Chapter 265 264 Change of plan

After An Xin led his men away, something unexpected happened to General Chen, who was originally going to gather his troops and lead them to set off.

Upon hearing the news, Prime Minister Xiao brought a group of civil servants and ran to the palace gate to ask for an audience with Emperor Sheng An, who was preparing for the New Year. The angry old emperor wanted to be a tyrant and kill them all.

Eunuch Xiang, who was ordered to lead the group of civil servants, brought them into the imperial study. However, these people kept saying that there was no war at the border, and there should not be such a big move during the New Year.

If you have anything to advise Emperor Sheng'an, please wait until after the New Year and discuss it in the court.

Prime Minister Xiao knelt on the floor of the imperial study and said earnestly, "I beg the emperor to revoke his order."

A group of people followed suit, "Your Majesty, please take back your decision."

Emperor Sheng An narrowed his eyes and looked at the lively courtiers in front of him. He had an urge to break their legs on New Year's Day.

The emperor's gaze made these cowardly officials feel a chill down their spines.

Just when everyone was wondering if they were going too far, Emperor Sheng An retracted his gaze and said something that had nothing to do with the current situation, "Lord Xiao, I heard that your son is getting engaged, I wonder which lady it is.

My dear minister, you have worked hard for so many years and have made great contributions. I will definitely grant your son a marriage. This imperial decree will be my blessing to the Prime Minister's Office in the new year."

"This... this... thank God for his grace!"

Although Prime Minister Xiao had a bad premonition in his heart, no matter what the emperor's purpose was in arranging a marriage for his son, it was giving him face, and as a subject, he dared not refuse to take responsibility.

Prime Minister Xiao got what he wanted and stopped General Chen from setting off to the border to replace Ma Boteng back to Beijing before the New Year, thinking that as long as Yuchi Yi and Gao Tai had an accident.

The relationship between the female priest who always had conflicts with the Prime Minister's Mansion and the two families became distant.

There are also several other families in the capital that are close to the An family, and he will also find ways to cut off their ties.

It is much easier to deal with An Xin, who has no background, and several other students like him who came to the capital from remote counties and entered the officialdom through imperial examinations.

After Prime Minister Xiao and his group of civil officials left, Emperor Sheng An's face turned completely dark. He was so angry that he raised the blue and white lotus-patterned imperial teacup on the imperial desk.

Eunuch Xiang lowered his head and squinted his old eyes slightly to prevent himself from being scratched by the fragments of the falling teacup. He moved back silently and gently.

After waiting for a long time without hearing the crisp sound of cups falling to the ground, he raised his head slightly and glanced at Emperor Sheng An, who was writing furiously and quickly writing an imperial edict.

The man who was originally furious now said with a mocking look in his eyes: "I hope our Lord Xiao will not regret what he did today."

Where is Long Yi?

"I'm here." A person seemed to appear out of nowhere in the imperial study.

"Send this imperial edict to the Jibei border and give it to An Jijiu." Emperor Sheng An bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the imperial desk.

He added: "Pass on my oral order to arrange for the military commanders stationed in the Jibei military camp to obey An Jijiu's orders during her stay in Jibei."

Eunuch Xiang lowered his head even more, as if he wanted to be half invisible.

He knew that his Majesty had an inexplicable trust in the Lord Chief Priest, so he not only sent someone to deliver the precious prince who had been hidden for so many years, but also asked her to take him out of the capital to travel.

After returning, she withstood pressure from all sides and allowed this woman to firmly establish herself in the court.

Now he has handed over such heavy power to her without hesitation, if he hadn't been with Emperor Sheng An every day.

He also knew that the Emperor had deep feelings for his deceased childhood sweetheart, the Empress, so even an old eunuch like him would start to have wild thoughts.

Long Yi took it with both hands, and then disappeared out of thin air, as if he had never appeared.

Eunuch Xiang was also sent to the Prime Minister's Residence by the unhappy Emperor to read the imperial edict granting marriage.

Eunuch Xiang, who has lived in the palace all his life, is indeed a master of expression management. On the way here, he felt that this trip was unlucky, but as soon as he set foot in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the smile on his face was so happy.

Once the imperial decree was issued to grant the marriage, the eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion and Ma Cuiping, the daughter of the Central Guard General, would be married, and the two families could no longer regret it.

Otherwise it would be disrespectful to the emperor and express dissatisfaction with the arranged marriage.

Xiao Wenjin, who had never even met Ma Cuiping, was of course unwilling to do so, but he had no choice but to agree now.

After that incident, although Prime Minister Xiao didn't say anything, he still kept his young illegitimate son by his side and taught him regularly.

Xiao Wenjin was not stupid. After experiencing the initial blow and depression, he realized that his father intended to give up on him as the legitimate son and wanted to support his half-brother.

Therefore, when Prime Minister Xiao proposed to use his marriage to plot against An Xin and her students, Xiao Wenjin hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

He knew that he no longer had the power to refuse.

Ma Cuiping, the daughter of the Ma family who had returned to Beijing because she had reached the age to marry, and her mother Bao burst into tears of joy when they received the imperial decree granting her marriage, thinking that they were so lucky.

When she returned to Beijing, she found a good marriage opportunity in the Prime Minister's Mansion. They had heard of Xiao Wenjin's reputation as the number one young master in the capital many years ago.

After the troops were assembled and General Chen was about to set out, he was stopped by Prime Minister Xiao and a group of veteran ministers.

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General Gao was so angry that he almost picked up his 40-meter-long sword and slaughtered everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

And after the New Year, at every banquet, as long as the prime minister's wife was present, she could see several wives of military generals, who would block her and give her a beating.

Especially Gao Tai's mother, who had a sharp and aggressive personality. If it weren't for the rational wife of General Yuchi, she would have torn the prime minister's wife, who was not a good person, to pieces.

Mrs. Chen has a gentle personality, but she is on good terms with the men from several families. Under their influence, the ladies also get along well with each other.

Although she couldn't help much, she would always follow the two of them to show her firm stance.

In northern Ji, An Xin and his team had more people, so dealing with a dozen wild boars was like a piece of cake.

However, these soldiers have a huge appetite.

Three to four hundred kilograms of meat for two adults and one child can be prepared in one meal for more than two hundred people.

An Xin cut the rest into strips and hung them up, then used the firewood that Wang Ergou and his men had picked up to half-smoke and half-roast them to make the simplest smoked meat.

There is no way, this is the condition.

I want to marinate it and smoke it slowly with fruit branches, but the time and place do not allow it.

An Xin and his friends ate and drank their fill and rested for a night.

The next day, before dawn, Liu and his companions, led by Xu Zhiyang and Chai Hongzhuang, went directly to the border city gate.

The soldiers guarding the city gate saw the two men and looked embarrassed when they heard that they would let An Xin and the others leave the city to look for someone.

Chai Hongzhuang walked up to him and whispered a few words to him. The soldiers guarding the city gate obviously had a good relationship with Captain Chai. After hesitating for a moment, they nodded in agreement.

But just as they were about to open the city gate for An Xin and his men, a long-faced man came out from the tower where the soldiers at the gate were resting and shouted sternly:

"How dare you, anybody? You dare to let anyone out of the city without the Central Guard's order."

(End of this chapter)