#489 - Seats in the harem are in short supply!
An hour later.
While Liang Qin sat alone on a blue stone, gazing at the moon and indulging in imagining the blissful scene of her wedding with Wei Changtian, the latter had already thoroughly confirmed all the details of the ambush operation for tomorrow with Chu Xianping and the others.
With all preparations now complete, they simply had to await the arrival of the following evening.
However, given that this was a crucial battle that would determine the victory or defeat of the Shu Province campaign, everyone was unwilling to see even the slightest possibility of an unforeseen event.
“...”
“Everyone, one last thing.”
Standing in the center of the rather small council hall, Wei Changtian shifted his gaze from the sand table and looked back at the other five men with serious expressions.
Chu Xianping, Liang Zhen, Shen Ran.
Also present were Qin Guanrong, the Left Elder of the Tianluo Sect, Wei Changtian's third uncle, who led the members of the Tianluo Sect and the Freemasons.
And Zhao Dong, the general of the 50,000-strong Great Li reinforcements who had arrived in Shu Province ahead of time.
Including Wei Changtian himself, the six men in the room were the core figures in the Battle of Niutou Mountain.
Although the reliability of the other five was beyond doubt, it was hard to say whether the men under their command were trustworthy.
Therefore...
“Shu army, Li army, Tianluo Sect, Freemasons, from now until the morning after tomorrow, I hope that all of you will gather all the Mother-Child Jade or other communication devices of your subordinates and keep them in one place for safekeeping!”
“Except for the Mother-Child Jade used by the army, no one is allowed to retain any communication devices!”
“Also, divide the soldiers into small teams of five, whether they are eating, sleeping, or going to the toilet... in short, they must do everything together!”
“We must not give any opportunity to spies who may be lurking in the army!”
“Do you all understand?”
“If anyone's area has a problem, don't blame me for turning my back on you at that time!”
“...”
It must be said that Wei Changtian's words and actions at this time were very different from usual.
Normally, whether he was facing Chu Xianping or Liang Zhen, he would discuss matters with them, and rarely would he “give orders” as he was doing now.
However, the others did not feel awkward, but instead nodded solemnly.
After all, once the news was leaked by a spy, the entire ambush operation would very likely be ruined.
Although the thoughts of everyone in the room were not exactly the same, at least their goals were consistent on the matter of “winning the Shu Province campaign”. No one wanted to see a plan that had been devised for so long and had finally reached its final stage be ruined by a little mistake.
“Alright, since everyone understands, then go and do it immediately!”
Wei Changtian calmly scanned the crowd again, then suddenly called out to Liang Zhen, who was about to turn and leave.
“By the way, Uncle Liang, I have something else to discuss with you.”
“Hmm?”
Liang Zhen turned around, and after the others had left the room, he asked with a smile, “Is it about your marriage with Qin'er?”
Wei Changtian was greatly embarrassed upon hearing this: “Uh, Uncle Liang, did you hear that?”
“Hahaha, what? Are you afraid of me hearing it?”
Liang Zhen laughed heartily and patted Wei Changtian heavily on the shoulder: “Changtian, I know what you want to say to me!”
“That Li Wutong is, after all, a princess of a kingdom, and her background is indeed more noble than Qin'er's, so she should be your first wife.”
Who wants to talk to you about this?
Looking at Liang Zhen's smiling face, Wei Changtian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Three wives and four concubines, the first wife is the most important, there is only one, the secondary wife's status is slightly inferior, usually you can marry two.
As for concubines, it doesn't matter, you can marry as many as you can handle.
Like Lu Jingyao and Xu Qingwan, who have already entered the family, are nominally concubines... because the backgrounds of the two women are too different compared to the Wei family.
Of course, this is not a problem for Wei Changtian at all. In his eyes, there is no difference between wives and concubines.
But after all, Wei Xianzheng and Qin Caizhen are still there. Since the two women don't care about the identity of “concubine”, then he won't bother to violate the etiquette for no reason.
Liang Qin is different from them.
The Liang family and the Wei family have been family friends for generations. In addition, although Liang Zhen has now “rebelled”, his official positions before and after the rebellion are not low, so if Liang Qin marries him, she will at least be a “wife”.
It's just that before, including Wei Changtian himself, everyone thought that Liang Qin should be the “first wife”, after all, besides Ning Yuke, he didn't know any woman with a better background than her.
But Li Wutong's “sudden appearance” suddenly pushed her down, so Liang Zhen mistakenly thought that Wei Changtian wanted to talk about this.
It would have been a good thing for the father-in-law to be so “understanding”, but...
But Wei Changtian is not the kind of person who would worry about this kind of thing?
“That, Uncle Liang...”
After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head helplessly: “You can discuss this matter with my father, I actually just wanted you to find someone in the Shu army.”
“What? Find someone?”
Liang Zhen's expression instantly became a little awkward, and after a moment, he returned to normal: “Who are you looking for?”
“Zhang Shi.”
Wei Changtian recalled the “tax reduction certificate” and said truthfully: “This person should have joined the Shu army before Ning Yuke became king, and I would like to ask Uncle Liang to investigate.”
“If there is such a person, then I would like to meet him.”
“Zhang Shi... Shi as in stone?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, I will order someone to investigate now.”
Liang Zhen nodded and said a few more words to Wei Changtian before turning around to leave.
However, as soon as he went out, he saw Shen Ran, who had been waiting outside.
“Hmm? Young Master Shen? Do you have something to discuss with Changtian?”
“Yes, I want to ask where my teacher is now.” Shen Ran cupped his hands.
“Your teacher?”
Liang Zhen was slightly stunned, only then did he realize that Xu Suisui had not returned with Wei Changtian.
Frowning slightly, Liang Zhen suddenly fell into thought again.
He wasn't worried about Xu Suisui's safety, nor was he wondering about her whereabouts, but...
Speaking of which, Changtian won't want to marry this woman as well in the future, right?
This woman is Changtian's cousin, she should at least be a secondary wife.
Hmm?
No! We must immediately arrange Changtian's marriage with Qin'er after the battle is over!
Otherwise, if we drag it on any longer, Qin'er won't even be able to be a secondary wife!
“...”
Behind him, Shen Ran had already pushed the door and entered the room.
Liang Zhen walked away while pondering, and soon approached his daughter, who was still sitting on the stone, dreaming of the future.
The father and daughter were each thinking about their own things, and they didn't even notice each other.
Until Liang Qin suddenly heard a mumbling sound not far away.
“If Qin'er is a concubine...”
“No, no, this is too unreasonable...”
“We must act first...”
“Dad!”
Suddenly, a delicate shout interrupted Liang Zhen's thoughts.
Liang Qin trotted over and scolded softly: “What are you talking about! What concubine or not!”
“Ah, Qin'er!”
Liang Zhen suddenly came back to his senses, looked at his daughter who suddenly appeared, and was stunned for a long time, then nervously persuaded: “Daughter, Dad has already thought about it!”
“As soon as the battle is over, you and Changtian will get married immediately, we can't delay it for a day!”
“If you're any later, you can only be Changtian's concubine...”
“Dad!”
Although Liang Qin didn't know why Liang Zhen came to this conclusion, she still interrupted with a blushing face: “When I marry Changtian-ge depends on Changtian-ge's plans! I don't care if it's sooner or later! Don't worry about it here!”
“Besides, even if, even if I were to be Changtian-ge's concubine, I, I would be willing...”
“...”
Liang Zhen: “???”
