Chapter 144 Who Cares About Him!
Xiao Ning sighed upon hearing this and patted Zhou Jiang on the shoulder, "Don't be angry, General. General Du has been the commander-in-chief for many years and has his own system. It's normal for him to be unwilling to make changes."
"Besides, I'm really young and have never fought in a serious war. It's normal that he doesn't want to train his troops the way we do."
Zhou Jiang said, "Then what can we do? What's the point of training the few thousand men under my command? Only by promoting this method and letting all the armies in Dayong train according to it, can Dayong be strong and powerful. If we encounter foreign invasions in the future, we will be able to fight."
Xiao Ning was not discouraged and said, "Reform and innovation have always been difficult. This is a long and arduous task."
Zhou Jiang calmed down and said irritably, "It's a pity that my family background is not good enough. I guess this is the end of my life. As for you... your family background is good enough, but the emperor is unwilling to use you. I don't know why."
Xiao Ning: “…”
In fact, she has tasted something of it these days.
The original owner's father was the late emperor's study companion. Later, when the late emperor wanted to accomplish great things, he fully supported him. When the Huns invaded, he was appointed General Zhenbei and led the troops to fight.
In order to fight against the Huns and solve the problem once and for all, Xiao Rong took away a lot of troops, so that the aristocratic families joined forces with the emperor to rebel. The disparity in military strength between the two sides was huge, and the late emperor suffered a bitter defeat in the northwest.
Xiao Rong was far away in the Xiongnu. Upon hearing the news, he hurried back to the court to protect the emperor, but was killed by the emperor's men, and the blame was put on the Xiongnu.
That's what conspiracy theories say.
But Xiao Ning felt that her speculation was correct.
After all, the ultimate beneficiary is the emperor sitting on the throne.
If Xiao Rong had returned to Beijing safely that year, Shengjing City would probably have had to fight another tough battle.
It will be difficult to determine who will win or lose by then.
So they killed the General Zhenbei in advance.
Alas, such a good pair of wise king and brave general were killed by them in this way.
Otherwise, if Xiao Rong returned to the court, the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion would be in turmoil. The original owner was the eldest daughter of General Zhenbei and the most noble lady in Shengjing City, but it was not her turn to travel through time.
The princess must have been like other princesses, married, had children, and had a normal family relationship.
Xiao Ning comforted Zhou Jiang, and the two continued to train their soldiers at the usual pace.
Shang Xi also found an opportunity to send Zhao Yu'an to the eldest prince.
He temporarily became the eldest prince's staff.
Shang Xi continued to look for opportunities to stuff his people into various parts of the court.
And those who had received favors from Shang Xi in different places also received a letter at the same time.
The letter clearly stated who had supported them in the first place.
They never imagined that they had received favor from Princess Duanhui.
They were all from poor families with low status. It was extremely difficult for them to get promoted. They gave many gifts and begged many people, but they just accepted the gifts and did nothing because their rivals gave them more gifts and had more powerful backing.
But later it seemed that someone fanned the flames, and their enemies all died suddenly for various reasons, and they were successfully promoted.
Because these people came from different places and were promoted at different times, and the reasons for their enemies' sudden deaths were also bizarre, no one suspected anything.
Princess Duanhui...the legendary dissolute slut.
After reading the letter, several people realized that the princess was hiding her strength and was definitely not as the rumors said.
He didn't show up after helping me, and it's been several years now, and now he suddenly brings this up...
It’s a pity that they are not men, otherwise, with this character and the legitimate status of the late emperor’s son, they would definitely be willing to follow and be loyal.
With the merits of following the dragon, maybe after a hundred years of hiding and cultivating, they can also become a first-class family.
But now...
They each held the letter and read it again and again, and finally put the letter on the candle and lit it, burning it to ashes.
Let's see what this princess is going to do...
Or what to ask them to do.
Having received the princess's favor, they are willing to help anyone who asks of them, as long as it is not excessive.
Shang Xi has been secretly arranging a lot of things recently, and many people in the backyard have disappeared quietly, like sparks scattered everywhere.
From Shengjing to other places, Shang Xi secretly supported any poor boy who was capable, had good character, and was frustrated.
Since each prince had evidence of the crimes of the prince he disliked, the court would play out the scene of the princes pulling each other's hair almost every day, which was quite lively.
But Shang Xi was too lazy to listen to the interesting things in the court, he had more things to arrange.
Before he knew it, it was Xiao Ning's day off.
Although Shang Xi was still sitting in the study, his mind was already wandering far away.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard.
Shang Xi looked up with joy.
Seeing that it was Furong who came in, the joy in his eyes extinguished, and he asked her calmly, "Is it taken care of?"
Furong pretended not to notice the change in his expression and nodded, "It's taken care of."
Shang Xi continued to look down at the news submitted from various places.
But he held the book in his hand for a long time without turning it once.
Furong deliberately said, "It seems that today is the day when the prince consort takes a day off. I wonder if he will return to the princess's mansion today."
Shang Xi looked up when he heard that and said unhappily, "Of course we have to go back to the Princess's Mansion. Where else can we go back to?"
Xiao Yanqing promised to cook for him every time she came back from her day off.
She would never go back on her word.
Furong was a little amused, but she held it back: "Then what would Your Highness like to eat? I will ask the kitchen to prepare the ingredients in advance, so as not to affect the performance of the Prince Consort."
Shang Xi said, "I'm not picky about food. I'll eat whatever he cooks."
Furong: “…”
However, Shang Xi waited from dawn to dusk, but Xiao Ning did not come back. After asking around, he found out that she had returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
Shang Xi clenched his fingers on the corner of the table, his face looking grim.
Didn’t she say she would come back from her day off to cook for him?
She also said she would not break her promise...
Furong comforted him, "Perhaps the Prince Consort returned to the Marquis' Mansion for some urgent matter. He might be back tomorrow..."
Shang Xi threw the booklet on the table and said angrily, "It's up to you to come back or not! Who cares about him?"
Furong: “…”
Don't you care what you're getting angry about?
Seeing Shang Xi sulking here, Furong quietly retreated and closed the study door.
He walked to the corridor and called a young eunuch over.
"Go to the Marquis' Mansion and see what the Prince Consort is busy with. If there is really something urgent, the Princess' Mansion should go and help."
"If there's nothing urgent, tell the Prince Consort that you must not break your promise to His Highness."
The young eunuch left immediately.
Furong had just turned around and taken two steps when she heard the eunuch's voice again: "Aunt Furong, the prince consort is back!"
Furong turned around and saw Xiao Ning and the young eunuch walking towards her.
Seeing Xiao Ning, Furong immediately bowed and saluted, "My Lord."
Xiao Ning said, "Aunt Furong, please don't be so polite."
Furong smiled and replied, "I heard earlier that you hurried back to the Marquis' Mansion after finishing your shift. I was wondering if there was something urgent going on back home, so I was about to send someone to ask about it when you returned. What a coincidence!"
Xiao Ning smiled and said, "What a coincidence."
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