Proud Sword Emperor

Chapter 74 Recovering the South China Sea
At the door of Xu Chen's house, when Tang Mengqiu was about to forcefully push the door open and re-enter.

Suddenly there was a sound from behind.

"Princess, you are still here."

The vigorous voice fell, and Duke Protector stepped in.

"Duke Protector." Tang Mengqiu froze immediately, not daring to push the door again.

"Why don't you go in?" The Duke Protector came over and said.

"No, no, Lord Protector came to see Xu Chen?" Tang Mengqiu's eyes dodged and his heart beat faster. Fortunately, he didn't go in. If Lord Protector saw something, it would be really embarrassing.

The Lord Protector shook his head: "No, I'm here to find you. A large number of veterans and generals gathered in the Qingteng Palace to discuss my plan of action after the Great Tang Dynasty. You are not missing here."

"Let's go then, let's go."

Tang Mengqiu turned around quickly and walked down the steps in front of Xu Chen's room.

"Aren't you going in?" Duke Protector glanced at Xu Chen's room.

"No, state affairs are important, let's go."

Tang Mengqiu felt a guilty conscience, and just wanted to take Hu Guogong out of here quickly.

"Okay, then I'll come and visit Xu Chen later." Duke Hu nodded and walked out.

When Tang Mengqiu in front came to the gate of the courtyard, he stopped again, turned his head and said to the maid Xiaoying: "Xiaoying, you go in for me to take care of Mr. Xu, remember what I said before."

"Ah, I..." Xiaoying looked even more embarrassed.

Tang Mengqiu didn't give her a chance to refuse, turned around and left.

In the same place, only Xiaoying was left alone. She lingered outside the door, wanting to leave, but she dared not disobey the princess's order. When she entered, the shyness from before filled her heart, so it was difficult for her to step down.

while she was wandering.

There was a squeak.

The door opened, and Bai Lingxi came out angrily, looked out and said, "Princess Tang is gone?"

Xiaoying, who was wandering around, was startled by the sudden opening of the door. Seeing that it was Bai Lingxi, she calmed down a little: "The princess has to leave first."

"You guys came here just now..." Bai Lingxi looked at Xiaoying hesitantly.

Xiaoying smiled awkwardly: "It's like this, the princess asked me to come and take care of Mr. Xu."

"I'm already here. What does she mean by asking you to come? She wants...to drive me away?" Bai Lingxi's eyes showed anger, and his heart was full of anger, and his towering chest heaved violently.

"No, no, just let me share it for you, two people take care of it more carefully."

Xiaoying quickly explained that Bai Lingxi was the closest person to Xu Chen. If Bai Lingxi was driven away, it would be equivalent to directly offending Xu Chen. How could Tang Mengqiu do such a thing.

"What is sharing? She obviously sent you here..."

Bai Lingxi was furious, and after seeing Xiaoying's troubled face, she hid her words in her heart and said, "Forget it, you must have no other choice, she is a princess, we dare not disobey her orders, come in. "

Angry, Bai Lingxi let Xiaoying into the room, feeling very unwilling and helpless.

After entering the room, Xiaoying took a peek at Xu Chen, seeing that Xu Chen had been covered by Bai Lingxi with a quilt, she was relieved.

From the outside, Xu Chen was still in a coma, but his whole body was covered with a layer of faint golden and blue light, and the two kinds of light merged and moved, which looked extremely mysterious.

His current situation is similar to a situation where he has morphed into a butterfly. He has fallen into a dormant state due to the digestion of profound energy, and when he wakes up, it will be the time for transformation.

……

In the Ivy Hall of the Imperial Palace.

A group of ministers stood and discussed endlessly in groups of three or five.

"The princess is here."

Following a notification, these people quickly dispersed and stood one by one according to their official positions, waiting for Tang Mengqiu's arrival.

"Quickly give your seats to the ministers. It's not the emperor who came here. What are you doing standing up?" Tang Mengqiu smiled kindly after entering, and sat in front with Duke Hu Guo.

"Welcome princess."

The minister saluted and sat down.

"Well, how is your discussion going, do you have any ideas?" Tang Mengqiu changed back to a set of elegant attire, looking particularly dignified at the moment, sitting in the field with an aura that suppresses everyone.

"Princess Qi, I advocate leading the army immediately. Now that the Chi Country is suffering, we can expand this advantage even more by striking while the iron is hot."

A minister with a knife-browed eyebrow said.

Tang Mengqiu nodded, noncommittal, and looked at the others.

"Princess, I think it's better for us to win steadily. My Tang Dynasty has all kinds of benefits given by Mr. Xu. Under the same time, we will definitely develop faster than Chiguo. In this way, we can also expand our advantages without bloodshed."

someone said.

Tang Mengqiu asked other people, and most of them supported the second option.

In the end, Tang Mengqiu said: "Actually, Mr. Xu and we also both tend to the second one, to win in a stable way. What we lack most at present is time to develop. Now that we have time, we must seize it and use it as soon as possible, or not. It's getting out of hand."

"good."

Most of the ministers in the field agreed, and the main attackers of the other faction could only extinguish their thoughts and nod obediently when they saw this.

"Since we are seeking victory while maintaining stability, we should also have a battle plan to seek victory while maintaining stability. How long do we need to stabilize and when is the best time to make a move?"

someone asked.

The Lord Protector pondered at this moment: "Good question, I have thought about this question... Chi Kingdom has suffered a great loss now, and they are afraid of the benefits that Xu Chen gave us, they must also know that the longer it is delayed, the worse it will be for them , Therefore, there should be some small actions in the Red Country, which will not allow us to develop in a safe and stable way."

"This is inevitable, so..."

Everyone looked at Duke Protector Changyin, motioning to continue.

Lord Huguo nodded and said: "So, I think stability is inevitable, but the first time you can't be silent for too long, you have to give them another heavy blow before Chiguo takes action."

"How to bash?"

"The first choice is, of course, to regain the South China Sea!" the Lord Protector said firmly.

"Recovering the South China Sea is indeed the top priority!"

"Well, the South China Sea is connected to our Tang Dynasty and the Chi Kingdom. It is a key point between the two sides. Whoever gets it can take the initiative. The South China Sea must be recovered."

Everyone nods.

Regardless of whether it is war or stability, the lost South China Sea must be recovered. This is an obvious must-do.

"But how to recover, the kings hiding in the South China Sea are extremely powerful now, the number of soldiers and generals is equivalent to half of my Tang Dynasty, and they have the support of the Chi Kingdom behind them, it is very difficult to recover."

"The Red Kingdom behind them was handed over to the Yue Kingdom. Our main consideration is how to defeat those kings in the South China Sea."

The discussion among the people became more and more heated.

Among these voices, a voice suddenly sounded: "Well, should we ask Mr. Xu to discuss it? After all, South China Sea is Mr. Xu's hometown, and the kings in the South China Sea are also headed by the Nanhai Snake King Nan at this moment. The King of Nan is the father of Young Master Xu, and if we want to conquer the South China Sea, it is equivalent to conquering Young Master Xu's father."

(End of this chapter)