Chapter 402 Embarrassing task
"The memorial must be finished tonight, and then ordered to send it to the capital overnight." Huo Yuan said without comment.
Pei Yi nodded in agreement.
She knows that the battle of news is all about the timeliness of news. If this memorial is sent out later—even if it is only sent out later tomorrow morning, the meaning will be very different.
Seeing that Huo Yuan didn't continue, Pei Yi asked: "Your Highness, don't we send someone to check where the private soldiers are stationed?"
Just now, Li Hongdao took the initiative to ask Ying to go to investigate the route, but Huo Yuan directly asked Li Hongdao to retreat.
Pei Yi felt a little strange at the time, but now that Huo Yuan didn't mention the matter of investigating private soldiers, she couldn't help being even more confused.
"You don't have to worry about this matter, I'm free to arrange it." Huo Yuan said calmly with a secretive attitude, "You just need to write the memorial."
"Okay." Pei Yi nodded in response.
She didn't know what medicine was sold in Huo Yuan's gourd, or rather, she vaguely guessed it but couldn't believe it.
Some things may really not think too much, just wait and see how things change. Pei Yi silently comforted herself.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night for many people.
In the middle of the night, there was the sound of horseshoes outside the Fifth Prince's Mansion.
The horse sneezed, and the nose was full of rough air, obviously exhausted.
The military master on the horseback was also pale, obviously exhausted, and his eyes were full of anxiety and fear.
Soon, someone welcomed him into the mansion.
He was so tired that he collapsed as soon as he stepped over the threshold.
The servants of the palace quickly fed him water and pinched him.
Master Jun woke up leisurely, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice: "I want to see Your Highness..."
From Wanshou County to Kyoto, it usually takes a day and a night at the fastest.
But in order to spread the news to the capital as soon as possible, Mr. Jun rushed all the way, starry night and starry night. He was so tired that he rushed to the capital before dawn the next day.
The fifth prince was woken up in his sleep, so he was naturally extremely annoyed.
Counselor Xiao Ruoyun was worried, and explained earnestly: "Your Highness, that military master insisted on reporting the news even if he disturbed His Highness's rest. It can be seen that the news is indeed urgent."
The fifth prince is used to enjoying extravagance, and he said angrily: "I don't understand the rules! What can be worse than my king's rest?!"
Xiao Ruoyun coaxed in a good voice: "His Royal Highness's matter is naturally a big matter. Now, this military master is waiting in the small flower hall, and what he wants to report must be a major matter related to His Highness. Your Highness should not be taken lightly."
The fifth prince's face softened a little after being praised so openly and secretly. But he was still full of fear, and walked to Xiaohua hall with a stinky foot that wanted to collect debts.
In the small flower hall.
When the military master saw the fifth prince coming, he immediately went up to greet him and reported: "Your Highness..."
He reported the matter of Princess Leping accidentally breaking into the forbidden area of the military camp, but skillfully concealed the matter of someone molesting the frivolous Princess Leping.
"What?!" After hearing the report, the fifth prince immediately turned pale in shock.
He stood up from the chair in panic, and reprimanded in disbelief: "You guys didn't kill Princess Leping?!"
The fifth prince received this signal, suppressed the panic in his heart, pretended to be calm and said to Jun Ye: "You go down first."
"Follow the order." The military master took the order and left.
Once the military master left, the fifth prince couldn't hold back at all.
He was at a loss, paced up and down in the small flower hall, and said in panic: "What should I do about this matter? I'm finished, this king is finished..."
Xiao Ruoyun was confused when he heard what he said, and stepped forward to comfort him: "Your Highness, something has happened, we need to make plans as soon as possible."
The fifth prince was completely at a loss, his face turned pale with fright.
He grabbed Xiao Ruoyun's hand, and asked in a panic: "How do you plan? Shiro, they attacked Princess Leping! What kind of temperament is Leping, can I not know? This girl will definitely not let it go! I personally I can't keep the matter of raising heavy soldiers a secret anymore! What do you think I should do?"
Xiao Ruoyun was also flustered, but her face was still calm.
He calmly said: "Your Highness, the military camp is already in a very hidden place. Even if Princess Leping entered by mistake, she may not remember the route, and the place where our troops are stationed may not necessarily be exposed."
"Yes, yes, what you said makes sense." The fifth prince was completely panicked, and he said uneasily, "We should immediately move our position and let these soldiers change their camps!"
The more the fifth prince talked, the more he felt that it was feasible, he nodded and said in affirmation: "That's right, that's what it should be!"
"Your Highness!" Xiao Ruoyun persuaded, "How could the 20,000 soldiers be transferred casually? What's more, Wanshou County is flat, and there are few places to hide. If they were stationed in another place, where would the 20,000 soldiers go?" go?"
The fifth prince felt relieved.
After a long while, he blamed with a sad face: "I said earlier that I should not keep the army privately, but you just didn't listen! What do you think is going to solve it now?"
Xiao Ruoyun was really choking.
At the beginning, he only mentioned that he could secretly raise soldiers, but the Fifth Prince made up his mind to raise them.
Now that something happened, the fifth prince directly put all the responsibility on him, which is really chilling.
But with such a master, you can only accept your fate.
After all, there is no turning back when you open the bow. Once you get on this boat, there is no way to go down.
"Your Highness, it is an unchangeable fact that we have privately raised soldiers." Xiao Ruoyun said in a deep voice, "If His Majesty finds out about this, you and I will die..."
The fifth prince was worried, and interjected on a whim: "I'll go find the father to find out the truth! I admit to the father that I raised soldiers, and I confess to the father, the father will definitely punish me lightly." of."
Xiao Ruoyun was choked and speechless for a long time.
He just thought that the fifth prince's brain was not very bright, but now he realizes that the fifth prince's brain is made of tofu dregs! This man is a complete piece of trash!
"Your Highness, if you take the initiative to admit that you are raising soldiers privately, Your Majesty will definitely not let you go, and the entire Fifth Prince's Mansion will be plagued by blood!" Xiao Ruoyun's face darkened, and he said sinisterly, "We have no way out now. Instead of sitting and waiting to die, we can still go to the palace of the fifth prince." It's better to strike first!"
The fifth prince turned pale with shock.
"Preemptive strike" obviously means that he should rush to lead his troops to attack the palace before his father could react.
It’s true that he wants the throne of the emperor, but he doesn’t want to force the palace to rebel just yet...
The fifth prince felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and his mind was in a mess.
He was silent for a long time, and then murmured anxiously: "Let me think about this matter again..."
Xiao Ruoyun was so anxious that he reminded: "Your Highness, we are running out of time!"
(end of this chapter)