Yun Qingluo looked up at Mo Beichen, momentarily losing her usual composure.
"Are you crazy? The Empress Dowager is already unwilling to accept this, and you're letting her return to the palace? Isn't that like raising a tiger to cause trouble? Besides, she won't be back for at least three months. The other two countries are already eyeing us covetously, and war is imminent. If you leave now, what will happen to the country and the people?"
Mo Beichen remained silent for a long time.
After a while, he looked up and saw that her eyes were red and she was staring intently at Yun Qingluo's beautiful face. She said painfully, "Luoluo, I haven't felt well at all since you told me. Let me go with you, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Qingluo's eyes stung with tears. Looking at the man in front of her who had so readily revealed his vulnerable side, she choked out, "Okay."
Faced with him like this, she really couldn't bring herself to say anything cruel.
Mo Beichen stood up and sat down next to Yun Qingluo, holding her hand tightly. "Don't worry, I've already asked the Grand Tutor to come out of seclusion. With Prime Minister Mu and Han Yixuan here, the Empress Dowager can't interfere in the court."
"What about the border region?" Yun Qingluo was still very worried.
"There's the Mo family army on the border, and there's something I need to discuss with Luo Luo," Mo Beichen said, his tone becoming somewhat serious towards the end.
Yun Qingluo asked curiously, "What is it?"
"After learning that the negotiations had failed, my father-in-law wrote a letter hoping to don his armor again and lead the Yun family army to the frontier to protect our Tianmo territory," Mo Beichen said in a deep voice.
He refused without even thinking about it.
It wasn't that he was afraid the Yun family would gain military power and become too powerful; he was just afraid Luo Luo would worry.
The battlefield is ever-changing, and it's common for someone to die on the battlefield. But Luo Luo also knows how much she cares about her family.
He didn't want Luo Luo to lose her family, so he refused.
At that time, General Yun smiled and said, "Your Majesty should first ask the Empress for her opinion before refusing this old minister."
Mo Beichen could only ask Yun Qingluo.
Yun Qingluo sighed, "Achen, the Yun family has been fighting on the battlefield for generations, protecting the country with their lives. Defending the country has long been the Yun family's ancestral precept. I know you did this for me, because you were afraid I would worry or be afraid. But people are born to shoulder missions. Going to the battlefield is my mission. Let him go."
Mo Beichen was displeased. "But, Luo Luo..." He was about to worry, but before he could finish speaking, Yun Qingluo interrupted him.
Yun Qingluo said, "Achen, everyone must die, some deaths are as light as a feather, others as heavy as Mount Tai. He wanted to protect the peace of Tianmo Kingdom, so we, as his children, should follow his lead."
Moreover, I worry that countless children and parents across the world are also worried; I'm not the only one worried, and I'm not the only one eagerly awaiting a triumphant return.
Mo Beichen's expression shifted slightly. "Okay, I understand."
Yun Qingluo, considering that Mo Beichen would continue to review memorials in the afternoon, told him to drink less.
In the evening, the Empress Dowager returned to the palace.
Yun Qingluo and Mo Beichen accompanied the Empress Dowager to dinner.
When the Empress Dowager mentioned the rumors circulating among the people, Mo Beichen dismissed them with a dismissive remark that they were just rumors and shouldn't be taken seriously.
The Empress Dowager didn't say much, and her expression remained calm, probably because she already knew Mo Beichen's intention in calling him back.
That evening, Yun Qingluo asked Mo Beichen, "Achen, I've been gone for so long, don't you really have any doubts?"
Mo Beichen's eyes were filled with desire as he asked in a deep voice, "Suspicion of what?"
Yun Qingluo stretched out her arm and pressed it against Mo Beichen's chest, asking, "Do you suspect I've lost...?"
Before she could finish speaking, Mo Beichen locked her hands and leaned down to cover her mouth.
After a long pause, he said in a muffled voice, "What I love has never been a skeleton a hundred years from now. Luo Luo, I only care about you, and I only believe in you."
After saying that, he leaned down and kissed her again, as if to punish her.
The next morning, the court session began.
The Emperor issued an edict, bestowing upon the Yun family a military tally, ordering the Yun father and son to lead an army of 200,000 to the border between the Tianmo Kingdom and the Beiyue Kingdom to protect the territory and people of the Tianmo Kingdom.
He specifically added that generals in the field could adapt to changing circumstances and were not obligated to obey imperial orders. He was also granted an imperial sword, which stipulated that any soldiers who disobeyed their commanders should be killed on the spot without question and should not be brought back to the capital.
This honor shocked the court and the public, and court officials offered their advice, arguing that it was inappropriate.
Mo Beichen simply asked, "Now that the three kingdoms are about to go to war, there is still no commander-in-chief on the border between Tianmo Kingdom and Dongwu Kingdom. Which father and son from your families can go to war and enjoy the same treatment? Do any of you have any ministers who would like to volunteer?"
Immediately, the ministers fell silent, becoming like cowards hiding in the sand.
Mo Beichen coldly observed their pathetic state, and angrily rebuked them, leaving the ministers feeling utterly ashamed.
Next, Mo Beichen proposed that bandits were rampant in the vicinity of the southern border, and rebellions were causing great suffering to the people. He would personally lead an expedition to quell the rebellions, eliminate the bandits, and restore peace to the region.
Although the ministers were still dissatisfied, they dared not speak out, clearly frightened by Mo Beichen's fierce demeanor just now.
Among the ministers, there were still some honest and loyal ones who stepped forward to raise questions, "Your Majesty, if you leave the palace, who will manage the affairs of state?"
Mo Beichen gave the minister a deep look. The minister, feeling the pressure, hurriedly knelt down, thus missing the hint of admiration in Mo Beichen's eyes.
Daring to be pioneers and speaking frankly, the blood of the imperial court truly needs to be changed.
This young man is quite good.
Mo Beichen slightly raised his hand, and the eunuch beside him immediately understood and loudly proclaimed, "Please invite the Grand Tutor to the palace!"
The ministers were shocked upon hearing this.
"Grand Tutor?"
"Yes, with that veteran who served three dynasties?"
"But didn't he retire? The late emperor invited him, but he didn't come out of seclusion. How come the emperor invited him here?"
As the ministers were discussing, an elderly man, supported by two eunuchs, slowly walked in.
Mo Beichen even descended from the high platform to personally greet him.
"Your Majesty, you mustn't!" Upon seeing this, the Grand Tutor immediately stopped and looked up at Mo Beichen with displeasure.
Helpless, Mo Beichen had no choice but to resign himself to returning to his position.
The Grand Tutor then walked forward to the officials, slowly knelt on the ground, and paid his respects.
After the Grand Tutor bowed, Mo Beichen hurriedly told him to stand up and had a chair brought over for him to sit on.
"Greetings, Grand Tutor!" The ministers looked at the Grand Tutor with excitement and said in unison.
Most of the people here are students under the Grand Tutor, and some are even students of the Grand Tutor's students.
The Grand Tutor's face remained serious, but there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.
"Good, good, good. Now, seeing you become the pillars of my Tianmo Kingdom, I am deeply gratified." The Grand Tutor finally smiled and said slowly.
Mo Beichen curled the corners of his lips. “Grand Tutor, I am indeed guilty for asking you to come out of seclusion, but this century-old foundation cannot be ruined in my hands. Moreover, among all the officials in the court, only the Grand Tutor is someone I can entrust with my duties. During my absence, I ask the Grand Tutor to guard the rear for me.”
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