Divorce at the beginning, the rough general is very clingy

"Actually, I don't have any requirements. All I want is to free the people from the suffering of war, to let them live and work in peace and have enough food and drink. The most important thing is that the art of poison is completely banned, so that people will not be harmed by it." Mi Yao looked up at the sky. She hoped for peace in her heart.

"I will do my best." Shi Xiu looked at Mi Yao and felt excited. Such a great woman was always thinking about the people, even those from the enemy country.

"Okay, let's get busy now." Mi Yao's words completely overturned and changed Nanmao's fate.

Shi Xiu returned to the imperial city to continue his mission.

Dongqi Palace

Emperor Xuanyuan Che of Dongqi held a grand banquet to celebrate the great victory on the border. All the ministers and their families above the fifth rank in the court came. In the imperial garden, there was singing and dancing, and there were delicacies from land and sea, fine wines and delicious food. The ladies who attended the banquet were all dressed in jewels, silks and satins, competing with each other for the most exquisite things. Xuanyuan Che looked at everything in the audience and a smile appeared on his face.

Xuanyuan Hou was also among them, but his face was not very good. Victory at the border was certainly a good thing, but the court was perfunctory about the soldiers who died in the battle and were injured. A pension of five taels of silver made a soldier who defended his country sacrifice his life on the border, while here, each table of fine wine and delicacies cost hundreds of taels. Look at those heavily made-up women, each of them pretending to be hypocritical. Even if all the women were tied together, they would not be able to match a single hair of the star-like woman.

Xuanyuan Hou held the wine glass in his hand, and kept thinking in his heart how he could help his master, even if it was just to share a little bit of her worries.

"Your Majesty, today is a good day. We have won a great victory at the border, and Your Majesty is celebrating with the people. The families of all ministers are also here. Why not take this opportunity to select some suitable partners for your sons?" Queen Wang said meaningfully to Emperor Dongqi.

Emperor Dongqi also became interested.

Several adult princes have many concubines, but they don’t have a principal wife yet, so today is an opportunity.

Thus, an alternative form of gang formation began in the form of marriages.

The Yongxin Marquis Mansion is the maternal home of Xuanyuan Marquis, so they are naturally concerned about the marriage of their own grandson. They dare not say what they think and can only worry.

The next few princes were granted marriages.

"Hou'er, is there any young lady you like?" Emperor Dongqi still cared about the son of his former confidante.

"Father, I don't want to get married yet. Now the Nanmao Kingdom is eyeing our Dongqi covetously. The constant war on the border has made me uneasy. So I want to do what I can for the soldiers of Dongqi." Marquis Xuanyuan stood up and clasped his fists to his chest. His attitude was very sincere, and this move moved many officials in the imperial garden.

Not all officials are flatterers. Regardless of whether the Fifth Prince's words are sincere or false, at least he dared to say them, and he cares about the people and the soldiers on the border.

After hearing this, Marquis Yongxin felt a little relieved. If his son went to the border, his family would have to sell everything they had to raise some supplies for the soldiers. Otherwise, if his son stayed in the imperial city and was arranged to get married, the woman would definitely be Queen Wang's person, and his grandson would be under attack from all sides.

Fortunately, fortunately...

As soon as Xuanyuan Hou said this, the other princes who had some thoughts in mind secretly clenched their fists. They did not expect that the beggar prince who had just returned to the palace would have such deep thoughts.

Queen Wang looked at Marquis Xuanyuan with a pair of gloomy eyes for a few times, and finally concluded that this kid could not be kept.

Emperor Dongqi was very happy. He did not expect that on this occasion today, only his son was still thinking about the people and soldiers at the border.

It seems that children who grew up among the people understand the sufferings of the people. If in the future... Emperor Dongqi had an idea in his mind.

"Okay then. Tomorrow I will order the Ministry of Personnel to allocate 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 kilograms of grain. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will take out 50,000 taels of silver from my private treasury and send them to the border. Hou'er, this matter will be left to you." Emperor Dongqi smiled.

"I will distribute every penny to the soldiers, please rest assured, father." Marquis Xuanyuan knelt on one knee.

“Your Majesty, the soldiers at the border have worked hard. Although my family is not wealthy, I am willing to give out three thousand taels of silver and two thousand kilograms of grain and let the fifth prince take them to the border. Only when the soldiers are well fed and well watered will they have the strength to fight and defeat the Nanmao Kingdom.” Marquis Yongxin came out and knelt.

"My old marquis is very thoughtful. I thank you on behalf of the people and soldiers at the Dongqi border." Xuanyuan Che had a smile on his face. Lan'er's father was a righteous man, and he was right to love their child.

When the other old ministers saw that the emperor had taken money from the private treasury and Marquis Yongxin had also volunteered to pay for food, they could no longer play dumb, so several ministers stepped out and donated money and food.

The rest of those who originally did not want to take food or money and wanted to take advantage of the situation could no longer pretend and had to donate money.

Now, a celebration banquet instantly turned into a fundraising meeting, and in the end, more than 300,000 taels of silver and more than 200,000 kilograms of grain were raised.

Xuanyuan Che was very happy.

When the other princes saw this, they decided that the fifth prince should not be the only one to enjoy this good opportunity, so they rushed to escort the supplies to the border.

Bringing so many things and silver to the border, the people and soldiers at the border will definitely be grateful to them. If they want that position, the people's hearts are very important. Such a good opportunity cannot be given to Lao Wu, not to mention that they have donated money. Why should they donate money and let others show up?

Several princes were vying to go, and Xuanyuan Che looked unhappy. It was as clear at a glance what the purposes of his sons were, as if they were lice on a bald head.

Xuanyuan Che didn't say anything, just looked at his sons below the stage.

Several princes felt uneasy when their father looked at them, but fortunately Xuanyuan Che didn't look at him for too long.

"The eldest and the second brother will stay with me to handle the affairs of state, and the fourth, fifth and seventh brothers will pack up the supplies and set off tomorrow." Xuanyuan Che made the decision.

Although the eldest prince and the second prince did not go to the border, it is still exciting to see them helping their father handle state affairs in the court.

Xuanyuan Che wrote an imperial edict and asked several princes to take it and send it to the border.

On the other side, with the addition of Xiaoyao Pavilion and Zhang Bing and others, the Dongqi Army was unstoppable, conquering cities and seizing territories. Nanmao was vulnerable in front of the Dongqi Army, and it was as easy as taking something out of a bag to capture each city. The speed of occupying cities was something that Xuanyuan Hou and others who arrived later could not catch up with.

They brought the imperial edict with them, and when they arrived at a city, they were told that the army had already gone to attack the city. When they went to the next city, they were told by the Dongqi Army guarding the city that the city had been captured three days ago, and the army had already attacked the Nanmao Imperial City.

Xuanyuan Hou and his men looked at each other. It was no longer necessary to continue chasing the Dongqi army. After a discussion, one of them took the imperial edict to chase the army and the Zhan family, and the other two stayed behind to help with the resettlement and management of the occupied city. The three of them wanted to rush to the front line. If they defeated Nanmao, they would all make great contributions. Especially looking at the momentum of the Zhan family, it would be just a matter of time before they could capture Nanmao.