On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Murong Yan gradually calmed down.

Looking at Lin Zhen's tall and reassuring back, the panic in her heart gradually subsided.

She walked to his side and gently took his cold hand in hers.

"Husband, you must... have a way, right?" Her voice carried a hint of dependence.

Lin Zhen turned around and looked into her phoenix eyes, which were filled with trust, and felt a warmth in her heart.

He took her small hand in his own, squeezed it firmly, and gave her a reassuring look.

"Don't worry, I'm here."

He turned his head to look at Du Ruhui, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Prime Minister Du, please get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Besides the three of us, who else knows about this?" Lin Zhen asked.

"Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. This old minister dared not speak of it. As soon as the secret report arrived, I came to request an audience. Apart from Night Owl, who delivered the report, no one else knew about it."

"Alright." Lin Zhen nodded. "This matter must be kept strictly confidential! Not a single word can be leaked! Otherwise, before Jiangnan even falls into chaos, Chang'an will be in chaos first."

He paused, then looked out the window again, a sharp glint in his eyes that was hard for others to see.

"They want to give us a big gift at our wedding. If we don't reciprocate with a proper gift, wouldn't we seem stingy?"

Both Murong Yan and Du Ruhui were taken aback upon hearing this.

What time is it? How can Your Highness still be in the mood for jokes?

However, when they saw the familiar, cold smile on Lin Zhen's lips, they knew that this war god of the Great Qian Dynasty had once again found a way to break the deadlock when everyone thought it was hopeless!

"Your Highness... what do you mean?" Du Ruhui asked tentatively.

Lin Zhen slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping over Murong Yan and Du Ruhui's faces, and said, word by word, "The wedding will proceed as planned. Moreover, it will be even grander and more luxurious than originally planned!"

"What?!" Du Ruhui exclaimed in shock. "Your Highness! This is absolutely not allowed! There are undercurrents in Jiangnan, and a rebellion is imminent. We should immediately mobilize our forces to prevent this from happening. How can we do the opposite and focus all our energy on a wedding? Isn't this... isn't this treating the safety of the entire country as a joke?!"

"Who says a wedding can't be a battlefield?"

A hunter's excited and dangerous glint flashed in Lin Zhen's eyes.

He walked to the imperial desk, spread out a map of Jiangnan, and pointed heavily at the location of Suzhou.

"Kong Zhiqian and Li Xian thought they had hidden it well. They thought all our attention would be drawn to this grand wedding. They thought they had chosen the best time and the best place."

"What they didn't realize was that when they thought they were the hunters, they had already become...the prey in my eyes!"

He raised his head, looked at Du Ruhui and Murong Yan who were too shocked to speak, and a confident and cold smile appeared on his lips.

"I want to go to Jiangnan myself."

"What?! Your Majesty, you...you're going to Jiangnan in person?!"

This time, not only Du Ruhui, but even Lin Zhen was shocked and his face changed color.

"No! Absolutely not!" Lin Zhen refused without hesitation. "Yan'er, are you crazy? What kind of place is Jiangnan now? It's a den of dragons and tigers! Kong Zhiqian and Li Xian have laid a trap there, just waiting for us to walk into it. You are the ruler of a country, a person of inestimable worth, how can you personally risk your life?!"

His voice was distorted by excitement and worry.

This was the first time he had so sternly refuted Murong Yan's decision in front of outsiders.

Du Ruhui, recovering from his shock, knelt down again with a thud, tears streaming down his face, and cried out:

"Your Majesty, please reconsider! The Prince is right. The land of Jiangnan is now extremely dangerous. You must not personally venture into the peril! The Great Qian Dynasty can do without Jiangnan, but it cannot do without you! This old minister... this old minister begs Your Majesty to rescind your decree!"

Looking at the two men in front of her, both extremely nervous, Murong Yan felt both warmth and helplessness.

She knew that they were all genuinely concerned for her safety.

But she also had her own reasons for having to go.

She did not answer immediately, but walked up to Du Ruhui and helped him up herself.

"Prime Minister Du, please rise. Let me finish speaking."

Her voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable power.

Du Ruhui stood up shakily, but his face was still full of fear and disapproval.

Murong Yan turned around and looked at Lin Zhen, her phoenix eyes filled with seriousness and determination.

"Husband, don't be so quick to object. Listen to me."

She took Lin Zhen's hand and led him to sit on the soft couch beside her. Only then did she slowly begin to explain her thoughts.

"I know you're all worried about my safety. But have you considered who our enemy really is this time?"

She didn't wait for their reply and continued talking to herself.

“Our enemy is not Kong Zhiqian, nor even the former crown prince Li Xian. Our real enemy is the hearts of the people.”

"Why did Kong Zhiqian drag Li Xian into this? Because Li Xian has a righteous cause. He wants to use this cause to sway the hearts of those dissatisfied with the Great Qian Dynasty. But if we want to win, we can't just rely on military suppression. Because force can't kill the hearts of the people. You kill one Li Xian, and they can find another Li Xian tomorrow. We must, from the root, completely destroy their righteousness and leave them without a legitimate reason to fight!"

Lin Zhen's brows remained furrowed, but he did not interrupt her again, instead listening attentively.

Murong Yan continued, "Then how do we crush their sense of righteousness? It's simple, we use a greater sense of righteousness to overwhelm them!"

"Li Xian's righteous cause is the legitimacy of the previous dynasty. But what is my righteous cause?"

Her gaze became sharp and bright.

"It benefits all the people of the world! It benefits the nation's prosperity and peace!"

"Kong Zhiqian and Li Xian, hiding in the shadows, instigating rebellion, what will they bring to Jiangnan? Only war, death, and displacement! As the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, I am going to Jiangnan to appease the people, to quell the unrest, and to bring them peace and hope!"

"I want all the people of the world to see with their own eyes who is the monarch who truly cares about them! Who is the emperor who can truly bring them a good life!"

"When the people's hearts are with me and with the Great Qian Dynasty, what is the value of Li Xian's so-called legitimacy? Can he still raise his banner of restoring the country?"

These words were powerful and thought-provoking!

Even Du Ruhui, who had been worried all along, couldn't help but show admiration and shock in his eyes after listening.

He never imagined that this young empress would have such profound political vision and such courage!

Use "popular support" against "orthodoxy," and "open strategy" against "insidious scheme"!

This is indeed the only and best way to break this deadlock!

Lin Zhen was also deeply moved by Murong Yan's words.

He had to admit that his beloved wife's political acumen and decisiveness had even surpassed his own.

His previous thought was how to use stratagems to capture Kong Zhiqian and Li Xian in one fell swoop. This was still at the level of "tactics".

Murong Yan, however, had already seen the level of "Tao".

What she wanted was not just a military victory, but a complete political triumph! She wanted to use this crisis to completely unite the hearts and minds of the people of Daqian as one!

but……

He understands everything.

But the thought of putting her in such a dangerous situation made his heart clench as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand, causing him unbearable pain.

“No.” He shook his head again, his voice hoarse. “Yan’er, your idea is good. But it’s too dangerous. You can’t go. I’ll go. I’ll go in your place.”

“You cannot replace me.” Murong Yan looked at him with unwavering determination. “Husband, you are the God of War of the Great Qian Dynasty, the invincible commander. You can go to Jiangnan, quell the rebellion, and behead Li Xian and Kong Zhiqian. But you cannot replace me in winning over the hearts of the people.”

"Because you are a prince, and I am the emperor."

"Only when I, the only female emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, personally appear on the land of Jiangnan, before those people who have been misled by rumors, can I bring the most powerful impact and completely shatter all the enemy's conspiracies!"

She grasped Lin Zhen's hand, her voice softening, tinged with a hint of pleading.

“My lord, I know you are worried about me. But you should also believe me. I am no longer that little girl who only hides behind you and needs your protection. I am also the monarch of this country, and I have my own responsibilities and duties.”

"This time, let me fight alongside you, okay?"

She tilted her head back, her phoenix eyes brimming with tears, displaying both the decisiveness of an emperor and the tenderness of a wife.