Would You Like to Have a Drink

Since the New Year, the situation in the world has become increasingly tense.

 

The Yu and Wei countries were barely surviving, both wary of the Great Yuan’s military action. What’s funny was that one of these countries had an old and incompetent monarch, and the other was busy with internal strife. Even at the critical moment of life and death, they were still focused on immediate interests, and their cooperation was not sincere, giving a feeling of “A Taoist friend never dies, a poor Taoist”. (TL: It means people don’t care about the life or death of others, they only care about whether they are well.)

 

At this time, as long as the Great Yuan sent out a little wind, they’d all be trembling with fear and anxiety, seeing enemies in every bush and trees. (TL: describe the extremely frightened and suspicious mentality.)

 

Once upon a time, the iron cavalry of the Great Yuan was the object of everyone’s ridicule. When the Wei Country once dominated the countries, the army directly pressed to the border of other countries, not taking the Great Yuan into consideration at all, and had to obediently send hostages.

 

However, now, times have changed.

 

Unusually, the Great Yuan, which was very enthusiastic about war, had been quiet for a while after the New Year. Even the legions stationed in other places have no intention of continuing to expand, which was quite puzzling.

 

If the Great Yuan did not move, the other two countries were even less likely to move.

 

The Yu Country was now in a heated argument internally. The famous general Lord Wu’an submitted a letter to the Yu Emperor, requesting to go to war. However, the Yu Emperor was an old man who was about to die, and he did not want to take the risk of being the monarch who destroys the country, so the request to fight was repeatedly rejected.

 

At the same time, the Great Yuan finally had some new news.

 

It was said that the Third Prince who sacrificed his life for the country in the battle of Hangu Pass last year had miraculously returned!

 

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was shocked.

 

For the people of the Great Yuan who were beating gongs and drums and rejoicing, the other two countries were worried.

 

The Great Yuan attached importance to military, and there were many good soldiers who could fight. Now the brave and good fighting Third Prince had come back, and it was at this critical juncture, it was simply not giving them a way to survive!

 

Not to mention others, which army in the Great Wilderness, who heard the names of the Third Prince of the Great Yuan and the King of Beining, was not frightened, like a mouse seeing a cat, first losing half of their morale?

 

In this piece of news, several princes who were fiercely fighting for the throne were strangely silent.

 

From the time Zong Luo moved into the Yuchun Palace to the complete recovery of his vision, it was only a little over a month. Most of them were still in a wait-and-see state. As a result, this morning when they went to court, Emperor Yuan issued several edicts in succession, and they were caught off guard.

 

In the Fifth Prince’s Mansion, the menkes and strategists were in a mess. Zong Yuanwu, who had just returned from horse racing in the suburbs, took a look, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open under the surprised eyes of his subordinates.

 

He was the first person to dream, and the dream had the greatest impact on him.

 

Before being honest with the Third Prince, he had to have nightmares every night. After being honest, he was relieved.

 

The feeling in the dream that everything was directly controlled by the old general was too headache-inducing.

 

In recent days, Zong Yuanwu had also tried to participate in the discussions of the menkes.

 

Not liking to fight for power was one thing, but since he set foot on this path a long time ago, he had to go all the way. No matter what, he couldn’t be like in his dreams, without even the right to speak, and still so passive.

 

One should know that Zong Yuanwu used to be a hands-off shopkeeper, only listening to conclusions and never caring about such miscellaneous matters.

 

Seeing the Fifth Prince trying to participate in the discussion, the menkes were shocked, but they were still patient to explain. No matter what they say, they were loyal to the Fifth Prince.

 

Hearing the report from the servants, the old general was relieved and readily gave up his power.

 

On the other side, the quarrel in the Sixth Prince’s mansion was even more intense.

 

The menkes were reporting. “The spy said that the Fourth Prince kept a pill for himself in addition to the elixir presented to His Majesty on the day, and offered it to win over the Third Prince, but he didn’t expect to stumble upon it.”

 

Zong Yongliu was so angry that smoke came out of his seven orifices. “Old Fourth is a fool! Unbearable!”

 

His face was twisted and he was furious.

 

“I originally thought that Old Fourth was a scheming person who knew how to hide. As a result, he was very good, he didn’t even know when he’d delivered a step to someone! Losing the wife and the troops.” (TL:  lose the bait along with the fish)

 

As he walked, Zong Yongliu swept off the case slips placed on the bookshelf, unable to restrain his anger. “Want to win over the Third Prince, want military power, don’t even see whether you are making a wedding dress for others!” (TL: being busy, but are not getting any benefits, instead you are contributing to the good things of others)

 

The strategists also slapped their legs and sighed. “This minister didn’t expect it either, the Third Prince who was the most clear and bright in the past, would have such shrewdness!”

 

Yes, who could have thought?

 

Even Zong Yongliu couldn’t think of it.

 

He used to laugh at Zong Luo’s naivety with his menkes.

 

It wasn’t until now that Zong Yongliu was shocked to realize that he had misread this Third Prince who only knew how to fight, and did not exercise his own influence on weekdays, and even pursued brotherly love in the imperial family.

 

Returning to the court, losing his memory and blindness, it seemed that he had lost the opportunity to inherit the throne, but in fact he advanced by retreating. Not only did he successfully capture the attention of the Father Emperor, successfully move into the Yuchun Palace, but also won the appreciation of the Tai Wei.

 

Zong Yongliu only felt smoke coming out of his seven orifices.

 

One should know that he had been chasing after Shen Xinyue’s ass for several years and had not been able to get it down. He even did not hesitate to hint at the Father Emperor in various ways, hoping to ask for a marriage decree. It’s a pity that the father emperor put it off on the grounds that the Third Prince had not yet married, and how long had it been since then, he turned his head and wanted to give Shen Xinyue to the Third Prince.

 

It must be Zong Luo who heard some wind and spoke in front of the Father Emperor. Not only did he ruin his good deeds, but he also wanted to snatch this good deed away!

 

Zong Yongliu was both shocked and angry.

 

Zong Luo originally had military power, plus with the support of Tai Wei. Thinking about it carefully, the San Gong have all become his henchmen. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s like adding wings to a tiger!  (TL: San Gong-three highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese ( I previously translated it as Three Councillors)

 

All these were fine, but what made him most angry was Shen Xinyue.

 

From the beginning, he set his mind on the imperial decree of marriage, without considering what Shen Xinyue would feel. When the rice was cooked, naturally there was no room for the latter to refuse.

 

Although Tai Wei seemed more like an honorary title, he still had power in his hands.

 

This nailed board, the fat that was about to reach his mouth flying away, how could Zong Yongliu not be angry?

 

“Originally, we ministers thought we only needed to guard against the Fifth Prince, but who would have thought that such a dark horse would emerge.”