Seeing that the emperor was not angry, Xitong continued to analyze:
"Those nomads are probably already familiar with the border terrain. Your Highnesses, if you go to the border, you will be walking into a tiger's mouth."
"What if General Jin can't figure everything out?"
The emperor stared at Xitong and said, "Once the border is occupied by these people, it will be like opening the door for them."
Xitong smiled, her charming face full of confidence.
"Your Majesty, I often go on patrols with my father and am familiar with the border environment. If the general cannot figure out everything, I will lead people to investigate the border. What do you think?"
What Xitong said made sense. The emperor thought about it and nodded.
The emperor waited, but did not receive the arrival of General Jin. Instead, he received the news that Yu Yiluo and others had returned to the palace.
When Yu Yiluo and the other three arrived at the palace, the ministers were in court.
"Your Majesty, the little princess and the others are back."
The emperor stood up excitedly upon hearing this. The ministers looked at each other and then quickly lowered their heads.
I wondered if something had happened again.
"Let's stop here for today and adjourn the court."
The emperor waved his hand and walked quickly outside.
Eunuch Cao trotted after the emperor, "Your Majesty, please slow down."
The emperor seemed not to hear him and walked faster.
After descending the white jade steps, the emperor saw a red figure running towards him.
"Daddy."
"Luo'er," the emperor stepped forward quickly and picked up Yu Yiluo, "I'm glad you're back. If you don't come back, daddy will send someone to look for you."
"Daddy, is uncle back?"
Yu Yiluo asked the question that concerned her most, and when she saw the emperor put away his smile, she already had the answer in her heart.
"Uncle hasn't come back yet, right?"
"Princess Xitong is back and said your uncle still has some things to deal with."
Yu Yiluo's heart did not relax because of these words, but became even more uneasy.
She glanced at the ministers who were coming out from around her and said to the emperor, "Father, let's go to the imperial study and talk."
The emperor glanced at the third prince and Mu Xue Qianjue, motioning them to follow.
…
Entering the imperial study, the emperor put Yu Yiluo down and touched her head.
"I was worried you'd run off to Qiang, so I sent your uncle there. Now it seems you've fallen right into someone else's trap."
[Daddy is really afraid that I will run away to Qiang Country again.]
"Dad, have the ministers in the court been behaving well recently?"
"The ministers are all very well behaved," the emperor said, looking at Yu Yiluo's tense face. "Does Luo'er suspect there's a traitor in the court?"
The files of the ministers in the court are clean, especially after the assessment system was implemented, it is impossible for anyone to take advantage of the situation.
So those who remain now are diligent, conscientious and dedicated to their duties.
"The men I mentioned in my letter to you would suddenly appear in Xiangshan. It's impossible that no one passed on the news."
"The ministers don't know about this. Only Li Yunhe knows."
The emperor frowned, "Many people know about your uncle's trip to the Qiang Kingdom."
【Li Yunhe.】
Yu Yiluo silently repeated the name in her heart.
"Dad, where is Li Yunhe?"
"He went to the Yueqing gold mine," the emperor told Yu Yiluo what happened in Yueqing, "I asked him to investigate this matter."
【The thing I was most worried about happened.】
Yu Yiluo sighed in her heart.
[At present, it seems that the most likely traitor is Li Yunhe.]
[But what is Li Yunhe's motive? ]
"By the way, Third Brother, how are you?"
The Third Prince said respectfully, "Thank you for your concern, Father. I am fine now."
His body had been recovering slowly before, and with Luo'er injecting him with divine power every day, he was now in good health.
"Really?"
The emperor stood up, looked at the third prince, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Just recover, just recover."
"Thanks to Luo'er, I have recovered now. I can go and investigate the border issues."
As he was speaking, a guard came in from the door.
"Your Majesty, Princess Xitong requests an audience."
"Let someone in quickly."
When Xitong walked in, Yu Yiluo looked up and noticed that her expression was not right, and her heart skipped a beat.
【Did something happen to my uncle? 】
"Your Majesty, your humble servant."
The Emperor motioned for her to stand up, "But is there any news about General Jin?"
Xitong stood up, and when she looked up, the emperor noticed that her eyes were a little red.
"Your Majesty, the guard who accompanied the general to Qiang State has returned, saying that the general was ambushed while scouting the border and has died. He fought tooth and nail to protect the guards who escaped, but died after speaking to them at the general's residence."
Xitong's voice trembled a little, especially when he said the words "he's dead".
"I beg the Emperor to allow me to lead the troops to the border and retrieve the general."
She knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.
"Okay, get up. I allow you to go."
It is said that if a person is alive, he must be seen; if he is dead, his body must be seen. The emperor did not think that Jin Ting'an would die so easily.
The Third Prince took this opportunity to speak up, "Princess Xitong, lead your troops to search for General Jin. Leave the border exploration to me. I will lead the troops there tomorrow."
Yu Yiluo stood up, walked to Princess Xitong and took her hand.
"Aunt, uncle will be fine."
Xitong patted her head and said, "Okay, your uncle will be fine."
He said that he would marry her after returning from Qiang State. She was still looking forward to the day when she would wear her wedding dress and marry him. How could he leave her before he fulfilled his promise?
The emperor handed the military command to Xitong and ordered the second prince to go with him to find Jin Ting'an.
…
Xitong received the imperial edict, left the palace and returned to the general's mansion. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw that the general's mansion had been hung with white silk.
She let out a long breath, walked in, and came to the steward's side.
"Who ordered this to happen?"
The steward met Xitong's cold eyes, wiped his tears and said, "Madam, since the general is dead, he should rest in peace."
He knew that his wife would not be able to accept it, but now the old general was ill. If he did not take the initiative to handle this matter, who would?
"Who said he was dead?"
Xitong glanced at the servants around him who were in mourning and shouted, "Take all these unlucky things away! I want to see the general's body, alive or dead. Have you seen the general's body? If not, shut up and stop crying."
"lady……"
The manager wanted to say something, but Xitong glanced at him.
"Don't make me say it again. I'll go find the general. Just take good care of him and stop crying."
"I'll listen to your wife."
The people who were still crying stopped crying when they saw the old general being supported by someone and walked out.
Xitong walked quickly to the old general and helped him into the main hall.
"Old General, don't be sad. I will definitely bring you back."
General Jin sighed and looked at Xitong's red eyes.
I know that she is no less sad than I am.
"Be careful when you go there, don't let anything happen."
"Old General, please take care of yourself and wait for me to bring you back."
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