Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

"What is the plan for conquering Pan Kingdom?"

"Take care of Ye Lei and Ye Jiu," Soujin answered.

"Ye Jiu," Yan tilted his head, "I think I have heard his name before this."

"He's the nephew of the emperor of Pan Kingdom. He was famous for a long time ago because of his ability in reading his opponent move in the battlefield. Before Ye Lei is famous, he is already long being famous," Jun Hua answered.

Yan didn't know about it. Ming Hui coughed, "You always skipping class, it's normal for you to not know about him."

"But, I have never heard about him in the recent time," Yan protested.

"He's not in the east part of Pan Kingdom, but rather he's on the northwest part. Pan Kingdom didn't only have one border to the Ming Kingdom. They have another border out there. Don't tell me that you didn't know this too?"

"I know this one! But, the one on the border is a mysterious tribe that no one can conquer. They are living inside a foggy forest and no one could conquer them," Yan interjected.

Jun Hua chuckled, "That is until Prince Ye Jiu come. He manages to push the tribe back far away and since then, he watches over them. Aside from him, no one could counter the tribe, so he's famous in this country."

Soujin nodded. From hearing the news, he knew that this tribe was really troublesome. For Ye Jiu to successfully push them back, it showed that he was not an ordinary prince and general. In terms of ability, it was possible that he was far above Ye Lei.

"I see," Yan looked towards Soujin, "Can you defeat him if he were to come here?"

Soujin stayed silent for a moment, "I don't know. But, it's going to be an interesting fight."

Yan was really surprised. In his opinion, there was not a single general capable to overcome Soujin's ability. With Soujin usual way of arrogance, it was clear that Soujin would have the confidence to beat other people. However, this was the first time that even Soujin didn't feel confident to beat someone.

This was truly unexpected because it meant that their change of winning was not that high. Yan smiled, "If it's you, I'm sure that you can."

Soujin didn't answer. Ming Hui smiled internally. Although he was also worried about the possibility of Soujin lost, he knew that there were two astounding people here. However, he didn't understand why Jun Hua chose to hide her identity even until now. If only she also led the soldiers from the frontline, their march would become unstoppable.

Jun Hua stayed silent on the side. It was not that she didn't want to reveal her identity, but she couldn't do it. She was not allowed to touch her sword for a good reason, and she has to live only as the princess. Even if she revealed it, it would not help much.

"Will he come here?" Yan looked upward.

"He will," Ming Hui said slowly, "Aside from him, there will be no one in Pan Kingdom capable to stop Soujin."

"What about the crown prince?"

Hearing Yan's answer, the three of them smiled wryly. It seemed that Yan would need to renew his lesson in history once again. His knowledge over such things was really low to the point that they couldn't believe that he was a genuine prince.

"Is there anything wrong?" seeing their face, Yan felt that he has said something so stupid once again. He has lost his face numerous times today.

"The emperor only has one useless son. The outstanding princes in Pan Kingdom are only his two nephews, Prince Ye Lei and Prince Ye Jiu," Jun Hua explained. She felt that she was Yan history teacher for today. How many times more should she explain things for him?

Yan really wanted to bury his face deep into the earth. He actually forgot about such things. However, it made him wondered why all the big Kingdoms in this area didn't have any decent crown prince. The Yuan and Mountain Kingdom didn't have any prince, Ming Kingdom crown prince was awesome (aka pampered), Kai Kingdom crown prince was stupid, and lastly Pan Kingdom crown prince was useless.

"Why is this era full of unique people?" he wondered.

Jun Hua shrugged, "It seems the way the previous emperor pick people need to be questioned."

Not every era has a good leader. There were times when a useless and annoying leader led them, but usually, there were still people who could direct the court. Because of that, the big kingdoms could prosper. That was until today where three kingdoms already fell, and one already gave up.

"Let's discuss our strategy. The first opponent is Ye Lei."

"You're right, where is the map?"

"Over here.

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Pan Kingdom East Border

Ye Lei looked towards the woman in front of him with an indifferent expression. However, if one were to look at him closely, they would see the faint ripple in his eyes.

After taking Xuan Pei back, he found out that Lan Gao Ya had died right after hearing the news about the death of Ming Gong and the escape of the emperor. When he came home, he saw the usual cold and detached woman was no more.

"Your Highness?" the servants trembled when they asked.

Ye Lei merely gave them an indifferent gaze and they were all already terribly scared. He waved his hand and they all scampered outside. No one dared to actually talk to the prince especially when he was in bad mood.

Ye Lei looked towards the dead woman in front of him. No one knew what he was thinking from his cold and indifferent expression. After some time, he walked outside with Lan Gao Ya's necklace on his palm, "Bury her according to royal custom."

"Yes Your Highness."

"Has Ye Jiu returned?" Ye Lei turned to another servant.

The servant shook his head and stuttered, "Not yet, the…the emperor edict has come out, but he hadn't return yet."

Ye Lei didn't answer anything. When he met the other party the year before, he knew that Ye Jiu had changed since he seemed different. Although Ye Jiu seemed to be the same annoying cousin of his, he found out that the other party was getting out of his reach.

Getting the assignment to the northeast, the emperor only made it difficult for Ye Jiu. That cousin of his managed to push the tribe back, which set their achievement apart. However, his eyes when he met with him are not that of joy.

He turned to Xuan Pei, "Has Nanglong family move to strike Pan Kingdom?"

"Yes, they have started moving."

"Then, it's time for us to join the fray," Ye Lei looked to the front, his eyes glinted. His task here was not over yet.