activa-t Chapter 261 Everyone is a rat in the melon field
Chapter 261 Everyone is a rat in the melon field
The emperor looked at the queen coldly. Was the queen deliberately trying to embarrass him in front of all the officials today?
He wanted to say that the treasury was empty and that repairing the city wall required long-term planning, but he heard the voice that made him angry again.
[Last year, many households were confiscated. The national treasury is now fuller than ever before. The emperor should not use lame excuses like the treasury is empty to refuse.]
[However, if you refuse, just refuse. Anyway, according to General Xie's principle, if you can win, then fight, if you can't win, then run away. If the city wall is broken and you can't defend it, then don't defend it. ]
[If Chahar attacks again, at worst we can just give him Yuchengguan. He can then retreat to Hanyuguan with General Qi. If Hanyuguan cannot be defended due to lack of military supplies and fodder, then we can continue to retreat.]
[Anyway, the Chu Kingdom is not named Zhang, Xie, or Qi.]
[If there really is a change of dynasty, everyone sitting here can become a founding father! ]
emperor:"……"
If this dead girl can't speak, don't say anything and don't mutter to yourself!
The emperor almost gritted his teeth and called the Minister of Revenue to cooperate with the Queen to plan the supplies to be sent to the border.
Before sitting down again, the queen looked gratefully in the direction of Lu Xinran. If it weren't for this little girl, today wouldn't have been so smooth.
If she helps her pass the emperor's test, she will give them a big gift in return in the future.
After the imperial decree was announced and the rewards were conferred, the celebration banquet officially began.
Lu Xinran pulled Lu Xinlan, and the two sisters huddled behind Pei and others and continued to whisper.
"Was the battle so intense before? There was nothing written in the military report. I thought you took back Yucheng Pass without any effort."
Who could have imagined that this battle would result in the loss of another 30,000 to 40,000 men, with most of the 100,000 reinforcements already lost.
Lu Xinlan thought of the things that happened at the border before, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "It's mainly because Ma Linyuan has too many thoughts, and the people he brought with him don't obey the rules."
Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many accidents.
Ma Linyuan is a man of many thoughts, and his subordinates also have their own plans.
Even after his accidental death, his former subordinates still wanted to take over all the soldiers they brought with them.
If Xie Lang hadn't used his thundering methods, Yucheng Pass would be in disarray now.
Even if the city wall was not blown up, the city gate still could not be defended.
People around were listening to the conversation between the two sisters with their ears perked up, and they felt sad when they talked about the things at the border.
There are border wars every year. They used to be worried and concerned at the beginning, but now they only care about the result.
No one has ever described in such detail what happened on the battlefield.
It was the first time they heard these details, and they also understood how difficult it was for the generals defending the city.
The emperor glanced at the queen in silver armor beside him and snorted coldly.
"But are you satisfied?"
The queen only looked down calmly, and when she met the emperor's displeased gaze, she asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, why do you say that? I have not sought any benefit for myself, so how can I be satisfied?"
emperor:"……"
How come the Queen seems like a different person after returning from her trip to Beijing?
The excitement below was still going on, and Lu Yuanting, instigated by several of his friends, had already moved closer to Lu Xinran.
"Second sister, I have one more question for you..."
So, the whole night, everyone was as happy as a badger in a melon field.
The hearts of the few families who turned into big melons were all filled with bitterness.
The emperor was originally feeling a little depressed, and gradually lost himself in the big melons one after another, becoming suspicious... How could there be joy in eating melons?
[That imperial physician Ma had a prescription for strengthening male potency that could make a man have an erection all night long. He used this prescription to help his favorite concubine give birth to two sons.]
[However, if you take too much of this kind of tiger and wolf medicine, it will definitely harm your body. He has not had any reaction to it now. ]
[Moreover, this medicine may have damaged the root cause. The two sons born to the concubine both have intellectual disabilities. They are in their teens and drool every day.]
Everyone: “……?!!”
Forget it, I can’t afford this recipe!
Some people who were originally interested in using this prescription no longer dared to think about it when they heard that not only would they be powerless after using it, but the children they would give birth to would also be idiots.
[Mr. Liu from the Censorate, hey, this is a Phoenix Man! ]
[Before the spring examination that year, he deliberately came to the capital six months earlier, just to find out the situation of the various prefectures in the capital.]
[After a month of investigation, he finally set his sights on his wife.]
[In order to create a chance encounter, he even bribed the servants around Wu and deliberately made people think that Wu had an affair with him.]
[Back then, it was the Phoenix Man who asked the servants around him to steal Wu's underwear.]
[Ms. Wu had no way to defend herself at the time, but the Phoenix Man was still pretending that he didn't know what happened. He knew that he was not worthy of Mrs. Wu's attitude of clarifying everything for her, which made Mrs. Wu and her family think that he had noble character and could be trusted for life.]
[As a result, before getting married, he brought his parents, brothers and sisters over from the countryside.]
[After the marriage, the whole family sucked Wu's blood, and Wu's dowry was almost snatched away by his mother.]
[If Wu's father hadn't been able to suppress him, Wu would have been bullied by this shameless family to no end.]
[Alas, what a pity! Why didn't Mrs. Wu understand that Qingping, who was by her side, had already given herself to the Phoenix Man? She pretended to be married, but in fact, the two children she gave birth to were from the Phoenix Man.]
Everyone: “Oh?!!”
This is a big melon!
In the distance, crisp slapping sounds were heard.
Lu Xinran leaned over to look, but there were people swaying all around him and he couldn't see anything clearly.
She withdrew her gaze and prepared to continue eating the melon. Lu Yuanting was so excited that his palms were full of sweat.
He took out the list he had prepared early in the morning, glanced at it, and then smiled instantly: "Second sister..."
As the night deepened, I had no idea how many rounds of singing and dancing had gone on.
Everyone enjoyed the melon very much, and the emperor's expression was no longer as cold and hard as it had been at first.
What that damn girl said makes some sense. If the border continues to lack supplies, and Xie Lang and Qi Yu can't hold it, and there are no generals available in the court, what will most likely await him is the destruction of his country.
The Queen wanted the younger generation of the Zhang family to re-enter the army, she must have seen this point.
Forget it. Considering that the Queen had traveled a long way to take back Yucheng Pass for him, he would not pursue her disobedience today.
On the way back, Lu Xinran was still immersed in the joy of eating melon.
It’s been a while since I’ve eaten so many big melons in such a concentrated manner, and they are all very sweet.
Even the system was extremely satisfied at this moment. After all, the quantity was large and they were full. They consumed half a year's worth of life in just one night.
"Host, we have a lot of health now. You can start guarding later."
"Can you cover the people around you?"
"Yes, we have enough health now, and we can protect three people including you."
Three people... Lu Xinran counted on his fingers, and felt that the other two were the two sons of destiny...