The reborn general girl is the emperor

Chapter 212
Hearing that the emperor first asked himself what he thought of King Duan, and then asked about the whereabouts of King Xian, An Ning was in a state of turmoil. He always felt that if he said something wrong, he might anger the emperor and lead to death.

"It is said that the wreckage of His Royal Highness's carriage was found, but no one was seen."

An Ning answered carefully.

The emperor frowned: "Is there not a single body?"

"No."

An Ning replied, also feeling strange.

Logically speaking, when Wen Zhexian was recalled to Beijing, he would definitely bring his family and guards with him.

In this haste, the carriage was in danger, and the carriage was broken into scum, so everyone can't be lucky, right?
The emperor tapped on the table with his fingertips, as if tapping on An Ning's heart, making him tremble with anxiety.

"Are there any other clues?" the emperor asked again.

An Ning was startled, and lowered her head: "Not yet."

"Snapped!"

The best Qing porcelain was smashed to pieces in the hall.

An Ning was so frightened that she shuddered all over, and knelt down neatly on the ground, lowering her sense of existence.

"For more than two months, no one is alive, no dead body is seen, what are you doing to eat?!"

The emperor asked sharply.

While An Ning lowered her sense of existence, she had no choice but to appease the emperor: "Your Majesty, calm down. This matter is strange, and someone may be secretly hiding the whereabouts of His Royal Highness King Xian."

These words calmed down the furious emperor, with a dark face, and a figure appeared in front of his eyes.

"You mean... the third child?"

The emperor asked sullenly.

An Ning almost buried her head in the ground: "I think that this matter cannot be done by His Royal Highness Duan Wang."

The emperor glanced at An Ning.

Even if she lowered her head and couldn't see the emperor, An Ning could still feel the sharpness of that gaze.

"The third child is not that capable."

The emperor withdrew his gaze and sat back on the table, "He can't be cruel."

The third brother is affectionate and soft-hearted, otherwise how can the boss grow up to the point where he can rival him?
But the third child can't be ruthless, but the people behind him may not be.

"How's the situation on the third side?"

The emperor asked again, "Still in touch with Xu Xiangfeng?"

"Since Prince Duan went to the southern border, the news was sent to the palace as soon as possible. I never went to the prime minister alone to hear the news."

An Ning replied.

The emperor nodded in satisfaction: "I still know the priorities."

"What about Xu Xiangfeng?"

The emperor asked again, "Has anyone sent someone to southern Xinjiang?"

"The shadow guards who monitored the Prime Minister's Mansion found nothing."

An Ning replied, "Master Xiao, a few days ago, said that a distant cousin of Yu Huai sent a letter to greet him. Master Xiao knew that his distant cousin's time was short, so he sent people to go to Yu Huai overnight."

"Xiao Lu?"

The emperor frowned.

"Exactly."

"Go to Yu Huai at this time..."

The emperor remembered that Xiao Lu insisted on Yan Qing's private attack on Qiang in the court hall, insisting on punishing Yan Qing himself, and felt a little uneasy.

What is he trying to do?
Xiao Lu is from Guo Youning's side, could it be Guo Youning's sign?
But Guo Youning was in northern Xinjiang, and he sent people to fight for power in southern Xinjiang, but he didn't care about it, so what's the point?
Suddenly, the emperor remembered something, and his expression turned cold.

"In another month, it will be the rainy season?"

An Ning didn't understand how the emperor connected Xiao Lu to the southern border with the rainy season, but she was puzzled, and answered quickly: "June and July are the rainy seasons."

"How is the reconstruction of the Yuhuai Dam going?"

the emperor asked again.

An Ning immediately realized what the emperor was worried about, and his heart became heavy at the moment: "It's not halfway through yet. This time, the Qiang Kingdom sent troops suddenly, which tied down a large number of people, causing the reconstruction of the dam to be put on hold. Now that the war has eased, it can be resumed." Into the rebuilding of the dam."

The dam has not been repaired yet, and the rainy season is coming again.

It is rainy in southern Xinjiang. Once the rain falls, the Xiangzhang River will swell. Without a dam to prevent it, the Zhanghuai area, which has finally settled down, will usher in another disaster.

Last year's grain was not harvested, and the national treasury was emptied during this year's war.

If there is no harvest this year, there will be famine in winter.

At that time, the imperial court may not be able to provide food for disaster relief.

Under the agitation of public grievances, it is easy to cause civil chaos.

However, compared to this, the emperor is more worried about another thing now.

The agreement made when the five families founded the country back then.

Now the Yan family has no successors, and the Li family has been ransacked, leaving only the Xu and Gu families.

If there is no one in the Wen family, the successor to the throne...

"Prepare your pen and ink, please ask the imperial edict."

The emperor ordered in a deep voice.

An Ning looked up in shock, hesitating and daring not to move.

The emperor's edict is different from the imperial edict, but it is transferred to the edict to establish the crown prince and announce the new emperor's succession to the ruling and opposition parties.

The emperor was dissatisfied with Prince Duan before, so why did he suddenly make up his mind to ask the imperial edict to establish a crown prince?
Regarding this imperial edict, there is also a saying that the imperial edict is the last edict.

It's just because most emperors issue imperial edicts when they are dying. That's because the imperial edict is undoubtedly a reminder for the emperor who is still in power.

Once the imperial edict is issued, the prince can no longer be deposed, and the officials will naturally turn against the future new emperor, thus slacking off the order of the reigning emperor.

If the registered prince is ambitious, if he wants to ascend to the throne of God as soon as possible and take power, he may secretly kill him, or join forces with his officials to force the palace.

Therefore, after the imperial edict was issued, it meant that the emperor was ready to abdicate.

An Ning was so shocked by the emperor's sudden decision that she didn't dare to move, until the emperor scolded: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you go!"

An Ning was startled, came to his senses, and hurriedly withdrew to get the imperial edict, but was stopped by the emperor again: "Those who open the ancestral hall, exchange the imperial edict."

This is also called An Ning puzzled.

The imperial edict is kept by the ancestral hall. If the emperor wants to take the imperial edict, how can he carry the people of the ancestral hall behind his back?

This is out of order!

"This matter must never be let to a third person."

The emperor ordered calmly.

An Ning's heart sank, knowing that this matter might not be as simple as she thought.

Respectfully, An Ning quickly summoned the shadow guards, quietly rushed to the ancestral hall, exchanged the imperial edict overnight, and sent it to the emperor.

The emperor drew up a pen and quickly wrote down the contents that had been drawn up in his mind thousands of times, and wrote them down one by one in detail.

Stop writing, stamp the seal of mountains and rivers, the emperor took another imperial decree, and made another decree.

After the ink marks were dried, the emperor personally put the imperial edict into the box containing the imperial edict, covered it with a dark layer, and then put ordinary imperial edicts into it.

The emperor handed the box to An Ning, and said, "You immediately go to the western border with the imperial decree, and you must hand it over to Shu Lan in person."

An Ning glanced at the box containing the imperial decree, very surprised.

What does it mean that the emperor handed over the imperial edict to Meng Shulan?
Was it because he was afraid that something might happen to him and the imperial edict would be dropped by someone, so he handed it over to Meng Shulan for safekeeping, to be announced later?
still is……

(End of this chapter)