Chapter 397 Return to Beijing

"Ning Chen, pack up and come back to Beijing with me!"

Geng Jing's words interrupted Ning Chen's thoughts.

Ning Chen nodded slightly, "Wait a minute!"

He turned and came to Tao Xiuwu.

"I'll ask you again, is General Chen's death related to the Ghost Shadow Sect?"

Tao Xiuwu said in a deep voice: "I swear, absolutely not!"

Ning Chen's voice was sharp, "I hope you are telling the truth, otherwise no one can save you."

Gu Su bowed, "Ning Chen, the life and death of the Ghost Shadow Sect is in your hands!"

Ning Chen didn't say anything else.

If General Chen's death was related to the Ghost Shadow Sect, he would personally slaughter the Ghost Shadow Sect without anyone else's help, leaving no one alive.

......

An hour later.

Ning Chen and others followed Geng Jing to leave the Ghost Shadow Sect and return to the capital.

The army still surrounded the Half Moon Villa.

But Ning Chen took Xie Siyu away.

He asked Xie Siyu to contact the Ghost Shadow Sect branch to find out whether the head of a branch gave the order to kill General Chen.

On the way, Ning Chen came out of the carriage.

He jumped lightly, spanned several meters, and landed on Diao Chan's back.

This move shocked Geng Jing and the people from the Supervisory Department.

"I haven't seen you for more than two months. Your skills have improved a lot."

Geng Jing said in surprise.

Ning Chen smiled slightly and said, "This is also the reason why I want to protect the Ghost Shadow Sect."

Geng Jing said, "It seems that the Ghost Shadow Sect is still quite capable."

Ning Chen did not continue the topic, but changed the subject and asked:

"Is your majesty okay?"

Geng Jing shook his head, "There have been too many troubles recently, and your majesty has been in a bad mood!"

"Besides General Chen's matter, what else is there?"

Geng Jing rode closer to Ning Chen and lowered his voice and said, "First, Wu State terminated the peace talks... Your majesty sent Fan Taihe to Wu State, but he was driven back when he arrived at the border of Wu State."

"The most important thing is that Fan Taihe said a few inappropriate words at that time, and there was a suspicion of humiliating the empress of Wu State."

"Wu State was furious and sent 150,000 troops. Now they are stationed on the border between Daxuan and Wu State, and there is a possibility of war at any time."

Ning Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, pretending to be surprised.

Forcing Fan Taihe to go to Wu State was a plan he had planned when he left the capital.

However, he did not expect the army of Wu State to press on.

"What else is bothering you? Tell me about it and cheer me up?"

Geng Jing's mouth twitched, and he said, "The battlefield in the southern border has suffered repeated defeats... The fourth prince of Nanyue, Kang Luo, is good at using troops to attack the enemy, and the soldiers of Daxuan are suppressed and beaten."

"General Wei Feng volunteered to go to the southern border and barely stabilized the situation."

Ning Chen was surprised, "Wei Feng?"

He knew this Wei Feng. He relied on the glory of his father to go through the formalities on the battlefield and became a third-rank general. After that, he stayed in the capital and ate empty salaries.

This person's ability is mediocre, but he can stabilize the situation in the southern border...If his ability had not been underestimated before, then there must be something fishy.

Geng Jing continued, "The Tuo Luo Kingdom is also testing the attitude of Daxuan and intends to tear up the surrender contract."

"The Western Liang Kingdom is not honest either. Not long after you left, the fourth prince returned to the Western Border and had a big battle with the Western Liang Kingdom. Fortunately, the situation was suppressed."

Ning Chen said, his eyes flickered, and I don't know what he was thinking?

Geng Jing sighed and said, "You were demoted to a commoner, General Chen was killed, and the court was in a panic."

Ning Chen also sighed and said, "It's really a troubled time."

......

It takes more than ten days to get from Quanzhou to the capital.

Seven or eight days passed in a flash!

In a room in the palace.

Emperor Xuan sat opposite an old man, and the two were playing chess.

Emperor Xuan dropped a chess piece and smiled, "You lost!"

The old man leaned forward to observe the chessboard, and found that he had indeed lost, so he started to cheat and picked up the chess piece that Emperor Xuan dropped and returned it to him.

"I just made a wrong move... Your Majesty, please take this one too. I won't play here anymore."

The Emperor Xuan was speechless, threw the chess piece into the chess box, and said disdainfully: "I won't play with you anymore. Your chess character is too bad. You regret and steal chess pieces."

"Your Majesty, let's play another game... I am almost bored to death staying here alone!"

The Emperor Xuan shook his head, unwilling to play with him, and changed the subject, "I heard that you drove out the two maids I gave you last night?"

The old man shook his head, "I am old... Leave them for Ning Chen. That boy is young and romantic, he will definitely like them."

The Emperor Xuan's forehead was black, and he said unhappily:

"He is the future son-in-law, and the girl named Yudie is already my bottom line."

The old man grinned, "It seems that your Majesty's bottom line needs to be lowered again. Don't forget the girl named Zi Su."

The Emperor Xuan's face darkened.

"We have to arrange for him to marry Huai'an as soon as possible, otherwise I will lose my bottom line."

The old man smiled and said, "Your Majesty is too fond of that kid."

The Emperor Xuan snorted, "My favor also has a bottom line."

The old man thought, is there?

Just then, Eunuch Quan walked in quietly and leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, Ning Chen is on his way back. He will probably be in the capital in five or six days."

The Emperor Xuan and the old man looked happy.

The Emperor Xuan smiled lightly and said, "This kid is finally back. He has been away for more than three months. I really miss him a little bit."

The old man was puzzled, "I don't understand. In fact, Your Majesty only needs to issue an imperial edict. Why bother?"

Emperor Xuan glanced at him and said, "Wu Fu's thoughts, you don't understand Ning Chen well enough."

The old man was dissatisfied. He didn't understand Ning Chen yet?

"Not convinced?" Emperor Xuan looked at him, "Then tell me, what is Ning Chen's ambition?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "Promoted to a higher position?"

Emperor Xuan shook his head and said: "His ambition is not in the court. He is full of passion and ambition in the battlefield."

"If he is not allowed to fight on the battlefield, his biggest wish may be to have a group of wives and concubines, surrounded by beauties."

"I have completely confirmed this by demoting him to a commoner this time... Most people will be depressed if they are demoted. But Ning Chen, on the other hand, took the woman to enjoy the mountains and rivers."

"If I order him to come back, this kid may slip away and hide again, and it will be difficult to find him again."

The old man nodded slightly.

Emperor Xuan continued: "This kid has been wronged this time... When he comes back, I will have all the civil and military officials go out of the city to greet him."

The old man was startled, "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate... Your Majesty is too kind to Ning Chen, and all the civil and military officials have long complained about it. If this is the case, all the civil and military officials will be even more dissatisfied with him."

Emperor Xuan smiled indifferently and said in his heart that it was okay to be dissatisfied. If everyone liked Ning Chen, he would be the one who was dissatisfied.

Emperor Xuan stood up and was in a good mood, "I still have government affairs to deal with... Quan Sheng, come and play chess with him."

"Yes, I obey your order!"

When Emperor Xuan left, he glanced at the old man and said: "Smelly chess basket!"