The emperor was furious on the spot. Instead of mentioning how to rescue his son who was trapped in the enemy camp, he angrily accused Chu Han of being incompetent, which caused the soldiers to lose their lives.

The ministers present did not dare to say much. After venting his anger, the emperor now faced the difficult issue of increasing the number of troops and who to send to lead them. The entire morning court session did not produce a conclusion. The emperor, feeling upset, withdrew from the court.

When she returned to the imperial study, Concubine Xian was already waiting outside the door. Chu Han was captured and she could no longer sit still.

"Your Majesty, please send someone to rescue Han'er! I only have this one son, please save him!"

The emperor was already worried about this matter. Rescue? He wanted to rescue, but who would go to rescue? It couldn't be that he, the emperor, led the army in person!

"Okay, why are you crying? I don't want to save you, but I don't have a general who can lead the troops. What should I do?"

Concubine Xian quickly said, "Yes, of course there is. His Royal Highness Ye Wang is the God of War of our Tianji. With Ye Wang, what else do we have to worry about?"

Speaking of this, the emperor became even more annoyed. Chu Xuan was ill in bed, and the Night Prince's Mansion had been closed to visitors for many days, as if they were afraid that he would be dragged out of the mansion.

Concubine Xian saw the opportunity and began to add fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty, the Night King has been ill for so long, no matter how serious his illness was, he should have recovered. Why is His Royal Highness the Night King still claiming to be ill? Is the Night King afraid that Your Majesty will send him to war?"

Upon hearing this, the emperor began to doubt again whether Chu Xuan was really sick or simply did not want to go to the war.

Before the emperor could take any action, the eunuch hurriedly walked up to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Night King is asking for an audience outside the palace."

The emperor had an idea and summoned the person in.

Chu Xuan's face was pale, and he had to gasp for breath after walking a few steps. He finally walked in front of the emperor with great effort. Before he could even say anything, he began to cough violently.

Seeing that Chu Xuan was so seriously ill, the emperor didn't know what to say. He could roughly guess in his heart that Chu Xuan was probably here to prove to him that he was indeed sick.

But the next scene was beyond the emperor's expectations. Chu Xuan knelt down despite his "sick body" and said respectfully: "Father, I came here today to ask for your order. I am willing to lead the troops to the battle..."

But before he could finish his words, he started coughing violently again.

The emperor's doubts disappeared, and he pretended to be worried, helping Chu Xuan up: "Good boy, father knows that you are concerned about the war in the northern border, but your health is more important. Go back and take good care of yourself. Everything will be discussed after you recover."

Chu Xuan pretended to be moved and said in a low voice: "Father, I am a useless son and cannot share your worries."

Such a "loving father and filial son" scene is rare for Chu Xuan and the emperor. The emperor himself must have felt very uncomfortable, and finally sent someone to send Chu Xuan back to the Night Palace.

Lu Yanluo pushed the door open and walked in. Chu Xuan stood up with a calm expression, not even a hint of illness on his face.

This was what the two of them had prepared in advance, in order to dispel the emperor's doubts and allow Chu Xuan to be "sick" for a while longer. Now it seems that it has been accomplished.

The next day, the emperor personally issued an edict at the morning court, ordering General Zhenbei Li Shengfeng to be the commander-in-chief to go to the northern border to meet the enemy and rescue Prince Liang Chu Han.

Li Shengfeng took the order and left, leading 100,000 troops on a journey day and night. Half a month later, they finally arrived at the Northern Frontier. However, the enemy troops in the Northern Frontier were obviously in high spirits and very brave after experiencing several victories.

Li Shengfeng led his troops to engage in a head-on encounter with the enemy in the northern border. He was knocked off his horse by the enemy general with a single blow and received a heavy reward. The remaining soldiers lost their commander and were like headless flies, and were quickly dispersed by the enemy.

When the news reached the capital, the court was in dead silence. Instead of repelling the enemy, General Zhenbei was captured by the enemy and the enemy also captured the two cities of Youzhou and Shuozhou one after another.

In this way, the gateway to Tianji Kingdom in the northern border has been opened, and if the enemy troops in the northern border go deeper, they will enter the territory of Tianji.

The emperor was furious and anxious. The enemy was about to arrive, but there was no commander in the court who was suitable to lead the troops. What should he do?

"My dear ministers, there is war in the northern border and the situation is imminent. The court is in urgent need of a general to lead the troops to meet the enemy. Are there any of you willing to go?"

After the emperor finished speaking, the hall fell into silence, and no one was willing to speak.

Who is willing to go? Of course no one is willing to go. Going to the northern border now is tantamount to going to die. There is no return, so naturally no one is willing to go.

Besides, all the ministers in the court who were loyal to the emperor were either framed by Zhang Xuanlin and imprisoned, or were chilled by the emperor's actions.

As for the remaining officials who are opportunistic and fawning, and only know how to enrich themselves every day, how could they be willing to die?

Seeing that everyone was shrinking back, the emperor walked away in anger. Finally, he had no choice but to temporarily send secret guards to the northern border to spy on the situation.

Unexpectedly, the secret guards brought news that the King of Northern Frontier was celebrating his victory at the border with the enemy troops, and that the Northern Frontier army had already assembled and was about to march south to attack the city.

This news was like a bolt from the blue to the emperor. The enemy was going to attack the city, but he didn't even have anyone to defend it. What should he do? Who could lead the troops for him?

In order to stabilize the throne, he dismissed all the soldiers in the country and demoted or killed the generals in the court. Until now, the court is full of civil officials who can only talk, and no one is able to pick up the sword or mount the horse at the critical moment.

After locking himself in the palace for half a day, the emperor chose to go to the Night Palace to visit Chu Xuan.

The Emperor had just left the palace when the Night Palace received the news. Chu Xuan knew that the time was almost right, but he had to continue pretending to be sick.

After Lu Yanluo gave Chu Xuan a few injections, his face suddenly turned pale and he looked as weak as a frail scholar who would fall down at the slightest gust of wind.

[If Chu Xuan had not been born in an imperial family, he wouldn't have to worry about starving to death just by relying on this face. It's really pleasing to the eye.]

Chu Xuan glanced at Lu Yanluo and coughed lightly: "What do you think about all day? We are together every day, haven't you seen enough?"

Seeing that her little trick had been exposed, Lu Yanluo quickly covered it up and said, "Hey, lie down quickly, maybe your good father will come soon."

Speak of the devil, and he will appear. A servant outside shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived!"

Chu Xuan's face turned cold and his body leaned towards Lu Yanluo. With Lu Yanluo's support, he walked out with difficulty to welcome the emperor.

When the emperor saw Chu Xuan was about to kneel, he quickly stopped him and said, "You are still sick, no need to be polite, go in quickly."

Everyone walked into the inner room, and Lu Yanluo retreated tactfully. Chu Xuan sat aside without saying a word, waiting for the emperor to speak.

Sure enough, the emperor pondered for a moment and said, "My child, the northern border is coming. Youzhou has been destroyed, Shuozhou is gone, the mountains and rivers are broken, and your father has no choice but to come to find you."

There was helplessness in his words, but the meaning was clear: he wanted Chu Xuan to lead the troops into battle.