At dusk, the sun sets quietly in the west, and the sky gradually turns a soft orange, outlining a tranquil and charming picture.

The dazzling orange light sprinkled on the red walls and yellow glazed tiles of the palace. In an instant, the whole palace was shining with dazzling scenery. However, today in the palace of Beiyue Kingdom, no one cared about this beautiful scenery.

In the Yangxin Palace of Emperor Bei Hongfei of Beiyue Kingdom, although the lights have been lit, one can still feel the solemn and gloomy atmosphere in the palace.

Emperor Bei Hongfei was lying on his dragon bed, with many princes and ministers standing in front of him. In addition to the crown prince Bei Jinheng and the third prince, the Prince of Qi Bei Jinqi, there were also the Prince of Yan Yan Hutu, the left prime minister Hao Menglun, the right prime minister Bian Zongguang, the Minister of War Fu Shunhua, and the seventh prince's uncle, the powerful general Xia Chaoming.

At this time, the King of Yan was furious, his eyes were blazing, and he questioned the emperor lying on the dragon bed: "Your Majesty, are you still unwilling to order a large-scale attack on Western Chu? My son has died in the battle, please order an attack on Western Chu immediately to avenge my son."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal. Prince Yan is right. Young General Yan died on the battlefield. We must avenge General Yan and attack the border town of Western Chu with all our might." Right Prime Minister Bian Zongguang stepped forward and said.

The emperor's face, which was already pale to begin with, became even darker after hearing what the two men said.

But he had to comfort Yan Hutu, "King Yan, please accept my condolences! General Yan died for his country, and the people of our Beiyue Kingdom will never forget him..." Before he could finish his words, he coughed violently and interrupted them.

Wei Xi, the eunuch next to the emperor, quickly brought a cup of water and fed it to the emperor, which relieved the emperor's cough. An imperial physician took the emperor's pulse next to him.

"Father, are you okay?" the prince asked worriedly.

After a long while, the emperor said, "No problem." He waved his hand feebly and said to them, "My dear ministers, please continue."

At this time, the left prime minister Hao Menglun hurried forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate for us to send troops at this time. There is a shortage of food and grass in the country. Besides, the Southern Chu Kingdom has already negotiated with the Western Chu Kingdom and has opened up mutual trade between the two countries. It is time for our Beiyue Kingdom to recuperate."

The emperor knew very well that the treasury of Beiyue State had long been empty and it was not appropriate to fight again, but he had been on his sickbed for the past few years, and the King of Yan had always been the only one in power. After hearing what the left prime minister said, the grayness on his face finally eased a little.

"Your Majesty, I don't think so. We have been fighting with the Western Chu Kingdom for so many years. Now General Yan has died. How can we just let go? The Western Chu Kingdom still thinks that we are afraid of them.

They are in chaos at home right now, why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to attack them with all our strength." The Minister of War Fu Shunhua stepped forward and said.

"Father, Minister Fu is right. If we don't take action now, we will miss this good opportunity." Bei Jinqi also said to the emperor.

"Hahaha... you guys are too fanciful. When has the Western Chu State ever attacked us? It's always you who wanted to attack them, but have you ever succeeded? Now our situation has been dragged down by the war and the people are already living in great hardship..."

"You...you..., General Hu Wei, you are exaggerating too much. I don't think so.

If we had listened to the King of Yan earlier, our Beiyue army would have gone all out to attack the Western Chu. We would have surely broken through the border towns of the Western Chu and captured their cities, and our treasury would not be in such a state. "Bian Zongguang looked at Xia Chaoming and said.

"Oh, so, Minister Bian, you are preparing to lead the troops." General Xia Chaoming, the mighty general, said in a gangster tone.

Bian Zongguang was choked by his words and could not speak for a long time. He could only mutter “you…you…you…”

"What do you mean...yours?" Xia Chaoming said with his eyes wide open.

"General Weihu, don't scare Minister Bian. He is just a civil servant. The matter of leading the troops to fight still depends on you, General Weihu." Right Prime Minister Bian Zongguan said on behalf of Fu Shunhua.

"Oh, since you are all civilians and don't know how to fight a war, why are you talking about sending troops? And how can you say that you will definitely win the war?"

Then Xia Chaoming turned to look at Bei Jinqi and said in a rude manner: "It seems that the King of Qi is ready to go into battle himself?"

Bei Jinqi lowered his head to suppress the hatred in his eyes, then raised his head and said, "General Huwei, I will obey my father in everything."

"Ha!"

"Father, I think we can't continue fighting with the Western Chu Kingdom like this." said Crown Prince Bei Jinheng.

"Yes!" The emperor nodded.

The Prince of Yan showed his fierceness, not trying to hide it at all, and said in a tiger voice: "Humph, so according to what the prince said, my son's death will be settled just like that."

When the emperor heard what Yan Hutu said, he was already furious. He was so angry that his eyes suddenly rolled back and he fainted.

"Father"

"Father"

"emperor"……

Their quarrel ended abruptly with the emperor falling into a coma.

……

Border Town General's Mansion

After Ouyang Yunyao came out of the study, Xia Yan and Xia Fei, who were waiting at the gate of the courtyard, took her to her own courtyard to rest.

After Chu Chenjing and Ouyang Xiao discussed in the study, they came to the yard where Yan Ziyou was resting.

Yan Ziyou was still excited at this time and couldn't calm down and rest at all. He was pulling Ouyang Yunhan and talking to him non-stop.

When he saw Ouyang Xiao and Chu Chenjing coming in, he quickly stood up and said, "Prince Jing, General Ouyang, why did you come here in person? If you have anything to say, just send someone to let me know."

After Ouyang Xiao and Chu Chenjing sat down, Ouyang Xiao spoke: "Second Master Yan, this general and Prince Jing are here to ask about your future plans. Are you going to continue traveling? Or return to Beiyue first?"

"General Ouyang, Prince Jing, I'll be honest with you. I originally returned to the capital because I felt that the prince's power was too weak. I wanted to stay and help him, but I didn't expect... Alas..."

"Half a year ago, your prince sent someone to bring a letter to me, asking if he had seen you and if I could help find out something."

Yan Ziyou said a little worriedly: "General Ouyang, what is the situation in Beiyue now? Are they still attacking? I don't know what's happening with the crown prince either."

Ouyang Xiao couldn't help laughing and said, "Hahaha..., Second Young Master Yan, in the past two years, you Beiyue has sent out many troops. They have attacked several times this year, but they didn't gain any advantage and suffered a great loss.

More than ten days ago, Yan Ruian was taken care of by us, and he died." Ouyang Xiao only said that Yan Ruian was beaten to death, and did not excitedly mention that half a year ago, his daughter and son-in-law stole their war horses, food and weapons.

Yan Ziyou suddenly jumped up from his seat and shouted excitedly, "What? What? General Ouyang, are you telling the truth?"

"It's absolutely true. I guess your father has also received the news. Yan Ruian's body should have been sent to your capital."

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