Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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After rescuing more than 100 hostages, including the elderly, women, and children, the Yan army pressed their advantage and finally forced the neighboring country into a corner with nowhere to retreat.
Good news kept pouring in from the court, and the emperor was overjoyed. He declared that once the army returned, he would promote and ennoble all the soldiers.
The war in the North, which had lasted for nearly a year, was finally showing signs of ending.
The cities in the North were recuperating and gradually recovering from the misery of war. The faces of the people were no longer so pale and emaciated. The bodies of their loved ones were buried, and the living could only continue to live well.
Both Lu Huan and Su Xi’s systems simultaneously displayed the following message: [Congratulations on completing Mission Twelve: Suppressing the Riot, Achieving Military Merit, and Forcing Back the Enemy! You have received a Gold Coin reward of +2000 and a Points reward of +18.]
That brought the total points to 145!
Before the notification message disappeared, new tasks popped up simultaneously on both interfaces: [Please accept Task Thirteen (Advanced): Please let the entire capital know who is behind the ‘Divine Physician of Yong’an Temple’ and the ‘Mysterious Wealthy Merchant Who Dispatched 13,000 Coins to Raise Grain’. Reward: 1500 Gold Coins, Reward: 12 Points.]
[Please accept Mission Fourteen (Advanced): Successfully restore the Ninth Prince’s identity and gain the Emperor’s acceptance. Reward: 2500 gold coins, 18 points.]
Su Xi’s understanding of these two consecutive missions was that the story of Yong’an Temple curing the sick and saving lives had become a well-known tale, as had Wan Sanqian’s story of raising grain and sending it to the front lines. However, the people of Yan only knew that there were brave and resourceful people in the Zhenyuan Army who were loyal and protected the entire Yan Kingdom and also provided grain relief in Fengzhou and other places. But they did not know who the divine doctor and divine merchant they had been talking about were.
If we use some means to let the people know that the person is the cub, they will surely be grateful to the cub.
In this way, it would be natural for the child to regain his status as the Ninth Prince, and it would also help the reputation of the royal family.
But the question was, was this what the cub wanted? She had talked to the cub before, and he didn’t seem to want to get involved in the struggle between the princes.
Moreover, once he regained his identity as the Ninth Prince, it seemed that the final mission of this game would not be far away…
After all, with the completion of one mission after another, the game has gradually paved the way for the cub in terms of public opinion, the army, and officials.
As for the emperor, as long as he knew that the child was the son of Consort Qing, he would not become an obstacle for the child.
Furthermore, the Yan state did not have a rule requiring the eldest son to be the crown prince. If the emperor insisted on changing the crown prince, coupled with popular support, the tasks to be completed would not be many.
It would simply be a coup d’état, and the party of the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince wouldn’t be able to refute it.
In other words, once the cub returns to Beijing and completes these two tasks, the final chapter of the game would be just around the corner.
Su Xi felt a sense of melancholy that she couldn’t help but feel. It was like every time she played a game, she would hold her breath and want to finish the game as soon as possible, but when she actually got to the last level, she would feel reluctant to leave. Or when watching a TV series, she would be excited and want to finish it quickly, but when she finished watching the episodes and saw that there were only a few episodes left, she would feel extremely lost.
Moreover, the little one had really grown up recently, and could handle everything perfectly, so he didn’t need her help much anymore.
Suddenly, she no longer wanted to see the game end as soon as possible. She would rather start from that small woodshed in the Ning Wang’s mansion and accompany her child through the past year and a half of life all over again.
Su Xi subconsciously dragged her feet, hoping to complete the last few tasks slowly so that her son could return to Beijing in triumph later.
Lu Huan was filled with hope when he saw that he had reached a total of 145 points. It was as if he had run more than half of a long-distance race and the day he could see her was just around the corner. Therefore, he worked almost non-stop, day and night, to learn about the topography of the entire Yan Kingdom, the taxes and corvée of previous years, and various measures, so as to learn more about the way of governing the country.
The more he did this, the closer he got to a wise ruler who could govern the world, and the more points he gained on the screen.
Therefore, even though he had been leading troops in battle in the North for the past six months, his total points in the system still slowly increased by seven points again in areas such as governing the country by force.
When Su Xi logged back in, she found that her score of 145 had inexplicably jumped to 152. She was utterly devastated! What’s wrong with this lousy game? Does it cheat in the later stages, automatically adding points to players?!
Lu Huan had never intended to restore his identity. Whether he was the Ninth Prince or a son of a concubine in the Ning Wang’s Mansion, it was all just the perspective of outsiders. The person he truly cared about did not care about his identity.
Therefore, he put away the jade pendant while at Changchun Temple. Therefore, when he stopped the assassination attempt in Yunzhou, although he believed most of the story about his background told by the Taoist nun, he still did not present the jade pendant to the emperor.
However, when he saw that tasks fourteen and fifteen required him to restore his original identity, he decided to do them anyway, hoping to accumulate two hundred points as quickly as possible. He could easily take the prince’s position, and he could easily relinquish it as well.
When the assassination attempt occurred in Yunzhou, Lu Huan sensed that the emperor must have already become suspicious of his identity. Over the past six months, the emperor must have discovered something, but the reason he was still holding back was probably because he was waiting for Lu Huan to return to the capital with the Zhenyuan army before making a final confirmation of his identity. This could be a blood test to verify his kinship, or he could be looking for jade pendants or other items on Lu Huan that could confirm his identity.
Lu Huan thought for a moment and did nothing for the time being, except to write a letter and have someone send it back to Changgong Wu by fast horse.
The letter contained nothing, not even a signature, but only inquired about the recent progress of farm affairs.
After finishing this task, Lu Huan stopped paying attention to it for the time being and waited quietly for things to develop.
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Perhaps because minor injuries were commonplace for Lu Huan, and the wound medicine he exchanged from the store was remarkably effective, his injuries healed very quickly.
So every time Su Xi logged on, she saw her son becoming more and more popular in the army and gradually making friends with others besides Yun Xiupang who could discuss military matters with him. On the one hand, she was very gratified, but on the other hand, she still felt a sense of melancholy that her son would gradually no longer need her in the later stages of the game.
However, she felt the problem lay with herself, and perhaps she should change her motherly mindset.
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