Chapter 1118 Urgent News
After eating hot pot, Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan went to the night market for a stroll.
They didn't return to the palace until they had eaten, drunk and played to their heart's content.
Both of them were a little tired and had no mood to do anything else, so they just took a shower and went to bed.
At dawn the next day, a secret letter was delivered to the palace at an accelerated speed from 800 miles away.
At this time, Luo Qinghan had just left Yunxiu Palace when he saw Zhao Xian running towards him with a secret letter in his hand.
He knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from the Southern Moon Kingdom. Please have a look!"
Upon hearing that it was an urgent report from the Nanyue Kingdom, Luo Qinghan's heart sank and he had a bad premonition.
When civil unrest broke out in Nanyue, Xiao Xixi followed the Nanyue delegation to Shengjing to seek help as Princess Nanfeng. As the Emperor of Dasheng, Luo Qinghan agreed to lend 30,000 troops to Nanyue to help them quell the civil unrest as soon as possible.
After the 30,000 troops went to Nanyue, there has been no news since then.
Two years have passed since then.
Many ministers in the court expressed concerns when this matter was mentioned. It was just a civil unrest in a small country, and it should have ended long ago. Why is there still no news?
Now, when he suddenly received the urgent news from Nanyue, Luo Qinghan instinctively felt that it would not be good news.
He unfolded the urgent message and quickly read the contents of the letter.
The winter mornings are particularly cold, and the wind whistles past my ears, cutting through my body like a knife.
However, Luo Qinghan seemed unaware.
He held the thin piece of letter paper in his hand and remained silent for a long time before he slowly exhaled.
"Let's go."
The dragon chariot continued to move forward and arrived at the council hall smoothly as usual.
Civil and military officials stood according to their ranks and saluted the emperor respectfully.
Luo Qinghan looked at the drooping heads below for a long time before saying, "I just received an urgent report from the Nanyue Kingdom. The King of Nanyue has passed away."
It was just a simple sentence, but it exploded in everyone's mind like a bomb.
Everyone was stunned, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.
They had heard about King Nanyue's serious illness a long time ago, but two years had passed and they thought that King Nanyue's illness had been cured, but they didn't expect that he actually died.
Someone couldn't help but ask, "Since the King of Nanyue is gone, who is in charge of Nanyue now? And what about the 30,000 troops we sent to Nanyue? Should we continue the civil war in Nanyue?"
Luo Qinghan did not answer.
His mind is now full of thoughts, how should he tell Xixi about this?
Even though she was not King Nanyue's biological daughter, she had a bond with him. She must have been very sad to learn of his death.
Just then, someone mentioned the imperial concubine.
"The King of Nanyue has no sons, only a daughter, the Imperial Concubine. Now that the King of Nanyue is gone, the Nanyue Kingdom must be left without someone in charge. As the princess of Nanyue, should the Imperial Concubine go back to take charge of the situation?"
Nanyue is different from Dasheng. The throne of Dasheng is only passed on to sons, but the throne of Nanyue can be passed on to either man or woman.
In other words, the Imperial Concubine, as the only princess of Nanyue, is the only legitimate heir to the King of Nanyue.
It is only natural for her to take charge of the overall situation.
As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately jumped out to object.
"The Imperial Concubine has already married into Dasheng. As the saying goes, a woman follows her husband wherever he goes. Since she has become a concubine of Dasheng, she is already a member of Dasheng. No matter what happens to Nanyue, it has nothing to do with her anymore!"
The ministers in the court were divided into two factions because of their different opinions on this matter.
One group of people thought that the imperial concubine could be allowed to go back and take charge of the situation, so that the Nanyue Kingdom could be naturally brought into the hands of Dasheng.
Another group of people think that the imperial concubine is a woman and women cannot interfere in politics. This is a rule that absolutely cannot be changed!
The two sides quarreled over this matter.
Luo Qinghan was impatient to listen to their bickering, so he ended today's morning court session early.
After he left the council hall, he did not go directly to the imperial study to review memorials as usual, but stared in the direction of the Yunxiu Palace.
Eunuch Chang stood quietly by, acting as a backdrop diligently and responsibly.
It was a long time before he heard the emperor speak.
"How do you think we should tell the Imperial Concubine about this?"
Eunuch Chang knew that the emperor was talking about the death of Prince Nanyue.
He thought about it before speaking carefully.
“This matter can be concealed for a while, but not forever.
Rather than letting the Imperial Concubine learn about this from someone else, it would be better for you to tell her in person so that she won't think too much.
And from what I have seen, the Imperial Concubine is not the kind of weak woman who would be easily defeated.
She actually has a plan in mind, you might as well tell her the truth."
Luo Qinghan exhaled slowly: "Let's go, and head to Yunxiu Palace."
Xiao Xixi had just crawled out of the warm bed.
She sat in front of the dressing mirror, yawning lazily.
Zhezhi helped her comb her hair into a simple and chic bun.
Since she didn't need to go out, she didn't wear too many hair accessories, just two simple gold hairpins.
Qingsong's voice was heard outside the door.
"Your Highness, the Emperor is here."
Xiao Xixi was stunned, with a look of surprise on her face. Usually at this time of day, the emperor would be in the imperial study handling government affairs. Why did he suddenly come to Yunxiu Palace today? Did something happen?
Zhezhi helped the imperial concubine to get up and walked towards the door.
Everyone saluted the emperor.
Luo Qinghan took Xixi's hand and whispered, "Didn't I tell you that you don't have to go out to pick me up?"
Xiao Xixi smiled sweetly at him and said softly, "It's only a few steps away anyway, so what does it matter?"
Luo Qinghan took her hand and walked into the warm house.
He dismissed his attendants, leaving only him and Xiao Xixi in the room.
Xiao Xixi keenly realized that Luo Qinghan had something to say to her. She blinked and looked at him curiously.
"Why do you look so serious? Is something wrong?"
Luo Qinghan stared at her steadily, and after a long while he spoke with difficulty: "I just received an urgent report from Nanyue. King Nanyue has passed away."
Xiao Xixi was stunned.
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief: "How could this happen? When did it happen?"
Luo Qinghan: "About two months ago."
He stared at Xixi closely, fearing that she would not be able to bear the blow.
Xiao Xixi murmured, "I thought that with Master here, she would be fine, but I didn't expect..."
I didn’t expect that such a powerful master couldn’t cure King Nanyue’s illness.
Although she and King Nanyue were not biological mother and daughter, King Nanyue treated her very well and she sincerely regarded King Nanyue as her master's wife.
Now, when she heard the news of King Nanyue's death, she really couldn't accept it.
Luo Qinghan reached out and took her into his arms, hugging her tightly. He stroked her back again and again with his palm, silently comforting her.
Xiao Xixi said sullenly, "I'm worried about Master."
Compared to her, the Master must have endured much greater grief and pressure.
I don’t know how Master is doing now?
(End of this chapter)
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