Novel Full Chapter 1346: Chapter 1341: Agree, To Be Her Master
Chapter 1346: Chapter 1341: Agree, To Be Her Master
Because of the events that happened before the battle, it was too shocking, too affecting to the morale of the troops.
Lin Sisi had fought in many battles, but this time, she was rendered sleepless through the night, her mood greatly disturbed.
Unable to sleep, she took the sword manual that Chu Yihan had given her and practiced on an open field for a two-hour period, sweating profusely from exhaustion before she started to recover some strength.
Suddenly, she realized there was another person in the open field. She ran over and immediately knelt down, “Emperor! I… did not intend to disturb!”
So Chu Yihan was also unable to sleep!
Chu Yihan looked up at the night sky and said in a cold voice, “No need for formalities.”
“Yes.” After Lin Sisi got up, she held onto her sword and wiped off her sweat.
This was not the first time she had gone to battle with Chu Yihan, but since Chu Yihan was in the field, he did not demand too much propriety, which made her outspoken nature unable to hold back, “Emperor, Chen Ruobai treats lives like grass, utterly despicable! I wish I could march into Qiongzhou City right now and take her life!”
“Hmm.” Chu Yihan said indifferently.
Usually, he would have scolded her, telling her she was impetuous and lacked stability, and would have said she was dreaming, about how it was impossible to kill Chen Ruobai now?
If possible, he would have long taken the Qingfeng Sword and gone himself.
But this time, there was only a hum, as if he was agreeing with what she said.
Lin Sisi’s eyes filled with surprise, and Chu Yihan glanced at her, “At this moment, there is no one else here, no need to adhere to the decorum of ruler and subject, say whatever you want to say.”
He would not scold her.
“Emperor…” Lin Sisi’s heart warmed, and she pursed her lips, “You also regret it, don’t you? Those civilians, even if they broke through the city walls, they are innocent, aren’t they?”
Chu Yihan: “Yes. There are many innocent people in Qiongzhou City.”
“But the army of corpse-controlling insects is formidable, and if we rush to deploy troops, I fear the losses will be heavy,” said Lin Sisi, frustrated, clenching her fists.
To advance, would mean heavy casualties.
To retreat, would mean to watch helplessly as blood flowed into rivers.
Years of campaigning had never been so troublesome.
“Lin Sisi, if you were to be used as bait, placed in extreme danger, would you be willing?” Chu Yihan turned around, looking at Lin Sisi who despised evil.
Lin Sisi was slightly startled, her clear, large eyes stunned, “Use me as bait?”
Perhaps because Chu Yihan had deliberately restrained his usual air of distant authority, Lin Sisi even forgot to mention ‘your servant’.
After thinking it over, she suddenly had an idea, “You mean Chen Ruobai might target me, have me feign surrender, acting as an inside agent like Rong Sheng?”
Before Chu Yihan could speak, she shook her head again, “No, no! I’m not cut out for being an inside agent, Chen Ruobai would only be interested in my ability to lead troops into battle, use me as bait… to lure her in, then you attack the city?”
“Roughly speaking.” Chu Yihan’s gaze grew more solemn, “If successful, it could reduce casualties and save the lives of Qiongzhou City’s citizens.”
Lin Sisi laughed loudly, “If that’s the case, naturally it’s good!”
She knelt on one knee, her face filled with joy, “If you have devised a strategy, Emperor, this one wishes to serve before and behind you, loyal unto death!”
“Shut up.”
Chu Yihan reached out to help her up, “Do not casually hang the word ‘death’ on your lips.”
Lin Sisi chuckled, “Generals die in a hundred battles! As a general, I must be ready to die for my country and my sovereign at any time! But… I still have a small wish, Emperor… master! Could you help fulfill it for me?”
“Have I allowed you to call me master?” Chu Yihan raised an eyebrow and gave her a cold glare.
The authority of the emperor was fully displayed.
Lin Sisi knelt down again, her voice low, “If you’ve already taught me, why can’t I call you master?”
Is there such an emperor who says one thing and does another?
Then don’t give her the sword manual!
Perhaps it was because Chu Yihan had given her the sword manual and military book that she dared to whisper to him, “Master, isn’t it true that every disciple in Wu Ya Valley gets a golden token personally engraved by master himself? When will you give me mine?”
“No, do not be presumptuous.”
Chu Yihan pushed Lin Sisi away in one motion. Clinging like a plaster, she followed him persistently, “Master! Don’t go! Just carve me a token, I promise I won’t show off with it! Master, I’m going to marry your nephew in the future! Don’t be stingy! Master, let me touch the Qingfeng Sword, will you? Master, master…”
Lin Sisi chased after Chu Yihan calling out “master” all night until they arrived at the military camp, where she finally silenced herself.
Chu Yihan, seeing her know her place, decided not to hold it against her.
Meanwhile, Ye Qingru was also unable to sleep and encountered Lin Sisi late at night. Seeing her forehead sweating and her spirited appearance, he approached her for advice, “General Lin, can’t sleep at night either? Is this… just back from practice?”
Lin Sisi nodded, “Yes! General Ye, if you can’t sleep, don’t bother trying! Start practicing, so that on the battlefield tomorrow, we can take Chen Ruobai’s head!”
Ye Qingru, diligent as ever, immediately went back to get his spear and joined Lin Sisi in practicing.
Su Yingxue felt Chu Yihan return to the military tent, but he did not embrace her as usual, instead he lit a candle and sat at the table, his hands busily working on something.
Su Yingxue got dressed and rose, intending to persuade Chu Yihan to rest early.
These days, none of them could rest well; for marching and battling, robust health was most important.
But as she approached with a luminous pearl, she realized Chu Yihan was not looking at maps or writing military books, but carving something.
His method of carving seemed a bit exaggerated – not with a knife or dagger, but by turning inner strength into a blade, inscribing characters stroke by stroke on a gold token.
“Lin…” Su Yingxue watched as the first character carved out by Chu Yihan’s inner strength took form, her chin propped on her hands, she spoke softly, “My husband, are you carving something for someone else?”
This was a gold token!
Since Chu Yihan’s ascension to the throne, he had never granted such a token to anyone; this was not just a reward, but having his inner strength carve the name made it an exceptional honor.
She didn’t have one.
Chu Yihan completed a ‘Lin’ character in one go but did not continue further.
He set down the golden token and rubbed Su Yingxue’s head, “Do you want it? Kneel down, kowtow, and call out ‘master’ for me to hear.”
Su Yingxue slapped away his hand with a light snort, “Don’t even think about it.”
When she should have knelt before him, wanted to kneel before him, he had never allowed it; now he wanted her to kneel?
If she spoiled his temperament, she wouldn’t kneel at all!
Wait a second…
“Lin,” kowtow, call out ‘master’?
“You promised to take Sisi as your disciple?” Su Yingxue’s eyes widened, her face alight with happiness.
On Chu Yihan’s stoic face, devoid of any expression, only his eyes were deep and intense, “I did not say that.”
“You’ve already carved the token!” Su Yingxue snatched the token from his hand to examine it, recalling carefully, “You had said before that your master, the centenarian hermit Wuya Zi, had decreed that his disciples could only take one disciple in their lifetime. To grant a gold token, teach for life – you had intended, someday, to take Heng’er as your disciple and pass on all your martial knowledge to him.”