Chapter 3497 The fight started!
Yongzhou City and Doubei Town were like two thick dark clouds filled with thunder and lightning, attracting each other's power not far from each other. Eventually, they touched each other slightly somewhere, and then a war that shook the world would follow.
That evening, somewhere on the border, a patrol team from the Yan State encountered soldiers from the Yue State on the opposite side.
At first, the two sides exchanged only verbal provocations, but gradually began to push and shove each other, and then a fight broke out. The location was not far from the Yan Kingdom's military camp, and the Yan Kingdom soldiers rushed there immediately after hearing the news. The Yue Kingdom soldiers, seemingly prepared, also sent several teams to the scene immediately after the news was sent, and the fight eventually turned into a chaotic mess that got out of control.
The war between Yan State and Yue State was thus ignited.
When the news reached the South Courtyard, a fierce battle was going on outside the city. Zhu Feng had been busy in his study all day and had not returned to his room. After hearing the news, he immediately called all the officials in Yongzhou to the South Courtyard.
At the same time, Nan Yan was persuading Xin Ping to have dinner on the other side.
Princess Xinping has been refusing to eat since she learned yesterday that her father had sent several carts of grain and a cart of jewels to the King of Yue. They originally thought that she was just making a fuss and it would be over. After all, this girl has no other hobbies and loves to eat. As long as they skipped her for two meals and then put delicious food in front of her, she would definitely ask for food.
Who knew that this time, she really did something wrong.
From yesterday to today, I haven't had a grain of rice or a drop of water. I'm so hungry that I'm weak and lying on the bed with a pale face and red eyes.
Nan Yan sat on the bed with a bowl of porridge in her hand and said helplessly, "What are you doing?"
“…”
"Be calm and obedient, and stop making trouble."
“…”
"Just drink a little. Listen to mom and drink a little, okay?"
Xin lay flat on his back, motionless, with his face turned towards the bed.
Nan Yan sighed and stretched out her hand to turn her little face over. Because of the quarrel with Zhu Feng these days, she couldn't eat or sleep well. In addition, she was already growing taller, so her cheeks were much thinner than before. After the quarrel in the past two days, her chin became even more pointed.
Nan Yan said softly, "Why don't you listen to your mother?"
Xinping glared at her with red eyes, but when she spoke, her voice was already weak from hunger: "I just listened to Mother, thinking you would be considerate of the people, but you, you actually sent food to Yue. You can't even eat enough yourself, and you still feed others? How can you make sense like that!"
Nan Yan said patiently, "Didn't I tell you that your father has his reasons for doing things?"
Xin Ping said bitterly, "I just don't understand what the logic is."
"you--"
Nan Yan felt really powerless. If it were any other time, she would really want to grab her and beat her up severely, but at this moment, she had been hungry for two days and really couldn't stand the beating.
Nan Yan said: "It's really your father who spoiled you!"
Xin Ping said: "You are the one who taught me to be like this, but you go back on your word!"
Nan Yan was stunned by her words.
Xinping's eyes were red, and he sniffed through his red nose and closed his eyes again.
At this moment, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the door. I don’t know who ran in from outside, but ran directly to the door and seemed to almost bump into it. It was the young eunuch Jinzhong who was guarding outside who stopped the person and whispered, "Brother Delu? Why are you running like this? What happened?"
Delu's breathless voice rang out: "Out, out, something big has happened!"
Hearing this, Nan Yan frowned and turned her head away: "De Lu? What happened?"
Ruoshui hurried over to open the door and led him in. Delu's face flushed red, and he came over with sweat on his forehead and saluted Nan Yan. Delu had been with Nan Yan for many years and had seen a lot of things. But for him to act like this, something serious must have happened. Nan Yan said in a deep voice, "What happened? Tell me quickly."
De Lu took a breath and lowered his voice, "My Lady, there's a war going on."
"What?!"
Nan Yan was shocked.
Xinping, who had been lying on the bed with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them and hurried to get out of bed. However, she had been hungry for two days and felt so weak that she fell back down. Nanyan hurriedly supported her, and Chuyun also came over to put a pillow behind her back so that she could lean against the headboard. Xinping's eyes widened in surprise: "War? Where is the war?"
De Lu smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is the border, so we are naturally at war with the Kingdom of Yue."
"ha?"
Xinping's eyes suddenly lit up.
Nan Yan's brows furrowed.
This incident is not an accident.
After hearing what Li Bushang reported last night, and waiting for a whole night without any news from Xiahou Jiu, as soon as Zhu Feng mobilized troops, the other side would naturally react.
As for fighting, it's only a matter of time.
But I didn't expect that a fight would really break out.
And they came so quickly. We just heard about Li Wu Yu last night, and the fight started today.
Nan Yan hurriedly asked, "When did the fight start?"
De Lu said: "It was just now, and the fighting is still going on outside."
"Still fighting?!"
Nan Yan lowered her head and thought for a moment, then immediately asked, "Is there anyone in charge? Who led them there?"
De Lu said, "I heard there was no one in command. It was just the troops patrolling the border from both sides who got together and started fighting. Actually, there have been a few fights before, but they were over after the fight. But this time was different. This time, it was not far from the military camp. Our people had been holding their breath for a long time and rushed over immediately. But the Yue people seemed to have been prepared for it, and some of them dared to come over, so they started fighting right away."
Nan Yan asked, "Where is the emperor?"
De Lu said, "The Emperor is still in the study. The news just came through, and the Emperor immediately asked Master Cui and several other masters to go to the study to discuss it."
Nan Yan lowered her head solemnly, only to see Xin Ping, who had just looked like he was dying, now had eyes that lit up like two lights, and he came alive, saying, "Haha."
Nan Yan asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Xin Ping said: "It would be best if we could fight and kill those Yue people!"
Nan Yan shook her head helplessly: "As a girl, why do you fight and kill all day long?"
She was about to hand the bowl to Chu Yun, but Xinping immediately reached out and grabbed her arm: "Mom, I want to eat!"
Nan Yan looked down at her: "Didn't you want to go on a hunger strike just now?"
“Who said that!”
Xin Ping's expression changed like turning the pages of a book, and he said seriously, "I won't! We're already at war, why shouldn't I eat? I want to eat my fill. I want to see how our people beat the Yue people to a pulp and leave them with broken butts!"
Nan Yan shook her head helplessly and handed the bowl to Chu Yun.
Xinping opened his eyes wide: "Mother, you won't accompany me?"
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