Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 429 The Emperor Personally Leads the Campaign (3)

"Your Majesty, please reconsider." The ministers behind him all knelt down to plead.

Dugu Chen tightly furrowed his brows and pressed his lips firmly together, "I, my mind is made up, my subjects please rise."

"Your Majesty..."

"Prime Minister, do not try to persuade me further. After I personally lead the campaign, the Empress will preside over the court; Prime Minister, you shall assist her. You must all execute the Empress’s decisions without fail," Dugu Chen’s sharp gaze swept across the hall, looking at the utterly surprised ministers, who remained silent.

"What, do my subjects have any objections?" The piercingly cold voice echoed again in the grand hall.

Wang Dongsheng was the first to come to his senses, hastily saying, "This subject will heed the decree."

"We will respectfully follow Your Majesty’s will."

"Good. Minister of War, Minister of Revenue, stay; the rest of you are dismissed from court."

"We take our leave, Your Majesty."

Dugu Chen stood up and walked out of Jinluan Hall, seeing the gloomy weather outside, his face grew even colder, radiating a piercing chill.

The Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue followed closely behind the Emperor, being very cautious.

The Imperial Study was extraordinarily quiet. Dugu Chen remained silent for a long while before slightly parting his lips, "Lu Zhen, go check the weapons. I will take a batch with me when I lead the campaign."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Minister of War Lu Zhen bowed and replied respectfully.

"Li Yuhang, see to it that the provisions are quickly sorted and sent to the front lines. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dugu Chen, feeling irritable, waved his hand, and after everyone had left, he returned to Yangxin Hall himself.

"Your Majesty, a thousand blessings," the Palace Maids and eunuchs guarding Yangxin Hall saw the Emperor stride in and hurriedly bowed to pay their respects.

"You all may leave."

"Yes." The Palace Maids and eunuchs, seeing the Emperor’s displeased expression, dared not linger and turned to exit Yangxin Hall.

Feng Xuxu saw that Dugu Chen’s expression was not very good and stepped forward in concern to ask, "Husband, what’s wrong?"

Dugu Chen forced a slight smile, his lips barely moving, "My lady, I’m afraid I can’t spend New Year’s with you this year."

"Why?" Feng Xuxu looked at him in surprise. Why wouldn’t they be able to spend New Year’s together all of a sudden?

"Mingyi Country has raised troops against our Western Region. I must lead our forces in person, and thus, this campaign may take a few months at the least or a year at most." He took her hand, led her into a side hall, and sat down next to the warm stove, slowly explaining.

"Mingyi Country has raised troops to invade? At this time?" Feng Xuxu looked out at the snowy weather outside, very surprised.

Dugu Chen nodded, aware of what his wife was thinking.

"Mingyi Country is bordered by snow mountains to the east. They spend half of their year in winter, so they are not afraid of the cold."

After the initial shock, Feng Xuxu nodded. She wanted to accompany him, but she also understood that she had to care for their two children. She swallowed the words she was about to blurt out, asking instead about the departure, "Then when do you leave?"

"Once the provisions have set out, I will hurry to the Western Frontier."

"...Very well, I’ll use these next few days to prepare more golden sore medicine and frostbite ointment. In a few days, I’ll have the herbs in our space moved out, and then I’ll send someone to deliver them to the Western Region."

Dugu Chen, seeing her fighting back tears, tenderly drew her into his embrace, "Cry if you want to, your husband won’t laugh at you."

Feng Xuxu, originally very moved, teared up, but upon hearing his words, she let out a laugh, and the tears slid down her face as she lightly punched him, "You’re awful, making jokes at a time like this."

"Heaven and earth may be vast, but my lady’s happiness is what matters most."