Lu Jing was very confident and spoke eloquently, "Madam, just wait and see. Now that our country is prosperous and our people are strong, the Emperor will certainly not tolerate such provocation from Meng Su!"
After saying this, he began to practice martial arts in the yard with great interest.
When the war breaks out, manpower will definitely be needed. Although he currently holds an official position, there is a tradition in Dasheng that as long as you are willing to fight, you can volunteer regardless of whether you hold an official position or not.
If they can pass the assessment, they can be sent to the battlefield - this is also an opportunity for the declining nobles to make achievements.
Lu Jing thought to himself, his grandfather was a fierce general on the battlefield, and he was his descendant, so he couldn't be that bad!
Otherwise, why would the emperor let him join Fenglinwei?
That is an important position responsible for the security of the palace!
Once the battle breaks out in Nanwu, the emperor will definitely need to send generals from Shengjing to Nanwu to fight alongside the King of Huainan.
Given the Emperor's level of vigilance against the Prince of Huainan, the troops sent were primarily to monitor him. While the main force in the battle would be the Prince of Huainan, the merit would be shared by the generals sent from Shengjing. Who wouldn't want such a good opportunity?
Lu Jing thought he had seen through the situation in the court and was making every effort to prepare in advance.
He even stopped hanging out in the brothels these days, but instead hosted banquets for his colleagues to build closer relationships, hoping to get some different information from them.
Shen Ruoyan saw all of this, but she didn't expect that Lu Jing still had such thoughts in his heart.
It's not too completely useless.
I just hope his dream won't come true.
"Chun Xi, please mail these letters according to these addresses. If anyone asks, just say that your husband is writing letters for someone else and you are just running errands." Chun Xi has a steady personality and knows how to handle things in moderation. She can handle emergencies with ease.
Shen Ruoyan was relieved when she handed this matter over to him.
As for Qiuye, she also made arrangements. "Qiuye, keep an eye on those people in the yard. If there is any disturbance, remember to report it at any time."
The situation outside is unclear, and at this time, no more trouble can occur inside the Marquis' Mansion.
No matter what those concubines are thinking, they cannot affect the overall situation at this time.
Lu Jing was right. The Mongols' looting of Dasheng's caravans was a slap in the face of Dasheng. Even if the emperor didn't want to fight, if the situation got out of control, then this battle had to be fought!
She knew the emperor's temperament better than anyone else. He was always seeking stability and would never give in until the last moment!
But this is just a matter of time.
Lu Jing thought Shen Ruoyan was just a woman in the backyard, short-sighted and unable to see the situation outside. But what he didn't know was that even if Shen Ruoyan was sitting in the house, she was more informed than him.
When Shen Ruoyan was still the empress dowager, in order to gain access to intelligence from all over the world, she specially organized a team to gather intelligence across the country.
Everyone in this team is a top-notch expert, and they are even better at gathering intelligence.
Shen Ruoyan always communicated with them using a unique secret method. Even if someone else obtained the information and forcibly opened the paper, the paper inside would spontaneously combust without fire and turn into nothingness.
This team was called Black Shadow, and all of its members were shadow guards loyal to her. This was also her backup plan.
Even though she became the Queen Mother and sat in the supreme position, her heart was desolate.
All her old friends were gone, and her enemies were eliminated one by one.
So most of the time, she is lonely.
But thinking that Yihe had not yet married and the world was not at peace, he held on and continued to make plans for his children.
But she had already made up her mind: when she was no longer needed here, she would fake her death and leave the palace, looking for a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to spend the rest of her life.
The black shadows were the escape route she left for herself. When she left the palace tomorrow, with them around, she wouldn't be considered an old woman who knew nothing.
If my child needs help in the future, I will still be able to help.
This is what being a parent is like. Maybe the child doesn’t need it, but you still have to plan ahead so that you can give it to the child when he needs it.
However, her true love was wrongly given to a dog, what a waste of her true feelings!
Things are different now, because when the Black Shadow was first established, it was said that everything would be based on tokens, and they would recognize tokens instead of people, just to prevent himself from concealing his identity and being unable to mobilize the Shadow Guards after leaving the palace.
However, she felt that it was not safe to keep the token in the palace, so she found an opportunity and hid it outside the palace herself.
After waking up from Shen Ruoyan's body, the first thing she did when she left the house was to get the token back!
According to the information passed on by the black shadow, the situation in Nanwu is more serious than imagined. If it were just a matter of robbing a caravan and then running away, the King of Huainan could handle it on his own, without even having to submit a memorial to the capital.
What the Mengsu people sent were not bandits, but real troops!
In other words, they were already rehearsing in advance!
The caravan was just something they did out of convenience, but in fact, Meng Su's actions over the past few times were all intended to test Dasheng's attitude.
Moreover, her shadow guard also discovered that Meng Su had also sent spies to explore the terrain - this battle was not a matter of whether Shengjing wanted to fight or not, but a matter of whether Meng Su wanted to fight!
The Prince of Huainan understood the seriousness of the situation, so even though he knew that his actions would make the emperor suspect his motives, he still submitted several memorials in a row. He did not even respond when the Crown Prince was bullied, but instead contacted his old acquaintances in Shengjing privately for this matter.
Just to say a few more words for him in the court.
"I was blind and chose the wrong person." The past was too hard to recall. Shen Ruoyan asked himself what he had done and felt that he had no regrets.
She was worthy of Dasheng and the people. The previous emperor was incompetent, and she controlled the overall situation, supporting loyal ministers and punishing villains.
Because the war had emptied the national treasury, she was worried that the warlike King Huainan would follow the same path as the previous emperor, so she chose a prince who could maintain the status quo and trained him.
At that time, Dasheng could not withstand the baptism of war, so she felt that her choice was right.
Even she knew in her heart that the Prince of Huainan was better than the emperor.
But now I realize that those who are good at fighting are not necessarily those who advocate fighting. In some battles, if you don't fight, others will force you to fight.
The late emperor was indeed fond of war, but the King of Huainan was not necessarily so.
It was her self-righteous preconceptions that led to everything.
Fortunately, God gave her a chance to start over. This time, I hope everything can be put right!
A dark shadow suddenly jumped in from the open window. He knelt respectfully on the ground, with both hands presenting the news from thousands of miles away. Shen Ruoyan opened the letter, his eyes becoming more and more serious—Meng Su, chaos!
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