The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!

Huining City was not small; from the Duke’s command tent, circling along the city wall to the camp where Lin Shuo was stationed, it was a distance of several dozens of li, and that very night Qi Er rode his horse to see his father.

After galloping for more than an hour, he saw a stretch of tents in the distance, and Qi Er spurred his horse straight toward the largest one among them.

After exchanging the password with the patrolling soldiers, Qi Er entered the camp.

Standing outside Lin Shuo’s tent, his footsteps suddenly faltered; father and son had not seen each other for many years, what if his father no longer recognized him.

Just then, Lin Shuo lifted the tent flap and walked out.

The tall young man outside the tent caught his eye.

The next instant, Lin Shuo strode forward and pulled Qi Er into a tight embrace.

"Son..."

This embrace was no longer as broad as it had been when he was a child, yet Qi Er’s eyes filled with tears in an instant.

"Dad—"

Even a man like Lin Shuo could not stop his eyes from reddening.

What he held in his arms was the only blood relative he had in this world, and it was precisely because of his existence that he fought so hard, just to give him a better world.

Father and son stayed in each other’s arms for a long time before Lin Shuo let go of Qi Er, patted his shoulder, and said with gratification, "You’ve grown taller."

Qi Er’s height had already surpassed Lin Shuo’s.

Lin Shuo hooked an arm around his son’s shoulders with some effort. "Come, let’s go inside and talk."

After so many years apart, all that father and son wanted to say and to ask could never be finished.

The two of them spent a few comfortable days together.

On the evening of the third day, Lin Shuo urged his son to return to his own camp.

Up to this moment, there was still no news of Jin Country’s surrender; they would probably start the assault on the city tomorrow.

Qi Er rode his fast horse back to camp, and once he returned, he reported back to his superior from leave.

That night, the Duke went to sleep early.

Before a great battle, he had to conserve his strength.

In the middle of the night, the Duke was woken by his personal soldiers. "Marshal, men from Jin Country are here; they wish to discuss terms of surrender with you."

The Duke slowly sat up and dressed unhurriedly, very quickly understanding the crux of the matter.

Coming in the middle of the night to talk about surrender could only mean that the generals defending the city wanted to surrender in private.

If it were Jin Country’s court wishing to surrender, there would be no need for such trouble; they only needed to open the gates tomorrow, and the emperor could come out with his officials and surrender.

The Duke thought for a moment; since he was already up, he might as well personally meet the two deputy generals of the Jin Army.

As expected, it was just as the Duke had guessed: the court did not want to surrender, but the soldiers defending the city were already panic‑stricken, because they knew better than anyone that this was a war that could not be won.

Even if the two hundred thousand troops of Great Chu outside the city did not storm the walls, they could starve them to death simply by laying siege.

During his advance toward Huining, the Duke had enforced a scorched‑earth policy, as a result of which, grain had not been transported to Huining from some regions for a long time.

In Huining, with a population of several hundred thousand, grain reserves were already low, and many commoners were going hungry.

With just a month of encirclement, the people in this city could be starved to death.

The ones who came were two deputy generals of the Jin Army, sent by their superior.

At first they even tried to negotiate terms with the Duke, but the Duke cut them off coldly. "There are no terms to be discussed."

"At dawn tomorrow, the army will begin the assault. If you are truly sincere about surrendering, then when our forces attack the city, lower the drawbridge, open the city gates, then throw down your weapons and kneel on the ground, and you will each be spared a life."

Having said this, the Duke did not wait for their answer, but ordered that the two deputy generals of Jin Country be sent back unharmed.