Overcoming all difficulties, the princess is reborn to become the empress

All the food was looted and the soldiers were badly injured.

Feng Yuqi was extremely angry. After scolding Lu Zailin for not listening to his order prohibiting the distribution of food to the refugees, he left the team and rushed to the capital of Yunsheng alone.

The soldiers who were sitting on the ground, covering their faces or hugging their legs and groaning, were physically and mentally uncomfortable, but when they saw an adjutant yelling at a chief officer, and the chief officer being scolded so hard that he lowered his head and dared not utter a word, they all looked on in surprise and marveled in their hearts at the magical Fenglan military discipline.

Lu Zailin lowered his head even more when he was looked at, and finally he just sat down on the ground, remaining silent for a long time.

He felt wronged. His adoptive father had taught him since he was a child that a soldier's duty is to protect the people. The people have no borders. As long as they have a breath left, they should sacrifice their lives and shed their blood for this sacred mission...

There was no way he could just watch the people starve to death.

He did disobey Toyotama's orders.

Feng Yuqi had forbidden him to provide relief to the refugees along the way from the very beginning. He did not obey Feng Yuqi's orders. He even judged Feng Yuqi by his own standards and mistakenly thought that Feng Yuqi was just reluctant to give the gift to please the beauty.

How could he have imagined that the people of Yunsheng completely ignored their kindness and not only robbed all their food and injured them, but also took away their carriages and water bags.

Everything was looted.

Several times, he almost couldn't hold back and wanted to fight back like Feng Yuqi, but when his fists really hit those sun-baked faces, he forced himself to retract them.

Like most of Feng Lan's soldiers, he chose to squat with his head in his hands. He would rather watch the refugees take away everything than raise his fists at the people they were determined to protect.

"Captain Lu, we have failed our mission, and you have disobeyed the emperor...disobeyed his orders. Will we be punished when we go back? Will our Lu family army never be able to restart?" The follower beside Lu Zailin pushed Lu Zailin and asked with a disappointed look on his face.

Lu Zailin suddenly stood up and looked up to see that Feng Yuqi had disappeared.

Thinking that he could never catch up with Feng Yuqi who was riding a horse on foot, he became so frustrated that he sat down and punched the ground hard.

When the Fenglan soldiers saw him like this, they apologized and tried to comfort him.

Considering that they had no food or water left and the capital of Yunsheng was still a long way away, Fenglan's soldiers discussed and decided to return along the same route.

Some people who were worried about their families went to their hometowns to check on their relatives before returning to the barracks.

Lu Zailin did not go with them. He and his followers wanted to continue to the capital of Yunsheng to look for Feng Yuqi.

When Kong Yi, the leader of Feng Lan, heard his decision, he was worried about letting the two of them wander around Yunsheng alone.

After all, they were brothers who had just gone through hardships together, and Kong Yi admired Lu Zailin's performance just now very much, so he decided to accompany Lu Zailin alone and continue forward.

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When Su Changfeng rushed back to Yunsheng, Su Yunxuan was discussing with the ministers where to use the money to buy food and who to send.

In recent days, they have raised enough silver and money, which is even more than the imperial treasury has ever had.

But in the face of natural disasters, what people really need is not silver, but food to fill their stomachs.

The entire Yunsheng suffered from natural disasters, and there was little grain left in various parts of the country. They urgently needed to exchange silver for food to continue to provide relief to the victims.

Where to buy?

There is no possibility of surplus food in Yunsheng, so we can only go to Fenglan to buy it.

Taking into account that Fenglan and Yunsheng had not yet reached a formal peace agreement, court officials began to stand up one after another and proposed that Su Yunxuan should agree to Fenglan's conditions as soon as possible to complete the peace agreement between the two countries.

Su Yunxuan looked unhappy and did not respond.

In order to reach a peace agreement, she must agree to a marriage. She would never agree to marry Feng Yuqi.

She didn't say anything, and another minister immediately stood up and said that Su Yunxuan was now the empress of Yunsheng, so how could she marry Feng Lan?

Then more ministers joined the discussion.

Some of them strongly opposed the Empress' marriage, because once the Empress married, it would very likely mean that Yun Sheng would join Feng Lan, and even worse, their country Yun Sheng would no longer exist;

Some people said that after the empress married Fenglan, they, Yunsheng, could elect a new king. As long as they survived this natural disaster, they, Yunsheng, could still be comparable to Fenglan.

This proposal was supported by most male officers.

But soon after, many female officials stood up and expressed their opposition.

They were able to stand in the court thanks to the new policies implemented by Empress Su Yunxuan. Once Empress Su Yunxuan fell, they might also be wiped out.

This is something they are unwilling to accept.

A female official who was second only to Pei Qianluo in status was the first to stand up. She proposed to select a woman from the noble family, name her Princess Yunsheng, and marry her to Feng Lan. This would satisfy the conditions for peace proposed by Feng Lan.

After she made this proposal, most of the female officials said it was a good idea.

Facing the male officials' malicious gazes, some female officials reacted quickly and said that the Princess Yun Sheng who was nominated should be someone who was unemployed at home from one of the big families.

They said that at this special moment, everyone should contribute their own strength to Yun Sheng. They have bravely stood up to assist the empress in providing relief to the victims, and those unemployed women at home should also do their part.

As soon as these words were spoken, many eyes turned to the officials who had girls of marriageable age at home and had not yet entered the court as officials.

These officials were not pushovers either. Each of them was cunning and had various intentions of selling their daughters at a high price by not allowing them to enter the court. They had heard of the new emperor of Fenglan, King Hao, for his cruelty, so they were not willing to give up their precious daughters.

After another round of heated discussion, most of Yun Sheng's ministers united again.

Many of them began to question the disaster prevention policies adopted by Su Yunxuan.

They complained that Su Yunxuan shouldn't have taken in so many refugees inside and outside the capital. They said that Su Yunxuan's actions would cause refugees from all over the country to flock to the capital. If this continued for a long time, people in the capital would face the dilemma of lack of food and water.

They said that Su Yunxuan's approach would not only fail to completely solve the problem of natural disasters, but would also kill more people...

King Xu stood in the crowd and remained silent.

He knew that food could only be purchased from Fenglan.

Yun Sheng must negotiate peace with Feng Lan as soon as possible.

The only person that Feng Lan can accept Yun Sheng to marry is Su Yunxuan.

In order for Empress Yunsheng to accept Fenglan's peace terms, Su Yunxuan can only willingly take on the responsibility of Empress Yunsheng and agree to marry Fenglan.

He is waiting.

Wait until Su Yunxuan can no longer bear the pressure from Yunsheng’s subjects; wait until Su Yunxuan clearly sees the responsibilities she shoulders; wait until Su Yunxuan willingly stands up and agrees to the marriage.