The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 197 Military Disaster

Xue Qingyin waited outside the door for a while, and then she saw a Xuanjia guard hurriedly greeted her with a solemn expression.

"Greetings to the princess, is your highness here?" Xuan Jiawei asked immediately as he saluted.

"You're talking inside, what happened?" Xue Qingyin tilted her head and asked.

Xuan Jiawei said in a deep voice: "There is a military disaster in Yizhou."

Xue Qingyin raised her eyebrows and said, "Just wait."

Then she turned around and returned to the courtyard.

She didn't even look at Gan Zixu and went straight to meet King Xuan.

"Tired of standing?" King Xuan asked her.

Xue Qingyin nodded.

King Xuan immediately followed her out.

Qian Zixu looked reluctant, but said nothing.

Stepping out of the door, King Xuan immediately saw Xuan Jiawei with anxious eyes.

King Xuan was not surprised at all and asked calmly: "What happened?"

"Previously, His Highness ordered me to go to nearby towns and cities to check whether there were any natural or man-made disasters. I asked my subordinates and others along the way and found nothing strange. But when I was approaching Bazhou, I suddenly rescued a few people on the roadside. Those people called themselves It was a subordinate of King Xuan who recognized the Prince Xuan Palace badge hanging on his waist, and then he called for help." The Xuan Jiawei said carefully.

"Something happened in Yizhou?" King Xuan asked.

Xuan Jiawei nodded: "They reported that there was a military disaster in Yizhou, and the whereabouts of Jiedushi Qiao Teng were unknown. They refused to elaborate on what happened to the subordinates. They only said that they wanted to see His Highness and they would explain."

Xue Qingyin pressed her head on the side and thought to herself... This is really... people have been in trouble before they even reach the boundary of the earth.

"Where are people?"

"Bring it back and wait in the west hall."

"lead the way."

"yes."

Xuanjiawei leads the way.

Xue Qingyin thought for a moment, walked side by side with King Xuan, and asked, "Can I go and have a look too?"

"Of course I can." King Xuan glanced at her.

Um? Xue Qingyin looked back blankly.

At this moment, she had long forgotten that when she first entered the house, she didn't want to get involved in any big things. She didn't get involved if she could. She completely detached herself from the world and tried to avoid suspicion to the extreme.

The two of them arrived in the west hall in an instant.

Before they entered the door, the people inside knelt down and worshiped: "Greetings to His Highness King Xuan, I am a lowly official... Wan Shirong, I am ashamed to pay my respects."

Wan Shirong, this name is quite ambitious.

Xue Qingyin looked inside the door and saw an old man with messy hair kneeling there. Behind him, there were three men who wanted to be in an official position lower than him.

Their clothes were dirty, stained with blood, and smelled bad.

Xue Qingyin instinctively took half a step back, and then her mouth and nose were covered by King Xuan's raised hand.

Seeing that the old man named Wan Shirong raised his head, Xue Qingyin pushed away King Xuan's hand without thinking, lest it would be bad for these royal ministers to see him.

What does it matter if you endure it for a while?

Wan Shirong raised his head and saw Xue Qingyin first.

"this……"

"This is Princess Xuan." The guard on the side said.

Wan Shirong was stunned for a moment: "Princess Xuan?" He looked dazed: "I only remember that His Highness has a concubine..."

Xue Qingyin raised her eyebrows: "It can be seen that the news is delayed. The incident in Yizhou has been happening for a long time? You just received the order to change the fiefdom, and you were detained when you entered Yizhou?"

Wan Shirong responded instinctively: "Yes."

But soon he pursed his lower lip heavily, no longer looking at Xue Qingyin, but looking up at King Xuan, and said in a sad tone: "After Xiaguan and others received the order, they moved to Yizhou day and night. Who knew that they had just entered? Yizhou was taken into custody before he even entered the mansion."

It was exactly the same as Xue Qingyin guessed.

"Qiao Teng is missing? Who is in power in Yizhou now?" King Xuan asked calmly.

"Yizhou Sima Jiangnan." Wan Shirong wiped his face and replied.

Xue Qingyin sighed: "Everyone of these Sima's are quite capable."

Wan Shirong couldn't help but glance at her and frowned.

At this time, King Xuan grabbed Xue Qingyin's hand and led her to the main seat and sat down one on the left and one on the right.

"Sit down and talk." King Xuan said to Wan Shirong.

Wan Shirong got up and sat down tremblingly. The others also took their seats.

"Are you being hunted?"

"yes……"

"Is it Jiang Nan who sent people to hunt you down?"

"No..." Wan Shirong's voice paused, but he said three words: "I don't know..."

After Wan Shirong finished speaking, a look of shame appeared on his face again.

Others quickly added: "When we returned to His Highness, we were detained for a long time and were kept in the dark. Later, we thought that when His Highness arrived at the fiefdom, we would be saved. But after waiting for many days, we couldn't wait any longer, so we had to find a way. I escaped first. On the way, I learned that Qiao Teng was missing, and Jiang Nan was in charge of Yizhou affairs. I really didn’t know anything else..."

"Where is the governor of Yizhou?"

"No...not sure."

I don’t know if I ask three questions.

Xue Qingyin couldn't help but press her eyebrows.

King Xuan said in a deep voice: "Send someone to ask Qian Zixu."

The guard was surprised: "Your Highness, what can he know?"

King Xuan had no intention of explaining.

It was Xue Qingyin who said: "Qian Zixu is very well-informed, and he seems to have a back-up plan after knowing that Xingzhou was assigned to the fiefdom. I'm afraid the back-up plan is not his... It's just that he knows Yizhou Something will definitely draw our attention away.”

The guard suddenly realized and hurried away.

"Pass on Vice General Fang." King Xuan ordered.

Not long after, Fang Chengzhong arrived.

King Xuan did not say much to him, but asked him to take Wan Shirong and the others down to settle down.

"Your Highness..." Wan Shirong and the others were reluctant to leave. It seemed that they still had a lot of heartfelt things to tell King Xuan.

But King Xuan had a cold face.

Wan Shirong had to swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue, carefully concealed his disappointment, and followed Fang Chengzhong.

"Deputy General Fang, it seems that Your Highness has stayed in Xingzhou for a long time. Why is that? How did Xingzhou become Your Highness's fiefdom?" Wan Shirong asked.

Fang Chengzhong smiled: "Don't talk about this in a hurry. Let's talk about how you escaped first?"

Wan Shirong's face was cold: "Deputy General Fang, do you suspect that we lied?"

"I just want to know more details. This will also make it easier for us to rescue others. What? Master Wan doesn't want to tell?" Fang Chengzhong said in a cold tone.

Master is Wan Shirong's official position.

He is in charge of the tutor and the guide, and is a third-rank official. In other words, among the ministers of the royal palace, he is the most senior.

Wan Shirong was a high-ranking official, but Fang Chengzhong was the deputy of King Xuan. So his expression changed slightly, and finally he went to the side with Fang Chengzhong and explained in detail.

At this time, Gan Zixu shouted again in the cage, "I want to see King Xuan."

"It's the Meng tribe that's attacking, there's an insider in Yizhou! The one in charge of the command is the old subordinate of Prince Zhang!"