The news of Geng Liangcheng's capture soon reached the Northwest Royal City. This was the last day that Shen Xihe kept vigil for Shen Yueshan.
"Princess, I want to go to Tingzhou in person." Wei Ya, dressed in military uniform and holding a helmet, walked in front of Shen Xihe with a serious face.
Shen Xihe glanced at him and looked back. Zhenzhu, who was standing beside her, immediately squatted and saluted, then took everyone away, leaving only Wei Ya and her in the room.
"My brother has gone to Tingzhou, so Uncle Wei can stay here." Shen Xihe said frankly.
"The prince went to Tingzhou?" Wei Ya was so sharp that he could suspect Geng Liangcheng. He immediately understood a lot from this sentence, "Did the princess and the prince know that the Turks would attack the city?"
Wei Ya was born in the northwest. Since he was old enough to understand, the war between the northwest and the Turks had never stopped. It was not until Shen Yueshan unified the northwest that there was nearly ten years of peace. He was not afraid of war, but he did not like it because he had been devastated by the war.
What I dislike even more is that some people deliberately provoke wars for the sake of profit. You should know that in this battle, Tingzhou was almost lost, and now the news reported is that thousands of men have been killed in the northwest.
"Brother, you went there after the war." Shen Xihe looked at Wei Ya and clenched his fingers holding the helmet. "My brother and I never thought that the Turks would send troops to attack the city, but this matter has something to do with me..."
Shen Xihe faked Shen Yueshan's death. Initially, he just teamed up with Xiao Huayong, with the simple purpose of hoping that she could leave Kyoto and then attend her brother's wedding in the name of looking for her father. Later, things got tangled up in a chain reaction, and more and more people were involved. In order to disrupt the situation, to achieve their goals, and for their own selfish reasons, they made the matter bigger and bigger.
The person who played a key role in this was Xiao Huayong. She indeed did not expect that it would trigger a war with the Turks. The most long-term goal she had in mind was to dampen the prestige of His Majesty and eliminate His Majesty's minions in the northwest. Xiao Changtai was not in her calculations.
But Xiao Changtai must have been within Xiao Huayong's calculations, and Xiao Huayong must have anticipated everything. She did not blame Xiao Huayong for this, nor was she qualified to blame him. This sin was caused by her, and she should bear it.
After hearing what Shen Xihe said, Wei Ya told him everything except that Xiao Juesong was Xiao Huayong in disguise.
Wei Ya's eyes moved gently for a moment, and he had mixed feelings in his heart. He did not think that it was Xiao Huayong's fault, because he thought of one more thing than Shen Xihe. Since Shen Yueshan was not really dead, if he wanted to stop this war, it would be very simple. As long as he appeared in Tingzhou, he would be able to sweep across the Turks. But Shen Yueshan was not going there now.
This is because they all need Geng Liangcheng to become a traitor and collaborator with the enemy. Only in this way can they remain united.
They have experienced too many life and death hardships. When Shen Yueshan is intact, even if he has evidence that Geng Liangcheng has defected to Emperor Youning, there will still be people who plead for him. Even if Shen Yueshan has evidence that Geng Liangcheng wants to kill Shen Yun'an, unless Shen Yun'an is really dead, there will still be people who will use up their old friendship to consume it.
If Shen Yueshan agrees, it would be like letting a tiger return to the mountains, and he would not be able to severely punish other traitors in the future, which would break the rules; but if Shen Yueshan disagrees, there will definitely be people who are close to Geng Liangcheng or have received favors from Geng Liangcheng who will feel that Shen Yueshan is inhuman.