Not far from the carriage out of the city, a flying eagle swooped down from the sky and rushed straight into the carriage where Su Fengnuan was.
Su Fengnuan was lazily lying on Ye Chang's lap chatting with him. When she heard the movement, she saw that it was Feiying. She quickly sat up, took off the letter from Feiying's lap, glanced at it, and said to Ye Chang: , "It's a letter from Xu Yunchu."
Ye Chang nodded, "Open it and see what he said?"
Su Fengnuan nodded, unfolded the letterhead, and read it with Ye Chang.
Xu Yunchu's letter said that the emperor has not been found yet, the eldest prince is in charge of the country, and countless disaster memorials have accumulated in various states and counties, and the eldest prince cannot handle it alone, so he has been recalled to Beijing. Disasters in various places require treasury relief, but the treasury has nothing to do with the money that Ye Chang and Su Fengnuan defeated Bei Zhou last year, and Bei Zhou paid back the compensation.
In addition, the people's harvest was not good last year, and Xu Yunchu had prepared grain and grass for the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The people were excited and only kept the winter grain, and sold the rest to the government or donated it. Last winter, there were several heavy snowfalls, and many people's houses collapsed, and they were affected by the disaster. Now that winter has passed and spring has come, all kinds of post-war problems have come. Some things cannot be solved with money.
The eldest prince's face is gloomy every day, and the hearts of civil and military officials are even more uneasy.
In addition, two days ago, there was news from the Northern Zhou that Concubine Xiao Xian issued a notice to the people of the Northern Zhou that the Southern Qi was deceiving too much. , It is really a common anger between man and God. Claiming that the Southern Qi was deceiving too much, for a while, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was as angry as last year in the Southern Qi, scolding the Southern Qi for treachery, saying that Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang had no faith and no righteousness.
The news of the Northern Zhou Dynasty spread to the capital of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not know, so they did not know that Ye Chang accompanied Su Fengnuan to leave Beijing to seek medical treatment. How did he go to the Northern Zhou Dynasty? He even entered the palace to assassinate the king of Northern Zhou? For a while, everyone speculated that the matter was true or false.
The eldest prince was already in a state of desperation, but when he heard this, his face became even more gloomy. He found Xu Yunchu and asked him to send a letter to Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang to ask what happened.
Xu Yunchu agreed to this matter.
While sending people to look for the emperor, the eldest prince discussed with Xu Yunchu how to deal with these disasters. Xu Yunchu suggested to him that there are millions of soldiers and horses in the western region, so naturally they cannot dispatch food and grass. It’s not bad to ask for food. The Ye family in Jiangnan has been in chaos for more than half a year. Jiangnan’s economy has declined for several years. There is no hope for food and grass. Now only the east is rich and peaceful. Sitting idly by, he suggested that the eldest prince ask the King of Xiangjun for food and grass for disaster relief.
The First Prince stared at Xu Yunchu for a moment, and seemed to have no other choice, so he nodded, wrote a secret letter, and sent someone to the East Territory.
Now that the secret letter has just been sent away for two days, it is estimated that it has not yet reached the East Territory.
Xu Yunchu said in the letter that the king of Xiangjun has money and food, and he has been preparing for many years, so he may not be willing to give it away, and he is afraid that there will be conflicts with the eldest prince. Then, the court will be in dire straits.
He also mentioned the wedding wine she sent to Beijing and the letter to the second prince. He had already given it to the second prince. The body didn't get better, but it didn't get worse either.
In addition, Doctor Meng died.
A few days ago, Imperial Physician Meng slipped and fell in his own mansion, but unfortunately broke his head, the patient could not heal himself, and all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital were not very skilled in medicine, so he didn't hold on, so he went to the hospital soon .
He also mentioned that everything is fine in Beijing Zhongwang Mansion, Su Mansion, and Rong An Wang Mansion.
General Su's injury is almost healed, because he asked the emperor to resign several times. After returning to Beijing, he has been recuperating from his injuries. He has never entered the court and did not participate in court affairs. Now the turmoil between the court and the public has not affected him. He worked with Madam Su in the mansion to prepare for the wedding of Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang after returning to Beijing in May.
Master Wang and the prime minister heard that the emperor was missing a few days ago, so they also sent people to look for the emperor, and at the same time helped the eldest prince to appease the courtiers. I have been busy for several days, and I am tired, and now I am resting in the mansion.
The old Patriarch Ye stayed behind closed doors most of the time in Rong'an Palace, except for the preparations for Ye Chang and Su Fengnuan's return to Beijing for their wedding.
In short, Beijing and China are in chaos now, but these three families have been stable, which makes her feel at ease.
Afterwards, she said that a few days ago, she sent people to the county guard in the south of the capital, and he had already arranged for people to be sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. At the same time, he sent a message to the elders at Yushitai. The people at Yushitai are now impeaching the king of Xiangjun, saying that he had crossed the border to control the county guard of Xiangnan, causing the loss of 2,000 Xiangnan soldiers. Facing the impeachment, the eldest prince was a little annoyed, and he had already delivered a letter of guilt along with the matter of sending people to the east to raise food for the King of Xiangjun.
After that, he asked where she is now? Are you still at Wangdi Mountain? Or have you gone to the East? Tell her to be careful.
After Su Fengnuan finished reading the letter, she said to Ye Chang, "Physician Meng is dead!"
Ye Chang's face darkened, "In my own mansion, he slipped and fell on his head, and died. It's too easy to die. Although he has reached the age of returning to his hometown, he is not so useless to walk. In this, I don't know what's wrong."
Su Fengnuan was silent, and said, "Physician Meng is actually a good person. He devoted all his life to practicing medical skills. In the end, he never thought of this way of death." After saying that, she said, "It's a pity that we are not in the capital, so I don't know what's wrong with it. He was fine when we left, after we left Beijing, in a short time, first we heard that he didn't pay much attention to Lin Zhixiao's illness, and now we heard the news of his death."
Ye Chang said, "It must have hit some nail."
Su Fengnuan sighed, "What we can know is that it is related to the hidden disease of the grandson of the prime minister's mansion."
Ye Chang rubbed the center of his brows, pondered, "Prime Minister's Mansion..."
Su Fengnuan stopped after seeing him say three words, looked at him and said, "Prime Minister is the disciple of Master Yunshan, just like Lu Wenfeng, you are Lu Wenfeng's disciple, so he is also your uncle."
Ye Chang nodded, "For so many years, he has really taken good care of me."
Su Fengnuan said, "Don't think about it so much. Nowadays, disasters are everywhere in Southern Qi. Once the court does not have good measures and solutions, and the disaster becomes serious, people will die. A large number of dead people and riots will be difficult to deal with. No. We can't just sit back and ignore the suffering of thousands of people just because the eldest prince is in trouble, can we? Last year, we were able to defeat the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but it was the power of the people's livelihood in the whole country."
Ye Chang nodded, "That's right, we have to find a way."
Su Fengnuan said, "Even if there is chaos and the eldest prince is devastated, he can't die."
Ye Chang thought for a moment, and said, "After we left the western region, did everyone in Bixuan Pavilion return to Bixuan Pavilion?"
Su Fengnuan nodded, "They all went back."
Ye Chang said, "Send a letter, let the elders of Bixuan Pavilion contact the various sects in the Jianghu, secretly stationed in various counties and counties, take care of them in private, and secretly provide disaster relief."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "That's a way, but we're doing disaster relief, so the First Prince is in no hurry."
Ye Chang said, "Relieve the disaster in secret, don't make big moves, don't intercept the news of the disaster, go to the capital as usual, and put it on the table in the imperial study."
Su Fengnuan immediately smiled, "That's good, the eldest prince will think that the whole country is in chaos, he will step up and urge the king of Xiangjun, but the king of Xiangjun will not give up, then, when he faces the uncooperative king of Xiangjun, It must be very angry, and in addition, the king of Xiangjun was caught crossing the border in Beijing to control the handle of the county guard in southern Hunan. Yushitai impeached, the eldest prince was already on fire, and it would not be long before he sent someone to bring the king of Xiangjun to Beijing to interrogate him .”
Ye Chang nodded, "Yes, that's it. Let's sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."
Su Fengnuan said, "However, even if they fight, they may not forget us. We still have to find a way to avoid their sight, so that they don't pay attention to us, and fight fiercely."
Ye Chang said, "Only if we disappear, they will probably have no scruples. Otherwise, they will not dare to go too far with millions of soldiers in the western region. They must always be wary of us."
Su Fengnuan thought for a while and said, "There is only one way, that is, the news of what happened to you and me spreads all over the world, so that both the eldest prince and the king of Xiangjun can be convinced. Let's fight against the world of Southern Qi."
Ye Chang heard the words and said, "This is a good idea. When we come down from Wangdi Mountain, we should not go to the western region first. We should release the news that something happened in the Jedi, and now we have missed the best time."
Su Fengnuan pondered, "Don't be afraid, there is Jiangnan. We went to Jiangnan, and then relied on the eyeliner buried in Jiangnan by the eldest prince and Xiangjun king. Under their noses, an incident happened, and then the news Let it out again."
Ye Chang nodded, "Alright."
The two agreed on this, and Su Fengnuan wrote a letter to Xu Yunchu.
The content of the letter mentions the real identities and connections of the eldest prince, Chu Han, and Lin Zhixiao in the most cryptic manner, and briefly mentions that there is something to be done about going to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but it is not to assassinate the Northern Zhou King, but to find Concubine Xiao Xian To find out the inside story of how she and Concubine Yue Gui exchanged with the princes of the two countries back then, and also clearly informed that she and Ye Chang are now going to the south of the Yangtze River to help Ye Xi deal with the civil strife in the south of the Yangtze River.
As for the disappearance of Fenglai and Chen Zhiran, she didn't mention anything.
What she was thinking was that the eldest prince was now relying on Xu Yunchu. If Xu Yunchu found out about Feng Lai and made a slight move, relying on Feng Lai's shrewdness for two lifetimes, he might not be able to hide it from her and would easily scare the snake. She didn't mention it, as if there was no such thing, she kept it from Xu Yunchu, and let Xu Yunchu use it, while preventing Xu Yunchu's eldest prince from knowing that she had actually learned about Feng Lai's identity and the relationship between the eldest prince. Taking the opportunity to prepare secretly, let He Zhi and Xiaoxi sneak into the Ghost Mountain School to hide, and then catch her by surprise.