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The next night, in the imperial study, the emperor was discussing with a group of officials and Dongfang Ming about sending troops to help the Kingdom of Dongyu.

Dongfang Ming made a prelude and reported, "Reporting to the emperor, there are still many loyal men and women in Dongning City. Besides, this king has several sons in Dongyu. The emperor can send people to contact them.

The Emperor pondered and did not speak, but Xiao Tianyuan stepped out from the crowd. "Reporting to Your Majesty, this humble subject has fought with the people of the Northern Yue. I know that their commander knows how to win over the hearts. I'm afraid the situation will change."

Dongfang Ming hastily said, "Your Majesty, I don't think that is necessarily the case. All of them are loyal and devoted to this king …"

Before the emperor could make his decision, Xiao Tianyuan had already said, "This humble servant only wanted to remind the emperor that …" The emperor waved his hand. "Stop arguing. King Xuan, I want to hear your opinion."

King Xuan took a step forward. "In reply to the emperor, your nephew has no objections."

The emperor gave an "oh" before turning his gaze to Fang Zinan, "Prince Rong, what do you think?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, your nephew believes that King Dongyu's opinion is absolutely feasible …" When Fang Zinan said this, he looked at Xiao Tianyuan and said, "However, we must also consider General Xiao's concerns. We must entrust this matter to a loyal person and guarantee that he won't change his mind."

The emperor stroked his beard and smiled. "That makes sense." He then turned to the officials, "Does anyone have any objections?"

All the officials shook their heads, "We have no objections."

The emperor's expression turned cold as he said in a deep voice, "Beiyue invades the Kingdom of Dongyu and messes up our borders. Emperor Dongyu requested for our assistance, we cannot just sit back and do nothing. We wish to send General Xiao to assist King Dongyu in his attack on Beiyue. What do you think?"

When Liang Shu heard this, he took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, General Xiao has always been a schemer and often led troops to war. This humble subject agrees with you very much, but this time we are helping King Dongyu to send out the troops, and I only sent one general, so that we won't show the prowess of our Southern Marsh Country.

Send people from the imperial clan? The Emperor was startled. He really hadn't thought of this. However, Liang Shucai's words were not unreasonable. King Dongyu was, after all, the ruler of a country. If he only sent Xiao Tianyuan to help, it would be a bit unreasonable.

The Minister of War, Zuo Tiancheng, stepped forward and said, "This humble subject wishes to offer His Majesty his services. This humble subject feels that King Ding has the courage to carry out this important task."

"Your majesty, this subject recommends King Xuan. In terms of intelligence, this subject thinks King Xuan is superior!" The Minister of the Civil Service, Shi Bo Fei, rushed to say.

The Emperor saw that they were arguing and suddenly laughed. "Didn't you all think of Prince Rong? He might try. "

"Your majesty, even if your majesty isn't willing to send your nephew to kill the enemy, you absolutely can't send Prince Rong." King Ding raised his voice and shouted.

The Emperor glanced at him. "Why is that?"

"Your Majesty …" King Xuan rushed to stand in front of King Ning, "Everyone knows that Prince Rong is weak and sickly. There are many countries in the Southern Swamp. If we send a sickly prince to fight, not to mention how the people of Northern Yue will think, the morale of the warriors will definitely plummet!"

Hearing this, Fang Zinan's face sank. He didn't say anything.

Xiao Tianyuan glanced at him unwittingly, feeling indignant for him in his heart. He also stepped forward and said, "Your majesty, in the past, Prince Rong's body was indeed weak, but now he has recovered. Furthermore, protecting the family and the nation is a man's duty, so this lowly subordinate feels that Prince Rong can take this opportunity to train himself. "

"General Xiao, this king knows that you have always been on good terms with Prince Rong. Are you speaking up for him out of sincerity towards the nation's safety, or are you just taking personal matters into consideration?" King Ding bluntly reprimanded him.

"Your Majesty, this subject thinks that King Xuan is the best candidate. "Prince Rong has never led any soldiers to war before. If he were to go out and lead the troops …" The vice minister of the military, Li Wenbin, silently laughed as he said this.

The leader of the Dragon Guards, Kong Youwei, also stepped forward and said, "This humble subject also thinks so. Please decide, Your Majesty!"

Fang Zinan's face became paler and paler. He stood in the crowd without saying a word, his expression becoming more and more embarrassed.

"Your majesty, although Prince Rong has never led soldiers to war, this does not mean that he doesn't have the ability to lead troops." When Xiao Tianyuan saw that all the ministers were helping the two princes to attack Fang Zinan, he couldn't help but stick up for him.

"All of you shut up." The Emperor's face darkened. He was the one who proposed to let Prince Rong give it a try just now, but who would've thought that other than Xiao Tian Yuan, everyone else objected. They clearly didn't think much of the Emperor.

Seeing the slight rage on the emperor's face, no one dared to speak another word. The great hall immediately fell silent.

"I just mentioned Prince Rong and all of you disagreed. Do you really think that only King Ding and King Xuan have the ability to lead troops and fight?" The Emperor raised his voice and groaned, "Just now, Lord Liang had asked me to send a member of the imperial family to be a great general. Could it be that other than these few young princes, there's no one else?"

Prince Yu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up. "Your Majesty, this humble subject is willing to lead troops."

The officials were shocked. Fang Zinan rushed to the front, "Your majesty, my father is old. How can he lead troops to war? Furthermore, with our young princes here, we cannot let our royal father lead the troops to war! "

King Ding sneered, "Father naturally cannot bring troops into battle, but can you do it, Prince Rong?"

"Your majesty, Father is already very old. Please don't let Father lead troops into war. Your majesty should choose someone else." King Xuan stepped forward and said.

"King Xuan, you mean for the Emperor to send you, don't you?" King Ding's tone was full of mockery.

"Shut up!" He really did not expect that King Ding and King Xuan would be so presumptuous in front of him, which truly made him angry. Normally, he would tell these young princes to ask for a code of courtesy from his brothers, but when he thought that they would argue in front of him, it really made him angry.

"I have made up my mind. This time, I will lead the army and assist King Dongyu in pacifying the chaos." The emperor decisively said as he glared at the crowd.

"This won't do. How can we lead troops when the Emperor's dragon body hasn't fully recovered?" His Imperial Majesty might be slightly younger than him, but his body …

"Your Majesty, please retract your order …" All the ministers and princes fell to their knees at the same time.

The emperor surveyed the crowd. "All of you can rise. This Emperor has made up his mind. You all need not speak any further."

"Your majesty, this subject risked his life to give a warning. Your majesty is old and has no son. If Your majesty insists on sending troops, then your subjects will have no choice." However, a country must not be left without an owner. I request the Emperor to first appoint a crown prince in order to allow the citizens to feel at ease. Otherwise, the world will be thrown into chaos. "

Only then did Prime Minister Liang Shu kneel to the ground with fear and trepidation, his heart full of cold sweat.