Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

"Who?" Feng Ao Si blurted out.

Feng Ao Kuai felt like face palming but he resisted the urge to do that as he instead looked at Long Qian Xing. For some reason, he had already guessed who among the current generals would be the one to get that position.

"General Wei," Feng Ao Kuai said in a low voice.

Shangguan Xiao chuckled. "General Shangguan."

Hearing his name called, Shangguan Xian arched his eyebrows for a moment but said nothing. He didn't really care about those position because he only cared about what he should do when he was at the battlefield.

If there were enemies?

Crush them!

It was as simple as that.

"General Long." Nan Luo looked at Long Qian Xing. "Not you but your father."

Long Qian Xing arched his eyebrows. Why did it sound as if Nan Luo was saying that he was not comparable to his father? Though, Long Qian Xing knew for sure that the current him was indeed couldn't be compared to his father.

"There are also General Feng, General Chi, and General Cao." Feng Ao Kuai furrowed his eyebrows. General Cao was the replacement general who took over the position of General Mu. With the wound General Mu sustained, there was no chance for him to return to the battlefield.

The adjutant ended up becoming the general to lead the soldiers. After all, General Mu's children were not as capable as him and couldn't be like Shangguan Xian who took over his father's soldiers.

"Only the most outstanding ones will be picked." Long Qian Xing chuckled. "We shall see who shall stand at the very end."

"The race is on." Nan Luo chuckled.

Chi Song Lian snorted. "Naturally."

"I wouldn't lose." Shangguan Xiao shrugged. While he didn't seem to care, there were many people who had thought of Shangguan Xiao as another future general. He might not be that strong in close combat battle, but his mind worked much faster than ordinary people.

Nan Hua watched from the side.

She naturally knew who will succeed and who will fail but because there were some additional new people like her twin brother, the list might change. Not to mention, this method would only truly be implemented in a few more years.

On the first battle that would take place in a few more months after Winter this year had passed, this method hadn't been properly implemented yet.

After all, these commanders hadn't been promoted yet.

They all talked a bit more before leaving on their separate ways. However, the heart of these youths were now in fire. They were all already feeling impatient to head back to the battlefield in order to make sure that they would be able to get the spot of Great General.

Long Qian Xing went through another way and headed to a secluded tower. He climbed the stairs with familiarity before reaching the top. This time, Emperor Yang Zhou was not reading but instead looking outside.

"It's a close one this time."

"No one would have thought that Prime Minister Lei is so daring to propose another joint war after the last one." Long Qian Xing chuckled.

Many years ago, there has been a joint war against Qi Xi Kingdom that caused the kingdom to shrink so much. But the fact remained that Qi Xi Kingdom stood tall and prevented the other kingdoms from swallowing them whole.

Prime Minister Lei wanted to crush Fei Yang Kingdom using the same method. After all, he knew that their current Emperor was someone who would be a threat to them if he was allowed to take total control of the court and the kingdom. Before that happened, he had to crush Fei Yang Kingdom.

But his plan failed.

And he even had to pay a huge price to settle that.

"If the current emperor is different, he might have succeeded." Emperor Yang Zhou turned around and looked at Long Qian Xing. His gaze was cold because he knew what the consequences would be should Prime Minister Lei succeeded.

"But it's not." Long Qian Xing faintly. "The inauguration will take place in a few more weeks. Before that happen, you will have to select your Empress."

"Ah..." Emperor Yang Zhou sighed and rubbed his forehead.

His harem was already filled with a lot of women from various families. Right now, selecting any of them to become an Empress would be a bit inappropriate because Emperor Yang Zhou didn't really like any of them. And picking randomly wouldn't do because their family would protest.

And their bearing was not suitable to become the Empress.

"And Empress selection might be a good idea."

"Empress Selection?" Emperor Yang Zhou narrowed his eyes as he looked at Long Qian Xing in front of him. For some reasons, he had the feeling that Long Qian Xing had a different goal in his mind when he proposed this. "Speak."

Long Qian Xing smiled and began to explain what he wanted. Hearing the plan from Long Qian Xing, Emperor Yang Zhou was totally speechless. Though he had to admit, only someone like Long Qian Xing could think of such plan to make sure that it satisfied all parties.

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<Nan Luo's side.>

Nan Luo stretched his arm as he walked out. He felt a bit tired after interacting with these people. He had to admit that swinging his sword at the battlefield sounded like a much more pleasant choice right now.

"Now I understand why these generals didn't like to go back to the Capital City," Nan Luo said in a sour mood.

Feng Ao Si rolled his eyes. "What's so nice about going back here? You can't even do anything you want to do in this kind of place."

"I can visit Hua'er."

"…"

"Do you really have to go to the Capital City if you want to visit her?" Feng Ao Si was obviously speechless.

Nan Luo blinked his eyes. "I can't possibly bring her to the battlefield openly, can I?'