"What? The Northern Barbarians actually gathered an army of 800,000 and arrived outside the Youzhou Pass."
When the news reached the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone was very surprised.
Some time ago, the delegation of northern barbarians came to attend the Qianqiu Banquet hosted by Your Majesty in a friendly manner. Why are they being attacked so easily?
When I returned home, the whole family was there.
At the table, Tao Yuwei was eating happily.
"Brother, please pay attention to Second Aunt's niece, Sun Liyun. Be careful when you see her. Before you came back, Second Aunt wanted to marry her to you."
[She was a person who was unwilling to live this mediocre life. At a banquet, with the help of someone with ulterior motives, she plotted against her elder brother, slept with him, and married into the mansion of the general who guarded the country.
She was unwilling to be lonely, so she fell in love with a guard beside the male protagonist Xiao Chengyan. She took advantage of her eldest brother's trust and placed someone next to him.
The eldest brother died on the battlefield. It was the man planted by the male protagonist who played a role. When the eldest brother was concentrating on killing the enemy, he stabbed him in the back. The eldest brother was seriously injured and fell off his horse, and was trampled into the mud by the Northern Barbarian cavalry.
After hearing her thoughts, Tao Zipeng's face turned pale.
Sitting on the round stool, he almost fell backwards.
Tao Zhihong and his wife and Tao Zixing were not surprised by this.
After all, she had already reminded Wu when her second aunt proposed the marriage.
Seeing her brother's big reaction after hearing her words, Tao Yuwei thought that he must also dislike Sun Liyun, which is why he was shocked.
"Don't worry, sister. I always bring guards with me when I go out. If I see that person, I will drive her away directly."
Tao Zipeng's frightened expression quickly returned to normal, and he lowered his head to start eating again.
After dinner, before leaving, Tao Yuwei couldn't help but turned around and reminded her elder brother when she was at the door.
"That Miss Lin Yu, if she asks you to help her obtain a pass to the Northern Frontier Outer Pass in exchange for saving her life, you must not agree to her request."
Originally, she had returned to the capital with her eldest cousin and, through the King of Junshan, purchased a large amount of refined iron and grain. She secretly communicated with Wang Lingchang and, through Wang Lingchang's caravans, transported large quantities of supplies to the Northern Barbarians, helping them survive the drought and plague crises. However, as soon as winter arrived, the Northern Barbarians began to attack the Great Zhou.
[Now that King Junshan and Wang Lingchang, who colluded with the Northern Barbarians, are dead, and the Wang family's caravan has been taken over by His Majesty, Wanqi Lingyu won't be able to complete her mission easily this time. When the time comes, she will definitely be desperate and lie to her eldest brother for help!]
The war with the Northern Barbarians was originally supposed to start in winter, but now, it has been brought forward by half a year. The Northern Barbarians have already begun to gather their forces this summer, which shows that the food shortage crisis in the Northern Barbarians has reached its peak.
After hearing this, the family immediately understood the current situation.
"Don't worry, sister. Before the interests of the nation, there are no private matters. I will not agree to any request she makes."
Tao Zipeng made a solemn promise.
"Then I feel relieved."
Tao Yuwei turned around and walked out the door, looking up at the moon above her head. She felt very calm.
Now that the Northern Barbarians are gathering troops to attack the border, she is neither worried nor anxious.
The fate of many people has changed quietly.
Because in the current Great Zhou, there is her father, the God of War of the Great Zhou, who is the nemesis of the Northern Barbarians.
His Majesty is still fine, and Xiao Lichen has not been forced into a desperate situation.
The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not scarred by the internal strife between the Sixth Prince and the Eighth Prince.
Without the interference of King Junshan and King Lingchang of the Left Prime Minister and their betrayal of the country, the Northern Barbarians would have no chance of surviving this crisis.
With them around, there was no need for her advice.
After Tao Yuwei left, Tao Zhihong immediately took his two sons to the study to discuss business.
A month later.
Tao Yuwei heard that Miss Lin Yu sent someone to tell her that she wanted to meet with her elder brother Tao Zipeng.
Her elder brother did not refuse.
During this period, the heroine Jiang Siyan often came to the house to discuss investment with her. They wanted to open a wine-making workshop together.
Tao Yuwei is so happy making money that she doesn't want to stop.
The heroine Jiang Siyan did not get entangled with the hero Xiao Chengyan as in the original plot.
I heard that it was her sister Jiang Jingzhen and her good friend Sun Liyun who got involved with Xiao Chengyan, and the three of them started a love triangle of chasing each other.
Another half month passed. At the dinner table, Tao Yuwei heard her father say, "Someone in the capital colluded with the Northern Barbarians to haul a large amount of grain and refined iron outside the Northern Frontier. They were captured by the Xiao Yuwei, and the person behind this was also imprisoned."
Tao Yuwei's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Dad, who is so bold as to collude with that Northern Barbarian Princess Wanqi Lingyu?"
"She's the wife of Minister of Rites Chu Qiling. Prince Xiao personally interrogated her. She's very tight-lipped and hasn't confessed anything yet. However, the entire Minister of Rites's household is in trouble! They've all been locked up, and in two days, their entire family will be executed."
Tao Zhihong did not hide anything from her and told her the whole story.
It turned out that when the Northern Barbarian Princess Wanqi Lingyu came to find Tao Zipeng, she lied to him and said that one of her relatives was going to the Western Regions to do business and needed a pass. Now, because the Northern Barbarian cavalry was stationed on the northern border, it was difficult to get the pass, so she asked him to help get it.
Tao Zipeng took advantage of the situation, issued a pass, and cooperated with Xiao Yuwei. He followed the clues and found the wife of Minister of Rites Chu Qiling who was in collusion with Wanqi Lingyu in the capital.
They also successfully intercepted the fine iron and large quantities of grain that were about to be sent out of the pass within the northern border.
"Big brother and Prince Xiao did a great job this time!"
The wife of Minister of Rites Chu Qiling was no ordinary person. She was the woman who, despite her status as a woman, took advantage of her husband's position as county magistrate to attend a banquet at the prefectural government's residence. She schemed against His Majesty, who was traveling south to provide disaster relief. At the time, His Majesty was still the Crown Prince. She slipped something into his drink, and after a brief fling, she gave birth to the Eighth Prince.
[She must have done this to help the Eighth Prince ascend to the throne, colluding with the Northern Barbarians at all costs.]
[Her and Chu Qiling's biological son was exchanged by the concubine and sent back to her parents' home to work as a groom. The son she has now is the concubine's son.]
[This time, the real son was lucky in disguise and was not implicated. As long as he can save his life, being a groom is not bad.]
The family didn’t expect that they could eat so many melons.
I didn't expect that the residence of Minister of Rites Chu Qiling would be so messy.
Then, will Your Majesty show leniency to this Madam Chu?
"You guys eat first, I have things to do!"
When Tao Zhihong heard such important news, he of course went to discuss it with Xiao Lichen.
This Madam Chu is the biological mother of the Eighth Prince, so we know why she did this.
It would be terrible if the Eighth Prince, in his desperate attempt to save others, were to harm His Majesty when they were off guard.
He must meet Prince Xiao as soon as possible.
Seeing her father leave in a hurry, Tao Yuwei didn't take it to heart. She ate and drank happily.
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