Chapter 43: The Great War is Imminent
In the middle of the night, Mu Hua waited in his dark room, today was the day of his meeting with the eyeliner in the palace, and sure enough, a man in black was brought in as soon as it was midnight, "Returning to the prince, the person who spread the rumors has been found out, is it ......" The man wanted to speak and stopped, looking unspeakable, "It was ordered by the emperor in private." β
Baili Yushu looked at the visitor in surprise: "Are you sure? Don't spread false news." β
Eyeliner nodded silently, "It's true." β
Mu Hua's eyes flashed in the dark night, he had already expected the result, but when the truth really came, he still couldn't help but feel a little lonely in his heart, "Your Majesty." Mu Hua sneered slightly: "One day, I will let him willingly hand over the throne to me!"
Early the next morning, a man dressed in white swaggered into the city of Yaoguang Kyoto, and everyone was surprised by his strange dress, but in the morning, the news of the visit of the envoy of the Heavenly Pivot Kingdom spread throughout Kyoto.
The emperor was at a loss in the main hall, but the ministers were in high spirits, "Your Majesty, this time the Heavenly Pivot Kingdom declares war on us is a good opportunity, we can fight him openly, and we don't need to make excuses." β
Having said that, but there is no one at the moment, the last order to let Mu Hua lead the army and horses to attack Tianshu has been rejected by him, once this war starts, the battle situation will be very tragic, if you really send someone else, the emperor is even more relieved.
It seemed that he had seen through the emperor's thoughts, and Mu Chun immediately said: "Father, the son is willing to take the lead, lead the troops to attack the Tianshu Kingdom, and promote the prestige of my Yaoguang Kingdom." The emperor's eyes lit up: "Chun'er is really brave, that ......"
Before the emperor finished speaking, Mu Hua had already walked into the main hall wearing armor, and said with a straight face: "This time the Heavenly Pivot Kingdom came prepared, and the momentum was violent, if my Yaoguang Kingdom only sent a prince who had never fought a war to go on the expedition, wouldn't it make them laugh at my Yaoguang Country No one!"
Seeing that the military power was about to arrive, Mu Chun glared at Mu Hua fiercely, and he was still kneeling on the ground: "Please also ask my father to be considerate of my patriotism, I will definitely repel the Tianshu people to win glory for my father and my Yaoguang country." β
The emperor bowed to him, although he also wanted to give Mu Chun a chance to let him experience the experience, but this battle was not trivial, he couldn't let Mu Chun, a novice, take risks, the emperor pondered for a long time before making a decision: "This time in a battle with the Tianshu Kingdom, I appointed Mu Hua as the general of the unified army, and I hope that the general will prepare as soon as possible for the big war." β
Mu Hua received the order and walked out of the hall with an expressionless face, how could he let others share his army.
Before Mu Hua returned to the mansion, the news that he was going to lead troops to fight had already spread throughout Kyoto. Shi Lingyan's emotions are very complicated, this is the moment she dreamed of, her baby is still buried under that tree, if there is no Mu Hua's restraint, then she is really free.
However, Shi Lingyan sat on the corridor a little lonely, for some reason she felt that she couldn't leave this place, "Isn't it good to live a happy life?" Shi Lingyan tried in vain to convince herself, she went to the room to pack her clothes, but she unconsciously stopped moving, and there was no way to escape her heart.
Mu Hua told Shi Lingyan the news as soon as possible, and the army could set off at any time, but he seemed to be the only one who couldn't rest assured: "This war won't last too long, one month at the earliest, three months at most, Yushu will be by your side to protect you, you wait for me to come back in the mansion." β
Shi Lingyan pretended to smile relaxedly: "Anyway, the emperor is far away, and I will be free if you leave." β
The night was slightly cool, Mu Hua came to the new house, Shi Lingyan had already slept, although he had already told Shi Lingyan the news that he was about to go on the expedition, but he did not tell her that the army would leave tonight.
Early the next morning, when Shi Lingyan woke up, the army of Yaoguang Kingdom had already left the city dozens of miles away.
Shi Lingyan didn't leave the Guangping Palace, but just dug up the treasure under the tree, "It can be regarded as a little compensation from you to the old lady." She tried hard to distract herself and stop thinking about Mu Hua leading troops to fight.
Three days passed in a hurry, but the invitation from the Prime Minister's Mansion came as promised, "The Prime Minister's birthday banquet?" Shi Lingyan frowned, and threw the invitation aside casually, "The whole country is at war, and I am still in the mood to hold a birthday banquet." β
But she hurriedly picked up the invitation, "It's also the father of this body, the birthday banquet of the birthday banquet, don't eat it for nothing." "Let the maid find her decent clothes, now that Mu Hua is not in the mansion, she is the faΓ§ade of this Guangping Mansion.
Sure enough, the front of the Prime Minister's Mansion has been surrounded by all kinds of carriages, and officials, large and small, have gathered at the Prime Minister's Mansion to congratulate Prime Minister Shi on his birthday, looking at these people with red faces, it seems that they have forgotten that Yaoguang Kingdom is still fighting.
"Dad, I wish Dad, good health and all the best. Although she was very disdainful of such an occasion, Shi Lingyan still smiled and congratulated Shi Du on his birthday, Shi Zhu smiled and nodded, still a picture of rejecting people thousands of miles away.
Today's Prime Minister's Mansion is very lively, even Shi Lingyue and Mu An are busy greeting visitors everywhere, and the entire Prime Minister's Mansion is noisy, which makes Shi Lingyan feel as if he is the only idler here.
"It's okay for idlers. She avoided those crowded places and walked alone, "Daddy......" Shi Zhu walked quickly from a distance, and didn't seem to hear Shi Lingyan's shout, Shi Lingyan followed, but the more she followed, the more she found that the road taken by Shi Zhu was very remote.
In her own house to make such a sneaky, Shi Lingyan seemed to notice something, she carefully followed Shi Jue to a remote house, Shi Lingyan looked at the side house in front of her and almost laughed, isn't this the first time she came to the house where the Xiangfu lived, which made her even more curious.
Listening to the voice, there seemed to be three or four people in this house, Shi Lingyan listened hard.
"After all, Mu Hua is fighting for our Yaoguang Kingdom, so isn't it ......" Shi Jue's voice sounded a little hesitant, but then he struck hard, "If it weren't for Mu Hua, a slut, I would be the one who led the troops to fight this time." β
Shi Lingyan was taken aback, she didn't expect Mu Chun to meet Shi Jue in this place.
Everyone was silent, "Since the fifth prince said so, then we will also let it go, and killing Mu Hua in the war is the safest action." Another person said, "Fifth prince, please rest assured, Mu Hua's army has already installed our people, and if you want to kill him, you can just give him an order at any time." β
After a long time, there was no movement in the house, Shi Lingyan hurriedly tiptoed to leave here, and simply lived here for a few days, and was quite familiar with the journey, until she walked to a place full of people, she felt that she gradually settled down.
"The old lady will not let you succeed. Shi Lingyan returned to the Guangping Mansion without saying hello, she couldn't let Mu Hua be assassinated like this, she decided to go to the army to find Mu Hua.