A Cai's work The Emperor's Phoenix: Abandoned Concubine The Emperor's Phoenix: Abandoned Concubine Volume 1 2067 Truce, Who Does the Son Look Like

The war between Princess Xiling and Xiling Tianyu lasted for more than a year, but the winner was still unknown...

After a long war, not only Princess Xiling but also Beiling was exhausted. In addition to the previous 50,000 troops, Beiling gradually sent another 50,000 troops to the front line.

Beiling is not as populous as Dongling, nor is it like Dongling, where soldiers come and go in batches, so they don't get tired at all. One hundred thousand soldiers from Beiling were sent to the front line and never returned. The war day and night made them exhausted.

"If we continue to fight like this, the national treasury will not be able to support it. Your Majesty, please end the war as soon as possible or call a ceasefire." Princess Xiling's ministers all urged Princess Xiling to stop the war.

Princess Xiling rubbed her forehead with a headache and said nothing. She had been doing this more and more recently, which showed how much of a headache it was for her.

She thought that she would be able to unify Xiling in a year at most, but she didn't expect that the battle lasted for more than a year without seeing any results. She couldn't even cross the river and still stayed in the place she originally occupied.

Not only that, Xiling also lost a large number of young people and laborers because of this battle. The fields were all barren and no one cultivated them. If this continued, Xiling would follow in the footsteps of Beiling.

"Your Majesty, we have all been tricked by Dongling." An advisor who followed the Princess of Xiling thought for a while and then spoke slowly: "Dongling obviously has the ability to send a large number of troops to Xiling to help His Majesty Tianyu settle the war as soon as possible, but Dongling did not do so. Instead, it allowed the war between the two countries to prolong. When the war between our two countries was stalemate, Dongling reclaimed wasteland and cultivated land on a large scale. Their total grain harvest last year was more than three times that of previous years, while ours was less than 30% of previous years."

With this comparison, the gap between the two countries immediately emerged. Dongling had recuperated after the war and was becoming more and more prosperous. However, because of this war, they were already inferior to Dongling in national strength, and now they were left far behind by Dongling.

"Your Majesty, Dongling wants to swallow us up now. One hundred thousand troops are enough, but the people of our country would probably prefer to be the people of Dongling." The counselor thought of the rumors circulating in the barracks recently that the people are becoming more and more prosperous after the fall of Nanling.

As there were more and more rumors like this, the people could not help but wonder, if Xiling Kingdom was destroyed and swallowed up by Dongling, would they be able to have fields and land, and be well fed and clothed like the original people of Nanling?

Once this idea is formed, it will take root in my heart. Once the Dongling army attacks, the people of Xiling may even open the city gates to welcome them...

Princess Xiling had not thought about this problem, but: "We have been fighting for so long, I am unwilling to give up!"

Yes, I am unwilling to accept this!

In order to take over the entire Xiling, the princess has paid too much, and there are nearly 70,000 troops in Beiling on her territory. If she stops at this time, will these people in Beiling be willing to leave?

The consequence of refusing to leave is that it will devour her in return, and she will then truly lose both the wife and the army.

"No, I can't give up like this. I must fight this battle and I must win." The princess made up her mind. The counselor sighed inwardly, but he also knew that they had no other choice now.

From the moment they agreed to form an alliance with Beiling, they were in a difficult situation. If they were much weaker than Beiling, they would be swallowed up by Beiling. Now they had to fight.

“After fighting for so long, both the Princess and Tianyu are tired of it. A life-and-death battle is inevitable. In the eyes of outsiders, Tianyu is Dongling’s ally, and Dongling would be wrong not to send troops.” Feng Qingchen looked at the Ninth Uncle, waiting for his answer.

"One hundred thousand." The Ninth Prince gave Feng Qingchen a definite number. Just when Feng Qingchen was wondering why the Ninth Prince would do a business that would lose money, the Ninth Prince added, "Garrison!"

In other words, the 100,000 troops from Dongling will be stationed in Xiling permanently and will not be withdrawn.

Openly stationing troops in other people's countries is absolutely a slap in the face, but Dongling does have the ability to do so now.

"We can't let Beiling expand, and we can't let Beiling get any outside help." Feng Qingchen understood the deep meaning of Uncle Nine's move. It seemed like he was forcibly occupying Xiling, but in fact, he was trying to prevent Beiling from swallowing up Xiling.

Beiling's ambition is no less than Dongling's. Dongling's biggest enemy now is Beiling, and they have to defend against it.

"Well. Have you thought about the school matters?" As soon as the Xiling war is over, the schools can be opened, starting with the capital.

"Sixing told me two days ago that he wanted to go to Xiling to practice medicine, so he was put in charge." Feng Qingchen felt a headache when he thought of Sun Sixing.

This child, since he went to the Nanling front line two years ago and saw the sufferings of the civilians and soldiers on the front line, he decided to become a doctor without borders. He goes wherever there is a war, regardless of whether it is dangerous or not.

If Feng Qingchen hadn't been so strict, Sun Sixing would have already run to the Xiling front line and wouldn't have waited until now.

"Don't worry." The Ninth Uncle stepped forward and held Feng Qingchen's hand: "With Ling Mo here, he won't be in danger."

"Swords have no eyes. Who can tell what happened on the battlefield? Xiling is not our territory after all." Feng Qingchen leaned in the arms of the Ninth Uncle and sighed softly: "The children have grown up and none of them listen to discipline. One or two of them are like this, it's a headache just thinking about it..."

"What's wrong? Is your baby naughty again?" The Ninth Prince knew what was going on without thinking and laughed immediately.

Naibao becomes more and more naughty as he grows up. He is only two years old but he has become a bully in the palace. Even Zhezhe has to give him some ground to avoid being bullied by him.

Feng Qingchen nodded and said, "Naibao knocked the snow wolf unconscious two days ago, and then smeared ink and cinnabar on the snow wolf's fur, saying that he wanted to color it." Thinking of the miserable appearance of the snow wolf, Feng Qingchen couldn't help laughing while being angry.

"It's okay, just let someone wash the snow wolf clean. It's normal for boys to be naughty." Jiuhuangpi's mouth twitched slightly, but of course he couldn't say that his son was wrong at this time.

"Just spoil him. If he runs away from home one day, you will also spoil him." Feng Qingchen punched the Ninth Prince in his arms, "It's all because of you. Look at what he has become now. Because Xuelang complained, he was punished. Yesterday, he pretended to be pitiful and said in front of Xuelang that he wanted a wolf tooth necklace like Feng Jin's. After tricking Xuelang into knocking the teeth out, he thought it was too heavy and said he would wear it when he grows up. Tell me, why is your son so troublesome?"

"Naibao is also your son." The Ninth Prince held Feng Qingchen's hand. Feng Qingchen's force was not light and it still hurt when he hit him.

"I wasn't as naughty as him when I was a kid." Feng Qingchen raised his eyes and looked at the Ninth Uncle angrily: "Naibao must be like you, with a sesame-bun temper at such a young age. What will happen to you when you grow up?"

"What kind of personality does Sesame Bun have?" The Ninth Prince was confused. He swore that he was never as naughty as Naibao when he was a child. He had never had time to be naughty since he could remember.

Of course, no one cares if he is naughty.

However, when Feng Qingchen said, "The sesame bun is soft on the outside and black on the inside. It looks easy to bully, but it's actually very black-bellied," the Ninth Uncle didn't dare to say a word.

Well, Naibao does look like him!