Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 947: Secret Omen (4)

Chapter 947: Chapter 947: Secret Omen (4)

Xiao Ruiyuan nodded slightly and didn’t hide anything, "Recently, a powerful cavalry appeared out of nowhere, destroying the neighboring country of Qiuzi Country and now they seem intent on troubling Qiuzi Country itself. The situation in Qiuzi Country has just stabilized and they are unable to resist this cavalry, so they sent envoys to The Emperor for help, and The Emperor is considering sending troops."

That cavalry was not large in number, only about twenty thousand strong, but they were well-armed and valiant in battle, having defeated the neighbor of Qiuzi Country in just over a month. Qiuzi Country might have an army of 100,000, but if it really came to battle, they surely wouldn’t stand a chance.

Moreover, those twenty thousand cavalry might just be the vanguard; no one knows if there are even more cavalry waiting behind them.

A neighboring state’s distress can spell trouble at home; if Qiuzi Country falls, there’s a high possibility that this cavalry will target Great Chu next. It would be better for Great Chu to join forces with Qiuzi Country and stop this cavalry at the border than to let them drive straight in and plunder and murder the citizens of Great Chu.

If it were possible to combine forces with the army of Qiuzi Country and eliminate this cavalry to prevent future concerns, that would be ideal.

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan suddenly remembered Xue tuanzi once mentioned her first life, where Great Chu had experienced an unprecedented great war. After the invaders entered Great Chu’s territory, they slaughtered and enslaved the civilians, and within just a few years, the surviving population was less than thirty percent of the original.

However, that war had erupted after she had died from the plague in her first life; the timing didn’t match up. Was she overthinking it and this powerful cavalry was not the same as the invaders from her first life? Or had the course of history already changed, advancing these events?

Considering the latter possibility, Mo Yan felt a chill throughout her body and quickly asked Xuetuan in her consciousness, "What exactly is going on, has that war been brought forward?"

Sensing her master’s tension, Xuetuan comforted, "Yanyan, don’t worry. Although this cavalry is formidable, they are indeed related to the army that invaded Great Chu in the first life, but they are only a recon force and can’t cause any substantial turmoil. At this time in the first life, this cavalry intended to attack Qiuzi Country but was wiped out by the combined forces of Great Chu and Qiuzi Country’s armies."

Not the same?

Mo Yan breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that it wasn’t the same, and that was good!

But the thought of the cavalry being just the advance guard, and that there could be an army of hundreds of thousands behind them, waiting to eye Great Chu like a tiger watching its prey, prevented her from feeling happy.

The great war twenty years later seemed unavoidable; knowing this, she could only think of ways to remind Xiao Ruiyuan, so he could warn Chu Heng and Emperor Huian to be on guard. It would be best to find out the origin of this cavalry to know thy enemy.

If they could exterminate these invaders before they were ready to invade Great Chu, while they were still at an early stage, that would be even better!

There’s no escape from a calamity that destroys the whole nest; if that great war twenty years later still couldn’t be avoided, she would have to buy more land than ever; using the coverings of the land, she could bring out the provisions and supplies stockpiled in Space. No one knew how long the war would last when it erupted, and at that time, provisions would be most crucial, the difference between many and few determining the outcome of the conflict.

With a plan in her mind, Mo Yan gradually calmed down and listened attentively to the conversation between her father and her fiancé.

"...The Emperor intends to cultivate young generals, and the likelihood of your son-in-law leading the troops is small, father-in-law can rest assured," Xiao Ruiyuan called himself ’son-in-law’ and referred to ’father-in-law’ with such ease and fluidity, evidently not for the first time.

This was indeed not the first time Xiao Ruiyuan had called him that way; now that the two of them were serving in the government at the same time and the Imperial Edict of marriage had been issued, he had begun to openly call Mo Qingze ’father-in-law’. The first time he had done so in front of all the officials of the Hanlin Academy, it had shocked everyone present.

Though it wasn’t exactly following the rules of propriety, the fact that the high and mighty General Xiao showed such respect and politeness to his future humble father-in-law surely demonstrated his satisfaction with this marriage granted by the Emperor, didn’t it?

At first, Mo Qingze had been cold-faced and reluctant to agree, but after enduring it time after time, he had been completely disarmed by Xiao Ruiyuan’s addresses and had come to accept the title.

"Ahem, the capable generals in the court are indeed few, and if The Emperor doesn’t plan for you to go, you should not volunteer yourself, it’s only right to give the younger generation a chance," Mo Qingze coughed slightly, subtly expressing his reluctance to see his son-in-law go to the battlefield.

The battlefield was a place of indiscriminate danger, and naturally, he did not want his son-in-law to take the risk. With The Emperor having other plans, he could only remind his son-in-law not to be overly ambitious and step into battle, whether The Emperor would agree or not.

Hearing this, Mo Yan looked at Xiao Ruiyuan, whose eye corners were twitching, and stifled a laugh behind her hand. Did her father think her fiancé was too old?

Xiao Ruiyuan, holding back his laughter for a long time, managed not to tap his fiancée’s forehead in front of her father, responding with respectful obedience, "Your son-in-law will heed father-in-law’s advice!"

If it had been before, when he had no one to care for and had been unaware of Emperor Huian’s intentions, he likely would have volunteered to lead the troops to the frontier. Now, with someone precious to protect, he was not so eager to rush into battle.

Seeing that his son-in-law showed no signs of reluctance, Mo Qingze felt very satisfied, encouraged him a few more times, then pulled Xiao Ruiyuan into a few rounds of games, and the atmosphere grew even more harmonious.

Mo Yan let out a long sigh of relief, taking away the empty fruit tray from the study. She admired heroes who defend their country but did not wish for the man she liked to risk his life on the battlefield. Whether it seemed narrow-minded or lacking in national righteousness, that was how she felt.

If he insisted on going, she wouldn’t stop him and would even prepare his traveling bag for battle, but if these departures became frequent, she couldn’t guarantee that one day, amidst the waiting and worrying, she wouldn’t lose her longing for this relationship, no longer willing to continue in this state of anticipation and anxiety...

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