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Chapter 262 - 194: Let’s see what this little man he’s interested in really wants to do_3
Chapter 262 - 194: Let’s see what this little man he’s interested in really wants to do_3
Chapter 262: Chapter 194: Let’s see what this little man he’s interested in really wants to do_3
As for where they went, that remains unknown.
Just then, another maid entered the hall, “Greetings, Princess Junwan.”
Before Wu Junwan could ask what it was about, the maid took the initiative to say, “Princess Junwan, the Yue Emperor has sent a letter, inviting you to visit the Da Yue Dynasty!”
Hearing this, Wu Junwan smiled faintly. She hadn’t seen her dear sister in a long time, and as the Da Yue Dynasty was relatively close to the North Country, if conditions allowed, she could take advantage of her visit to Da Yue to also drop by the North Country to see what this interesting young man was really up to.
A month quickly passed, and the war between Great Wu and Great Xia was nearing its end.
The two sides had fought for a month in Xiwu County, with each losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
In the battle of Xiwu County, Prince Lu Shuyun performed extremely well. He led a cavalry of five thousand men and flanked a Great Wu army of over a hundred thousand from behind. With the assistance of Great Xia’s forces, Prince Lu Shuyun led his soldiers to shatter Great Wu’s full-scale assault.
Furthermore, Prince Lu Shuyun, along with tens of thousands of soldiers, drove all the Great Wu soldiers that had entered Xiwu County completely out of the region, shattering Great Wu’s ambitions. Great Wu no longer dared to attack rashly and ultimately had to agree to Great Xia’s proposals, sending Prime Minister Chai Jiliang himself as the envoy to Great Xia…
Of course, all the above was fabricated by the people of Great Xia. What the situation actually was, the high-ranking officials of both sides were very clear.
It might look like Great Xia repelled Great Wu’s offensive, but in reality, it was merely because the high echelons of the two great dynasties reached some agreements that Great Wu withdrew from Xiwu County. And the Chu Family, which played an extremely important role in this war, was instrumental in brokering the peace terms.
The Great Xia Dynasty, Capital city.
On the way home, Lin Xiuming often heard people discussing the appointment of the Crown Prince.
He was aware of the recent events in Xiwu County and felt it was almost dreamlike, thinking to himself, were the sons of the Sum Emperor all so formidable?
Princes who had never fought in wars before, once on the battlefield, they became so valiant?
Was it the same for the North Prince, the Qii Prince?
Upon returning to the Lin Mansion, the servants immediately ran to inform Lin Gaoyuan, “Master, the eldest young master has returned!”
After hearing the servant’s voice, Lin Gaoyuan came out from his room.
Seeing Lin Xiuming’s listless appearance, Lin Gaoyuan asked, “Xiuming, how did you manage the tasks I assigned you?”
Lin Xiuming came back to his senses and said, “Father, let’s talk in my room.”
The father and son then entered a private room and had all the servants stay ten meters away from it.
Once inside, Lin Xiuming said, “Father, the North Prince said that once the North Country stabilizes, he will marry Yun.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Gaoyuan immediately revealed a smile.
“It looks like the North Prince has accepted us.”
At that moment, Lin Xiuming said, “Father, on my way back, I heard people on the streets discussing the Crown Prince’s appointment. Could it be that Prince Lu Shuyun really will be made Crown Prince?”
“If we now side with the North Prince, aren’t we seeking our own doom?”
Lin Gaoyuan snorted coldly and said, “The nature of his military achievement is well understood by the court officials. It might fool the commoners, but even if His Majesty does appoint Prince Lu Shuyun as Crown Prince, his position will still be unstable.”
Lin Xiuming said, “By the way, father, from what I heard from the North Prince, he doesn’t seem to intend to participate in the succession struggle. What he seems more inclined to do is to take the throne directly, which isn’t good news for our Lin Family.”
Hearing this, Lin Gaoyuan said indifferently, “The Emperor has never favored the North Prince, and with no power in court, it was impossible for him to become the Crown Prince to begin with.”
“So for the North Prince, the only remaining option is to raise an army.”
Hearing his father say this, Lin Xiuming was shocked. It turned out his father knew all along that the North Prince was planning a rebellion.
Lin Xiuming quickly said, “Father, isn’t the risk of aligning ourselves with the North Prince too great?”
Lin Gaoyuan stroked his beard and said, “Too great? I doubt it. Whether the North Prince succeeds or not, it will only bring benefits, not harm, to us.”
“If the North Prince is successful, I will still be a high official by the Emperor’s side; if he fails, I will still be a high official by the Emperor’s side.”
“And given what I know about His Majesty, it’s unlikely that Great Xia will remain stable for long, or else I wouldn’t have allowed you to secretly meet with the North Prince after he caused such a big stir.”
“It may look like His Majesty compromised to end the war between the two great dynasties, but the Aristocratic Families’ act of instigating the war has completely crossed His Majesty’s bottom line.”
At this point, Lin Gaoyuan couldn’t help but sigh.
“In the peace negotiations between Great Wu and Great Xia, Great Xia will have to give up at least three counties’ worth of land. The lands that once belonged to the Chen Nation have essentially been given away. As an Emperor who dreamed of expanding his territory since he was young, to give away all the lands he fought for, I don’t believe His Majesty can bear it any longer.”
“Even the most temperate of emperors have moments of irrational rage.”
“Great Xia is about to descend into chaos!”