In the majestic golden palace, the emperor was reading the memorials, while the imperial master was quietly dozing below.
He has been studying the Qianji Abacus for a while, trying to find a way to use it that won't consume so much effort. He often gets so fascinated by the study that he forgets the time. Usually, he is still immersed in the study, and the apprentice comes to invite him.
, saying that it was time to go to court, he could only change his clothes and go to the palace.
The emperor gradually raised his eyebrows. It was not that he had not noticed the state of the imperial master. He thought that this old boy was fishing in troubled waters here again.
He was also troubled by the memorial.
All the civil and military officials were trembling with fear. They said that since Prince Xuan left without saying goodbye two years ago and chased Master Xiaoyan's daughter into Miao'er Mountain and never came out, the emperor's mood has not been good.
Whenever they thought of this, all the ministers couldn't help but glance at the place where Lord Xiaoyan once stood, but it was also empty.
Some important ministers who knew the friendship between the emperor and Lord Xiaoyan sometimes wondered whether the emperor was in such a bad mood because of the disappearance of Prince Xuan or the resignation of Lord Xiaoyan?
The emperor closed the memorial with a "snap", which woke up the imperial master who was wandering in the world. He quickly lowered his head and stood up.
"Let's withdraw 90% of the manpower at Dongling Pass." The emperor said helplessly. The memorial said that the war at the border was tense, but the emperor sent part of his troops to stay at Dongling Pass. They did nothing else every day and just walked along the Miao River.
Searching the long border of Ershan to find any traces of Prince Xuan and Lord Xiaoyan is really a waste of military power, so we beg the emperor to withdraw.
The emperor actually knew in his heart that after two years, there was not much chance of them coming back, but one was his beloved younger brother, and the other was... Yan Xi, he really didn't want to give up.
Then he glanced at the bored Imperial Preceptor with hidden anger. In the past two years, no matter what he said, asking the Imperial Preceptor to use the abacus to calculate whether the lives of the two people were safe and in which direction, the Imperial Preceptor refused.
, it is said that Qianji Abacus can only calculate a person's destiny, but nothing else.
The emperor gave him the birth date of Prince Xuan and asked him to tell his fortune. He also said that the calculation was not accurate because of the special magnetic field of Miao'er Mountain, and the fortune of the people inside could not be calculated.
The emperor was really angry, so he brought him to court every day even though he knew that the Imperial Master often stayed up late recently. Even after the court was over, he would not be allowed to return to the palace. He would always find excuses to keep him, but would not let him go.
He rests.
The Imperial Master is feeling miserable. What is the Thousand Plans Abacus? It is a magic weapon that almost became a spiritual weapon!
How long could he have as a mere mortal? If all the abacus were used to calculate this kind of thing, he would not have died young!
After withdrawing from the court, the emperor kept the imperial advisor as usual.
However, the Imperial Master had been tortured so hard recently that the prince couldn't bear it anymore, so he begged the Emperor for mercy. After all, the Imperial Master was still his teacher.
The emperor had a fierce look on his face. He had to give the prince some face. Anyway, it was the time to establish his authority, so it was not easy for him to reject his request.
"Okay, then the Imperial Preceptor will go back..." Before the emperor could finish speaking, he saw the Imperial Preceptor had fallen limply to the ground. The emperor's words turned into a scream: "National Preceptor! What's wrong with the Imperial Preceptor?"
The prince quickly walked over and helped the imperial master up. Seeing that his face was very pale and there were deep dark circles under his eyes, he anxiously shouted: "Imperial physician, imperial physician!"
The imperial doctor on duty jumped up and rushed in. He felt relieved when he saw the emperor and his son jumping around. Then he followed the prince's voice and looked at the imperial master.
So he felt much more stable and walked over to check his pulse.
Then the imperial doctor was stunned...
"Weichen...Weichen..." the imperial doctor stammered, somewhat doubtful about life.
But the emperor yelled: "You are a weak minister, hurry up and save the imperial master!"
The imperial doctor nodded quickly, closed his eyes, and thought to himself, the emperor didn't allow him to say it, so he wouldn't say it, and hurriedly wrote the prescription.
The emperor asked the imperial master to be carried to the side hall first, and the prince followed and took care of him.
The disciples of the Imperial Master were waiting outside the hall. When they saw their master being carried away, they quickly asked what was wrong, and then followed him to the side hall.
After a while, the imperial master woke up, and the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor was ready. He drank it while he was in a daze. The imperial master was choked and coughed repeatedly, then rolled his eyes and fell asleep again. However, the imperial doctor drank it while he was dazed.
After checking his pulse, he said it was okay, and the disciples of the Imperial Master asked the prince for orders to carry the Imperial Master back.
"Take good care of me, my teacher. If you have any questions, please come to me immediately." The prince said with concern.
"Yes!" The Imperial Master's apprentice lowered his eyes, glanced at the uneasy Imperial Physician, rolled his eyes and said, "Your Highness, if you don't bother me with anything, could you please invite this Imperial Physician to go to the Imperial Master's Mansion with you, and also look after the Master?"
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The prince immediately said: "Mr. Zhou, you go back with the imperial master. The master is not allowed to leave until he recovers!"
The imperial doctor was heartbroken, but he had no choice but to accept the order.
He glanced at the apprentice of the Imperial Master and saw him looking at him with a meaningful look. He suddenly felt frightened and wondered if he could come back alive.
He was deeply sad. The prince wanted to ask several times if the imperial master was in trouble, but he did not dare to ask and watched them leave.
When I returned to the imperial study, I saw the emperor standing in front of the window looking at the east.
The prince's eyes darkened, and he knew that his father was thinking of his little uncle again.
To be honest, the prince felt that he should be more uncomfortable than his father, because he had the best relationship with the little emperor's uncle since he was a child. Although they were uncles and nephews, he felt that they got along like friends and brothers. The little emperor's uncle actually
Dropping everything to chase that witch, he felt that it was not worth it for the little emperor.
Yes, because he has a good relationship with Rong Che, he hates Yan Qingzheng even more. He feels that it is because of her charm that the little emperor uncle abandoned his status and real family members to pursue her.
Desperate situation.
As for Yan Xi...his departure may mean that he has lost a loyal minister.
For more than two years, every time the prince thought about the possibility that his little uncle might be dead and his body was not found, he would feel so heartbroken that it was difficult to relieve himself.
Moreover, because of Yan Xi's disappearance, the Yan family used this reason to reject his request to make Yan Shuangyu the crown prince.
Nowadays, the prince is twenty-one years old and has not yet decided on a princess. The queen has been arguing about this for a long time, but the emperor just looked at her pitifully, and she shrank back.
The civil and military officials throughout the dynasty were speculating on what the emperor meant by this. The prince's marriage was also a major event for the country!
But no one dared to mention this. Although the emperor has always been a free-spirited person, for some reason, he has become melancholy and gloomy now. All the civil and military officials in the dynasty are silent, and no one dares to disobey his decision. And they all can't help but feel a little distressed.
, the emperor lost his younger brother and Lord Xiaoyan one after another, how sad he must be, such a bright person in the past...
All the ministers were dejected when they left the court.
Suddenly, they saw a herald carrying a robe and running quickly towards the Golden Palace, holding a scroll in his hand. The adults recognized that it was the Eight Hundred Mile Express!
Then they lingered and refused to leave, wandering in the same place one by one. They had to rush for eight hundred miles. They might be called back later, so they might as well not go out.
Upon seeing this, several military ministers hurried back and waited not far outside the Golden Palace.
Then they saw the emperor walking out of the Golden Palace in a hurry, with indescribably brisk steps and an obvious smile on his face, and went to the royal study.
The herald was panting and bowed respectfully from behind before reluctantly walking back.
Officials gathered around and asked, "What's the good thing?"
The herald was still breathing heavily, but there was a smile on his face. The Emperor was very happy about this and agreed to tell others, and he was happy to sell it to the ministers.
"Prince Xuan and Lord Xiaoyan came down from Miao'er Mountain without any injuries and will be leaving for Beijing soon!"
All the ministers were shocked and understood why the emperor was so happy.
The prince did not know this, and had already resigned before the herald arrived.
He returned to the East Palace to rest for a while, then changed his clothes and left the palace, going to Guangfu Temple outside the city. He waited there for a quarter of an hour before Yan Shuangyu came in evasion.
"I only have time to burn a stick of incense." She said hurriedly with sweat on her forehead.
The prince's eyes became deeper: "I know, I just haven't seen you for a few days and miss you a little."
Yan Shuangyu blushed, lowered her head slightly and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince..." Your opening remarks are so embarrassing, how can anyone answer the question?
The prince smiled softly, took the woman's hand and sat down, saying: "Fortunately, my father has forgotten his original plan in the past two years, otherwise, what would I do?"
The emperor wanted to marry Yan Shuangyu two years ago. Firstly, there was no suitable candidate, and secondly, the successive disappearances of Rong Che and Yan Xi made him no longer interested in doing such a thing, so Yan Shuangyu's son
The girl is already sixteen years old this year and has not been accused of marriage yet.
Of course, she did not make up her mind to go against her family and accept her fate as a crown princess.
The prince still hasn't thought of a way for the two of them to stay together. His only gain in the past two years is that the little girl Yan Shuangyu fell in love with him!
But the little girl still couldn't muster up the courage to tell her family that she wanted to be a princess.
The disappearance of Yan Xi and his wife has cast a shadow over the Yan family in the past two years. Mrs. Yan's health is getting worse day by day. Yan Xi, his third son who he values the most and has high hopes for, takes his wife to Miao'er Mountain to find her.
He had a daughter, and he watched him leave. Now two years have passed, and his life or death is unknown. He regrets extremely that he did not force her to stay in the first place.
In the past two years, there has been no happy event in the Yan family. Even though several boys have reached the age of starting a family, no one dares to mention it.
The only one left in the third room, Yan Songzheng, has already joined the military camp and is often away from home.
There was no one in the Yan family in the court, so some news was slower to be known. However, this time the news came back from Dongling Pass. Since Yan Songzheng and other members of the Yan family, most of the younger generation joined the military camp.
, so when the eight hundred miles of money was rushed to the palace, it was also sent to Grand Master Yan's residence.
When Mrs. Yan heard that her third son and his wife were going to return to Beijing in the near future, she burst into tears and her heart finally returned to its original position.
At Dongling Pass, Yan Xi and his wife looked at Rong Che and Yan Qingzheng in high spirits, smiling happily.
"Then let's go back to the capital first. After you solve the problem, we can meet again in the capital," Yan Xi said.
"Yes, Sir Yan, have a nice journey." Rong Che said respectfully.