"The Eight Attendants of the Imperial Palace? Who? As soon as Ning Rong heard her say this, she couldn't help but ask curiously.

She took a sip of wine and said, "It's the genius of the world selected by the palace before." You'll see you later. ”

"Your Majesty, no matter how curious the concubines are, but after all, they are the masters of the inner palace, and it is always inappropriate to meet with foreign ministers." Ning Rong didn't know if she was joking or serious.

"With me here, you can rest assured." She just wanted to tell Ning Rong about the existence of these eight people in advance, and she had her own ideas.

"With my permission, you, as the queen, can naturally summon them, and there is no private meeting. After being in the palace for a long time, you are no longer in charge of the affairs of the outer court, unlike in the past, I am also busy with state affairs in the deep palace, so I don't have to worry about it. She dipped the slices of meat she had scooped up in spicy powder.

"The concubine obeys the order." Ning Rong didn't know what she meant, but she had her own plan.

"In the future, Li Yue will live in the palace and accompany your queen's cousin well, just like at home, don't be rusty." She turned to Li Yue again.

"Little girl, remember." Li Yue responded without saying a word.

ate hot pot and hand-wrapped dumplings in Yunxiang Palace, and gave Ning Rong a preventive shot first, she expected that it would be a matter of time after that, thousands of things in the world need time, it takes time to make Ning Mansion strong, it takes time to cultivate the prince, and it takes time to find a satisfactory home for Ning Rong. For example, if the eight talents led by today have all entered the palace, there is anything else she has not arranged.

"Your Majesty, you are back." When she arrived at the gate of the dormitory, the chamberlain Ge Gonggong hurriedly greeted her.

"Why are you so flustered?" She asked hurriedly.

Liu Ting, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was anxious to see the emperor, saying that there was an urgent military situation in Changzhou to present to the emperor, and he had been waiting in the imperial study for half an hour. The slaves and maids looked around for the emperor, and finally found it. The chamberlain Ge explained the situation.

"Let's go, let's go to the imperial study." As soon as she heard Changzhou, her heart couldn't settle down.

Ningfu is now also an eventful season, with internal and external troubles.

She hurried to the imperial study and saw Liu Tingyu waiting anxiously at the door: "Lord Liu, what happened in Changzhou?" ”

"Your Majesty, please go to the imperial study to talk." Liu Tingyu saw that there were also guards and palace people around him, so he was vague.

After she and Liu Tingyu walked into the imperial study, Liu Tingyu knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the military reserves that have been in place in Changzhou have disappeared overnight, and the garrison will look for no trace in the whole city of Changzhou Mansion." As soon as the minister received the report from the palace, he entered the palace to ask the emperor to make a decision. ”

"Munitions reserves disappeared overnight?" The news came as a bolt from the blue to her.

"Exactly. Weichen received the report from the palace and immediately entered the palace to report the matter. Liu Tingyu's face was sweaty, and he knew that he was shocked at a glance.

"Come on, summon the left servant Qi Yunzhang into the palace, the sooner the better." She immediately thought of Qi Yunzhang, who had handled this matter.

"Yes." The chamberlain, who was waiting outside the temple, was ordered to take care of the matter.

This incident came so suddenly, it was by no means done by ordinary manpower, and it was strange, just like the Yulin army that invaded Changzhou disappeared mysteriously at the gate of Changzhou.

"Liu Aiqing, you tell me the details of the report one by one." She wanted to hear how this strange thing happened.

"The minister brought the newspaper. Please take a look at the emperor. Liu Tingyu handed over the newspaper.

She hurriedly took it, opened it and looked at it carefully, noticing the four words "without warning".

"Who did it when he disappeared in Changzhou without warning? Now Ningfu thought that the enemy army had been newly defeated, and our army took advantage of the situation to go north, expand the territory, and recover the lost territory. Now that this matter has happened, it is good to thoroughly investigate this matter. She seemed to be talking to herself and Liu Tingyu.

"Your Majesty, now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, this matter is too strange, please make it clear to the Emperor that the Northern Expedition can still be scheduled?" Liu Tingyu entered the palace in such a hurry to find out how she would arrange the Northern Expedition.

"The enemy situation is weak, their prince disappeared in the territory of my Ning Mansion, even if they don't go north, they will inevitably hold the banner of revenge for the prince in the future, and the northern expedition must be urgently needed, I will send Qi Yunzhang to Changzhou to take charge of this matter, and you go out of the palace to pass the news to Changzhou, according to the plan, it cannot be changed, and I have my own arrangements for other matters." She gave Liu Tingyu a definite answer.

"So... That.. The minister retired. Liu Tingyu saw that she was so resolute, so he could only obey the order.

Qi Yunzhang was probably woken up by the attendants in his sleep, and hurriedly changed into court clothes and rushed into the palace, sleepy eyes still worried: "Minister Qi Yunzhang see the emperor." ”

"I summoned Lord Qi into the palace so late, it's not that I want to, something happened in Changzhou, and I have prepared the military reserves needed for the Northern Expedition and disappeared overnight. The Changzhou army and the government searched for a day and there was still no trace at all, and such a large number of military supplies disappeared without a trace overnight, and there was no trace of it, which is not a trivial matter. This is the newspaper that the Ministry of War has just handed over, you can also take a look. She told Qi Yunzhang the cause of the accident.

When Qi Yunzhang heard this, he hurriedly took the newspaper from her hand, and read it carefully word by word, trying to find clues from it: "Your Majesty, the occurrence of such a thing has a great impact on the Northern Expedition, I don't know if the emperor plans to postpone the Northern Expedition plan?" ”

"The matter of the Northern Expedition cannot be delayed, I have ordered the Ministry of War to send a message to Changzhou, and the Northern Expedition will continue as usual, and I want to send you as a messenger to go straight to Changzhou to deal with this matter." She told Qi Yunzhang about her decision.

"Before the minister entered the palace, the emperor had already made a decree?" Qi Yunzhang raised his eyes to look at her.

"Yes, on that day, you advocated that the Northern Expedition and the solution of the famine were two things in one, and now the famine has gradually stabilized with the planning of the Northern Expedition, and there is no way back from this matter, and the situation in Changzhou can no longer have a hesitant way out. I am in a high position, commanding all the people, I can't go back on my word, I want to find a way to make up for the military needs, you go to Changzhou for me to investigate the missing army and the missing military quartermaster case in Ningfu, Changzhou, this matter should have been gone by the Criminal Department, but the matter involved is too big, and it needs important ministers of the court, and now Qi Aiqing knows more about this matter. It's still up to you, and I'm relieved. "She had to find some reason to work for the old minister.

"So, the old minister knows." Qi Yunzhang knew that her intention in arranging it was not too ambiguous.

"My holy decree will come to your house tomorrow, you are ready to prepare, and you will leave Beijing in the near future. Qi Aiqing is a veteran, and if I want to revitalize the Ning Mansion, I must need the support of you old ministers, and I thank Qi Aiqing again. She walked up to Qi Yunzhang and thanked him.

The emperor's move made the old minister panic, and the old minister should not dishonor the king's life. The old minister retired. Return to the house to wait for the order. Qi Yunzhang was flattered.