Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 428 The Emperor Personally Leads the Campaign (2)

The little sister looked on for a while, pouted, and with a stretch of her small hand, she pushed her brother onto the bed. Only then did she break into happy laughter, seeing her brother lying there.

"Wife, in the future, our son will be completely under our daughter’s thumb." He said, embracing his wife, watching the rosy-cheeked children in front of him.

Feng Xuxu furrowed her brows, "What do you mean?"

"Look, the brother is being bullied by the sister and he isn’t even frowning. Instead, he’s happily playing along with her."

Feng Xuxu rolled her eyes, "They are still young, they don’t know anything."

"No, wife, take a closer look. Haven’t you noticed that Qiqi is intentionally letting his sister have her way?"

Half-convinced, Feng Xuxu watched for a good while and saw that no matter how the sister teased her brother, he just giggled along. Still not convinced that a seven-month-old baby could be so clever, she called Xiaobai over, "You go, make Yueyue cry."

Xiaobai glanced at his sister, curled his tiger mouth, leaped onto the bed, bared his sharp tiger teeth at his sister, and Yueyue blinked at Xiaobai. Brother Qiqi stepped forward and scooped up Xiaobai, his four newly grown teeth biting down on Xiaobai.

Feng Xuxu watched this scene in surprise, turning to Dugu Chen, "Your son is too fierce. He doesn’t even have a full set of teeth, yet he already knows how to bite a tiger."

Dugu Chen twitched his mouth, his gaze sweeping over the bed, and he gave a helpless smile, "Your daughter is too strong too, already knowing how to use a snake to save her brother."

Feng Xuxu turned around to see the two little humans on the bed, plus the two little beasts, and was at a loss for words. Xiaobai looked at Xiaojin with a grievance, and Xiaojin, just as helpless, wagged his tail. When their little master gave an order, they naturally had to follow.

"Husband, how did your seeds turn out to be, uh... so fierce?" She lifted her eyes to look at him behind her.

"Wife, weren’t they sown on your land?" He lowered his gaze towards her in his arms.

Feng Xuxu: "..." Alright, my mistake, I shouldn’t have asked.

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the first snow of the year fell in the Capital City. A thick layer of white snow clung to the branches outside, and distant houses were enveloped in a white expanse.

In the early court session, Dugu Chen held onto a piece of intelligence that had just been delivered by Huang Yi, his face red with anger yet also revealing a trace of a bloodthirsty smile.

"I just received news today that Hou Wei has betrayed the country and has already sided with Mingyi Country."

The ministers below were abuzz with discussions, "Your Majesty, Mingyi Country has taken in our country’s traitor, surely there’s nefarious intent behind this."

"Your Majesty, why not dispatch an envoy to demand that Mingyi Country hand over Hou Wei..." The Minister of Revenue had just begun to speak when a commotion from outside the hall interrupted him, signaling an urgent message delivered through the specialized communication tube used by the Ministry of War, so he returned to his seat.

"Your Majesty, it’s an eight-hundred-mile-express." Xuan Yue rushed into the hall, holding a sealed message tube.

"Present it."

Dugu Chen opened the lid, retrieved a bloodstained letter from within, his heart going cold. He quickly scanned the writing on the page, his complexion turning ashen as he finished reading the secret directive and casually handed it to Xuan Yue.

"There’s an emergency at the border. The army stationed in the west has already clashed with Mingyi Country’s forces and has suffered a disastrous defeat. In his last moment, General Zhao sent out this secret missive. The general dispatched by Mingyi Country is none other than Hou Wei."

"Your Majesty, I request permission to lead the troops."

Dugu Chen looked down at Wang Dongsheng, who had previously been a vice general but was now a full-fledged general.

"I will lead the troops myself."

"Your Majesty, that is absolutely not advisable. You are the foundation of our country. How can you personally lead the troops unless it’s a critical moment?" The Prime Minister was the first to stand up in opposition to the emperor’s decision.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is absolutely right. Please reconsider." Wang Dongsheng also disagreed with the emperor’s decision.