She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

Zhu Lingyun felt that his father had been bewitched by this mother and son.

My father has been wise all his life, but when he got old he did such an incredible thing.

Zhu Lingyun was puzzled in his study. Logically, his father would not do such a foolish thing because of such a small favor.

The ministers made repeated appeals against this matter, but to no avail.

At this moment, Zhu Lingyun's chief eunuch hurried in.

"Your Highness, the Emperor summons you to the palace."

Prince Zhu calmed himself down and entered the palace with two guards and came to the imperial study.

As a result, as soon as he entered, he saw the mother and son, who had recently been the most respected in front of his father, kneeling on the ground.

“Your Majesty, my mother and I have dedicated our entire lives to Canglan in the Great Wei.

We succeeded twice from last year to this year, but the people you sent to pick us up were too incompetent, which led to it falling back into the hands of the Wei people.

This time, Zhe'er did everything he could to successfully bring the iron box back. Even if he didn't achieve any credit, he still worked hard.

No one expected that Dawei would keep the news secret so tightly, and Zhe'er had no idea that they had opened it.

They hadn't opened it before I left. Otherwise, Canglan wouldn't have been able to capture four cities so easily."

Zhu Jingshu (the third old lady) looked at her younger brother, whom she had missed for decades, with tears in her eyes.

"Zhe'er, don't you know that they have already opened it?" Emperor Canglan asked with a gloomy face.

"Uncle, Hongzhe really doesn't know. Please understand. If Hongzhe is telling lies, I am willing to be struck by lightning." Zhu Hongzhe (Shangguan Hongzhe) knelt respectfully and swore.

"Okay, you guys go back to the mansion first." Emperor Canglan waved to the two of them.

The two of them immediately left the imperial study.

"Greetings, Father." The prince then stepped forward to pay his respects.

He was shocked after hearing these words.

What did he hear? The iron box from Dawei was brought back to Canglan, and it was brought back by this "cousin".

How many years have they been together in Wei?

The most important thing is that Da Wei actually opened the iron box.

The prince had just paid his respects when several ministers from the court arrived.

The prime minister, three cabinet ministers, several other princes, and the ministers of war and revenue.

"My dear ministers, please take a look at the battle report we just received."

Emperor Canglan was so angry after receiving the battle report from the front line that he went to question his sister.

Since the Prince of Rong went to the battlefield, the Wei Dynasty won two battles in a row and recaptured a city. The weapons they used were the bombs unique to the Wei Dynasty recorded in history books.

What does this mean?

This means that Da Wei opened the iron box, made the bomb, and used it on the battlefield.

But the iron box is now in his imperial study.

My nephew brought it back personally a few days ago.

These past few days, he fiddled with it whenever he had free time, trying to see if he could open it, but there was no response at all.

He had no choice but to hide and find another way.

The ministers read the battle report together in groups of three or five.

"Your Majesty, does the Wei Dynasty have such powerful weapons?" The Prime Minister was a little bit unbelieving.

"General Hong said that thing is extremely powerful and one explosion can kill or injure several people." Lord Wu from the cabinet pointed out the key point.

"emperor?"

"My dear ministers, the Great Wei has opened the iron box and created an unstoppable bomb. We have prepared for so many years, and there is a high possibility that our efforts will fail."

Emperor Canglan suddenly looked ten years older and decadent.

When he took over the throne, his father repeatedly warned him to avenge Canglan's ancestors. Their deaths were too unworthy and it was a shame for Canglan. The ancestors' wishes must never be abandoned.

Canglan was a great country that could have competed for supremacy in the world. However, the weapons that the Wei Dynasty possessed shattered Canglan's dream, and the country lost two cities and its emperor and empress died.

What a shame.

He worked hard for this, and he was about to succeed. He had already captured four cities of the Wei Dynasty and was getting closer and closer to their capital.

As a result, at this moment, Da Wei actually opened the iron box.

How embarrassing for him.

Emperor Canglan felt an extreme heaviness in his chest.

"Your Majesty, can we steal one of that things and bring it back? Study it, make it, and then attack them using their own methods?" The Minister of War proposed an idea.

"Steal? Is it that easy to steal?" Emperor Canglan looked at him as if he were an idiot. How could the Wei Dynasty not keep such an important thing well?

"Your Majesty, I don't think Great Wei has made much of that.

We can attack quickly and fiercely, and they can't kill all my hundreds of thousands of troops.

Our Canglan soldiers are so brave and valiant, as long as we are quick, accurate and ruthless, we will definitely win." Another minister expressed his opinion.

.....

Each minister expressed his or her opinions, but none of them satisfied Emperor Canglan.

Prince Zhu listened to everyone's words and came up with a better idea.

"Father, I have a plan that will surely throw the Wei Dynasty into disarray." Prince Zhu spoke only after everyone had finished speaking.

"Oh, tell me about it." Emperor Canglan was quite satisfied with his prince. He was smart, but a little cruel and intolerant.

But he has good ability to do things, and Canglan needs such people to stabilize the country and have the ambition to take over Wei.

Then Prince Zhu told everyone about his idea, which was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.

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Southern Shu Kingdom.

The news that Wei had launched a counterattack and used bombs was quickly transmitted back to the capital of Southern Shu.

Prince Liu was the first to receive the news.

Ever since the Emperor of Southern Shu was harmed by the Second Prince last time, he has become more concerned about his health.

He just takes a sauna from time to time and doesn't really take care of things, leaving most of the matters to the prince.

Sometimes he didn't even attend the morning court, letting the prince do it for him.

He thinks about how to keep his body healthy every day. He wants to live longer, so he doesn't want to work hard.

Overwork makes it more likely to die early.

This point of view was told to him by Yu Yuanzheng. He didn't remember the other words, but he remembered this sentence particularly clearly.

Liu Dekun came to Yiyang Palace and showed the news he had just received to Emperor Zhi of Shu.

"Father, this is the news sent back from the Great Wei. Please review it."

After reading it, Emperor Zhi of Shu frowned.

"My son, the Great Wei opened the iron box and repelled Canglan. Will this be detrimental to our Southern Shu?" Emperor Zhi of Shu was quite worried about this.

Why did you send the prince to rob the iron box last year? Wasn’t it because you were afraid that the war would spread to Southern Shu?

"Don't worry, Father. Nan Shu and Wei have signed a friendly agreement. Even if Wei destroys the entire Canglan, it will not attack Nan Shu."

"Are you so sure?" Emperor Zhi of Shu raised his eyebrows.

Is there any emperor in this world who doesn't want to unify the world?

The emperor of the Great Wei was only in his forties. If he could unify the country during his lifetime, he would be an emperor of all ages in history.

Could he let go of such a good opportunity?

"Father, I don't think the Great Wei will destroy Canglan."

"Why?"

"Canglan is located in the north, with many mountains and deserts. There's not much edible food growing there. If we take it into our territory, it will be a burden.

The Great Wei would not be stupid enough to add burden to itself.

A hundred years ago, why did Canglan want to conquer Wei? Wasn't it because Wei was rich in resources and they wanted to occupy it so they could support the Canglan people?"

Liu Dekun’s analysis is very thorough.

"You have a point." Emperor Zhi of Shu agreed with this point of view.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea and would like to hear your opinion." Liu Dekun then stated the purpose of his visit.

"You said."

"I want to send troops."

"What?" Emperor Zhi of Shu was surprised.