Chapter 117: Your Majesty, You Are Generous
Seeing Prince Lian staring at him with dark eyes, Qin Mingzhu said slowly, "Prince Lian's territory, Youzhou, has never paid taxes to the national treasury in all these years. Now that the battle is raging on the front lines, food, fodder, weapons, armor, and horses are in short supply..."
She paused, "From what I know, Prince Lian has hundreds of thousands of war horses, each of them of premium breed. If Prince Lian sends those 100,000 horses to the front lines as reinforcements, this matter will be written off, and the border soldiers will also see Prince Lian's selflessness..."
Her voice echoed throughout the hall.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Qin Mingzhu in shock.
Even the emperor's eyes changed slightly when he looked at her.
It’s not because the conditions Qin Mingzhu proposed were too high, but... she didn’t ask for benefits for herself, but for the border!
Qin Mingzhu completely stood on the moral high ground and took this opportunity to blackmail Prince Lian.
The words that the Emperor of Southern Yan could not say out loud are now announced to the public!
Prince Lian raised war horses in secret, and he invested a huge amount of resources in those horses.
On the battlefield, cavalry and infantry are not at the same level of troops at all.
If the Southern Yan Kingdom could possess 100,000 elite cavalry, then this large army would be able to advance and retreat in a measured manner among the enemy's 200,000-strong army, like a sharp knife!
The Emperor of Southern Yan also took the opportunity to cough to attract everyone's attention.
"Prince Lian, what do you think of the conditions proposed by Madam Yan? I think she makes sense. If you can offer your beloved horse to make the soldiers of Southern Yan even more valiant and skilled in battle, you will have accomplished a great deed!"
Seeing his father's expression, Yan Liuchen, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, quickly echoed, "Uncle Lian was willing to sacrifice his beloved and contribute money and effort to the Southern Yan Kingdom. He is truly a hero!"
Yan Liuchen praised Prince Lian to the sky.
It's almost like saying Prince Lian is the savior.
However, Prince Lian was not stupid, and he knew what his royal brother meant. Asking him to hand over the warhorse that he had raised for so many years and spent countless efforts on for no reason was more than just cutting his flesh!
This is drinking his blood!
"I'm afraid this isn't appropriate..."
The gentle smile on the face of the Southern Yan Emperor suddenly disappeared.
"What's wrong with that? Although the warhorse is yours, Brother Lian, but since Madam Yan has put forward the conditions, you can refuse them if you don't want to. Just keep fighting!"
He looked at Yan Qingyuan.
However, the Emperor of Southern Yan was no longer looking at his niece, but at the fierce war horses scattered across the battlefield!
Even his eyes were burning with heat.
Whether Prince Lian would give in or not would depend on whether he felt his daughter was worth these 100,000 war horses.
Did he want to watch his daughter be disfigured, or even beaten to death in public, or hand over his warhorse to ensure her safety?
Now it is not just Qin Mingzhu who is forcing Prince Lian, but the Emperor of Southern Yan has also joined in!
The concepts of these two are different.
If Qin Mingzhu were alone, if her conditions were excessive, Prince Lian would have rejected them without hesitation, and his daughter would most likely be fine. But if the emperor spoke, that would be a different story...
Prince Lian's eyes turned red, and his neck felt thicker at this moment.
He was angry, so angry that his whole body was shaking and his eyes were bloodshot.
“Dad…Dad!”
Yan Qingyuan was really panicked at this moment.
She even felt the threat of death!
The two palace maids held her down again, and the old maid in the palace stood up, as if she was going to beat her again!
When Prince Lian saw this scene, he knew that he had no way to retreat.
From the moment Qin Mingzhu made the request, he had to hand over the warhorse whether he wanted to or not!
The Emperor of Southern Yan had long been thinking about his warhorse, but he had no reason before. Now that Qin Mingzhu gave him a reason, the two of them hit it off and became accomplices!
"Your Majesty, I am willing to pay the compensation. Please have my daughter released!"
The Emperor of Southern Yan suddenly narrowed his eyes and laughed.
"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you help Princess Yuan up quickly?"
"yes!"
The palace maid who was originally holding Princess Yuan took the initiative to pull her up from the ground.
Princess Yuan, with sweat all over her head and blood all over her face, felt like she was reborn at this moment!
She immediately ran behind her father, carefully grabbed the corner of his clothes, and tears kept falling.
Her previous arrogance and arrogance had disappeared at this moment, and she even looked at Qin Mingzhu with a little more fear in her eyes.
Princess Yuan's mind was in a mess at this time. She thought carefully about what had just happened and felt dizzy and her heart was pounding.
In summary...
She went to cause trouble for the other party, and was then scolded and slapped. In the end, the other party complained first, saying that she had bullied her, that she had disregarded the morale of the border soldiers and bullied the families left behind, and asked the emperor to punish her severely in order to appease the resentment of the border soldiers...
What he said did sound reasonable, but... why did she always feel that something was wrong?
Qin Mingzhu was no longer aggressive, and even had a smile on her face when she looked at Prince Lian and Yan Qingyuan.
"Prince Lian is indeed very generous. The situation at the border is very urgent right now. One hundred thousand war horses should be delivered to the border within half a month. Is that right, Your Highness?"
Prince Lian stared at Qin Mingzhu. He really didn't expect that he would be bitten in the eye by Yan today after beating Yan all day long.
A small woman in the harem taught him a lesson at the palace banquet today and plotted against him severely.
That’s 100,000 war horses!
It takes at least three to five years to train a group of excellent war horses, and it is unknown how much manpower and material resources will be invested during this period.
Over the years, Prince Lian had only raised a few hundred thousand horses, but this time he was asked to give out more than half of them...
Prince Lian suppressed the urge to vomit blood, but kept a forced smile on his face.
"Madam Qin asked for 100,000 war horses from me right away. Amazing, amazing..."
He said "terrible" twice in a row, which shows how angry Prince Lian was at the time.
Qin Mingzhu lowered her eyes, a look of embarrassment on her face. "It was Your Highness who offered to give it to me. How could I refuse Your Highness's kindness?"
Prince Lian stopped talking and his face looked extremely ugly.
He waved his hand and had his disappointing little daughter escorted out of the palace.
Yan Qingyuan, who was seriously injured, secretly glared at Qin Mingzhu, then went out accompanied by a palace maid and went back to apply medicine to heal his wounds.
It will take at least ten days or half a month for the swelling on her face to go down.
Prince Lian had no choice but to grit his teeth and bow to the Emperor of Southern Yan, who had a smile in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely be there..."
He hesitated.
Qin Mingzhu said half a month, which was too tight. Even though the warhorse was very fast, he didn't want to send it over so quickly.
"Within a month, deliver 100,000 war horses to the front lines to help our Southern Yan Kingdom achieve a great victory on the northern battlefield!"
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