Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 118

Chapter 118 To Great Kingdom Chen
This was equivalent to saying, Huyan Mingshuo’s ascension to the throne was already a fact. As the Crown Princess, Princess Jingxian, Fu Yingran, was almost a queen. If Prince Duan wanted to help Huyan Mingshuo, it was reasonable. Therefore, everyone was relieved when they heard the Regent King say that Ye Lan would retreat according to the agreement.

Luckily, the Regent was still heading towards the Great Wei Empire, In this way, for the sake of his father-in-law, the Crown Prince of Ye Lan would not make things too difficult for Great Wei in the future. Everyone immediately made up their minds that as long as the Regent King was wholeheartedly toward Great Wei, they would occasionally obey the Regent King’s orders. Because in the current situation, only the Regent King would be able to turn the Great Wei Kingdom around.

Therefore, the Prime Minister immediately bowed and left the hall. After all, Yelan had withdrawn his troops one day earlier, so Great Wei had been safe and sound. Seeing Prime Minister Zhang leave the main hall, the Regent King said, “Everyone has been busy for many days for today’s ceremony. Let’s leave for today.” The regent then asked the emperor, “does the emperor have anything else to say?”

Although the new emperor had already said that before he came of age, the Regent King would be in full charge of everything in the Great Wei Empire, but out of courtesy, the Regent King still asked him a question. When the new emperor heard the Regent King’s question, he shook his head and said, “I have nothing to say. It is up to the emperor’s granduncle to decide everything. Let’s leave today.”

As he spoke, he jumped off the dragon chair. Eunuch Li brought him back to his bedroom. This Eunuch Li was left behind by Father of the Emperor to assist the new emperor. After what happened in Concubine Shu, he couldn’t believe who he was now. As the saying goes, he had to send someone who knew the root of the matter to help the new emperor keep an eye on him. He definitely couldn’t let history repeat itself.

Above the hall, After the new emperor left, Everyone left the hall in order. The Regent was at the forefront, Next, he was going to arrange for a rush to collect food, Otherwise, in winter, The Great Wei Kingdom was about to cause famine, So this matter can’t be delayed, Right now, he had to rush back to the army and make arrangements in advance. Naturally, he didn’t have time to deal with those flatterers. However, he also memorized them one by one. Such people usually didn’t know anything other than what to say. In the future, he would find an opportunity to send them all away.

Now, everyone’s following the plan, On the second day of the new emperor’s ascension to the throne, Father of the Emperor Fu Tianqi and Empress Dowager Chen left the palace with a few personal palace maids and guards. They began to wander around the palace. The Regent King was also planning to send a message to Huyan Mingshuo to hurry to the Ye Lan camp.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed since the new emperor of the Great Wei Kingdom ascended to the throne. The messenger sent by the Great Wei said, Finally, they arrived at the place where the Ye Lan army was stationed, When the envoy arrived at Camp Ye Lan, He handed over the invitation. After explaining his intentions, the guard guarding the camp hurriedly ran in to inform them. Not long after, someone came out and led him into Huyan Mingshuo’s tent. After seeing Huyan Mingshuo and Fu Ying, the envoy gave them a big bow according to the etiquette of the Great Wei and said, “This official greets His Highness the Crown Prince of Ye Lan and Eldest Princess Jingxian.”

He was a subject of the Great Wei Empire. When he saw Fu Yingran, he would naturally bow according to her status in the Great Wei Empire. As for Huyan Mingshuo, that was needless to say. Now, even the Emperor of the Great Wei Empire had to obey his orders, let alone a small subject like him. Therefore, it was only right for him to salute the two of them.

Huyan Mingshuo and Fu Yingran saw each other and did not mind. Immediately, Huyan Mingshuo said, “No need for courtesy. Your emissary has come all the way here. I wonder what the matter is?” Actually, when Huyan Mingshuo saw him, He knew what he was coming for, but he still deliberately asked him. He gave him a step down and gave him a reason to continue, so that the Great Wei envoy wouldn’t find it hard to speak. After all, it wasn’t a good thing to be forced to change the dynasty. No matter what, Fu Yingran was still the eldest princess of the Great Wei Kingdom. He should still take her feelings into account.

The envoy heard Huyan Mingshuo ask, She followed his words and said, “Back to His Highness the Crown Prince, our Regent sent a minister to the Crown Prince to pass a message, said my great wei has in accordance with His Highness the Crown Prince’s request, have done everything, the new emperor had ascended to the throne a month ago, he himself was made regent, and before the emperor came of age, all the affairs of the great wei are handled by one person.

Therefore, he hoped that His Highness the Crown Prince would follow the agreement, “We will withdraw all the troops stranded in the Great Wei Empire. Our Great Wei Empire will also pay tribute to the Great Wei Empire every year according to our agreement. I only hope that His Highness the Crown Prince will grant us a grace this year. The Great Wei Empire has suffered a series of setbacks this year and its national strength has plummeted. It is truly incapable of paying tribute to Yelan. I, Great Wei, will definitely fulfill my promise to pay tribute to Yelan every year until next year.”

After Huyan Mingshuo heard this, he readily agreed, “Alright, I can promise you that I won’t pay tribute to Great Wei this year. At the same time, Ye Lan will withdraw its troops according to the agreement. Go back and tell the Regent that as long as Great Wei doesn’t become an enemy of my Ye Lan and pays tribute every year according to the agreement, I, Ye Lan, will do my best to protect Great Wei from other countries.”

When the envoy heard Huyan Mingshuo’s words, he was overjoyed and said, “I will definitely convey His Highness the Crown Prince’s words to the Regent, so I won’t disturb His Highness the Crown Prince and will leave first.” After saying that, the envoy withdrew from Huyan Mingshuo’s tent and returned to the capital of Great Wei.

After the envoy left, Huyan Mingshuo immediately instructed the guards beside him, “Pass down the order. The army will immediately depart for the Great Chen Kingdom. We must capture the Great Chen Kingdom within this year.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The guard answered and went out to pass the order. Huyan Mingshuo walked to Fu Yingran’s side and said apologetically, “I originally planned to take you back to Ye Lan to see your son after settling the matter with Great Wei.”

However, I’m afraid not now. Not long ago, I received a secret report from Nalan Jinhong that Prince Nanjiang had given Mu Linghua to the second prince of the Great Chen Kingdom as a concubine. Originally, she was quite safe, but after receiving the news of the destruction of the Southern Region, she suddenly used the Concerned Gu on the second prince of the Great Chen Kingdom and encouraged him to take the title of emperor.

The Emperor of the Great Chen Kingdom was puzzled. The Crown Prince of the Great Chen Kingdom is too weak, so the Great Chen Emperor also plans to change the position of the Second Prince to the Crown Prince. If that is the case, the Great Chen Kingdom will definitely become the second Great Wei Kingdom. At that time, it will be more troublesome for us to attack the Great Chen Kingdom. Therefore, I have decided that we should capture the Great Chen first and then bring you back to Ye Lan, okay? ”

After listening to his words, Fu Yingran frowns and says, “I never thought that Mu Linghua would be able to do it. She can actually change the situation of a country by marrying a second concubine. We really underestimated her. At that time, I should have directly ended her and saved her from doing this again.”

Now do what you want, I’m still saying that, You are first the crown prince of Ye Lan, Then it’s my husband, Fu Yingran, and then his father. Similarly, I’m also the Crown Princess of Ye Lan, and then Huyan Haze’s mother. I can clearly prioritize. In any case, my son won’t run away in the Ye Lan Imperial Palace. We can go back to see him sooner or later, but the Great Chen Kingdom can’t afford to delay.

If the second prince really became the crown prince, I estimate that Mu Linghua’s next plan, She was afraid that Emperor Da Chen would die. Only by letting the Second Prince ascend to the throne as Emperor would she be able to rightly control Da Chen. I heard that the biological mother of the Second Prince was also the princess married to Mu Linghua in the Southern Region. When that time came, her aunt and nephew would join hands and the entire Da Chen would fall into their hands.

“Although Great Chen is not as strong as Ye Lan, Mu Linghua and his nephew were both born in the royal family of Southern Xinjiang. They used to use those conspiracy methods when they were young, and the Gu poison in Southern Xinjiang is always hard to defend against. Therefore, taking down Great Chen is an urgent matter. As for Hao Ze, I believe he will definitely forgive us in the future.” Fu Yingran was extremely happy now. Fortunately, she had managed to get Mu Linghua out of the Crown Prince’s Mansion early in the morning. Otherwise, she might have caused some trouble in Ye Lan.

After Huyan Mingshuo heard her words, He held her in his arms with an apologetic expression and kissed her forehead. “I’m so lucky to have a wife like you. I’ve just bitterly suffered from you. You’ve been following me everywhere for more than a year. It’s been hard for you to come up with ideas for me. I’ll definitely share this peaceful and prosperous world with you when night falls.”

Fu Yingran leaned against his embrace. Listening to him quietly, He said this many times, She listened to it many times, But every time he said, Her heart would tremble slightly. This was a promise to join hands with him. No woman could not be moved, let alone in this ancient era where men were superior to women. Fu Yingran was also a woman. Of course, she was no exception. Thus, she gently nodded in his arms and said, “Alright, I’ll wait for that day to come.”

As a result, the army of Ye Lan pulled out overnight, He hurried all the way to the Great Chen Kingdom, When Huyan Mingshuo received the news, He planned to head to the Great Chen Kingdom immediately, However, he had been waiting for the envoys of the Great Wei Kingdom to arrive. He thought that he would settle the matter of the Great Wei Kingdom first. If he left for the Great Chen Kingdom, it would be troublesome to leave halfway, so he delayed for a few more days. Now that the matter on the Great Wei side had finally been resolved, he immediately ordered the soldiers to hurry forward and rush to the Great Chen Kingdom as soon as possible. After all, many things happened in an instant.

From the Great Wei Kingdom to the Great Chen Kingdom, even if it was light and simple, it would still take a month and a half. Moreover, the army’s march was inevitably slowed down. Therefore, when Ye Lan’s army arrived at the Great Chen Kingdom, it was already two months later. Huyan Mingshuo did not give the Great Chen Kingdom any chance to prepare. He started the operation that night.

Therefore, when the Ye Lan army dropped the first bomb on Great Chen, Mu Linghua and the Second Prince were still in bed with Duke Meng Zhou. The two of them were awakened by the sudden explosion. The Second Prince sat up immediately, dressed randomly and walked out. As soon as he reached the door, he saw that the maids and guards in the mansion were also in a panic.

So he grabbed a maidservant and asked, “What’s going on? Where did that sound come from?” The maidservant raised her head and saw that it was her master asking questions. She answered honestly, “Report to the Second Prince. Just now, I was cleaning the courtyard when a loud noise came from the city gate. Then, the flames soared into the sky. I don’t know what exactly happened.”

When the second prince heard this, he immediately said angrily, “I don’t know? Then why don’t you hurry up and ask around? If you ask around clearly, hurry up and tell me. What a bunch of useless people.”

Seeing that he was angry, the maidservant trembled and replied, “Yes, Second Prince, this servant will go down to inquire.” With that, she turned around and trotted away.