In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

Xie Xurong saw that Wang Huaiyang was loyal and upright, and that he was too rigid and easily broken. She held a long-handled Mo Dao in her hand, and her wrist swung the sword flexibly, which showed that her strength was gained from eating meat and carrying tripods for a long time.

Wang Huaiyang took a slight horse stance and gripped the hilt of his sword tightly. He knew the weapon very well. This was a 25-jin Mo Dao. He was afraid that the sword would break when it was chopped down by gravity.

The strange sword came like a rock with thunder and fire. Xie Xurong's move was to sweep away thousands of troops with great speed and ferocity. With a "bang", the two swords collided, and the sword in Wang Huaiyang's hand suddenly opened.

Xie Xurong raised her Mo Dao slightly, and the debris on the blade drew a bright light, shining into her dark eyes, with murderous intent surging.

When Wang Huaiyang was about to chop his shoulder with his Mo Dao, he paused for a moment, and Xie Xurong suddenly put away the knife. This was a duel, and if she really wanted to kill him with one blow, Wang Xun would fight her to the death.

Just as Xie Xurong was about to put away the knife, Wang Huaiyang moved the knife in his hand, and the knife flew out of his hand and flew towards Xie Xurong's wrist. The knife undoubtedly hit her sleeve in front of Xie Xurong's incredible gaze.

This move was telling her that even if they got married today, Wang Huaiyang would either wait for death or wait for the opportunity to kill Cui Xintong.

Xie Xurong immediately understood what he meant. Wang Huaiyang was determined not to marry her, and she couldn't let her daughter suffer.

Pear blossoms fell in front of the courtyard, and the whole yard was desolate. Xie Xurong threw down the sword and narrowed her eyes coldly: "In this case, I will not force you to marry Xintong."

When Cui Hengling saw Xie Xurong giving in, he wanted to speak, but Xie Xurong gave him a look and he stopped talking.

Cui Xintong only saw Wang Huaiyang's talent and future. She had to save some face when others rejected her marriage proposal again and again. She sneered, "I don't want to get married yet."

Seeing Xie Xurong was angry, Cui Qiaoyue quickly apologized: "Princess, Huaiyang is young. In two years, maybe he will figure it out."

Xie Xurong married into a noble family, but she never really took the noble family seriously. Seeing that Cui Hengling could not convince Wang Huaiyang, and Cui Qiaoyue was also unable to convince him, she turned her back and said:

"The Cui and Wang families are still relatives by marriage."

Cui Hengling had always been kind to his siblings, so he had to suppress his anger and send them away. After Wang Huaiyang and the others left, he asked Xie Xurong, "Why did you give in? You would have turned hostile to me a long time ago."

Xie Xurong played with the jade pendant: "With a powerful enemy at hand, we must not engage in internal strife. If Mu Jinan really comes to kill us, except for Wang Huaiyang, Wang Xun, Wang Rui, and Cui Qiaoyue are at least our allies. Wang Huaiyang is the Minister of War."

Cui Hengling immediately smiled: "The princess is indeed far-sighted."

The news that Wang Huaiyang was unwilling to marry into the Cui family soon spread to the court and the harem, and even the poor people began to praise him for a while.

Emperor Hui wanted to make important use of the aristocratic families, but he was also worried that the aristocratic families would form an alliance against him. Seeing Wang Huaiyang's move, he did not care about his treasonous words at the palace banquet.

Since Zhang Yanhe left, Yaleil, the foreign Jax woman who was canonized as Empress Xian, has been serving Emperor Hui every night.

Yaleil could not speak Chinese, and always shook his head and nodded when facing Emperor Hui. Emperor Hui was annoyed by the court officials every day, so he wanted to find someone who could not speak to stay with him for a while.

Today, Zhang Zhao helped Emperor Hui to Concubine Xian's bedroom. Yalaier was learning a Central Plains song. When she saw the emperor coming, she knelt down and saluted: "Emperor... Your Majesty."

Yalaier could only repeat these four words following the maid's lead, and they were a bit difficult to pronounce.

Emperor Hui helped her up, his tired eyes were a little more gentle: "My dear, what song are you practicing today?"

Seeing Yalaier standing there stupidly, Zhang Zhao had no choice but to serve tea to Emperor Hui: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian doesn't understand the Central Plains dialect."

Emperor Hui saw that Yalaier was young and beautiful, and suddenly thought of Zhang Yanhe. When he was feeling worried, an eunuch rushed into the hall without even bothering to report.

The person who came was the eunuch Zhao Fu. He and Zhang Yanhe used Fu Yuxiang to plot against Emperor Hui. In front of Emperor Hui, he only had some old friendship for helping him ascend the throne. He was far less likable and valued than Zhang Zhao.

Zhao Fu's forehead was still covered with sweat and his mouth was dry. "Your Majesty, it's bad. The Ling Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom in the west have been destroyed. The new king Adehe has established the Korensi Kingdom and led an army of 70,000 to attack the two states of Hu and Yu. General Xue was seriously injured. The border is in urgent need of a general and food supplies!"

Ling State and Wu State were friendly neighbors of Dasheng. They had once joined forces with Xie Chibei to fight against Wan State. How could they suddenly collapse?

Emperor Hui was anxious but also confused: "Who is Adehe?"

Zhao Fu presented all the reports to Emperor Hui, who frowned after reading them:

"General Xue said that the royal families of the two countries were killed by Adeh. ​​Adeh was familiar with the desert and led only 3,000 men to destroy the two countries. He wore a mask and no one could recognize his face."

"Hu Yu has 50,000 soldiers and the governor of Xiazhou is Xie Tianjun, the son of Prince Duan. My father asked him to lead 30,000 soldiers to guard the border. One is to defend against the Platinum Clan in the southwest, the second is to defend against the countries in the west, and the third is to provide support for Hu Yu."

"Are 80,000 soldiers from the Western Frontier insufficient to resist Adehe? Xue Zewei is in Hu Yu, why did Xue Haiping say that he urgently needed a commander?"

Zhao Fu knew the situation was critical, so he said, "Your Majesty, once the west is torn open, it will be close to the central part. There is also the great threat of King Xi in the north. You will be surrounded. Please summon the ministers to the palace to discuss the matter urgently."

Emperor Hui followed Zhao Fu's advice and invited many court officials into the palace in less than half an hour. Wang Huaiyang, Wang Xun, Cui Hengling, Wang Rui, Wang Zhengzhong, Yan Zhoudu, Wang Mingyang, Xue Yao and others all came to the Lizheng Hall.

Everyone was trying their best to deal with Mu Jinan, but they didn't expect the enemy to attack from the west. For a moment, all the court officials felt that they were in danger.

The territories of the three states of Hu, Yu and Xia were conquered by two generations of people, King Wei, Xie Rongde and Xie Chibei. If they lost this place, they would be sinners and would be blamed by Xie Chibei who was far away in Youzhou.

Emperor Hui was sweating profusely at this time, listening to the court officials arguing for a long time. Some blamed and cursed each other, some wanted to hide in the south overnight, and some were scared out of their wits.

During the three years of war, only civil officials were left to fight on the battlefield. The enemy killed them without mercy when they were captured. They did not want to experience it again, so they openly and secretly ridiculed Emperor Hui for listening to the eunuchs' slander and damaging the country's foundation.

If the people really need to go to the battlefield, then at least they will be convinced by the current king. However, during the reign of Emperor Hui, the Great Sheng was plagued by rebellions by the Jifu and bandits.

The news of Cui Hengling's corruption spread from the mouths of court officials to the people. The people accused the king of trusting the treacherous officials from aristocratic families and of levying heavy taxes. Emperor Hui had long lost the support of the people.

The official robe Wang Mingyang was wearing was much looser, and he looked like he hadn't eaten enough. He said weakly, "There's not enough food in the warehouse."

Yan Zhoudu was "very upset" about Jiang Yanqing's death, and was angry when he spoke:

"Go, Master Meng, Lord Wang, and General Guo were attacked while inspecting the tax grain in the surrounding states. The local accounts are not clear. Now the tax money collected by the national treasury has not been thoroughly investigated by Lu Zhongyu."

"The case of the 340,000 dan of grain has not been fully investigated. They used to deal with the floods, and now they are collecting heavy taxes and levies, leaving the people without food!"

Xue Yao immediately continued, "Your Majesty, I will personally try the national tax embezzlement case."

Cui Hengling suppressed his anger. Wasn't this accusing him of embezzling this year's national taxes?

Emperor Hui was like an ant on hot pot, unable to turn around. He said anxiously:

"I called you here not because the treasury is short of money and food, but to discuss the war in the western border! General Xue needs a commander, who should I send to Hu Yu?"

(PS: From now on, each chapter will be 2K words. I won’t dare to post or words anymore.)