Mother, I have returned to the throne.

Outside the south gate of the imperial city, Song Yuan was waiting calmly.

Before the messenger returned, the sound of urgent horse hooves came from behind.

Following the sound, I saw a soldier on horseback wearing sackcloth and covered in blood running towards them.

thump!

Before they reached the city gate, the soldiers had already fallen off their horses.

But he still held tightly a jar in his arms and a letter in his hand as he crawled towards the city gate.

Song Yuan looked at the soldiers and couldn't help but frown and walked over.

"Quick, tell His Majesty. The barbarian army has invaded Fenglang Pass, and General Situ, the Marquis of Zhenbei, has been killed in battle."

The soldier died before he could finish his words.

Song Yuan took the box and opened it, and saw that it contained ashes.

I suddenly understood.

Holding the urn and the blood-soaked letter, Song Yuan hurried towards the imperial city.

I originally planned to apologize first and then hope that my father would punish me and send me to the frontier, so that I could escape from Kyoto, this place of trouble.

Now, looking at the ashes, he changed his mind.

The battlefield is where he should go. Only by holding military power can he have the right to compete for everything.

As the eldest prince, how could he not have any thoughts about that position?

She spitted a few times, smeared the corners of her eyes, and rushed into the hall crying.

"Father, father!"

...

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely solemn at this moment.

Song Youji, the Emperor of Qin, who had already read the blood letter, looked angry.

"This is too much! This is too much! A mere barbarian actually dares to ask me for 200,000 dan of grain!"

"My dear ministers, should I give it to you or not?"

As soon as Song Youji said this, all the ministers fell silent, lowering their heads and looking sideways at the person standing in the front.

The powerful minister Lin Fu stepped forward at this moment.

"Your Majesty, with the death of General Situ, the foremost military god of the Qin Empire, the Barbarian Army is now in full force. If a clash were to occur, I'm afraid the losses would be heavy. I believe it's best to sue for peace. Two hundred thousand dan of grain in exchange for ten years of peace in the Northern Territory is acceptable."

As soon as Lin Fu said this, many ministers reconciled.

"Your Majesty, I reconsider my request for peace."

"Your Majesty, I also reconsider this. It is not appropriate to start a war at this moment!"

Only a few generals seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally remained silent helplessly.

Song Youji looked at the many ministers with deep eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After a moment, he accidentally glanced at Song Yuan who was standing in the corner, and suddenly asked for some reason.

"Yuan'er, what about you?"

Song Yuan was in a daze at the moment, thinking about how to ask his father to agree to let him go to the border.

Song Yuan was startled when he was called suddenly.

"what?"

The blank look in his eyes seemed a bit foolish, which made Song Youji speechless.

"Forget it, it's useless to ask you."

At this moment, all the ministers couldn't help but twitch their lips and try hard to hold back their laughter.

What suggestions could he, a cowardly, foolish and incompetent prince, have?

You might as well ask a dog than ask him.

Feeling that everyone was looking at him in the same way as his father, Song Yuan felt depressed.

What is Baiwen?

No need to ask, we must kill him. How can a mere barbarian be worthy of asking for peace?

Of course Song Yuan couldn't miss this opportunity, so he took a step forward and prepared to speak.

However, he was interrupted by the sound of crying outside the hall.

Then a young woman supported the empress dowager and walked into the throne room.

"Meet the Queen Mother!"

Seeing the Queen Mother coming, all the ministers kowtowed and knelt in worship.

Song Yuan was looking at the woman beside the Queen Mother with a gloomy look in his eyes.

Third brother, third brother, I didn’t expect you to bring up the Queen Mother.

When Song Youji saw his mother coming, he quickly stood up from the dragon throne.

"Mother? Why are you here in the palace?"

As he said this, he went down the stairs to support the empress dowager, but the empress dowager snorted coldly and looked at Song Yuan.

"Hmph, why am I here? It's you, this audacious bastard, who caused all this trouble. Xiaolian, you tell me!"

Lin Lian, the daughter of Lin Fu and wife of the third prince, pointed at Song Yuan while crying.

"Your Majesty, Crown Prince Song Yuan disregarded brotherly love and severely injured my husband. He is now receiving treatment in the Imperial Physician's Pavilion! Your Majesty, please help me!"

"What? You said the eldest brother beat up the third brother? Is that a mistake?"

Song Youji looked incredulous.

Lin Lian's father, Lin Fu, also felt it was impossible and asked hurriedly.

"Xiao Lian, are you sure it was the eldest prince who did it? That's impossible. He's a nobody... he wouldn't dare do such a thing."

But Lin Lian nodded repeatedly and recounted what had just happened at Song Yuan Villa with some exaggeration.

But people still couldn't believe it.

The eldest prince, who has always been a coward, dared to hit someone, and the person he hit was the third prince who was at the peak of his power?

Seeing that everyone didn't believe her, Lin Lian looked at the Queen Mother for help.

The Queen Mother shouted again, "If that's the case, just ask him and you'll know."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother slowly walked towards Song Yuan.

"You bastard, tell me if you hit the third brother."

Facing the Queen Mother's questioning, Song Yuan looked aggrieved and pretended to be about to cry, then he knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Yes!"

When the Queen Mother heard Song Yuan admit it himself, her eyes widened with anger.

"Well, you bastard! You actually didn't care about the relationship between brothers and did such a thing. Lin Fu, according to the laws of the Great Qin, what crime should Song Yuan be punished for?"

"Your Majesty, according to the law, I must be stripped of my status as a prince and banished to a place of hardship for three years!"

Lin Fu spoke word by word with a gloomy look in his eyes.

He knew that his third son-in-law was causing trouble for Song Yuan.

The Prince's Order cannot appear, and it cannot be in the hands of anyone else, otherwise the plan of him and his son-in-law will fail.

But he didn't expect that this cowardly guy would actually dare to hurt his good son-in-law.

Then we can take this opportunity to remove him from the royal family, which will make it easier to take action!

Listening to the two people speaking in unison, Song Yuan lowered his head and knelt on the ground, cursing in his heart.

Being exiled for three years is like killing yourself out there.

Damn old woman, and you, the traitor Lin Fu, just wait for me.

You want me to die? Okay, I'll satisfy you!

But how you die is not up to you.

Song Yuan looked up suddenly, his eyes complicated and incomprehensible.

There was a hint of grievance in his resolute eyes as he looked at the silent Song Youji.

"Father, I plead guilty, but I was the one who taught my third brother a lesson!"

"lesson?"

When Song Youji heard that the third brother was beaten for going to the eldest brother's villa to search for the prince's order, he frowned and remained silent.

Now that he heard his eldest son talking about teaching instead of beating, he already understood that his cowardly eldest son had obviously been forced into a corner and had taken action.

I immediately understood the compassion, as the second brother had just died.

He hadn't recovered yet, and he couldn't bear to do anything to his other son.

"Mother, these brothers are just fighting, what could possibly happen? Please go back first and I will handle this matter."

After speaking to the Empress Dowager, Song Youji looked at Song Yuan.

"Boss, go to the Imperial Physician's Pavilion later to visit the third brother and admit your mistake!"

Seeing that his father had exonerated him, Song Yuan looked at him in surprise.

Good guy, you still remember that I am your biological child.

Do you know how to protect me?

But now is not the right time to protect someone.

Song Yuan shook his head and said something that almost pissed Song Youji off to death.

"Father, I am guilty and willing to accept punishment. Please grant me the death penalty!"