"This time it's too dangerous. I also suggest that the prince should stay in the capital. Why would Miss Lian make such a suggestion?" Prime Minister Lin looked puzzled.
Yao Guang wiped his sweat and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Lian's suggestion should be to make sure that the prince will not be harmed. Moreover, after this incident, how will the court explain to the people? They must say that the barbarians outside Liangzhou came to attack our Qian Dynasty, not monsters. If they say monsters, the monsters haven't come yet, and I'm afraid the people will be in chaos first."
Emperor Cheng slowly calmed down. Indeed, when mobilizing troops now, there must not be any mention of monsters.
"So, the court officials won't know the truth. They will only know that it was the prince who led the army to repel the barbarian army. The prince is both civil and military, so he can calm the court officials and the people of the world. So I think that Miss Lian didn't ask the prince to help her, but just gave him a chance to get some credit for nothing!"
After Yao Guang's explanation, Emperor Cheng also felt that it made some sense.
Seeing Emperor Cheng wavering, Yuchi Yanxia was anxious: "Your Majesty! Are you really going to let Chen'er go to the battle? It's too dangerous."
“Queen, you have not seen the magical powers of the Lotus Goddess with your own eyes. I believe she will take good care of Chen'er. Moreover, as a prince, if he has never fought in a war, he is not a qualified prince! In the future, it will be difficult for him to become a qualified king! The battlefield is the best place for a man to grow quickly!” Emperor Cheng’s expression also became fierce. He also believed that Duanmu Qingchen must go through a battle!
Yuchi Yanxia was speechless for a moment. She had always attached equal importance to the education of her son, and she also hoped that he would have the opportunity to go to the battlefield. But that was under the protection of her father Yuchi Jun, and now he was not facing a human, but a terrible monster! She had never seen this goddess Lian Youyou with her own eyes. Although she knew that she had great magical powers, she could not fully trust her in her heart.
Seeing that Yuchi Yanxia no longer objected, Emperor Cheng also made a decision: "Let the crown prince lead the army in person this time! Let old General Yuchi go with us. However, the journey to Liangzhou is long and arduous, how can we get there in just a few days?" Emperor Cheng expressed his worries, "If in a dozen days, the great god Lian should have repelled the beast. If we fail to prevent it..." Emperor Cheng was already worried. If he failed to prevent it in a dozen days, the beast would have already reached Qinzhou! The capital city would be reached in the blink of an eye!
Yao Guang gritted his teeth and said, "Special period, special treatment, let the prince go through the secret door!"
Emperor Cheng nodded in understanding and slapped the stone table: "Okay! Let's do it!"
"Your Majesty!" Suddenly, Yuchi Yanxia stood up, took off her phoenix crown, looked at Emperor Cheng sternly, and said, "I request your order to go to the war!" Since she could not stop Emperor Cheng from sending the prince to the war, and she was worried about Lian Youyou, Yuchi Yanxia decided to go to the war as well!
Emperor Cheng looked at Yuchi Yanxia's determined expression and knew that he could not stop her. He stood up and held her hands: "Queen, please be careful!" Emperor Cheng held Yuchi Yanxia's hands tightly. If possible, he would also like to go with the queen and the prince. However, he was the emperor and he needed to sit here to calm the hearts of the court officials and the people.
Yuchi Yanxia and Emperor Cheng looked into each other's eyes. They had always treated each other with respect, but today, they felt the same heartbeat they had when they were young again.
At this time, Duanmu Qingchen was busy packing his luggage in Duanmu Jinhong's room. He was now Duanmu Jinhong, and every day he wanted to leave the palace to start his own adventurous life. He had even drawn a map.
The world outside is so big, he must go out and see it! Another point is that it turns out to be so difficult to be another person! He has to try hard to play Duanmu Jinhong in front of his father and Concubine Rui, a person with a completely different personality from his own. This is too painful for him.
Duanmu Jinhong came in a hurry. He had a hard time these days. Being another person was far more difficult than he had imagined. He originally thought that as long as he was as noisy as Duanmu Qingchen, he would be like Duanmu Qingchen, but he gradually found that his affectations made his father look suspicious.
Moreover, every time he saw his father and Lin Xiang together, he felt heartbroken, because he knew that it was his father who was proposing marriage to him, but the current Duanmu Jinhong was no longer him.
He ran into his room in a state of dismay, only to find himself packing his luggage. This scene of himself looking at himself, yet not being himself, was too strange and awkward.
"What are you doing?" He walked forward and asked in Duanmu Qingchen's voice. Even though it was Duanmu Qingchen's voice, he still hadn't fully adapted to it.
Duanmu Qingchen saw him coming and was too lazy to look at him: "I can't stay here anymore. It's too difficult to be you."
"Do you think it's easy for me to be you?!" Duanmu Jinhong grabbed Duanmu Qingchen and spoke to his face, making him feel dazed. "Do you know that my father wants to marry Shiyue to you?"
Duanmu Qingchen was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "This, this is not the first day you have known this, but you are me now, and Lin Shiyue is your Crown Princess. Why are you so angry?" Duanmu Qingchen pushed Duanmu Jinhong away with amusement and continued to pack his luggage.
"No!" Duanmu Jinhong himself was actually confused by the exchanged identities, "Oh, I mean, father wants to betroth Shiyue to the original me! Father doesn't plan to let Shiyue be the crown princess!" After saying these words, Duanmu Jinhong felt a little overwhelmed. Now he and he, you you and me, can't tell the difference.
Duanmu Qingchen stopped and smiled: "Then you don't have to worry about it. I plan to travel around the world and leave tonight. By the way, do you have money? I want to travel around the world and I don't have enough pocket money." Duanmu Qingchen said and began to touch Duanmu Jinhong all over.
Duanmu Jinhong hated it most when others touched him, so he pushed Duanmu Qingchen away with force: "Stop touching me! Go away!" The two of them started to pull each other in the room.
"Chen'er! Chen'er!" Suddenly, the Queen's call startled the two of them and made them jump away. They hurriedly arranged their clothes. The two who had never gotten along well since childhood became particularly tacit today. When the Queen entered, one of them was smiling, and the other had a cold expression.
The Queen and Emperor Cheng entered one after another, followed by Yao Guang. Prime Minister Lin went directly to inform General Yuchi to go to the Nine Gates to meet up with everyone.
Duanmu Qingchen and Duanmu Jinhong were also a little surprised at the sudden arrival of Emperor Cheng and the Queen, what's more, the Queen was dressed in military uniform.
Duanmu Qingchen, who had not seen his mother dressed like this for a long time, almost screamed out in surprise, but Duanmu Jinhong blocked him with his body, which made him wake up instantly. Now Duanmu Qingchen is no longer himself.
"Mother? Father? Why are you dressed like this?" Duanmu Jinhong asked this question on behalf of Duanmu Qingchen.
Emperor Cheng and Yuchi Yanxia were actually a little surprised to see Duanmu Qingchen in Duanmu Jinhong's room. It seemed that the relationship between the two brothers had improved since the Guo Temple. They were often seen whispering to each other. (To be continued)