Even the Emperor didn't treat Princess Bao Hui with such care and attention, which shows that he truly dotes on Chuanwen as if she were his own daughter.
After Huang Qi returned to the other side of the screen, he served tea to the emperor and his ministers, and even noticed General Shen swallowing hard. He couldn't help but chuckle inwardly; the ministers certainly didn't receive the same treatment as the Second Miss.
"Xu Yunfei sent an urgent letter. At the end of the year, several armies from the Western Regions attacked our border town."
The emperor said that Huang Qi should circulate the urgent letter among the ministers.
Wow! Finally, one storyline is following the plot. Let me see if the Great Jin Dynasty is getting utterly defeated...
Chuanwen was full of anticipation, but the emperor and his entourage twitched their lips. Why did Chuanwen seem to be full of rebellious spirit? He was so looking forward to the Great Jin being utterly defeated!
But this will obviously disappoint Chuanwen.
Those who read the urgent letter stopped twitching at the corners of their mouths and put on smiles. The letter said that Prince Rong's son-in-law, the Western Region prince who had been released by the emperor, had quickly seized control of most of the political power in the Western Regions with the emperor's secret support.
Those armies that attacked their border city were merely a few fleeing forces that had lost in a power struggle, and were not worth fearing at all. Besides, Xu Yunfei had already made advance arrangements and preparations. As soon as those armies showed themselves, they were instantly routed by their counterattack, suffering a crushing defeat while they suffered almost zero casualties.
Therefore, how could the Great Jin be utterly defeated? It was the other side that was utterly defeated.
But Chuanwen was always so unpredictable. She didn't notice who was being beaten to a pulp, but instead noticed the almost zero casualties, and then came her laughter.
[Almost...zero casualties!]
Hahahaha!
The emperor and his entourage were baffled by the burst of laughter from Chuanwen. Was it really that funny?
Did Xu Yunfei falsify this?
General Shen Congliang of the Imperial Guard was well aware of the tricks of the trade, such as overreporting the number of enemy kills and underreporting one's own casualties, but he would not report the difference too great.
The emperor, who had never considered this possibility, immediately turned pale upon realizing it. It seemed that he needed to discipline the military officers and officials.
[If Xu Yunfei's eldest daughter-in-law hadn't insisted on going into battle despite being heavily pregnant, and hadn't wounded Xu Wuyang who was following behind her with her broadsword, there would have truly been zero casualties, hahaha!]
The emperor, preparing to purge military officials: ...
Shen Congliang, who was just about to hear rumors that Xu Yunfei had misrepresented casualties and then tried to sow discord between the emperor and the emperor: ...
Other ministers who were eager to know the true state of the battle: ...
[Actually, it's not entirely the pregnant woman's fault. Normally, she's a formidable female general, wielding her broadsword with incredible skill, keeping everyone within two meters at bay! Who knew that this time, just because she's pregnant, Xu Wuyang, fearing for her safety, followed her closely. She wasn't used to it, and in her swagger, she forgot someone was following her, and thus, she was accidentally injured!]
The emperor and his ministers were at a loss for words. The "almost" before "zero casualties" was actually due to... accidental injury?!
cough!
The emperor apologized to Xu Yunfei in his heart, but, my dear minister, you are too honest. What can he do if you report zero casualties? Can't you add a perfect record to my civil and military achievements?
The emperor closed his eyes and thought, "Never mind, Xu Yunfei and the others have actually done a very good job."
They then discussed it for quite a while, and I also heard a lot from Chuanwen.
In summary, the situation in the Western Regions has stabilized, and the prince who currently holds power has no intention of rebelling. He is quite grateful to the Great Jin Dynasty. After all, without the Great Jin's help, he would already be a corpse, let alone be able to make a comeback, seize power, and rescue his mother who was imprisoned for refusing to reveal his whereabouts.
The meeting finally ended, and after the emperor dismissed the ministers, Chuanwen finally had a chance to showcase his achievements. He eagerly carried the box inside to find the emperor, but the emperor had already forgotten about it and only remembered it after seeing the box.
Having discussed the important military and national affairs, the emperor was in a good mood and had the leisure to become curious about what was inside the message box.
It was a square box, a little over a foot long. Zheng Yan had been carrying it before, and it didn't seem like he was struggling much. Now that Chuanwen had brought it in, it looked quite heavy. Even the emperor was worried that Chuanwen's delicate arms might get hurt.
Chuanwen placed the box on the desk where he was reviewing memorials. He didn't care much about it; after all, she had already heard so much, why would she be afraid of seeing more?
The emperor didn't see anything wrong with it; in fact, he was eager to see more of the documents and hear some comments.
What's in here?
The emperor had previously thought it was nothing more than a few poems and documents, but now he realized that it was far more significant.
Chuan Wen smiled mysteriously, “The future of the Great Jin.”
The emperor was taken aback for a moment after hearing this, and then he couldn't help but laugh, as if he had heard a child holding up a wooden sword and saying that he was a great hero. But as he laughed, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Chuanwen opened the box, grabbed a wooden handle, and started shaking it. As she shook it more and more, light gradually emanated from a glass container on the side. The light grew brighter and brighter until it illuminated the area inside in every detail.
Chuanwu once wrote a picture book about traveling to the future. In the world he depicted, there were all sorts of things that were magical to them in the present.
The emperor was also well aware that Chuanwu might not have been written based on his imagination. That magical world might have been the world that Chuanwen and his sister came from (in fact, only Chuanwen was a time traveler, and the emperor was also a time traveler).
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