The Emperor Summons You to War!

The Xie Family patriarch looked at the estate managers under his command and asked, "Did you bring all these things back?"

The head of the Xie Family's estate shook his head and said:

"Replying to your question, sir, what would we need things from their estate for?"

We also raise cattle, chickens, and ducks on our own farm.

The head of the Xie Family pointed at the cattle and asked, "What's going on with these cattle?"

Xie Family Chief shook his head and said:

"I really didn't know; I didn't see these cows when I woke up this morning."

I was quite startled when I discovered there were four extra cows in the cowshed!

But I thought, well, it's just someone else's cow that wandered into our yard, so I didn't think too much about it."

The head of the Yu Family laughed heartily:

"My cow wandered into your yard by itself, my chickens flew to your yard by themselves, and these fruit trees in my yard also grew by themselves?"

Do you think anyone would believe that these houses just grew legs and ran in on their own?

The head of the Xie Family walked around the estate, utterly speechless.

How was I supposed to know which bastard dumped all this stuff in my house?

"Don't I have a house? Don't I have cows? Don't I have chickens?"

The head of the Yu Family looked at him and said:

"I don't know, you guys make money from food delivery now!"

They might actually want us as ingredients!

You've made a fortune, but you've really screwed me over; those were dozens of farms.

The Xie Family patriarch is truly going crazy; what the hell is going on here?!

He just took a nap, and not only did things from other people's farms end up in theirs, but he couldn't explain it no matter what.

The head of the Yu Family was furious and turned to go into the palace.

Upon seeing him enter the palace, the head of the Xie Family quickly changed his clothes and also entered the palace.

The Emperor was reviewing memorials, but he had only finished half of them when the head of the Yu Family rushed into the palace, crying out, "Your Majesty, you must do justice for me!"

The Emperor looked at his brother-in-law and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"

The head of the Yu Family cried out:

"Your Majesty, the things in my estate."

They all disappeared yesterday, and it turns out they all went to the Xie Family Village. Isn't that infuriating?

The head of the Xie Family also rushed in, knelt on the ground, and cried loudly:

"I know nothing about these things."

I don't even know who dumped that junk in my estate. Does my Xie Family lack that kind of thing?

The Emperor, annoyed by their commotion, said, "Enough! Stop arguing! Tell me what happened!"

The head of the Yu Family recounted everything that had happened the previous night:

"Throughout the night, everything in all my estates was emptied out, and I even had the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review investigate."

I asked many people to investigate, but I couldn't find anything at all.

Finally, today my secret guards found out about the Xie Family's estate.

The head of the Xie Family said:

"I'm fine. Why would I steal so much stuff from your village? What use would your little bit of stuff be?"

"Just a little cow, a little chicken, and some fruit trees, do I need that?"

Soon, Noble Consort Ning also entered and asked, "What exactly is going on?"

The head of the Xie Family recounted his ordeal. "Noble Consort Ning, you must do me justice! Does our family lack such a thing?"

Noble Consort Ning said calmly:

"This was definitely not done by my father; my family doesn't need a estate."

"Don't even mention dozens of estates, my Ning Clan probably owns over a hundred. What use are your few possessions to us?"

The head of the Yu Family sighed and said, "Facts speak louder than words. So what do we do now? Are we just going to let our things go to your estate for nothing?"

Noble Consort Ning said, "This matter must have been framed. Take your Yu Family's things back; my Ning Clan has no interest in them."

The head of the Yu Family smiled bitterly:

"I have now lost property in more than 30 estates."

"You only have things from a few estates there, how would I know where the rest are hidden?"

The Xie Family patriarch spread his hands and said, "I don't know either..."

The head of the Yu Family was furious. Just as he was about to speak, Eunuch Hai rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, an urgent report from the border!"

The Emperor waved his hand and asked, "What happened?"

Eunuch Hai trembled and said, "They say... they say Old General Xie suffered a defeat and was captured."

Noble Consort Ning nearly fainted. "What? A defeat? How could my father have suffered a defeat?"

Eunuch Hai said, "The border is in dire need of attention; Your Majesty, please make a decision."

The Emperor nearly fainted upon seeing the urgent report from the border, "How could this be? Old General Xie so capable, how could he have suffered a defeat?"

Noble Consort Ning sighed and said:

"My dad is over 60 years old, he's too old for that."

But General Qin Shan, the General Who Guards the North, is still young. Hasn't he just returned? It's the perfect time for him to make his mark!

The Emperor asked, "Can Qin Shan win this battle?"

Noble Consort Ning said calmly:

Whether he can win or not, we'll only know after he tries.

However, everyone probably knows how brave Qin Shan is.

The Emperor nodded and said, "Then send Qin Shan, but we can't just send him alone, can we? We need to give him a large army to command."

Noble Consort Ning coughed and said:

"Isn't there a border guard? That battalion has more than 10,000 men. I think we can just have Qin Shan lead them there."

General Qin is extremely brave; he could previously fight a hundred men single-handedly, let alone now.

"I will definitely lead our Great Xia Kingdom to victory in this battle."

The Emperor nodded and said, "My beloved concubine is right. Summon General Qin."

Qin Shan was lying at home eating grapes and listening to a tune when he saw Eunuch Hai come over.

Eunuch Hai also ate a grape and said, "General Qin, congratulations! The Emperor has summoned you and wants you to go to war!"

Qin Shan shook his head and said, "You want me to fight against the Great Qi? Then you have to give me an army, right?"

Eunuch Hai chuckled and said, "The border guards, more than 10,000 men."

Qin Shan spat out the grape skins from his mouth and said, "Border troops? You mean the beggar army? Was this the Emperor's idea or Noble Consort Ning's idea?!"

Qin Shan naturally knew that Eunuch Hai was one of his own, so he didn't try to hide it.

Eunuch Hai said, "It Noble Consort Ning's idea. Although the garrison there is poor, they are not lacking in spirit!"

Qin Shan said speechlessly:

"I'm not going. Everyone knows how difficult it is to defeat the Great Qi."

They gave me just over 10,000 men and wanted me to fight against the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Qi?

That's not going to war, that's going to your death.

Eunuch Hai looked at Qin Shan and said, "General Qin, this matter isn't up to us to decide. If you don't go, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Qin Shan sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go into the palace. I want to see what they're up to."

Qin Shan will definitely be sent to the battlefield this time, but he also needs to get everything he's entitled to.

He entered the imperial study, and the emperor looked at Qin Shan and said:

"Qin Aiqing, you've finally arrived. This time, there's an urgent report from the border. The border has fallen, and I plan to send you to guard it."

"And incidentally, rescue Old General Xie."