Transmigrating Female Supreme: The Peerless Husband Depends on Me

"What are you laughing at, sister?" Zhou Ziqian didn't understand, but he also laughed, with a lively look in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

He suddenly reached out and tidied Su Yue's hair that was messed up by the night wind. His movements were skillful and natural - he learned this trick from Mu Feng.

Su Yue was just about to make a joke when he suddenly heard a "puff" of laughter coming from behind the rockery.

Lin Yuxuan and Shangguan Haochen rolled into a ball, covering their mouths with each other's hands. It was obvious that they had been peeking at each other for a long time.

"Achen, you lose! Give me the money!" Lin Yuxuan stretched out his hand to demand the debt. "I said Aqian would show his true colors before he could finish three sentences!"

Shangguan Haochen reluctantly took out his wallet: "Who knew he was so bad at pretending to be serious..."

"You guys!" Zhou Ziqian's fury exploded, his ears reddened, and his ease vanished. "Who, who told you to follow me!"

Su Yue looked at her husband, who was both embarrassed and annoyed. She suddenly reached out and pulled him into her arms. She raised an eyebrow at the two guys who were watching the fun and didn't mind making trouble. "What? Isn't my Ah Qian cute when he's pretending to be serious?"

“Cute, cute!” Shangguan Haochen raised his hands in surrender, “It’s just that I didn’t imitate Brother Ayan very well…” Before he could finish his words, he was hit on the head by a flying almond biscuit.

Zhou Ziqian buried his face in Su Yue's shoulder and complained in a low voice: "Sister, look at them..."

This familiar coquettish tone softened Su Yue's heart. Just as she was about to comfort him, she heard the person in her arms suddenly lower his voice: "Actually, I deliberately let them come with me - Brother Yan said that this would make me seem more credible."

Su Yue lowered her head in shock and met the little fox's cunning gaze.

Good guy, he even learned the trick of inflicting pain on himself!

Five days later, the morning light from the Purple Palace filtered through the carved window lattices, casting mottled shadows on the jade floor tiles.

Su Yue's hands trembled slightly as she adjusted her clothes - this was the first time she was summoned alone.

The hall was filled with the scent of incense. The empress was dressed in a moon-white dress. The "Xuan Ji Tu" on the desk was emitting a warm golden light in the morning light.

Su Yue noticed that the empress's fingertips were unconsciously rubbing the jade ring of the mechanism, and the gilded armor collided with the mechanism, making a slight crisp sound.

"My dear minister, you are so thoughtful." The empress spoke calmly, her eyes as deep as a pool. "My mother and I..." She paused, her gilded armor gently pressing a mechanism. "It has indeed been a long time since we last spoke properly."

Su Yue's heart was beating like a drum.

She could feel the empress's gaze falling on her as if it were real - it was not the look of examining a minister, but the look of sizing up a chess player who had met his match.

"Your Majesty," Su Yue took a deep breath and decided to make his move. "The Emperor Emeritus defied all odds to pass the throne to you. He must have been very proud. But..."

"Is it just that I always disappoint her?" The empress suddenly sneered and placed the teacup in her hand heavily on the table.

Tea splashed, casting a dark shadow on the Xuanji Tu. "I advocated sending troops to the northwest war, but she accused me of being too eager for quick success!"

The air in the hall suddenly froze.

Su Yue's back was covered in cold sweat, but he still kept his back straight: "There is a saying in my hometown - 'haste makes waste'."

The empress's armor made a harsh sound as it scraped against the table.

"Perhaps..." Su Yue gently straightened the teacup. "We can send an envoy first? Three hundred elite soldiers, armed with new repeating crossbows, ostensibly for peace talks, but secretly observing the enemy's true strength." She dipped her fingertips in the tea and drew a three-way march on the table. "The vanguard will show off its military prowess, the center will show its elegance, and the rear..." The water mark made a cunning turn. "We can hide the supply line diagram as bait."

The empress's eyes suddenly became sharp.

Su Yue knew that she was weighing the pros and cons - this move gave face to the emperor, but also contained murderous intent.

"My dear minister, do you know?" The empress suddenly leaned forward, the scent of ambergris blowing in her face. "I have always believed that you belonged to the Queen Mother."

Su Yue met that sharp gaze and said, "I am only your Majesty's man."

Silence is as sharp as a knife.

Just when Su Yue thought that blood would splatter five steps away, the empress suddenly laughed: "What a saying, 'more haste, less speed'!" She slammed the gilded armor heavily on the mechanism, "Come here, call the Minister of War!"

At the court meeting three days later, Su Yue's delegation's proposal was like a huge rock dropped into the water.

The Minister of War flew into a rage: "Showing weakness!" Her purple robe and jade belt rustled, and the goldfish bag at her waist clattered. "We should immediately send 50,000 troops to pacify the northwest!"

"Lord Su," the Empress suddenly called out, "you tell me."

The gazes of all the civil and military officials in the court shot towards him like arrows.

Su Yue calmed her mind, quickly assembling modern diplomatic strategies in her mind. "The delegation I propose is no ordinary envoy." She stepped forward, and a scroll of blueprints slipped from her sleeve. "Three hundred elite soldiers, each equipped with a triple crossbow, will be able to conduct daily marches and exercises."

The Minister of War suddenly exclaimed, "This marching route..."

"Exactly." Su Yue unfolded the blueprint. "The vanguard will march along the trade route and conduct daily drills. The central army will carry silk and porcelain, which will be given as gifts to the leaders of various tribes along the way. The rear guard..." She pointed her finger at a certain canyon. "They can deliberately leak fake supply routes."

The old master's cloudy eyes suddenly lit up: "Luring the enemy deep into our territory?"

"Absurd!" the Minister of War shouted, "How dare a lowly official of the fifth rank make irresponsible remarks on military and national affairs?"

At this moment, a trembling eunuch's announcement came from outside the palace: "The Emperor has arrived!"

Amidst the uproar in the court, the silver-haired old lady slowly walked into the hall, leaning on a phoenix-headed cane.

The empress stood up suddenly, but her mother raised her hand to stop her.

"I think," the emperor's eyes swept over Su Yue and lingered on the Minister of War for a moment, "this is a good idea."

During the preparations for the mission, Su Yue was exceptionally allowed to participate in military discussions. She incorporated the concept of a modern "task force" into the discussions:

"Three hundred men, divided into three teams." She placed a small flag on the sand table. "The vanguard will be led by General Gu's former subordinates, who will inspect their repeating crossbows daily in public. The central army will be staffed with civilian officials fluent in various ethnic languages. The rear team..." She placed a red flag in the canyon. "You can deliberately use the elderly, weak, and sick to escort the 'food and fodder.'"

The Minister of War gasped: "This is to lure the snake out of its hole!"

"Not only that." Su Yue took out a few more wooden carts, "This is the supply vehicle designed by me, with a layer on the bottom -" She pressed the mechanism lightly, and a sharp blade suddenly popped out from the bottom of the car.

The empress's armor tapped out a crisp rhythm on the table. Su Yue knew that this was a sign of the emperor's affection.

A month later, the mission's victory report and battle report arrived at the same time:

The thirty-six tribes in the northwest were frightened by the crossbow drill and took the initiative to request trade;

The rebel leader attacked the "food team" by surprise, but was ambushed by the elite troops.

Even better, the spy hidden in the porcelain has drawn a detailed map of the tribal distribution...

At the celebration banquet, the empress personally filled Su Yue's glass with wine: "My dear, do you know that when I first summoned you to the palace..." She ran her fingertips across the rim of the glass, "I wanted to see what was so special about the person that the empress had chosen."

Su Yue's hand holding the glass remained motionless.

"Now I know." The empress suddenly leaned forward and whispered in her ear, "Tomorrow the imperial edict will be issued—promotion to Hanlin Shijiaoshi, fourth rank, assisting in the Ministry of Rites' external affairs." Her warm breath carried the aroma of wine. "I look forward to seeing which side you will take next..."

Su Yue watched the empress leave and drank the wine in one gulp. She knew that the real game had just begun.