Chapter 461 Useless
Anji finally heard her say this. He opened the imperial edict with trembling hands and was about to read it when he suddenly felt something hit his thigh.
"Ouch!" he screamed in a shrill voice.
After standing for such a long time, his old arms and legs were no longer able to move. The collision was quite heavy. He staggered a few steps and fell directly to the ground.
The two guards standing behind him, who were closest to him, wanted to go forward to help, but before they could take a step, a large white fluffy object came across and blocked their way.
Once the two of them slowed down, it was too late to help.
Yun Ran was still leaning lazily behind the counter, watching with his chin in his hand.
Anji must have fallen quite hard. He was grimacing in pain and couldn't get up for a long time. He had to be helped up by two guards.
The imperial edict also fell to the ground and was stepped on by him.
He quickly picked up the imperial edict and wiped it with his sleeve.
Yun Ran just held up her chin and looked at him, the smile in her eyes not diminishing: "Eunuch An, are you okay?"
"My dog is a bit naughty and has not been well disciplined. My father-in-law is very magnanimous. He will not go against a dog, right?"
Anji covered his painful buttocks, his face as dark as if a dark cloud was pressing down on him, but what could he do?
The imperial edict had not been announced yet, and he couldn't afford to offend the little princess in front of him.
"It's okay...hiss," he bared his teeth, squeezing out each word, "I'm thick-skinned, I'm not afraid of falling."
"That's good," Yun Ran seemed to be relieved and patted his chest, "Grandpa, please read it quickly."
Anji didn't need her to say anything more. He was eager to finish reading it so that he could go back and report.
He cleared his throat and spoke loudly, "By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Prince Jing'an's future Princess Yunran is sensible, courageous, and resourceful, having outsmarted the Nanlin troops. Therefore, he grants her one hundred taels of gold, a set of phoenix-head gold hairpins, a pair of South Sea coral pearls, a pair of Beidou night-shining pearls, two pieces of top-grade flowing brocade... and a golden medal of immunity from death. This is my decree!"
After he finished reading, servants carrying rewards came in one after another. The hall that she had sent people to clean up was indeed filled up with boxes and cabinets.
Not until all the things were brought in did Anji finally hand an exquisite little wooden box to Yun Ran personally.
Although his face was gloomy, Yun Ran smiled happily: "Thank you for your help, eunuch. Thank you for the emperor's grace."
The smile on Anji's face was so fake that it looked like it was forced on. "As long as the little princess likes it, I'm glad. We have to go back and report, so I won't stay any longer."
After saying that, he covered his butt, turned around and left with his servants.
Yun Ran opened the wooden box with satisfaction, and inside was a golden medal of immunity from death.
She pursed her lips, reached out, took out the gold medal, and held it in her palm.
A slightly cool touch, but real.
She sighed, knowing that this must have been something that Brother Xiaojing had forced the emperor to give.
As for what Ye Jingzhen told her yesterday about a big happy event today, she already understood it when she opened the door this morning and heard those people talking.
I have to say, Ye Jingzhen is really smart.
When they came back from the south yesterday, Ye Jingzhen must have taken the initiative and sent people to kidnap her by King Nanlin. She then cleverly escaped and fought against the Nanlin army together with her second brother. The news spread in Dakang.
The matter is a foregone conclusion, what can Ye Cangling do?
No matter how crazy he was, he would never tell anyone that he had colluded with King Nanlin and sent Yun Ran, his future daughter-in-law, to the Nanlin carriage.
In order to suppress this plan, he had to follow the path arranged by Ye Jingzhen.
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On the other side, inside the palace.
Ye Cangling finally gritted his teeth and drafted the imperial edict, and threw it to Anji who came back to report.
Anji was beaten badly by Yun Ran, so he naturally didn't dare to say a word in front of Ye Cangling. He took the imperial edict and handed it over with both hands.
It was not sent to the Grand Secretaries of the Hanlin Academy for revision, but was presented directly to Ye Jingzhen who was sitting in the outer room.
Ye Jingzhen only took a glance and frowned: "Not here."
Anji's legs were trembling, but he could only listen with gritted teeth. At the end, his face turned pale: "Young Prince... this, this is not appropriate, directly... directly appointing him as a general?"
"So what do you think is a good idea?"
Ye Jingzhen raised his eyebrows and threw the imperial edict in Anji's face: "How about you write it?"
"Hey, hey..."
Anji complained bitterly, not daring to hesitate at all. He fell to his knees with a plop: "I...this old servant will go and talk to His Majesty right away."
"Go quickly." Ye Jingzhen had no expression on his face.
Anji picked up the imperial edict drafted by Ye Cangling and crawled into the inner room.
After hearing what Anji relayed, Ye Cangling was so angry that his whole body was shaking, and his fat face turned crimson purple.
He raised his sleeve and swept the teacup that had just been changed on the table to the ground.
Crash!
The sound of the cup breaking was clear and harsh.
"Ye Jingzhen! Don't go too far! I'm already giving you face by rewarding the Yun family!"
After he finished yelling, Ye Jingzhen's cold voice came through the screen.
"Father, Lieutenant General Yun Chenglu risked his life to save my son's princess. He killed all those disloyal Nanlin soldiers, as well as that great master who knew strange sorcery. Shouldn't he be rewarded with the rank of Grand General?"
Ye Cangling originally thought that Yun Chenglu had only killed the Nanlin Army team that kidnapped Yun Ran. When he heard him say that even the Great Witch was killed, he became so angry that his face turned pale.
That Great Wizard was the only one in Nanlin who knew the art of resurrection! He just... died like that?!
What about his thoughts? What about his thoughts?
His breathing suddenly became rapid, his chest heaving violently, and he tried to stand up by holding on to the table, and rushed out to settle the score with Ye Jingzhen.
But just as he stood up, his body staggered, his legs kicked, and he fainted.
Anji huddled in the corner, not daring to make a sound. It was not until he heard footsteps beside his ears that he realized it was Ye Jingzhen who came in.
Ye Jingzhen's face was expressionless. He glanced at Ye Cangling who was lying on the ground and said calmly, "The emperor has fainted from overwork. Why don't you send someone to help him rest? Go get the imperial physician."
"...Yes, old slave, I'll go right away."
Anji's lips were trembling, and he rolled out again.
After a while, two guards came in and saw Ye Cangling falling into Ye Jingzhen's arms, and quickly helped him down.
Ye Jingzhen watched Ye Cangling being helped away. He said with disdain, "Useless."
Then, he frowned in disgust, took off the outer shirt that had just touched Ye Cangling, and sat in the seat where Ye Cangling had just sat, wearing only a plain inner shirt.
He held his breath, picked up the pen, imitated Ye Cangling's handwriting, and corrected the parts that he was not satisfied with.
Anji just came in, and he threw the written imperial edict at Anji without even raising his eyelids.
He said coldly, "Take it and announce the decree."
Anji didn't expect that he would dare to do it himself. This... this is a forged imperial edict!
His eyes widened in shock, and he even forgot to salute.
Ye Jingzhen then raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Are you stupid?"
"Old...I'll go right away." Anji picked up the imperial edict tremblingly and was about to run out.
Ye Jingzhen's haunting voice came over: "Eunuch An, so, what did you see just now?"
"I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything!" Anji said, and ran away stumbling.
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