Honghui's POV
Court meeting was very tiring today. Although it was the same problem everyday, it was a very big problem. The bandits in Xuzhou. They were growing bigger everyday and nobody had a definite solution. The soldiers were tired after fighting bravely in the last battle. The country needed to heal.
What worried me was that General Wu had also been injured in the last battle and the nation's resources had greatly diminished. All this problems always made me think of Juan'er. If only she was here. She would surely have a solution. They say behind every great man, there is a woman. My backbone was Li Juan.
Unfortunately, she was more. Not a single day passes that I don't mourn her death. I remembered it as if it had just happened yesterday.....
The phoenix eclipse had just happened. The time stone had exploded blasting all of us to the ground. Then my mind suddenly went to her. My Juan'er... I tried looking everywhere for her. I searched. I searched and searched... But my Juan'er. She had fainted... It was later on when she woke up that I realized that Juan'er 's soul was gone..
Tianfei told me her soul had scattered during the phoenix blast. Another person's soul was in her body.. There was no need to keep her by my side anymore. At least, she could help me control the duke.
"Greetings Your Majesty" my eunuch, Bao jing said.
"Speak! What is the news?"
"Everything is going as planned. The duke has set his eyes on her. He thinks you are planning with the princess to sabotage him and he is planning for the wedding" Bao jing said.
The duke wanted everything I had . He is always so cautious but every man has his weakness. His weakness was the same as mine. Wu Li Juan. Only that he had no idea that the real Li Juan was dead..
But she was getting married. Any fool will know that she was different from before. That will not be a good thing. Am sure right now, she can't fight. I had to do something about that and I knew just what to do.
"Bao jing, get me the royal stamp" I said smiling.
This solution will solve both the bandits at Xuzhou and Li Juan's inability to fight.