When the princess spoke, Wutong immediately stopped and waited for General Shen's reply.
Shen Quan turned around suddenly:
"Fifty thousand cavalry? The little prince of Northern Tartar brought all his family's wealth with him. No wonder Your Highness wants to attack the Northern Tartar royal court. Northern Tartar has little military strength, so it is a perfect opportunity to implement the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao and removing the firewood from under the cauldron."
Su Fengyi felt more and more that it was easy to talk to General Shen. The cost of explanation was low and one word was worth three, so she said:
"Xinghe is only a hundred miles away from Xuanfu, and Xuanfu is only three hundred miles away from the capital. A fast horse can leave in the morning and arrive in the evening.
General Shen, if the Shen family is gone, can the current guards of Xuanfu stop him?
During the twenty years since Taizu became emperor, in order to protect his son from future troubles, he wiped out almost all the generals who had followed Taizu to conquer the world, except for the Shen family.
After the late emperor ascended the throne, he rested and recuperated, and fewer wars were launched. Most of the military households retired from their armor and returned to the countryside. They farmed in their spare time and fought in wars. Over the years, they no longer had any fighting power.
At present, in the Great Mu Dynasty, there are only two places with the strongest combat power. One is the border army, which has the strongest practical experience, and the other is the imperial army, which has the best equipment.
Shen Quan went over all the generals in the capital one by one:
“It’s not that I am arrogant. If the Shen family is destroyed, it would be hard to find a general in the capital who can fight against the little prince of the Northern Tartars.
I just don't understand, this person let the wolf into the house, and there is no way to drive the wolf away, isn't it a waste of time, and he has made wedding clothes for others, but why?
Su Fengyi smiled and said:
"What if he gets Shen He?"
Shen Quan looked at Su Fengyi with a sharp gaze. Su Fengyi looked back at him with a firm expression. Shen Quan suddenly realized:
"I see."
Su Fengyi nodded:
"exactly."
Wutong listened to General Shen and the princess playing charades, and seemed to understand what they were saying, but not quite.
She was a maid who served the eldest princess' daily life. She was asked to guess what the eldest princess wanted to eat, wear, and play with that day. Without the eldest princess's instructions, she could always guess it almost right and get it done in advance.
But let her guess who he was? What was he? She couldn't guess anything.
I believe Xie Xuan is here, so he will definitely understand.
In the past, the princess only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and Wutong had never felt so helpless.
But now she suddenly felt a sense of crisis in her heart, and she was annoyed that she could not even guess this. How could she know what the eldest princess wanted? If she did not know what the eldest princess wanted, how could she be the first personal maid under her name?
In addition, the ins and outs of the thief who broke into the princess's mansion today have not been investigated, and things have not been done well one after another. Wutong is a strong and ambitious person, and he can't help feeling a little frustrated and anxious, worried that the princess will no longer be willing to entrust important matters to him in the future.
After Wutong silently sent General Shen back to his bedroom, another report came from the kitchen:
"Miss, the Jiangnan Eighteen Banquet is ready, where should we send it to?"
In the past, Gui Chef would prepare this exclusively for the prince consort. The eldest princess thought Gui Chef's dishes were too sweet, and she didn't really like to be served by Gui Chef.
The princess's husband seldom comes to the princess's mansion, and so much manpower and financial resources were spent to invite a famous chef from Jiangnan who was selected from among a hundred people from thousands of miles away, but he has been sitting on the bench for such a long time.
I can only wait for the master to occasionally remember to do this like today, so that I can show off my skills and make this insignificant snack that the master may not even taste in the end.
Wutong thought that if the prince consort came to the princess's mansion, the things made by Guichu should be sent to him. Now that the prince consort is not here, they should be sent to the princess, not to General Shen.
General Shen doesn't look like a person who likes snacks.
But the words "send it to the study" turned around on his tongue for a few times, and then he suppressed them. Wutong ordered intuitively:
"Send it to General Shen first, and then make another copy and send it to the study."
Everyone in the Princess's mansion knew that the Princess was impatient and couldn't wait for this matter. How could the kitchen dare to let the Princess wait? It wasn't as if they wanted to die.
As soon as the kitchen manager received the news that the princess wanted to order a midnight snack, he stopped what he was doing and called everyone in the kitchen to help Chef Gui.
Some people were kneading dough, some were washing rice, some were washing beans. All kinds of flour, all kinds of rice, and all kinds of beans filled the kitchen, ready for Guichu's use.
For just one lotus pastry, Chef Gui mixed seven or eight shades of pink according to the colors of the petals from light to dark, and fried at least a basketful of them.
Therefore, Wutong ordered both sides to send it. It was not a problem for the kitchen at all. Not to mention taking out another portion, even taking out eight or ten portions would be easy and without any difficulty. Even if the eldest princess wanted to entertain guests today, it would be enough to set the table.
Kitchen Gui made each dessert into bite-sized pieces, and selected four small flowers with the most even colors and the most complete petals for each type. He arranged them on a plate and packed them in food boxes, then asked several kitchen servants to quickly deliver them to the study room for the eldest princess.
Then he followed the same method and used the remaining food to prepare a complete set of food boxes for General Shen and had them delivered to his bedroom.
So when Wutong went to report to the Princess, Su Fengyi had already received a copy of the Jiangnan Eighteen Banquet.
Su Fengyi thought the kitchen had sent the wrong thing, so she said to Wutong:
"Send it to General Shen."
Wutong was so thankful for his intuition just now, otherwise he would have misunderstood his master's intention. If it had only been delivered to the study, would he still be eager to send the things that had already been presented to the princess to the general at this time?
That would be too ugly.
Wutong smiled and went forward and said:
"How dare I miss General Shen's things? I sent them over long ago.
This is specially reserved for Your Highness by the kitchen."
It would be fine if General Shen didn't have it. Otherwise, if he promised Shen He, he would probably get angry if he didn't get to eat it.
She didn't give clear instructions, but Wutong understood it on his own. Su Fengyi praised him:
"Well done. Has Xie Xuan come back? If he does, ask him to come to the study to see me."
After listening to this, Wutong thought to himself, it's so late, and His Highness is still waiting for Captain Xie, which shows that His Highness has important things to do. He has something to do but has not told me, which shows that I can't do it myself.
He just hated that he couldn't help with this important matter. Looking at the Jiangnan Banquet that the chef had put in eighteen kinds of effort but the princess didn't even taste a bite, Wutong felt that he was as useless as that plate of dessert.
Wutong felt sad and had a look of panic on his face, which was noticed by Su Fengyi.
Su Fengyi was originally drawing a map of the underground palace of Shennu Lake. Seeing Wutong's strange expression, she stopped and asked her:
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The princess was rarely sympathetic, and Wutong was not the kind of person who would shy away, so he immediately replied:
"It would be great if I could share His Highness's worries like Captain Xie did."
Su Fengyi immediately understood her unspoken meaning and was a little surprised:
"You have seen Xie Xuan in action. You know that the methods used by the Jinyiwei are always bloody. But you are not afraid?"
Wutong is full of yearning:
“I am not afraid, I just hate that I am useless and cannot use these methods.
I don't want to be a useless waste, I am willing to follow the example of Captain Xie and be a useful knife in the hands of His Highness."
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