"But..." Shen Ning bit her lips. There was something she had been holding back in her heart for a long time, but she finally couldn't hold it back and said it out.
"I always feel that although Chu Shaoyang has hatred in his heart, he hates you and he hates me. What he wants in his heart is to take back everything that belongs to him, but he should still have this country in his heart. He doesn't seem to be the kind of person who wants to share his wealth for personal gain. As for the treasonous person, Mo Chuan, I am not saying this to help him, but I still don’t believe that he would really do this. You won’t be angry, right?”
Mo Chuan ruffled her hair and smiled calmly: "Silly girl, when have I ever been angry with you? You can say these words in vain for his love for you."
He paused and then said: "Actually, what you said makes sense, but you still don't understand his character well enough. He is the kind of person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. You just said that he wants to take back what belongs to him. But in Xi Chu, he has neither military power nor military strength. He wants to get all this like a dream. The only way he can achieve his goal is to borrow troops from Northern Qi! He just showed his goodwill to our Western Chu, and he would never send troops to attack our Western Chu for the sake of a fallen prince. The Eastern Qin State kidnapped the late emperor and tortured him in every possible way. Chu Shaoyang hated the people of Eastern Qin to his core. He would never do that. Go to the Eastern Qin Dynasty to borrow troops. The South Vietnam has always been eyeing the Western Chu, but they dare not invade rashly. Once Chu Shaoyang defected to the South Vietnam and presented the blueprint of the five-gun crossbow, it would be like a gold ingot dropped from the world. With Nanyue on their head, don't they have a reason to hold on tightly? So I'm sure that Nanyue will happily borrow troops from Chu Shaoyang and let him bring the elite soldiers of Nanyue to attack. I, Xichu, this will be of great benefit to South Vietnam. If my prediction is correct, this war is imminent and unavoidable!"
After listening to his analysis, Shen Ning finally sighed and was speechless for a long time.
After a while, she said: "Once South Vietnam raises its troops, there will never be peace again. The days when the poor people want to live and work in peace and contentment will soon be over. I don't know how many soldiers will die on the battlefield, and I don't know how many families will have their wives." If I had known this, I shouldn't have been merciful to Chu Shaoyang!" She punched the bed board bitterly.
"Okay, we'll talk about these things later. Just close your eyes and go to sleep. If you don't sleep, don't blame me for not letting you sleep?" Mo Chuan looked at her thoughtfully.
"Okay, okay, I'm just sleeping, Mo Chuan, don't work too hard." She retracted her head into the quilt, only revealing a pair of eyes to look at him.
"Yeah, I know, go to sleep." He smiled and covered her eyes with his palms.
After a while, he removed his palm and saw that she was breathing softly, her eyes were closed, and she had fallen asleep.
The smile on Mo Chuan's face disappeared, and his two straight eyebrows frowned deeply.
In order not to worry her too much, he didn't tell her many things.
In fact, he was not at all sure about the war with South Vietnam.
Chu Shaoyang's defection to South Vietnam has not yet spread. The only people in the court who knew about it were Liao Liao. These people were all ministers who followed him, but they were all civil servants and did not know how to lead troops to fight.
When he named Chu Shaoyang King of Dingyuan, he originally had high hopes for him and made great efforts to train him.