After passing through the book, Mr. Chief Assistant came to rely on me

"Master Cheng, you must give me a satisfactory answer to this matter." Master Li said coldly.

"Okay." Cheng Shubai responded.

He didn't care what Xue Ling's intentions were, but she would not escape punishment.

……

At night, Su Xiaoxi lay on the soft couch to rest, and Cheng Xubai's figure appeared in her mind.

After a while, Su Xiaoxi closed her eyes and fell asleep again. When she woke up the next morning, Su Xiaoxi habitually looked at the scenery outside the window.

The sunshine seems to be particularly bright today, shining warmly into the house, which is very comfortable.Of course, what's more important is that Su Xiaoxi slept very peacefully last night and never had nightmares.

"Princess, the Emperor has asked you to go to the Imperial Study Room."

There was a knock on the door, and Su Xiaoxi looked away, hummed slightly, and then stood up to wash up.

After finishing dressing up, Su Xiaoxi went straight to the imperial study room. As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she heard a surprised sound.

"Why is the princess of Daning here?"

After the voice fell, a delicate figure appeared in front of Su Xiaoxi.

Su Xiaoxi was startled, why did this voice sound familiar?

Looking carefully, it turned out to be Xue Ling.

After glancing at Xue Ling, Su Xiaoxi turned away and headed towards the study room.

"How dare you, a pariah, to ignore me!"

Seeing that Su Xiaoxi ignored her, Xue Ling became angry.

"Princess Xue Ling, are you trying to reason with me?" Su Xiaoxi stopped and glanced sideways at Xue Ling. The corners of her mouth curved slightly, but there was a hint of sarcasm.

When Xue Ling heard this, she glared at Su Xiaoxi, but stopped saying anything.

"Slave, please see Your Highness the Princess."

Just as Xue Ling was about to leave, the little girl walking towards her saluted Su Xiaoxi.

"Your Highness the Princess, this servant is here to tell you that the Emperor has something to discuss with you. Please come with me, Princess!"

"Yes." Su Xiaoxi nodded gently and walked towards the direction of the imperial study room.

Xue Ling looked at Su Xiaoxi, stamped her feet and turned to leave.

As soon as Su Xiaoxi entered the imperial study room, she found that the atmosphere in the entire room was extremely depressing, as if it was the eve of a storm.

"Father, morning!"

Su Xiaoxi smiled at the gloomy man sitting on the dragon chair with a flattering expression on his face.

Su Xiaoxi's smile made the emperor's face soften slightly.

"Get up." The emperor said in a low voice.

"Thank you, Father." Su Xiaoxi said with a smile, not like a child who made mistakes.

"Do you know about Xue Ling?" The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Su Xiaoxi with deep eyes.

"Yes." Su Xiaoxi nodded lightly, thinking, can this matter be hidden from her father?

Obviously the emperor did not intend to beat around the bush with Su Xiaoxi, but went straight to the point: "If you can find out what is wrong with Princess Xue Ling, we can take the opportunity to flatten the Beirong Kingdom."

Su Xiaoxi raised her eyebrows, the meaning of these words was quite clear.

I just don’t know whether my father’s goal is to conquer Beirong or Daning?

Thinking of the previous incident where people from Beirong made trouble on the border of Nanchu, although it did not endanger Nanchu, it still made her feel threatened, so she wanted to eradicate the people from Beirong.

"Father, I would like to ask, is the relationship between Beirong Kingdom and our Daning Kingdom hostile?"

Su Xiaoxi suddenly asked a question.

The emperor frowned, obviously not expecting Su Xiaoxi to mention this.

"Since ancient times, the relationship between the two countries has been friendly relations." Hearing this, Su Xiaoxi smiled, but her smile did not reach her eyes.

"If that's the case, then why did Erchen's sixth brother die at the hands of Beirong?"

As soon as Su Xiaoxi said this, the emperor, who was still deep in thought, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Su Xiaoxi, "What did you say?"

Su Xiaoxi said word by word, "Father, you should know whether what I said is true or false."

The emperor fell silent upon hearing this and did not speak again for a long time.

"I dare to ask, what is the reason for this?"

Su Xiaoxi continued to ask, "Or is this your selfish intention, father?"

The emperor did not answer immediately. After a long time, he sighed quietly, "Hey, I don't want to hide it from you."

"Five years ago, my third brother died on the battlefield because of the war, and the culprit of the war was the Beirong Kingdom!"

In the past five years, the emperor has sent envoys countless times to negotiate reconciliation, but all have failed.

"Father, I'm afraid your attitude is inappropriate."

Su Xiaoxi frowned. If this matter is really what her father said, it would prove that the war in Daning Country was not as simple as it seemed.

"I know." The emperor smiled bitterly, "It's just that Beirong is too cunning!"

"So, what my father means is that if we don't get to the bottom of it, the war will never end?"

Su Xiaoxi was a little annoyed. Could it be that the emperor's efforts over the years were all in vain?

"Do you know that the Beirong army is brave and good at fighting?" The emperor looked at Su Xiaoxi and asked.

"Know a thing or two."

"Since you know it, you should understand even more that I don't want to fight, but I have to fight!" The emperor said solemnly, "The Beirong Kingdom bullied others too much and dared to massacre my people in Daning!"

As he said that, the emperor's face suddenly turned serious, "If Beirong hadn't taken action first, how could all the subsequent things have happened!"

"But if the war hadn't happened that year, how could the people of Beirong be so covetous towards our Daning women?"

"You are right, but your mother-in-law was the imperial concubine back then, and the Beirong Kingdom wanted to win over us!" the emperor retorted.

Hearing this, Su Xiaoxi was stunned.

The mother-in-law is actually the imperial concubine!

She had never heard of it from her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law had never told her about it.

Su Xiaoxi's shock was beyond words.

The emperor glanced at Su Xiaoxi and continued, "Now our Daning Kingdom and Beirong Kingdom are evenly matched, and no one can do anything about the other, so I have to guard against being attacked from both sides."

Hearing what the emperor said, Su Xiaoxi couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

Is this the father’s reason?

Ha, to be honest, Su Xiaoxi doesn't agree.

The royal family has no family ties, Su Xiaoxi is not a fool, and naturally sees things clearly.

"Father, Beirong is a powerful country, but our Daning is not bad either." Su Xiaoxi said calmly, "What's more, our Daning's army has made great achievements in battle. Have we won few battles in these years?"

The emperor did not expect that Su Xiaoxi would say these words, and was a little dumb for a moment.

He admitted that all of his sons were excellent, but the people of Beirong were brave and good at fighting.

Although Daning State has many soldiers and generals, its economy is not prosperous.

The so-called recuperating strength, the emperor wanted to use the best condition to face Beirong.

"What do you know? Beirong has been invading these years. If this continues for a long time..."