LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 489 Enfeoffment_1
Regarding having children, Wu Junwan felt conflicted inside. On one hand, she wanted to swiftly complete the Celestial's test. On the other hand, she worried that once her child was born, they might face some oppression.
Once the Great Wu dynasty was extinguished, she would be a Princess of the Defeated Country, and the child of such a princess could never expect to be entrusted with important duties in the future.
At that moment, Lu Chen also saw the worries in Wu Junwan's heart. He gently caressed her jade-like back. "Are you afraid that our child, when they grow up, will suffer from unfair treatment because of your identity?"
Wu Junwan still didn't speak, but Lu Chen had already read her answer from the expression on her face. He immediately said, "You have no reason to worry about that. I will treat all my children with equal kindness and not diminish their treatment because of their mother's identity."
"Of course, this is only during their growing years. Once they're grown up, the kind of life they want will depend on their own efforts."
"As a father, I certainly do not want to see my children grow up only to live aimlessly."
After hearing what Lu Chen said, Wu Junwan felt somewhat less tangled inside. She realized that she didn't need to care so much about others' views. If, in the end, this world truly couldn't accommodate her and her three children, she would simply take them and leave this world.
After all, Lu Chen had also said that the restrictions of Misty World were about to disappear, and sooner or later they would be able to leave this world.
At this time, Lu Chen slightly shifted his body and then deeply kissed Wu Junwan's red lips, fully indulging in the kiss.
After a while, Lu Chen's mouth slowly parted from her lips. At this point, Wu Junwan spoke up, "I hope all that Your Majesty has said is true."
Lu Chen smiled and replied, "I am the Emperor, after all. My word is my bond."
With that, Lu Chen rose from the bed and picked up Wu Junwan in a princess carry, heading straight to the bathing pool beside the sleeping chamber.
After Lu Chen bathed, he left Wu Junwan's sleeping chamber and proceeded to the Imperial Study Room to deal with state affairs.
By the time Lu Chen reached the Imperial Study Room, ministers like Zhuge Zhongguang and others were already waiting at its entrance. Among the ministers who came today, most were Military Generals from the military system, with only Zhuge Zhongguang and Situ Ce being Civil Officials.
Lu Chen glanced at the ministers before entering the Imperial Study Room, with the ministers quickly following behind him.
After entering the Imperial Study Room, the ministers greeted in unison: "We pay our respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, may you live forever!"
Lu Chen nodded slightly, and then said, "Rise."
Immediately afterward, Lu Chen had a map brought in, and they assembled a large table in the middle of the Imperial Study Room using several smaller tables. Then the generals gathered around the large table, looking at the map placed in the center.
Lu Chen began, "I trust you ministers are already aware of the matter at hand. The final deadline I have given Great Wu is nearly upon us. There are no signs that Great Wu intends to surrender. This battle is inevitable."
"To utterly break the will to fight of the Great Wu soldiers, Great Xia must strike with the force of thunder to completely obliterate the main force of Great Wu's military."
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, one of the generals asked, "Your Majesty, it is said that Your Majesty had already dispatched a Celestial to intimidate the Great Wu imperial city, and since the Celestial can easily handle the Imperial Family Members of Great Wu, why don't we simply capture the top figures first? If we seize the Martial Emperor, the military of Great Wu will naturally fall apart." Read new chapters at empire
Hearing this, Lu Chen smiled faintly, then turned towards Zhuge Zhongguang. "Great Scholar Zhuge, explain why I did not have the Celestial directly destroy the Great Wu imperial city."
Zhuge Zhongguang replied, "Should the imperial city fall, the entire Great Wu would descend into chaos. Some unreconciled Seigniors of Great Wu might seize the opportunity to rise in revolt. Consequently, Great Xia would then need to deal with those Seigniors scattered throughout Great Wu."
"However, if we let Great Wu's soldiers experience the terror of Great Xia's troops through warfare, even if some Seigniors harbor other intentions, their troops would hardly muster the will to fight. Moreover, forcing the Martial Emperor to surrender along with all of Great Wu saves more time than gradually eliminating the Seigniors."
Upon hearing Zhuge Zhongguang's response, the generals in the Imperial Study Room instantly understood Lu Chen's strategy.
Initially sending a Celestial to intimidate the Martial Emperor did not deter him. Since the Martial Emperor still harbored a sliver of hope, it was time to shatter it completely.
Once the Great Wu army collapses, and the Great Xia army encroaches upon the Great Wu Imperial Capital, Great Wu will have no choice but to surrender, even if it doesn't want to.
Of course, the primary reason Lu Chen wants the Great Xia soldiers to initiate the attack is to gain actual combat experience.
Even though there are many Celestials around him now, making the Great Xia army seem unnecessary, when Lu Chen considers the potential enemies in the Misty World, he believes that the army will still play a significant role in the future.
The most important thing is that Lu Chen is feeling an increasing sense of impending crisis.
This is especially true with the appearance of rewards like the Ten Thousand Immortal Sect and the Protecting Pulse Seven Killing Array.
If the Protecting Pulse Seven Killing Array can fend off masters from the All Law Realm, doesn't it imply that one day, masters from the All Law Realm might appear in this world to attack them?
He doesn't believe the system would award him anything arbitrarily.
To prepare for what may come, Great Xia's army must have actual combat experience; it can't just leave everything to the Celestials.
At this moment, Lu Chen said, "Great Scholar Zhuge is right; I naturally know that the Celestials could easily annihilate the Great Martial Royal Family, but destroying the Great Martial Royal Family does not equate to destroying Great Wu."
"Once the Great Martial Royal Family is annihilated, the other seigniors of Great Wu might very well consider seizing power."
"Furthermore, involving the Great Xia army in the battle has another important purpose, which is to train the troops."
"The army of over a million in Great Xia cannot just sit idle and do nothing."
Hearing Lu Chen's words, the military generals instantly understood his intention—the Emperor wanted to sharpen the army's blade.
Lu Chen then said, "All right, let us not discuss this matter for now; next, we shall discuss the direction of attack, striving to completely crush the combat will of the Great Wu soldiers in the first comprehensive assault."
Afterward, everyone's gaze fell on the map as they began to discuss the direction of attack.
Their army had already been moved to the frontline so that once the attack route was established, Great Xia could swiftly launch a full-scale attack on Great Wu.
After their discussion, they ultimately determined three attack routes, which precisely targeted the territories of the seigniors who undoubtedly possess strong military power in Great Wu.
After the military meeting in the Imperial Study Room concluded, Lu Chen ate something simple and then began writing imperial edicts. He spent almost the entire afternoon writing them.
These edicts were for his wives and concubines, awarding the titles of Imperial Noble Consort and Noble Consort where due.
In the evening, Chu Yuqin was talking with Mu Zixuan in the Wind Cloud Palace when several female guards entered the courtyard.
Seeing the female guards, Chu Yuqin and Mu Zixuan had not yet reacted. Chu Yuqin was in charge of arranging the security work within the interior of the Imperial Palace, and she recognized these female guards. They hadn't been scheduled to work today, and they were directly under Bai Qingqing's command.
Bai Qingqing was no longer under Chu Yuqin's jurisdiction; she and her female guards were directly under Lu Chen's command.
Just as the women were curious about why so many female guards had suddenly appeared, one of them took out an imperial edict and said, "Ladies, there is an imperial decree."
Hearing this, they immediately realized what was happening and knelt down in unison.
A female guard then began reading the imperial edict, "By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Mu Zixuan is gentle, virtuous, and talented... hereby conferred as Imperial Noble Consort."
Lu Chen had written an imperial edict for each of his wives and concubines, so the female guard reading the edicts took quite a while.