The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

The guards at the Fifth Prince's residence include experts at the Free and Unfettered Realm!

Regardless of the level of this expert in the Free and Unfettered Realm, he is still in the Free and Unfettered Realm!

But last night, the entire family was wiped out!

That means these assassins are really skilled!

If assassins are this powerful, then the people behind them, or rather, the forces behind them, must be even more powerful!

Or rather, there's another possibility!

The one who sent out these assassins was actually another prince!

With just this one reason, why would they dare to investigate further?

However, they dared not disobey Ji Wuxin's orders!

If I start babbling on and on now, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the Qianqing Palace alive!

"Yes! Wei Chen takes the order!"

Ji Wuxin nodded: "Okay."

"Wu Quan, get up. I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Wu Quan hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ji Wuxin nodded. Although she was very angry about the assassination attempt, the assassins had all disappeared, and everyone who had seen them had been killed. It would be very difficult to investigate, let alone deal with the situation.

We can only take it one step at a time.

Moreover, she also had some other matters to attend to during this court session.

Thinking of this, Ji Wuxin's gaze fell on an old man among the court officials: "Lord Yang, I said before that I would send troops north to reinforce Juebi City, but your Ministry of Revenue said that there is no food and supplies and we cannot leave. Is that true?"

This old man was Yang Yi, the official in charge of the granary administration.

The Granary Administration Office was a specialized agency under the Ministry of Revenue, responsible for managing the granaries of the Great Jing Dynasty, including the management of the Great Jing General Granary and granaries in various regions, as well as the collection, storage, and distribution of grain in the Great Jing Dynasty.

Upon hearing Ji Wuxin's question, Yang Yi hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty! Due to the severe drought this year, our dynasty has suffered a poor harvest. Not long ago, the granaries in Jiangnan sent 800,000 dan of grain to the southwest region. Now we need to gather more grain to send north. We really can't produce it in a short time!"

Ji Wuxin said coldly, "Then why did I hear that you deliberately closed the granaries and prevented the Ministry of War officials from transporting grain? Yang Yi, are you secretly colluding with the Kushan Empire to prevent our army from going to war? So you deliberately delayed the time so that the Kushan Empire's 500,000 barbarian cavalry could march south in one fell swoop?"

Upon hearing Ji Wuxin's words, Yang Yi broke out in a cold sweat!

The Yang family did indeed have dealings with the Kushan Empire!

But how did Ji Wuxin know that?

Judging from Ji Wuxin's tone and words, she was most likely testing him, but Yang Yi had a feeling that this empress knew something!

Thinking of this, Yang Yi wiped away a cold sweat and knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty! I have been doing my utmost to prepare provisions for the army's expedition! There is absolutely no exaggeration in this!"

Ji Wuxin's face was icy cold: "Two days! I'm only giving you two days! If you still can't prepare the provisions, you can bring me your head!"

Yang Yi hurriedly kowtowed: "Yes!"

Just then, an urgent report suddenly rang out from the main gate of the Qianqing Palace!

"Battle report from Cliff City!"

As soon as these words fell, a blue phoenix messenger carrying a flag on his back strode into the hall and knelt on one knee in the center of the hall!

Upon seeing the Azure Phoenix messenger, the expressions of all the civil and military officials in the hall changed slightly!

At this point, only the city of Juebi will use the Azure Phoenix Messenger!

Could it be that the 500,000-strong Kushan cavalry have already begun their southward march?

Wasn't it said that it would take two months to assemble?

It's only been less than a month!

How could it be so fast?

They haven't even prepared their food supplies yet!

Is Cliff City really going to fall this time?

The Azure Phoenix messenger clasped his hands in a salute and said, "Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Wolf Tribe, Tiger Tribe, and Leopard Tribe of the Kushan Empire have already joined forces at the Golden Tent camp! Only the Bear Tribe's troops are missing, and they will soon be heading south!"

"This is the Crown Prince's battle report. In addition, the Crown Prince also has a letter to present!"

Letter home?

Upon hearing this, the ministers were stunned for a moment.

To be honest, although the current emperor was a concubine of the late emperor, she did not bear any children for him!

Moreover, His Majesty's age is similar to that of the First Prince!

What kind of family letters could these two possibly write to each other?

While it's not impossible, it does sound rather abrupt!

Moreover, family letters seem to be quite rare!

Among so many princes, this must be the first time for the eldest prince, right?

Song Zhaoruo walked up to the Qingluan messenger, took the battle report and family letter, and then handed them to Ji Wuxin.

Ji Wuxin first opened the battle report. The contents of the report were largely the same as what the Qingluan messenger had just said. In addition, it also described some countermeasures for Juebi City, with a focus on Jia Daoshi's contributions.

"Jia Daoshi, I have somewhat underestimated this young man..."

Ji Wuxin frowned. She had previously sent Liu Ruyan to investigate Jia Daoshi's secrets, but only one piece of information was sent back, and then there was no further news. She didn't know what Liu Ruyan's current situation was.

However, now, almost all the people of Youzhou County have fled south to escape the war.

It would be extremely difficult for a city on a cliff to hold off 500,000 barbarian cavalry!

I wonder how these two are planning to fight!

Immediately afterwards, Ji Wuxin opened the letter from home.

After reading the letter from home, Ji Wuxin's expression became somewhat uncertain again!

She had known all along that the Kushan Empire's sudden southward advance must be in collusion with certain people in the court or certain forces in the Great Jing Dynasty!

But she didn't know exactly who it was!

However, now, after reading the family letter, all the blame is being directed at the Fifth Prince, Wu Quan!

Seeing Ji Wuxin's face turn dark again, all the officials held their breath once more!

They were all puzzled. What had the Crown Prince written in his letter to make Ji Wuxin so angry?

Judging from this situation, it doesn't seem much better than before!

Just as everyone was bracing for a storm, Ji Wuxin suddenly flicked her phoenix sleeves.

"Retreat!"

what?

The court session has ended?

Everyone looked confused.

What is this doing?

Are you not going to talk about the Cliff City incident either?

Moreover, Ji Wuxin left Qianqing Palace almost immediately without summoning any ministers.

He didn't even acknowledge the Left and Right Prime Ministers!

This made the officials even more curious about this family letter!

What earth-shattering thing did he write that could anger the Empress to this extent?!

……

After leaving Qianqing Palace, Ji Wuxin walked slowly and steadily toward the Imperial Garden.

No one spoke along the way.

His expression was very calm!

However, the calmer Ji Wuxin's expression was, the more alarmed Song Zhaoruo, who was following behind Ji Wuxin, became!

Soon, Ji Wuxin arrived at a pavilion in the Imperial Garden.

Then, after a pause, he said, "Zhaoruo, go and summon the High Priest. I have some questions for him!"