Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

That night, Gu Chan lay in bed, half asleep and half awake, and could not sleep well at all.

The sound of Ma Zheng crying for help kept echoing in her ears. It was not until dawn that she fell into a drowsy sleep.

At noon the next day, Gu Chan woke up from her sleep and felt dizzy.

Bilan came in with a basin of hot water, and when she saw her the first time she exclaimed, "Ah! Master, what's wrong with you? Your face is so red!"

"Really?" Gu Chan asked doubtfully.

Bilan quickly stepped forward and touched her forehead, saying with great concern, "Your forehead is so hot, I'm afraid you have caught a cold."

"It's okay. I'll write you a prescription. You can get some medicine for me and boil it, then bring it to me." Gu Chan said with a faint smile.

After saying that, she forced herself to get off the bed, sat down at the table, picked up a pen and paper, and started writing the prescription.

Bilan stood beside her, tears in her eyes.

Gu Chan said softly, "Silly girl, why are you crying? It's not a serious illness."

"I just feel sorry for you. You are so young, but you are more tired than adults. Not only do you have to worry about so many things every day, but there is no one by your side to take care of you." Bilan said crying.

Gu Chan shook her head indifferently, reached out and touched her cute face and said, "Okay, stop crying. Go get me some medicine and boil it for me."

"Yes, master." Bilan wiped her tears and responded.

Then she took the prescription and left to make medicine for Gu Chan.

Gu Chan endured the discomfort of the fever and sat down at the dressing table to wash up. After a while, she was dressed and went to the lobby in front to have breakfast.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy in her body is quite strong, so catching a cold is not a big deal for her.

Just then, when she finished her breakfast, Bilan brought her a bowl of boiled medicine and asked her to drink it. She immediately felt better and no longer had that dizzy feeling.

At this time, Wei Xing walked in quickly from the door and bowed to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan waved her hand and said, "No need to be polite, sit down!"

"Thank you, master." Wei Xing said respectfully.

After saying that, he sat down on the chair next to him, picked up the teacup and poured the tea into his mouth.

Gu Chan asked, "Have you made arrangements for the group of brothers at the border of Yexing Nation?"

"Don't worry! I had someone treat them well last night, and when they left this morning, I sent someone to give each of them a bribe of 100 taels of silver. They all sailed away happily," Wei Xing explained.

Gu Chan nodded with relief.

After all, she would have to send people to transport ninety-eight cannons to sell to Qixingfan later. If she took good care of these brothers who delivered the food, she would definitely be able to save a lot of trouble next time.

Without dwelling on this issue, Gu Chan said, "By the way, you said last night that something happened in Wuheng County on the border. What happened?"

"The Ninth Prince has been captured and taken to Kyoto. Now the entire border area is leaderless and the situation is not optimistic." Wei Xing said in a deep voice.

"Are Ma Zheng and the others safe?" Gu Chan asked.

"Don't worry. The strong men who went to Wuheng County this time only captured the Ninth Prince. As for the group of people under him, they didn't move any of them. In my opinion, the situation on the border is not very good now. The prince still needs to keep these men to manage the border well." Wei Xing explained the details.

After listening to this, Gu Chan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Ma Zheng and the others were safe, she could rest assured. As for that kid Xuanyuan Qing, she was not worried at all. Although he was not as strong as the masters sent by the prince, with his brains, it would be easy for him to save his life.

Besides, the people of Tiancang Kingdom had no objection to the crown prince killing the second prince Xuanyuan Lie, but if he dared to kill the ninth prince Xuanyuan Qing easily, I'm afraid the people would poke his spine.

So in this case, she doesn't need to worry at all.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan said calmly, "If that's the case, let them have some fun first. I have to take care of the people in Jiangnan who have been affected by the disaster."

"You can rest assured about this. The money you got before has been taken by officials from all over the country to buy supplies and help the victims rebuild their houses. In addition, we have so much food now that we can distribute it to various places. There will be no problem in sustaining it until the beginning of next spring for sowing," said Wei Xing.

Gu Chan collapsed on the chair behind her, and her whole body instantly relaxed.

The crisis in the Jiangnan area has finally been resolved. Her nerves, which have been tense for so long, can finally relax temporarily.

But at this moment, an accident suddenly happened. A guard rushed in from outside the door and said to Gu Chanbing, "Lord, there is an imperial guard outside the door. He said he came from Kyoto at an urgent speed of 800 miles to deliver the imperial edict."

"Please come in!" Gu Chan waved her hand and said.

The guards quickly ran out and invited the palace guards in.

After the imperial guards arrived in the hall, they immediately took out the imperial edict from their sleeves and shouted, "Gu Chan, the Lord of Jiangnan of Tiancang Nation, accepts the edict."

"Your Majesty, I am Gu Chan, Lord of Jiangnan, and I am here to receive your order." Gu Chan stood up, walked forward, and knelt down to salute.

Everyone in the hall knelt down one after another.

The imperial guards opened the imperial edict and said, "By the will of Heaven, the new emperor has summoned us to say that Emperor Longwu passed away three days ago. Lord Gu Chan of Jiangnan is ordered to come to the capital as soon as possible to discuss the arrangements for the state funeral. There must be no delay."

"What? The old emperor passed away three days ago? This... this is impossible!" Gu Chan said dumbfoundedly, kneeling on the ground.

The old emperor passed away. What a big deal! According to the imperial edict, he had passed away three days ago. But the key point is that the news did not even reach Jiangnan. Isn't this obviously a problem?

The imperial guards folded the imperial edict, handed it to Gu Chan and said, "My Lord, you should accept the edict first, and then go to Kyoto!"

"Minister, I accept the order. Long live the emperor." Gu Chan said in a deep voice with his head down.

After saying this, she slowly reached out and took the imperial edict.

The palace guard said goodbye to her and immediately turned and left without any hesitation.

Everyone in the hall stood up, all stunned. Wei Xing quickly came over, helped Gu Chan up from the ground, and said in a serious tone, "It seems that this time, you can't avoid it even if you want to. You have to go to Kyoto this time."

"Go, post a notice to announce the death of the old emperor, and order every household in the Jiangnan area to hang white silk to express mourning." Gu Chan ordered.

"Yes, Lord." Wei Xing responded solemnly.

After saying that, he immediately went to the study, drafted a notice for Gu Chan, and finished it as quickly as possible and sent someone to post it.

As the notice was posted, the news of the old emperor's death quickly spread in Jiangnan City and spread throughout the entire Jiangnan area that afternoon. Naturally, the common people followed Gu Chan's instructions and hung white silk from house to house to express their mourning.