After killing the two eunuchs, the Ninth Princess did not set off immediately, but waited for a day.
She wanted to wait and see if Qing Xinyao would receive the imperial edict. If he did, she wanted to know what the imperial edict said.
This way you can be prepared.
Unfortunately, after waiting for a day, the imperial edict was not received.
"Wuyang, now that Tibet has just suffered a defeat, it may retaliate at any time. Neither you nor your husband are here. Xichuan still needs my brother to guard it. Your Majesty may not issue an order to move him."
Qing Mulan said: "You should go back to Beijing. Go back as soon as possible so that the problem can be solved early."
"Yes," Qing Xinyao nodded: "And the other party really wants to target me. If you are here, they will definitely not show up easily."
"That's the truth," Ninth Princess nodded helplessly: "By the way, have you sent a message to sir?"
"It's been sent. I've already told him about what's going on here, but the weather has been so bad recently. It depends on God whether you can receive the message halfway."
Qing Mulan said helplessly: "But I also sent a message to Jiangnan. Even if you don't receive it halfway, you will know it when you get to Jiangnan."
Flying pigeons take advantage of pigeons' powerful self-navigation ability and strong homing ability.
For example, there was a carrier pigeon that grew up in a nest in Xichuan. Jin Feng took it with him when he left Xichuan. If something happened to Jiangnan, he could write a note and tie it to the pigeon's leg, and the pigeon would fly back to Xichuan from Jiangnan on its own.
However, Jin Feng is currently traveling down the river and is always on the move. He can only send messages from carrier pigeons, but cannot receive messages from carrier pigeons.
Therefore, Qing Mulan could only send homing pigeons to a Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce station where Jin Feng was passing by.
When Jin Feng passes by this station, he will get the news.
However, the weather has been so bad recently that Qing Mulan didn't know whether the pigeons would be able to reach their destination as scheduled.
"Just send the message. Whether it is received or not depends on God's will."
Princess Ninth said: "Actually, these are our affairs. The husband is here to help. We can't rely on him for everything."
Hearing what the Ninth Princess said, Qing Mulan was suddenly stunned.
Yes, I don’t know since when, she has become accustomed to relying on Jin Feng for everything.
In her heart, as long as Jin Feng is here, no matter how big a problem she encounters, it won't be a problem.
After lunch, the Ninth Princess asked Qin'er to prepare the cavalry and leave Xichuan City.
In order to travel as quickly as possible, I did not prepare a comfortable carriage, but chose to ride a horse.
It is still the fastest three-horse rider.
"I hope Your Majesty will not issue any more decrees."
Qing Xinyao looked at the Ninth Princess and others leaving despite the cold wind, and prayed secretly.
It was a pity that God did not hear his prayer. On the morning after the Ninth Princess left, two more eunuchs entered Xichuan City with the imperial edict.
Perhaps we learned from the past, but the eunuchs and attendants who came this time were all covered in mud, and their faces were frozen.
For a moment, Qing Xinyao couldn't tell whether they really just came here in a hurry or if they were just playing a trick.
However, these thoughts only passed through Qing Xinyao's mind.
Compared with the status of the eunuchs, Qing Xinyao was more concerned about what was written in the imperial edict they brought.
Qing Xinyao had known for a long time that it was definitely not good news, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.
Although he was not directly removed from his official position and demoted to a commoner, he was deprived of all his rights as a state pastor and was restricted from leaving the Qing Mansion, pending the court's decision.
The post of state pastor was temporarily vacant, and the court later sent someone to take over.
Until the sent people arrive, the eunuch will temporarily take over the position of state pastor.
After Qing Xinyao heard the imperial edict, his face was full of disbelief.
He really couldn't imagine that the emperor would issue such a ridiculous imperial edict.
According to the imperial edict, he was deprived of his position!
The so-called seizing of office refers to the double rules of high-ranking officials in the feudal era.
And the person who temporarily took his place turned out to be a eunuch!
There are three reasons for being dismissed from office.
The first one is that the Ninth Princess was attacked by water bandits on the Jialing River, and he was also responsible.
The second one is that he did not help the Ninth Princess to successfully complete the marriage.
The third article is to start the war privately, destroying the friendly relations with Tibet.
The first reason is barely justified. After all, the Jialing River is within his jurisdiction.
Although he has little relationship with Qing Xinyao, aren't the old county governor of Guangyuan and the previous magistrate of Jinchuan also implicated?
But the last two are pure nonsense.
Especially the third one.
There has been constant friction between Tubo and Dakang for decades, and even a blind person can see that there will be a war between the two sides.
How come the relationship is friendly?
But during the feudal period, the imperial power was the greatest.
Whatever the emperor said was what he said. No matter how unconvinced Qing Xinyao was, he could only obey the order and hand over the seal of the state pastor.
After the eunuch took away the seal, his first order was to blockade the Qing Mansion.
Qing Xinyao couldn't accept this result, so he returned to the inner courtyard with the imperial edict and met Qing Mulan.
"Brother, what does the imperial edict say?"
Qing Mulan saw Qing Xinyao looking wrong and asked worriedly.
Qing Xinyao didn't answer and handed over the imperial edict directly.
Qing Mulan had difficulty moving, so Amei took two steps forward, took the imperial edict, unfolded it and presented it to Qing Mulan.
"This...isn't this too ridiculous? Let an eunuch temporarily take over the position of Nishikawa Prefectural Shepherd?"
Qing Mulan was even more surprised than Qing Xinyao: "Your Majesty is crazy..."
"Be careful what you say!" Qing Xinyao whispered: "Now that the Qing Mansion has been blocked by eunuchs, be careful what you say in the future!"
"Amei, send the news to Mr. Wuyanghe immediately!"
Qing Mulan couldn't help lowering her voice and asked Amei to deliver the letter.
"Yes!" Amei turned and left.
Soon, several homing pigeons took off from Qingfu.
But who knew that when he flew to the edge of the yard, he was shot down by an arrow.
"The eunuch deceives others too much!"
When Qing Mulan heard the news, she was so angry that she almost jumped up from the soft stool.
The other party didn't give Qingfu any chance to convey the news.
"Now I can only hope that Wuyang can return to Beijing as soon as possible."
Qingxinyao returned to his residence in a state of waning spirits.
But he has been really unlucky recently. He prayed yesterday that the emperor would not come with the imperial edict, but today the edict came.
Now I was just praying that the Ninth Princess would return to Beijing as soon as possible, but snowflakes started to fall in the sky.
Dozens of miles away, the Ninth Princess frowned and reined in her horse.
The mountain road was already narrow, and now it was covered with snow. It was impossible to see where the road was and where the pit was.
Even if the Ninth Princess rode three horses at a time, he would only have traveled dozens of miles in one day.
"Your Highness, the snow is so heavy that we can't see the road clearly. Let's find a place to repair it and wait until the snow stops before we leave?"
Qin'er drove her horse forward and shouted loudly.
There was no way, the wind was too strong, and the Ninth Princess was wearing a thick hat, so the voice was too low for the Ninth Princess to hear.
The Ninth Princess shook her head and said firmly: "We have no time to repair, let's move on!"
Seeing that Princess Ninth was resolute, Qin'er had no choice but to ask Qin Ming to send one more person to explore the way ahead.
The Ninth Princess's horse team braved the wind and snow and struggled to advance, while Jin Feng's fleet went down the river at an extremely fast speed.
Although it is impossible to return a thousand miles to Jiangling in one day due to the large size of the cargo ship and the impact of snow, it is still possible to drift hundreds of miles in one day.
However, he also missed Qing Mulan's flying pigeon message and ran directly to Jiangnan.
"Sir, Mrs. Xiaobei was ambushed at the place in front!"