After convincing the other six, Li Shoumin thought that everything was under his control.

Soon, Liangzhou would begin to recruit troops in the name of Emperor Baoqing, gather troops from all over the Central Plains, and within a year or two they could reunify the Central Plains, and then the southern and northern regions of Xinjiang and the southwest.

The wealth and power of the world will be completely in the hands of their Zonghenghui in the near future!

At least for the next five days, Li Shoumin was so determined and complacent.

But he was only happy for five days, and on the sixth day, Liangzhou sent back a news that surprised him - Emperor Sun Ning was gone!

"What does it mean to be gone? Shouldn't he be guarded all the time, and no suspicious person can approach easily? Why did it suddenly disappear? ”

After being stunned for a long time, Li Shoumin gritted his teeth and asked.

The city is as deep as him, and his expression is a little hideous at this time.

It was too abrupt and unexpected.

The subordinate who came to report the news snorted for a moment, and then told the truth about the incident-

Just more than half a month ago, after Sun Ning took Liangzhou with a strategy, the Zonghenghui, which had been hiding in the shadows, finally came to the forefront.

After showing off his strength a little, Sun Ning, the apparent winner, knew that he was being used, but instead put himself in the embarrassing position of becoming a puppet of the Zonghenghui.

But the facts at the moment left him with no choice.

Except for cooperating with Li Yanru and them, there is no safe way.

At least on the surface, Sun Ning showed that he was willing to cooperate with Zonghenghui, although he was not happy to look at it.

Li Yanru and his subordinates didn't have any idea about this, and felt that Sun Ning's reaction was also reasonable. However, for the sake of safety, they temporarily relocated Sun Ning in the palace, and changed the people guarding the palace gate to ensure that Sun Ning could not have any contact with the outside world.

Sun Ning also behaved very obediently in the next few days, but he was a little listless, as if this accident hit him hard, so that he couldn't lift any spirits.

Just when everyone thought that everything was under control, and even Guo Han had to bring the army back because of the life and death of the old and young in the family, an accident happened on this day.

Late at night on the second day of the seventh month, a sudden fire burned a side hall of the palace, spread rapidly, and even burned towards the harem.

This caught everyone off guard, and when the generals guarding the palace hurriedly reported to the top and mobilized people to rescue the palace, several palaces in the harem were affected, including Sun Ning's study where he handled government affairs and met with courtiers.

When Li Yanru, Yu Shiting and other people who really grasped the military and political power in Liangzhou rushed to the palace when they heard the news, the fire had been extinguished, but the palace was also in a mess.

And Sun Ning, who was guarded by a cadre of generals, had a gloomy face and looked extremely annoyed.

As soon as he saw them coming, he immediately scolded, "What? So is this planning to cross the river and tear down the bridge and burn me to death in the palace? ”

"Your Majesty...... What does this mean? Even if the ministers ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, they didn't dare to move such thoughts! Yu Shiting immediately tried his best to deny it.

The others also denied it on the one hand, and pleaded guilty on the other, and emphasized that they would definitely find out the cause of the fire in a short time and give the emperor an explanation.

It wasn't until they were almost finished talking that Li Yanru stepped forward with a smile and said with relief: "Your Majesty, this is just an accident." The slave family has already told you the true thoughts of our Zonghenghui, we definitely have no disobedience to us, and we only want some benefits, how can it be unfavorable to you? ”

"Hmph, that's hard to say." Thinking of his current situation, Sun Ning's face was full of indignation.

I have worked hard for a long time and calculated countless times, but in the end, I made wedding dresses for others and put myself in.

Now that there is such a catastrophe in the palace, it gives him even more reason to vent: "This fire is really coming at the right time...... Just after I had already sent an edict to all parts of the country to completely hand over the military and political affairs of Liangzhou according to your wishes, there was a sudden fire......

"Moreover, this fire can be directly reduced to the harem, to say that there is no artificial design, do you think it is reasonable?"

"Your Majesty...... We will find out the truth as soon as possible and give you a satisfactory answer. Seeing this, Yu Shiting hurriedly made a guarantee.

But Sun Ning was unmoved, and only looked at Li Yanru coldly: "I don't care what the result is, anyway, it's not a matter of words to hand someone over?"

"All I need is that everything here needs to be restored and fast. I don't want to live in ruins like this. ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the slave family will let people find the best craftsmen in the vicinity, and they will definitely let the palace repeat the old view in a short time!"

Seeing that Sun Ning made such a request, Li Yanru breathed a sigh of relief and agreed with her mouth.

As long as money can solve the problem, it is not a real problem for the people of the Zonghenghui.

"One more thing, it's just another place, the renovated study has to be built according to my wishes!" Sun Ning put forward the condition again.

In this regard, Li Yanru has no objection, they are still willing to give Sun Ning this freedom: "Then the emperor, in two days, we will bring all the relevant craftsmen into the palace, and you will inform them one by one how to repair the burned front and rear palaces, how about it?" ”

"Yes." Sun Ning nodded with satisfaction.

Li Yanru and the others did what they said, and in just two days, they invited one hundred and ten craftsmen and arranged them into the palace to be responsible for the repair of the front and rear halls.

Sun Ning was also quite satisfied with this, not only met these craftsmen in person, but also specially selected two craftsmen, let them go to the burned study with him, carefully inspect them, and tell them a series of his ideas in detail, asking them to repair according to their own intentions.

These ordinary craftsmen never thought that they would see the emperor one day, so they were naturally very excited and did not dare to disobey in the slightest.

As long as it is Sun Ning's idea, even if it is unreasonable, these craftsmen will agree with their mouths, and then try their best to complete it.

And Sun Ning was also extremely concerned about this, and in the next five or six days, he would go to the study almost every day, or watch the craftsmen do things, or stop them, leaving only one or two people, and they were for a while, and from time to time they changed their original intentions.

During this period, the guards who had been with Sun Ning gradually got used to his style, and there was no suspicion of fraud.

It wasn't until noon on the last day of June that Sun Ning came to the study again and stopped all the craftsmen who were busy.