Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

As they captured more and more cities, the soldiers became braver and braver. Before they knew it, they had captured five cities of Xuansui Kingdom. Victory news came frequently from the border. The emperor was so happy at the morning court that he couldn't stop smiling. The whole court was in a joyful mood, except for the East Palace where the mood was frighteningly low. The crown prince Lu Shiyao, who had always been obsessed with women, kicked two women out of the door and ordered them to be executed.

The spies he had planted in the military camp had not been heard from for many days and could only watch Lu Jiusi repeatedly make meritorious deeds. If this continued, he would have no place to stand.

"What on earth is Yue Hanzhou doing? Why hasn't there been any victory report yet?"

The prince slammed the fine nanmu table loudly without a trace of composure. The general Guo Fangyan, who was sitting opposite him, had a look of shrewdness on his face.

"The Yujing Kingdom is also experiencing a severe drought right now. Let alone fighting the enemy, even staying alive is difficult."

"We can't just sit back and watch Lu Jiusi's military achievements rise. Uncle, transfer some food and fodder to Yue Hanzhou and tell him to stabilize the border within a month."

This General Guo is the prince's uncle. With such a powerful supporter, the prince is naturally too lazy to use his brain for anything.

"After the incident at Shihan Mountain, we lost most of our food and private soldiers. We kept these in reserve in case that person in the palace..."

"Well, they're not needed right now. Look at my father now. He's so cheerful all day long because of Lu Jiusi. He doesn't look like he's dying. We can store them after the drought is over. We'll also need them for Yue Hanzhou. Anyway, I can't let Lu Jiusi thrive all by himself. I need to send the food and fodder to Yue Hanzhou as soon as possible, and transfer another 50,000 men to help him. What a useless waste."

"When I helped him, I thought he would be as brave and resourceful as his father. Who knew he would turn out to be such a wretch? Okay, I'll make the arrangements. Calm down."

The prince is now almost forty years old, and the old emperor is reluctant to abdicate. The prince has been like an ant on the hot pan, hoping that the old emperor will die every day, but unfortunately, the opposite happens.

How could he not understand the old emperor's thoughts? In fact, the poison in Lu Jiusi's body was obtained by him from Beichen Kingdom after going through many hardships. If Lu Jiusi was in good health, his position as the crown prince would have been passed on long ago.

Xuansu Kingdom

In less than a month, Xuan Su Kingdom lost six cities. No general in the court dared to go to war. All the soldiers sent out died. The king of Xuan Su Kingdom also aged several years overnight.

"Please allow your son to go to war, father."

Just when the emperor was at a loss, the fifth prince Sheng Weize walked into the hall, knelt down with his fists clasped and asked to go into battle.

King Xuan Su felt even more troubled when he saw this. Among his many sons, he was most satisfied with the fifth prince Sheng Weize. He was even planning to pass the throne to him in the future. How could he let him take the risk?

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. The Fifth Prince cares deeply about the country, but who is Lu Jiusi? How can the Fifth Prince be his opponent? If he goes to war, wouldn't it be tantamount to sending himself to die in vain?"

"Yes."

"We must not let the Fifth Prince go."

A group of ministers knelt down one after another. How could the emperor not know that Sheng Weize was no match for Lu Jiusi? But if nothing was done now, Lu Jiusi would probably be able to attack this hall in less than two months.

"Your Majesty, why don't we send envoys to negotiate peace? If both sides sign a contract, the two countries will be on good terms from now on, and we can breathe a sigh of relief. Moreover, according to reports, Lu Jiusi has obtained some weapon that can easily destroy even our chariots. This shows how powerful he is. If we continue to send people to stop them, not only will we be unable to stop them, but the loss of manpower and financial resources will only increase. In the end, I am afraid that we will lose the qualifications to negotiate with them."

"Do you know what that weapon is?"

"No one knows. All we know is that the destructive power is so great that even city walls can't stop it, let alone flesh and blood."

"Alas... then which of you, my dear, would be willing to go with us to negotiate peace?"

Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

Xuan Suguo didn't know that even if they didn't come to negotiate peace, the war would almost be over.

During the past half month, everyone was on the road except for sleeping and eating. After arriving at a city, they ignored everything else and just blasted their way into the city. It didn't take much time to control the entire city. This was not only due to Shen Nanyue's advanced weapons, but also thanks to Lu Jiusi's extraordinary wisdom and planning.

The siege was quick, and the control of the entire city was even faster. Except for the cavalry, almost all his men were left behind in different places, not only for defense, but also to help the people recover their homes. In addition, Shen Nanyue left a lot of food in each city, and the city also distributed disaster relief food every day. Therefore, as soon as the city was occupied, the people's support was obtained. There was no riot in any of the cities that were captured.

Now everyone has settled in Lidu City. Lu Jiusi did not live with others because Shen Nanyue stayed with him and he was worried that she would be discovered if she lived in the same mansion with others.

On the second day after taking over Lidu City, Shen Nanyue finally had a comfortable sleep all day and got up at around 3 p.m. in the afternoon. She had been busy recently and felt that she had not had such a good sleep for a long time. It turned out to be quite good to be a lady in the backyard. Now think about it, so many people want to climb onto the throne of the emperor and empress, and I don’t know what they are trying to achieve. Aren’t they tired of being arrogant all day long?

Being an ordinary person like me, I can sleep when I want to and get up when I want to. How carefree it is!

Shen Nanyan secretly swore that she would live like this in the future, not get married, not do those dirty things in the backyard, and do whatever she wanted.

After opening the door, the sunlight was no longer so glaring. Shen Nanyan sat in the corridor, staring at a group of ants on the ground in a daze.

"Aren't you hungry? What are you thinking about?"

A pair of soft-soled boots inlaid with jade beads just stepped on the group of ants. Shen Nanyan wanted to say something, but felt it was too late, so she raised her head lazily.

Lu Jiusi's stunning face was reflected in her watery eyes. He stood in front of her following the light, like a banished immortal walking out of the sun. She didn't know into whose boudoir such a handsome man would end up.

"I'm hungry."

"I've had someone cook some porridge for you. Try it."

Lu Jiusi handed the food box to Shen Nanyan. Shen Nanyan didn't hesitate to open it, picked up the small bowl inside and started eating.

I captured six cities in a row for Lu Jiusi, so eating a bowl of porridge from him is nothing!

Lu Jiusi also leaned over and sat down beside Shen Nanyue, looking sideways at her eating porridge, feeling very satisfied. He didn't know what happiness was, and he had never thought about it, but this scene in front of him should be happiness to him.

"The battle is over now. I want to go back tomorrow. I was originally supposed to be here for only half a month, but now it's already been a month."

Lu Jiusi didn't say anything. He had been with Shen Nanyan every day these days. Every night after Shen Nanyan fell asleep, he would quietly squeeze beside her. Now she suddenly wanted to leave. Lu Jiusi was reluctant to let her go, but he also knew that he couldn't stop her.