The villain prince is three and a half years old

When the news came that the rebels were besieging Nankang City and the Nankang prefect had fled in panic, Emperor Kangning cursed loudly in the court.

In Jingyi Pavilion, Concubine Xian held Xiao Yue's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, sister. The prefect of Nankang City is an old official and knows that the Xiao family is your family."

Yi Zhaoyi continued, "I wrote a letter to the Nankang City Governor years ago. He will definitely take good care of my sister's family!"

Concubine Yi was promoted to Zhaoyi before the New Year.

Xiao Yue was not panicked, but a little worried: "My brother is at home and will protect my parents. I just don't know what's happening to the people in Nankang City."

Xiao Jieda is very skilled in martial arts, and the Xiao family is small, so he can protect them all by himself.

In the game, Xiao Jida did protect the Xiao family. He loved making friends with good people, and a small leader of the rebels was his good friend. It was also because of this that Rongpin in the game was able to falsely accuse the Xiao family of having an affair with the rebels.

Empress Xian sighed deeply and said, "We are just women, what can we do? We can only burn more incense and pray more."

She didn't want to talk about it anymore and turned to look at Xia Jing: "Ninth Prince, be careful when you go out. When the emperor is depressed, he likes to go to the imperial garden. Don't run into the tip of the spear."

"Thank you, Empress Xian. I'll take note of that." Xia Jing nodded.

He has a 3D map, so it's impossible for him to bump into Emperor Kangning.

He regretted that if General Coal was with Xiao Jieda, he could see the situation over there through the map.

When you reach level 2 of animal taming, you need to tame a bird of prey so that your vision is guaranteed.

This bird of prey is very difficult to obtain in the palace, so we have to rely on Ning Wanjun.

After thinking about the distant future, Xia Jing returned to the current situation.

News has arrived that the Nankang prefect has escaped. The rebels are not far from attacking Nankang City, and the battle may even have already begun.

I don’t know how the battle situation is going on Xiao Jida’s side.

He was as worried as Xiao Yue.

However, no matter how worried you are, you must not skip any daily tasks.

He continued to stroll around Yanghexuan, Guanlanzhai, the laundry bureau, Shuiyun Hall, and Yonghua Palace.

Other places were basically normal. In Shuiyun Palace and Yonghua Palace, the eldest princess and Concubine Yun were more concerned.

Ning Wanjun set up a sand table, pondering the situation in Yuzhou while also examining Xia Jing. Yunpin burned incense before a Buddha statue. Her brother was the commander of the Northern Frontier, and she worried about the impact of Yuzhou's situation on the region.

On the way back from Yonghua Palace, Xia Jing met Ning Chengrui.

After the last beating, the little boxing champion Ning Chengrui turned into a little mouse. When he saw Xia Jing, he ran hurriedly behind him as if he had seen General Coal.

Behind him is the Imperial Garden.

After a while, Emperor Kangning's scolding and Ning Chengrui's crying were heard.

Xia Jing touched the tip of his nose. He really didn't mean to trick Ning Chengrui this time.

Back at Jingyixuan, he and Xiao Yue sat together, waiting anxiously.

Another day passed, and Emperor Kangning was already mobilizing the imperial guards and searching for generals to send to Yuzhou to suppress the rebellion. Yuzhou had no one capable of resisting the rebellion, and by the time the imperial guards arrived, the rebellion would surely have become a force to be reckoned with.

At court, Emperor Kangning asked all officials to discuss the selection of generals. First, they asked for self-recommendation, but no one responded. Then, they asked for recommendation, and all the officials who came forward recommended generals from the political enemy side, who then declined.

In winter, without any preparation, he led his troops across half the country to attack an unknown number of rebels in Yuzhou. None of the generals present dared to respond!

Finally, a general agreed, and he was a veteran in his fifties or sixties. Even if they dared to accept it, Emperor Kangning would not dare to let them go!

Sitting on the dragon throne, looking at the drooping heads below, Emperor Kangning felt a sense of desolation in his heart.

The situation in Yuzhou is critical, and the country is in need of people, but none of these officials are responsible!

He clenched his fists and felt that he was too kind in normal times.

If Xia Jing knew what he was thinking, she would have laughed out loud. It was precisely because Emperor Kangning was so cold and cruel that no one dared to take on this hot potato. The last person to take on the hot potato of Yuzhou was Concubine Lan's grandfather, and his fate was still fresh in the minds of the officials.

This also has its advantages, at least it eliminates those speculators. People who are not sure of their chances really don't dare to take the job of Emperor Kang Ning.

"Where is Ge Hongsheng!" Emperor Kangning leaned forward and glanced at the many heads.

Ge Hongsheng is Concubine Duan's father. He is forty years old this year. Among the generals remaining in Beijing, he is the only one who is most suitable to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.

"Lord Ge caught a cold and is recuperating at home." A minister replied.

Emperor Kangning laughed in anger. This cold came just in time. This wasn't just a cold; this was someone using this matter to demand benefits!

He thought that not all the military officers would dare to lead the troops, perhaps they were threatened by Ge Hongsheng!

"Okay!" Emperor Kangning stood up, glanced coldly at the officials, put his hands behind his back, and left the court.

He was unwilling to compromise, so he went to the cabinet and discussed with the cabinet ministers about replacing a general. However, after considering everything, he found that there was really no other candidate!

Emperor Kangning returned to the Yangxin Palace, sat on a chair, and rubbed his forehead.

Xu Zhongde brought tea and pressed Emperor Kangning's head.

"What do you think we should do?" Emperor Kangning suddenly asked.

Xu Zhongde knelt down hurriedly: "How dare I, a servant, interfere in the affairs of the court?"

"I told you to speak, so you speak!"

"I don't understand military affairs. The cabinet ministers said that only Ge Hongsheng can be used. It seems that Ge Hongsheng is the only one who can be used. Your Majesty doesn't like him, so we can train a new one after using him. The world's talents are all under Your Majesty's command!"

"That sounds good, but training another Ge Hongsheng is no easy task!"

"I dare to say that there is a ready-made one among the nobles. He was led by Ge Hongsheng and fought in many battles."

Emperor Kangning frowned: "Are you talking about Concubine Yun's brother?"

Xu Zhongde immediately kowtowed and apologized, slapping his lips. If he, a eunuch, had discussed state affairs, and the officials knew about it, the Yangxin Palace would be filled with notices of accusation.

His goal has been achieved.

Ge Hongsheng was Concubine Duan's father, and Concubine Duan and Xiao Yue were not on good terms, so Xu Zhongde certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity. Concubine Yun was on good terms with Xiao Yue, and she only had a little princess, so her brother was the perfect candidate!

Xu Zhongde offered this line of thought from the perspective of power struggle, and in the game, things actually unfolded in this way.

Ge Hongsheng spent half a year to quell the rebellion in Yuzhou. He won the rebels but lost the trust of Emperor Kangning. He was gradually kicked out of the core circle and stripped of his military power. The one who replaced him was Yunpin's brother.

Emperor Kangning thought what Xu Zhongde said was right, but that was a matter for the future and could not solve the current problem.

At the morning court the next day, the matter could not be delayed any longer, so Emperor Kangning gritted his teeth and appointed Ge Hongsheng as the general, and ordered Xu Zhongde to take the general's seal and the imperial physician to Ge's mansion to invite him.

Ge Hongsheng didn't answer.

Emperor Kangning invited him again and prepared generous gifts.

Ge Hongsheng still didn't answer.

Emperor Kangning was furious and summoned Concubine Duan that night, intending to punish her severely. However, thinking of Yuzhou, he changed his mind and rewarded her and lifted her house arrest order.

The third invitation was that Emperor Kangning got on the dragon sedan chair and was going to visit the Ge Mansion in person.

At this time, Xu Zhongde brought the latest news.

The rebellion is quelled!

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The rebellion was quelled?

Emperor Kangning was surprised at first, then confused.

I haven't even sent out the troops yet, how come you've already won?

The rebellion was quelled?

Ge Hongsheng was first shocked, then terrified.

He hurriedly got up and went into the palace to ask to see Emperor Kangning, but the eunuch who delivered the message told him that the emperor would not see him.

The rebellion was quelled?

There was silence in the court and the country, and no one could figure out what was going on.

Since ancient times, any rebellion could not be stopped by itself!

Everyone was curious about who quelled the rebellion, when, where, and how.

Emperor Kangning was also curious and couldn't wait to return to the Yangxin Palace. He took the memorial from Xu Zhongde and unfolded it to examine it.

It was opened and struck by lightning, and the writing on it was messy, it was simply a ghostly scribble!

"Whose official's handwriting is this!" Emperor Kangning felt a headache and flew into a rage.

"Your Majesty," Xu Zhongde said, also somewhat dazed, "This was written personally by the general who suppressed the rebellion."

"So this is the handwriting of my beloved general," Emperor Kangning stroked his beard and nodded in praise. "Excellent, the brush strokes flow smoothly, with the style of Huaisu!"

Xu Zhongde opened his mouth. It was the first time he knew that Emperor Kangning could be so flattering.

Enduring the sloppy handwriting, after reading two columns, Emperor Kangning could no longer bear it and closed the memorial: "What about the other one?"

For such a major event, at least three officials should submit a memorial together and cross-verify it.

Xu Zhongde took out three more memorials.

Emperor Kangning was overjoyed when he saw it and kept praising it.

"Go to Jingyixuan!" He got on the sedan chair and changed his destination.

After the sedan chair had moved for a while, he lifted the curtain and called Xu Zhongde.

"Go, punish Concubine Duan by confining her to her room for half a year and making her copy scriptures!" His face was gloomy, as he remembered Ge Hongsheng.

Now that the rebellion has been quelled, we can settle the score with Ge Hongsheng!

In Anming Palace, Concubine Duan had just been released from her confinement and was excitedly preparing to go out for a get-together with her sisters when Xu Zhongde arrived and read out the Empress Dowager's decree. Emperor Kangning liked to punish the concubines in the harem under the guise of the Empress Dowager.

Concubine Duan looked ashen and fell to the ground in the yard.

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In Jingyixuan, Emperor Kangning had not arrived yet, but the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department had already arrived and were shouting that the emperor had arrived.

When Emperor Kangning got out of the sedan chair, there were already three rows of people kneeling in the yard.

In the front is the ninth prince Ning Xia Jing.

"Where is Concubine Xiao?" Emperor Kangning pretended to be confused.

"Your Majesty, the process of Xiao Zhaoyi being promoted to concubine has not yet been completed." Li Gou'er stepped forward and said.

Xu Zhongde was in Anming Palace and had not returned yet, so Eunuch Li Gouer took over the job of godfather.

After he finished speaking, he clenched his teeth, and sure enough, Emperor Kangning slapped him on the mouth.

"It's been several months and it's still not done! Go, get it done for me tomorrow!" Emperor Kangning said angrily.

In Jingyixuan, several innocent eunuchs and palace maids were so moved that they shed tears.

Xia Jing sighed inwardly. This cheap father's acting skills were not much worse than his own.

"Where is your mother?" Emperor Kangning picked up Xia Jing and asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, my mother has gone to see Empress Xian." Xia Jing opened his eyes wide, looked at Emperor Kangning, lowered his head, looked at Emperor Kangning again, lowered his head again, and repeated this over and over again.

"Why do you look up and down?" asked Emperor Kangning.

"Seeing how heroic my father is, I feel a little scared," Xia Jing said timidly.

Emperor Kangning laughed heartily: "Don't be afraid, just watch."

He touched Xia Jing's clothes and frowned. This gray cotton robe was too simple.

"Don't you have better clothes?" He looked at the eunuchs and palace maids kneeling on the ground, and glanced at Yi Qiu with particular attention, suspecting that someone had instructed the Ninth Prince to play the victim.

"There are beautiful clothes made of the cloth that my father gave me last time, but I just fell down and the clothes are dirty, so I took them off and put them here." Xia Jing pointed to the chair in the main room where the dirty clothes were hanging, about to be sent to the laundry department.

Emperor Kang Ning was relieved: "How can one beautiful dress be enough? Little Leo."

Li Gou'er stepped forward: "The servant is here!"

"Ask the laundry department to send thirty pieces of each fashionable fabric." Emperor Kangning was generous with his rewards.

Thirty pieces are enough to make several sets of clothes for adults, not to mention that there are thirty pieces of each item.

"Yes." Li Gou'er agreed and secretly glanced at Xia Jing.

His godmother liked the Ninth Prince, and the Ninth Prince was one of their own. He was naturally delighted that Emperor Kangning had rewarded the Ninth Prince, but he was puzzled as to why Emperor Kangning had rewarded the Ninth Prince and why he had come to Jingyixuan.