Chapter 45
"The official family has decided to go to war against Shu." A thin eunuch with gray hair said softly.
When Fu heard this, his jade hand holding the eyebrow pencil stopped, then gently put it down, looked into the bronze mirror, and looked at the eunuch Cao Tai behind him.
The surface of the bronze mirror is polished very smoothly, but the things reflected inside are not very clear, and only a blurred shadow of the eunuch can be seen. Fu's own face is clearly seen because it is close to each other. The mirror reflects the candle stars on the lamp stand, which is shining with the yellow metallic luster of the bronze ware, which also has a goose yellow color on the beautiful face inside.
It was as if there was an exquisite painting in front of me, with blurry edges and hazy backgrounds, which gave people the illusion of paint, but the portrait in the middle was exquisitely crafted to the extreme. Fu himself thought that this "painting" was too beautiful.
But there is always only one person in the painting. Fu still feels a little empty in his heart.
Is it true that as "Ma Yi Taoist" said, it is still a problem with this face. Your chin is slightly sharp and not perfect enough? So the ending is not good?
Many years ago, a Taoist from Mayi came to the Fu family's royal family mansion. He was very good at looking at the face. After seeing it, he said that his chin was not well-off. As a result, her father Fu Yanqing was not very happy. However, after getting married to Li Shouzhen's mansion in Hezhong, he met another person who went to the mansion to look at the face. The Taoist priest was quite exaggerated and he knelt down and said that he had the appearance of the queen. This kind of thing was a bit mysterious.
Cao Tai, who was behind, was silent for a while, but the queen did not speak. He did not dare to speak nonsense.
He hesitated for a while, remembering the first sentence when the queen heard the first sentence, her eyebrows were frozen, and then she immediately put them aside. He then spoke and continued: "In the afternoon, the old slave met Prime Minister Wang Pu, who had just come out of the Privy Council. They discussed an important matter, and the official family was there."
Cao Tai spoke in a gentle voice, but his mouth was very clear, and every word was very clear; his voice was half-male but not so nice, but it was not annoying to listen to because of his clear pronunciation.
"Today, I think I should start from the end of the Battle of Gaoping. Wang Pu Wang Wenbo immediately entered the clerk's family after the Battle of Gaoping and proposed a general strategy of unifying the world, namely the strategy of "first north and then south, focusing on the Khitan". Wang Pu asserted that the Khitan Liao Kingdom will become a major concern for our country at least a hundred years in the future! Exiting the Khitan from Youzhou and driving to the north of the Yanshan Great Wall will inevitably be a 100-giant Chinese people. Their contributions will last for thousands of years, and their influence will be related to the fate of the country. It can make future knowledgeable people regard the officials as the emperor of the ages and the peerless wise king! It is worth the government and the military and civilians of our country at all costs!
Now the Khitan is in civil turmoil and its military and political slump; on the other hand, our country is a wise king, with strong troops and strong horses, and the battle of Gaoping, the remaining power of the Jinyang battle, to cultivate benevolent government internally, and to attack unrighteousness externally, it is a rare opportunity to restore the homeland. At this time, if we do not take advantage of the situation to establish great achievements, the future opportunities will not exist, and it will be too late to regret it. Therefore, Wang Pu proposed that our country's national strength is to defeat the Liao Kingdom and restore the homeland..."
After hearing this, Fu was slightly moved, "Wang Pu is a talent that is hard to come by."
Cao Tai said again: "These are all things that Wang Pu told me today.
But today, there are many countries that have split the territory and boundaries and have independent troops. All countries are profit-oriented and ignore the righteousness. The Southern Tang Dynasty even colluded with the Khitan to restrain our dynasty as a national policy; the Northern Han even openly formed an alliance with the Khitan and claimed to be his nephew... The focus is on the Khitan, and it must be prevented from being attacked from being attacked from both sides.
The most powerful and threatening our dynasty are three main ones: Northern Han, Shu Kingdom, and Southern Tang. Now the elite soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty were greatly damaged, Jinyang was almost broken, and there was no power to look south; Shu Kingdom occupied Qin, Feng and other places, and its forces entered Guanzhong, which threatened our dynasty; Southern Tang was the richest country, with the widest territory, with many soldiers and a wider general, and often made the ambition to advance north to the Central Plains. The remaining two places must first attack the key areas and guard the key areas, and then there is no worries before the whole country can defeat the Khitan and recover Hebei to achieve unparalleled achievements."
Cao Tai continued: "Wang Pu and others enter the clerk's family, you can start from Shu. Qin Feng and other states belong to China, and Shu takes advantage of the change of dynasties in China. Now our dynasty can recover the old land as an excuse to send troops to the west to completely drive Shu people out of Guanzhong, and then send troops to defend the key points of the Qinling Mountains, so that Shu will not dare to move around. If this battle is won, then take the land of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Jianghuai to eliminate the possibility of their attack.
Wang Wenbo (Wang Pu) suggested that he would fight Shu first and Tang, and he was determined to fight quickly and resolve his worries quickly, and not rush to defeat a country. The most priority should be the Khitan in the north, so it was said to be 'North first and then south', and Khitan was the priority. Today, the official family was discussing affairs in the Privy Council and had agreed with Wang Pu's suggestion; this was a military opportunity, so it was a little different from the "Pingbian Plan"... Lao Nu believed that the court had already prepared to use troops to Shu."
Fu's attention was turned to state affairs and pondered: "No wonder during the Battle of Jinyang, there was only an isolated city left in the Northern Han Dynasty. The officials and ministers were willing to make a decision and withdraw in time, and were unwilling to devote themselves to the efforts of the whole country."
"The Empress is so good." Cao Tai said hurriedly.
At this moment, a middle-aged palace woman was wandering outside the door of the bedroom, as if she was coming to see the queen. Cao Tai said tactfully: "It's getting late, and it's not easy for me to stay for too long, so I will leave."
Fu shook her wide sleeves and waved her lightly. Cao Tai bent down and stepped back, quietly not making any sound.
As soon as Cao Tai left, the middle-aged palace woman turned around and said, "Come in quickly." A beautiful palace maid lowered her head and carefully followed the middle-aged palace woman into the bedroom. After the two of them came in, the palace woman closed the palace door again.
Seeing this, Fu stood up calmly, lifted the pearl curtain into the warm pavilion, and walked into the tent of the hanging purple curtain. In the huge bedroom, except for herself and the two women who had just entered, there was no palace maid and eunuch. Cao Tai was shut down before he came in.
The woman took the palace maids to the place where Fu's sleeping was deep in the bedroom. They were more cautious than asking about military and state secrets, and they were a bit suspicious of being sneaky.
Fu had to be cautious. She took a lot of risks in this matter and was simply risking her life.
But she couldn't help it anymore... The official family pampered herself in front of others, and was appointed as the queen as soon as she came back; but she ignored her in the palace. She had been back in the capital for a while and he didn't even touch her. However, according to the eunuch Cao Tai's attention, the official family summoned concubines to sleep every day.
Fu really wanted to figure out whether the official family summoned the concubines to sleep and did it, or whether they were lucky. She felt that she was not ugly, and she was confident and beautiful in the harem, and she was much more beautiful than those concubines. Why not be lucky? She must understand that the official family's heart is not there or she is in health.
Arranged the undercover agent to be with Chai Rong to inquire about his private affairs. This kind of thing can be very serious. If you are found out, you will also blame the queen for plotting against him. Fu tried to be as quiet as possible, and only allowed three or two confidants to participate.
After the older middle-aged woman brought the palace maid in, she quietly guarded the palace gate from far away. She seemed to have been in Tokyo for a long time and had seen many of them, so she was very sensible and didn't want to listen to what the palace maid was saying in front of the queen because of curiosity... In this deep palace, no matter how smart it is, it is useless. She doesn't know anything, but she is safe.
The palace maid stood for a while, her face was pale and ugly. She suddenly fell to the ground and choked and said, "I dare not say it, nor dare to lie in front of the Queen."
Fu was surprised and even more curious, and hurriedly coaxed him with soft words: "The officials often go to war, and I have the final say in the palace. As long as you follow me loyally, I can protect you. Don't be afraid, tell me."
I saw the palace maid's shoulders trembling, as if she had eavesdropped on something very serious.
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PS: Today is the Ghost Festival. The ghost king on the page of "Ten Kingdoms Thousands of Girls" is already in vain. He begged for a final blow!
Chapter completed!