The queen's eyes were slightly hot, she controlled her inner emotions, took the tea, and took a sip with her eyes closed.
"After being the queen for so many years, this is the best tea I have ever drunk." Her voice trembled slightly, and she stood up with joy, "I celebrate my birthday today, and I will never forget it."
After saying that, she put the tea cup aside and turned to look at the emperor: "Thank you very much for everything your emperor has given me today. I will never forget it in my life."
Even though Emperor Mu had been the emperor for so many years, he had long been accustomed to ruthless killings. At this time, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. He waved his hands quickly: "I owe you a lot, don't talk about it."
"Yes." The queen smiled and then turned to look at Chu Yunfei.
Chu Yunfei took the tea cup from the maid's tray and handed it to the queen with both hands: "Please drink tea, queen mother."
The queen took a deep breath, took the tea and took a sip: "It tastes good."
Chu Yunfei pursed her lips and smiled, turning her head to look at Rong Cang.
Rong Cang silently held her hand.
"Okay, everyone, get up." The Queen sighed softly, "You all sit down, everyone else should also go back and have a good meal and drink."
Several princesses were so moved by this scene that their eyes became hot.
After everyone calmed down, Emperor Mu ordered the singing and dancing to continue. Well-trained dancers quickly came on stage, livening up the atmosphere with their cheerful dances and dispersing the melancholy and sad atmosphere in the palace.
After several rounds of singing and dancing, it was finally time to give gifts.
Several princesses and noble ladies came on stage one after another and presented their carefully prepared birthday gifts, including embroidery of hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix, a screen with endless longevity, paintings of immortal pine trees in Nanshan Mountain, and valuable fine noodle dishes from the Treasure Pavilion.
The queen saw the birthday gifts carefully prepared by the princesses and nodded repeatedly: "I like it. As long as you prepare it sincerely, I will like it."
"I wonder what the ninth brother has prepared for the queen?" King Chen was in a bad mood today. It stands to reason that keeping quiet is the wise thing to do, but he just couldn't see that Rong Cang was so beautiful and smooth, so he looked at Rong Cang with cold eyes. "I've served this tea too. Isn't there a birthday gift you haven't prepared?"
Emperor Mu's face was filled with worry, and his dark eyes stared at King Chen, his eyes sweeping across like a blade, revealing undisguised hatred.
He is indeed a narrow-minded thing.
He has no ability, and he can't see his younger brother doing well.
Rong Cang's tone was indifferent: "I wonder what Brother Sixth Emperor has prepared for my mother?"
"Prince Chen gave me a jade Ruyi." The queen raised her lips slightly and looked at Rong Cang with a smile, "I am indeed happy today."
Although this sentence praises the thoughtfulness of the gift given by King Chen, what he is really satisfied with is the adoption of Rong Cang as his son. If everything goes well, isn't this just what one wants?
One can imagine how ugly King Chen looked.
"Emperor Father, Queen Mother." Rong Cang stood up and walked to the case and bowed, "My son went to Shuozhou to investigate the case and did not have time to prepare an exquisite birthday gift, but I reached an agreement with the Gu family and they were willing to Five million taels of silver are allocated to support the army. Although I cannot make the full decision on this amount of silver, I would like to allocate one hundred thousand taels to give to my mother as a birthday gift, and I hope my father will grant me permission."
As soon as the words fell, the hall fell into dead silence.
Everyone's eyes fell on Rong Cang's face, and they all thought to themselves, is this a demonstration by the King of War?
No, it should be a naked taunt, which directly trampled King Chen's face to the ground.
After all, as we all know, the Gu family has always been the supporter of King Chen. This time, for some reason, the King of War got away with five million taels of silver... He was just afraid that he would vomit to death.
As expected, King Chen's expression froze, and he slowly turned his head to look at Rong Cang, his eyes shocked and full of disbelief.
"Five million taels?" Emperor Mu seemed to be shocked, "Rong Cang, did you say it wrong, or did I hear it wrong?"
"Father, you heard me right." Rong Cang nodded, "I will discuss with my father in detail later. It is a fact that the Gu family is willing to donate five million taels of silver. In addition, I have another request."
Emperor Mu was excited: "Say."
"It's freezing cold in northern Xinjiang, and the soldiers have been stationed at the border for a long time. Firstly, the climate is harsh and the environment is hard; secondly, they have been away from home all year round, and they inevitably miss their hometown; thirdly, military supplies are consumed a lot, and fourthly, Mobei is very ambitious, and even after several defeats, they can't help it." Completely eliminate——"
Emperor Mu waved his hand: "To make a long story short, just tell me what you want to do."
"My son wants to use the help of the Gu family to completely wipe out Mobei." Rong Cang's tone was cold and cold, with a murderous air in his words. "My son wants to make Mobei the territory of the Chu Kingdom, and let the Mobei royal family escape from that land. disappear, let the people of Mobei become the people of Chu, and let there be no more wars in the north."
Emperor Mu seemed surprised and a little moved. He looked at him without saying a word and didn't speak for a long time.
Rong Cang said: "This is the most sincere gift from my son to my father and mother."
There was silence in the main hall.
From the moment he said "five million taels", King Chen completely lost his voice and just stared at Rong Cang, his eyes as sinister and terrifying as a poisonous snake.
Rong Cang went to Shuozhou and met the Gu family.
He already knew that the disaster was lied, and he and the Gu family did not turn against each other. Instead, they reached an agreement to deal with Prince Yu and the Protector's Palace first, and then he blackmailed the Gu family for five million taels of silver.
What a Rong Cang, what a war king.
"Rong Cang." Emperor Mu spoke slowly, with imperial ambition emerging in his eyes, "Are you sure?"
Rong Cang nodded: "Two years should be enough."
A shadow hung over King Chen's heart. He forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart and asked questioningly: "If Mobei can really be destroyed in two years, why didn't Ninth Brother directly destroy them in the previous war?"
"If I can ask this question, I can only say that King Chen has never been on the battlefield." Qi Jin said lazily, "Mobei is used to the harsh environment, and is even more used to the barbaric behavior of burning, killing and looting. Their royal family values martial arts over literature. The trained cavalry is invincible to ordinary soldiers of the country. The War King's ability to win consecutive battles in front of such brave and brutal cavalry is enough to prove the War King's ability."
King Chen pursed his lips: "Really?"
"As for why we dare to have confidence now, of course it is because in the past ten years, among the Mobei royal family and dignitaries, almost all the generals who are good at fighting have been killed by the King of War." Qi Jin smiled coldly, "King Chen If you had seen the ferocity of Mobei barbarians with your own eyes, you would not ask such a stupid question."
King Chen's face darkened and he looked at Qi Jin displeasedly: "Has Prince Qi seen the cruelty of the Mobei people with his own eyes?"
"So what if I've seen it before?" Qi Jin sneered, "It is precisely because His Royal Highness the War King has figured out the temperament and fighting methods of the Mobei people in the northern border for ten years, and weakened their combat effectiveness year by year, that now he has the means to annihilate Mobei. Confidence, which is all based on understanding.”
King Chen pursed his lips and stared at Qi Jin without saying a word, his eyes cold and resentful.
"In that case, it's settled." Emperor Mu waved his hand, "Five million taels of silver, of which one hundred thousand taels are regarded as the queen's private silver, which is the money Rong Cang gave to his mother as a filial piety. Rong Cang, this silver is yours. , how many soldiers do you need?"
Rong Cang said: "I plan to put 900,000 yuan into the national treasury, and the other 4 million taels will be used to purchase military supplies."
What?
King Rong was speechless: "This...is this too much?"
Rong Cang looked at Emperor Mu: "One hundred and fifty thousand of the soldiers and horses under my command are stationed at the northern border. One hundred and fifty thousand are temporarily staying in the imperial city with my son, and the other one hundred thousand are resettled elsewhere. I want to give him some troops before winter comes." Four hundred thousand soldiers each prepare a set of warm clothing, the cavalry needs to replace their horses, and the soldiers' weapons also need to be replaced regularly. I am also preparing to supervise the production of a large number of bows and arrows, and the quality of the bows and arrows must be the best, so as to better improve combat effectiveness."
King Chen frowned: "If Ninth Brother says this, does winning the battle just rely on money?"
