Finally, as if Zheng Xiang had made a decision, he put down his tea cup and said, "Prince Xian, the leader of our clan is coming to the capital today."
If it starts with 'the leader of my clan', Qi Bao'er will know it's appropriate.
Immediately put down the book in your hand and listen carefully.
Zheng Xiang told everything Qi Baoer heard while removing the tiles except for the incident between him and Zhang, and he really didn't hide anything.
After that, Prime Minister Zheng said solemnly: "There are more than twenty cities near the border in the northwest, and there are dozens of cities along the way to Beijing. I don't think that all the officials have any interest in the court, but General Zhenxi does.
It’s gotten to the point where I don’t even dare to say anything in my own place.”
"Prince Xian, the leader of our clan will not take this matter as a joke, let alone falsely report such a major event. I hope Prince Xian will take it seriously."
Qi Baoer did not answer his words, but answered him with actions.
"Here comes someone."
Twelve slipped in and said, "Master."
"Prepare your horses and enter the palace."
"yes."
Before Qi Baoer went out, he did not forget Zheng Xiang who was still in the living room, and gave Zheng Xiang reassurance with a solemn look.
"Tonight, I did not see Prime Minister Zheng. I will wrong Prime Minister Zheng later."
Zheng Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. Regarding Qi Bao'er's grievances, he thought it was Qi Bao'er who wanted to arrange for him to leave through the back door of Prince Xian's Mansion, so he smiled nonchalantly and said it was okay.
He came to Prince Xian's Mansion quietly and avoided people, but Prince Xian's sudden entry into the palace in the middle of the night was destined to be hidden from no one. If he went out from the gate of Prince Xian's Mansion openly at this time, he would tell everyone in the capital about Xian Xian.
What difference does the sudden entry into the palace have to do with him?!
Prince Xian is protecting him, he understands.
It's just that someone who understood didn't expect that he didn't even have to go out the back door. As soon as Qi Baoer left, a masked man in black came in. He didn't even have time to wonder if there was an assassin in Prince Xian's mansion. Then
The man picked him up and dodged a few times, and when he landed on the ground, he was already in his own courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Patriarch Zheng was worried about the result of Prime Minister Zheng's search for the Xian King, and had been waiting in Prime Minister Zheng's courtyard. The sudden appearance of a man in black shocked him, and he raised his hand and slapped him.
At the same time, a group of hidden guards guarding the courtyard also flashed out and rushed over with their swords raised.
Fortunately, the person carrying Prime Minister Zheng was not weak in martial arts. He dodged the palm wind of Chief Zheng and jumped several times to dodge the attacks of the hidden guards.
During the flash of this skill, Patriarch Zheng and the secret guards all saw Prime Minister Zheng in the hands of the man in black.
Such an important person became a hostage. Patriarch Zheng and the secret guards immediately stopped their hands and quickly surrounded the man in black.
Patriarch Zheng blocked his hand to signal the secret guards not to act rashly, "Who are you? What is your purpose?"
He already had a guess in his mind that this person should be Prince Xian's man.
The man in black, who was Yuchi, gently pulled off the veil on his face and said, "I am sending Mr. Zheng back as ordered by the prince."
With that said, he presented the person in his hand to Patriarch Zheng.
Prime Minister Zheng didn't react to such a movement. It wasn't that he didn't want to react, but that he couldn't.
Zheng Xiang was an ordinary person with no kung fu. Yuchi used Qing Kung to send him back home all the way. The speed was like a person on a plane flying through the air without the protection of the plane.
In addition, Qinggong does not just reach the destination with a single click, but requires borrowing strength from various roofs or branches.
It's so fast and it's swinging up and down. How can an ordinary person like Zheng Xiang bear it? He's already very tolerant before he passes out. However, he can't avoid the instinctive nausea and vomiting. It's not that he can't speak, but he doesn't dare to speak.
You have to spit it out when you open your mouth.
Patriarch Zheng looked at the distressed Zheng Xiang and thought something had happened to him. He hurriedly stepped forward to support him. After stabilizing him, he was about to ask Yuchi. However, Yuchi disappeared as soon as he let go of Zheng Xiang.
Without a trace.
He was anxious, but he couldn't ignore Prime Minister Zheng. Chief Zheng had no choice but to ask the secret guard to send the doctor to the palace.
Never forget to warn: "Don't alarm anyone."
At the same time, Qi Baoer had already entered the palace and was standing in the study room of Qiankun Hall.
As promised to Prime Minister Zheng, she did not involve the Zheng family. She only said that the anomalies in the northwest were noticed by the Wuying Army.
Everyone has selfish motives. Just as Zheng Xiang wanted to protect the Zheng family, Qi Baoer also did not want to involve her father too much in this matter.
Of course, her situation is different from Zheng Xiang's. Everything has to go through her hands, and her father will be resented no matter what.
Maybe it's not right to postpone it a little, but at least let her be prepared first, so as not to reveal her father to the public all at once.
Jun Chenyuan looked inexplicably thoughtful, and he didn't know if he really believed what Qi Baoer said.
After a few breaths, he said: "Something has indeed happened in the northwest. The salaries of the three armies in the northwest have been deducted at every level, and no one has been sent to the imperial court."
Qi Baoer's already big eyes suddenly widened, "What does your Majesty mean, the entire northwest has now become someone's small country?"
Jun Chenyuan: "..."
This little ghost, the emperor's intention, maybe she didn't have such a guess before entering the palace, but she really knows how to throw the blame away.
"That's true."
Seeing the emperor's steady appearance, Qi Bao'er knew that he should have known about this matter for a long time, and might have been dealing with it now.
What she is most curious about now is, who is so brave and can actually accomplish something?
"Your Majesty, who in Beijing is the protector of the northwest?"
This is a straightforward question. If it had been someone else, the emperor would have scolded him if he didn't offend him.
But someone just took it easy and turned around without saying a word to take out a thick booklet from the bookshelf at the back.
While handing the book to Qi Bao'er, he said: "Who in the capital is involved in the northwest matter has not yet been found out. This is the list of rebellious ministers sent by the magistrate of Licheng at the risk of death."
Look, just like what Zheng Xiang said, it is possible that there is no one in the entire northwest who cares about the imperial court. Isn't it possible that the prefect has already tried his best to send news about the northwest.
And, it’s still a roster.
How long have you been checking this?
How long has Jun Chenyuan been on the throne?
Good guy, you can't think about it.
Qi Baoer suppressed the shock in her heart and took the roster and looked through it with a calm expression.
The more I turned over it, the more frightened I became.
The roster is full of imperial officials, from the prefect of a prefecture to the prefect, to the magistrate and county magistrate, and so on.
A casual glance revealed that the number of people reached several hundred.
Jun Chenyuan handed over another thicker and larger booklet.
Qi Baoer put the roster aside and opened the book. The first page almost made the blood in her body almost freeze.
"My dad..."
Jun Chenyuan hurriedly suppressed Qi Bao'er who jumped up and was about to leave, "Your father is fine. He is still in the army."
Qi Bao'er didn't believe it too much, "If anything happens to Uncle Ba, it must be related to my father. They must be afraid that my father will tell me the news about the northwest, so they want to get rid of the people around my father."
Jun Chenyuan knew that she was anxious, but he did not try to persuade her. Instead, he pointed at the booklet and said, "You see, the wilted baby is just injured and not dead. What does this mean?"