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Chapter 40: At the dinner party, bad news spread from the southwest (please collect and read)

Ping'er lingered for a while before being pulled away by Xiangling.

When they arrived at the place to eat, Ping'er realized that except for himself and Xiang Ling, everyone else had already arrived.

Su Ran sat facing south, facing the gate, and the seat to his left was empty.

As for the right hand side, sitting He Meier.

The other seats were occupied by several stewards from the mansion.

Of course, these stewards were originally sent by the palace to help manage the affairs of the palace.

Since Su Ran hadn't spent much time in the house before, it was also the first time for her to sit and have dinner with these people.

Apart from this, there is only one vacant seat left for He Meier.

When Ping'er came in, Su Ran's eyes happened to fall on her face.

When Ping'er saw this, his expression instantly became a little flustered, and he hurriedly sat down on the seat below He Meier.

In this way, there was only one seat left on Su Ran's left side on the entire table.

The only person who didn't take a seat was Xiang Ling.

Xiang Ling stood aside with some trepidation. Obviously, that seat should be reserved for his wife, so it would definitely not be appropriate for him to sit there.

Seeing this, Su Ran waved to Xiang Ling: "Come and sit, there is still a seat here."

When Xiangling heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

That's my wife's seat. If I sit there, my wife will definitely be angry if she finds out.

Thinking of this, Xiangling waved her hand towards Su Ran and said, "Let Sister Ping'er sit over there. It's not appropriate for me to sit there."

Hearing this, Su Ran nodded to Xiangling, and couldn't help but secretly admire this girl again for being so sensible.

The next moment, he turned his attention to Ping'er, who was sitting under He Mei'er: "Your young lady is a little tired. We have sent someone to leave food for her. You can sit here and eat."

"This..." Ping'er was still hesitant, but Xiang Ling, who was standing, had already walked over and pulled her up from her seat.

Seeing this, Ping'er had no choice but to walk to Su Ran's side with his head down, but a pair of slender jade hands were entangled in the fingertips of his lower abdomen.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Su Ran picked up his chopsticks and said, "There are no outsiders today, so just feel free to do whatever you want." As he spoke, he stretched his chopsticks towards the plate of garlic prawns in front of him.

However, before his chopsticks touched the shrimp, he found that two pairs of chopsticks had already arrived first.

The owners of these two pairs of chopsticks are He Meier and Ping'er respectively.

When Su Ran saw this posture, he immediately took back his chopsticks.

Looking at the two women beside him who lowered their heads to peel the shrimps, and then put the peeled shrimps into the bowl in front of him, he suddenly felt that perhaps the most perfect life could only be like this.

During this dinner, Su Ran basically didn't use his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, because as long as he wanted to eat something, He Mei'er and Ping'er around him would always rush to help him.

The rest of the people present did not dare to say anything when they saw this scene. They could only lower their heads and eat in their bowls silently.

After the dinner was over, Su Ran wanted to take a walk outside the house alone.

However, he had just walked around half a circle outside the house when he saw Ping'er running over in a hurry carrying a lantern.

"Master, there are people in the palace again, please go back to the house quickly."

When Su Ran saw this, her heart couldn't help but tingle.

It's probably not a good thing for the palace to send someone here so late.

Thinking of this, he grabbed her hand and ran quickly into the house, regardless of whether Ping'er could keep up.

After returning to the house, Su Ran saw Li Quanzhong standing on tiptoes under the light and looking towards the door.

Seeing this situation, Su Ran rushed forward to greet him.

"Manager Li, is there something important that comes so late?"

Hearing this, Li Quanzhong quickly pulled Su Ran aside and lowered his voice: "Master Su, follow me into the palace quickly. Something big has happened."

Just when Su Ran was about to ask again, Li Quanzhong continued: "It's not convenient to talk here. Mr. Su, please follow me into the palace now. I will explain it to you in detail on the way."

When Su Ran saw this posture, he knew that this matter was probably not a big deal.He waved to Ping'er who was not far away: "Ping'er, come here, I have something to tell you."

Seeing this, Ping'er immediately trotted over to greet him: "Master, if you need anything, just tell me."

"I'm going to the palace now. If Madam asks, tell her." Su Ran told Ping'er.

"I know, Master, I will tell my wife when she wakes up." Ping'er responded.

……

On the way to the palace, Li Quanzhong finally told the details roughly.

It turned out that less than an hour ago, Emperor Qingyong received an emergency call from the southwest front line of [-] miles.

After reading this eight-hundred-mile expedited military information, Emperor Qingyong was dumbfounded.

Gao Yingyuan chose to take the initiative when he had sufficient food and morale.

After the first battle, more than [-] enemies were wiped out, which was considered a good start in countering the rebellion in the southwest.

But at this time, I don't know whether Gao Xingyuan was obsessed with winning or was bewitched by his generals. He actually chose to go deep into the hinterland of the enemy's activity area and seek a decisive battle with the enemy's main force.

However, just such an operation that looked like a pursuit of victory and seemed understandable to ordinary people led to Gao Xingyuan being ambushed by the rebels. Not only did he lose more than half of his troops, but Gao Xingyuan himself was seriously injured and is still unconscious.

When a large army loses its backbone, the risks it faces can be imagined. At the least, it can be disorganized and morale is low. At worst, the soldiers may mutiny or even surrender to the enemy.

At this moment, Su Ran had realized the purpose of Emperor Qingyong summoning him.

At first, the emperor of the Daqing Dynasty was very optimistic about Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief Gao Xingyuan.

And in the court, he was the one who chose Gao Xingyuan over Jiangsu's general, Zhou Kui, against all opinions.

But now, Gao Xingyuan didn't care for him, but slapped him hard.

You can imagine the feeling of being slapped in the face.

Therefore, the current Emperor Qingyong has only one way to go, and that is to continue to use his own people until the southwest rebellion is completely suppressed, instead of using Zhou Kui instead.

Only in this way can he prove that as the helm of the Daqing Dynasty, all his decisions are wise and wise.

When Su Ran saw Emperor Qingyong, the emperor of the Daqing Dynasty was walking around the south study room with a sad look on his face.

Seeing Su Ran come in, Emperor Qingyong immediately pulled him over.

"I asked Li Quanzhong to tell you the matter, did he explain it clearly?"

Hearing this, Su Ran nodded and said: "Basically, it's clear. Mr. Gao was ambushed, seriously injured, and unconscious. The army is leaderless."

"Yes, this Gao Xingyuan, I must have made a mistake!" Emperor Qingyong sighed deeply.

Seeing this, Su Ran shook his head: "No, Your Majesty did not misjudge him. It's just that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Your Majesty is far away in the capital, how can you know so much."

Emperor Qingyong waved his hand to Su Ran: "Don't comfort me. I came here for one thing. You go back and prepare quickly. Go to the southwest frontline as soon as possible to take over Gao Xingyuan's mess. No matter what, we must fight this battle." I won the battle."

"This..." After listening to Emperor Qingyong's words, Su Ran suddenly showed a look of embarrassment on his face, "This... a minor minister is just a fourth-grade guard foreman. His Majesty asked me to take over the tens of thousands of troops from a general. Army, isn’t it a bit inappropriate?”

When Emperor Qingyong heard this, he immediately patted his forehead and said, "Look at me, why did I forget to tell you this? You are now the fourth rank, and I will appoint you as the Southwest Recruitment Envoy, with full responsibility for counterinsurgency matters in the Southwest. As for walking in the south study room, the head guard will keep it for you for the time being."

When Su Ran heard that it was such an official, he couldn't help but be a little confused: "What grade of official is this recruitment envoy? It seems that it is not among the nine or eighteen grades of our Daqing Dynasty, right?"

"You guys have been staring at these all day long, haha." Emperor Qingyong couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw that Su Ran actually cared about this, "The person I appointed as your envoy is a third-rank official, but don't worry, As long as you can win this battle for me, I will give you a big seal when you come back."

As the saying goes, it's easy to talk to smart people.

After receiving Emperor Qingyong's assurance, Su Ran immediately saluted him: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, even if those bastards in the southwest are hiding underground, I will dig three feet into the ground to dig them out and whip their corpses. "

Emperor Qingyong heard this and nodded heavily: "Okay, I appreciate your confidence. When you come back victorious, I will personally take care of you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After saying this, Su Ran left the south study room.

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