Chapter 1041 Urgent News
Wen Jiucheng looked at him dimly: "Is this how you treat the wounded?"
Fang Wujiu: "Don't look down on the leftovers. You should be thankful that the one eating here is me, the monk leader. If it was my junior sister, she wouldn't even leave you a drop of soup."
Wen Jiucheng: “…”
In the imperial study of the Shengjing Palace.
A-choo!
Xiao Xixi suddenly sneezed.
Luo Qinghan, who was handling government affairs outside, paused.
The ministers who were discussing things also subconsciously lowered their voices.
Ever since they learned that the Imperial Concubine slept in the inner room of the Imperial study every day, these high-ranking ministers went from being shocked at first to being numb, and now they have become accustomed to it.
Isn't it just a nap? As long as she doesn't interfere in government affairs, she can sleep however she wants!
It doesn’t matter if she collapses the bed!
Luo Qinghan asked the ministers to continue with their work.
He put down the red brush, stood up, walked around the screen and went into the inner room, where he saw Xixi rubbing her nose.
He asked, "Do you have a cold?"
Xiao Xixi quickly waved her hands to deny it.
"No, no, I just felt an itch in my nose and I couldn't help sneezing a little. Look, I'm fine now, right?"
Luo Qinghan looked her up and down and found that although she looked a little pale, she was in good spirits. Moreover, after sneezing, she did not continue to sneeze and did not show any other symptoms.
It seems that the sneeze just now was just an accident.
Luo Qinghan felt relieved, touched her head and whispered.
"Then you have a good rest. I'm going to be busy now. Call me if you need anything."
Xiao Xixi responded obediently: "Yeah!"
Luo Qinghan walked around the screen and returned to his original position to continue dealing with the memorials at hand.
The cabinet ministers were all busy with their own things, and had no intention of exploring the private lives of the emperor and the imperial concubine.
Battle reports kept coming in from Wanhai City.
Xiao Lingfeng has led a large army to Wanhai City. With the reinforcements, the military strength of Wanhai City has been greatly increased.
But I don’t know what went wrong in the Thousand Islands.
The Thousand Islands' fleet took the initiative to retreat, increasing the distance between itself and the Wanhai City port.
Although those fleets did not leave completely, they had no intention of continuing to fight with Dasheng.
Since they did not take action, Xiao Lingfeng did not send a fleet to attack. After all, Da Sheng had too little experience in naval combat and was far behind the Thousand Islands. Forcing a war would likely result in more losses than gains for Da Sheng.
I won’t move unless the enemy does.
The two sides are in such a delicate balance.
As long as the war is not over, food and fodder must be sent to Wanhai City continuously.
This is a considerable expense. Fortunately, Wanhai City has made a lot of money since the opening of maritime trade. The taxes paid each year are enough to cover the expenses of food and fodder, which can be regarded as achieving a balance between income and expenditure in another sense.
The cabinet ministers analyzed the war reports and deduced the current situation in Wanhai City. Having experienced ups and downs in officialdom for many years, they roughly guessed that there must be problems within the Thousand Islands, so the Thousand Islands suddenly unilaterally withdrew its front line.
As for what specific internal problems they are?
It's nothing more than a struggle for power and profit.
Now we just have to wait and see which force within the Thousand Islands will win in the end?
The focus of the cabinet ministers' discussions gradually shifted from the war to the division of power within the Kuril Islands.
On the surface, the greatest power in the Thousand Islands is naturally the emperor, but the Thousand Islands is a country that believes in the sea god. Since there is faith, there will naturally be religion, and the leader of the religion, the national teacher, occupies an extremely lofty position in the Thousand Islands.
The prestige of the imperial teacher in the hearts of the people is even no less than that of the emperor.
This actually posed a great threat to the emperor's authority in the hearts of the people.
No matter how magnanimous the emperor of the Thousand Islands behaves, he must be wary of this imperial teacher in his heart.
The same is true in reverse.
From this, we can infer that the current divisions and conflicts within the Kuril Islands are most likely caused by these two people.
Now we can only wait and see who will be the final winner?
Just as the cabinet ministers were discussing enthusiastically, Eunuch Chang walked in quickly, holding a red lacquer tray in his hand, with a letter quietly placed on the tray.
The discussions among the cabinet ministers stopped.
They all looked at the letter.
Could this be another battle report sent back from Wanhai City?
Eunuch Chang said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from Fufeng City. Would you like to take a look at it now?"
Luo Qinghan: "Bring it here."
Eunuch Chang placed the tray in front of the emperor with both hands.
Luo Qinghan stretched out his bony right hand and picked up the urgent message.
The red wax on the envelope is intact, which means that it has not been opened by anyone from the time it was mailed to now.
Luo Qinghan picked up the paper cutter beside him, opened the envelope, and pulled out a thin piece of letter paper.
The paper was filled with words.
Luo Qinghan read the entire content without missing a word.
He casually put the letter aside and looked up at the ministers.
The five cabinet ministers were looking at the emperor eagerly, waiting for him to explain the contents of the urgent report.
Since it is an urgent report, it means it must be an extremely important matter and they are all very concerned.
Not only these cabinet ministers, but even Xiao Xixi, who was separated by a screen, was also very concerned.
She was just about to take a nap when she suddenly heard Eunuch Chang mention the word Fufeng City. She immediately lost her sleepiness and became nervous.
Did something happen in Fufeng City?
The eldest senior brother, the second senior brother, Shang Kui and others are all in Fufeng City. If something happens in Fufeng City, will they be implicated?
Luo Qinghan's clear voice rang out in the imperial study.
"Tianmen rebels have appeared in Fufeng City."
Just one simple sentence shocked everyone present.
Xiao Xixi jumped off the bed, put on her shoes and ran behind the screen.
She leaned against the screen and pricked up her ears to listen.
A cabinet minister hurriedly asked, "How could there be a rebel party in Fufeng City? I remember that Jian Shujie, the governor of Lu'an County, lived in Fufeng City. If there was a rebel party in the city, would Jian Shujie not care?"
Luo Qinghan said coldly.
"The rebels kidnapped the county governor Jian Shujie and tried to use unorthodox methods to replace Jian Shujie and take control of the entire Lu'an County.
Now their conspiracy has been shattered and all the rebels in Fufeng City have been arrested.
But the leader of Tianmen and his confidants have already fled, and their whereabouts are still unknown."
As for how the rebels were exposed and killed, Luo Qinghan just skipped over it in one sentence.
The cabinet ministers all breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the rebels' plan did not succeed, otherwise the entire Lu'an County would have fallen into the hands of the rebels, which would not only be a huge loss to the court, but also a huge threat.
(End of this chapter)
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