Isn’t it good for the five of us to be together?

I put the official uniform I had brought with me on the table, knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you for your great love, Your Majesty. I am very grateful to you, but it is difficult for me to take on this important responsibility, so I will resign."

Chi Wanshen was silent for a long, long time. It was so long that my knees were a little sore, and then he said, "That's it."

The sun was shining brightly when entering the palace, but only half of the sky was red when leaving the palace.

I felt relaxed, no longer bound by any identity. As I walked on the street, even the hustle and bustle of the past became melodious.

I also returned the string of silver jewelry that Chi Wanshen gave me earlier.

Now that you have decided to leave, there is no need to keep these extraneous things.

"Master Chen."

Song Shiyi and Li Zhiyuan stood in front and waved to me.

I walked over with a smile and said, "Princess, the common people have resigned and cannot afford to be called a lord."

Song Shiyi: "Since you have chosen to work with me, you can naturally afford this, Mr. Chen."

I accepted Song Shiyi's olive branch and wanted to go to the border with her.

During the few days I was imprisoned, Ling Hengyuan received a secret message. Those small neighboring countries were secretly colluding and preparing to attack Nanyang.

There have been signs of this matter before. For those small countries, Nanyang and North Yin are not easy to mess with. The forces of these two countries have always checked and balanced each other, and they would not easily provoke wars on weekdays. But now even for an ordinary birthday banquet, Beiyin invited envoys from Nanyang to attend the banquet. This made those small countries worried, for fear that the two big countries would join forces to bully them.

If these two major countries are going to cooperate, who will be disadvantaged?

It must be these small countries.

So they secretly colluded and took the opportunity to attack Nanyang while the Emperor of Nanyang and the Qin general were not in the capital.

Because of this, Ling Hengyuan and Qin Che rushed back in a hurry. After all, the fire was burning in their own home.

Ling Hengyuan has stayed in Beiyin for so long. It is indeed as those small countries guessed that he wants to cooperate with Beiyin: Nanyang has money and Beiyin has food. Cooperation is a win-win situation. Then the world will be divided in half. Wouldn't it be beautiful?

Chi Wanshen talked with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs all night long, analyzing the pros and cons of the matter, and finally agreed to Ling Hengyuan's proposal.

After all, these small countries provoke provocations from time to time on weekdays. They have already seen that they are unhappy, so why not take this opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop to avoid future troubles.

This time, the small countries joined forces to attack Nanyang, which naturally reminded Beiyin that sooner or later, this fire would reach Beiyin. Chi Wanshen was selecting soldiers for border defense. After Song Shiyi found out, he immediately took the brunt of the effort and stepped forward.

Chi Wanshen rejected him.

There is no precedent for women in Beiyin to serve as officials in the court, let alone to lead troops on expeditions as generals.

Just when Song Shiyi wanted to go to the palace to have another quarrel with Chi Wanshen, the imperial edict arrived, saying that Song Shiyi was made a general and ordered to guard the border.

So Song Shiyi legitimately became the first female general in Beiyin.

The imperial edict was written by the little emperor himself.

Song Shiyi saw the handwriting on the imperial edict and recognized it at a glance: "His handwriting was taught by me."

"The writing is getting uglier and uglier."

On the second day after the imperial edict was issued, Song Shiyi put on his military uniform and began to lead his troops to the border.

I also got on the carriage Song Shiyi prepared for me and set off with her.

Song Shiyi: "Aren't you going to say goodbye?"

Me: "I told Zhiyuan County Chief yesterday, but it's a pity that she still can't leave the house today."

Song Shiyi was silent for a while and said, "See you soon."

There were many people bidding farewell, including ministers, common people, Chi Wanshen and the little emperor... but they were undoubtedly not questioning, wanting to see how many days this "pampered" eldest princess could stay at the border.

After a tiring journey all the way, I arrived at the small border town and was shocked by the scene here.

I heard that there is going to be a war on the border. The residents living here are running and walking. Most of the remaining people are old, weak, sick and disabled. Seeing many new faces in the city, they all poked their heads out.

These people have either been rooted here for a long time and are unwilling to leave, or they have no foundation and cannot leave at all.

Before coming here, I didn't know what the errand Song Shiyi had given me. Now, it is somewhat clear.

Song Shiyi set aside a small house for me alone, and appointed me as the weapon master, so that I could have access to all kinds of weapons.

The lieutenant generals in the army were somewhat dissatisfied with Song Shiyi and me. They did not think that women could take on such important responsibilities.

Song Shiyi was too lazy to respond and defeated them one by one, while I... blocked their mouths with one improved drawing after another.

In addition to improving weapons, I also took in many young but abandoned women.

The girl who was clever and handy learned the art of mechanism, the girl who knew a few words learned pharmacology, and the girl who was more lively and restless went to Song Shiyi's camp to practice martial arts with her.

For me, every day is fulfilling.

Girls like to gossip a lot on weekdays. It's not boring if you say something to her.

I have been staying here for almost two months, and today I am still struggling with a small organization. I walked outside to relax and sort out the messy thoughts in my mind.

The girl who was boiling medicine said: "Have you heard that General Nanyang was assassinated?"

I stopped when I heard the familiar title.

Nanyang has been fighting with various small countries for nearly two months. There have been more than a dozen battles, large and small, but all ended in failure of each small country. They know that if they do not take the initiative now, they will be beaten in the future.

But after all, Qin Che has experienced hundreds of battles, and if he thought about it, it couldn't be that simple.

And now, assassinated?

Another girl making medicine said: "Is it an assassination? But I heard that someone stabbed his chest and lungs with a sword on the battlefield, and he is currently unconscious."

"..."

After listening for a while, someone outside suddenly asked me to go to the main camp and Song Shiyi came to see me. Only then did the two girls notice me behind them. I smiled and let them continue chatting.

When they arrived at the main camp, Song Shiyi got straight to the point: "Qin Che was stabbed into the chest and lungs with a sword and is now unconscious."

I said calmly: "I just found out."

Song Shiyi was surprised: "You got the news pretty quickly."

"Nanyang wants Beiyin to send troops to assist?"

Song Shiyi was still surprised: "How come you know it again?"

I pointed to the secret letter with Nanyang's special markings on the table and said: "Early on when Ling Hengyuan came to the throne, he continued to be tyrannical, and many famous generals and celebrities died at his hands. Now Qin Che is unconscious. I think he can't be found. When someone arrived, I sent a letter so that Beiyin could help."

Song Shiyi nodded: "Then what do you think?"

"At present, we have enough food and grass reserves and weapons. It is feasible to go to help. But if a small country invades at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to respond."

Song Shiyi: "Then... you won't help?"

"It will take some time for the secret message to be delivered to the general. The war on the Nanyang border is tense. Ling Hengyuan will definitely find another way to resist foreign enemies in the past few days. Besides, Qin Che is not the only one in Nanyang who can fight. Let's just sit back and watch. Look again."

I thought about it again and said: "However, the general can let out the news that he has sent people to support Nanyang. In this way, those small countries that are ready to attack Beiyin will take advantage of this to attack."

Song Shiyi: "But we didn't send anyone to support them, so what they have to face is Beiyin's neat army."

I nodded.

It’s almost time to talk, it’s time for me to go back.

Song Shiyi: "Don't you ask how Qin Che was hit by the sword?"

I said calmly: "No need."

As we said, Nanyang had already sent people to respond to the enemy, but the person sent was Ling Hengyuan himself. Emperor Nanyang's personal visit had already boosted morale, and those small countries were beaten back and forth.

The small country that was ready to attack Beiyin also took this opportunity to attack Beiyin.

Especially when they saw that the leader of the battle was a woman, the small countries became even more arrogant. They all thought that there was no one in Beiyin, so they selected a woman with no strength to fight.

However, after Song Shiyi, among a group of soldiers, took the opponent's head and chopped off their flag, the situation was instantly disrupted.

Seeing that there were only a lot more soldiers in Beiyin, they realized that they had fallen into a trap.

Beiyin won a complete victory in this battle.

Since the small country's military strength was divided up to attack Beiyin, Nanyang naturally won easily.

We have some peace and quiet.

Song Shiyi also became famous for this battle, and no one in the military camp dissatisfied her.

Gradually, there were more people in the city, but more and more of them were women. They heard that there was an academy here specifically for women, so they came here just to get a foundation for their careers.

The academy was founded by me. What I learned was not the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, nor any general ethics, but the art of machine learning, textiles, pharmacology, martial arts, etc.

This is thanks to Song Shiyi's strong support, otherwise I wouldn't have the money to deal with this matter.

I am responsible for the art of organ mechanics, Mr. Li Chuan is responsible for pharmacology, martial arts is for a female general under Song Shiyi, and textiles...

"How can such a thing happen without me?"

Li Zhiyuan has reached the age where she can build her own mansion, and her mansion was chosen here.

She had never traveled far before and everything she saw was new. When she heard that she was going to accept a group of disciples today, she was still frightened.

But weaving and other things were already handy for her, and it was more than enough to teach others.

In this way, the academy started bustling with activity, and later there were more and more students.

After that battle, I heard Song Shiyi say that when Ling Hengyuan personally led troops to resist foreign enemies, the Nanyang government began to be turbulent. Then Ling Hengyuan returned from a great victory, and the first thing he did was not to reward him, but to punish him, which made Minister Nanyang extremely dissatisfied.

If the Prime Minister hadn't tried his best to dissuade him, there would have been another wave of bloodshed in the court.

Song Shiyi: "Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Good thing."

Song Shiyi: "How do you say this?"

"The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. Beiyin only needs to wait for an opportunity to..."

Win the world.

If Ling Hengyuan insists on doing this, the Prime Minister will be disappointed over time. If the Prime Minister is forced to leave, civil strife in Nanyang will be inevitable. By then, without us taking action, some people will be unable to stand such tyranny and defect to Beiyin.

Of course, this is a story.

Now I only care about whether my apprentice has mastered the basic skills, I only care about whether the soup I make tastes good, and I only care about how much money the shop I run makes.

Later, there was an edict in the capital that any woman of old age could pass the examination and become an official in the court, without being restricted to any official position.

This year I sent away a few apprentices. They wanted to give it a try in the capital to see if they could carve out their own world in the court.

I bid them farewell with tears.

Song Shiyi: "Why are you crying? It's not like we can't see you anymore."

I sobbed and said, "They took away all the preserved fruits I made."

Song Shiyi: "...Here comes someone! Go and capture him for me!"

Later, many people proposed marriage to me, but I declined them all.

Song Shiyi said: "Do you really want to live alone for the rest of your life?"

"Why not? Isn't the general still alone? Isn't the Lord Zhiyuan still alone?"

Song Shiyi: "That's right, no one who can fight is worthy of me."

Li Zhiyuan smiled and said nothing. She is the youngest among the three of us, and she also likes these small ornaments in my house the most.

Li Zhiyuan seemed to have seen something and asked: "This peach blossom branch is so beautiful, but where did it come from in this cold winter?"

I looked over and saw that the peach blossom branch was in full bloom and was placed in a porcelain vase in my room. My face was also full of confusion: "Maybe some caring servant went to the greenhouse to pick it."

Greenhouses have become common in the city, allowing people to live in them and to grow flowers, fruits and vegetables that are not common in winter.

Song Shiyi: "And the kittens in the courtyard are all chubby. No wonder they like to stay with you and don't want to leave."

These cats were all stray cats in the city. But one day they suddenly came into my yard. I saw how cute they were, so I kept them. Unexpectedly, more and more cats came to stay.

It's snowing heavily outside, so I built a warm hut for the kitten.

The three of us were warming ourselves by the fire in the house and talking, and it seemed like a long time had passed.

I think I will stay here for the rest of my life.

I do.

"drop! Congratulations to the host for achieving the "Happiness and Consummation" achievement medal! 』

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