Chapter 917 I am simply a genius

In the evening, Dugu Ce hosted a welcoming ceremony for Emperor Wen at the former Qiuchi Palace.

However, today is just a simple welcoming party and only a limited number of people will attend the dinner.

The formal banquet will be held at noon tomorrow, and it will be held in the name of Emperor Wen to entertain all the ministers.

After the dinner, Yun Zheng found Dugu Ce and asked, "What did the emperor talk to you about?"

Dugu Ce had long guessed that Yun Zheng would ask him about this matter, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty reprimanded me, and then asked me what the situation was like in the Northwest Protectorate."

"Is it?"

Yun Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is the emperor afraid that we will team up and find ways to ask him for food?"

"probably!"

Dugu Ce nodded gently, "From the look of His Majesty, it seems that he does not believe in the plight of the Northwest Protectorate."

Listening to Dugu Ce's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but think secretly.

Don’t believe the plight of the Northwest Protectorate?

What's there to be unbelievable about this?

Besides, my father has made it clear that he is going to be a stingy miser, so what does it matter whether I believe him or not?

Is Dugu Ce probably lying?

Could it be that the Emperor wants to incite Dugu Ce to rebel?

Use Dugu Ce to restrain yourself?

But does he really need to do this?

Does that old fellow think that Dugu Ce has the strength to restrain him?

Yun Zheng thought silently for a moment, and looked at Dugu Ce with a playful expression, "General Dugu, do you think I am such an easy person to deceive? Do you think I am too stupid, or do you think your lies are very clever?"

Facing Yun Zheng's gaze, Dugu Ce couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart.

How can he say this?

Since Emperor Wen wanted him to be the knife, he naturally didn't want Yun Zheng to know about this.

Otherwise, why would Emperor Wen send Yun Zheng away?

However, Yun Zheng was obviously not so easy to fool.

If he continued to conceal the truth, it might even cause misunderstanding between Yun Zheng and Emperor Wen.

Dugu Ce pondered silently, wondering what to say so as not to arouse Yun Zheng's suspicion and cause misunderstanding between Yun Zheng and Emperor Wen.

"Your Highness, please don't embarrass me!"

Dugu Ce looked at Yun Zheng bitterly, "The emperor did tell me some things, but I swear to heaven that what the emperor told me was definitely for the good of Your Highness! If I lied even a little bit, I will..."

"Alright! You don't have to swear an oath!"

Yun Zheng interrupted Dugu Ce and said with a smile: "You are a smart person and a reasonable person. I believe you know what you can do and what you can't do! Moreover, I also believe in your loyalty."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness!"

Dugu Ce bowed and saluted.

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled. Just as he was about to let Dugu Ce leave, he suddenly had an idea.

"Does Father want you to do something for me that I am not comfortable doing?"

Yun Zheng looked at Dugu Ce with burning eyes.

This is not very difficult to guess.

If Emperor Wen had a normal desire to do good for him, why would he send him away?

It seems that this is only necessary if Dugu Ce is asked to do something shady for him, or something that he is unwilling to do?

Facing Yun Zheng's question, Dugu Ce's heart suddenly jumped, and then he kept smiling bitterly.

This father and son are really each smarter than the other.

What should he do?

After hesitating for a moment, Dugu Ce said bitterly: "Your Highness, please don't ask anymore. I really can't tell you!"

However, Yun Zheng did not give up and continued to ask: "Father, are you going to massacre the people of Qiuchi and Dayue?"

Dugu Ce's face twitched slightly, and he bit his tongue tightly, "I really can't say it! I can only promise that I will never harm Your Highness, and I dare not harm Your Highness!"

After listening to Dugu Ce's words, Yun Zheng already had a plan in mind.

Although Dugu Ce did not admit it, the subtle change in his expression already explained something.

"Well, in that case, I won't ask any more questions!"

Yun Zheng sighed softly, "If unfortunately I have guessed it right, I hope you won't do anything rash! I know that my father's starting point is good, and I understand his approach! But before things get to that point, you must not act on your own! If you really need to do that, I will not show mercy!"

Dugu Ce remained silent and did not express his opinion.

Once he expressed his opinion, didn’t it mean that he acknowledged Yun Zheng’s guess?

Seeing that Dugu Ce remained silent, Yun Zheng stopped making things difficult for him and let him go down to rest.

After Dugu Ce left, Yun Zheng couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Although Dugu Ce did not admit it, he felt that his guess was probably right.

This old guy!

He really didn't know what to say!

After sighing silently in his heart for a while, Yun Zheng lay down to rest.

In his mind, he was constantly thinking about ways to resolve the predicament of the Northwest Protectorate.

As he was thinking, Yun Zheng fell asleep unknowingly.

Silent all night.

The next day, the servants in the palace started busying themselves early in the morning preparing for the lunch banquet.

Emperor Wen also formally received his ministers as the Emperor of Daqian.

Among them were officials sent by the imperial court to the Northwest Protectorate, as well as surrendered officials from Qiuchi like Ji Miao.

There was actually nothing big going on when Emperor Wen met these people.

This is basically just a formality, equivalent to everyone getting to know each other.

Emperor Wen did not want to listen to these people's complaints, and had no intention of interrogating the political affairs of the Northwest Protectorate. Instead, he talked to the surrendered officials of Qiuchi to learn about the customs and people of Qiuchi.

"Brother, it seems your plan is going to fail completely!"

Qin Qihu nudged Yun Zheng and whispered.

Yun Zheng nodded slightly and asked again: "You saw it too?"

“Can’t you see this?”

Qin Qihu was speechless. "Your Majesty has no intention of asking about the political affairs of the Northwest Protectorate. Doesn't it clearly mean that he doesn't want to listen to the complaints of these officials?"

"Yes!"

Yun Zheng sighed softly, "I'm afraid my father has been preparing for me to do this to him."

Qin Qihu nodded in agreement, and grinned strangely: "I think His Majesty has also learned some experience from you."

"..."

Yunzheng was speechless.

What does it mean to gain experience through pitfalls?

I didn't do anything to this old guy, did I?

This old guy is not the third child, how could he be easily cheated?

"Do you want to remind them?"

At this time, Qin Qihu asked again in a low voice.

"forget it!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand slightly, "The emperor's attitude is so clear, there is no point in asking everyone to complain to him! The emperor has already thought of some solutions for me, but the problems here still need to be solved by ourselves!"

That's it!

Let’s start by forming temporary military households!

At worst, we can just let those military households go and plunder!

He just didn't believe that a living person could...

Just as Yun Zheng was muttering to himself, he was suddenly stunned.

Suddenly, Yun Zheng seemed to have grasped something.

Yun Zheng tried desperately to grasp the flash of inspiration in his mind.

As the inspiration came to his mind, Yun Zheng immediately thought in that direction.

As he thought about it, Yun Zheng became excited.

Correct!

Just do it!

Snapped!