Long Yue really couldn’t have imagined that her ntor and ntor’s wife would co here?
She was overjoyed, and after cheering for a while, she finally settled down, only to turn around and see her husband staring at Duanmu Nan with a not-so-pleasant expression.
Just now, his young wife gave Duanmu Nan a bear hug!
That was too much!
He kept a cold face and saluted Duanmu Nan and Yun Jin.
Duanmu Nan had a very calm expression, with a slight smile, but people couldn’t feel that he was smiling, just mistakenly thought he was approachable.
"Yue’er, I wanted to co earlier, but on the way, I treated a patient, so I was delayed for so days."
"Oh, ntor ca here? You wanted to..."
"To save people! Every ti there’s a national war, it lasts for many days with heavy casualties. As a healer, I ought to do my part!"
"I knew ntor was the best person under heaven, but we’ve already finished fighting here... Oh right, there are still many wounded in the camp!"
Long Yue slapped her forehead, rembering there was a camp for the wounded.
Duanmu Nan looked at his foolishly cute little disciple and rarely showed a profound smile.
"Lead the way then."
"ntor, rest for a mont..."
"No need, saving lives is crucial!"
...
Shengjing City, the Imperial Palace!
Today is still the Changchao.
The sky was already very bright, and matters in the court had been almost thoroughly discussed when a guard suddenly burst in.
"Report—an urgent dispatch, Your Majesty from Xinan, 800 miles away!" The guard was excited, looking up proudly, "Good news! Great victory in the Southwest!"
Boom! First, there was silence in the court, then an uproar!
"Great victory? Can it be true?"
"Yes, indeed, Pri Minister Pei, it’s clearly written above, I dare not speak falsely!"
The guard responsible for the report handed it up with both hands, and Pri Minister Pei quickly stepped forward, seized the report, and began reading it first.
"Haha, it is indeed a great victory, Emperor, the enemy’s army of one hundred thousand was utterly defeated!"
"Oh? Quickly present it to Us!"
The Emperor Qi Yun could not wait, urging the eunuch to fetch it quickly.
"Great victory in the Southwest, annihilating over one hundred thousand enemies and capturing... the enemy general Hatu? Good! Hahaha..."
Qi Yun laughed loudly, his gaze swept across the ministers, "The enemy general was captured alive by our army, which shows that the Xiliang people are nothing extraordinary! Who previously claid the Xiliang people were fierce, hm?"
"Emperor, this minister... is fearful..."
The official who had previously advocated for peace talks was so frightened that he hurried forward, knelt on the ground, kowtowing to plead guilty, his forehead and back covered in sweat, utterly terrified.
The Southwest is victorious; was this Emperor about to settle accounts? Oh no...
"His Majesty is wise!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
The others were clever, quickly kneeling to complint and shout long live, making Qi Yun feel overjoyed!
Even as an Emperor accustod to flattery, this ti the flattery was... delightful!
"Hahaha!" Qi Yun, in a great mood, after laughing three tis, said, "Cao Aiqing has been stationed in the Southwest for over a decade, and this ti achieved great feats... Let’s call him back, and I shall... reward him greatly!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Next, the court was filled with joy, discussing the upcoming rewards and the division of rit, as well as how to deal with the envoys from Xiliang.
This ti, the Xiliang people lost one hundred thousand elite soldiers, undoubtedly crippling them; they will likely be quiet for a few years, so... should they tear up the Liang Zhou Alliance?
Thus, the courtiers focused their discussions on this topic.
Qi Yun sat lofty above, squinting as he watched the ministers scrambling over the victory’s rits below, feeling quite satisfied with such days.
The court was a bit chaotic at this mont, and soone took the opportunity to deliver a ssage, then, an Imperial Censor stepped forward.
"Emperor, this minister accuses the temporary Chief Historian of Xinan State, Li Qingmu, of recklessly setting fire to the mountains, burning ten thousand mountains in the Southwest Mountains, his cris nurous and heinous!"
"What?"
The crowd, discussing rit distribution, suddenly focused their attention due to the Censor’s impeachnt.
Qi Yun, holding the report, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, said casually, "Oh? Li Qingmu, who is that?"
"Emperor, he’s the small official you previously dispatched to Xinan..."
"Oh, I rember, the forr County Magistrate of Gaoyang County, forced to temporarily take over due to all officials in Xinan Prefecture embezzling the military supplies?"
"Indeed! This person set ten thousand mountains ablaze; his actions are utterly vile! That’s wild mountain forest, surrounded by good fields and people; a slight error could lead to a great disaster..."
"Which mountains did he burn? Did anyone die?"
Qi Yun suddenly smiled and inquired softly.
The Censor was startled and instinctively nodded, "It was the mountains on the Southwest border; they died..."
"Killed the remaining sixty thousand elite soldiers of the enemy, didn’t he?"
"Uh..."
The Censor felt things were off, how did the Emperor know he burned the Xiliang Army to death?
But since he had stood out to impeach, he couldn’t retract, and thus said, "Emperor, such actions, this harms the heavenly harmony..."
"Heavenly harmony? Which heavenly harmony is hard? Xiliang’s heavenly harmony? Or is it Our Dazhou’s heavenly harmony?"
Qi Yun first spoke with a smile, but gradually, a frost covered his face, and he suddenly smashed an inkstone beside him.
"Outrage! This person’s strategy was divine, exterminating sixty thousand enemy soldiers, a great achievent! And you dare impeach? Dare to talk to Us about heavenly harmony? Fine, very well! Then let Us discuss heavenly harmony with you! Co, take him away, strip him of his position, and banish him to the Southwest! Let him go discuss heavenly harmony with the Xiliang people!"
Upon hearing this, that official was directly scared witless, and with a thud, knelt on the ground: "Emperor, this minister was wrong, spare ! I dare not again!"
"Take him away!"
"Emperor..."
Two guards stepped forward, dragging the Censor away.
The entire court of ministers was silenced, not daring to make a sound, as the Emperor’s wrath was palpable!
Qi Yun glanced at them coldly, suddenly sneering: "Are you curious why We know what an insignificant official did? Look for yourselves!"
He threw the report down, and when everyone looked up, they saw the inscription at the bottom read: Li Qingmu!
This...
In an instant, everyone was shocked!
So this report was written by Li Qingmu? So then...
"He wrote the ins and outs of this battle clearly, and also ntioned advising Cao Yin to set the mountain afire; although the thod was radical, it brought a great victory! Impeachnt, humph, you really think We are old and senile, believing whatever you say, hm?"
"Emperor, we dare not!"
"Hmph, I expect you wouldn’t dare! Co, pass the order, let those who contributed in this battle co to the Capital City to receive their rewards! Also, that young man... I wish to see him!"
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