Chapter 137: My dear brother, the food has been stolen
Imperial Capital.
Xiao Zirui brought Yun Bailian excitedly to Fengqi Palace.
The white veil on Yun Bailian's face has been taken off, revealing a smooth, white and tender face without any pus.
It was the Imperial Master who came out of retreat a few days ago and cured her.
"Mother, good news!" Xiao Zirui couldn't even wait to announce the good news without even having time to greet her.
"Oh?" Seeing his happy expression, the Queen couldn't help but smile as well, "My son, why are you so happy? Tell me about it."
Xiao Zirui seemed to have just remembered something, and quickly dismissed the servants before speaking in a low voice:
"All the food and fodder that the Regent brought back from Jing State has been robbed by my men!"
"Really? He actually managed to deliver the food on time?" The Queen was surprised but also a little scared. "I thought he had no choice but to do this. He only had a 10% chance of success. I think it would take a few days to deliver the food."
"Fortunately, my emperor, you made arrangements in advance, otherwise he would have succeeded this time."
Xiao Zirui took Yun Bailian's hand and said with a smile:
"You don't know, mother. This time, it was thanks to Bai Lian's reminder that I should intercept the Regent's grain transport team in advance and pointed out the location where they would appear. This is how we won a great victory!"
"Oh?" The Queen asked happily, "How did Bai Lian guess this?"
Yun Bailian smiled and said:
"It's strange actually. I suddenly felt uneasy two days ago and thought something big was going to happen. I thought the Crown Prince was most worried about the food and grass these days, so I went to ask the Crown Prince for a geomancy map related to this matter."
"When I saw a certain place on the map, I suddenly had a feeling that the Regent's convoy would appear there in the next two days."
"Fortunately, the prince believed me and sent someone to do it, and it worked as expected."
Her appearance has now returned to its sweet and lovely state. The queen likes her even more and praises her repeatedly:
"Good, good! You are worthy of being the Phoenix, you are the first to do the work this time!"
While praising, she took off the jade bracelet on her hand and put it on Yun Bailian herself.
Yun Bailian was delighted and felt extremely happy.
Her luck is so great that nothing can stop her. Let's see how that loser Yun Qingqing can be so proud when the Regent loses his power!
Xiao Zirui suddenly thought of something and sneered:
"By the way, the secret sentry I sent just reported back that after the Regent's troops lost their food supplies, they actually headed towards Jing State again! I'm afraid they are still not giving up and want to transport food supplies again!"
"Could it be that he thinks that with only two days left, he still has enough time to make a round trip to Jing Country? What a wild idea!"
Yun Bailian covered her mouth and chuckled:
"I'm afraid Yun Qingqing is giving him some bad advice again. She's really worried that the Regent will not lose badly enough!"
The queen was slightly surprised, and then a deep calculation flashed in her eyes:
"The Regent has always put the overall situation first. I think he has already made plans for the worst. Even if he knows that he will fail, he will prioritize solving the Northwest Army's food and grass problems."
Xiao Zirui frowned:
"My Queen Mother is saying that the Prince Regent knew that he could not keep the military token and would be confined for half a year, but he still decided to go back to Jingguo to transport food and grass?"
When he said this, he had basically determined in his heart that this was the Regent's plan, and he couldn't help but clench his fists secretly.
"What's the point of putting the overall situation first? It's just a way to buy people's hearts!" Xiao Zirui said angrily, "When the time comes, he will definitely send people to spread the word that the Regent would rather give up his power and be confined to his house than not try his best to transport the food and grass back. Then he will voluntarily hand over the military power and retreat to advance, so that my father and the ministers will be on his side!"
"With his cunningness and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, it may not be long before he makes a comeback!"
The Queen nodded:
"That's right! He must have planned this. So we must never give him this opportunity!"
Xiao Zirui sneered knowingly:
"He must have thought that since the bet failed, there would be no more risk of food being robbed. Ha, he never thought that we had already seen through his plan!"
"If I can make him plant it once, I can make him plant it a second time in the same place!"
Yun Bailian smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Prince. Bai Lian is here. No matter which route he takes, he won't be able to escape!"
Xiao Zirui patted her hands gently:
"Bai Lian is really my lucky star. I still rely on you from now on."
…
A dark secret room.
Bang!
He slammed his fist on the table.
"What! Those two idiots didn't even see the shadow of the Regent and let him go?"
The secret guard who reported the news lowered his head and dared not even breathe.
The person behind the desk read the letter angrily, but then calmed down.
The man threw the letter into the brazier and burned it clean, then fell into deep thought.
The people he sent out would never dare to lie. If that were the case, then the Regent's itinerary... would be incredibly fast.
"Step back first." the man said in a deep voice.
There is something strange about this matter. It seems that we can't act rashly.
Let's wait and see what happens.
…
The last day for grain delivery.
At the morning court, Xiao Zirui was confident of victory and arrived at the court early.
He and Prime Minister Su and others were in high spirits, while the ministers who supported the Regent all looked worried.
Today is the deadline for the Regent to issue a military order to transport grain back to the capital. There is still no news from the prince. What should we do if he really can't come back?
Especially when they saw that everyone in the prince's group was smiling, as if they had already expected the result, they became even more worried.
Just then, there was a sudden commotion outside the hall door.
"Meet the Regent! Meet the Princess!"
"The Lord Regent is back!"
Xiao Zirui was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around to look.
Just then, Xiao Changheng, wearing court robes, walked in side by side with Yun Qingqing. Even though he was sitting in a wheelchair, his noble temperament could not be concealed.
Since the Regent Princess was also the main person in charge of transporting grain and fodder, the ministers were not surprised to see her here.
Xiao Zirui's heart tightened, but then he immediately relaxed and snorted coldly.
I think they only sent a team to Jingguo to borrow food again, and I rushed back to deal with the affairs of the court.
However, if there is no food, what’s the use of having these two people here?
It’s just right. Today, all civil and military officials will know that the Regent is no longer the god of war who was sure of victory in everything he used to be!
Thinking of this, he walked forward proudly, bowed and asked hypocritically:
"My uncle has come back from a long journey. This time he must have brought back the food and fodder as promised, right? My uncle has worked so hard!"
The fact that he robbed grain and grass was of course kept strictly confidential; not even Prime Minister Su knew about it. When they asked this question, although no one showed any emotion, they had already pricked up their ears, waiting for the Regent's answer.
Xiao Changheng glanced at Xiao Zirui coldly and said in a low voice:
"Why are you in such a hurry, Prince? The answer will be known soon."
Xiao Zirui felt more and more proud in his heart, and smiled respectfully on the surface:
"Uncle Huang is right, let's wait and see!"
As everyone was talking, the chief eunuch's shrill voice rang out:
"His Majesty has arrived!"
The emperor walked slowly onto the stage with a sick look on his face as usual, and after everyone cheered "Long live the emperor", they got down to business.
When the emperor saw Xiao Changheng was also there, he immediately showed joy, coughed twice and said:
"The Regent is back? How is the grain issue going?"
Xiao Changheng lowered his eyes and saluted, his face expressionless:
"Your Majesty, I had already transported 200,000 shi of grain to a place 150 miles from the Imperial Capital, but they were all robbed by bandits who suddenly appeared!"
"What!" The emperor's face changed drastically.
All the officials in the court were also in an uproar!
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