After hearing the imperial edict, Leng Yu stretched out his hands with a solemn expression, took the imperial edict, and then turned to face the emperor, bowed and said:
"I am clad in armor, and it is inconvenient for me to kneel and salute. I hope your Majesty will forgive me. Thank you for your grace. I will fulfill your command, annihilate the invading enemy forces in one fell swoop, and return triumphantly to report to you."
The emperor nodded seriously, then took a glass of wine from the tray handed to him by the eunuch and handed it to Leng Yu. He then took out another glass of wine and held it in front of him, saying solemnly:
"The land of Daning will not tolerate foreign invasion. I hope my son will return soon from this expedition."
After saying this, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. At the same time, Leng Yu also drank the wine in the glass, and then together with the emperor, he threw the wine glasses in his hands heavily to the ground.
Leng Yu drew the imperial sword from his waist, raised it above his head, and roared to the sky.
"Soldiers, set off."
After leaving these words, he glanced at Luo Lan who was looking at him. Last night, he said a lot of things to her, and he believed that she would remember them all.
He nodded to her with a reluctant look in his eyes, turned over, mounted his Ferghana horse, turned around and left, followed by soldiers in battle robes.
Looking at his back, Luo Lan's tears welled up in her eyes, and she felt an indescribable emptiness in her heart.
After Leng Yu left, the emperor called her to the imperial study alone.
She stood with her hands hanging down, looking at the emperor in confusion, "Father, what is it that your Majesty wants me to come here for?"
The emperor looked at her and nodded solemnly.
"Well, the Western Chu Kingdom is quite far from the capital, and their military strength is comparable to that of the Daning Kingdom. Yu'er's expedition this time will not be short. I will send people to move all the belongings of Prince Yu's Mansion to the East Palace."
"Father..."
After hearing the emperor's words, Luo Lan's face darkened, and then he said seriously:
"I don't want to move now. Let's wait until the prince comes back!"
She didn't want to leave Prince Yu's Mansion. No matter Leng Yu's identity, she always felt that the place where they met: Prince Yu's Mansion was their home.
The emperor did not force her, but nodded directly and continued with a serious expression:
"There is one more thing. When Yu'er comes back, I will enthrone Leng Tengfei as the young prince. You must not stop me."
The emperor's words made Luo Lan stunned for a moment.
According to the order of seniority, Huaiyu is the oldest and the position of the crown prince should be his, but he is only an adopted child who was fostered in Prince Yu's mansion.
It is common sense to make Lele the crown prince. After all, he is Leng Yu's biological son. Only by making him the crown prince can he become the heir to the throne in the future. This can also be regarded as an explanation to Leng Yu. I just don't know if Huaiyu can understand it when she grows up.
Luo Lan did not refute the emperor's words. She could not find any reason to refute. She had already been unfair to Leng Yu by adopting Huaiyu. She could not interfere too much in the matter of establishing a crown prince, otherwise it would be unfair to Leng Yu.
She bowed and said:
"I understand. I will do everything according to what Father says."
The emperor sighed and waved his hand at her:
"Go back. Yu'er is not here. You need to take care of all the big and small things in the mansion."
Luo Lan nodded and was about to leave when someone rushed in like crazy.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened..."
The person who came to report the news was a young eunuch. The emperor saw this and frowned coldly and said:
"How dare you yell in front of the emperor? How disrespectful! Which palace are you from?"
The young eunuch replied in panic:
"I am a eunuch of Dening Palace. Prince Ming is in trouble. I was anxious and forgot the etiquette. Please don't blame me, Your Majesty."
"What happened to Ming'er?"
The emperor had no time to reprimand the young eunuch. He stood up from behind the dragon table and asked anxiously.
The young eunuch swallowed his saliva and replied timidly:
"This servant... this servant just went to deliver food to Prince Ming and found... found that he had committed suicide by taking poison."
Suicide?
Hearing this, not only the emperor was surprised, Luo Lan was also stunned and opened his mouth wide and asked:
"How is he?"
The young eunuch shook his head vigorously again, "I don't know yet. I have already informed the imperial physician, and I will rush here to inform the emperor."
"Sun Xi, Sun Xi."
The emperor shouted impatiently. Sun Xi came in trotting with small steps, "Your Majesty."
"Hurry, go to Dening Palace."
Hearing this, Luo Lan was a little stunned. Could it be that the emperor didn't know that Ming'er had moved out of Dening Palace?
The young eunuch hurriedly stopped him and said:
"Your Majesty, Prince Ming no longer lives in Dening Palace."
"Where is he?"
"He's...he's in a courtyard on the westernmost side of the palace. It has no name."
"What?"
The emperor suddenly looked at the young eunuch with a sullen expression and asked sternly:
"Who asked him to move there?"
The young eunuch was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly replied:
"Yes...it was Prince Ming who wanted to go, and we servants didn't dare to stop him."
Hearing this, the emperor suddenly roared in rage.
"Lead the way."
After saying that, he walked out of the imperial study like a gust of wind, and under the guidance of the little eunuch, went to Leng Ming's room.
Luo Lan, following behind, was in a state of confusion. She couldn't understand why, even if the Emperor was so busy, he wouldn't turn a blind eye to Leng Ming. He'd moved out of Dening Palace so long ago, and the Emperor didn't even know about it? Such a father-son relationship was truly baffling.
When they arrived at the courtyard where Leng Ming was, there were several eunuchs and palace maids standing in the courtyard. The emperor strode in, and the servants knelt down in a hurry when they saw this.
The emperor did not allow any explanation and asked directly in a stern voice:
"How's Ming'er?"
One of the young eunuchs mumbled back:
"The doctor is inside, I don't know."
"A bunch of rubbish."
Leaving these words behind, the emperor strode inside.
Inside the room, several imperial doctors were busy beside the bed. Leng Ming was lying on the bed, his face pale and in very poor condition.
Seeing the emperor come in, the imperial doctors looked nervous and knelt down to pay their respects. The emperor waved his hand and asked anxiously, "How is Ming'er?"
One of the imperial physicians shook his head. "We are foolish. Prince Ming is unconscious now. We have no idea what poison he took, and we haven't found any remaining poison. And... and it looks like he took a lot. He seems determined to die."
Hearing this, the emperor stepped back a few steps in grief. Liu Xi hurried over to support him, "Your Majesty, take care of yourself!"
The emperor looked at Leng Ming lying on the bed and suddenly burst into tears.
He had already lost a son, and now Ming'er died. Even though he was an emperor, he could not accept the scene of the old sending off the young.
Luo Lan looked at the imperial physician with a serious expression and asked anxiously:
"How did he get poisoned?"
The imperial physician shook his head. "I don't know. I don't know where the drugs came from, and there's not a single residue left. So I'm really helpless."
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