Chapter 73: No fame
Meng Shulan held the water bag and drank a few sips of water, grinning happily.
That heroic posture left Wen Zhehan speechless in shock.
Others didn't know how Meng Shulan could grow so big without being crooked, but he knew it very well.
His aunt had the ability to assist his father on the throne, and it was easy to take care of a child. Seeing that this boy Meng Shulan had grown up wildly on his own since he was a child, but everything was within the control of his aunt.
He was also older and had learned more, so he saw his aunt's tricks.
If a woman can rule the country, I'm afraid it won't be her father's turn to take the throne.
But since her aunt married her uncle and helped her father secure the throne, she has stopped taking part in government affairs. That's why when Meng Shulan tricked her and her uncle into going to Daliang for fun, she packed up her things and went on a mountain tour with her uncle without saying a word.
The water has gone.
Wen Zhehan admitted that he envied this kind of character and freedom.
Under his aunt's upbringing, Meng Shulan has always been self-restrained and polite. With his heroic posture like a knight, and his cheerful expression like a fool, if he hadn't recognized that face, he wouldn't have been able to find it at all.
I can see the shadow of Meng Shulan in my impression!
Compared to Wen Zhehan's shock, Yan Qing seemed much calmer.
I guess I'm not surprised.
Wen Zhehan guessed this, but he didn't know that Yan Qing was just used to people's instinctive reactions when they were extremely hungry and thirsty, which would be a hundred times more exaggerated than Meng Shulan's current actions.
"In addition to welcoming back the official family, submitting evidence, and recruiting and settling the army, what other instructions does His Highness Prince Duan have?"
Yan Qing summarized Wen Zhehan's previous arrangements in one sentence, and asked him what he had not finished before being interrupted by Meng Shulan.
But before Wen Zhehan opened his mouth, Meng Shulan grabbed Wen Zhehan's shoulder and said to Yan Qing: "It should be about reporting the war situation to the Holy One, just leave it to me."
Yan Qing had no objection to this.
Normally, after every battle at the border, she would submit a summary of the battle to her father. She used to write it herself, but later when Meng Shulan came to serve as a military advisor under her, she naturally left this matter to him.
It turns out that Meng Shulan is very suitable for this paperwork, and it is much more detailed than what she wrote.
Meng Shulan could clearly see many of the details that she had not noticed while she was busy fighting. Afterwards, she helped her check for omissions and fill in the gaps and analyze the situation. She also made great progress in marching and leading troops during those years.
Although he did not participate in the entire battle this time, he did not miss much about her plan and some details.
There is nothing wrong with him reporting to the emperor. At worst, she will be asked to ask again by the emperor later.
Now that it was impossible for Wen Zhemao to come back, she agreed to her mother's decision and went to the North to reunite with her grandfather's family.
She doesn't need these merits, but if he wants to gain a firm foothold in the court, they are definitely indispensable.
Yan Qing had his own plans, so he didn't care much about Meng Shulan's initiative to take over the report. However, Wen Zhehan said: "You just came back from Western Xinjiang and you don't understand the specific situation. What report are you going to give?"
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However, before Meng Shulan could say a few words to Wen Zhehan, she heard Yan Qing speak: "The prince led the soldiers and horses from Western Xinjiang to return to the capital in time and defeated Li Dingshan's army; he also had a clever plan and ordered the Qing Dynasty to take precautions in advance and successfully rescued the detained officials.
The family members, every one of them, are always obeying orders."
Meng Shulan and Wen Zhehan frowned at the same time.
Wen Zhehan was confused as to why Yan Qing gave such great credit to Meng Shulan.
As far as he knew, Yan Qing once said that he wanted to be the second Marquis of Anyuan.
Now that she has such great achievements in quelling the rebellion and rescuing the emperor, she cannot be directly granted the title of Marquis or Prime Minister, but after Li Dingshan's death, there is a shortage of guards in southern Xinjiang, and there are not many people available at the moment who can gain the trust of his father.
Less, Yan Qingqing is one.
Even if it is impossible to directly grant her the title of Marquis of Zhennan, she can definitely be given the same responsibility as Meng Shulan in taking charge of the troops in Southern Xinjiang.
But why did she push out this credit?
He is not a fool. Yan Qing said that he was following orders from Meng Shulan, so he really believed it.
After all, he and Meng Shulan were cousins who grew up together. No matter how Meng Shulan changed, some essential things would never change - he couldn't let the people he cared about choose to tolerate being coerced.
Based on his personality, he would probably come back directly and tie up Wen Zhemao first.
Who would have thought?
This man was a well-behaved and polite prince in the past, but in the eyes of these princes, he was actually an out-and-out little devil!
It was all done to him by his father.
Even when his aunt was around, he would still be a little wary. But when his aunt was away, hehe...
Therefore, he was extremely certain that all this was Yan Qing's own idea, and Meng Shulan was indeed just as he said, just in case, and to clean up the aftermath.
Even without Meng Shulan's back-up, Yan Qing's previous offensive was enough to lead them to the final victory, but the cost was a bit more tragic than the current situation.
Therefore, Wen Zhehan couldn't understand why she was giving all the credit to Meng Shulan.
In order to protect oneself wisely to prevent the tree from attracting the wind? Or are you afraid of being settled by the rapids after the fall and retreat bravely?
After all, she had calculated her father's favorite candidate for crown prince. Although the problem did not lie with her, who could guess the emperor's thoughts?
Wen Zhehan was thinking about Yan Qing's purpose of not wanting to gain fame, but Meng Shulan had a vague premonition that it was not good, as if she was doing something to deal with the aftermath.
This premonition was strange, but Meng Shulan firmly believed it.
He was very familiar with Yan Qing. Every move she made had a strong purpose, and it was absolutely impossible for her to act unreasonably.
And her actions now gave Meng Shulan the illusion of "entrusting an orphan". It's just that what Yan Qing entrusted to him was not an orphan, but the entire Western Xinjiang.
She will never return to Xijiang again.
This idea suddenly became clear in Meng Shulan's mind.
She's leaving.
This was Meng Shulan's second thought.
Where is she going?
Meng Shulan wanted to ask, but Yan Qing had already left to deal with the matters Wen Zhehan had previously assigned.
He wanted to chase him, but Wen Zhehan grabbed his shoulder instead.
Meng Shulan wanted to get rid of him, but Wen Zhehan didn't let go. He watched Yan Qing striding away with him, shoulder to shoulder, and teased in a strange way: "Brother Huang tried every means to get Yan Qing to work for him.
No, you didn’t say a word but let someone give you such a big credit for nothing. You can do it!”
"piss off!"
Meng Shulan kidnapped him, shook off his hand, and planned to go to Yan Qing to ask, but Wen Zhehan held him back.
Meng Shulan turned around with a dark face, almost like "If you don't give me an explanation, this matter will never be over."
Wen Zhehan, however, looked solemn: "Okay, what are you asking about? There will be opportunities in the future. She still has an official position, so she can't run away for nothing. Let's get down to business first. I'm here to see Yan Qing. It's not just my father who needs to report the details.
Regarding the war situation, there is one more thing."
"What's up?"
Meng Shulan asked.
Chapter completed!