Chang'an is good

Chapter 603 Why not let him have three sons?
On the way to the study, Li Suining tried to chat with the tutor, but the tutor just said "hmm" in a very light tone and never responded to her.

The teacher and the student entered the study. After the servant brought them tea, he left and closed the door.

Tutor Chu did not sit down, but stood at the end of the desk with his back turned, looking at something unknown. He neither drank tea nor spoke.

In silence, Li Suining spoke: "Teacher——"

"We still have to go to Beidi." No emotion could be heard in Master Chu's old voice.

"Yes." Li Suining smiled: "Teacher still understands me best."

Master Chu ignored her joke and lowered his voice: "So many people advised you not to go, but you still wanted to go."

There was another moment of silence.

"Teacher." When Li Suining spoke again, his tone became particularly serious: "Cui Jing led the Xuan Ce army to garrison in the northern border for several years and won many battles, but the Beidi villains still coveted us. Taking advantage of the internal troubles, their attacks became more fierce and ferocious each time--"

"The reason why the Northern Di still dared to be so arrogant in the face of the brave and warlike Xuan Ce Army and Cui Jing is that they have determined that the current Great Sheng is unable to sustain a long-term battle, and even the most elite soldiers will eventually die in front of them one day."

"After a long battle, this is inevitable."

"Even if Cui Jing could mobilize all the troops in the northern border and dare to fight the Northern Di head-on with a quick battle of burning both sides, based on the number of cavalry and combat capabilities, our army's chances of winning are only 30% to 40%—"

Master Chu still did not turn around, and asked word by word:
"Will having you as one more person increase our chances of winning?"

"Yes." Li Suining said firmly, "Students can."

"Externally, students can kill enemy generals. Internally, students can boost the morale of our army."

"Besides, I am not alone, I also have elite soldiers to accompany me. Although I dare not say that this can turn the tide of the battle, I will not hesitate to do so even if it only increases the chances of victory by 10%."

At this point, Li Suining raised his hand and asked, "I want to fight the enemy together with the soldiers in the north and bring more soldiers back safely. Please help me, teacher!"

Tutor Chu had the words "Why do you need me to help you?" on his lips, but he didn't say it out loud because he was reluctant to say it.

The old man only turned his face halfway back and said in a reminder tone: "You are the crown prince now--"

He spoke slowly, but each word seemed to carry a heavy weight: "Is this the way a crown prince should behave?"

Li Suining raised his eyes and smiled: "Teacher, I have been the crown prince twice. Isn't it all because of my willfulness?"

If she had not been so willful and reckless, there would have been no former Crown Prince Li Xiao and no Crown Princess Sui Ning today.

Master Chu turned his body slightly back. He saw the woman in the sandalwood gauze robe, whose figure was as thin as a bamboo. She said in a calm voice:

"What students want to do should not be changed because of their changed status." She said: "If I change my surname from Chang to Li, put on the robes of the crown prince, and turn my back on the people and the country, then what is the difference between students and other people? We are all just puppets of power."

"Teacher, I want power to be used for my own benefit, not to be a burden to me."

"If a student becomes the latter, then he is not worthy of being a teacher's student."

After listening to every word, Master Chu placed one hand on the desk beside him, slowly clenched it into a fist, and asked again: "It is hard to predict when you will return... Once Prince Rong enters the capital and becomes the emperor, have you ever thought about who you will pacify the northern border for?"

Li Suining: "Teacher, I am peaceful for the common people."

Hearing this sentence, which was exactly the same as the "keep the truth" she said without hesitation when she came to say goodbye to her marriage to Beidi, Master Chu finally turned around.

Under the dim light, the old man's eyes were filled with tears.

Li Suining was suddenly stunned.

It was the first time she saw tears in her teacher's eyes.

She suddenly thought of the teacher who had turned his back to her like this when they said goodbye in the previous life, so at that time... was the teacher also shedding tears secretly?
The difference was that this time the teacher turned towards her.

Facing the old man's tearful eyes, Li Suining panicked for a moment, but her tone became more relaxed. She wanted to make the teacher feel more relaxed.

"Prince Rong must have set up many traps for me at this time, but I refuse to fall into this trap. Teacher, isn't this also a kind of unexpected and brilliant move?"

"Brilliant..." Master Chu sneered, "Very brilliant, so brilliant that he gave away the initiative!"

In the hazy vision of the old man, he saw that the young woman did not take it seriously, and said in a carefree tone: "My uncle has been planning for many years to get to where he is now, and I am a genius. Now I am concerned about the people, so why not let him have his third son?"

"What a good idea! Why not let him have three sons..." Master Chu looked at her and said, "You are so generous. If you let him have three sons, he will be the ruler of the world!"

Li Suining did not waver: "Even if it takes ten years for me to become the master of the world, I must first protect the northern border."

The four looked at each other for a moment, and Master Chu held back the tears in his eyes and turned his face away again.

This time, Li Suining did not kneel down and leave like he did in his previous life. Instead, he took two steps forward and leaned forward to ask, "Teacher, are you not going to accept me as your student again?"

Master Chu said angrily: "...How dare you bring it up!"

After he said those words that year... I don’t know how much he regretted it!

Li Suining reached out his hand, grabbed the old man's sleeve, and begged with a smile: "Teacher, please agree to me."

Master Chu looked at her, a little disappointed, a little heartbroken and compromising: "You go to war, when have I, your teacher, ever stopped you?"

Li Suining's eyes lit up: "You agreed!"

"Wear more clothes and come back to me in one piece!" Master Chu: "If you dare to lose even a hair... I will give you ten strokes of the ruler!"

These ten warnings are the harshest words the old man is willing to say now.

Li Suining's eyes suddenly turned red, but he still held the old man's sleeve.

The old man took a deep breath, and his slightly hoarse voice spoke loudly: "A mere Northern Barbarian Cavalry... my student, is destined to be chosen by heaven, invincible in battle and unstoppable in conquest!"

At this moment, the old man's red eyes showed his integrity and pride.

"Go! This battle, the teacher will personally see you off. I want you to return victorious and spread your power throughout the world! When you return victorious, no one in the world will dare not submit to you!"

Li Suining suppressed his tears, took back his hand, held it in front of him, bowed his head and replied: "Yes, student... I will never let you down!"

……

Two days later, Li Suining led the army to set off.

As expected, Grand Tutor Chu personally saw him off, and all the other officials were also present, including Prince An Li Zhi, who came after hearing the news.

Seeing that figure getting on the horse, the officials still found it hard to believe that at such a critical moment, the person who inherited the throne made such an unexpected choice. The battleground of the capital did not make her turn her head, and the place she was going to was the dangerous and desolate northern land...

Seeing that figure turning his horse around and about to leave, Censor Tu suddenly stepped out, speaking in a high-pitched and respectful voice, with his hands on the ground, and as a scholar he actually knelt to greet him:

"Your Highness, I, Tu Dexian, respectfully send you off!"

The others all bowed and saluted: "We respectfully send your Highness off!"

Wei Shuyi also bowed deeply: "I am waiting for your highness to return triumphantly as soon as possible!"

The loud shouts on the ground were earnest, the wind blew through the crawling crowd, and the clouds above the dome were constantly changing.

At the same moment, in the courtyard where the emperor was resting, the Holy Ce Emperor raised his upper body from his sickbed and looked out the window: "...Is the Crown Princess leading the troops to set off?"

"Your Majesty, that's right..." The serving maid lowered her voice and said, "All officials have gone to see you off."

“Okay…” The Holy Ceremonial Emperor nodded slightly, his eyes somewhat distracted, his voice as low as the wind: “Except for not recognizing me… everything else, she is still the same as before.”

The Emperor of the Holy Ceremonies' gaze was fixed outside the window, on the azure blue sky. No matter how the wind and clouds rolled by, the scorching sun stayed in its place and followed its own path, unchanged for billions of years.

Following Li Suining were the advance cavalry.

The central army led by He Wuhu also left the camp one after another, and at the end was the baggage army.

Chang Sui'an was in charge of the rear army and was currently making final arrangements in the military camp.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly came running to deliver a message.

Chang Sui'an was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't dare to delay and hurried out of the camp to meet the visitor.

It was early summer, with lush vegetation. Princess Xuan'an stood under an old locust tree with dense branches and leaves, while two maids stood ten steps away.

Seeing this, Chang Sui'an signaled the sword boy not to follow him, and he quickly walked forward and saluted the Grand Princess: "Your Highness!"

The eldest princess supported his elbow and helped him stand up, then asked, "Are we leaving soon?"

"Yes, in an hour!" Chang Sui'an asked curiously, "Why did His Highness come here in person?"

The Grand Princess only gave him a forced smile and did not answer him. Instead, she asked hesitantly, "Sui An... Do we have to go to the dangerous place in the north?"

Chang Sui'an was stunned for a moment before nodding: "Your Highness, my soldiers are waiting for me."

He was late because he had to wait for Ningning to go with him, otherwise he would have set off with the Grand Commander.

Facing the young man's clear eyes, the eldest princess' heart ached, and she lowered her voice and asked, "But the Northern Di soldiers are so fierce and brutal, are you really not afraid?"

Chang Sui'an subconsciously straightened his chest and wanted to answer "Of course I'm not afraid", but looking at the eldest princess, he suddenly felt that he didn't want to lie...

"To be honest..." Chang Sui'an touched the back of his neck a little embarrassedly: "I'm still a little scared."

"Those barbarians are all as tall as me... They are fierce, their horses are fierce, they shout in a language we can't understand when fighting, and they laugh and shout when they kill people with knives. They are a hundred times more rude than us Han people! At first, I was scared when I heard those noises, and their laughter was my nightmare at night."

"I woke up in shock once, and I was thinking, if a young man like me, who is tall and strong, wearing armor and holding a knife, and has a powerful father and sister to support me, would be afraid... wouldn't ordinary people who have no power to protect themselves be even more afraid?"

Chang Sui'an: "From then on, I thought that we must not let those barbarians enter the Dasheng territory and let them bully our Dasheng people!"

Hearing this, Princess Xuan'an turned her head away, and she was actually a little afraid to look at those sincere and upright eyes any longer.

After a moment, she held back her tears, bent over, picked up a bundle from the bushes at her feet, and stuffed it into Chang Sui'an's arms: "...I made a robe for you to wear!"

Chang Sui'an was a little surprised: "This... was done by you?"

The eldest princess forced a smile and said, "It's not well made... I'll just wear it as it is."

Chang Sui'an was stunned for a long time, then he lowered his head to look at the bundle in his arms, his eyes slowly turned red, and he choked up a little and said, "Your Highness, no one has ever made clothes for me specially. You are like my mother..."

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Have you ever thought about your mother?"

"Of course." Chang Sui'an suppressed her tears and said, "But for some reason... she never comes to my dreams."

He is clearly such a capable and capable young general, but when he said this, he sounded so pitiful and aggrieved.

The eldest princess's heart seemed to be stung by countless bees, and her eyes suddenly turned red. She couldn't help but said, "Silly child, actually..."

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the direction of the military camp: "General Chang, Master Xuan Yangzi is here, please come over!"

Chang Sui'an naturally already knew who Xuan Yangzi was, and subconsciously turned around and replied, "Here he comes!"

After that, he turned around and asked the Grand Princess, "What did your Highness want to say just now?"

"It's not a big deal, go ahead." The eldest princess quickly gathered her thoughts and said, "We'll talk about it when you return victorious."

"Oh, OK!" Chang Sui'an agreed and bowed to say goodbye: "Your Highness, take care!"

The eldest princess nodded and watched the young man leave with the bundle. Her heart seemed to be torn apart and her fingers were tightly twisted. Countless words came to her lips but she swallowed them back again and again.

The next moment, the young man suddenly stopped, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then ran back quickly.

The eldest princess' eyes warmed up and she subconsciously took two steps forward.

"Your Highness..." Chang Sui'an was a little embarrassed, but said seriously: "Why don't you tell me what you wanted to say just now! I'm afraid..."

He wanted to say that he was afraid he might not be able to come back, but he felt that was unlucky, so he changed his words and said, "I'm afraid you'll forget it when I come back!"

I don't know why, but when he left just now, he always felt very worried, as if he had left something very important behind.

Even though his father always scolded him for having "bullshit intuition", Chang Sui'an couldn't help but follow his instincts.

Looking at the tall young man who came back with an earnest look in his eyes, and feeling the bond that only blood ties can bring, Princess Xuan'an suddenly burst into tears.

Chang Sui'an was startled and panicked: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you..."

"Silly child, you shouldn't call me Your Highness..." The eldest princess shook her head and said in tears: "I am your mother, your biological mother!"

Of course, she and Chang Kuo had agreed that neither party could rashly tell the truth to the child without the presence and consent of the other party... But now, looking at such a good child who made people feel distressed, how could she bear to send him away only as "Her Royal Highness the Grand Princess"!

Chang Sui'an was stunned, and the bag slipped out of his hands and fell at his feet.

Goodnight everybody