still in a precarious situation." Zhao Qiyan interrupted. As a general of East Court, he naturally knew his subordinates like the palm of his hand.
Hearing him say that, Qin Shuo hesitated in his heart. With Hu Xiao on one side and the Empire on the other, which side was she going to stand on?
"Don’t you agree?" Qin Shuo squinted his eyes, using that obscure gaze to look at the silent black bamboo.
Sensing Qin Shuo’s direct gaze, Mo Zhu immediately raised his head and said ambiguously, "Your Majesty, whether or not I agree requires me to listen to the opinions of the majority. This humble subject does not dare to make decisions on behalf of Your Majesty."
If they won the battle, that would be fine. But if they lost the battle, wouldn’t the Emperor place all the blame on him?
"Your majesty, Mr Mo Zhu is right. This matter concerns the safety of our country, and we need to listen to the opinions of the majority." Yin Fufeng immediately followed, afraid that Qin Shuo would throw her gaze at him.
What a little fox!
After Mo Zhu and the others left, Qin Shuo locked himself in his room and carefully considered whether he should send out the troops!
There were good and bad sides to sending out troops. It all depended on how he chose to go about it!
On the morning of the next day, in the imperial court, Qin Shuo had told everyone about whether or not he should send out troops for East Court, and wanted to ask the ministers to give him some advice.
Minister Wen had long known about this. At this time, he took a step forward and said in a respectful voice: "Your Majesty, in this humble subject’s opinion, my country should not have helped South Yue fight this war.
In a battle between two tigers, there would definitely be an injury. At that time, it would not be too late for them to clean up their North Qiang, in short, they could not let their East Court suffer any disadvantages.
"Your Majesty, Master Wen’s words are reasonable. Our country can take this opportunity to get rid of North Qiang." Vice Minister Chen said quickly after, as he agreed with Minister Wen’s words, thinking that East Court should not be used.
Hearing this, Yin Fufeng laughed coldly, with his cold lips, he said: "You still want to watch the fight from the sidelines? If the South Yue is extinguished, then the East Court will not be far away."
There’s a reason why he said that, "You guys should know the relationship between North Qiang and what kind of relationship does this have, right?"
Yin Fufeng countered with a question. He had secretly cooperated with West Frontier and openly said that it was a fight. In actuality, West Frontier was also mixed in.
South Yue was not strong in the first place, when encountering strong alliances, some of them will die miserably.
Of course, this was only Yin Fufeng’s guess, as for the specifics of the South Yue, Yin Fufeng was not very clear.
"So what? Prime Minister Yin, tell me, what benefits does East Court have?" The Minister Wen gave a light snort. The South Yue was Hu Xiao’s mother’s, so no matter what, he could not help the Demon Empress’ mother’s home.
"Minister Wen, are you really stupid or are you just pretending? Do you not understand the situation?" "In this war, only East Court was not involved. If South Yue were to die, then East Court would very likely become the next target of North Qiang and West Frontier."
Yesterday, Mo Zhu had already said, East Court and South Yue were related to lips and teeth, if South Yue died, then East Court would not be able to go far.
"Prime Minister Yin, this is just your guess, right now, there are only two nations participating in the battle. One is the North Qiang, the other is the South Yue. Minister Wen powerfully said, he was firmly opposed to East Court participating in this war. East Court’s economy was not good to begin with, if there was another war, how would the citizens live!
"Your majesty, what do you think?" Yin Fufeng glared at Minister Wen and changed his target to Qin Shuo. Forget what Minister Wen had said, the one who had truly made the decision was Qin Shuo.
"We’ll discuss this matter later and leave the imperial court." Qin Shuo said with an ice-cold voice. This matter is reasonable, who is he supposed to listen to?
Qin Shuo knew in his heart that every decision he made was made with regards to the citizens of East Court, so he constantly warned himself: Don’t be careless.
Hu Xiao could not wait any longer in the palace. She paced back and forth in the room, which annoyed Zhi Lan.
"Empress, have you thought of a way?" Zhi Lan asked distractedly as she followed Hu Xiao with her gaze.
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