This is a major battle, and if it's not simulated properly, the consequences of any problems would be absolutely unimaginable.
After all, this involves three major countries: Zhao, Wei, and Yunyue.
If you count the countries secretly involved, it even includes the Xiongnu and Yan.
Thinking of this, Chu Chen immediately planned to bring up the system interface and simulate it.
"Bang, bang, bang."
A knock on the bedroom door made Chu Chen stop.
He opened the door and found his own Jin Yi Wei, asking, "What happened?"
"Prime Minister, someone from the palace is here. They say His Majesty requests your presence for an important matter."
Chu Chen paused, glanced at a woman dressed as a palace maid not far away, and nodded.
Since it was an imperial summons, he naturally had to go.
As for the simulation, it would be better to handle it after he returned.
Chu Chen followed the palace maid to the palace and arrived outside the Empress's sleeping quarters.
"Prime Minister, please follow me."
The palace maid led Chu Chen out of the carriage, and they entered the Empress's sleeping quarters together. Only when they met the Empress herself did the palace maid withdraw.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived."
The Empress nodded, glanced at Chu Chen, and waved her hand at the palace maid, saying, "I understand, you may withdraw."
After the palace maid left, the Empress beckoned to Chu Chen, saying, "Chu Chen, come here."
Chu Chen looked at the Empress busy at her desk, and with a somewhat strange expression, he came to her side and stood respectfully.
With some palace maids still around, Chu Chen naturally couldn't show any unusual behavior.
However, as he approached within three feet of the Empress, Chu Chen smelled a fragrance he had never encountered before.
This faint scent involuntarily drew his gaze to the Empress, as if she possessed infinite magic.
"Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, I need to discuss some confidential matters with the Prime Minister. Your services are not needed here. All of you, leave, and ensure no one approaches within five zhang of this place."
The Empress said coldly.
Hearing this, the palace maids quickly agreed, then left on their knees, closing the door.
At this point, Chu Chen's heart became uneasy. What did the Empress intend to do by sending everyone away and closing the door?
"Your Majesty, may I ask what important matter Your Majesty summoned me here for?"
The Empress snorted, "Important matter? Can't I summon you without an important matter?"
Chu Chen's expression became somewhat strange, and he swallowed with difficulty, "This, Your Majesty, of course not. I am currently planning how to deploy troops, so time is a bit tight."
As he spoke, Chu Chen looked at the Empress and found her looking at him with a very aggressive gaze. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and quickly averted his eyes.
Even though it was only with his peripheral vision, Chu Chen could feel the Empress's body's instinctive allure towards him.
In the past, he only felt that the Empress was high and mighty, a being towards whom he could never harbor improper thoughts.
But now, after they had engaged in intimate relations as man and woman, and not just once, Chu Chen's mindset had gradually changed.
He no longer saw the Empress as someone unattainable.
In this way, he could regard the Empress as a real woman.
Seen this way, the Empress was truly incredibly alluring, noble in status, beautiful in appearance, and peerless in temperament.
Perhaps she was a bit older, but what of it?
With the Empress's current cultivation, her physical age was at most equivalent to an ordinary woman of thirty.
At this age, the Empress was at her peak of charm and radiance, yet it was precisely at this time that the Empress met Chu Chen.
The Empress's thoughts at this moment were not entirely innocent. In the past, she had never considered having anything with a man.
But since the first "mistake" with Chu Chen, a seed had been planted in the Empress's heart. By the second time, this seed had already sprouted, absorbing nutrients.
The Empress had originally thought she could suppress her extraneous thoughts and cease any private relationship with Chu Chen after that incident, but she was wrong.
Once something like this began, how could it be easily ended just because one wished it?
Even with the Empress's profound cultivation, once she embarked on the path of intimacy, it would be an unstoppable cascade.
If the two were separated by vast distances, it would be fine; she would only think about it in her heart, and the seed would remain but not take root and sprout.
But her situation with Chu Chen was different. They were almost constantly together, like a seed that was watered, fertilized, and cared for daily. How could it not sprout and take root?
The current Empress was like a young woman who had just had two intimate encounters with her lover, her inner longing evident.
This was why, as soon as Chu Chen arrived, the Empress wanted all the palace maids to leave.
She was truly afraid that if she revealed herself in front of the palace maids, this matter would be exposed, leading to uncontrollable consequences.
"Chu Chen, do you think I am old?"
The Empress suddenly asked.
Chu Chen was stunned and quickly shook his head, "Your Majesty is not old."
The Empress pouted, looking unconvinced, "Why can't I quite believe that? If I'm not old, why did you never look at me more before?"
Chu Chen was momentarily taken aback, then said with a helpless expression, "Your Majesty, you are the Emperor. How could I dare to look at you?"
"Besides, I am betrothed to Xin Yue. This is already settled. How could I dare to have any other improper thoughts?"
The Empress nodded and said, "Then why do you dare to look now?"
Chu Chen was stunned, his mind suddenly going blank. Of course, he knew the Empress was referring to just now.
"Your Majesty, I dare not. I was merely... by chance."
The Empress frowned and said, "What 'Your Majesty'? When there's no one else around, just call me Mei Niang."
Chu Chen was surprised, "Mei Niang?"
The Empress nodded, "That is my childhood name."
Chu Chen quickly lowered his head and said respectfully, "I dare not."
The Empress lightly patted Chu Chen's arm, "What dare or dare not? You've already been intimate with me, what are you still talking about? Last time in your room, why didn't you say you dared not?"
"I think you're quite bold, you dare to do anything."
Hearing this, Chu Chen became even more embarrassed and also somewhat helpless. What was this? Wasn't Your Majesty the one who took the initiative last time?
And now she was blaming him. It was true that with power in hand, one could say and do anything.
However, Chu Chen didn't think too much about it. After all, she was the Empress, and she had the final say in everything within Yunyue. What more could he say?
Seeing Chu Chen remain silent, the Empress continued, "What's wrong? There's no one else here, and you're still so formal?"