Awesome! My best friend traveled through time and space and became the infrastructure queen

Chapter 193 Camp

The three of them stepped into the tent, and the warmth of the charcoal fire hit them in the face. The thick curtains blocked the cold wind outside, and Su Chengnan felt much warmer.

Li Shanqi strode to the main seat and sat down, looking at Su Chengnan quietly, waiting for her to speak.

Lu Chaofeng was not in a hurry at all. He slowly asked her to sit over, then picked up the teapot that had been warming on the small charcoal stove and poured her a cup of tea.

The tea leaves were taken from Li Shanqi's shelf, the last of his treasured collection. After the leaves were swirled up and down in the boiling water for a few circles, the fragrance of tea immediately filled the air.

"Thank you."

Su Chengnan blew gently, and the rising hot steam floated out. She took a small sip and the tea tasted mellow and sweet.

"Good tea."

"That's all I have left! It's only a few ounces a year, and I can't even bear to drink it normally!"

Li Shanqi glanced at Lu Chaofeng, then said to Su Chengnan with a smile: "I still have some here, if you like, take it all, don't be polite to me."

Su Chengnan didn't want to take someone else's love away, so he declined, "Thank you, Uncle Li. Mi Feng has prescribed a lot of medicine for me recently. I..."

"Hey, I said I'll give it to you, so I'll give it to you! Otherwise, this kid will always be thinking about it." Li Shanqi stood up, picked up the tea can from the shelf and put it on the table in front of Su Chengnan, and patted Lu Chaofeng's shoulder with a smile.

Su Chengnan smiled, stood up and bowed generously, "I dare not refuse, elder. Chengnan would like to thank uncle."

"Ah."

Li Shanqi sat back down and continued, "Niece, you just said there's a way to break this situation. Why don't you tell me about it?"

Su Chengnan stood up, and Lu Chaofeng glanced at her inconspicuously while holding the teacup.

This look...what does he want to say?

Su Chengnan suppressed the doubts in his heart, walked to the center of the tent, looked at Li Shanqi, and changed the subject.

"Uncle Li! War is raging across Dayong right now. I wonder if the capital can do anything about it?"

Li Shanqi seemed to have not expected her to be so direct. He was stunned for a moment, shook his head silently, sighed, and then clenched his palms again.

He shouted angrily: "As?!"

"At this time, it's good enough that the capital city is not causing any more trouble! Assassination, poisoning, what kind of things are these?"

Lu Chaofeng nodded and interrupted, "Now that the White Bear Nation has invaded the interior, the people of the Central Plains are living in dire straits. The Queen Mother is in control of the government and is only concerned with the private interests of her family. My uncle, humph, it's good enough that you didn't sell out the country, but this is really..."

"Yes, that's right! When the late emperor was alive, although the White Bear Nation was also eyeing us covetously, they didn't dare to attack us. I still don't understand how they suddenly appeared in the Central Plains."

Li Shanqi turned his gaze to Lu Chaofeng, whose expression became even uglier. He practically gritted his teeth and said, "They nearly killed my father at the border. If my father hadn't noticed something was wrong and taken precautions, they would have gone to see my mother by now."

Li Shanqi: "Those civil servants keep throwing dirty water on the prince. They have no idea what their brains are for! If Prince Ningyuan wanted to rebel, would he need to join forces with the White Bear Kingdom? He can go all the way to Huanglong with just his own hundreds of thousands of troops!"

After saying that, he changed the subject: "Feng'er, don't you think so?"

Lu Chaofeng sat on the chair, without moving or responding, just looking back at Li Shanqi calmly.

Su Chengnan sensed the hidden meaning.

An enigmatic smile played across Li Shanqi's lips. "If you ask me, you and your son are just too soft-hearted. What did the late emperor say to your father when he passed away?! I've never forgotten a single one of those words! You're just too cautious."

Su Chengnan had never heard of this past event. She looked at Li Shanqi's face, trying to judge his intention from his expression. Why did he say it in front of her?

Is it a means of expressing trust?

Or is he hinting something to her?

Su Chengnan couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he decided to put urgent matters aside and see what Lu Chaofeng thought.

Lu Chaofeng knew that Su Chengnan was holding the imperial edict. After several rounds of eye contact, he roughly guessed Su Chengnan's intention.

But he knew his uncle better than she did.

There are some things he can say, but Su Chengnan cannot say them on his own initiative.

"Uncle, we won the battle between our two armies today and even destroyed one of their cannons. Do you think they will gather their forces for revenge, or abandon Beiling and attack other places to break through?"

Li Shanqi raised his hand and touched his forehead, frowning and clicking his tongue. "Hey, that's exactly what I'm worried about! Tell me, Mincheng is broken, and I'm stuck here, isolated and helpless. What do you think we should do?"

After he finished speaking, his gaze returned to Su Chengnan, "Niece, didn't you say you had an idea? Come on, tell me quickly. I don't want to be trapped here with these soldiers."

Su Chengnan felt her heart beating fast. She trusted Lu Chaofeng because of their time together, and she trusted her own judgment. But if she trusted Li Shanqi, it was only because she trusted Su Weimin, and Su Weimin was willing to bet his entire family on this man.

But if he anticipated the change in his status, would he be like the current uncle of the emperor? No, he would not!

Empress Dowager Xiao can be the backer of Uncle Xiao, but Li Shanqi’s backer can only be Lu Chaofeng.

Su Chengnan quickly sorted out these clues and was completely relieved. She turned to look at Lu Chaofeng, "Before answering this question, I want to ask why the prince disguised himself as a man in black and chased us?"

Lu Chaofeng showed an understanding look and said with a smile: "Of course it's because of a rumor."

"Rumors?" Li Shanqi frowned, his face filled with confusion. "How did this bring us back to rumors? Hurry up and tell me!"

Lu Chaofeng stood up, walked over to Su Chengnan, and said, "The Ningyuan Palace has received accurate information that before the late emperor passed away, he privately summoned the spy, Marquis of Bravery, for a long time. When Marquis of Bravery left... he was holding an imperial edict."

"Imperial edict?" Li Shanqi looked at Su Chengnan and asked anxiously, "Really? What arrangements did the late emperor make?"

Lu Chaofeng turned around and looked at Li Shanqi: "Uncle, don't worry, just listen to me carefully."

Li Shanqi narrowed his eyes and touched his head again.

Lu Chaofeng was not in a hurry at all and continued to speak slowly: "Two years ago, our Ningyuan Palace accidentally intercepted a secret report. The content inside was too shocking. It not only involved Uncle Xiao, but also the Empress Dowager!"

"Oh?"

"So when my father found out, he immediately sent people to investigate thoroughly. However, after a long search, he still couldn't find any solid evidence until the middle of last year..."

"how?!"

"You should tell me quickly!"

Li Shanqi's curiosity has been aroused to the extreme, and he wants to give this kid a couple of hits to make him finish speaking in one breath!