roccoschili Chapter 149 Hesitation
Chapter 149 Hesitation
After Nangong Yuan's letter was delivered to Kyoto, the court learned that the food and fodder that should have been sent to Yanlang City long ago not only did not arrive on time, but also disappeared.
At this time, Sun Xin, the Minister of Revenue who was in charge of transporting grain and grass, was so frightened when he learned that the matter was exposed that his face turned pale, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
What followed was the news that Dongli's siege had failed again.
Upon hearing the news, Prince Yong'an's eyes were gloomy. He didn't expect Dongli to be so useless that he couldn't even capture Yanlang City when Beichen was short of food and grass.
But now, he did not dare to delay any longer and directly ordered people to arrest Ye Li, revealing her identity as a spy from Dongli. He also said that the reason why the food and grass had not been sent out was because Emperor Beichen was bewitched by this woman and thought that Nangong Yuan's achievements surpassed his own and wanted to kill him.
As soon as these words were spoken, the court and the public were in an uproar. No one had expected that Emperor Beichen would be so bewitched by a woman that he would not even care about the lives of the people of Yanlang City and do such an extremely stupid thing.
As Nangong Yuan's grandfather, Nangong Ling was filled with grief and anger at this moment. He never imagined that in order to guard the border, their Nangong family only had Nangong Yuan left. In the end, he was still suspected and his life was wanted. Therefore, he no longer paid attention to Prince Yong'an who was at the head of the group, and turned around and left Taiji Hall.
The court ignored his grandson, but he couldn't ignore him. He had to go back quickly to prepare food and supplies to send to the border.
Looking at Nangong Ling who left angrily, Prince Yong'an's eyes darkened, and then he pushed all the blame on Ye Li for colluding with the Minister of Revenue to hide grain and grass. Without waiting for Ye Li to speak, he killed her with a sword in public.
At this time, the Minister of Revenue, who had just fainted from fright, woke up slowly, but before he could open his mouth to explain, he was dragged out by the men ordered by Prince Yong'an. It seemed that he was doomed to die.
When the court officials saw this, they couldn't help but frown. If it was true as he said, why didn't he even give them a chance to explain?
However, the court officials did not dare to raise any objection at this time. The reason was that the Emperor Beichen was still lying on the dragon bed with his life or death uncertain. Therefore, the only person who was qualified to sit on the dragon throne was the person in front of them. They definitely did not dare to offend this person, as this person might be their master.
Of course, if Nangong Yuan rebelled, that would be a different matter.
When Prince Yong'an saw the court officials who had taken action lowered their heads, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, and then he gave orders in a hypocritical manner.
"My dear ministers, rest assured. I will personally interrogate the Minister of Revenue to make him tell me where the grain is hidden. Then I will quickly deliver the grain to Yanlang City and will not let him fail due to lack of grain supply..."
The tone of her voice showed that Yanran regarded herself as the king of a country.
Upon seeing this, all the court officials lowered their heads even more.
Sure enough, the next morning, news came out that the Minister of Revenue had not only confessed everything in prison, but also committed suicide out of fear of punishment. It was said that he had placed the food and fodder in a cave a hundred miles outside the city.
In order to show his importance to food and the people of Yanlang City, Prince Yong'an personally led his troops to search for them.
But when they arrived at the cave, they were stunned. It was completely empty. There was not even a grain of rice in it. Even the soldiers who had been arranged to guard it were nowhere to be seen.
When Prince Yong'an saw this, he was furious. He believed that the Minister of Revenue had pretended to obey him but actually disobeyed him and deceived him. So after returning to the city, he put the Minister of Revenue and his entire family in jail and forced them to tell him the real location of the hidden grain and grass.
However, how could they know that when he could not get any information, he directly ordered the execution of all 38 members of the Sun family, not even sparing Sun Xin's five-year-old granddaughter.
When this news came out, there was an uproar in the court and the country. If such a person sat on the throne, there would be no peace in the court.
Now that the food and grass have disappeared, they have to prepare them again. In order to show his benevolence, Prince Yong'an took over the matter.
On the other side, Ye Yi was worried that Yanlang City would fall due to lack of food supplies. After finding the food, he did not dare to delay any longer and directly transported it to the border. As a result, the journey that originally took twenty days was shortened to ten days.
Seeing the food and grass being stored in the warehouse, Nangong Yuan finally felt relieved. In the battle a few days ago, Dongli suffered a crushing defeat and was certainly unable to attack the city again.
In addition, the Beichen soldiers now have sufficient food and grass, so there is no need to worry too much. At this time, he received a secret letter from the Nangong family, knowing that the current political situation is unstable, so he decided to take Han Yiyi back to Kyoto.
Originally, he wanted to wait until the food and supplies arrived and then personally send Han Yiyi and the other two back to Ping'an Town. The reason why he brought Han Yiyi back to Kyoto was because he wanted Han Yiyi to try to wake up Emperor Beichen.
With the secret letter from the Nangong family, Nangong Yuan also knew that Emperor Beichen had been in a coma for more than a month, but the people in the Imperial Hospital could not even find the cause, and he could only rely on some medicine to stay alive every day.
Nangong Yuan and Emperor Beichen have known each other since childhood, so he naturally knows the position Ye Li holds in his heart. However, it would be very disappointing if he ignored the lives of the border soldiers and the people of Yanlang City because of Ye Li.
However, in today's Beichen royal family, apart from Emperor Beichen, there is Prince Yong'an. If the two are compared, Emperor Beichen is definitely more suitable for that position.
Therefore, Nangong Yuan thought of asking Han Yiyi to see if there was any way to wake up Emperor Beichen. After all, Han Yiyi had cured him of the poison planted by Dongli.
Now the food and grass had arrived for several days, and Nangong Yuan had not mentioned returning the silver. Han Yiyi became a little anxious, because that was all his belongings.
Although it is the duty of every citizen to resist foreign enemies, but, but, that is all her belongings...
Han Yiyi was still hesitating about how to ask Nangong Yuan and whether he should ask at all when he heard a soldier come to report that Nangong Yuan wanted to see him in the main camp and asked him to bring his two children with him.
Hearing this, Han Yiyi was delighted, thinking that Nangong Yuan was going to return the money to her, so she took the two children back to the main tent.
As soon as he entered, he saw Nangong Yuan looking at him and the two children with a strange expression on his face. Not only that, Ye Yi beside him also looked at him with a strange expression on his face.
Seeing this, Han Yiyi couldn't help but frowned.
"What happened..."
After hearing Han Yiyi's question, Nangong Yuan withdrew his gaze from the two children. He never thought that the two children in front of him were actually his own.
He thought to himself, no wonder every time he saw the two of them, he felt so close to them. So, the woman who was with him that time was actually the person in front of him.
Thinking of this, a hint of joy flashed in Nangong Yuan's eyes.