Chapter 39 39. Heart of Huanyue

"Yu'er, it's me." A voice said softly.

When Yu'er hurriedly looked back, she saw an evil smiling face in front of her, with long eyebrows, thin lips, and slightly dark skin.

"Kurihara!" Yu'er said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Why, only you are allowed to come and not me?" the man said with a smile.

Before Yu'er could ask any more questions, the man raised his finger and said "shush", signaling her to stop talking.

Yu'er looked down and saw that Emperor Yongping was still sitting on the Panlong Chair, maintaining the same posture.

He picked up the wing chick again and tried to pop it out.

"Don't play." Kurihara whispered, and reached out to hold Yu'er's hand.

"I'm playing mine, what are you doing?" Yu'er said dissatisfied.

"Why do you want to play him like this?" Kurihara said.

"I can't explain a sentence or two clearly. Let me play it first and then talk." Yu'er said.

"You don't want to tell me?" Kurihara took the chick on her finger and took it into his hand and said with a smile, "Then I will keep this for you for the time being."

"Hey!" Yu'er said angrily, "Why are you always against me!"

"You don't want me to go against you?" Kurihara looked at her and smiled, "Then you know what to do, right?"

As he spoke, he moved his mouth to Yu'er's cheek.

Yu'er stepped away from him, shook her head and said, "Still so shameless."

Looking down again, Emperor Yongping was still frowning at the book.

Yu'er summoned her magic power and read the notes written on the case into her eyes.

I saw it read: "Thanks to the majesty of the emperor and the divine blessing of the emperor, we fought two battles with the enemy, annihilated countless enemies, and consolidated the border areas. However, the injured need to be nursed, and the dead are safe. We urgently hope to have 50,000 troops to secure the southern corner."

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The Huanyue Kingdom is located near the East China Sea, with Yufeng harassing the border in the north and Chiyue invading the territory in the south. There are constant wars all year round.

Western Mingdan was defeated by General Meng Kuang of the auxiliary state five years ago, and is now temporarily stable.

The war described in this memorial should be the Battle of Chiyue.

Emperor Yongping looked at the memorial in front of him and hesitated.

Putting down the ink pen, he stood up and walked outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Chang Fu, the chamberlain, stepped forward and bent down to cup his hands.

"Chang Fu," Emperor Yongping said to him, "how many people are there in our Huanyue Kingdom?"

"Ninety million." Chang Fu said.

"How many women and children are old and decrepit?" Emperor Yongping asked.

"This," Chang Fu replied, "I don't know how to humble my position."

"Except for what we need for farming, how many people do we have left to fight?" Emperor Yongping said.

"Chang Fu is stupid." Chang Fu said.

"How many other officials, workers, merchants, laborers, etc. are needed? How many soldiers are there on the battlefield now?" Emperor Yongping said.

"Your Majesty, this..." Chang Fu didn't know how to answer.

The night sky is endless, the cold moon shines lightly, and the stars are dotted.

Emperor Yongping looked up at the night moon, pondered for a while, and said: "Fifteen hundred years ago, the Lord of the Haoming Kingdom conquered the world with a land of three thousand miles and three hundred thousand soldiers. He destroyed the rulers, the phoenixes roared, and the world was dispersed. Zhou Wu, Qi,

He and other dozen small countries were brought under the banner and established the Huanyue Kingdom today."

"One thousand and five hundred years ago? Is it so long ago?" Yu'er looked at Kurihara.

"If we live together for three thousand years, it won't feel like a long time." Kurihara said with a smile.

Emperor Yongping outside the palace gate sighed, and then said: "The name of Huanyue contains the painstaking thought of King Haoming. There have been endless wars for many years, with countless casualties, and the country is in dire straits and the people are exhausted. It is time to stop the military and manage the country.

It’s time to worry about people’s livelihood.”

Chang Fu smiled and said: "The long moon is dust-free, shining on the mountains and rivers, as quiet as the moon, resting the troops and cultivating peace."

Emperor Yongping looked at him and said, "You also know the profound meaning of Huanyue."

"The emperor often mentions it, and Chang Fu has remembered it." Chang Fu said.

Emperor Yongping once again cast his gaze on the cool night sky with stars and moon: "It is a pity that the peace of Huanyue did not last as long as the moon. After the Lord Haoming, he only had peace for hundreds of years. Now it is Yufeng, Chiyue, and Mingdan.

There are constant borders and continuous wars, and I, Huanyue, have been suffering from the war for a long time."

He was silent for a while and said: "If it was him who sat on this dragon chair back then, I don't know what Huanyue is like now."

"Your Majesty..." Chang Fu said.

Emperor Yongping looked sideways at him and suddenly said solemnly: "Prepare the car and go to the General's Mansion in Huaihua."

"Yes." Chang Fu responded.

Soon the carriage arrived outside the palace gate, and Emperor Yongping boarded the carriage and left.

All the lights went out for a moment, leaving only the faint, cold moonlight.

Yu'er jumped off the beam and ran to sit on the Panlong chair. She touched the armrest and tried to lean back.

"It's hard and not comfortable at all." Yu'er said disappointedly.

"I don't know how many people want to sit on this chair, but you still think it's uncomfortable?" Kurihara said.

Yu'er sneered and turned to him and asked: "You haven't told me yet, what are you doing in this palace?"

"Same as you." Kurihara said.

"Like me?" Yu'er asked curiously, "What does it mean to be like me?"

"What are you doing here?" Kurihara asked her instead.

"You've seen it, and you still ask me." Yu'er curled her lips and said.

"So I said it's the same as you." Kurihara said.

"What's the same?" Yu'er stood up and said, "If you don't say anything, I'll leave."

Kurihara stretched out his hand and pressed her shoulder, and Yu'er still sat back on the Panlong chair.

"You always threaten me with this trick, so it's time to try something new," Kurihara said.

"As long as it works, what's the point of changing it all the time?" Yu'er said.

"A month ago, I chased a rabbit in Lianyu Mountain near Jingyue City. The rabbit hid for a long time and didn't come out, so I fell asleep in the tree. Unexpectedly, the rabbit ran out and was caught by this

The emperor was shot to death with an arrow." Kurihara spread his hands and said.

"Is it that simple?" Yu'er asked.

"It's that simple." Kurihara said.

"Didn't I just rob you of a rabbit? You brought trouble to the palace. How stingy." Yu'er said.

"That snow-white elf rabbit looks strangely like yours. I originally wanted to catch it for you to play with." Kurihara said, "The emperor shot him to death. Of course I have to make him feel uncomfortable."

After hearing what he said, Yu'er suddenly figured out something: "Ah, I know!"

"What do you know?" Kurihara asked.

"It was you who caused trouble in the palace a while ago!" Yu'er stood up and pointed at his nose and said, "It was you who caused me to almost be killed by that old Taoist priest!"

"How did I know you were coming? If I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have left." Kurihara put his arm around Yu'er's waist and said, "Sooner or later, that old Taoist priest, I will show him how powerful he is and avenge you!"

Yu'er slapped him away with one hand and said, "Don't let me talk to you properly."

"There's no one else here, so there's no need to be shy." Kurihara smiled.

"If you want to do something like this again, I will really ignore you!" Yu'er said with a dark face.

"Okay, I just won't move." Kurihara said.

"Since you left, why did you come back?" Yu'er asked.

"I met two Taoist priests that day and heard them say that they almost caught a snow-white fox in the palace, so I came back to take a look," Kurihara said.

"You still have some conscience," Yu'er said.

"I didn't expect it was really you. How are you? Are your injuries healed?" Kurihara looked at Yu'er up and down and asked.

"It's okay. However, that old man is really powerful. He was able to find me. And his yellow talisman covered me so that I couldn't move. It felt like all the strength in my body had been drained." Yu'er said about that day.

The scene at night was a bit scary.

"That Tianxuan is indeed extraordinary. You should be careful about him in the future." Kurihara said seriously.

"Have you ever fought against him?" Yu'er asked.
Chapter completed!