Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

Hearing such words suddenly, Luo Ke was no less shocked than Zuo Yi.

But she quickly adjusted her expression and asked tentatively, "Could it be that the lord just let the fifth prince lead by the nose?"

Zoe sighed heavily.

In his heart, he never wanted to provoke the King of Bei'an.

After all, he now has the capital to fight against the fifth prince, and a large part of it is because of Qi You's financial aid to him.

Otherwise, with his ability, it is impossible to have an army of this size today.

Before, his secret agreement with Qi You was that Qi You would support him to become a Khan of the grasslands, and he would hand over the five border cities.

But now, the fifth prince directly transferred the battlefield to the border, which was beyond Zuo Yi's expectations.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then said to Luo Ke, "I'm afraid it's hard to shake this result."

Luo Ke had always acted as his most trusted translator before, so Luo Ke knew many things for a long time, and Zuo Yi did not hide her, and said directly: "You may not know, since last year, the rain on the grasslands has not been sufficient. The grazing meadows are shrinking year by year.

"Usually when Khan was in power, we should have been planning the southern expedition."

Nomads have been like this since ancient times. As long as there is not enough food to eat, they will think about looting south.

"The Fifth Prince's decision coincides with the needs of other tribes." Zuo Yi murmured, "Those tribal chiefs under my command who do not know about my relationship with King Beian heard the news and all agreed with it.

"This southern expedition... it is estimated that it is inevitable."

Luo Ke's eyes darkened: "If the Nanzheng really angered the King of Bei'an... He jumped over the wall and exposed the transaction with the prince, so the prince has not directly lost the qualification to compete for the khan throne? "

Just like the Sheng Dynasty did not allow commercial and intermarriage with the Rong family, the Rong family also looked down on the people of the Sheng Dynasty.

A prince who is subsidized by the Sheng Dynasty will not be recognized by the tribes.

"Yes!" Zuo Yi nodded heavily, "This king is worried about this."

Seeing Prince Zuo's attitude, Luo Ke rolled his eyes and had some thoughts: "My concubine feels that the fifth prince's plan is actually a great opportunity for the prince."

"Huh?" Zoe looked at her in surprise.

He grabbed Luo Ke's shoulder: "Beauty, what can you do, tell me quickly!"

Luo Ke smiled and leaned directly into Zuo Yi's arms: "My lord, originally we needed to face the fifth prince directly, and the outcome is unpredictable.

"If the fifth prince is willing to lead the army to the south, you might as well unite with the king of Bei'an and annihilate him in one fell swoop.

"In this way, as long as we cover it up well, our chances of winning will be even greater, and secondly, if the fifth prince dies, who else is your opponent in the royal court?"

Zoe was taken aback.

Before coming back, such a thought flashed in his mind.

But he is a member of the Rong clan after all, and he has more scruples than Luo Ke: "The fifth prince... is my relative after all.

"Let foreigners slaughter the soldiers and people of our Rong clan... Is it really okay?"

Luo Ke buried his face in his chest, hiding his expression, and asked, "Did you forget how Miha's princes died?

"With the temperament of the fifth prince and the Tianyi people, if the prince does not fight for it, can he still retreat?"

As she said that, she had put on a sad expression: "My concubine is willing to accompany the prince back to the tribe and spend the rest of his life.

"But what the concubine is afraid of is that the prince doesn't even have a chance to leave!"

Zuo Yi was awakened a little by her, with a struggling look in his eyes.

But after Luo Ke cried out, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!

"Things have come to this point, either he's dead or I'm alive, I can't be soft-hearted!"

He helped Luo Ke wipe the tears from his face: "Don't worry, beauty! This king will never fail, and let you fall into the hands of people who are inferior to pigs and dogs!"

Luo Ke cooperated to hold back tears, and judo said "yes".

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On the other hand, Qi You was preparing to return to reject Rong after handling the internal affairs of Liaozhou.

There is not much rain this year, and Liaozhou, which is located in the north, has been more or less affected.

But now the whole Liaozhou has been rectified by Qi You long ago. Under the rule of officials, the people can live in peace.

Due to the timely response to the disaster, Liaozhou, except for the most barren and arid region in the northwest, did not experience any problems.

Qi You first sent people to assist in the affairs of the northwest region and relieve the disaster in the northwest, while handing the book for tax reduction and disaster relief to the capital.

Because the disaster is not big, he seeks truth from facts and asks for not much money for disaster relief.

After solving all this, he took his two children and embarked on the road back to Jirong.

At this time, he didn't know that it was these two small papers that triggered a series of chain reactions in the next prosperous dynasty, which indirectly accelerated the demise of this dynasty.

As soon as he returned to Jirong, two urgent secret letters were sent to his case before he and Cao Mi had been warm for a few days.

One of them was, of course, a message from Luo Ke.

After Qi You saw the movements of the Rong clan, he just sneered at the corner of his mouth.

Qi San saluted beside him and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to inform General Lei Li about this first?"

Lei Li is now guarding Feng Rong in the far north. If the Rong clan invades south, he is the first line of defense against the Rong clan.

Qi You thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."

He knocked on the table and analyzed: "The tribes of the grassland are extremely scattered, and the fifth prince of the Rong family wants to hold a blood-bath meeting to settle the matter, and it will inevitably be until the end of this year.

"Afterwards, all ethnic groups will raise rations for soldiers and soldiers to prepare for the southern invasion, and they will need to go to next year."

"Yes." Qi San nodded.

"This way..." Qi You looked up at him and instructed: "Send a letter to Lei Li and ask him to arrange Feng Rong's affairs, and come over next month to refuse Rong.

"There are some things I need to talk to him face to face."

"Yes." Qi San cupped his hands and replied.

After that, he asked again: "According to what Luo Ke said in the letter, during this time, Geer's side should be asked to meet by Prince Zuoyi... When and where does the prince want to decide?"

Speaking of this, Qi You rubbed his forehead.

After a while, he said: "If they really send such a request, you will set the location north of Fengrong, where Lei Li exchanged prisoners with him last time.

"The time is set after this fall."

"After the autumn?" It is not yet summer, and this time is actually a bit late.

But Qi San quickly realized that the King of Bei'an wanted to wait for the princess to give birth before leaving.

The matter is not urgent, he thought for a while, made sure there was no omission, and nodded: "This subordinate understands. The subordinate will always pay attention to the movement of Zuo Yi, and report to the prince when there is new news."

Qi You nodded.

Putting aside the affairs of the Rong family, he picked up another letter: "Did it come from the capital?"

Qi San said: "Yes. It's a secret letter from Qi Yi's side."

Qi You browsed through it quickly and muttered, "Eldest Prince?"

Qi San nodded.

He explained: "When the letter was sent before, the lord was still not rejecting the army, so it has been more than half a month since this letter was sent.

"But two days ago, Qi Yi sent a new secret letter. He has already found out the first prince's intentions."

When Qi You heard the words, he opened another letter on the table.

After reading it, he murmured: "Tao Tong actually took refuge with the eldest prince?

"So, Tao Tong was appointed to Jirong to be the state shepherd. Does this mean that I should take good care of him?"

As he said that, he lightly twisted the letter in his hand, looked up and confirmed with Qi San: "Is Tao Tong just a little short of qualifications and can be transferred to Beijing Central to serve as a key member of the Sixth Department?"

"Yes." Qi San nodded, "After receiving the letter, my subordinates investigated this Tao Tong.

"As long as Tao Tong can get a first-class rating in this external transfer, then his entry into the sixth department is a sure thing.

"In addition, the First Prince is working for him in Beijing, and it is not impossible to directly squeeze others out."

Hearing this, Qi You nodded.

He didn't know why Tao Tong was sent by the emperor to reject Rong as the state shepherd, but he already understood what the eldest prince thought.

"Rejecting Rong's internal affairs and foreign affairs, now it is the princess, and you are in control of it separately, right?" Qi You said: "It would be better if it was replaced by someone else, honestly stay in the city for a year, don't interfere, a year later, This king can let him leave smoothly.

"But Tao Tong... Since he has taken over the post of state shepherd, it is not easy for him to stay quiet."

Tao Tong was actually quite famous in the Sheng Dynasty.

Not only is he brilliant in writing, but he is also a good man in local governance. However, he is arrogant and unwilling to join forces with corrupt officials. In today's extremely decadent bureaucratic system of the Sheng Dynasty, he has been in a state of inferiority.

But in several places where he served, the people were very grateful to him, saying that he was a good official with integrity and clarity.

Qi You suspected that the eldest prince could bring him under his command, and perhaps the emperor who favored him was behind the scenes.

Although the old emperor was not good at governing the country, he still had the vision to identify a person's talent.

It's just that it's not necessarily a good thing for Qi You to come to Jurong for such a person.

Seriously speaking, the current Jirong is not so much a city as it is a big village under the name of the Bei'an Prince's Mansion - except that the place is too big, most of the systems here are the same as that of Rongguang Villa, in fact. Not too much.

In order to rebuild, all the output and income in the city are still unified by Cao Mi.

"Perhaps... Tao Tong has already received the eldest prince's advice, so maybe it will be quiet for a while." Qi San hesitated to guess.

Qi You smiled.

"It doesn't matter." He said, "It's alright if he really came.

"Before, I planned to arrange for Qi Rui to study in the south for half a year, but because of the delay, I'm afraid I won't be able to make the trip in the past two years.

"If Tao Tong comes over, you will arrange him and Lin Yi in the same place.

"I asked Qi Rui and Qi Anduo to come over and ask him about the customs and humanities of various places."

Qi San was stunned when he heard the words, and then saluted: "Yes, my subordinates remember it."

"Well, there are no other important things, right?" Qi You looked at the things on the case.

He pointed to the thick stack of documents and said, "Are these ordinary military affairs? You find someone to help me send me to the inner city, and this king will look at it later.

"There is something else on the princess' side, I'll go back first."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Qi San hurriedly bowed and said "yes".

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