“This male lead—” Hua Cai frowned: “Isn’t he a bit weak?”
As the male protagonist drew closer and closer in her eyes, she couldn't help but complain: "Look at the way he's riding this horse, it doesn't feel like he's going to the battlefield, it's more like he's taking a stroll in his own backyard. Oh my, did you see that, you idiot? This guy almost fell off his horse just now."
The all-seeing eye clearly displayed the scene a hundred meters away to Hua Cai. Before she could finish speaking, the male protagonist, who was riding his horse with trepidation, was whipped hard by a golden-armored man next to him.
The horse was startled and lurched forward, causing the male protagonist, who was basking in the glow of a golden protagonist's halo, to fall spectacularly from the horse.
This protagonist's halo is fake, isn't it?
Hua Cai looked to the side in astonishment: "Who is that guy in the golden armor running at the very front?"
How dare she lay a hand on the male lead? Aren't they afraid of death?
Completely forgetting that she was the most fearless one, and that she had come specifically to cause trouble for the male lead.
The young general who handed the telescope to Hua Cai had already clearly seen the people in front of the two armies of Li and Qiu. The golden-armored general was particularly conspicuous. When Hua Cai asked, the young general answered without hesitation: "It is Xu Yuanhua, the regent of Qiu Kingdom, who is personally leading the expedition."
The regent of the Qiu Kingdom.
"Oh dear, isn't that the female lead's uncle? No wonder he dared to show the male lead no respect at all. This guy fell so hard, tsk tsk, I hope he's going to be disfigured." Upon hearing that he was actually the brother of that unlucky Right Prime Minister's wife, Hua Cai instantly became interested.
This man married his sister to the Right Chancellor of Li Kingdom and promised the Emperor of Li Kingdom that he would no longer cause trouble in Li Kingdom. He simply went to Qiu Kingdom to seize power and even managed to do it.
What a talent!
Hua Cai picked up the Thousand-Mile Eye again, looked at the Regent who was staring at the male protagonist with disdain, and then looked at the Carefree Prince who was getting up from the ground in a disheveled state. Hua Cai put down her hand speechlessly.
"Is the male lead mistaken? How could the female lead have fallen for this guy?"
System silence.
Even though his host was criticizing the male lead, he had the strange feeling that he was being criticized as well.
The horses, a specialty of the Qiu Kingdom, are incredibly powerful. Hua Cai had only been observing for a short time when the Qiu army had already come into view.
Even with eyes that can see a thousand miles, the distance was too great to see clearly. Upon meeting, the male protagonist was even more disheveled than she had imagined.
"General, where did you get this armor from?" He wasn't disfigured, but he wasn't in much better shape either.
Hua Cai looked at Li Yuan, whose face was covered in dust. His armor, which was obviously a size too big, made people inexplicably want to laugh. The helmet was just right, but after falling off the horse, the helmet that he was wearing was a little crooked.
Annoyed, he straightened his helmet and tried to sit up straight on the horse. He felt the familiar disdainful and disappointed gaze falling on him, but he didn't dare to turn his head to look at it.
He felt that he had been extremely unlucky lately. He had finally gotten past his elder brother's hurdle and was able to live happily ever after with Lian'er. However, this wonderful life of traveling and enjoying the scenery had not lasted for three years before Li Kingdom was clashing with Yue Kingdom.
Li Yuan owes Li Zheng a great debt for stealing the woman he loves. Moreover, the reason for confronting Yue Kingdom is to eliminate any worries for him and Lian'er.
Upon learning of Li Zheng's predicament, Li Yuan and Zhao Qinglian immediately returned to Li Du.
Upon learning that Liang had allied with Yue, the three briefly discussed the matter and then turned their attention to Qiu.
Zhao Qinglian volunteered to go to the Qiu Kingdom as an envoy to negotiate, and Li Yuan naturally had to go with her. This trip became the beginning of his nightmare.
The negotiations with the Qiu Kingdom went extremely smoothly, and the regent of the Qiu Kingdom turned out to be its current uncle.
This uncle, who had ambitions to be superior to others wherever he went, looked down on him and, upon learning about Zhao Qinglian's mother's situation, almost killed him as a sacrifice.
If it weren't for Zhao Qinglian's staunch intervention, the conditions for cooperation between the Li and Qiu kingdoms, besides superior weaponry, would have included the head of the Carefree Prince.
Even so, his life wasn't much better. As a prince of the kingdom, under his uncle's supervision, he not only had to train, eat, and live with the lowly soldiers, but also had to wear this incredibly heavy suit of armor to the battlefield.
He was the carefree prince known to all in the country. Everyone knew that he was exceptionally handsome, aloof and disliked power, devoted himself to poetry and songs, and yearned for the chivalrous life of the martial world. He was skilled in all those refined things. How could he know what kind of feed a horse should be given, or even how many nails were in its shoes?
Given his noble status, he usually wore the most expensive silks and satins in the world. When had he ever carried such heavy armor?
Isn't this exactly the kind of person Lian'er likes?
But in his uncle's eyes, all of this was a sign of his incompetence. He was furious and berated him from beginning to end, and even the entire Li Kingdom suffered as a result.
After hearing it many times, Li Yuan finally understood that this uncle hated all the civil officials in Li Kingdom, and even the Li government, because of Zhao Qinglian's mother's matter.
Li Yuan felt that the situation was quite bad and it was necessary to inform Li Zheng, but he was now in a precarious situation himself.
Li Yuan didn't even have a chance to return to Lidu after leaving Qiu Kingdom. He was directly taken to the border by Xu Yuanhua. He only sent an envoy to tell Li Zheng that the two countries should join forces. It couldn't be just Qiu Kingdom that was involved. Li Yuan was taken away to take charge of the overall situation on the border of Li Kingdom. If Li Zheng was preparing to personally lead the expedition, he could let Li Yuan go back then.
This was clearly a case of detaining people, but fortunately it was just a matter of a general managing the border, not actually going to the battlefield. Li Yuan was indeed a very suitable candidate, so Li Zheng didn't say anything more.
But when it comes to command, the worst thing you can do is for an outsider to instruct an expert. It's fine for Li Yuan to nitpick over words with a group of scholars, but how could Li Yuan possibly command things on the battlefield?
Therefore, Xu Yuanhua naturally announced his identity as Li Yuan's uncle, and after Li Yuan bowed his head in acquiescence, he temporarily took over the command of the Li Kingdom's army.
It is utterly ridiculous that the command of a nation's army fell into the hands of a general from another country.
Before the news reached Li Zheng's ears, Li Yuan's days under Xu Yuanhua's command were becoming increasingly difficult. Now, it is said that Li Yuan, who was only in command and did not need to personally take to the battlefield, has been dragged to the battlefield by Xu Yuanhua under the pretext that leading by example would boost morale.
It's all the fault of that father and daughter in the Jin family.
That cunning merchant is indeed a cunning merchant, shrewd and ruthless. Hearing rumors, he didn't even bother to verify his daughter's life or death in order to escape. If the plan that day hadn't failed and the entire Jin family had been successfully captured by the Emperor, how could things have turned out like this?
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