Ye Lan stood there with his face flushed by Rong Chengxuan's laughter. After a long while, when Rong Chengxuan's smile faded, Ye Lan finally spoke dryly, "Master, I have something important to report."
Rong Chengxuan sat back up straight and said in a deep voice, "Speak——"
Ye Lan pulled out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Rong Chengxuan with both hands, saying, "Master, the ground outside the city suddenly collapsed, and many people are trapped outside and unable to enter the city. General Feng submitted a memorial, but he was afraid that it would be suppressed if it was submitted directly to the palace, so he asked his subordinate to give it directly to you."
Rong Chengxuan took the memorial from Ye Lan's hand, glanced at it quickly, and asked with a frown, "How long has this happened? Have any civilians been injured?"
"My Lord, it happened this morning. Because it was discovered in time, no civilians were injured."
"Why are you reporting this morning's incident only now? How does Feng Chen do things?" Rong Chengxuan's brows were filled with displeasure, and his words did not hide his dissatisfaction with Feng Chen's efficiency at all.
Ye Lan explained for Feng Chen, "Master, as soon as the incident happened, General Feng immediately wrote a memorial and submitted it, but it was suppressed by the palace. Later, General Feng wanted to stop you on the way back from court to talk about this matter, but he didn't expect you to get angry and leave early. As a last resort, he found a subordinate and asked him to hand over this memorial to you."
Rong Chengxuan wanted to say something else, but before he could open his mouth, he heard the sound of something falling to the ground and breaking into pieces.
Rong Chengxuan subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound and found that a teacup had fallen and shattered to pieces. Rong Chengxuan thought that Yun Wanwan had accidentally broken it and was about to ask Yun Wanwan to ask A Kui to come in and clean it up first, so that she wouldn't accidentally step on it when walking.
But when he met Yun Wanwan's puzzled look, Rong Chengxuan immediately understood. The teacup was not broken by Yun Wanwan. It was as if the teacup rolled down by itself?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Rong Chengxuan could no longer sit still. It was impossible for the teacup to roll down for no reason. Something must be about to happen for such a strange thing to happen.
If Rong Chengxuan could think of this, Yun Wanwan would definitely think of it too. Almost at the same time Rong Chengxuan stood up, Yun Wanwan also stood up, "Rong Chengxuan, I want to leave the city!"
Yun Wanwan was extremely certain about what she said. She wasn't going to discuss it with Rong Chengxuan, but rather to inform him that she was going to leave the city to find out what had caused the sinkhole.
"Wait a moment. I'll go with you after I've entered the palace." Rong Chengxuan didn't intend to stop Yun Wanwan, but only suggested that Yun Wanwan wait for him to leave the city together.
"Okay." Yun Wanwan agreed immediately. "I'll go with you to the palace. We can just leave the city directly from the palace. You don't have to come back to the Yun Mansion to pick me up."
"Yeah." As he said that, Rong Chengxuan put his arm around Yun Wanwan's waist and wanted to take her out the window to leave.
Yun Wanwan didn't think anything was wrong until Rong Chengxuan, using his Qinggong skills, led her to where the Prince An's carriage was parked. Only then did she realize why she couldn't just leave through the main gate of the Yun Mansion, but had to sneak out with Yirong through the window? Damn it! Rong Chengxuan had taken advantage of her again!
Rong Chengxuan got on the carriage behind Yun Wanwan. After Rong Chengxuan got on the carriage, Yun Wanwan asked why Rong Chengxuan took her with him to climb out the window, when she could obviously leave the Yun Mansion openly.
Rong Chengxuan touched his nose, his eyes drifting out the window, and after a long while he managed to utter, "This way it's faster."
Yun Wanwan had no way of knowing whether it was faster or not, but now was not the time to tease Rong Chengxuan. The sudden landslide outside the city always made her feel uneasy.
"Rong Chengxuan, tell me, why did the ground sink outside the city? It shouldn't happen!"
Rong Chengxuan held Yun Wanwan's hand. He had no idea what was going on. They said it was a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, but it couldn't be such a coincidence. There had to be some connection.
"We'll know after we go to the scene. We need to first transfer some Royal Guards from the palace to assist us. Otherwise, it will be dangerous for the two of us to stay there."
As soon as Rong Chengxuan entered the palace, he asked Ye Lan to take his own sign to mobilize the Imperial Guards. By the way, he also asked Ye Lan to give the memorial handed over by Feng Chen to Ji Moyi first, and then explain the reasons why he wanted to mobilize the Imperial Guards.
In fact, it would be the same if these were said to Ji Moyi. After all, the real power was in the hands of Rong Chengxuan. In the eyes of the ministers in the court, Ji Moyi was just an exquisite puppet doll.
But Rong Chengxuan still asked Ye Lan to take the memorial to Ji Moyi and explain the reason why he wanted to mobilize the Imperial Guards. He only went to mobilize people after Ji Moyi knew the reason.
After Ye Lan left, Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan waited in the carriage for Ye Lan to gather the people and return. However, instead of waiting for Ye Lan to return, Qin Ziyi came to knock on Rong Chengxuan's carriage.
Qin Ziyi knocked on the carriage three times and then said respectfully outside the carriage, "Excuse me, is Prince An inside?"
After hearing Qin Ziyi's voice, Rong Chengxuan got off the carriage with Yun Wanwan. When Qin Ziyi saw Rong Chengxuan, he bowed to him and said, "Your Highness, I greet Prince An and Miss Yun."
Rong Chengxuan personally helped Qin Ziyi up, "Prime Minister, there's no need to be so polite."
After Qin Ziyi was helped up by Rong Chengxuan, he stood in front of Rong Chengxuan and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to go out of the city to check the sinkhole outside the city yourself?"
Rong Chengxuan nodded and said concisely: "Yes."
Unexpectedly, after Rong Chengxuan finished speaking, Qin Ziyi suddenly became agitated: "No! Your Majesty, you must not leave the city! Please think twice!"
Rong Chengxuan had already made up his mind, and it was impossible for him to change it just because of Qin Ziyi's words, "The king has made up his mind, the prime minister does not need to say anything more!"
"No! No! Absolutely not!" Qin Ziyi immediately advised Rong Chengxuan when he heard that he was determined to leave the city: "Your Highness, please consider the people of our dynasty! If anything happens to you, Your Highness, the court will be finished! So please consider the people carefully and don't put your own safety at risk."
"Since Prince An wants to go, why should the Prime Minister stop him?" Ji Moyi's voice suddenly appeared from behind Qin Ziyi. He slowly walked in front of Rong Chengxuan and nodded slightly at him, "Prince An."
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