Chapter 118 Unreliable Proposal
It was already late at night, and the lights in the imperial study room were still on.

The waiter who was waiting on the side looked at the engraving, and then saw that Emperor Dongling was still sitting on the dragon chair in a daze, so he stepped forward and reminded, "Your Majesty, it's time to be ugly, why don't you go to rest first. Wait for Mr. Zhao Han After entering the palace, the servant immediately reported to you?"

Emperor Dongling came back from the state of trance, waved his hands, and sat on the dragon chair even though his face was exhausted.

Fortunately, he didn't wait long, and soon a eunuch ran in outside the imperial study room, telling Emperor Dongling that Zhao Han had returned.

Zhao Han, the commander of the guards guarding the entire palace, is definitely Emperor Dongling's confidant.

When Emperor Dongling heard Zhao Han's name, he immediately asked people to come in.Before Zhao Han finished his salute, Emperor Dongling immediately called him up from the ground.And asked anxiously, "Where's Jimo Xia Zhi?"

Even though Emperor Dong Ling said that he would be exempt from the ceremony, Zhao Han still got up from the ground after completing a whole set of etiquette.Lowering his head respectfully, Zhao Han replied in a deep voice, "I didn't see Jimo Xia Zhi."

"Why did you come back when you didn't see him? Didn't I order you to bring him back?!" Hearing Zhao Han's answer, Emperor Dong Ling reprimanded him with extreme displeasure, and his face darkened.

In the end, he stood up from the chair, walked directly to Zhao Han, and stared at him closely.

Zhao Han felt a strong sense of oppression falling on himself, and his lowered head was even lower at this time, "I only saw the personal bodyguard of Jimo girl. Because the guards of the city are heavily guarded, Moreover, General Han has also issued an order not to let any idlers into the camp, so without your order from the emperor and your instructions not to disturb General Han, the minister can only return without success."

Listening to Zhao Han's explanation, Emperor Dong Ling frowned tightly.After pondering for a while, Emperor Dong Ling continued to say in a deep voice, "I haven't seen anyone, so there must be other news to bring back?"

Zhao Han immediately raised his head to look at Emperor Dongling, then hurriedly lowered his head, took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it to Emperor Dongling. "It is indeed a letter from the minister."

Emperor Dong Ling hurriedly grabbed the letter.

While Emperor Dongling was reading the letter, Zhao Han's head was kept slightly lowered, and Emperor Dongling could only see his eyelids, but not the emotions in his eyes.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Han finally heard Emperor Dongling growl after he finished reading the letter.

Although Zhao Han knew that this was not aimed at him, when he heard that Emperor Dong Ling was angry, everyone in the imperial study room, including Zhao Han, knelt on the ground, waiting for Emperor Dong Ling to slowly adjust their emotions.

Zhao Han, who was kneeling on the ground, clenched his fists slightly, and without Emperor Dongling noticing, he quickly looked up at him again.

Sure enough, his face was full of displeasure, and the surprise and doubt in Zhao Han's heart deepened.

What exactly did Jimo Xia Zhi do in front of Emperor Dong Ling before, to make the king of a country wait for a letter all night.What else was written in the letter that would make Emperor Dong Ling so angry, but in the end he adjusted his emotions and didn't say a word about convicting him.

Think about Emperor Dong Ling who has been sitting on the throne for decades, how could he be so emotionally moved by a commoner and a trivial matter today.

Zhao Han turned all the doubts in his heart, and finally he could only temporarily attribute the problem to Xia Zhi's identity as Miss Jimo.

Emperor Dongling didn't know what Zhao Han was thinking, so after sighing, he turned and walked outside the imperial study.But before leaving, he ordered, "After tomorrow morning, let Han Poli come to the imperial study."

The servant and Zhao Han looked at each other, looking at the leaving back of Emperor Dong Ling and the letter paper he had been holding in his hand, the suspicion in their eyes could not be concealed.

Obviously, Emperor Dongling is the emperor of Dongling, how could they see a sense of vicissitudes in him, what exactly did Xia Zhi write in his letter?
……

The East Palace, on the other side of the Imperial Study, where the Prince lives, is also brightly lit.

Xiao Yu walked back and forth anxiously in the room, even if he yelled a few words from outside that he wanted to rest, he still couldn't hear him. Finally, when he heard that the Crown Princess was about to give birth, he was impatient and directly put the baby on the desk. Throw out the fine inkstone.

"If you want to give birth, go to Wen Po, otherwise, go to the imperial doctor. This kind of trivial matter will bother me. Did I raise you for nothing?!"

Xiao Yu's angry voice immediately quieted down all places that Xiao Yu could notice.

Feng Qiu hurriedly walked into the door, and saw that there was a mess elsewhere, only the door of the room where Xiao Yu was staying was calm.

But he was just puzzled for a while, and then went straight into the house.As soon as Feng Qiu saw Xiao Yu and didn't see his orders, he quickly took out a letter from his pocket and presented it to Xiao Yu.

"Miss Jimo said that the emperor also sent someone to look for her today. But because she was in the guard camp, she was not brought into the palace. She only told Feng to deliver this letter to the prince. And let me tell you, this letter sent to you is no different from the letter delivered to the imperial study."

After listening to Feng Qiu's words, Xiao Yu's eyes immediately shone brightly.He tore the letter up in a rude manner, and after reading what was written on it, Xiao Yu frowned severely, and only shouted, "Ridiculous!"

Feng Qiu was startled by Xiao Yu's sudden anger, "But what transgressive content was written in the letter?"

Xia Zhi wrote two pages in his letter, but Xiao Yu was extremely annoyed, so he also gave Feng Qiu the content written on the first piece of paper for him to read.As for the other one, he had casually thrown it into the brazier beside him.

Feng Qiu noticed Xiao Yu's action even when he was reading the letter, but he just had some doubts in his heart and didn't say it out.

"Here, what is the purpose of Miss Jimo's proposal to ask Your Highness to lead the troops to the expedition?"

Feng Qiu finally read the incomplete contents of the letter.He widened his eyes in surprise, and pointed to one of the lines on the letter paper, "He also said that the emperor would send you another general. Feng Mou really can't figure out what this girl from Jimo thinks."

Not only Feng Qiu couldn't figure it out, but Xiao Yu couldn't figure it out either.

Still frowning tightly, Xiao Yu had a serious expression on his face, "According to the contents of the letter, Jimo Xia Zhi must not know that the household department and the military department have been looted, but she recklessly proposed to let me Going out, no matter what the sentence is, it seems unreasonable."

Feng Qiu nodded, and when both of them were lost in thought about this proposal, he read the whole letter again.

A guess flashed in Feng Qiu's mind, and Feng Qiu hesitated, "Could it be that she wants your Highness to accumulate military merits through this expedition, or let the emperor give you some military power? After all, in the Dongling Dynasty, except for General Han, no one else No one can be called a fierce general. General Han already has a lot of troops, so if the emperor reads this letter and really sends you to the expedition, then he will definitely transfer some troops from General Han or from other places. you."

Feng Qiu's analysis is not unreasonable, but Xiao Yu feels that Xia Zhi's proposal is not just such a simple idea.

Thinking about what was written on the second letter paper, Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly darkened a little.

"Father just told me today that he will not fight Xi Cang. From what he said, he would probably just fight with Xi Cang for a while, and finally return to the peace negotiation table to discuss. Moreover, Father still I plan to keep the report from the general a secret."

Xiao Yu's mind has returned to calm from the initial excitement, and now he is discussing with Feng Qiu in a low voice.

Originally, Xiao Yu was the first to call Feng Qiu to the East Palace after he returned from the Imperial Study.Although there are many counselors raised by him in the East Palace, Feng Qiu is the only one who has really come into contact with the market.Xiao Yu called Feng Qiu over because he wanted to know why a dignified treasury of Dongling was evacuated in an instant after it was emptied overnight?

The national treasury does not mean that all the money is collected in a warehouse, but scattered in every corner of Dongling. What the household department usually does is to look at the account books in hand, and conduct on-the-spot audits at the beginning of the year and the end of the year.

Xiao Yu couldn't figure out the reason for the discrepancy between the accounts and facts.

Then Xiao Yu suddenly had another heart move, and asked Feng Qiu to go to Xia Zhi's place in person instead of the person who had been sent to deliver the message back.

That's why Feng Qiu only knew that the military department of the household department had been stolen, but he didn't know that Emperor Dongling was going to hide the news from the military newspaper.

Feng Qiu frowned deeply, "If the national treasury is really short of funds, the emperor's approach is also the best choice. Feng also estimated that what His Highness suspected before should be that the emperor transferred some silver taels from other places. Let’s ease the urgent need of the national treasury first, hold the annual banquet, and support the entire Dong Ling until the next taxation.”

Xiao Yu nodded with a heavy face, "Otherwise, it will be announced to the world that Dongling has been stolen."

The two looked at each other with a look of helplessness.

Feng Qiu sighed, and finally gave a wry smile, "However, Miss Jimo's idea is probably because she didn't expect the emperor to fight, so we..."

"Prince, prince!"

Before Feng Qiu finished speaking, there was a loud noise outside the door.Feng Qiu was immediately interrupted by a shrill female voice shouting.

Xiao Yu frowned tightly, and just wanted to get up to see what happened outside, but before he reached the door, the wooden door, which had been closed all the time, was knocked open with force.

The person who came was a maid whom even Feng Qiu had never seen before.

After seeing Xiao Yu's tall and straight figure, she immediately knelt on the ground. Even when she saw Xiao Yu's dark face, she still had a look of joy.

The maid said loudly, "Congratulations, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Princess gave Dong Ling a little grandson at Yinshi."

(End of this chapter)

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