An Ning didn't dare to think about it and thought it was impossible.

No matter how much the emperor likes his nephew, he will definitely not be emotional when it comes to the succession to the throne.

Moreover, even if the emperor had this plan, the civil and military officials would not agree to it.

Therefore, he must have been afraid that powerful officials would seize the throne, so he asked Meng Shulan to take charge of the imperial edict on his behalf to prevent unexpected events.

After all, in addition to confirming the candidate for the new emperor, the imperial edict also includes the auxiliary ministers appointed by the emperor. If there is no credible person to prove it, it can easily be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives.

An Ning took the box and promised respectfully and solemnly: "I will give the things to His Highness Prince Shu even if I risk my life."

"Well, go quickly."

An Ning bowed and exited the hall.

The emperor pondered for a moment, and then said to An Gui, who was sent to wait on him before An Ning left, "call Liu Xiyuan into the palace. I have something to discuss with him."

An Gui took the order and went.

In the empty imperial study room, the emperor's eyes fell on the empty space, his straight waist relaxed, and his fingertips rubbed the inscriptions on the mountains and rivers.

The ancestor's innocence has finally cost the descendants of the Wen family blood.

After thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, peace has finally come to an end.

It's ridiculous that as the emperor, he is hampered by others at every turn. He thinks he can turn around the defeat after exhausting all his agencies, but he doesn't want to fall into someone's plot at every step.

The emperor turned his eyes, his gaze fell on the mountains and rivers in his palm, and he suddenly smiled.

stop.

Since the defeat is hard to reverse, it is better to block everything, let the temple be overthrown, and fight for life until death. After all, it will not satisfy the people behind the scenes!

Early June, the border of Western Xinjiang.

An Ning arrived at Talir with the imperial edict, but when he took out the edict and declared it, he was stunned and said nothing.

This imperial edict was not for Meng Shulan.

The content of the imperial edict was even more puzzling for An Ning.

"Eunuch An?"

Meng Shulan, who had been waiting for the announcement for a long time but did not hear what he said, suddenly reminded An Ning in doubt.

An Ning came back to his senses, glanced at the imperial edict in his hand, pondered for a moment, then cleared his throat and announced the edict in a sharp voice.

"The Emperor of Heaven has issued an edict saying: General Mingfeng, Yan Qing, the lord of Taiping County, privately mobilized soldiers and horses from the guard station, swaggered across the border, and wantonly raised troops to attack other countries. He actually ignored the laws and regulations, and his crime is intolerable! I think he is dedicated to serving the country,

Everything he did was to help those in need and protect our country in Wu'an, and his merits were outstanding. Therefore, he was compensated by his merits. He was also fined three years' salary as a punishment. May Marshal of the Western Xinjiang Army, Shu Wang Meng Shulan, supervise and order him to rush to Northern Xinjiang today.

, there must be no mistake in taking up the post of Defense Envoy!"

"His Royal Highness King Shu, please accept the order."

An Ning put the imperial edict back into the box and put it in it, then solemnly handed it into Meng Shulan's hands and patted the box meaningfully twice.

Meng Shulan was a little confused, but when she saw An Ning squinting her eyes, she immediately kept silent. She only respectfully accepted the box containing the imperial edict, and then said: "Eunuch An, you have been working hard all the way, why don't you stay and have a few glasses of water and wine?"

Xiao Wang has done his best to show his friendship as a landlord."

An Ning smiled and nodded: "His Royal Highness Prince Shu is serious. I am old now, so it is really hard for me to run back and forth."

"Then Mr. An should stay and rest for a few days to relieve his fatigue. It won't be too late to return."

Meng Shulan held An Ning upright and said, "You are a caring person beside the Holy One. You must take care of yourself so that you can serve the Holy One better."

"That's what His Highness said."

An Ning responded with a smile.

"Please, Mr. An."

Gu Ci

Meng Shulan invited An Ning into the palace, then turned around and ordered, "Tell the kitchen to cook some more delicate dishes. I will hold a banquet to welcome Eunuch An."

"Your Highness has promoted this slave."

An Ning gave in humbly, half a step behind Meng Shulan.

"That's how it should be."

Meng Shulan said politely, "please be in peace." "I would like to ask Mr. An to sit down for a moment and tell me about the interesting things happening in the capital recently."

An Ning agreed wholeheartedly and humbly gave way to the study with Meng Shulan.

When he reached the door, Meng Shulan winked at the attendants on his left and right.

Upon seeing this, Suiying nodded, took a step back, closed the door behind Meng Shulan, and stood guard outside the door.

After Sui Feng passed away, the follower who was originally responsible for dispatching in the dark changed from darkness to light, taking over Sui Feng's position and becoming Meng Shulan's personal attendant.

As soon as he stepped into the study room, Meng Shulan's smile dropped, he put the box on the table and asked An Ning: "Eunuch An, what is the meaning of this imperial edict? Since ancient times, regardless of reward or punishment, the generals have to return to the court with their troops.

To present the details of the battlefield and the results of the battle to the emperor face to face. This time, why did the Holy Emperor directly order General Yan to return to northern Xinjiang instead of returning to the court? "

"This old slave doesn't know anything about this either."

An Ning was also full of doubts about this, "To be honest with Your Highness, this old slave only got to see the contents of the imperial edict when it was announced today."

Meng Shulan was slightly shocked.

In the past, when the emperor drafted imperial edicts, An Ning was the ghostwriter. This time, he directly overstepped An Ning and wrote the edict himself. This shows that in his view, this matter was of great importance.

Meng Shulan took out the imperial edict, unfolded it and read it quickly again.

It's exactly what An Ning said, there is no other mystery, and it is indeed the emperor's own handwriting.

Meng Shulan frowned, not understanding what the emperor meant by this move.

"Your Highness, in addition to this imperial edict, there is something else entrusted to Your Highness."

An Ning lowered her eyebrows to remind Meng Shulan.

Meng Shulan raised her eyelashes, looked at An Ning with empty hands, and asked: "What else has the Holy One entrusted to me?"

An Ning raised his head slightly, glanced at the box containing the imperial edict, then quickly lowered his eyes and said, "Your Highness, you will know after just one look."

Meng Shulan looked at An Ning for a moment, put the imperial edict aside, took the box containing the edict and looked at it carefully.

For a moment, he didn't understand the mystery of this box.

Seeing An Ning's mysterious and unwilling expression, Meng Shulan felt that An Ning should stop being mysterious.

Just when he couldn't find anything unusual about the box, he glanced at the imperial decree placed on the table.

Meng Shulan was stunned for a moment, and immediately lowered her eyes to look at the box in her hand.

In a palm-wide box, the inner box is made of balsa wood wrapped in velvet, which can just fit the neatly packed imperial edict into the inner box so that it will not be bumped by the shaking of the box.

Under normal circumstances, when there is only one item in it, the groove of the inner box is located in the center of the box for good looks.

But now the inner groove of this box is slightly offset.

This shift is not obvious, but this slight shift just makes it possible to open another groove next to the groove of the inner box to accommodate another imperial edict.

Meng Shulan looked up at An Ning in shock, but An Ning lowered her head and said nothing, like a wooden man.

This made Meng Shulan's heart sink, knowing that the thing hidden in the secret box might be a hot potato.

Caressing the body of the box, Meng Shulan opened the baffle of the secret box.
Chapter completed!