The next morning, Wei Tuo, who had gone to Ling Heguang to share gossip the day before, was disappointed to find no one there. Today, he finally managed to catch him, but Ling Heguang gave him a bolt from the blue.
"What did you say? The Qiu Kingdom has actually joined forces with the Li Kingdom?" Wei Tuo was astonished.
"Who knows? Let's go to the main hall first, the Emperor is here." Ling Heguang shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand what had suddenly gotten into Qiu Guo.
Upon hearing that the Emperor of Yue had come in person for this matter, which showed how important it was, Wei Tuo didn't ask any more questions and immediately went straight to the main hall with Ling He Guang.
When the two arrived at the main hall, not only Emperor Yue and Jin Yin, but also Yue Chen and Hua Cai were already seated at the back.
Yue Chen was summoned by the Emperor, while Hua Cai—cough cough—he heard the news from the system and came to find him herself.
"Please sit down. The main reason I've come here is to discuss sending Chen'er to the battlefield for training." The Emperor Yue, seated at the head of the table, spoke first once everyone had arrived.
This wasn't the first time Hua Cai had seen the Yue Emperor, but every time she saw him, she couldn't help but sigh, "They're all emperors, but emperors are always competing with each other. This one emperor is going to be the death of me."
Compared to the Emperor Yue, Hua Cai instantly felt that Li Zheng, that brainless killer, was utterly low-class.
Every time Hua Cai thinks of Li Zheng's sinister face, after complaining about Jin Baozhu's poor taste, she has to sigh again at how awesome her cheap father is.
With the support of gold and silver, even a brainless person can instantly rise to become a domineering president—no, a domineering emperor—and make Li Kingdom the leader of the four kingdoms, completely crushing Li Zheng by a mile.
Hua Cai genuinely doubted how, given such a huge gap in intelligence, the entire Jin family, including Jin Yin, could have died at Li Zheng's hands in the original storyline.
Compared to Li Zheng, Hua Cai finds this Emperor Yue much more pleasing to the eye.
Peaceful yet dignified, reasonable yet impartial—cough cough, just a little bit now and then.
If it weren't for the gold and silver that the Li Kingdom had previously provided, given the difference in power between the emperors of the two countries, the Yue Kingdom wouldn't have been so easily suppressed by the Li Kingdom.
Hua Cai glanced at the newly enthroned Emperor Yue and twitched her lips: "Emperor Yue is perfect in every way. If he didn't keep trying to match me with his third son, he would be even more perfect."
The Yue Emperor must have heard some rumor that the Third Prince had been secretly in love with her for a long time but was unable to express it, which made the Yue Emperor, who loved his son dearly, extremely anxious. Every time they met, the Yue Emperor would talk to Hua Cai about his son's infatuation and excellence, which made Hua Cai deeply suspect that the Yue Emperor was a professional matchmaker before he became emperor.
However, it was precisely because of the Emperor's enthusiasm and the fact that Hua Cai was extremely handsome and had his father's awesome looks that he was able to stay in the Third Prince's residence peacefully for three years. This was because the Emperor actively filtered out all sorts of people who wanted to meet or have a romantic encounter with Hua Cai, or who wanted to talk to Hua Cai about their life ideals or chat about the moon and stars.
I was both grateful and speechless.
Hua Cai let out a long sigh.
"Golden girl, what are your thoughts on what I have said?" A gentle voice, tinged with amusement, rang out.
Hua Cai, whose name was called, looked up at Emperor Yue in a daze: "Huh? What did you just say, Your Majesty?"
Suddenly, a coughing sound rang out in the main hall.
Emperor Yue always seemed exceptionally tolerant of Hua Cai. Seeing her absent-mindedness, he was not annoyed, but simply smiled gently: "Qiu Kingdom and Li Kingdom have joined forces to fight against my Yue-Liang allied forces, but Emperor Liang's attitude is unclear. I intend to send troops to Li Kingdom. What do you think, Jin Yatou?"
The Yue Emperor's words were quite bold in this world; to ask a young woman for her opinion on a matter involving an entire nation.
Hua Cai pursed her lips. The weapons of the Li Kingdom were far superior, and the warhorses of the Qiu Kingdom were the best of the best. When the two joined forces at this time, it was not simply a matter of having twice the number of troops. This reinforcement would definitely be something that the Yue and Liang armies could not withstand.
In contrast, while Qiu State made its stance clear, all of Jin Family Merchants' influence in Qiu State was ruthlessly eliminated. Although Jin Yin focused Jin Family Merchants' efforts on Yue State, the losses suffered by Qiu State would more or less have an impact on Yue State.
Moreover, the attitude of the Liang Emperor was unclear.
Weapons, warhorses, provisions, and command.
Of the four most important conditions for a war, the Li Kingdom has already met two of them. If the Liang Kingdom suddenly turns against the Yue Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom will be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
However, if we retreat at this moment, not only will Li and Qiu not agree, but we will also be at a disadvantage in terms of morale, and when the two armies face each other, we will lose before the battle even begins.
"Does Your Majesty know why the Qiu Kingdom suddenly sided with the Li Kingdom?" Hua Cai was very curious. The Li, Yue, and Liang Kingdoms were ordering each other around, so why couldn't the Qiu Kingdom just watch the show from the sidelines? There was no reason for them to get involved. War is no fun.
Unable to figure it out, Hua Cai simply stopped thinking about it and asked Emperor Yue directly, presumably he knew the answer.
As expected, the Yue Emperor gave Hua Cai an approving look and said, "The current regent of Qiu Kingdom is the maternal uncle of the Princess Xiaoyao of Li Kingdom."
Princess Xiaoyao...that name sounds so familiar.
Hua Cai frowned, took a sip of tea thoughtfully, then suddenly widened her eyes and choked.
“Zhao Qinglian’s uncle!” Hua Cai was stunned.
Is this really necessary? Is the female lead's halo really that strong? Just when things were getting a little difficult for Li Guo, the female lead suddenly had an uncle who was also the regent of the country.
Wasn't that legendary former prince the only daughter of Zhao Qinglian's mother?
Since it appeared because of the male and female leads—
"Then let's fight." Hua Cai suddenly stood up and stood in the center, looking up at the Yue Emperor with bright eyes: "Then let's fight, this humble woman requests to go into battle."
Of course, she had no choice but to go into battle.
In the last world, she had to avoid the female lead everywhere, which made her very bored. Now that the system has given her permission to go for it, what else does she have to worry about? She must go and see just how powerful the legendary female lead's halo really is.
Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned.
Even the Emperor of Yue felt that Hua Cai might have misunderstood his words, so he quickly repeated, "Golden Girl, I'm asking you what your opinion is on this matter, not whether you're willing to don armor and go on a distant expedition to the frontier."
"Baozhu, what nonsense are you talking about? Come back here right now." Jin Yin had seen all sorts of things in her life, but she was still quite frightened. She stood up abruptly, but then sat back down, feeling dizzy. "Don't be silly. Even if you have some skills now, what kind of place is the battlefield? Swords have no eyes. It's not a place for a girl like you to just go and fight."
Jin Yin covered her head, trying to calm the discomfort.
Today's excitement was really intense. I thought my heart could handle it, but I didn't expect it. She really is my precious daughter; she always knows how to give her dad a surprise from time to time.
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