Luo Sheng asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing." Xiao Yunying stopped laughing. "Should we feed it something?"
Luo Sheng untied the bamboo tube from its leg: "Have Meng Chun cut some raw meat over, I'll feed it. It won't eat food from strangers."
Xiao Yunying asked Meng Chun to cut the raw meat, and when she turned around, she saw Luo Sheng's serious expression and furrowed brows.
She asked worriedly, "What happened?"
Luo Sheng handed the letter directly to her, but Xiao Yunying waved her hand and didn't take it: "Isn't this a military secret? I'd rather not read it. Listening to you is enough."
"See, it's alright. They're not spies from other countries."
Luo Yong said this, but he didn't insist that she read it. He folded the letter and put it in his pocket: "It's getting cold at the border recently, but the cotton clothes and other supplies have not arrived yet. There is also no news about the treatment for colds and various wound medicines. Even the food rations are almost gone."
Xiao Yunying frowned as she listened. No matter the era, soldiers had suffered greatly on the border to protect their country, yet they couldn't even get the most basic food and clothing. It was truly disheartening.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Someone has probably embezzled military funds. I'll write a memorial and send it over to see what happens."
Xiao Yunying asked in confusion, "Aren't you going there yourself? Your presence would be more intimidating."
"I can't go back to the capital for the time being." Luo Sheng said in a low voice, "His Majesty is dying. He deliberately sent me away from the capital to test who might be making trouble, so he can wipe them out in one fell swoop and pave the way for the new emperor."
Xiao Yunying could hardly believe what she had just heard; Luo Sheng had told her this without any reservations.
However, she was only shocked, not panicked or afraid. She even asked curiously, "Who did His Majesty choose to inherit the throne?"
"He is the Emperor's younger brother, the eleventh in line, but he is still young, only sixteen this year. The Emperor is worried about him, so he can only do his best to help him eliminate his rivals."
"Is this new emperor reliable? Doesn't His Majesty have a son? How could he be willing to pass the throne to his younger brother instead of his son?"
Luo Sheng explained, "His Majesty's eldest son is only six years old and is from the Empress Dowager's maternal clan, while his legitimate son is only three years old. Neither of them are suitable candidates. His Majesty is thinking of the people of the world, so naturally he does not necessarily want to pass the throne to his own descendants."
This eleventh prince has an excellent relationship with the emperor and is his younger brother. He also helped the emperor ascend the throne and currently appears to have no ulterior motives.
To be honest, I think he's a bit less capable than the Emperor in governing the country. He's somewhat indecisive, but for now, he seems to be the most suitable candidate.
The rest either lack the talent to govern the country or harbor ulterior motives; His Majesty would never entrust the empire to them.
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