The daughter of the emperor is beautiful and holds the power over the world

Si Yan was not at all surprised by the emperor's reaction. She spoke calmly, "Your Majesty, you heard correctly. I want to train an elite army for you, just in case."

The emperor patted the table on the couch and said, "Si Yan, you are so brave!"

Si Yan bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the current situation is extremely serious. Someone has taken control of the entire Imperial Hospital, which means they hold the lives of everyone in the palace in their hands. Is it possible that they also control the palace eunuchs and the imperial guards, or even control more other forces?"

Si Yan's words left the emperor stunned for a long time. Although it sounded incredible, the emperor had to admit that Si Yan was right.

Si Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he spoke calmly, "Of course, the decision is in the hands of Your Majesty. If Your Majesty feels that you can control everything and do not need me to train the troops for Your Majesty, then just ignore what I said."

"Si Yan, what kind of soldiers can you train? Can you defeat the imperial guards?"

Si Yan replied calmly, "Your Majesty, if you want to train a strong elite army in a short period of time, I am the only one who can do it."

Si Yan stood upright in front of the emperor, calm and confident.

The emperor stared at Si Yan blankly, not saying a word for a long time.

Si Yan softened her tone, "Could it be that Your Majesty still doesn't believe in what I have done at the border? Don't believe in my ability? I'm not boasting, I was able to lead the weakest Daxuan Army among the Three Kingdoms to victory, and I was also able to quickly train a powerful elite force.

"Your Majesty, I don't need much time. In just three months, I can provide your Majesty with an army that is invincible in Shangjing City. If your Majesty can give me a year, I can even train an army that is invincible in the whole world."

The emperor was shocked. If someone else said this, he would have had him dragged away and beheaded.

But this is Situ's daughter, his future daughter-in-law, and a little girl he likes very much.

The emperor couldn't help but fall silent. It wasn't that he didn't believe in Si Yan's ability, it was just...

A woman training soldiers is unprecedented in the history of Daxuan.

Besides, this girl is on the side of Prince Yong. If Si Yan is allowed to train the troops and the court officials find out, they will think that he is biased towards Prince Yong.

He has not yet decided whether to make Prince Xin or Prince Yong the crown prince.

This is also the reason why he has not touched the Imperial Noble Consort and the Prime Minister at present. He only wants to suppress the Imperial Noble Consort and the Prime Minister.

If Prince Xin ascends the throne in the future, he will still have to rely on Concubine Xin and the Prime Minister to gain a firm foothold.

The emperor thought for a while and rejected Si Yan: "Training the army is very expensive. I can't allocate military funds to you from the Ministry of Revenue."

"Your Majesty, I do not want you to allocate funds. I can use all the money that King Yan has given me as a token of gratitude for saving my life to train a strong army for Your Majesty. Only five hundred men will be enough."

The emperor was even more shocked. This girl was actually willing to spend her own money to train his army?

Was she truly thinking of him, or was she selfish? The emperor couldn't see through her for a moment.

"What can five hundred people do?" The emperor looked at Si Yan deeply, as if he wanted to see through him.

"I can do anything." Si Yan's voice was as gentle as the wind, and his confidence was enviable.

The emperor took a deep breath and spoke in a deep voice: "Si Yan, you want to build up your own power so that you can support Prince Yong in the future, right?"

Si Yan lowered her eyes slightly and said, "Your Majesty, if I want to build up power for Prince Yong, there is no need to ask Your Majesty for permission. I can use my own money, the money of Prince Yong's Mansion, to secretly train the army. Wouldn't that be better?"

"You..." The emperor pointed at Si Yan, and after a while, put his finger down.

Si Yan bowed to the emperor and spoke respectfully, "I am truly concerned about your majesty and want to share your worries. At the same time, I also want to prove my strength to your majesty. Hasn't your majesty always disbelieved in what I've done at the border? Then I will train an army for your majesty to prove that I have the ability to do so."

"Ridiculous!" the emperor swung his sleeves and snapped, "You're a woman, training an army for me. If anyone knows about this, I'm afraid everyone will laugh their heads off."

"Then don't tell anyone for now." Si Yan replied softly.

Si Yan had already expected that the old emperor cared about his reputation.

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Si Yan said calmly, "Your Majesty, I can secretly train the army. If we fail, I will willingly accept the punishment and will never bring shame upon Your Majesty. If the army is successfully trained, Your Majesty will have an extra force of elite soldiers and generals. Why not?"

The emperor opened his lips, but couldn't even find a reason to object to this girl.

"Your Majesty is worried about me, and this is human nature. I understand." Si Yan suggested softly, "Your Majesty, can you let Prince An and me train together? Your Majesty can trust Prince An, right?"

When the emperor heard this, his tense nerves relaxed a lot. With Lao Wu around, he naturally felt much more at ease.

The emperor thought carefully and felt that this would not harm him at all, and it could be used in a critical moment...

There are only 500 people anyway. Even if Si Yan wanted to cause trouble, he couldn't.

"Then where did you get these five hundred people?" asked the emperor.

"I will simply select five hundred men from this batch of newly recruited soldiers."

The emperor stood up from the couch, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth.

He thought for a while and said to Si Yan, "How do you test whether your training is successful?"

"Let the new soldiers I train fight one-on-one with the imperial guards. If more than ten of my soldiers lose, it will be considered a failure."

The emperor couldn't help but widen his eyes. Was Si Yan provoking his imperial guards?

In just three months, she was able to train a group of new soldiers that were more powerful than the imperial guards?

If ten out of five hundred people were defeated by the Imperial Guards, she would be considered a loser? Was this girl kidding?

The emperor stared at Si Yan sharply and said, "If you dare to issue a military order, I will leave this matter to you."

Si Yan straightened her back and spoke in a strong voice: "Your servant is willing to sign a military order. If the training fails in three months, your servant will offer your own head."

The emperor looked at Si Yan in disbelief: "Little girl, you are really not afraid of death!"

Si Yan smiled and said, "I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid that Daxuan has no elite soldiers and generals available."

The emperor was still extremely hesitant: "This is not a trivial matter. Let me think about it..."

Si Yan did not urge the emperor, she knew that the emperor had his own concerns.

Deep down, the emperor still wanted to make Prince Xin the crown prince, so he was worried that the rise of Prince Yong's power would have an impact on Prince Xin.

The emperor even had a beautiful dream that when Prince Xin ascended the throne, Prince Yong would assist Prince Xin in defending the kingdom of Daxuan, and the two brothers would complement each other and jointly protect Daxuan.

This idea is good, but unfortunately the Imperial Concubine and the Prime Minister will never agree.

At this moment, Eunuch Gu hurried in and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened."

"What's the matter?" The emperor frowned.

Eunuch Gu quickly said, "Lord Jia was assassinated today when he was meeting with Prince Yan and was seriously injured. Prince Yan was also careless and injured his hand."