Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 60

Private Meeting (2)
Emperor Yong’an sneered and said, “That’s right. It’s my second imperial uncle, Xun Qinwang.”

As soon as Emperor Yong’an said these words, Ceng Baocheng frowned. Seeing the old imperial censor’s frowning face, Emperor Yong’an chuckled and said, “Don’t frown too much, Ceng Yu Shi Dafu. Your wrinkles have already turned your face into wrinkled persimmon.”

After hearing his joking words, Ceng Baocheng could only sigh and say, “Lao Chen is worried that Xun Qinwang has a big plan.”

Emperor Yong’an smiled and said, “It’s nothing new for Zhen’s second imperial uncle to have great ambitions. When Zhen sat on this dragon throne seven years ago, everyone knew about his dissatisfaction. With his character, it would be strange if he didn’t do some shady things in these years.”

After saying that, before Ceng Baocheng could speak, Emperor Yong’an raised his hand to interrupt him, “You don’t have to worry about this matter. Zhen will handle it. Yu Shi Dafu, you have to take care of yourself. Zhen still hopes you can attend the summer banquet this year.”

Ceng Baocheng knew that Emperor Yong’an was worried about his health. He served three generations of emperors and was known for his loyalty to the emperor and impartiality in enforcing the law. Now that Emperor Yong’an has made a decision, Ceng Baocheng can only obey his order.

He clasped his hands together, bowed deeply to Emperor Yong’an, and said, “Lao Chen understands.”

Emperor Yong’an smiled at him and said, “You can retreat now.”

He then turned to look at Qiu Yuanbo and said, “Yuanbo, send Yu Shi Dafu out.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Qiu Yuanbo replied, then saluted him.

Walking down the stairs, he made a gesture of invitation to Ceng Baocheng and said with a gentle smile, “Ceng Da Ren, please.”

“Lao Chen takes his leave.” After Ceng Baocheng finished saluting, he followed Qiu Yuanbo out of the imperial study room.

Emperor Yong’an nodded and watched the two of them leave the imperial study room. When he was the only one left in the huge imperial study room, Emperor Yong’an rubbed his eyebrows tiredly. After a while, he picked up the writing brush and wrote a secret decree.

After a few minutes, he put down the writing brush. Emperor Yong’an immediately rolled up the secret edict and said, “An Yi.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall man in black appeared in front of him. The man knelt on the ground and said, “What are your orders, Your Majesty?”

Emperor Yong’an stood up, handed him the secret edict, and said, “Send this edict to my younger cousin brother. Remember, you must hand this to him personally.”

An Yi accepted the secret decree and waited for his next order.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Yong’an’s handsome face frowned slightly, and he said, “Go quickly and return as soon as possible. Zhen was worried that this year’s summer banquet would not be peaceful.”

An Yi lowered his head and said, “This subordinate accepts the order.”

After saying that, he disappeared from the imperial study room. By the time Qiu Yuanbo came back after sending Ceng Baocheng out, Emperor Yong’an was already busy checking and revising the memorials submitted by the court ministers and the war reports from the border areas.

Seeing the tired look on Emperor Yong’an’s face, Qiu Yuanbo walked up to him and couldn’t help but softly remind him, “Your Majesty, please rest for a while. You must take good care of your dragon’s body.”

Emperor Yong’an shook his head without looking away from the war report in his hand and said, “There is not much time left before the summer banquet. Zhen needs to be prepared, just in case Xun Qinwang really has secret plans.”

Hearing this, Qiu Yuanbo could only shut up and stood to the side. He sighed in his heart and thought, ‘It would be great if Yan Junwang could come back as soon as possible.’

While Emperor Yong’an was busy with government affairs, Duan Yixin and Tang Sanniu were sitting inside a horse carriage for the first time in their lives. Sitting in front of them was the assistant to the local magistrate.

Because forty acres of land needed to be measured today, the assistant took a horse carriage to Yunshan Village in order to save time. As for Duan Yixin and Tang Sanniu, the assistant felt that it would not be a problem for him to ride in the same carriage with them.

Although their clothes had patches, the two of them were clean and had no bad smell. Moreover, Duan Yixin was able to buy forty acres of land in one go, proving that she was not as poor as she seemed.

In addition to those facts, the money she spends to purchase the land will go into the local magistrate’s treasury and can be used for local government and Yamen operations.

With the current economic situation in Chunshan Townships and the villages under their jurisdiction, this money could give them some time to address the immediate crisis while finding a solution to it.

Because of this, the assistant has a good impression of Duan Yixin. Whether her purchase of the wasteland was reckless or not, the assistant was grateful to her for sending money to their empty treasury.

When the horse carriage drove toward Duan Yixin’s home, the villagers sitting under the ancient tree at the entrance of Yunshan Village were stunned. As villagers, most of them had never seen a horse-drawn carriage in their lives. Only a few people who have been to the county town before have seen a horse carriage.

A gossiping villager came to her senses and asked with a shocked expression on her wrinkled face, “Did a horse-drawn carriage drive past us just now?”

Hearing the old woman’s question, another village woman nodded and said blankly, “It seems so.”

As soon as she said this, the old village women looked at each other with the same curiosity in their eyes.