Chapter 460 Buried Together

"I came to see you." Xiao Jingfan sneezed as the spicy smell choked him. He pulled Chu Liuzheng out and said as they walked, "Just tell me what you want to eat. Why bother coming here?"

"I'm worried they can't make the taste I want." Chu Liuzheng followed him. "Smell it, isn't it fragrant? How about we have hot pot at noon?"

"Yes." Xiao Jingfan walked until he could no longer smell the smoke and stopped. He said, "Send one to the Wanshou Palace."

"Okay." Chu Liuzheng nodded. "I'll have the imperial chef make a less spicy hot pot base and send it over later."

I hope the Queen Mother is used to it.

Xiao Jingfan wanted to take her back, but Chu Liuzheng was obsessed with his hot pot. He coaxed the emperor for a few words, and after the emperor left, he turned back to the imperial kitchen and continued to give orders.

At noon, Wanshou Palace received a hot pot set meal, which not only had a delicious soup base but also dishes prepared according to the Queen Mother's preferences.

Chu Liuzheng picked out these dishes from the system to avoid any pitfalls.

At first, the empress dowager thought that the emperor was specially honoring her with this dish, and she ate it happily. But halfway through the meal, she realized that this thing was made by Chu Liuzheng. Suddenly, she felt that the meat was not fragrant anymore and the dishes were not tasty either.

She put down her chopsticks and ordered Nanny Zhao to call Envoy Wu. She wanted to ask him when her own prince's hidden illness would be cured. She couldn't just stay with Chu Liuzheng, who knew the inside story, for the rest of her life, right?

That's right, when Xiao Jingfan returned to Wanshou Palace for dinner, in order to stop the empress dowager from nagging, he mentioned that he was temporarily impotent.

The empress dowager was so anxious. If Xiao Jingfan hadn't stopped her, she would have summoned all the imperial doctors to have a closer look at the emperor.

Although no one succeeded in seeing it, a lot of things that nourished the kidneys and strengthened the yang were sent to the Yangxin Palace.

Even though Xiao Jingfan didn't want to disappoint his mother's love for him, he didn't eat a single bite. He was afraid that he would bleed from the nose and would definitely be laughed at by Chu Liuzheng.

Chu Liuzheng couldn't laugh because she was worried recently.

What are you worried about?

The emperor eats a lot but doesn't gain weight.

The emperor had three meals a day, two snacks and one midnight snack, but he didn't gain a single pound. If he had raised pigs, he would have lost everything.

Chu Liuzheng pondered every day, trying to find ways to give the emperor extra food.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Tatar's reply arrived.

In response to Xiao Jingfan's questioning, Tatar pretended to be stupid and put the blame on others.

Our Prince Huke accompanies the Khan every day and has never left him for even half a day. The one in Dasheng must be a fake. It has nothing to do with us. Don't slander him.

In other words, it's cheating.

Xiao Jingfan was so angry that he laughed, and Chu Liuzheng was also amazed in his heart.

[The Tatars are quite brave. Instead of kneeling down and apologizing, they're now turning the tables. Are they deliberately trying to start a war with Dasheng?]

[I remember that the friction between Tatar and Gaochang has intensified recently. It seems that a war is about to break out. Isn't he afraid that Dasheng and Gaochang will join forces to crush him?]

Chu Liuzheng ordered people to serve the emperor cooling tea while she opened the system to search. She wanted to see what the Tatars were planning.

[Wow, what a breakthrough! The Tatars have teamed up with the Western Xia, planning to set a trap for the tyrant.]

Xiao Jingfan was holding a bottle of cooling tea. He wanted to hear what kind of trap was waiting for him to fall into.

Let me take a look. The original plan was for the Tatars to lead their troops to attack Gaochang, tricking the tyrant into thinking the Tatars were targeting Gaochang. Then, they would use Prince Cheng's rebellion to draw the tyrant's attention. While the tyrant was sending troops to suppress the rebellion, Xixia would ally with the Tatars to steal the territory, catching the tyrant off guard.

But now the situation has changed. Prince Cheng has gone mad. The tyrant has sent people to his fiefdom to bring Prince Cheng back to the capital for treatment. He has also had the garrison take over the fiefdom. Rebellion is clearly out of the question. The Western Xia has no choice but to change their battle plan and use the Tatars to attract the tyrant's attention.

[So, Prince Huk was essentially cannon fodder sent by the Tatar Khan. No wonder he was sent to rescue Prince Li. Prince Li probably didn't realize he was part of the plan. Even if Prince Huk didn't reveal himself, the guards who followed him would have deliberately exposed him to the tyrant, following the Khan's instructions.]

The Tatars deliberately delayed their reply until now, in order to further provoke and provoke the tyrant, so that he would be enraged and send troops against the Tatars. Thus, the plan was accomplished.

Xixia will secretly loan troops to the Tatars to tie down Dasheng's forces, then feign cooperation with Dasheng, creating the appearance of attacking the Tatars to gain the tyrant's trust... Funny! When that playboy Wei Mingliang visited last year, he proposed collaborating with the tyrant to attack the Tatars. So this is just a prelude?

If the tyrant truly believed Wei Mingliang, wouldn't he have fallen into the trap of the Western Xia and the Tatars?

Chu Liuzheng belatedly realized that his back felt cold, and he rubbed his arms and continued to flip down.

Xixia not only allied with the Tatars but also persuaded several smaller states surrounding Dasheng to send troops to harass Dasheng's borders while Dasheng was revolting against the Tatars, thereby distracting Dasheng's forces. Xixia could then cooperate with the Tatars internally and externally, catching the Dasheng army off guard and achieving a backstab on the battlefield. Then, they could march straight down through the gaping hole and invade Dasheng...

[Well, one thing leads to another. Whether it's a tyrant or a general leading an army, if they get caught in the trap, the price will be tens of thousands of lives!]

Chu Liuzheng rubbed her arms again. It was still hot in late summer, but she felt cold all over.

She secretly glanced at Xiao Jingfan, her mind racing.

[While the tyrant might not fall for it, it's always good to give him a heads-up. How should I tell him about this?]

Xiao Jingfan was thinking, how should he set a trap for Xixia and Tatar?

Since we are here, let’s bury it together.

Chu Liuzheng opened the system again and tried to find a solution from the system.

"Speaking of which, Wei Mingliang, this playboy, is so useless! He actually allowed a bastard who returned from the common people to take the throne of Crown Prince. Where are your schemes and methods? So you're completely helpless against the Xixia Emperor's partiality, right? Hurry up and fight!"

[Eh? The fake princess has been doing pretty well lately. Although she's not favored by Wei Mingliang, she's managed to please his mother with her skills, and she has the support of others in the vast harem. After Yin Taiyu returned to the country, he confirmed her princess status and even sent someone to deliver another dowry.]

[Butterfly…]

[Hey, why am I so happy watching Butterfly get humiliated in so many ways? Hahaha, this illegitimate child may not be good at anything else, but he has a lot of skills in disgusting people. Butterfly's face is so black, haha, he deserves it! !]

[Butterfly... uh, wait, what was I looking for just now? ]

Chu Liuzheng, who was enjoying himself so much while eating melons, finally realized that he had strayed from the topic, so he quickly pulled his attention back and started looking again.

Xiao Jingfan, forced to listen to a bunch of embarrassing stories about Wei Mingliang, held his forehead helplessly. What on earth had he been expecting? He should continue to think about how to set a trap for those two accomplices.

Just as the two were busy with their own things, an urgent secret letter with a journey of 800 miles was delivered to Wenhua Palace.

(End of this chapter)