"Battle report! Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince led their troops to recapture Bananyun City and killed 50,000 rebels!"
"Okay, okay!"
The emperor in the palace couldn't help but glow after hearing the news, and said three "good" words in a row: "General Hutian was seriously injured, and the third prince was rewarded!"
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"Battle report! Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince have recovered Wucheng and the rebels have retreated!"
A few days later, a piece of good news reached the emperor's palace.
"Okay, okay!"
The emperor was full of praise again. Even he did not expect that the third prince he did not like could actually lead an army!
After joining forces with General Hu Tian, the results of the battle were so brilliant that in less than a day, two of the three main cities in the empire were recovered one after another!
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"Good news! Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince have recovered Black Cloud City!"
"Good news! Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince have recovered Lichuan!"
"Good news! Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince have recovered the ancient city of Munan!"
"Good news..."
In less than twenty days, almost every two or three days, fast horses, shouting reports of a great victory, would gallop through the main road of the imperial city and go straight into the palace.
The entire imperial city fell into a dance of singing and dancing, and the faces of the people of the imperial city were filled with excited smiles.
There are many old people who, at this moment, almost recall what happened more than twenty years ago.
At that time, when the Beimang cavalry invaded and General Tianwei led his troops to attack, the speed at which the good news came was probably like this.
In the emperor's palace, the emperor also looked better and better under the sound of good news.
Almost every time a good news came to his ears, the emperor would unconsciously recall the time when he and Luo Tianwei joined hands to attack Beimang.
How comfortable, how refreshing, and how heroic!
It's a pity that after that, when the empire returned to peace and he ascended the throne, he never experienced that nostalgic feeling of passion again.
But he didn't expect that these days, the emperor would be reminded of the past again.
Listening to the victory report, Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince looked very much like the situation when Luo Tianwei met him.
The same recovery of lost territory, the same constant success!
If you close your eyes, you can even imagine General Hu Tian and the Third Prince holding hands on the battlefield.
It was at this moment that the emperor whispered to himself: "It might be a good choice to let the third child inherit the throne."
This idea appeared in the emperor's mind for the first time.
But once it appears, it seems like it can never be erased.
Looking back on these years, he was the emperor in the imperial court and ruled the world!
Outside the imperial court, there is Luo Tianwei as the commander, who protects the borders and the country!
The two of them worked together to make Tianyue Kingdom peaceful, stable, gradually developing and prospering for more than 20 years.
Suppose that a hundred years after him, three princes took over the throne, and General Chu Ran of Tiger Sky guarded the border.
At least it can make the empire stable for a few more decades!
"But the prince..."
The emperor lay on the dragon couch and fell into deep thought.
Looking back on this period of time, since the power was handed over to the prince, the court was almost in chaos, which triggered a rebellion in the Northern Xinjiang palace!
Even after the rebellion broke out, he frequently made stupid moves and squeezed out talents like Chu Ran.
This made him feel more and more that the prince was not suitable to take over the empire at all.
"Good news, great news! Tiger Sky General Chu Ran and the third prince captured the Tianyuan Ancient City, the last of the three main cities in southern Xinjiang, and their troops were directed towards Hanshan City!"
Ten days later, another great victory was reported, and the emperor couldn't help but sit up from the dragon couch.
The eyes are dazzling.
"General Tiger Sky is as powerful as General Tianwei!"
A voice came from the emperor's mouth, which immediately shocked the whole court and the public.
It also directly pushed Chu Ran's status to the same level as General Tianwei.
"Pass on my imperial decree: I grant Chu Ran the title of General Hutian, and together with General Tianwei command the world's military forces! In addition, the third prince has made an indispensable contribution, so I will commend him!"
Under this imperial order, Chu Ran and the third prince instantly became the talk of the entire Tianyue Kingdom.
From the ministers of the imperial court to the common people of Li.
Almost everyone hailed the third prince and Chu Ran as great generals and descendants of emperors!
These sounds, like strong winds, instantly swept through the entire Tianyue Kingdom, and at the same time, they were also involved in the Prince's Mansion.
The prince in the prince's residence was left to shut himself in his room almost all day long, depressed and unhappy.
Especially the emperor's soliloquy in the palace, "It might be a good choice to let the third child inherit the throne." has also reached the ears of the prince.
These words were like a huge mace, hitting the prince directly on the head.
The prince was plunged into panic and confusion.
At the suggestion of Yuan Shang, the first-level censor, he sent people to Jinmai Mountain several times to let people from the Mu clan meet the emperor.
However, he discovered that even the Mu family, who had always supported him and even betrothed Mu Qing'er to him as the crown princess, actually chose to remain silent.
An unprecedented sense of crisis overwhelmed my heart.
Perhaps, the edict to depose the crown prince may come at some time!
This made the prince become more and more anxious and sensitive.
Even when Yuan Shang came to see him several times, he was driven away.
"Didn't you say that as long as the war situation is determined, I can go to the front line and take over the army?"
Facing Yuan Shang's voice outside the door again, the prince roared: "But now, it's not me who takes over the army, but the third prince who wants to take over my position as the prince!!"
Yuan Shang outside the door said: "The important matter has not yet been decided, and the chance of victory is still in the hands of His Highness!"
The prince said angrily: "Do you want me to go to the emperor's father now and ask the emperor's father to allow me to conquer the battlefield personally?"
Everyone in the government and the public knows that at this moment, the emperor's heart has already been with the third prince.
If he really mentions this matter at this time, he is afraid that the emperor's father will directly drive him out of the palace!
Go in the morning, and the edict of dismissal may come in the afternoon!
He was so frightened that he didn't even dare to step into the palace gate, lest the emperor's father would think of him and depose him directly!
"I will bring someone to Your Highness who may be able to relieve Your Highness's worries!"
Yuan Shang spoke slowly.
"Who?"
The prince asked through the door.
Yuan Shang took a deep breath and said: "Prince, please open the door. I will introduce you to the prince!"
"If you can't explain why, don't blame me for being rude!"
The prince snorted angrily and then opened the palace door directly.
But he saw that the prince at this time was disheveled and his hair was messy, as if he had not taken care of it for many days.
Yuan Shang couldn't help but twitch in his heart. After bowing, he turned around and waved to a woman behind him.
Seeing this, the woman stepped forward slowly and said something sweetly, like the cry of an oriole, light and sweet: "My little girl, Ji Menghe, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Unexpectedly, the prince at this time did not hear the woman's words clearly at all. He looked straight at the woman with two pairs of eyes, completely stunned.
Ji Menghe was dressed in green clothes and fluttered like a fairy. Her red lips were looming under the gauze covering her face. Her beautiful cheek outline was like a finely carved outline. She was holding a leaf of green lotus, which gave her a touch of holy rank.
The whole person stood there, just like the person walking out of the painting, which made people marvel and couldn't help but take a few more glances.