"Ah Yue, your swordsmanship has become more and more perfect now." Qinghong sat on the stone bench in his small courtyard, holding his cheeks, and staring motionlessly at the girl practicing sword in front of him.

"Really? I don't know when I will be able to use my sword to contribute to our Qingluan country......" Liyue took the sword, but there was helplessness and regret in her eyes, and the most taboo thing for women was to have ambitions.

"Yes, Ah Yue's wish will definitely come true." Qinghong said with a determined face, as if Liyue's wish would come true tomorrow.

"Then borrow the auspicious words of His Highness." Liyue looked at the serious expression on Qinghong's face, smiled, and did not answer.

Liyue and Qinghong have known each other for three years, and three years is enough time for two strangers to become confidants and friends. Today is different from the past, Qinghong at this time has resumed the status of the prince, and he is very popular with the emperor. The rumors of the three princes' violence have long been self-defeating, and these young people often help refugees, not only in the court, but also among the people.

It is said that they became confidants or after Liyue returned home after the palace banquet that day, Qinghong found someone to send a letter to Liyue, saying that she was invited to practice swords together.

When I first saw this letter, Liyue couldn't help but be shocked when I read it, in this place where men are inferior to women, it is taboo for women to practice martial arts. Qinghong actually pointed it out directly in the letter like this! There is no shredging in the slightest.

Although he was a little suspicious in his heart, he still couldn't resist the temptation of being able to practice his sword freely and went to the appointment. After going, Liyue found that she was indeed thinking too much, and Qinghong really invited her to practice swords. With the first, there will be a second, a third...... In the three years they have known each other, Liyue will go to Qinghong to practice swords almost every month, and Qinghong will always find a way to keep her from being discovered, and after a long time, this has become a tacit understanding between the two.

In the past three years, Qinghong has watched Liyue's martial arts improve rapidly, and Liyue has watched Qinghong turn his situation around step by step and go higher and higher. But they still maintain the tacit understanding at that time, and they may or may not have changed a lot in three years, or they may not have changed at all.

Until such news came from the palace......

The emperor is dead, and the new emperor is on the throne!

On the day of his accession to the throne, Qinghong wore a golden dragon robe, sat on a high place, and the audience was a group of ministers kneeling and worshipping, shouting long live, and the scene was very magnificent.

After Qinghong ascended the throne, Liyue did not go to him as usual, she always doubted in her heart, although Qinghong's status was much better than before, but the crown prince was still there, how could the emperor pass the throne to him? She knew that she should believe in this confidant who had only recognized her since she was a child, but she still doubted it over and over again in her heart.

She didn't expect that three months after Qinghong ascended the throne, a holy decree was transmitted to the General's Mansion.

"Liyue is a woman with strong martial arts, ambition, and integrity, and I am deeply grateful, and I am specially named Liyue as the general of soldiers and horses. Qin this~" The eunuch read the decree in his own shrill voice, and did not forget to glance at Liyue with disdain, just a woman, how can she be worthy of being a general?

Not only the eunuch who passed the decree, but even Liyue himself and Liyue's family were stunned.

"Gong ...... Father-in-law, is this indeed a holy decree issued by the emperor? Mrs. Li's voice was almost a little crying, her Liyue was a girl, how could she be a general.

Liyue was stunned for a while, didn't speak, and didn't see the surprised and angry expression of the old general, just turned around and ran in the direction of the palace.

"The Emperor...... What about the emperor? I want to see him! Liyue said to the guards who had blocked her door.

"Please also listen to Miss Li." Those two guards don't have a good face for Liyue, they haven't made a living as a guard for so many years, and a woman in this mere woman has directly become a general?! No one will be balanced.

"The emperor said that if you leave Miss, don't stop her." After a while, a palace maid came out and said to the two guards.

The two guards just glanced at Liyue, and sure enough, they didn't stop again.

As soon as Liyue entered, he saw Qinghong standing in the courtyard, he was thin, wearing a heavy and cumbersome dragon robe, standing alone, and his back felt unreasonably lonely.

"Your Majesty." Liyue called softly.

"Ah Yue, you're here." Seeing Liyue, Qinghong's voice was a little happy, and then he said, "You haven't come to me these days." Although the mood was very weak, Liyue still sensed a trace of grievance from it.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry......" Liyue couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"Go down first." Qinghong said to the palace people in the garden.

retreated, and only Qinghong and Liyue were left in the courtyard of Nuoda.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have given me this position." Liyue sighed and said.

"Why? Isn't that what you've always wanted? Qinghong said innocently.

"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the court is unstable, so you will only cause more dissatisfaction." Liyue looked worried, but she still didn't ask why the crown prince disappeared on the day of the emperor's death, and why he would be the one who inherited the throne. Royal strife, that's what it is. Power disputes never look at whether you are brothers or not, when Qinghong was down, didn't the prince just stand by and watch, and sent people to "take care" from time to time?

"Ah Yue was worried about me?" Qinghong still smiled cleanly and clearly in front of Liyue, like a teenager who had no experience in the world.

"How can I not worry about your willfulness?" Liyue does not answer rhetorical questions.

"Ah Yue, as long as you don't leave me, I will help you do what you want to do." Qinghong said with a smile.

Hearing this, Liyue couldn't help but feel a little moved, she knelt down on one knee and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Liyue will always be your most loyal courtier, assist you for the rest of your life, and serve you for your life!" Liyue looked at him firmly and said the most serious oath.

"Ah Yue, that's what you said. If you break the contract, I will be merciful...... Kill you. Qinghong heard Liyue's oath and said with a serious face.

"No, Your Majesty." Liyue is also serious.

"Ah Yue, hurry up. It's cold on the ground. Qinghong looked at Liyue, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but smile, and stepped forward to help her up. Then he naturally draped the cloak on Liyue's body.

"Your Majesty, no!" Liyue looked at the cloak embroidered with a dragon on her body, and she was a little frightened.

"It's just a cloak, why not?" Qinghong looked puzzled.

"Your Majesty is the emperor now, you still need to pay more attention to your words and deeds, but you can't be as willful as before." Liyue said with a glance.

"If that's the case, then this emperor shouldn't be right." Qinghong threw his cloak to the ground and glanced at it with disdain.

"Your Majesty...... Don't be willful anymore......" Liyue sighed and picked up the cloak.

"I sat on the throne just so that others would no longer bully us, why did I sit on it and have to be so tied? It's really boring! Qinghong said a little irritably.

"Your Majesty, as the lord of a country, your words and deeds must conform to the norms, and you must think about the people, and I hope you can understand." Liyue frowned and said.

"Ah Yue, as long as you stay with me all the time, I will do my best to do this. But if you're gone, I don't mind letting them all die. When Qinghong said this, his face was serious. At that time, Liyue only thought that he was joking, but he never thought that he would really destroy this big country in the end.

"No, Your Majesty, the ministers will always be loyal to you." Liyue said.