After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

"What on earth has made you so worried?" Qin Junyu was really curious.

Nian Susu pouted, "I want you to propose to Chen Qijin that military prostitutes be treated as human beings, that's all."

He raised an eyebrow in confusion, not understanding what she meant.

Every army had prostitutes, not just Liang Wu, but also Liuli, Northern Wei, and Southern Chu. Most of the prostitutes were convicted of crimes, or bought from brothels. Their origins were different, but their fates were similar, either being tortured to death by soldiers, or committing suicide because they could not stand the physical and mental abuse.

Nian Su told Qin Junyu about Xiao Zhi's experience, hoping that he could understand his feelings, but Qin Junyu was not angry, he just frowned and said, "What a beast."

"It's simply not something a human can do." Nian Susu added.

Qin Junyu's mind moved, and he wondered, "How do you know so much about them?"

If he remembered correctly, Nian Susu entered the military camp as a military doctor, and she mentioned just now that the people in the medical hospital would not diagnose military prostitutes or allow them to use medicine.

How could Nian Susu, who worked at the medical academy, have come into contact with military prostitutes? Moreover, she described it as if she had witnessed it with her own eyes, not just rumors.

Qin Junyu recalled that Chen Qijin had been trying to probe his attitude and opinion towards Nian Susu from time to time in the past few days. Putting the two things together, he had a guess.

Because Nian Susu didn't want to reveal her identity, whenever he mentioned her in front of anyone, his expression was indifferent, as if it didn't matter. Perhaps this was why Chen Qijin had the illusion that Nian Susu was just an ordinary military doctor, so he dared to bully her like this.

Nian Susu said easily: "I live with them now, how could I not know."

Qin Junyu was furious: "Chen Qijin actually arranged for you to live with a military prostitute."

"That's not the point. The point is that those military prostitutes were treated inhumanely. You are their general, and they will listen to you more or less."

"Can you help them?"

Qin Junyu looked embarrassed. "Lingling, you know that these 10,000 soldiers are borrowed from Liang Wu. Although I am the leader, they dare not disrespect me for Liuli's sake. However, military prostitutes are their army's business, and I have no right to interfere."

"I know we shouldn't meddle in other people's business, but my request is not excessive. I just ask that they can have a good rest on special days and have medicine to take when they are sick, that's all." Nian Susu looked at him with disappointment.

She originally thought that Qin Junyu would understand and support her, but he acted like an outsider. He was obviously capable, but he refused to even say a word to help.

Chen Ling, Xiao Ning and the others risked their lives to help her escape from the camp less than two hours after they met her. She couldn't help but repay this kindness.

"Lingling..." Qin Junyu reached out to hold her hand, but she jumped up and stood three steps away from him.

"Your Highness is busy with military affairs and naturally has no time to take care of these trivial matters. I will handle it myself. Your Highness, just pretend that I have never been here today." Nian Susu said in one breath, turned around and left without leaving any way to retreat, he lifted the curtain and left.

Qin Junyu chased out and saw Qingyu, who looked confused. He winked and said unhappily, "Why are you still standing there? Didn't I ask you to protect the Crown Princess closely?"

Qingyu said "Oh" blankly, rushed out in a flash, and caught up with Nian Susu's back.

Qingyu didn't understand. When the Crown Princess went in, she was fine. How come in less than a quarter of an hour, both of them came out with gloomy faces?

Didn't the Crown Princess ask His Highness to support her? Could it be that His Highness criticized the Crown Princess?

Impossible...absolutely impossible...

Qingyu was so confused that she almost lost the person.

Qin Junyu sighed heavily and asked Axuan to call Chen Qijin over.

-

At night, Nian Susu lay on the cold bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, afraid of being woken up by such noise again.

She got up and lit the lamp, preparing to pour herself a glass of water, but found that there were only three drops of water left in the kettle, so she had to lie down again.

A black shadow suddenly appeared on the curtain and swayed twice. Nian Susu caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye. He sat up in fright and took out a dagger that he had hidden under his pillow, ready to fight.

The shadow did not move. Qingyu's voice came from outside, "Crown Princess, I am guarding outside. No one will come in. You can sleep peacefully."

Nian Susu breathed a sigh of relief, put the dagger back to its place, lay down, and was shocked to find that he had just broken into a sweat.

Knowing that Qingyu was guarding outside, she felt much more at ease and soon fell into a deep sleep. Fortunately, tonight was Christmas Eve.

-

Liangcheng.

Qin Zehai climbed up the city wall and put the telescope in front of his eyes. He could vaguely see mountains in the distance, surrounded by green smoke.

The deputy general Liu Luyan beside him stared nervously at the telescope in his hand, "My Lord, how is it? Can you see what's going on ahead?"

It was also the first time he heard of such a thing as a telescope. It was rare in Liuli, but it was said to be common in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Qin Zehai put down the telescope and played with it in his hand. It was a wooden tube with lenses embedded at both ends. He felt it was magical that such a simple little thing could actually see so far away.

But the effect is not as good as expected.

He threw the telescope into Liu Luyan's arms, looked into the distance, and exhaled, "See for yourself."

Liu Luyan smiled and followed suit by putting the telescope in front of his eyes. As a result, he really saw it. The mountain range was Yanmen Pass. It seemed a hundred miles away through the telescope, but in fact it was a thousand miles away.

There are several cities between Liangcheng and Yanmen Pass. Even if the Northern Wei people attacked, they had to break through the previous checkpoints first. They could be said to be at the last line of defense.

Liu Luyan put away the telescope and caught a glimpse of Qin Zehai's rosy face and refreshed spirit. He didn't seem to be worried about their current situation at all.

As the deputy general, Liu Luyan was under pressure because Qin Zehai did not know how to command operations. It was his responsibility to assist Qin Zehai in deploying troops.

"Your Majesty, we have also been in Liangcheng for three or four days. The soldiers have rested and have eaten and drunk enough. It is a good time to rush to the front line in one go. Why not..."

Qin Zehai was displeased and glared at him: "Not as good as what? Are you the head coach or am I the head coach? Do I need you to teach me how to do things?"

Liu Luyan kept saying "I dare not" and lowered his head like a quail. Once Qin Zehai spoke loudly, he dared not say a word.

Most military generals have hot tempers and are undisciplined, especially when discussing professional issues. Unless you have won more battles than them and have more heads than them, they will not listen to your orders at all. When a general is away from the court, he may not obey the orders of the king, let alone a useless person who is not as good as himself?

Qin Zehai chose Liu Luyan to be his deputy general because of his weak, honest and easy-to-control character.