When winter began, for some reason, Emperor Chengping's health was getting worse day by day.

Doctor Huang has been living in the palace now and has to treat Emperor Chengping several times a day.

After the first snowfall, Emperor Chengping could not even go to the court.

He called King Yu to enter the palace and asked King Yu and the prince to handle the government affairs together.

In the evening, Emperor Chengping talked to the prince: "If you have any ideas, you will tell me that I will definitely let you do it. If you want to ascend the throne, I will abdicate you. We are not afraid of having no children. Isn't there any Yuan Ge'er? If he gives birth to a son, you can just carry him to the East Palace to raise him."

The prince lowered his head and said nothing.

He was also very confused now.

After being the prince for so many years, he naturally wanted to ascend the throne.

But he has no children, so he adopts one as Emperor Chengping said, so what's the point?

Emperor Chengping looked at the prince and sighed: "Stop, I'll think about it again."

The prince suddenly looked up: "Father, my son wants to ascend the throne. Since ancient times, people are unpredictable. Brother Yuan looks good now, but in the future... If he is afraid of his son, his son will be afraid that he will have no way out."

This is exactly what Emperor Chengping is worried about.

If the throne was given to Xiao Yuan, he would be afraid that he would not be able to tolerate the crown prince after he became emperor.

Even if it can be tolerated for a while, but for a long time, the prince's life will not be able to live well.

The father and son were discussing here, but they did not expect that the Rong tribe in the north actually assassinated the border general and entered the pass with tens of thousands of troops.

When the battle report was sent to the capital, the Rong soldiers were only two or three hundred miles away from the capital.

Emperor Chengping received the letter and asked the ministers to come to the palace to discuss it with his sick body. Before he could discuss it, he couldn't do it.

The prince rushed to the throne, and what greeted him was the situation where the troops were at the city.

An Ning and Xiao Yuan did not expect such a situation to happen.

In An Ning's memory, the Rong tribe was not at this time, it was a few years later than now.

But I didn't know why, so this happened in advance.

Xiao Yuan asked someone to investigate before he knew what was going on.

It was because of King Huai's demotion.

King Huai has not given it for nothing for so many years. He also released people in the border garrison. After he was demoted, he was very angry and thought that Emperor Chengping would dare to treat him like this. It would be difficult for him to fight all over the world, and he would also make Emperor Chengping's throne unsteadily.

Then, King Huai let the nails buried in the garrison collude with the Rong tribe and let the Rong tribes enter the pass.

After finding out all this, Xiao Yuan was really angry.

When foreign tribes enter the pass, it is not just the people who are unlucky. Along the way, many people suffer, many people lose their lives, and many people lose their homes.

Before, because Emperor Chengping was seriously ill, Xiao Yuan and An Ning had moved back to the Yu Palace in the capital. Later, after learning that the Rong people had entered the pass, An Ning was not worried about the relatives of her parents' family, so she asked Xiao Yuan to send someone to take Wang Shun's family, his father-in-law and mother-in-law who took the big bull away, as well as Geng and Ding Er, the girl from the capital, were all taken care of by the Beijing center.

Xiao Yuan and King Yu discussed things in the study.

An Ning, Miss Ding and Miss Ding Er also gathered together to talk.

Zhang Xiuer came in with tea and snacks. She put the snacks on the table, brought the tea to An Ning and the other two, and then sat next to Miss Ding Er.

Miss Ding Er took a sip of tea and her eyes turned: "Sister, we have to make plans early. This mansion needs to be well arranged."

An Ning smiled and nodded: "I'm working hard for my sister."

Miss Ding Er looked through the account book on the table and the list of the servants in the mansion: "I will gather the guards in a while and assign tasks to them. In addition, I will also have to trouble the prince to open the arsenal and ask a few craftsmen in the mansion to modify the weapons together."

Miss Ding clenched her fists: "Sister, don't worry, I will take my guards to patrol the mansion. If there is really any trouble, I can protect us."

An Ning looked at Zhang Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, what do you think?"

Zhang Xiu'er bit her lip, thought for a while and said, "Criminal Princess, I, I can make something. I didn't dare to take it out before. Now, I have to take it out, but this thing is too lethal. I hope the Criminal Princess will send someone to take care of it properly."

"What?"

An Ning was actually quite clear in her heart. What Zhang Xiuer was going to take out should be black gunpowder, but she still asked with a curious look on her face.

Zhang Xiuer was a little nervous: "It's a kind of gunpowder. I will configure a kind of gunpowder. Putting this gunpowder together can make a bomb. Detonating it can kill many people. If the number is enough, it will not be a problem to blow up a mountain."

Miss Ding and Miss Ding Er were shocked when they heard this, and both of them looked at Zhang Xiu'er.

Zhang Xiu'er swallowed: "I can be a smaller one and then assign them to those guards. If there is really something wrong, someone dares to break into our palace, and they can blow those people to death."

She said it was very urgent, and said this: "I can make other things, such as fragrant elixir and glass like glass. I can do all of these. When I try it, I will give you the prescription."

An Ning smiled and waved her hand: "There is no need for prescriptions. You can keep them first. The most important thing for us now is to guard the royal palace and wait until the chaos is settled."

While he was talking, he heard Xi Yan say outside: "Criminal Princess, the Rong army has trapped the capital."

An Ning stood up suddenly: "What did the palace say? What will Your Majesty give? Who is guarding the city now?"

As soon as Xiyan was about to speak, he heard the sound of footsteps rising. Xiao Yuan entered the yard: "Xiyan, you go down first."

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yuan entered the house.

Zhang Xiuer, Miss Ding and Miss Ding Er quickly stood up to salute.

Xiao Yuan raised his hand: "You don't have to be so polite to me, just sit down."

He pulled An Ning down first, then sat down and said, "This time, the army has really been besieged by the city. If there are so many people in the capital, they will be surrounded for more than ten days and a month. If the outsiders cannot get in and the inside cannot get out, they will be in trouble."

That's not the case, first of all, supplies are the problem.

There are many people in the capital, so the daily consumption is particularly large.

The army besieged the city, and the supplies from outside could not be transported in, so everyone could only eat the ones that were saved. There was no farming in the capital, so no one had a lot of food in stock. It would be okay to eat for a few days, but if the food was over and the food was eaten up, what might happen if people were hungry.

The rich family has a lot of food in their homes, but there are many servants in their homes and consume a lot of money. It is probably not enough to eat in a few days. If the servants become rebellious, they may kill the main family. In addition, the poor may join forces to grab the big family.

At that time, the main forces in the capital would have to be used to fight against foreign enemies. No one would take care of the chaos in the capital, but I was afraid that if the outsiders did not invade, they would die first.

In the palace

The new emperor, who had just ascended the throne, looked at the memorials sent by the Ministry of War, and then looked at the civil and military officials standing beside him.

"What are the ways for all the ministers?"

The civil and military officials were frowning.

No one has any solution now.

The Minister of Revenue came forward and said: "Now, we can only ask the generals guarding the city to patrol the city day and night, and then send additional personnel to the city wall. In addition, we must first ask the rich households and grain merchants to take out some food. At least the soldiers guarding the city must have food."

The new emperor nodded: "So, leave this matter to my dear."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the little eunuch outside say anxiously: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, something is wrong. Prince Huai has provoked civil unrest in the south of the city. Now he has killed several wealthy families and robbed a lot of food."

The new emperor slapped the table: "It's outrageous, and the five cities' military commanders immediately quelled the rebellion."

He stood up angrily, because he was extremely angry and anxious, he fell to the ground without standing firmly.

Several ministers rushed to help.

When I supported the new emperor, I realized that he was so angry.

The man quickly called Doctor Huang to come over. Doctor Huang took the pulse of the new emperor, and then shook his head: "Your Majesty has a stroke."

In one sentence, the ministers became more anxious and restless.

"What should I do now?"

Everyone started to get together to discuss.

Your Majesty has a stroke and is probably not allowed to handle political affairs, but this is another crisis in Qi Dynasty. Someone needs to stand up and deal with political affairs and find a way to withdraw the army.

It was not until the evening that Doctor Huang woke up the new emperor.
Chapter completed!