After a pause, Zhao Hao said, "Miss Bluebird, bring me the map."
Bluebird nodded quickly and took out the sheepskin map he carried with him.
Zhao Hao walked over and sat down at the table, pointing to the junction of Wu, Nanchu and Dagan.
Zhao Hao said, "As of today, it has been about twenty days since the two sides went to war."
"Southern Chu and Wu will definitely take advantage of my lack of foothold and launch a fierce attack."
"This can be seen from the instant fall of Qingyun City."
"Miss Bluebird, you know a lot about military affairs. What I said should be correct, right?"
Qingniao nodded and said, "My Lord, your judgment is correct. However, the reason why Qingyun City fell so quickly is because I, Dagan, did not choose to build a defense line there."
Zhao Hao said softly, "This is not important. Then, please tell me, Miss Bluebird, will the next large-scale battle take place in Jianning City on the southern foot of Jigong Mountain, or somewhere else?"
Bluebird looked at the map and said, "If we only talk about the Southern Chu side, as the Marquis said, the war is very likely to take place in Jianning City."
Zhao Hao nodded: "What about Wu? Forget it, don't worry about Wu for now."
"Please tell me about the specific situation of Jianning City."
"For example, who is the defender of my Dagan? Are there any weaknesses in Jianning City's defense?"
Upon hearing this, Bluebird frowned.
"My Lord, what are you doing..."
Zhao Hao said directly: "The news I want to spread is that I have been working hard on the Jigong Mountain front. Under the fierce attack of the Southern Chu army, Jianning fell!"
"Or, the Dagan army suffered heavy losses, and Jianning City is in danger."
"In short, I want everyone in the Shu Kingdom's capital to believe that I have failed!"
Bluebird said quickly, "My Lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. The soldiers in front are fighting bloody battles. How can we do this?"
"Moreover, if this news spreads back to the country, I'm afraid there will be many people who will impeach the Marquis."
Zhao Hao raised his eyelids and smiled, "I didn't realize that Miss Bluebird still cares about these things."
"Don't worry, everything I do is to achieve my goal and complete the task assigned to me by His Majesty!"
"Therefore, I don't care about anything else! This news must be spread as soon as possible."
"That old King Ying of Wu and the Kingdom of Shu must have a lot of spies who are always keeping an eye on the battlefield situation."
"Remember, no matter what, try to delay it for me for ten days!"
"We must not allow real news from the battlefield to come back."
Bluebird hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'll do it right away!"
After giving instructions to Qingniao, Zhao Hao turned around and went back to his room.
When he came in, Li Yu had already woken up. When she saw Zhao Hao, her pretty face immediately blushed.
Zhao Hao smiled slightly, walked to the bed and sat down, then reached out and gently stroked Li Yu's messy hair.
Then, he asked softly, "Did your highness sleep well?"
Li Yu said softly, "I haven't slept so soundly in a long time. The Marquis is really too much of a stunner."
"I don't have any strength in my whole body right now. It's like I'm completely exhausted and have lost half of my life."
As Li Yu said this, she was about to sit up, but as soon as she stood up, she took a deep breath and her brows frowned instantly.
Zhao Hao quickly reached out to hold her shoulders, then took a pillow, placed it behind her back, and let her lean on it.
Li Yu then let out a long breath and felt a little better.
She rolled her eyes at Zhao Hao in reproach: "It's all my fault, Lord. It never ends. I'm still in severe pain now."
Zhao Hao smiled, leaned on the pillow, and hugged her in his arms.
Li Yu also leaned on Zhao Hao's shoulder.
Immediately, he murmured, "My Lord, if the story between us gets out...it will cause a lot of trouble."
Zhao Hao smiled faintly and asked, "What's the trouble? Your Highness the Princess is a young widow, and I, Zhao Hao, am not married yet."
"We are in love, so what's the trouble?"
Li Yu said, "That's what I said, but I am the daughter-in-law of the Pei family after all. Now I am with the Marquis. How can the Pei family look good?"
"Moreover, as a member of the royal family, if I don't keep myself clean, it will also bring discredit to my royal identity."
"Your Majesty, that doesn't make sense."
"unless……"
Zhao Hao's eyes moved.
"Unless what?"
Li Yu shook her head and said, "It's nothing. Since it's already like this, there's no need to worry about it."
Zhao Hao smiled and said, "That's right. Just make yourself comfortable and don't worry about what others think!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yu's pretty face immediately turned red again: "My Lord, you are obviously a talented and handsome young man, why do you talk like a gangster!"
Zhao Hao laughed loudly: "The gangsters are so bold. If it weren't for this, how could Your Highness and I accomplish such good things as we have now?"
"Does Your Highness want more?"
Hearing what Zhao Hao said, Li Yu's whole body trembled subconsciously and she quickly shook her head.
“No!”
"Please have mercy, my Lord."
"Leave Li Yu a life!"
Zhao Hao smiled maliciously and said, "Your Highness, do you really not need it?"
As he said that, he reached his hand in...
Li Yu quickly grabbed Zhao Hao's hand and said anxiously, "My Lord, please have mercy on Li Yu and never come here again!"
Zhao Hao sighed helplessly: "Okay, Your Highness, please have a good rest first, I will ask them to bring in some food."
"After eating, take a nap."
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door. Zhao Hao stood up and went to open the door.
A maid was standing at the door holding a tray with a bowl of porridge and two refreshing side dishes on it.
Zhao Hao reached out to take the tray, asked the maid to leave, turned around and kicked the door shut with his leg.
He put the tray on the table, picked up the bowl of porridge, returned to sit beside the bed, put his arms around Li Yu's neck, and was about to feed her.
Li Yu quickly said, "My Lord, I can do it myself."
Zhao Hao smiled softly and said, "Your Highness, you worked hard last night. Let me feed you."
Seeing this, Li Yu didn't say much and her eyes fell on the bowl of porridge.
Zhao Hao grabbed the wooden spoon, stirred the porridge bowl gently twice, and then scooped up a spoonful.
Li Yu then opened her lips slightly.
However, just when she thought Zhao Hao would put the rice porridge into her mouth, Zhao Hao leaned his head forward and swallowed the spoon into his mouth.
Li Yu's eyes widened immediately and she saw Zhao Hao had already started chewing with his lips pursed.
She immediately shook her head and laughed, "The Marquis is indeed a young man at heart. I really thought that the Marquis was going to feed me."
At this moment, Zhao Hao stopped refusing and moved his head closer to her.
“Hmm…”
In an instant, Li Yu felt that the rice porridge that had been chewed without any grains was passed into her mouth.
Zhao Hao then smiled and said, "I just think that feeding Her Royal Highness the Princess in this way can better show my love."
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