mtl008 Chapter 239 The Emperor Wants to Kill Her
Chapter 239 The Emperor Wants to Kill Her
Song Junyan listened to her continuous complaints without any change on his expression.
If it were before, he would definitely pull her sleeve like Lu Xinlan did and interrupt her thoughts.
But when his mood changed, he lost this caution.
He wanted to know even more how much his good father could tolerate.
The two followed Eunuch Fu into the hall. When Lu Xinran bowed, she always felt that the gazes falling on her were like knives that could cut off her flesh.
The emperor was angry, but he hadn't asked the questions yet, so he could only frown and ask them to stand up and answer.
"I hope your trip went smoothly."
[How could it be smooth? If the Queen didn't know a small path that could lead to Hanyu Pass, the tens of thousands of people she brought with her would have been killed by the Qiang people.]
[And then you want the horse to run but not eat grass. The little food and grass you sent is not enough to sustain it for a few days! ]
[For an army of 100,000, they only gave us a pitiful amount of food and fodder, and they were very stingy with their supplies. They also didn't even give us medicine for our wounds, leaving the wounded soldiers to wait for death in the wounded camp.]
[It was like hell on earth, extremely miserable, and he actually asked if everything was going well? ]
[If you are truly thoughtful and a wise ruler, you should know what is needed to fight a war. ]
[If it weren't for the Queen and General Xie holding on, Chahar would have probably attacked the capital. ]
emperor:"……"
He just asked!
Song Junyan lowered his eyes and remained silent. He knew the purpose of the emperor's question, and he also knew that the answer he wanted to hear had nothing to do with him, so he stood aside quietly and listened to Lu Xinran's passionate complaints again.
The emperor rubbed his brows in pain. Did he really think it was so easy to mobilize food and grass?
The war started so suddenly that it would take time to gather food and forge weapons.
Even sending reinforcements would take time. He had taken this matter seriously enough, so why did this damn girl say it so unbearably? !
Lu Xinran flipped through his booklet and sneered again.
[There are 100,000 troops stationed at Hanyu Pass and Yucheng Pass all year round, and the daily food and fodder expenses for so many troops are fixed.]
[How much food and fodder is needed and how often it should be delivered should be a fixed pattern. ]
[If he hadn't been so suspicious and always worried that Qi Yu and Xie Lang would start a rebellion, and that he couldn't even deliver half of the food needed by 100,000 people, would there have been such a follow-up? ]
[If there had been enough food and grass in Yucheng Pass and Hanyu Pass, this battle wouldn't have been so difficult. Everyone would only have one vegetable dumpling to fill their stomachs every day.]
[Even so, the food and grass in the city can't last for half a month! ]
[They artificially created difficulties for the border, and they even had the nerve to say that the court was already trying to find a solution.]
[Every year, the money that should be allocated to the border troops for military pay and supplies goes into the Ministry of Revenue's public account. Where does the money that is withheld go? ]
A series of questions made the emperor begin to regret letting them enter the palace.
Looking at Song Junyan who was standing aside silently, he suppressed his anger and asked him.
"But why did Chahar capture Yucheng Pass this time?"
Song Junyan bowed and said, "Father, the reason is the same as what I wrote in the military report I wrote to you. It was General Xie's bad plan to protect the soldiers."
"really?"
[Otherwise, do you want others to die for you? ]
[You doubt others in every way, and make things difficult for them in every way, and yet you still want them to be loyal to you and fight for you? ]
[You can't have it all. That's shameless.]
The emperor closed his eyes. He really shouldn't have let this damn girl into the palace today.
"Really? General Ma has already arrived at Hanyu Pass. I believe that the military report from there has also been sent back by General Ma."
They were not in a hurry to travel, so the military report must have arrived in the capital before them.
With Xie Lang and Qi Yu's prestige in the army, even if there was some hidden secret, Ma Linyuan would not be able to find out anything.
The emperor gritted his teeth secretly, and the more he looked at the two people below, the more he disliked them.
This son... forget it, he has always been like this, it’s not a matter of who influenced whom.
"Is your mother okay?"
Before they left, the emperor finally remembered the person missing from the harem.
Song Junyan hurriedly replied respectfully, "When my mother was leaving the city to collect grain and grass, she was ambushed and seriously injured. Before I came back, my mother's injuries had healed greatly."
"Is she hurt again?"
The emperor was a little dazed. When he first arrived at the border, he encountered a small ambush. It was the queen who led people to rescue him.
That time, the queen was also injured in order to protect him and was hit by an arrow in the arm.
[Don’t you know how many wounds the Queen has? And you know how much she despises you.]
[I saved your scar, but you still feel disgusted! 】
[I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shamelessness. ]
When Lu Xinran thought about what he had read in the booklet before, he wanted to give the emperor two words: garbage!
The emperor waved his hand. He no longer wanted to ask anything.
He didn't want to hear these insults anymore, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and have someone drag her out and chop her to death.
It was not until he left the palace that Lu Xinran came to his senses from his indignation.
Why did they come to the palace?
Why does it feel like the emperor didn’t ask anything?
The hesitation and confusion on her face were too obvious, and her slightly furrowed brows carried a bit of girlish naivety, which made Song Junyan's fingers slightly itchy again.
He quickly turned his eyes away and coughed lightly: "I'll take you back home, and have a good rest when you get back."
Pei received the news that they would return to Beijing today early in the morning, and after noon she was eagerly waiting for their return.
After finally receiving the news that the carriage had entered the city, I soon received the news that they had entered the palace.
Zhao was sitting in her room, feeling a little restless: "Mother, why did Xinlan, a good girl, go to the border? It's not a place a girl like her can go to."
If some bad reputation spreads, wouldn't it be more difficult for her to get married?
"It was the Queen who ordered her to be taken away. Can you disobey her order?"
Pei had heard a lot of this kind of nagging recently, so when she heard her nagging again, she just glared at her.
Zhao felt very aggrieved and wanted to continue complaining when she heard hurried footsteps coming from outside the yard.
"Madam, the second girl is back."
Nanny Xu walked in and shouted excitedly, and Pei hurriedly stood up to greet her.
Zhao rushed to Aunt Xu in one step: "Is it only the second young lady? Where is Xinlan? Why didn't she come back?"
"My sister said that she would stay at the border to take care of the Empress, and would come back with her when the Empress returns to the capital."
Before Zhao could embarrass Madam Xu, Lu Xinran's voice came in before he even entered the room.
Zhao's face turned pale instantly: "She didn't come back? People die in that damn place every day, how could she stay there! Is it you who didn't let her come back?"
Lu Xinran rolled her eyes speechlessly: "What does it have to do with me if she doesn't want to come back? Even if you have paranoid delusions, don't get angry all the time. After all, no one wants to keep coaxing a fool."