I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 307 Chaos in the Capital

Inside Hanyuan Hall, officials reported military intelligence, citing the execution of envoys sent to request peace talks. The emperor, overcome with emotion, vomited blood and passed out. Thus, the army was leaderless.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Concubine Song asked Doctor Ge, "Can he wake up?"

Doctor Ge's answer was not very optimistic: "I'm afraid he won't wake up in the short term."

Concubine Song said angrily, "Didn't you say that it would take more than a month before he fell into a coma and then passed away?"

Doctor Ge complained, "But it happened suddenly. Your Majesty was so angry that he triggered the poison prematurely. This was unforeseen."

Song Wei invited Concubine Song to the outer hall and said, "Eldest sister, tomorrow you will accompany Prince Guangcheng to court and supervise the country. I will personally lead the troops to defend the capital."

Concubine Song asked, "What about Hui'er's enthronement ceremony?"

"Of course it will be carried out according to the schedule. After Prince Guangcheng becomes the crown prince, it is only natural for my eldest sister to be the regent."

"Okay!" Concubine Song grabbed her brother's hand, her eyes full of worry. "Don't go. I'll send someone there. The Xiongnu just want more gold, silver, women and food."

"Eldest sister!" Song Wei interrupted Concubine Song harshly, "I don't want Zishen to look down on me."

After Song Wei left, Concubine Song hurriedly summoned Wei Luo into the palace.

"Please ask Prince Wei to write a letter home and send it to Yunzhao at an expedited speed of 800 miles, requesting your father to send troops to support the capital."

Wei Luo looked at Concubine Song in front of him and reminded her, "We have an agreement in advance that my Yunzhao troops will not participate in the battle in the Central Plains."

Concubine Song said anxiously, "This is a different time now. If Da Sheng can't stop the Xiongnu, how can you, Yun Zhao, have a good life? As long as your father leads the troops to the battle, and yes, Madam Yu, as long as you can repel the Xiongnu, you will be the general of the Sheng Dynasty, commanding the three armies."

"Such a good thing, Concubine Song should be left to your family!" Wei Luo turned and left.

Seeing Wei Luo coming out at the palace gate, Yang Nianshu went to greet him and asked, "Brother Wei, what does Concubine Song want to see you about?"

Wei Luo said, "She wanted Yun Zhao to send troops to attack the Xiongnu, and she also said that after defeating the Xiongnu, she would make me the general, but I didn't agree."

"Why don't you agree?" Yang Nianshu scratched his head. "Although I don't like Concubine Song and don't want you to listen to her, but protecting our country is what every one of us should do, right?"

"It's what we should do, but I'm not sure I can win. I can't let them die in vain."

Yang Nianshu disagreed: "There will be casualties in war. How can we avoid fighting just because we are afraid?"

"You can die, but you have to die for a good cause." Wei Luo silently held the little girl's hand beside him and said with a smile: "Let's go to Chengyang Marquis Mansion."

The Chengyang Marquis's Mansion was packed with people. Pei Mian knelt outside the door and said loudly, "Your Highness, I swear to protect you until your death, so that you can leave the capital and rebuild your army."

Behind him, several generals were kneeling.

Before, if they left the capital, the other regions might not have surrendered, but now that His Majesty was in a coma and the Xiongnu were invading, they could only rely on the King of Ningyuan to defend the city and save their lives.

Wei Luo walked into Xunyang Pavilion, looked at the people guarding the courtyard, stepped forward and knelt beside Pei Mian, and said loudly: "The Duke of Wei is willing to swear allegiance to Your Highness until death. Yunzhao has 100,000 elite soldiers on standby, waiting for Your Highness's deployment to resist the Xiongnu."

There was still no response from the room.

"Your Highness, please lead us to kill the enemy and protect Dasheng." Lang Lang's voice resounded throughout the earth.

The door of the room slowly opened, and everyone looked up happily, but their eyes dimmed in an instant.

Lu Mingyang said calmly, "My husband appreciates your kindness, but the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects cannot be abolished. My husband is just a commoner now and cannot bear your great gift. I hope you all will do your job. Please return."

Everyone was baffled. With the Xiongnu invading and the imperial court powerless to resist, His Highness commanded a hundred thousand elite troops, the Chengyang Marquis's former followers spread throughout the land, and now, with the addition of another hundred thousand elite troops from Yunzhao, they could not be defeated no matter what. So why did His Highness simply not agree?

But they had no choice but to leave.

After everyone left, Lu Mingyang looked at Wei Luo and asked puzzledly, "Cousin, why are you here?"

Wei Luo looked at the blurry figure in the crack of the door and said, "Cousin, I am willing to believe you, and I am also willing to believe the people you believe in."

"Thank you, cousin."

Lu Mingyang closed the door and walked towards the silent man sitting on the couch. He didn't speak, and neither did she. He read while she leaned against him, embroidering a sachet.

Seeing the girl beside him embroidering happily, Chu Mingzheng couldn't help but say, "Yangyang, aren't you going to ask me why I don't leave?"

Lu Mingyang turned his head and said, "Now that things have come to this, is there any need to leave?"

Chu Mingzheng was stunned.

Lu Mingyang said, "I have already sent a letter to Prince Jin."

"What did you write?"

Lu Mingyang put his hands on Chu Mingzheng's neck and smiled, touching his forehead. "The emperor can lose a son, and the Prince of Jin can gain a brother."

"With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?" Chu Mingzheng kissed her.

Lu Mingyang responded gently, saying that since Heaven had given them this opportunity, they would not give it up in vain. Who would win? Let's fight again!

The day of His Royal Highness's enthronement ceremony, originally a favorable one according to the Imperial Observatory, was instead overcast with dark clouds and a heavy downpour of wind and rain. Halfway through the ceremony, urgent news arrived from the army.

Song Shaobao was captured.

Concubine Song, who was sitting high up in the Hanyuan Hall, fainted.

The court was suddenly in chaos.

Chu Minghui watched all this, his eyes growing darker.

At the same time, the Prince of Jin, who had come from Jinyang, stood in the clan residence, holding a long sword against the neck of a white-bearded old man, "I told you to hurry up."

The white-bearded old man, judging by his generational background, should be the King of Jin's great-uncle. He blew his beard and glared angrily, "You are committing treason and high treason. I will report this to the Emperor and have you stripped of your throne."

Chu Mingxing pressed down the hilt of his sword and said coldly, "I may not be the King of Jin, but my elder brother must be the Emperor of Dasheng."

As he spoke, he placed the royal family tree in front of him and reminded him again: "Write quickly."

"Rebellion, rebellion." Although the white-bearded old man said this, he still sat back on the stool and picked up the pen tremblingly.

But I really can't write that name.

If His Majesty wakes up.

"Write it!"

A youthful voice broke his awkward situation. Chu Minghui walked in against the light, his voice as resounding as a bell: "I am now the regent. I will bear all consequences. Write it down."

"promise!"

The white-bearded old man waved his pen, and Chu Mingzheng's name appeared again in the royal family tree. He used to be from the emperor's lineage, and now he is from the King of Jin's lineage.

Chu Minghui personally took out the Ningyuan King's golden seal and presented it to Chu Mingxing, "Go!"

Chu Mingxing was a little surprised, said "thank you", and left quickly.

Song Wei and the Xiongnu started a war less than a hundred miles away from the capital. After Song Wei was captured, the Xiongnu went straight to the capital and arrived at the city gates in less than an hour.

At this time, outside the gate of Chengyang Marquis' Mansion, people were kneeling on the ground, including civilians, soldiers, and civil and military officials who had just rushed in from the court.

Dasheng may collapse at any time, and the people inside are the only hope.