209, The Queen's Favorite Husband

"I will personally lead the army in this battle."

As soon as this sentence came out, the ministers who had been silent and didn't know what to say all knelt down and asked the empress to withdraw her order.

"Your Majesty, you must not do that. The people of the Chi Nu tribe are fierce and ruthless. It is really not easy to go to war with them, otherwise the people at the border will suffer."

The speaker was the Minister of War. He was not young, but he was still in good spirits. He was the first to stand up and dissuade Feng Zhao from her proposal to lead the army in person.

"Huh, the people at the border."

Feng Zhao snorted lightly, suddenly jumped up, picked up the memorial beside her, and threw it at her.

The front and back pages of these memorials were made of wood chips. They were thrown so hard that the Minister of War could not dodge and was hit on the head and bleeding. There was a commotion in Mingfeng Palace.

Concubine Liu was very happy watching this scene. Although he moved to the imperial farm outside the palace after the death of the previous emperor, he still knew some news in the palace.

The empress has always advocated attacking the various tribes of the Red Women, but these incompetent officials have been obstructing it. If it weren't for them, maybe his son would not have died.

Now, his son died so tragically, and these people are still trying to whitewash the peace. He really wants to peel off their skin, cut off their flesh, and practice the pain his son suffered on their children, and see what their expressions will be at that time.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

A small number of court officials kowtowed to plead for the minister, trying to explain the interests involved to the empress, and not to lose their minds because of Prince Ling's matter.

"The Chi Nu tribe has sent someone to pass on a message. As long as our Tian Huang country is willing to marry another prince, we are willing to reconcile with our Tian Huang. War is a waste of money and labor, and it is absolutely unacceptable."

These officials have lived a comfortable life all their lives. What they fear most is war. If they win, it's fine. If they lose, wouldn't their good life now be gone? Besides, marrying a prince can bring a few years or even decades of peace, which is also a very cost-effective thing.

Of course, no one dared to say the second half of the sentence.

"Huang Shangshu, I remember that your son just turned fifteen this year. He is known as the first talent in the capital, right?"

Feng Zhao's voice was a little cold. She looked at the ministers who advocated peace. The coldness on her body scared Jiang Liu so much that he took two steps back.

After hearing her words, the Minister of Rites broke out in a cold sweat. Her son was her late-born son, and she loved him to the bone. Not to mention marrying him, she didn't even think about getting close to the empress. She just wanted him to live a happy life and find a girl with good character and appearance to marry him.

"Minister Zhang, Master Lin... There are young men of the right age in your clans, but unfortunately, I don't have a princess of the right age. In order to express my sincerity to the Red Women's tribes, why don't I give all the suitable young men in your mansions the title of Prince, and then reward them for marrying the Red Women's tribes for my Tianhuang people."

Feng Zhao's voice became more and more urgent, and her voice became more and more powerful: "Not only that, I will also tell them that these men who are marrying are all dedicated by their mothers, and they can be beaten and scolded by them, and they can be beheaded at any time if they are unhappy. Cut off their hands and feet, scratch their faces, and finally chop off their heads. "Finally, I will sigh for these young men who died in vain. They died for the peace of Tianhuang. It was an honorable death! Lord Shangshu, you! Think! What! Ah!" Feng Zhao's eyes were red, looking at the officials who were silent. He didn't feel pain unless the knife cut himself. He didn't see them in pain when the news of Ling Huangxiong's death came, and he didn't see them in pain when the border city lost three passes in a row. Just now, it was just his expectation. Nothing happened yet, but they all had sad faces. "Pa——" The table in front of Feng Zhao was made of golden nanmu, partly covered with gold, and weighed more than a hundred pounds. However, even such a table was lifted by Feng Zhao with force, and rolled down from the steps with a flip, and the stone slabs were smashed. The officials present had never seen the queen so angry before, so how could they dare to offend her at this time. "I second the motion, but please think twice about the matter of personally leading the army."

Zhang Ying was the first to stand up and agree with Feng Zhao's request to go to war with the Chi Nu tribes. Those frontier barbarians have coveted their Tianhuang country for a long time. They finally occupied three cities and would definitely not give up easily. Even if they find a royal son to marry, it would probably only be the second Prince Ling.

"I also second the motion."

Zhang Ying started, and the other ministers spoke one by one. The queen had made up her mind. Moreover, some of them also felt that Prince Ling's death was too tragic. It would be fine if they didn't know about it before, but now there are rumors in the capital. If the royal family does not set an example, people may think that the queen is too weak and lose the support of the people.

"Your Majesty, but the treasury is empty. The food and medicine may not be enough for war preparations."

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue trembled, glanced at the Shangshu, and spoke up.

"The country has been peaceful and the people have been safe these years, but the treasury is empty. Is it because I have too many parasites? Someone, come here."

As soon as Feng Zhao finished speaking, a team of soldiers wearing black military armor appeared in Minghuang Palace. Judging from their attire, they were all different from those I had seen when I entered the palace before.

"Thoroughly check all the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Military Affairs. Anyone who embezzles or cheats will have their property confiscated and all will be confiscated."

A small number of officials present looked at the group of soldiers who left in a swift and decisive manner, and then looked at the tall and straight woman standing in front of the phoenix chair, and they felt a cold sweat in their hearts.

Since when did the empress grow up to be the one they could not fathom now? These soldiers they had never seen before might be the forces secretly supported by the empress.

Thinking of the so-called empty treasury rhetoric, many people were sweating on their foreheads and began to tremble.

"Don't worry, Concubine Tai, I will definitely bring back the remains of my brother, move him to the imperial mausoleum, and bury him properly."

Feng Zhao walked down the steps, stood in front of Concubine Tai Liu, and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty."

Concubine Tai Liu's inner grief was vented. Since the empress promised, she would definitely bring his son back.

Concubine Tai Liu burst into tears. His Ling'er could finally go home.

******

The news that the empress was going to lead the army in person spread like a snowball in the harem. Since the news about Prince Feng Ling was passed back to the capital, the empress had not set foot in the harem for three consecutive days.

During these three days, the capital was in a state of panic. Many important officials of the previous emperor's period were confiscated, all of whom were accused of embezzling military pay. The blood in the vegetable market rushed in waves, and the main culprits were killed. Their families were all imprisoned in the cells, waiting to be dealt with after the trouble of the Red Woman Tribe was solved.

Most of the concubines in the palace were sons of officials. The things outside the palace were abuzz, and the palace naturally heard about it. They were all worried that the empress's next fire would burn them.

At the same time, they were also worried that the empress had not given birth to a princess yet. If she really led the army in person, once something went wrong, she would have to establish a new emperor, and they, the old people of the empress, would probably have to enter the imperial temple and guard the remaining lights for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, although the empress did not step into the harem these days, Yan Chu was still restless. Everyone knew that the empress loved him the most, and they all wanted him to speak up and persuade the empress to take back her order.

Besides, isn't Yan Chu's biological mother Yan Beitian who guarded Lingtian Pass? His sisters are also fierce generals in the army. Since they are all in the north, why should His Majesty take risks? If there is any mistake, I am afraid Yan Beitian and others will also be implicated.

Openly persuading and secretly threatening, if it were the original body here now, I am afraid that he would be really scared by them and foolishly ran to persuade the empress.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

This was the first time Feng Zhao entered the harem after three days. She went straight to Fengyi Palace. She was really tired in these three days.

Yan Chu massaged her brain acupuncture points to relax her mind.

"Persuade, what do you want to persuade Your Majesty?"

"It has spread all over the harem, right? Have those concubines bothered you these days?" Feng Zhao chuckled, and she looked at Yan Chu intently, wanting to know what he would say.

In three days, she relied on swift and resolute means to finally suppress all the voices of resistance. In fact, the voice of the former dynasty has been unified, but the news has not yet reached the harem.

But she just wanted to listen, to know whether Yan Chu would persuade her to take back her order like others.

"No."

Yan Chu shook his head, his eyes were firm: "Your Majesty has forgotten whose son I am."

Feng Zhao was distracted, yes, he was Yan Beitian's son, and he had lived in the border town since he was a child. He had not lived for long in the comfortable days of the capital. He was indeed used to the desolation of the border town and the constant separation of life and death.

Such a man understood the suffering of the people in the border town better than those brothers who grew up in a greenhouse, and understood what would happen to the Tianhuang Kingdom if he encouraged the ambitions of the Red Women's tribes and waited for them to rest.

This was a mistake left by her mother, and she had to clear it up for her.

"But."

Yan Chu's turn made Feng Zhao's heart skip a beat, and she felt a little disappointed. After saying so much, he still didn't want her to lead the army in person?

"Please take me with you when you go to war, Your Majesty. I've been away from home for so long, and I want to see my mother and sisters."

In the memory of the original body, the empress finally got what she wanted, but the battlefield changed rapidly, and there were several dangerous situations. Because the original body was not with her, she only got a little bit of news from the border, and he was not favored at that time, so he knew even less.

Yan Chu didn't dare to guarantee whether everything would change with his arrival, so this time Feng Zhao planned to lead the army in person, and he had to follow to feel at ease.

Feng Zhao glanced at Yan Chu, she didn't expect that the other party's request was this.

Although the other party said that he wanted to see his mother and sister in the border town, Feng Zhao knew that the reason why the other party did this was because he was worried about her.

Everyone was avoiding the upcoming war, but the person next to her was willing to accompany her to the most dangerous place.

Feng Zhao's psychological defenses collapsed, and in an instant, she knew that a certain place in her heart had fallen.

She looked at Yan Chu deeply and said in a calm voice: "Okay."