I Raised A Sick And Weak Prince

Chapter 55

Su Xi didn't know when the assassination in YunZhou would happen. She was just worried it might happen while she was asleep in the middle of the night. She also worried that if she failed to complete the mission and the Emperor was killed, it would be over.

So, she told the Cub in advance. She told him she had been floating around some alley in YunZhou and found out someone was plotting an assassination against the Emperor. Then she reminded the Cub to watch out a little.

Lu Huan looked at her babbling crazy, nonsense things with a serious face. He was amused by what she said. She told him how she could pass through walls and had punched a little evil spirit. He resisted laughing out loud and nodded seriously with great cooperation.

"Oh. Thank you, Xiaoxi. I will be on guard for this matter"

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A few days later, the Emperor's vanguard troops arrived at YunZhou Imperial Palace. Then, the army's rear forces also arrived. The army was exhausted from traveling and were temporarily stationed outside the city. According to the laws of Yan Dynasty, several officials who led the army had to enter the city to meet the Holy Saint.

Afterwards, the Emperor and several other officials held a banquet in the palace to see off General Zhenyuan.

Previously, there was endless dispute over the issue of who would go to the Northern border to quell the riot.

Originally, the Emperor preferred to have the Second Prince go. The Second Prince was low-key, honest and didn't have any connections in court because his mother, the Imperial Concubine, was of humble origin. Therefore giving him the Military power was most suitable. He could seize the opportunity to take back General Zhenyuan's Military power and balance the court's internal affairs.

The Fifth Prince was originally active and had been forming alliances in court for his personal gain. The Emperor liked his mother, the Imperial Concubine, but he would not spoil this prince. He was aggressively ambitious and had an excellent reputation among the people. The Emperor was afraid that he would endanger the Crown Prince's position. Thus, the military power must not be handed to him.

However, who would have expected, the Second Prince was just like a salted fish. He had only heard the news about going to the Northern border, but then fell gravely ill. First, he lay in bed for exactly three whole months because of an arrow injury. This allowed General Zhenyuan's side to build up all the army provisions. Then he complained of a common cold and procrastinated once again.

The Emperor intended to assist him, but he was so worthless, like muddy clay that could not strengthen the wall.

So, the Emperor was furious.

In the end, the matter of going to the Northern border to pacify the riot was left to General Zhenyuan.

The military power had fallen into the hands of an outsider like General Zhenyuan, the Emperor couldn't feel relieved at all. Fortunately General Zhenyuan had no eligible successor. So, even if he had a scheming heart, he couldn't carry out such thoughts.

The Emperor planned it like this, but he never expected to see how General Zhenyuan seemingly payed a bit of special attention to a Cavalry Captain at the YunZhou banquet.

There were thousands of civil and military officials among the dynasty. The number of officials above the third rank alone was several hundreds, it was impossible for the Emperor to have an impression of every single one of them. However, the Emperor was quite impressed by this merely 16 year old young man.

Although he'd only seen him once during the QiuYan Mountain Hunting night-banquet a year ago, he was deeply impressed. At the time, he felt that the other party was a bit like an old friend, but the emperor was drunk and didn't pay much attention to it.