Shao Yan worriedly said: "But we currently have more than 800 large and small ships in total. How can we compete with the Nile Kingdom, which is known as a 'sea power'?"
Cao Xuanjiao said: "This is enough. We can first let Zhang Huaide and Chang Yixiao lead a group of people to disguise themselves as a circus team and sneak into the island to attract the local residents to one place. Then we will send out follow-up troops one after another.
, try to set the battlefield on the water, this is to avoid hurting innocent people..."
Just as she was about to continue, Shao Yan interrupted: "The queen is unaware of something. It is said that the King of the Nile Kingdom has reached an agreement with Liang Jun to unite to deal with us. Now the Chu army is watching eagerly outside the mountain.
Once the battle starts, how can they stand idly by?"
Cao Xuanjiao smiled calmly and said: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient. Please listen to what I have to say. I have heard a little bit about the alliance between King Nile and Liang Jun. Since the two countries have reached an agreement, there must be certain benefits for each other."
, I once heard that the king of the Nile Kingdom is just a conservative king. With his character, he will definitely not send troops to attack us easily. If I am not wrong, it must be the commander-in-chief of the Liang Kingdom who advocates the alliance. Its purpose
It just makes us suffer from enemies from both sides.”
Shao Yan nodded approvingly: "The Queen's analysis makes sense."
"The king of the Nile Kingdom is greedy. He will never take orders from Liang Jun before he gets corresponding benefits. However, Liang Jun is determined to destroy me and will definitely send the so-called gifts to the island in a short period of time. As long as we
If you pay more attention to those docks in the past few days, you will definitely gain something," Cao Xuanjiao said calmly.
"I understand, what you mean is that we first try to rob Liang Jun's gift to King Nile, and then we can hand it over to him." Shao Yan couldn't help but suddenly realized after her suggestion.
"That's what I mean," Cao Xuanjiao said with a slight chin.
It is said that modern people have smart minds, which is nonsense. In my opinion, we just have more historical experience than them. When it comes to wisdom, how many people dare to say that they are better than the ancients? Shao Yan hugged his hands tightly
Cao Xuanjiao stayed with Cao Xuanjiao, her face full of gratitude and said: "Thank you, Xuanjiao, I thought about it for two days and couldn't think of a good solution, but you solved it in a few words. You are indeed my good wife."
Cao Xuanjiao's face turned red, she bit her lips and whispered: "The emperor is making fun of me again, and I am also talking nonsense."
"What you gave me was a brilliant idea. How could it be 'nonsense'?" Shao Yan sat up straight and said in a serious tone: "I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. My wife has made a contribution this time by offering advice, so she naturally wants to reward her. She said,
What reward do you want? I’ll give it to you.”
Cao Xuanjiao blushed and giggled. Her bright smile was like a flower blooming in spring, making people want to kiss it.
Seeing the emperor staring at him intently, Cao Xuanjiao felt shy and said softly: "The emperor just said that he would reward his concubines. I wonder if this is true?"
"A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with."
"In this case, I would like to ask the Emperor to return to the palace to rest. The Emperor has not had enough sleep these days. I hope that the Emperor can temporarily put down all the work he is doing and have a good rest." When Cao Xuanjiao said this, he hurriedly added: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I
I just need to explain to the female official Mu for a while, so I won’t have to go to the court today. If the ministers have something urgent to report, I can ask the female official Mu to bring it to you and submit it to you. It will never delay the political affairs."
Shao Yan looked at the sky outside which was still a bit gray. If we were to measure time according to modern times, this time should be around five o'clock in the morning. The morning service usually started at eight o'clock. There were still three hours left before now. Anyway, he thought about the problem.
It's been solved. It's better to go back and lie down in bed for a while. It won't be too late to recuperate before going to court. After thinking about it, he put on his cloak and walked out of the imperial study with Cao Xuanjiao and walked straight towards the palace.
Along the way, the couple talked and laughed. Just when they happened to pass by the Imperial Garden, they saw the figure of a woman sitting crookedly in a pavilion not far away. She looked preoccupied. Shao Yan recognized her at a glance.
It's Liu Meng, she thought to herself, this girl didn't sleep so early in the morning, why is she sitting here? Could it be that she's here to wait for me?
Cao Xuan said softly: "Your Majesty, Miss Liu has been like this these days. She sits here in a daze every day and doesn't know what happened?"
What could possibly happen to her? Apart from being broken up or lost in love, Shao Yan knew it well. Since she came back from the mountain last time, this girl's mood has been stabilized. At least she won't run away from home at every turn, but her whole person has become more...
She used to be a lot melancholy. It's no wonder that anyone would feel embarrassed if she was asked to choose between her father and her sweetheart. In order to reduce the pain in this girl's heart, Shao Yan often avoided her intentionally or unintentionally. Now he pulled Cao Xuanjiao's hand.
Hands, pretending not to see anything, continue walking forward
"Little Second Uncle"
On the day, this girl's ears are really good. Shao Yan stopped for a long time, turned around slowly, and Liu Meng quickly ran to him. Cao Xuanjiao was a reasonable woman after all, so she blessed Shao Yan and left first.
Got it
Seeing the queen leaving, Liu Meng relaxed a lot and said, "Second uncle, why have you been avoiding me these days?"
Shao Yan said with a smile: "No, how could I avoid you? Oh, I have been too busy these two days. I will come to see you after finishing the work at hand. I have something to do now, so I won't
I’ll accompany you, you can just stroll around.” After saying that, he turned around and left, thinking that I can’t afford to offend him, so why can’t I hide away?
Liu Meng quickly blocked in front of him, pouted and said: "You said you didn't hide from me. You clearly have something in your heart and don't dare to look at me."
Shao Yan laughed loudly: "There is something wrong with me? My eldest lady, where did you see it? To tell you the truth, the armies of Chu and Liang have gathered outside the mountain and will attack at any time. The Ni on the island
Luo Guo is also ready to make a move. I have a headache and it’s too late. How can I have time to talk to you?”
"I know this, but this is not the real reason why you alienate me." Liu Meng's pretty face showed a trace of sadness, and she said faintly: "Little uncle, in fact, Mengmeng didn't mean anything else. Mengmeng was on the mountain that day.
I said that I will respect my father’s wishes and stay with him throughout my life, so you don’t have to feel embarrassed. In Mengmeng’s heart, you will always be Mengmeng’s little uncle.”
To be able to speak so resolutely, an ordinary woman would have burst into tears long ago. It seems that this girl is still quite strong. Shao Yan took a breath of air and thought to himself, this eldest brother is really,
In the past, I always thought he was an enlightened father, but I didn’t expect that he still followed the old feudal way when it came to the marriage of his children. Hey, since this girl has said it to this extent, what else can I say? Then cheerfully
He smiled and said: "It's good if you think so. Take good care of your father and your brother. My second uncle is also proud to have such a filial niece like you."
After Liu Meng heard this, tears burst out of her eyes and flowed down her nose. She could no longer control the myriad of things in her heart. She rushed forward and hugged Shao Yan and cried loudly. Shao Yan couldn't laugh or cry.
Girl, you really don’t need praise. I just complimented you a few times, but I didn’t expect it to start raining heavily so soon.
"Okay, okay, don't cry. If people see it, they will think that I am bullying you."
Liu Meng's crying gradually stopped. Although her voice was not very loud, it still alarmed the troublemakers in the palace, especially the queen's personal maid Yun He. This girl was not a light-saving lamp. She quietly hid in the pavilion.
On the edge of the tree behind, he secretly cursed a vixen, and then hurriedly left the scene. Because he was walking in such a hurry on the road, Mu Ying happened to be walking in a hurry from the other side, and the two of them bumped into each other.
Yun He sat down on the ground, and Mu Ying quickly leaned over to help her up. Who knew that as soon as the girl got up, she slapped her hard and cursed: "You slave, don't you have eyes? You are so wide."
If you don’t walk on my own path, you will bump into me.”
Mu Ying was very aggrieved, thinking that she had helped her up with good intentions, but she never thought that this person could be so unreasonable. If sister Ruxue hadn't asked me to give her some mercy, how would I have been insulted? Then she replied in succession:
"I'm sorry, I just left too quickly. Wasn't Sister Yunhe hurt?"
"Sister? Who is your sister?" Yunhe raised her eyebrows. She patted the dust on her butt and said arrogantly: "I am the queen's close bodyguard with a gold medal. Who do you think you are? You deserve it.
Do I call you sister?"
"You have to be lenient and be merciful. Miss Yunhe is the Queen's golden bodyguard, but Concubine Mu is the emperor's female official. Who is older and who is younger? Miss Yunhe will weigh it herself."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ruxue, holding a sword, slowly walked over from the side. Yun He took two steps back and said angrily: "Is it you? You slapped me last time, and I haven't argued with you yet? You,
What do you want?" His tone was a little trembling, obviously he was scared of being beaten last time.
"Ruxue is the emperor's imperial guard, and you are the queen's maid. Ruxue dare not do anything to you?" Bai Ruxue smiled indifferently and followed: "However, if you commit a crime, Ruxue will do the same.
You can report it to the emperor and let him punish you."
"You, you dare?" Yun He was so frightened that he took a few steps back and said tremblingly: "I am the queen's gold medal close bodyguard. If you are rude to me, you are not giving her face."
"Face is earned by oneself. For someone like you who is domineering all day long, those servants only show respect to you on the surface, but how many of them actually obey you? Of course, if you insist on having your own way, you will be treated as such.
Didn’t say anything”
"Bai Ruxue, don't be arrogant just because you are the emperor's imperial bodyguard. I'm warning you, if you offend me, you will offend the empress, and you will reap the fruits from now on," Yun He said aggressively.
Bai Ruxue ignored her, but paid attention to the bruises on Mu Ying's face, and said softly: "Sister, let's go, I will take you to the imperial doctor to get some medicine."
Mu Ying shook her head with a smile: "It's okay, sister, it doesn't hurt at all."
While the two were talking, Yun He was furious, but she was no match for Bai Ruxue. She rolled her eyes and suddenly saw a small stone on the side of the road. Without saying a word, she picked it up and threw it towards Bai Ruxue.