Chapter 683: The thief within!
"There is never a shortage of female generals in my army. This time I personally led a number of female guards with me."
"I am a woman, and I will not take the initiative to belittle women. What I hate most is when men say that women do nothing at home and rely on them for support when they are away."
"If women do nothing at home, where do the clothes, shoes and socks they wear come from? They can eat hot meals every day when they return home. Who cooks the meals?"
"Men are out there trying to make a living, and women are not idle at home either, what do you think?"
Shen Lanxi smiled faintly and looked at Wei Yan.
Wei Dongzhu finally reacted and immediately scolded.
"How can you speak nonsense in front of His Majesty?"
Shen Lanxi: "Okay, kid, I can understand that you may act on impulse and lose control of your mouth sometimes. Who hasn't been young?"
After a few words, she did not continue the topic, but went back to the old days.
"Do you remember when you accompanied me to discuss matters before?" Shen Lanxi suddenly asked halfway through the discussion.
Many people began to recall the past.
Shen Lanxi raised her hand: "Bring up the big biscuit food."
Wei Dongzhu seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and so did the others.
"At that time, we discussed matters while grilling pancakes over charcoal fire. In the summer, we ate the pancakes directly. If you like to eat pickled green onions, you can put a few pickled green onions in the pancakes."
Her words easily brought back the memories of the veterans.
“The pancakes at that time smelled so good!”
“The baked buns are also delicious.”
"I still remember that Your Majesty likes to eat Hu Bing the most."
"Your Majesty also likes to dip steamed buns in chili oil."
"You were the glutton at that time. You could eat eight pancakes in one meal."
"Don't talk about me, you can eat too. You can eat seven or eight steamed buns in one meal. We are all here to discuss things, you are just here to eat for free."
"Hahaha..." Shen Lanxi laughed while holding Hu Bing.
Wei Yan took a bite of the Hu Bing. It was nothing special, the same as what they usually ate!
The discussion came to a conclusion and three days later, a fire attack was launched.
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"Yan'er, I heard that the emperor is here." Qiao Niang waited until very late. She almost felt too sleepy to bear it several times, but fortunately, her son finally came back.
"Mother, His Majesty has just finished his meeting."
Qiao Niang subconsciously touched her face and asked in a hoarse voice: "I heard that His Majesty is very young."
As a son, how could Wei Yan not know what his mother was thinking.
"Your Majesty is a few years older than mother, so he is not young anymore."
Although this is true, His Majesty looks to be only about thirty years old.
If his father and mother stood together with Your Majesty, they would be like two generations.
"Mom, go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Qiao Niang lowered her head and complained, "Why do you have to get up early when His Majesty comes? Can't you just do it like usual?"
Wei Yan: "No, tomorrow we have to prepare the things for the fire attack. His Majesty has decided to use fire attack against the Xiongnu in three days."
Qiao Niang's expression changed: "Isn't that very dangerous?"
Wei Yan was not optimistic about fire attack.
"The wild grass on the grassland is so green that it can produce water. It can't be lit at all. I really don't understand why no one objected when Your Majesty suggested the fire attack."
Qiao Niang said in a deep voice, "Son, this is the emperor. Because she is the emperor, everyone must listen to her. If you don't listen, you are disobeying her order."
Wei Yan sneered: "I don't know what father and the others are thinking. I will stop them..."
Before he could finish his words, the door was kicked open with a clang.
"Major General, we are following the general's orders to take you to enforce military law. Fifty military sticks!"
Qiao Niang's face turned pale instantly.
Wei Yan's face also turned dark.
"Why did my father beat me? What did I do wrong?" he asked repeatedly.
The soldiers who were ordered to arrest people were just following orders. No matter how loudly Wei Yan shouted, they just tied him up, carried him away and left.
"Stop, where are you taking my son?" Qiao Niang was horrified and hurriedly chased after him.
Before she could reach the door, the door had been locked from the outside.
Qiao Niang was filled with grievance and burst into tears.
No matter how the general treated her, she had no complaints, but she could not beat her son just to please His Majesty.
Fifty blows of the military stick could take her son's life.
Thinking of the letter she received a few days ago, Qiao Niang staggered into the house.
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It has really been a long time since she was poisoned.
Shen Lanxi looked at the food on the table with a gloomy look. Some people are just so impatient to seek death.
"Call Wei Dongzhu here."
Soon Wei Dongzhu was summoned.
"His Majesty."
Shen Lanxi: "Someone added something to my meal today. If nothing unexpected happened, the fire attack we discussed yesterday was also leaked."
Wei Dongzhu was shocked.
"Your Majesty, I will investigate right away."
Shen Lanxi: "I will only give you one day."
Wei Dongzhu's heart sank. Although he hadn't seen him for many years, he knew it was one of his own people just by the tone of voice.
The person who cooks for His Majesty is the chef he specially invited from the best restaurant in the city. The chef is from the northwest, and his three generations have been chefs. It is impossible for him to do something like digging his own grave.
Wei Dongzhu was thinking as he walked. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he did not ask anyone to arrest him, but went to the kitchen to investigate personally.
"Who came to the kitchen today? There's a spy in the mansion. If you conceal it, you will be guilty of the same crime as the spy!"
"The food delivery guy is here today."
"The firewood delivery man has arrived, too."
"Feng Gang and Zhang Liao came to ask for food."
Wei Dongzhu's veins popped out as he listened: "Didn't I tell you that when you cook for His Majesty, no one else can step into the kitchen?"
Someone in the audience suddenly said something.
"My wife is here today, too."
Wei Dongzhu suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Which lady?"
"It's the General's wife!"
Wei Dongzhu's eyes went dark. He didn't need to check anyone else, he instinctively knew it was this person.
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Qiao Niang has been feeling uneasy since she came back from the kitchen.
She regretted that she shouldn't have listened to that man.
If something really happened to His Majesty, the northwest would be in chaos. If the Huns attacked at this time, her husband and her son would all be in danger.
She was so stupid that she believed that man's lies.
The door was kicked down with great force, and several soldiers made way for it. Then Wei Dongzhu came in carrying a lunch box.
When Qiao Niang saw this scene, her heart suddenly sank.
"General, why did you come back so suddenly?"
Wei Dong opened the lunch box and placed all the dishes in front of Qiao Niang.
"Eat it. This is the leftover food from your majesty."
Qiao Niang's face changed, and she forced a smile and said, "I've already eaten."
Wei Dongzhu: "Your Majesty's reward cannot be refused, even if you have already eaten, you must eat it."
The color on Qiao Niang's face quickly faded.
"General, that was the leftovers from His Majesty's meal. Do you think I am only worthy of eating what others have left?"
In the general's heart, she will always be just a slave.
Thinking of this, Qiao Niang burst into tears.
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