Chapter 882: Severe Situation Chapter 882: Severe Situation Editor: Atlas Studios Zhou Zhou and Yu Cheng were waiting to welco Prince Rong with their n.
Seeing his pale face and miserable appearance, their already uneasy hearts trembled.
However, it was useless to say anything now.
It had been 11 days since Fan Zijin went out to sea, but there was still no news.
Considering the two of them had attempted to keep the news under wraps initially, it was impossible for them to survive.
Now, they could only cooperate actively and hope that the Emperor and Prince Rong would spare their families.
Although Qi Haoran wished he could tear the two people in front of him apart, his priority was to find Zijin.
Suppressing the fury in his heart, he asked, “Have you found him?” The assistant commander of the Naval Division, Zhou Zhou, shook his head and said in sha, “I’ve been sending people to search, but there’s no news thus far.” Seeing Qi Haoran’s hand move, Mu Yangling grabbed it and shook her head slightly at him.
It was not a wise move to deal with them now.
They still needed the help of the soldiers of Guangdong to find Fan Zijin.
By attacking their commander at this mont, although the soldiers would conduct the search as they were ordered to, they might not try their best.
Moreover, Qi Haoran needed to rely on them considering he was unfamiliar with the seas in Guangdong.
Qi Haoran suppressed his desire to hit the guy and helped Mu Yangling into the governnt office.
Only then did Zhou Zhou and Yu Cheng notice Mu Yangling who was beside Qi Haoran.
Although she was wearing a man’s attire, it was obvious that the gorgeous Mu Yangling was a woman.
The two of them looked at each other, wondering who this person was.
Seeing that the two of them had brought the guards into the governnt office, Yu Cheng hurriedly chased after them and bowed.
“Your Highness, I’ve asked soone to prepare hot water and food.
We’ll discuss things after you’ve eaten.
We’ll wait for you in front.” At the front of the governnt bureau was the governnt office, and behind it was the residence of the officials.
The county magistrate and the two prefectural magistrates lived behind the governnt office, as did their families.
As Fan Zijin wanted to fetch Little Madam Xia over, he didn’t fancy the small residence at the back.
Hence, he’d asked Butler Xia to buy a house elsewhere.
However, the small residence at the back wasn’t left vacant.
He’d ordered the servants to clean up a simple room for him to rest at the back during lunch break.
Yu Cheng arranged for Prince Rong to stay here so that they could imdiately go to the front to discuss the specifics of finding and rescuing the Duke of Peaceful State after washing up.
Without saying a word to him, Qi Haoran sent his n to surround the Fan Residence.
It was Yu Cheng who ordered to hide the matter instead of reporting it imdiately.
It was already good enough that he didn’t have him killed imdiately.
Obviously, Yu Cheng didn’t expect Prince Rong to be nice to him either.
He humbly sent him to the corner door separating the governnt office and the residences at the back.
Mu Yangling turned around and said, “Gather all the generals above the level of a captain of the Naval Division, as well as the Military Advisor, officials above the fifth-grade in the governnt office, and their advisors.
We’ll have a eting in the governnt office in 15 minutes.” Mu Yangling looked at him sharply and said, “Those who are late will be punished by military law!” While Yu Cheng looked at Qi Haoran in shock, Qi Haoran pulled Mu Yangling away without looking back.
Yu Cheng and Zhou Zhou looked at each other and hurriedly lowered their heads in response.
When they looked up again, Prince Rong and the others had already walked far away.
“15 minutes?
Is that enough ti for them to take a shower?” Zhou Zhou turned around and left.
“Prince Rong is from the military.
15 minutes is sufficient ti for him to shower and eat.” He didn’t want to talk to Yu Cheng now.
This person had dragged him down and put his life in danger.
Even his family might be implicated.
Yet, he had no choice but to cooperate with him now.
How could he not hate him?
When Yu Cheng heard this, he quickly inford the officials of the governnt office to wait in front.
As the hot water had long been prepared, they could wash up right away.
Mu Yangling went to the bathroom while Qi Haoran led the other eight people to take off their clothes in the kitchen, bury their heads in the water, and start scrubbing away.
After pouring water over their heads, they were done showering.
As he washed, he called over the dumbfounded soldier at the side and asked, “Are you an errand boy in the governnt office?” “Aye, aye.” The young soldier closed his mouth and bowed 70 degrees.
“Send soone to the Fan Residence and call Butler Xia over.” “I’ll go right away.” The soldier hurriedly ran to the front to look for Yu Cheng.
Yu Cheng waved his hand and said, “Hurry up and go over!” Since they didn’t manage to stop the Fan Residence from reporting the matter back then, wouldn’t they be courting death if they stopped the two sides from eting now?
He would satisfy Prince Rong’s wishes whatever it might be!
Zhou Zhou obviously had the sa thought.
At this mont, no one dared to antagonize the already-furious Prince Rong further.
Prince Rong’s prestige in the army far surpassed his older brother’s.
Just like his prestige, the soldiers knew about his brotherhood with the Emperor and the Duke of Peaceful State.
At this mont, no one dared to think that Prince Rong and the Duke of Peaceful State were only chummy on the surface.
If their relationship was superficial, would a 15-day journey be shortened to a re four days?
All the officials in Guangdong were waiting for Prince Rong’s wrath.
15 minutes was not long.
Almost as soon as Zhou Zhou and Yu Cheng gathered everyone in the governnt office, Qi Haoran and Mu Yangling ca out.
The two of them looked better after having a hot al.
As soon as they entered, Qi Haoran asked, “Where’s the sea map?” Zhou Zhou quickly took out the map and drew a few red circles on it.
He pointed at those areas and said, “Your Highness, I’ve searched these places, but there’s no trace at all.
11 days is enough for Magistrate Fan and his n to drift to Nanyang.” Mu Yangling saw that a red line had been drawn on the map within five miles of the coast.
She pointed at the line and asked, “What is this?” Zhou Zhou replied, “This is the coast that was vacated due to the mariti ban.” “In other words, fishern can’t go into the sea in this region?” Zhou Zhou hesitated, and Qi Haoran shouted, “Why aren’t you answering the Princess Consort’s question?
Can fishern go into the sea here?” Zhou Zhou’s heart trembled as he said, “Although it’s a mariti ban, it’s impossible to completely ban fishern from going into the sea.
There are still fishern who secretly do so.
As for Guangzhou’s port, they can dock foreign ships.
Larger fishing boats can leave the port after registering at the governnt office.” “Pass down my orders.
Remove the mariti ban.
All fishern will now be allowed to go into the sea.
The reward for finding the Duke of Peaceful State’s ship is 1,000 taels, and those who provide us clues will be given 100 taels.” Mu Yangling paused for a mont before continuing, “Foreigners and Nanyangese are also included.” Seeing that Prince Rong did not object, Zhou Zhou hurriedly agreed.
Mu Yangling looked at Qi Haoran and saw that his eyes were out of focus.
When she touched his forehead and realized that it was hot, her expression turned ugly.
She was wondering why Qi Haoran, who had always been decisive, handed the decision-making power to her.
It turned out that he was running a fever.
Qi Haoran pulled her hand down and turned to Fei Bai.
“Continue.” Seeing that he was sitting upright on the chair, she couldn’t bring herself to leave to rest.
So, Mu Yangling turned to ask Zhou Zhou, “How many people are in your Naval Division?
How many ships are there and how big are they?
How many people and ships are docked on the shore now?” Mu Yangling looked straight at him and said, “I want to hear the real numbers.” The tip of Zhou Zhou’s tongue was bitter.
This ti, he didn’t look at Prince Rong again now that he knew that the Princess Consort Rong could make the decision by herself.
He replied, “There are 1,200 people in the Guangzhou Naval Division and 560 militian.
There are more than 6,400 people in the entire Guangdong Naval Division.
There are a total of 12 ships and eight of them can go out to sea.
They’ve all been sent out already.”
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