Between saving Jiangnan and chasing Jingyan, Qin Jiyan chose to save Jiangnan. No matter who talked about this, they would all praise His Highness the Emperor for loving his people like a son.
But after the old emperor received the news, he couldn't be happy at all.
In the eyes of the old emperor, the descendants of Prince Zhaoren were not important in the mere Jiangnan area. It was simply stupid for Qin Jiyan to give up the pursuit of Jing Yan to save the water.
The old emperor wanted to issue an imperial edict to reprimand Qin Jiyan, but he couldn't...
When all the civil and military officials learned about this incident, they all spoke very kind words for Qin Jiyan. Even the people in the capital knew about Qin Jiyan's feats in the south of the Yangtze River. Qin Jiyan's reputation among the people suddenly skyrocketed.
It may be said that Qin Jiyan was destined to be good. Back then, when the prince did not have such a good reputation, the old emperor suppressed him in various ways. Now that Qin Jiyan's reputation has risen, although the old emperor was dissatisfied with him for letting Jing Yan go, he saw that Qin Jiyan
Yan has a good reputation among the people, but he is also very happy.
In this way, even if Ri Jinghuo's identity is exposed, he doesn't have to worry about Ji Yan's throne being unstable.
With military power in hand and the support of the people, who else in the world is more qualified to hold the throne than his grandson?
Not to mention, Qin Jiyan sent him "Yi Kingdom Chronicles" not two days later. Although it was only half a copy, this half of "Yi Kingdom Chronicles" was exactly what he wanted.
Seeing the longevity recipe in "The Chronicles of Yi Kingdom", the old emperor's eyes lit up, "Go and contact the people at the longevity gate and ask them if the ruins of the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Cities have been excavated? If so, bring the Dragon and Phoenix Twin Fruits. If not,
If you want, come and see me first."
The old emperor believed in Qin Jiyan, but he was afraid that Qin Jiyan would be deceived by Gu Qiancheng, so he asked people from the Changsheng Sect to help him confirm the authenticity of "Yi Guo Zhi".
Of course, the old emperor would not show the "Yi Kingdom Chronicles" to the people of the Immortality Sect. He had someone copy a copy by hand. He only said that he only got half of the hand-copied copy and asked the people of the Eternal Life Sect to check the authenticity.
Fake.
As for the other half?
The old emperor touched his chin, not worried at all.
The news given by Qin Jiyan said that he already had an idea of the other half of "Yi Guo Zhi", which was suspected to be in Jing Yan's hands. When the affairs in Jiangnan settled down, he would go to Jing Yan.
Naturally, the old emperor would not place all his hopes on Qin Jiyan. Since he knew that the other half of "Yi Guo Zhi" was in Jing Yan's hands, he just sent people to snatch it.
"Here comes..." the old emperor shouted, but after shouting several times, no one came out. The old emperor suddenly became angry, but just as he was getting angry, the old emperor suddenly remembered that he had to use the leader of the Jin Yiwei.
Already dead.
"Alas..." The old emperor sighed immediately, feeling a little regretful in his heart. He regretted sacrificing a successful general just because he was suspicious for a moment.
The leader of the Jinyiwei has been with the old emperor for more than 20 years and has always done a good job. It can be said that he has won the heart of the old emperor. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the right-hand man of the old emperor. When the leader of the Jinyiwei died, the old emperor seemed to be missing an arm.
Just as uncomfortable.
There was no useful leader of the Jin Yiwei, and the old emperor could not find a suitable person to fill it for the time being, so he had to leave the position vacant and ordered someone to come to Mr. Situ and leave the matter to Mr. Situ.
The old emperor privately gave orders to Eunuch Situ, but on the surface he also supported Qin Jiyan's actions. In order for Qin Jiyan to pursue Jing Yan as soon as possible, the old emperor supported the Jiangnan disaster relief work and asked for people and money.
Give money.
Previously, Mr. Jiao was ordered by the old emperor to think about his mistakes at home due to the appointment of officials in Jiangnan. Now that the floods in Jiangnan have stopped, the old emperor found Mr. Jiao and asked him to go to Jiangnan to deal with post-disaster reconstruction.
With Mr. Jiao in charge, Qin Jiyan can get away from the affairs in Jiangnan and go to Jing Yan early to get the other half of "Yi Guo Zhi".
You must know that although the half of the "Yi Guo Zhi" in the old emperor's hands recorded longevity prescriptions, half of the places where the herbs were mixed and grown in the longevity prescriptions were written in the other half.
Qin Jiyan was not surprised at all that Master Jiao came with the old emperor's decree. He readily handed over the affairs of Jiangnan to Master Jiao, and then left with Feng Yuqian.
As for where to go?
Qin Jiyan didn't say anything, and naturally no one dared to ask. Anyway, the old emperor knew about it.
"Did you expect that the Emperor would send Mr. Jiao to Jiangnan?" Sitting on the carriage heading to Mobei, Gu Qiancheng asked the question lingering in his mind.
"I didn't expect it to be Mr. Jiao." In other words, he knew that the emperor would send someone.
Gu Qiancheng lay on Qin Jiyan's lap and frowned, "Is the emperor so impatient? Isn't he afraid that you will be in danger?" Jing Yan is not easy to deal with.
"He can't do it if he doesn't hurry. His body... is very bad. Even with the elixir from the Immortality Sect, it's useless." No one can control life, old age, illness and death. The old emperor fell ill last time. Although the Eternal Life Sect came to help, he couldn't.
It cannot restore a healthy body, nor can it stop its decline.
If the old emperor had handed over power at that time and rested peacefully, he might have lived for two more years. However, the old emperor could not let go of power, and then things like King Zhou and Jing Yan happened. The old emperor was exhausted mentally and physically.
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"So, he doesn't care about your safety and lets you go to find Jing?" Gu Qiancheng looked sarcastic, "If Jing Yan can kill the leader of the Jinyi Guards, doesn't the emperor worry about him killing you?"
"It's not just me, the emperor must have arranged for other people." After being by the old emperor's side for so many years, Qin Jiyan could somewhat guess what the old emperor was thinking. "He didn't place his hopes on me, he just didn't want me to return to Beijing so soon.
Only when I am not in the capital can he recruit the army from the northwest."
"He is so old, why can't he let go of his power?" Gu Qiancheng was speechless to the old emperor.
"Besides rights, what else can he grasp?" Without rights, the old emperor would have nothing. Only by grasping rights can he grasp everything in his hands.
Gu Qiancheng understood what Qin Jiyan meant just by thinking about it, and couldn't help but shake his head: "I sympathize with him."
The old emperor can be said to be a real loner. If he takes off the cloak of imperial power, will the women in the palace, his sons, and grandchildren still look at him seriously after he loses power?
King Zhao and King Zhou probably hate him to death. If something happens to the old emperor one day, it would be a good idea for King Zhao and King Zhou not to take the opportunity to step on him instead of helping him, right?
"You...never do this in the future." Gu Qiancheng felt inexplicably uneasy, leaning into Qin Jiyan's arms and holding his hand tightly.
It's not that her imagination is too big, it's that the bloody example of the old emperor is right in front of her.
"No, as soon as our son reaches adulthood, I will abdicate and will never compete with him." Qin Jiyan held Gu Qiancheng's hand instead, with a relaxed look on his face, without any trace of reluctance...
Qin Jiyan didn't know that half of his words would be fulfilled soon!