SFS Chapter 33 Father asked Jingrong to return to Beijing to relieve the emperor's worries
Chapter 33 Father asked Jingrong to return to Beijing to relieve the emperor's worries
"Oh, I see, my uncle has a new love..."
"If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb." The man's impatient voice came.
Murong Qi looked at the man in front of him with grievance, "Well, I have a mouth, so I have to speak. And I found that you have changed. You promised to live alone with me until the end of my life, but now you want me to do such a domineering thing for a woman. Brother, could it be that you have been possessed by another spirit?"
"..."
"No way, no way? Are you really a Westerner?"
Having said that, Murong Qi immediately raised his hand to touch the man's face, but was pushed open by the man.
"Murong Qi, next time you sneak away..."
Murong Qi immediately raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, is that not okay?"
Silence returned to the carriage again.
Murong Qi continued, "What about the girl from the second house now? She's getting ready for her wedding. Are you planning to snatch her away?"
"She won't get married." The man's expression finally eased a little.
Murong Qi couldn't help but sneer, "Look, no matter how arrogant you are, you can't say that I don't want to get married. Young Master Gu is the ideal husband that all the girls in Luojing dream of, including the girl from the second room. Since the imperial decree of marriage came down, I have been chasing my fiancé for all these years. How could it be possible..."
"Murong Qi."
"I'm here, Brother Rong."
"you shut up."
"Did it hit you where it hurts?"
"...She will not marry Gu Xiuyan."
"I know, I know. What does it have to do with you whether she gets married or not? Are you trying to get close to a girl under the pretext of repaying a favor? You don't want to go back to live in the Dingbei Palace, but have to squeeze into that tofu-sized place under my command. I don't know what you want..."
If Zhuang Zhou hadn't knelt in front of him and cried, asking him to take the big Buddha away, he wouldn't have known that this cousin would actually sneak back to Luojing, and sneakily cover up his eye-catching face, and try his best to get close to the second house of Changping Marquis' Mansion.
Thinking of the face of the person in front of him, which was extremely attractive even in the shadows, Murong Qi's curses gradually faded away.
The smile on his face became more malicious.
"But coming to the point, brother, how do you take care of your face on a daily basis? You looked like this a few years ago. You followed your uncle in the military camp for a few years, and you still look like this when you came back. You haven't even gotten a tan. Can you respect the sunlight in the summer and the passing years? Can you at least have a few stripes or be a little rough? Your uncle is really pitiful. He looks old, but he married a wife with a baby face, who looks more and more like his daughter. Now he has a son with a baby face, who looks like his grandson..."
"Murong Qi!!"
"I'm here, I'm here."
"Get out!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Ninth Prince, with a smile on his face, was kicked out of the carriage mercilessly and fell steadily into the arms of his personal secret guard.
Watching the carriage heading towards the palace, he seemed to have thought of something interesting and a smile returned to his face.
"The days in Luojing will be interesting in the future."
...
Emperor Mingqing was the busiest emperor in the history of the Yuan Dynasty this year.
During his twenty-three years on the throne, the farthest he went was to the royal summer resort outside the city.
Even so, out of the twelve hours in a day, he spent at least ten hours reviewing memorials or discussing matters.
At most, he would take a break from his busy schedule to walk the raccoons that he had sent as tribute from Persia.
As for the other concubines in the harem, they were treated equally.
Basically, throughout the year, no empress was seen to be particularly favored.
To put it bluntly, even the ministers saw him more often than the concubines in the harem.
At this time, the moon was shining brightly in the west. According to the past, the palace would have been locked long ago.
But there was a person in the Yangxin Palace who shouldn’t be there.
"You are quite self-aware."
Emperor Ming Qing did not even raise his eyelids. In just this short sentence, he had already read through the two memorials at a glance.
He is almost 50 years old this year, and because he stays up late all the year round, he looks much more mature than his peers.
Having been in a high position for a long time, his every move and gesture has a sense of dignity and arrogance that is unique to those in a high position.
The man standing in front of the imperial desk smiled just the right amount, "Before going to the capital, my father repeatedly told me to consult the emperor before anything else. Jing Rong doesn't dare to be smart."
"Ha." Emperor Ming Qing sneered and closed a memorial that he had just reviewed.
"I received a secret letter from the King of Dingbei. It would have been fine if he had quietly set out for Yumen City, but now he has asked you to conceal your whereabouts and come back. What, you two are going to unite and rebel against me?"
Emperor Mingqing's words sounded serious, but in reality there was no ripple at all.
There wasn't even the slightest change in his expression.
Apparently, that was all he said.
The people in front of the imperial desk also did not take it seriously.
He said with a cautious look, "Beili has been coveting the northern territory of our Yuan Kingdom for a long time. It was only because General Su and his sons launched a surprise attack a few years ago and burned most of their food and grass. Later, they won several battles with fewer troops, which frightened them. In addition, General Su and his sons have been loyally guarding Yumen City over the years and have made many outstanding achievements. This made them think twice before approaching us.
The emperor also knew that to the north of Yumen City was Wafengkou, and further north of Wafengkou was only Hushan Cliff. However, those two passes could only serve as auxiliary during enemy attacks and could not provide space for a large number of soldiers to ambush. In other words, Yumen City was the last line of defense for our Yuan Kingdom.
My father's people have come back with news that Beili has been planting people in the army of Yumen City for the past few years. If it weren't for the fact that General Su's beloved daughter is about to get married and General Su is unable to return from the border defense, I'm afraid those people would have to lie dormant for some time."
As the matter concerned the national security of the Yuan Dynasty, the jade pen in Emperor Mingqing's hand paused for a moment, and he finally raised his head from the pile of memorials and looked at the person in front of him with sharp eyes.
"What King Dingbei meant was... someone in Luojing passed the news to Beili, and the person behind it wanted to use the wedding of General Su's daughter to force General Su to return to the capital secretly, so that I would be suspicious of him?"
Fu Jingrong lowered his eyes, "Not only was Beili involved in this matter, but the remnants of the previous dynasty also intervened. Father asked Jingrong to return to the capital to share the emperor's worries."
A hint of darkness flashed across Emperor Mingqing's eyes.
As an emperor, the most taboo thing is that someone covets his kingdom.
And the people who coveted his kingdom were the two groups of people he had always hated...
Emperor Ming Qing finally put away his indifferent look on his face and looked at Fu Jingrong with a serious face.
"How are you going to help me relieve my worries?"
Over the years, even though he was far away in Fengcheng, King Dingbei still kept in touch with him through letters. Regarding military affairs, King Dingbei never concealed anything from him, and secretly helped him deal with many of the troubles caused by the remnants of the previous dynasty...
If there is anyone in this world who is worthy of his trust, it is probably only King Dingbei.