After marrying wrongly, I became the general's white moonlight

Chapter 409 Sudden Summoning

After the reorganized wedding banquet that day, Fang Anren and Yan Ru spent a period of life like a couple in the Zhuangzi.

But the emperor's cleansing of the rebellious party was still going on, Fang Anren didn't dare to celebrate his new marriage with great fanfare, and took Yanru back to Beijing within a few days.

After returning to Beijing, he went to the blacksmith's shop to pick out a high-quality weapon and gave it to Pei Mo as a gift in return.

Seeing the days gradually calm down, people's lives have returned to their former prosperity.

On this day, the emperor's sudden summon broke Fang Anren's peaceful life.

It was early morning at that time, he got up early, and because Yan Ru was a healthy person, he slept for a long time, Fang Anren didn't wake her up, and went to the backyard to practice boxing alone.

Before the punch was over, the eunuch from the palace arrived, because Pei Mo had reminded him, he thought it was the emperor who summoned him to ask about Sheng Xiuyu's conspiracy.

Without thinking too much, Fang Anren entered the palace.

Without Fang Anren's voice, this huge imperial study room would be eerily silent.

"The humble minister kowtowed to the emperor."

As soon as he stepped into the imperial study room, there was a smell of medicine. It must be that Sheng Xiuyu's treason made the emperor sick from anger, and the emperor had to take some medicine to take care of himself.

Fang Anren knelt down, but his eyes were attracted by a pile of bamboo slips and booklets pushed under the desk. It seemed that the emperor didn't trust the people around him, so he turned over the past documents by himself.

"An Ren is here, please get up quickly."

Hearing the voice, the emperor was finally willing to look up from the pile of papers.

Fang Anren got up, and when he looked up, he saw the emperor's haggard and gloomy expression, he couldn't help but click his tongue secretly, how long has it been since the old emperor had a good rest, no wonder the smell of medicine is so strong in this room.

Even a body made of iron can't stand such a build!

But Fang Anren didn't open his mouth to care, it was not his responsibility, after all, the emperor still had Li Fuquan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs by his side, no matter how bad it was, there would be an imperial physician who would come to check the emperor's pulse every half a month.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I don't know why your Majesty summoned this humble minister for something important?"

Fang Anren said, now he finally understands why Brother Pei always asks for leave and can't go to the morning court, and he wouldn't want to come if it were him, instead of beating around the bush with the emperor, it would be more comfortable for him to have breakfast with Yanru in the mansion.

The emperor asked, "An Ren, how long have you been back to Beijing?"

Strange, why didn't the emperor ask about Sheng Xiuyu?Fang Anren had doubts in his heart, this question made him uncertain about the emperor's real purpose.

He thought for a while and decided to answer truthfully, "Your Majesty, I returned to Beijing in Lixia last year, and it has been more than a year now."

In just over a year, so many things happened. First, Sheng Xiuyu injured his lifeline and exchanged the gold medal for avoiding death for thousand-year-old ginseng, then his wife entered the palace, and then his wife was framed and imprisoned. He recognized Yan Ru.

Then came Brother Pei's nightmare. Brother Pei didn't know how to survive Sheng Xiuyu's plot. His wife lost her child and fell down a cliff in despair. I don't know if I should call it fate.

Brother Pei and Mrs. Sister-in-law, who were separated, met again at the bottom of the cliff, and spent more than three months of peace.

During this period, he and the Nanjing Palace, which is also the wife's mother's family, tried their best to escape from Sheng Xiuyu's clutches.

Later, they gradually settled down, and he finally married Yan Ru, whom he had always dreamed of.

It seems that everything is developing in a beautiful direction. Thinking of this, Fang Anren can't help but be full of hope for life.

"It's been more than a year, it's been so long." The emperor was in a daze for a moment, and then asked again after a while, "What is your official position now?"

"If you go back to the emperor, now I am the sixth-rank guard general of the Xiguan Army."

"Sixth rank, only sixth rank..." The emperor murmured, "It was my negligence, An Ren, you have made great achievements in exposing Sheng Xiuyu's treason, and I should reward you!"

Hearing this, Fang Anren subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried, thinking that the emperor was going to ask something side-by-side, but it turned out that he wanted to reward meritorious deeds!
It is a good thing to be promoted, but when it is time to be humble, you have to be humble. Fang Anren pretended not to dare to be, "Thanks to the emperor's love, arresting traitors, and keeping me safe and secure is the duty of a humble minister. How dare the minister take credit."

How could the emperor fail to hear the modesty in Fang Anren's words, but his purpose was not here, "Anren doesn't need to refuse, this is what you deserve."

As he said that, he came down from the steps of the Imperial Study Room, "How about this, I will designate you as the third-rank Xiguan Army Commander, titled Zhongwu, what does An Ren think?"

Fang Anren was overjoyed, he thought it would be great if he could be promoted to the fourth rank, but he didn't expect the emperor to jump three ranks in a row, and gave him an official position of the third rank!

Not only that, the emperor actually gave him a title!What an honor!

Although this title doesn't sound so resounding, it's better than nothing, Fang Anren smiled happily, and knelt on the ground to thank him, "I thank the emperor for his grace!"

The emperor raised his hand and laughed, "Haha, get up!"

It seemed that seeing Fang Anren's smiling face, the emperor became visibly happy, and the wrinkles on his face became more and more obvious when he smiled.

"You guarded Xiguan at the age of 15, and it has been more than four years now, not to mention that Anren has solved such a big problem for me. If I don't reward you, wouldn't it be embarrassing to those who are loyal to me?"

Just as he was talking, when Fang Anren was complacent, a gleam flashed in the emperor's eyes.

Behind the great honor is a huge hidden danger. Fang Anren is still young and doesn't know this truth. If King Yi was here, he would definitely kneel down and beg the emperor to withdraw his order.

Sure enough, as it came true, the emperor's face became serious.

"An Ren doesn't need to refuse. I have already drawn up the imperial decree. Then you will take this imperial decree and set off for Xiguan to guard the border for me."

The smile on Fang Anren's face froze, he turned his gaze to the emperor's face, he couldn't believe his ears, what did he hear?
The emperor wants him to guard Xiguan?
"thump--"

Fang Anren knelt down in response, and his knee slammed heavily on the floor of the hall, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

"Thanks to the great love of the emperor, this humble official is still inexperienced and does not have the ability to guard one side, and Xiguan is the western fortress of Dashun. It is the territory of other tribes such as the Mongols and the Da Yuezhi. This position is the most important position in Dashun. Seriously, it is really difficult for mediocre ministers to take on great responsibilities, and my ministers are terrified, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Fang Anren seemed to feel what is called a bolt from the blue, such a drop seemed to kick him off a cliff that was so high.

One moment he was still in the blissful fairyland, and the next moment he was knocked down to the eighteenth level of hell.

He knocked his head heavily on the hall, and the dull sound echoed in the hall, which was far heavier than his heartbeat.

The beauty was shattered at once, revealing the bloody reality underneath.

(End of this chapter)