C27 (1/2)

With the opening of public relations in Gan, it wouldn't be a bad thing for a man like Princess Yun Jiao to enter the palace together with her. The crux of the matter was that this man was Yun Jiao's future husband, the current emperor — Qianyu.

Whoever dared to say no would be courting death.

Mu Yi'an had already received the news that Yun Jiao had gone to see a man and expected it to be the emperor. However, when he saw them appear in front of him hand in hand, he was shocked and helpless.

He had grown up together with Yun Jiao, but they had never been so intimate. Yun Jiao was usually warm and gentle, yet she did not have her current bright and beautiful smile.

Thinking about it, he had been careless. He hadn't realized that her smile might not be sincere.

It was only now that Mu Yi An realized that he had really underestimated Yun Jiao in the past. He had always thought that she was an ordinary girl, gentle and amiable, but he didn't know that this girl was not someone an ordinary girl could compare to.

”Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live our Emperor.” King Yu bowed and prostrated himself on the ground. He glared at Yun Jiao with resentment. ”How dare you …”

”It's fine.” Qianyu raised his hand to interrupt Mu Yi An. His pampering tone was clear, but he smiled and said to Mu Yi'an, ”General Mu, long time no see.”

”I pay my respects to the Emperor. My respects to the Emperor.” Mu Yi'an knelt down and bowed.

”Forget it.” Qian Yu held his hand and said, ”General Mu and I do not need to be courteous. Stand up.”

King Yu hurriedly led Qian Yu in. ”Your Majesty, please sit.”

”Alright, let's all sit. Yun Jiao, come sit here.” Qian Yu pointed to the spot beside him and smiled.

That was originally King Yu's seat. Seeing this, King Yu quickly retreated to the side and gave his chair to Yun Jiao.

Yun Jiao walked over with gentle steps and sat down beside him. ”Thank you, your majesty.”

”You're being too courteous with me.”

Yun Jiao smiled shyly and didn't say anything. She slowly lowered her head and looked at Mu Yi'an from the corner of her eyes, carefully observing his movements.

Mu Yi An pretended not to notice her gaze and lowered his head in silence.

Qian Yu sized up the people in the room and smiled: ”General Mu, seeing that the Autumn Harvest is about to arrive, I'm afraid that the Tigers and Wolves from the northern border are about to attack again. Have you made your preparations?”

The meaning behind his words was, why are you still here? Don't you need to guard the border?

”Reporting to the Emperor, Muyi had already made his preparations. He only needed to wait for them to arrive and would definitely capture them all. Not a single one was left alive.”

Qian Yu nodded his head in satisfaction. ”Since General Mu's garrison at the border city, not only has the number of criminals in the northern border city decreased, even the tax revenue there has been increased by twenty to thirty percent every year. General Mu is actually a good general of our country.”

”Your Majesty's praise is too much, this lowly general doesn't dare to accept it.” Mu Yi An stood up and bowed.

”Haha, General Mu, why be so modest? You are a pillar of our country. With General Mu, our country will be safe.” Qian Yu looked at Mu Yi'an with appreciation. ”Take a seat, General Mu. There's no need to stand on ceremony.”

”Thank you, your majesty.”

Qianyu looked at Mu Yi An and smiled, ”I've heard that the northern border is vast and boundless. I've heard that it's the most magnificent. I've really yearned for it, but unfortunately, I've never seen it before. Tell me about it.”

”Reporting to the Emperor, the scenery of the Northern Frontier …”

”Cough, cough …” Yun Jiao suddenly covered her mouth and nose with the handkerchief and began to cough.

”What? Are you feeling unwell?” Qian Yu asked in a low voice. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to pat Yun Jiao's back with a doting look on his face.

”No, it's just that my throat feels a bit uncomfortable.”

”Here.” Qian Yu served her some tea. ”Drink slowly.”

”Thank you, your majesty.” Yun Jiao blushed as she sipped the tea from her cup. She stole a glance at Mu Yi An and quietly gave him a meaningful glance. If you don't want the emperor to ask anything, then you'll answer without thinking.

Mu Yi An slowly shifted his eyes away and lowered his eyes in silence.

Eunuch Li glanced at the two as his eyes flashed with curiosity. ”General Mu, why aren't you speaking?” The Emperor asked you, how is the northern border? ”

Mu Yi'an's expression was normal as he got up and said respectfully, ”Reporting to the emperor, I have guarded the border for many years. Mu Yi'an's expression was normal as he got up and said respectfully,” Reporting to the emperor, I have guarded the border for many years.

Yun Jiao secretly let out a breath of relief. She sipped her tea and pretended that she didn't hear his reply.