In the courtyard, Li Shimin was playing with Li Zhi, and replied without looking up.
"Your Majesty, Fang Anzhi and Cheng Zhijie report for your knowledge. Eldest Princess Li Xiuning has appeared in the Western Regions. They request that Your Majesty bring the entire Chai family and rush there!"
Hearing the content of this telegram, Li Shimin shot up from his chair.
He even fumbled Li Zhi, who was in his arms, and threw him to the ground, causing him to cry out instantly.
"Nuzhi!"
Empress Changsun, hearing Li Zhi's cries from inside the house, ran out with a look of panic.
Li Shimin then reacted, picked up Li Zhi from the ground, and said to Su Feng, "Read it again!"
"Your Majesty, Fang Anzhi and Cheng Zhijie report for your knowledge. Eldest Princess Li Xiuning has appeared in the Western Regions. They request that Your Majesty bring the entire Chai family and rush there!"
"Presumptuous!"
"How dare they use the Eldest Princess as a bargaining chip! What does Fang Anzhi want to do?"
After Li Shimin confirmed the content of the telegram several times, he was furious.
Empress Changsun, who had rushed out, was also stunned. Princess Pingyang had passed away seven years ago, how could she have appeared in the Western Regions!
However, she still winked at Li Shimin and then said to Su Feng, "Leave the telegram here, and you may withdraw."
"All those who know the content of this telegram, you are all instructed not to spread it!"
"Yes, I shall withdraw."
Su Feng quickly handed the telegram to the Xuanjia Army guarding the courtyard and then turned to leave.
"You all withdraw as well!"
As soon as he left, Empress Changsun dismissed the Xuanjia Army in the courtyard.
When only the family of three remained in the courtyard, Empress Changsun picked up the telegram and walked to Li Shimin's side. She no longer had the time to ask why Li Zhi was crying.
"Your Majesty, Anzhi has always been steady, and Zhijie is also with him. The two of them would not lie about my sister. Is there some hidden reason behind this?"
"Or perhaps, something else is happening in the Western Regions, and they are finding it inconvenient to explain through telegram, so they thought of this excuse?"
Her words actually diminished Li Shimin's anger by a third.
He sat back heavily in his chair, handed Li Zhi to Empress Changsun, and picked up the telegram to read it carefully.
But no matter how he looked at it, it was just this simple sentence, and he couldn't figure out anything else.
So he stood up and said to Empress Changsun, "We'll postpone the return for now. I will personally go to the telegram room to send them a message!"
These days, he had become more and more proficient in sending and receiving telegrams, and he believed that if something were to happen, they would be honest if he went in person.
He called Qin Qiong, who was also preparing to leave Shenyang, to his side. When they arrived at the telegram room, he dismissed everyone else.
Under Qin Qiong's confused gaze, Li Shimin took out a book on linear geometry published by Fang Family Village from his embrace.
This was an emergency cipher, known only to him, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and the other eight great governors.
Flipping through the pages, he found the text he needed, and then, under his operation, the telegraph machine emitted a beeping sound.
In Suiye City, Western Regions, Guan Yin received the reply telegram and was utterly confused.
According to the received telegram, after translating it into text, it was not a complete sentence at all.
Cheng Yaojin took the telegram paper and, after reading it, quickly thought of the cipher that only ten people knew.
He quickly drove Guan Yin and the others out. When he was alone, he locked the door of the telegraph room from the inside and then began to undress.
After he took off his inner shirt, he took out a stack of papers from the interlayer of the inner shirt, totaling nine pages.
It was the first to ninth pages of linear algebra.
Following the decoded characters recorded by Guan Yin, he painstakingly found the corresponding characters, and indeed, when read together, this was the content of the telegram.
"What is the matter!"
There were only these four words. If nothing unexpected happened, this should have been a telegram sent personally by Li Shimin.
Cheng Yaojin could well understand his reaction, as anyone would find it hard to believe that a relative who had died seven years ago would reappear!
He wanted to send a telegram back to explain to Li Shimin, but while he could figure out how to find characters with this cipher, sending a telegram was pure nonsense to him.
In helplessness, he could only call Guan Yin back.
He handed the linear geometry to Guan Yin and asked him to use this cipher to send a reply. At most, they could change to another cipher later. It seemed that the telegraph operator who had gone to his army before had said so.
"Reply: It is suspected that the commander of that army can resurrect ancient people. Please rush there."
When Li Shimin saw this telegram, he was completely stunned.
"Holy hell!"
"Resurrecting ancient people, what kind of divine means is this?"
He immediately replied, "Depart immediately."
Then, he dragged Qin Qiong out of the telegram room and ordered someone to summon Chai Shao and Chai Yue.
When he showed them these two telegrams, everyone looked at him with shock, completely unable to believe it was true.
Li Shimin said to them, "Now, regardless of whether this matter is true or false, with Chengqian and Yaoshi in the court, and nothing major happening in Shenyang.
Sichang, hand over the military affairs, and we will depart immediately!"
"Yue'er, handle the family matters, and you come along too. Also, Lingwu, call him over as well!"
"Yes!"
Everyone went their separate ways and finished arranging their affairs within an hour.
The "Brave Warrior Wei Xuancheng" number took off from the Duke's mansion and flew directly westward.
The helicopter's fuel tank only had enough for a 300-kilometer range. When Fang Er left, there were two planes carrying people, one plane carrying guns, and the other three planes were fully loaded with fuel.
And now they only had one. Fortunately, there weren't too many people, and the cabin could still accommodate some fuel drums.
However, it was still not enough to fly to Suiye City. For this reason, when taking off, Li Shimin had instructed them to send a telegram to Suiye City to send helicopters with fuel to meet them.
Everyone's mood was complicated, filled with doubt and anticipation. They flew until it was completely dark before landing in the wilderness to rest.
The next morning, they took off again as soon as dawn broke.
Shortly after passing the Tianwei Department, the fuel ran out as predicted. After waiting on the ground for a long time, they finally saw the helicopters that had come to meet them.
They used flares to signal each other and, after refueling, set off for Suiye City again.
Halfway, they even saw the two hovercrafts speeding through the sand.
By the time they saw Suiye City, it was already the morning of the third day.
Jumping off the plane, Li Shimin saw Cheng Yaojin and Fang Er and impatiently asked.
"Have you confirmed it!"
"Not yet, but I am ninety percent sure." Fang Er first shook his head, then replied affirmatively.
"There are only a few powerful female generals in ancient times. If it's not the Eldest Princess, it's too much of a coincidence!"
"Young master, is it really Mother?"
Chai Yue's eyes were filled with tears as she walked to Fang Er's side and hugged his arm, asking with great anticipation.
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