Chapter 280: Scheming
Xianghua wrinkled her nose at him and smiled coquettishly.
While the two were discussing how to eat chicken, Wei Qi hadn't rested much for several nights.
Whether to really join forces with the Huns, even he thought about it day and night, and thought about it several times.
How many troops the imperial court had, how they were distributed, which ones were strong and which were weak, Wei Qi was quite clear.
The emperor has reigned for more than 30 years, but in fact, he has not expanded his troops, and has even been unconsciously shrinking, and his majesty outside is the impression left by the first emperor, including the land cut from the Xiongnu.
There is so much money in the treasury, if you want to improve the people's livelihood, you have to deduct the money from other places, the emperor does not like to fight the most, relying on Zhao Wu is a rare genius in a century, so he hollowed out his mind to reduce military spending.
If they hadn't gotten the news in advance last time, and Zhao Wu rushed back overnight, this country would have changed hands long ago, and there would be no today's situation.
In the previous battle, most of the emperor's men and horses were lost, and he was about the same here, not to mention that he followed him, even his own private army only had 10,000 left, and the living corpses were almost not left, and Abi only wanted to find a way to keep the one of the Gu King.
The Xiongnu had been dealing with the border guards for many years, and they had long been afraid of Zhao Wu, and they were a little afraid of the border guards in their bones.
Shan Yu is young and fashionable, and now that he is old, he is already Lian Po old, and his sons have no ambition, fighting every day, thinking about their sand, land, cattle and horses, Shan Yu actually pinned his hopes on Haiyan and Ebony.
Even if Lao Shan Yu never said it, Wei Qi could see that he hoped that Haiyan and Ebony would get married, so that their Huns still had hope to turn over. However, later Haiyan proposed to ask Yang Yu, and Lao Shan Yu must have thought that Yang Yu would be rebellious like this, but it was not impossible. The worst thing is that he is disobedient, and at that time he is just fish and meat, and he can only be slaughtered by everyone.
But now, Yang Yu resigned obstinately and did not know where to go, the emperor secretly ordered the recruitment of troops and horses, and at the same time was still fooling the Hun envoys, saying that Yang Yu was seriously injured in the battle with the living corpse, and then he was delirious, and now he has disappeared, and asked the princess to choose another good son-in-law.
When Wei Qi heard this, he almost didn't laugh off his big teeth. The emperor himself has no children, and most of the remaining princely sons have married wives and had children, only the sons of Wei Xi, Wei Ping and King Renxiao, but the latter two are now in the south, and only one Wei Xi remains.
If the emperor can bear to send Wei Xi out and kiss, it is equivalent to cutting himself off, who will he give the country to in the future?
"I don't know who came up with this bad idea, playing people like fools." Wei Qi thought it was very funny, "I want to see how the emperor plans to end." ”
If Haiyan doesn't want Wei Xi, how about the emperor; If Haiyan really wants Wei Xi, what will happen to the emperor.
Wei Ping saw that his father's face was cloudy, so he asked, "Dad, do we really want to join forces with the Huns?" It was just a show before, but now it's real? ”
Wei Qi glanced at his son, who was still immature, and said with a smile: "When the fake is true, the truth is also false, as long as you remember what you want, you won't be trapped by the truth and the fake." ”
Wei Ping felt that what his father said was very mysterious, so he shook his fan and thought about it carefully.
Wei Qi smiled, not broken. It's best for Shan Yu to think that he is really joining forces with him, so that more troops will be dispatched, and his side will be more comfortable.
Wei Ping went out thoughtfully, and Long Wu slowly told him about the movements of the palace in the past few days.
"Wang Chaoyi hasn't gone out since then, locking herself in the house all day long, and even her father is gone."
"Hmm." Wei Ping has always had a light attitude towards Wang Chaoyi.
"Wang Rong has to be busy with both official and private affairs these days, and he is very anxious, and now he is also difficult to ride a tiger, so he has to grit his teeth and persevere."
Wei Ping sneered: "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place." ”
Long Wu didn't dare to comment, only said: "The ink marks on Wang Chaoyi's face should have been washed off a long time ago. ”
"Thinking about it, I also know that in the first few days, Wang Chaoyi must have washed her face every day, and she wanted to wash it more than a dozen times a day, but what was the result?" Wei Ping smiled and slapped the fan in his hand, "Except for washing your face, the rest is useless." ”
Long Wu remembered that he had seen Wang Chaoyi a few times before, and that was indeed a high-minded and arrogant woman.
"Maybe you can endure it on the first day, but you can endure it on the second and third days, but what about ten days later?" Wei Ping smiled gently, and the beauty mole on the center of his eyebrows was inferior in comparison, "What about a month later?" ”
He waved the fan and said, "The ink marks will never be washed away." ”
Long Wu was shocked.
At that time, when Wei Ping didn't use tattoos, but used this kind of ink to paint Wang Chaoyi, Long Wu didn't think it was funny. But it can be washed away in a month, and who will remember it in a year?
But this is a lady who has not yet been out of the cabinet, a girl with the appearance of a fallen city, during this month, the ink marks are not only on her face, but also in her heart, even if one day the ink marks are really washed off, Wang Chaoyi will feel that they are still there.
Long Wu saw Wei Ping waving a fan and walking away, and only then did he believe the ancient saying "dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes".
Wei Ping said: "I haven't been up the mountain for several days, so you can accompany me up to have a look today." ”
Long Wu replied and asked, "If it's getting late today, can you inform Caiyun in advance to prepare dinner?" ”
"No need. The insect repellent who came a few days ago, I always feel a little strange, this time you and I will secretly go to see. ”
Long Wu glanced at him again, clenched his fists and said, "Yes." ”
To use an image analogy, Wei Ping sat in a certain place, waved his hand and released four or five assassins, climbed into the courtyard from the roof, and hid in the shadows to pay attention to every move in the courtyard.
But this is obviously different from what Wei Ping said about "secretly checking", Wei Ping sat in a carriage as usual, and walked in from the main gate as usual, as if he was in a no-man's land, but this time, he didn't call Caiyun as soon as he entered the door.
The candles in the fragrant flower house were lit, and Wei Ping walked straight there.
Through a few curtains, Wei Ping saw Caiyun leaning on Xianghua and supporting her, feeding her the peeled fruit.
He raised his hand and was about to interrupt it, when he suddenly thought of something and took it back.
Xianghua naturally pretended to be dizzy, but the delicious fruits were eaten correctly, and she only hated that she couldn't speak at this time, otherwise she would have to name six, seven, or eight delicious fruits.
Wei Ping watched Caiyun feed Xianghua three pears before opening the curtain and walking in.
Caiyun was so frightened that he suddenly appeared, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to get up, but Wei Ping waved his hand and said, "You sit, and then feed." ”