"Wow! So cute!" Jiaming excitedly pulled Xiao Hongxuan onto the couch and then lowered her head to kiss his chubby little face.
Hongxuan showed no respect for Jiaming, covering his mouth and smacking his lips as he ate, but his dark eyes were fixed on Jiaming.
His adorable appearance immediately made everyone in the room burst into laughter.
Xiao Hongxuan, feeling mocked, immediately became angry. He turned his head and faced away, his back to Jiaming.
Finally, Jiaming gave him another small piece of pastry to coax him, and Xiao Hongxuan turned around proudly to face Jiaming. However, judging from the way he used one chubby little hand to cover his mouth and the other chubby little hand to stuff the pastry into his mouth, you could tell that he was very possessive of his food.
Seeing that Xiao Hongxuan was too busy eating to pay attention to her, Jiaming turned her attention back to what she had just been talking about with Xiao Hezi.
"Well, we just mentioned that we have limited manpower and can't guard against everything in the backyard. So, let's analyze where we need to focus our defenses, where the secondary defenses are, and how we should deal with the women in the backyard."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hezi's lips twitched, and he thought to himself: If that's the case, then Master, you said before that it wasn't complicated and there was no need to worry so much.
Although Jiaming didn't hear Xiao Hezi's thoughts, her next sentence was exactly what Xiao Hezi was thinking: "We must despise the enemy strategically, but take the enemy seriously tactically."
Among the people in the room, Hongtao's eyes were like mosquito coils upon hearing this, while Xiao Hezi, after pondering for a moment, looked up at Jiaming with admiration.
At this moment, Xiao Hezi kept praising Jiaming in his heart: Master's mental cultivation is truly high! Moreover, it also shows that Master attaches great importance to this matter and has not treated it carelessly.
"Master, where should our men mainly keep an eye on?" Xiao Hezi looked at Jiaming expectantly.
Upon hearing this, Hongtao also looked at Jiaming, anticipating her answer.
"Hehe, let me think!" Jiaming said with a smile, "Uh, I've got it. As for the Fujin, just send someone to keep an eye on her. She's always been wary of the master, and besides, she has something with me, so it's unlikely she'll make a move. So, Xiao Hezi, you gather all the people you have and have them keep an eye on Hesheli."
"Ah?" Hongtao exclaimed in surprise immediately, "Master, what about the others, such as Consort Li? She is also eyeing you and the young master covetously!"
Xiao Hezi, standing to the side, nodded with a grim face and continued, "Master, Hongtao is right. Besides, if Song Gege and Zhang Gege see an opportunity, they might take advantage of it. How can we not be wary of them?"
“You all know that if you think about the methods that the Li and Song families have used in the past, you will know that they don’t need me at all, so there’s no need to worry about them.”
“But Master, things are different now!” Xiao Hezi said with concern and disapproval.
“Yes!” Speaking of this, Hongtao also thought of the problem: “Master, you forgot, the most important thing this time is that Consort Hesheli is involved. Who knows if Consort Song and the others will make a move when she does it.”
Your Majesty, you can still be wary of Consort Song and her ilk, but adding Consort Hesheli to the mix—who knows if the effect will be greater than the sum of its parts? If it is, then Your Majesty and the young master will be in danger.
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Before Jiaming could speak, Xiao Hezi spoke up again, frowning and saying with concern, "Yes, we must not underestimate our master. The reason why Consort Hesheli was able to fight so fiercely with the Fujin and Li Shi without being dealt with is certainly because the Fujin let her off the hook. But as far as Consort Hesheli is concerned, her power is equal to her status, and she should be the number one person after the Fujin."
"Alright, alright, I know what you mean!" Jiaming smiled reassuringly at Xiao Hezi and Hongtao, who were nervous and worried about her, and continued, "Heseri is a troublesome person, so she must be on guard, right?"
“Yes!” Xiao Hezi and Hongtao nodded in unison.
"Alright, let me ask you this: when the Li family, the Song family, and others tried to deal with me but failed, did they give up? At most, they just made verbal attacks against our Peach Academy, right?"
Xiao Hezi and Hongtao exchanged a glance, not understanding why their master was asking such a question that already had an answer. However, they still obediently nodded and said "yes!"
After receiving an affirmative answer, Jiaming glanced at the two of them again and asked, "Do you think that Li and the others will still use the old methods, such as targeting me or Hongxuan individually or in concert?"
Hongtao looked confused, still not understanding why her master had asked that question, but she still immediately answered Jiaming's question.
The question wasn't difficult, she said with certainty, "No, because we've used those methods too many times before, and they're all ineffective. We're also on guard, so they'll definitely give up."
Xiao Hezi nodded in agreement, but his eyes flickered, as if he had sensed something from the question.
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard his master explain: "Since you all think they won't use these old methods against me, let me summarize. You think their most likely move is to push Hesheli's actions forward, or even cooperate with her, right?"
"Yes!" Hongtao and Xiao Hezi nodded in agreement. At that moment, Xiao Hezi's eyes flashed with understanding.
Jiaming glanced at Hongtao speechlessly. They had already gone this far, so why did Hongtao still look confused and clueless?
Left with no other choice, she continued to clarify, "Since they are all related to Hesheli, and we don't have enough manpower, then we should just keep a close eye on her."
“That’s right!” Hongtao understood now. “As long as we keep a close eye on Consort Hesheli, whether she is cooperating with Consort Li Shu and Consort Song, or Consort Li Shu and Consort Song are using Consort Hesheli, we will always be able to find something suspicious at the Lotus Courtyard.”
Oops, I just realized that!
At this moment, Jiaming didn't even want to talk to Hongtao anymore. Sigh, she was too slow to understand, and explaining things was too much trouble.
“However, now that we have the general arrangements for defense, what should we do next?” Jiaming looked at Xiao Hezi, the only relatively clever person in the room, hoping he could give her some advice.
Xiao Hezi, who met Jiaming's gaze, felt immense pressure. So, he said respectfully in a low voice, "Master, this servant hasn't thought of a solution yet."
Meanwhile, Red Peach, who hadn't been asked, eagerly suggested, "Of course, we should quickly gather manpower and surround Peach Courtyard so that it's completely impenetrable!"
Jiaming's lips twitched. Hongtao's brain was indeed quite slow. Then, she exchanged a speechless glance with Xiao Hezi and gave him a meaningful look.
After receiving a look from Jiaming signaling for him to explain, Xiao Hezi looked at Hongtao and said, "Our Peach Courtyard is already very well-prepared, there's no need to change anything."
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