However, at this moment, Chen Qizhi turned to look at Concubine Ci and said with a smile, "What do you think of this statement, my beloved concubine?"
Concubine Ci was naturally angry, but she realized that His Majesty was also very interested in Empress Anguo at this time, and it would be bad to disturb His Majesty's interest directly.
"Hmph, the world is so vast, and I am only a concubine to your Majesty. It's only natural that other countries have women who are more beautiful than me."
"Your Majesty's civil and military prowess is unprecedented and unparalleled. Shouldn't you be thinking of bringing all the beauties in the world into your harem and making them your sisters?"
As she spoke, Concubine Ci's delicate hands carefully slid down the emperor's body.
When Chen Qizhi heard this, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
There are three thousand beauties in the harem, but he only favors Concubine Ci. To put it bluntly, in addition to Concubine Ci's beauty, there is another most important point.
Even Concubine Ci is not jealous and is very good at flattering her.
In this situation, if it were the queen, she would probably have started to belittle the appearance of the empress whom she had never met, which was absolutely an exaggeration.
How could she agree to my compliment and let me take all the beauties in the world into my harem?
But Concubine Ci is not like that.
Her proposal made Chen Qizhizi's curiosity and possessiveness towards Empress Anguo even stronger.
He had many beauties in his harem, from little girls to princesses from foreign countries, all kinds of women, but the only thing missing was such a legendary empress.
This time, when he went south to attack An, he was determined to capture the An capital Taining in one fell swoop and turn the empress into a king who lost her country.
Then he will be escorted to Shengjing, and he will be allowed to do whatever he wants with the rest of the things.
"Well said, my beloved!"
Chen Qizhi's eyes were already filled with ambition. "I will send another 100,000 troops. This battle must be a great victory. At the very least, we must seize half of Anguo's territory and force the Anguo Empress to come to Shengjing in person to beg for mercy! Hahahaha!"
The wanton and lewd sounds spread throughout the hall, and the palace maids and servants below could only celebrate.
In their view, the divided An State would be powerless to resist the Qi army's southward advance.
The Qi army is unstoppable and may be able to completely occupy Anguo in less than half a year!
…
"This guy... is such a bastard!"
On the other side, Shi Qingxue led 4,000 elite subordinates on a rapid march and arrived a hundred miles outside Huining City. Only then did he learn the news that Chu Yan had led the people in rebellion and proclaimed himself emperor.
Her original intention of traveling so fast was to reach the border as soon as possible to prevent Chu Yan from doing anything, but she never expected that the thing she was worried about would happen so soon.
Chu Yan couldn't even wait this short time and rebelled before even reaching the border area!
"We have to speed up. The threat from Anguo is serious right now. Even if... he is really determined to rebel, we must first work together to keep the Qi army out of Yan!"
Having made up his mind, Shi Qingxue increased the pace of the march.
Chu Yan was in Dezhou at this time. After the Huining defenders learned of Shi Qingxue's identity, they did not stop her and let her pass.
Although he felt a little strange about this, Shi Qingxue didn't pay much attention to it due to his anxiousness.
Finally, two days later, she and her men arrived in Texas safely.
Shi Qingxue never imagined that he, the Grand Marshal of Kangqi appointed by the emperor, would have to come to Dezhou to meet Chu Yan and have to call himself "going to the capital to see the emperor."
Outside the city, the deputy general hurried back to see his commander-in-chief after negotiating with the "rebels" on the city wall.
"General, the commander of Dezhou City said that if you want to enter the city to meet the rebel leader, you can only go in person, and... you can only bring a maximum of ten personal guards!"
After saying this, the deputy general's eyes were already red.
At first, they didn't want the Marshal to put himself in danger, but the Marshal didn't listen and brought his men to Texas anyway.
Now, the Marshal wants to go to Dezhou City to meet the rebel leader Chu Yan, but he can only bring ten personal guards!
This is too much!
There is no need to think about it. Chu Yan has no good intentions at all. I am afraid that the Marshal will be kidnapped by Chu Yan as soon as he enters Dezhou to threaten the court.
It’s a pity that after Shi Qingxue learned about this situation, he didn’t think too much about it and nodded simply.
"In that case, let's do as Chu Yan says."
Soldiers: “???”
"Marshal, absolutely not!"
The leading deputy general was immediately anxious when he heard this plan. "General, this is clearly a conspiracy of the Chu family rebels. Our best plan now is to find a way to get to Yanbei. We only have 4,000 people. We can't fight this group of rebels!"
Shi Qingxue gave him a calm look in return:
"I know this in my heart. If we can't convince Chu Yan, we have no chance of winning against the Qi army. Qi is probably aware of the civil unrest in An, and a war is imminent!"
"Choose ten personal guards to accompany me into the city. The rest of you will set up camp on the spot to prepare for any unexpected events!"
She gave the order quickly, but the people around her knew what the Marshal meant, but they still didn't dare to agree easily.
After all... it's too dangerous.
Shi Qingxue's expression turned serious. "What? Are my words useless? If Chu Yan really wants to attack us, do you think we can escape with only four thousand men?"
Finally, after hearing this scolding, several people faced the reality.
For now, it seems that the only option is to seek reconciliation at the risk of one's life.
Soon, Shi Qingxue entered Dezhou City with his personal guards.
…
In Dezhou City, Cheng Xianjun also reported the events outside to Chu Yan.
"Your Majesty, Marshal Shi has already entered the city with ten personal guards as per our request."
Chu Yan also nodded slightly.
Although he looked calm at this moment, he was extremely worried in his heart.
"Big brother is really unkind. Knowing that this matter is so important, why didn't you explain it to her before she left the capital and let her know that I wasn't really rebelling?"
"Now, the Grand Marshal has risked his life to come before me, and I can't do anything to him. So, should I be the Emperor, or should I be the General who commands her?"
Chu Yan was depressed, very depressed.
He knew very well that with Shi Qingxue's hot temper towards him, if there were fewer people around him later, she might be so angry that she would take the opportunity to capture him alive.
Therefore, the first step when encountering a problem is to arrange the brothers secretly.
We can't give that woman a chance!
Not at all.
Chu Yan was still thinking about whether he should tell the truth later. Less than a moment later, an extremely cold female voice came from outside the mansion.
"Oh, what a coincidence, General Chu, I really didn't expect that after not seeing you for a month, you've been promoted again—"
"Tsk tsk tsk, you're no ordinary official. You even sit directly on the throne!"
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