It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

After looking at the territory owned by Lu Xingchen, the emperor looked at the area under his own control, which was less than half of Lu Xingchen's.

The emperor was immediately discouraged and fell down on the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, if you really don't want to be so humiliated, you can proceed in two steps. The first step is to make Lu Xingchen the King of Qin. The second step is to send General Zhao Yu to capture Yongzhou City and then destroy it."

The emperor was at a loss for a moment.

He was unwilling to accept the title of King of Qin by Lu Xingchen, after all, Lu Xingchen had killed his own brother.

He didn't want Zhao Yu to eliminate Lu Xingchen.

After all, the two camps guarding the capital city have a total of 60,000 soldiers. Zhao Yu is the commander of the northern camp. If he is asked to destroy Lu Xingchen, the 30,000 soldiers will be lost. The capital city will have no soldiers to protect it.

In addition, the national treasury was empty, so there was no money to send troops to fight. Once the troops were moved, food and fodder had to be sent first, and that required money.

The Xile Palace promised to Concubine Shu has not been built for her yet.

The emperor was overwhelmed when he thought about this.

Prime Minister Feng Yuan looked at the emperor's sunken eyes and his lack of energy, and was worried about the emperor's health.

Although the emperor has appointed a crown prince, Daliang is now in a period of turmoil, and a change of dynasty at this time will lead to unpredictable consequences.

Moreover, although the emperor had appointed a crown prince, the crown prince had no support from his maternal family and was alone and weak.

The emperor now favors Concubine Shu again. Although Concubine Shu's son is young, he already has many people's support.

If the emperor died at this time, Daliang would be in a precarious situation.

"Your Majesty should make a decision early. Also, Your Majesty should take care of your health." Feng Yuan advised earnestly.

The emperor smiled and said, "I have been in good health recently."

"Don't worry, my dear."

Feng Yuan looked speechless.

They are all old men, and the emperor feels in good health. When else could it be? Naturally, it was that time.

The bed felt good, someone must have used some tricks.

But the emperor was already at the age where he began to deceive himself.

Feng Yuan didn't know what to say. If he said too much, his head might fall off.

The less you say, the fewer mistakes you make. The more you say, the more mistakes you make. It’s better not to say anything.

Feng Yuan left the imperial study.

The emperor fell into deep thought.

In the end, of course, he still appointed Lu Xingchen as King of Qin in order to stabilize Lu Xingchen.

In addition, he also issued a commendation order to commend Lu Xingchen for destroying King Chen and stabilizing the Daliang country.

Lu Xingchen became the greatest contributor to the entire Daliang.

After Lu Xingchen took control of Yongzhou City, he did not continue to expand.

As long as she holds Yongzhou City, the whole of Hanzhong will be in her pocket.

At this time, she was just waiting for the emperor's edict to see how he would react.

Besides, she certainly wasn't idle.

Train soldiers and recruit talents.

She was training a cavalry unit. She had obtained several thousand excellent war horses from King Chen, and with these horses, she could finally form a regular cavalry unit.

In this era, cavalry had an absolute advantage over infantry.

In addition, she also wants to form a musketeer team.

When she fought against King Chen, she only had two hundred muskets and had trained only two hundred musketeers.

During this period, more muskets were delivered to her, and she could form a musketeer team of 500 people in total.

In addition, she sent a batch of gifts to Li Chaoyang and Concubine Shu. Keeping these two people at peace was equivalent to keeping the emperor at peace.

The strategy she and Master Guo formulated was to return to Yuzhou and capture Jingzhou after Yongzhou City was consolidated.

Jingzhou City is the most important city on the banks of the Yangtze River.

If we take Jingzhou, we will have the opportunity to advance southwards and seize the land south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, this also depends on the emperor's attitude towards her.

On this day, Lu Xingchen was training his troops when a messenger came galloping over on horseback.

"General, the imperial decree has arrived."

Lu Xingchen jumped on his horse and rushed back to Yongzhou City with Ling Xiao Feixue and others.

She went back to her residence to change her clothes, and then came to see the angel.

The messenger was Eunuch Su, the emperor's personal eunuch.

When Eunuch Su saw Lu Xingchen, a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Congratulations, His Royal Highness Prince Qin..."

Lu Xingchen showed a surprised expression. She didn't expect that the emperor would really appoint her as King of Qin.

The faces of the other people present were also filled with surprise.

Eunuch Su opened the imperial edict and read it.

Lu Xingchen knelt down to receive the order.

Eunuch Su read the imperial edict slowly, and it took him almost a quarter of an hour to finish.

"Congratulations, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin!" Eunuch Su handed the imperial edict to Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen received the imperial edict and stood up. "It's not easy for Eunuch Su to come out. Play in Yongzhou City for two days before returning."

Eunuch Su smiled and shook his head. "How can that be possible? His Majesty is waiting for me to go back and pass on his orders."

Lu Xingchen asked Master Guo to escort Eunuch Su out of Yongzhou City, and naturally gave him a generous gift.

Eunuch Su smiled from ear to ear and returned to the capital with the gifts.

In the government office of Yongzhou City, Wei Hu, Mr. Guo and others knelt down and saluted Lu Xingchen.

"Your subordinate greets His Royal Highness Prince Qin."

Lu Xingchen smiled and nodded slightly, "Everyone, get up."

Everyone then stood up from the ground with smiles on their faces.

Suddenly the lobby of the yamen was in an uproar.

They never expected that Lu Xingchen would be crowned king so soon.

The Yongzhou City is brightly lit at night.

Lu Xingchen's becoming king was a big deal. Both the officials in the yamen and the ordinary soldiers were excited about it.

"It seems that the emperor wants to stabilize me first." Lu Xingchen was not dazzled by the title of King of Qin.

After the fun, she came to Master Guo's courtyard, and the two of them made a cup of tea and talked while playing chess.

"Let's wait and see if the emperor will take the next step. If not, we can return to Yuzhou in advance and prepare to attack Jingzhou." said Master Guo.

Lu Xingchen smiled and nodded in agreement.

"It's just that we don't have a strong navy. After we capture Jingzhou, how will we cross the river to the south? This is a problem."

Master Guo shook his head. "All our soldiers are from the north and are not used to water. Even if we have warships, it is best not to fight on the water."

"If that's the case, crossing the river will be a problem." Lu Xingchen frowned slightly.

Master Guo also nodded slightly.

He naturally knew how difficult it was to cross the Yangtze River.

I want to seize the territory south of the Yangtze River, so crossing the river is inevitable.

"But there's no rush. It looks like this battle won't be fought until at least next summer." Lu Xingchen's tone became relaxed again.

His soldiers were all from the north, and they had a narrow escape from death when they fell into the Yangtze River. It was summer, and when the weather was warm, the chances of survival would be greater even if they fell into the water.

When Lu Kui, Lu Yunfeng and others in Yuzhou heard that Lu Xingchen had been named King of Qin by the Emperor, they looked incredulous.

They never imagined that Lu Xingchen, who killed the emperor's own brother, would be crowned king by the emperor.

“Brother, Xingchen has been crowned king, and you should be crowned king soon as well.” Lu Yunfeng said to Lu Kui excitedly.

How could it be possible that my daughter is a prince while my father is just an ordinary citizen?

Lu Kui's face was full of smiles.

He thought that since Lu Xingchen had captured Yongzhou City and killed King Chen, he would certainly be attacked repeatedly by the emperor.

He never expected that the emperor would actually surrender.

Now it seems that all the ideas he had always held were wrong.

As long as you don't cause trouble, trouble won't come to you.

In fact, it is not like that. As long as you are truly powerful and have your fist in your own hands, even the emperor will be afraid of you.

At that time, trouble will not come to you.