Chapter 1220 - 300: Military Strategy (Part 4)

Chapter 1220: Chapter 300: Military Strategy (Part 4)

"Yes, your servant will attend to His Majesty to sleep."

Wei Zhonghe carefully supported the Yan Emperor to the side hall. After laying him down, he quietly exited the hall.

Just as he stepped out,

a senior eunuch in red robes came to report:

"Consort Ding is deceased, due to illness."

Wei Zhonghe nodded.

The senior eunuch then said, "That item, I have prepared..."

Wei Zhonghe’s gaze immediately stiffened, and he lowly exclaimed:

"What, you want to thoroughly investigate before reporting to His Majesty to gain credit for your efficiency?"

"Your humble servant dares not, dares not."

"Let this matter end here; don’t mention it again, clueless thing."

"Yes, your humble servant understands, understands."

Watching that senior eunuch slink away, Wei Zhonghe shook his head and inspected around His Majesty’s resting place before returning to his own quarters.

During the day, Wei Zhonghe never leaves His Majesty’s side, but when His Majesty rests, Wei Zhonghe also returns to his residence to rest. After all, people aren’t made of iron.

Inside the bedroom,

Wei Zhonghe stretched out his hand,

opened the box on the table,

looking at the dildo placed in front of him.

In fact, such items are quite common in the palace; eunuchs use them, palace maids use them, and even some less favored concubines secretly use them.

Actually, using this is normal, but Consort Ding just happened to have bad luck before His Majesty.

Could it be otherwise,

in the dead of night, using it secretly would be fine,

but to take it out under the lamplight at that time!

Wei Zhonghe reached out and picked up the item,

gently scraped the surface with his fingernail,

and muttered to himself:

"Tsk tsk, top quality wood from Skybreak Mountain."

Eunuch Wei walked to his bedroom’s bookcase,

here were many compartments, each compartment stacked with many books, but actually these books had grooves inside, each groove contained a dildo.

Hundreds in total, all part of Eunuch Wei’s collection.

Thus, he could immediately tell the origin and material of this dildo; good wood from Jin land’s Skybreak Mountain is very suitable for making dildos.

This matter was awkward, His Majesty certainly didn’t want to hear any more about it.

Not to mention, this may involve Lord Pingye.

And now, His Majesty doesn’t want any matters to involve Lord Pingye.

"Oh dear, Lord Pingye, this time you owe me a favor."

Speaking thus,

Eunuch Wei placed the dildo into an empty compartment.

Clapped his hands,

and looked at the collection of items filling the bookshelf,

smiling with satisfaction.

Some loved to collect books and paintings, some loved swords, some loved bows and crossbows,

actually,

it’s perfectly normal to collect whatever one loves.

Eunuch Wei never felt there was anything wrong with his collection hobby,

even thought his collecting was more grounded than those official collectors.

Immediately,

Eunuch Wei flicked his duster,

sat cross-legged,

facing the shelf of dildos,

slowly entered meditation.

....

Last night, Lord Zheng slept late waiting for the princess.

Unexpectedly,

the princess didn’t come last night.

Early in the morning, Lord Zheng was woken by Ji Chengjue.

After washing and dressing, Lord Zheng appeared in the yard, eyes closed, seemingly asleep standing.

Ji Chengjue arrived, pulled him along, and they boarded the carriage together.

Master Zhang drove the carriage as usual;

This time, the Sword Saint didn’t follow, because around Ji Chengjue’s court-going carriage, security was strict.

After being greeted on the princess’s wedding night, Ji Chengjue had taken great care in his security.

"Here, have a biscuit."

Ji Chengjue handed Zheng Fan a biscuit.

Typically, on the way to morning court, Ji Chengjue would casually eat a little in the carriage, as the moment court ended, someone at home would send some food to the Ministry of Revenue.

Lord Zheng numbly nibbled on the biscuit.

During military campaigns, it’s a different state, but in daily life, waking up so early every day is something he’s not used to.

"Not used to morning court, are you?"

Lord Zheng nodded, finding it reminiscent of his school days.

Actually, Ji Chengjue had the convenience of his residence being close to the palace, making court attendance easier than for other officials, allowing him more time to sleep.

The streets had already started bustling.

Ji Chengjue lifted the curtain, letting the outside sounds through, saying:

"Everyday, watching the crowded street during morning court, it gives me a different feeling; Yan is not my Ji Family’s throne, but it’s them."

"Chicken soup this early makes you nauseous."

"They need to recuperate."

"But the weapons haven’t been used for long, will surely rust, there’s a saying to ’strike while the iron is hot.’

"Have you made up your mind, with determination like iron?"

"It’s not about determination like iron, but His Majesty summons me, knowing well what he hopes to hear from me sooner or later."

"Father hasn’t specifically issued a secret decree to you."

"If I told His Majesty, damn me as a general saying no war is like a wolf starting to eat grass.

Yesterday you said you could lead the officials to kneel at the palace gates with the crown prince and siblings to petition,

you really don’t want to, knowing how severe the consequences would be of such an act.

As for me,

the same applies,

and it would be even more severe for me."

"Yesterday you weren’t so resolute?"

"After some thought last night, I finally made sense of it."