Chapter 681: At the age of fifty, we will conquer the northwest again!
Why did the academy she founded teach court officials in such a rigid way?
Their whole life will be over soon. Won't they have any regrets for living such a strict life?
Shen Lanxi immediately arranged for someone to catch the son-in-law.
Two hours later
"Your Majesty, one of the three students said he had a fiancée at home, another said he had a wife and children at home, and one said he was gay."
Shen Lanxi burst into laughter immediately.
"Go and verify what they said immediately. If it is true, I will punish them for deceiving the emperor!"
If it was fake, then she had reached a new level of marriage refusal.
Now that Aolai Country was well managed, the people under Shen Lanxi had been idle for a long time. Now that they finally heard His Majesty assigning tasks, they immediately went to check as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
In less than a day, the life stories of these three people were completely investigated.
"Your Majesty, all three are unmarried, and none of them have been engaged or married. As for the gay man, there is no evidence to prove this at the moment."
Shen Lanxi suddenly had an idea and asked, "Give them two choices, one is to be sent out, and the other is to accompany me to relieve my boredom. Let them choose!"
The people below will do it immediately.
Soon all three of them gave the same reply, expressing their willingness to enter the palace to entertain His Majesty.
Shen Lanxi became even more curious.
"I am so old, but you are still young and you want to keep me company. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
One of them quickly replied, "No, the world will definitely be envious and will definitely not laugh at you."
The second person followed up and said, "I am a bastard of a family. There are many children in the family. I don't have to manage the family or take care of my parents."
The third person followed suit and said, "Your Majesty, I am the second son in my family and my parents are both deceased. I can make my own decisions. I just want to entertain Your Majesty."
Shen Lanxi looked at the three people's serious faces and actually started to think about this issue.
Sometimes, an idea comes to mind just like a flash of inspiration.
"Okay, each of you go and learn a talent. After you have learned it, I will summon you to the palace to relieve my boredom."
The three of them were delighted and immediately retreated.
Soon the ministers in the court knew about this. They all had strange expressions on their faces, but they all tacitly did not talk about it.
Compared with the previous emperor who was a drunkard and had three palaces and six courtyards, how many people does Your Majesty employ?
It's just looking for a few people to entertain him. I'm not trying to be like the emperor who brought disaster to the country and the people by favoring a concubine.
There are people accompanying the emperor, and they feel that such an emperor is more like an emperor.
Before the three of them could finish their studies, an urgent message suddenly came from the northwest, eight hundred miles away.
"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu tore up the treaty and invaded our Aolai territory. General Wei led his troops to resist, but unfortunately he was seriously injured."
Shen Lanxi said coldly: "The Huns again? Now our Aolai country is strong and powerful, are they too bold to be ambitious?"
"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu are wild and untamed. Once they get a chance to catch their breath, they will frequently provoke our Aolai Kingdom. Your Majesty was magnanimous before, but this time we must not give the Xiongnu any chance again."
Shen Lanxi thought of Shen Yuantang who was married off as a foreign prince, and a sneer appeared on her lips for a moment.
"Pass the order down. I will personally lead the army to conquer the northwest again!"
The whole court was in uproar
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not possible."
"Your Majesty, the dragon's body is more important. The Huns are just a small group. We can destroy them by sending any general."
"Your Majesty, the emperor cannot be away from the court for too long, or else something bad may happen!"
Shen Lanxi: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore."
"Even if the Wei army has already wiped out the Xiongnu by the time I rush over, I want to let the foreigners see that I am old but not weak."
"Our Aolai nation, like me, has a deep foundation that cannot be shaken!"
Shen Lanxi gave the order quickly with an attitude that would not tolerate rejection.
The messenger eagle flew to the northwest six times.
northwest
"Father, there's news from the capital. His Majesty said he would lead the army in person!" Wei Yan strode into the main tent.
Wei Dongzhu was discussing strategies to repel the enemy with his officers and soldiers in the big tent.
When Wei Dongzhu heard Wei Yan say "Your Majesty", the bamboo pole in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, and his mind was in a trance.
"Father..." Wei Yan thought his father's injuries were getting worse, so he ran forward anxiously.
"I'm fine." Wei Dongzhu looked hesitant and uneasy.
"What did you say?"
Wei Yan handed the letter to his father: "The news from the capital is that His Majesty is coming to the northwest to lead the army in person!"
Wei Dongzhu immediately said anxiously: "Nonsense, Your Majesty, how can you joke about your own body?"
The deputy general advised: "You are not kidding. The express reports from time to time say that your majesty chops with his sword sixty times a day, regardless of the weather. If all of us put together, we can't lift that big sword."
Wei Dong froze one by one.
Although she was extremely strong, the long journey from the capital to the northwest was too much for her body to bear due to her age.
"Write back to the capital immediately, and to His Majesty. Write that we will definitely wipe out the Turks within ten days."
The soldiers were in a dilemma. They were afraid that it would not be possible to accomplish it within ten days. It would take at least a month.
"Father~" Wei Yan wanted to persuade his father, but was directly stopped by words.
"I have made up my mind. Let's discuss a strategy to quickly destroy the enemy!"
Wei Yan looked at his father's anxious expression and sighed helplessly.
The lights in the tent were still on until the moon reached its zenith.
Wei Yan looked at his father who was almost possessed and quietly left the tent.
"Mom, you're still awake?"
Although Qiao Niang's eyesight was not very good, she could recognize her son just by the voice.
"Mother will wait until you come back before going to sleep."
Wei Yan was silent for a moment and then said, "Father won't come back today, so mother doesn't have to wait any longer."
A flash of bitterness crossed Qiao Niang's face.
"Mother knows, you don't have to worry about it."
Wei Yan glanced at the black robe placed aside and felt sorry for his mother.
My father never wore the clothes my mother made, never ate the food she cooked, and even never let her get close to him. For so many years, my mother was always a slave.
Although his father had only one child, he knew that many of his fellow brothers privately called him the son of a slave.
There are many of His Majesty's old subordinates in the northwest, and none of them have anything bad to say about His Majesty. When he was young, those people thought he couldn't understand, and often discussed His Majesty and his father in front of him.
They said that if it weren't for his mother and him, His Majesty and his father would definitely be a match made in heaven.
Later, when he grew up and understood some things, he wanted to refute those people. Obviously, his father knew his mother earlier than his father knew His Majesty, so why didn't those people say it was His Majesty? Was it because she was the emperor?
At that time, he understood some things and also realized that His Majesty was not someone he could talk to.
Later, when he grew up a little, he saw his father getting angry and powerless every time his mother was not there.
Since Your Majesty has given up on my father, why can't my father live a good life with my mother?
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