Chapter 1340: Chapter 1335: Chaos in Qiongzhou City

Every battle record was written by him.

Su Yingxue, knowing little about marching and warfare, didn’t disturb him. She stayed quietly by his side until he put his pen down. Then, she walked over and gently massaged his shoulders.

Chu Yihan closed his eyes slightly, enjoying her ministrations for a while before he took her hand and pulled her into his embrace.

He asked, “How is Lin Sisi’s injury?”

Su Yingxue spoke softly, “She’s recovering quickly. She can wield a knife again after resting for a couple more days, but she keeps begging me because she wants…”

“I will not accept any disciples,” Chu Yihan said as he pulled her up and tapped her on the head lightly.

“But Sisi really admires the Regional Prince she met when she was five! Back then, the prince had just returned victorious, full of vigor and handsomeness, always…”

“Did she tell you that the Regional Prince she admired had kicked her away?” Chu Yihan pinched her nose and huffed.

“You kicked her away?” Su Yingxue widened her eyes, “Sisi was only five at the time, how could you bring yourself to do it?”

Back then, he never found her clinging to his leg annoying. Why then did he kick Lin Sisi away?

Could Lin Sisi withstand such a kick?

When Chu Yihan mentioned this incident, his brow twitched and his voice grew somber, “At that time, she ran out from behind me, clung to my leg, and even tried to touch my sword. It was a reflexive action to kick her away; and at that time, she hardly looked like a little girl.”

From her childhood, Lin Sisi dressed like a boy, strong and fierce. Rushing from behind him, clinging to his leg, and even reaching for his sword – was he supposed to let her have her way?

“Wasn’t General Lin by your side then?” Su Yingxue suddenly recalled this point, thinking that it wouldn’t have come to that, considering General Lin Aotian.

“At that time, General Lin also didn’t notice Lin Sisi. He thought she was an assassin aiming at me and nearly killed her with one palm,” Chu Yihan massaged his temples with slight headache.

Su Yingxue: …

Lin Sisi was indeed very fortunate.

Regardless, it seemed that Su Yingxue’s intention to help Lin Sisi become a disciple was openly rejected by Chu Yihan.

However, as Su Yingxue was leaving, Chu Yihan stuffed a few books into her hands, “Tell Lin Sisi to stop fantasizing and read more military books.”

“Oh.” Su Yingxue was indifferent, for she never read military books, but she delivered them to Lin Sisi.

Lin Sisi was practicing her swordsmanship in the open space. Receiving the military book from Su Yingxue, she suddenly became excited, “The Emperor… Master!”

These were military books and swordsmanship manuals written personally by Chu Yihan!

“Yingxue! Has the Emperor agreed to take me as his disciple?” Lin Sisi’s face was aflutter with excitement which even the night could not hide.

Su Yingxue didn’t understand her excitement, but after looking at the writings of Chu Yihan with her, she suddenly gave a knowing smile, “He hasn’t agreed now, but perhaps in the future…”

“Definitely!” exclaimed Lin Sisi. “The Emperor’s swordsmanship has never been imparted to outsiders, even the Prime Minister has been eyeing it!”

Lin Sisi, delirious with excitement, looked at the military book and sword manual written by Chu Yihan. Like a gust of wind, she ran to the front of Chu Yihan’s tent, knocked her head on the ground several times, and without waiting for Chu Yihan’s approval, she called him ‘Master’ a few times before running back to read.

Su Yingxue hadn’t anticipated this reaction from Lin Sisi. When she returned to Chu Yihan’s side, she didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.

Chu Yihan, however, seemed to have expected this, not at all surprised.

His face said it all; the emperor knew it would come to this.

If he openly agreed, Lin Sisi would become even more infatuated.

After advising Lin Sisi not to stay up all night without resting, Su Yingxue went to see Saint Ruan.

In terms of poison research, Saint Ruan indeed had a higher level of expertise than her. He came up with a plan and discussed it with her, “Although the Gu worms are powerful, they are not invincible against poison. If we fear the poison of the Gu worms turning people into Gu corpses, we could develop a poison that kills the Gu worms. That way, they won’t be effective inside a human body.”

Saint Ruan raised his eyebrows in pride.

Su Yingxue felt slightly uneasy, “But the Gu worms are poison themselves, fighting poison with poison, can the human body withstand it?”

She noticed that Saint Ruan had been tinkering for a couple of days.

Saint Ruan took out several rabbits from a cage and showed them to Su Yingxue, “These, I have fed them Gu worms and also poison. Although they are not dead yet, I believe they won’t last past tonight. Using this on humans… they could fight, but how long they would live, who knows.”

“That method won’t work, we can’t have our soldiers fight Gu corpses only to have their days numbered. How is that different from what Chen Ruobai does with refining Gu corpses?”

It was still the strategy of killing a thousand enemies and losing a thousand of our own.

Saint Ruan tossed the rabbit aside, “Then I’m out of ideas. These Gu worms are extremely toxic; we aren’t cultivators of Gu, we can’t control it.”

“Can’t we develop a drug that hibernates the Gu worms?” Su Yingxue asked as she looked at the rabbits on the table, frowning.

“You’re quite clever; did you learn that from Chu Yihan?” Saint Ruan joked, giving her a sidelong glance.

That’s the difference between a poison doctor and an empress.

If he were to fight a war, he would only care about killing the enemy, regardless of how many of his own people died. He couldn’t care less.

But Su Yingxue, having married Chu Yihan and become his empress, had developed a vision and kind heart similar to that of an emperor, aiming to win the battle but also to keep the army and soldiers safe.

So annoying!

Saint Ruan agreed to try researching it for Su Yingxue, but he couldn’t guarantee success.

Little Ginseng also shouted in Su Yingxue’s mind, “Not bad! Seeing that the empress has such a benevolent heart, this treasure will help you out!”

With the spiritual spring water provided by it and the precious herbs that Saint Ruan couldn’t obtain, developing the drug turned out to be not so difficult.

However, the changes in Qiongzhou City were somewhat unexpected.

Qiongzhou City had been in chaos these days, even someone attempted to open the city gates and surrender to Chu Yihan; Xin Yi caught them and brought them before Chen Ruobai.

In the main hall, a woman wearing an official robe and a Black Gauze Cap knelt before Chen Ruobai, shivering, not daring to raise her head to look at Chen Ruobai.

Chen Ruobai’s eyes narrowed slightly, radiating an imposing aura without anger, “Zhuo Qing, I appointed you to an official position, gave you a salary, and even provided you with several maids. You had the capability to serve this princess, but you… dared to betray me!”

Chen Ruobai roared coldly and snatched up a cup of tea, hurling it at Zhuo Qing.

Zhuo Qing, hit and bleeding from the head, dared not argue back; she only wept silently, “The princess treated your servant well, but… your servant is after all a woman, I also have a husband and son!”

What about them when she enjoyed wealth and honor?

“Husband? Is it the fickle-hearted man who humiliated you by taking a concubine, or that son of a concubine, not your own flesh, who you raised for years before he ultimately stabbed you in the back?”

Each word Chen Ruobai uttered was filled with utmost mockery.

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