Eunuch Liu showed sadness on his face, he hesitated to speak.
Whenever Eunuch Liu behaves like this, Li Hai knows the seriousness of the situation.
"Eunuch, tell me quickly!"
Eunuch Liu had no choice but to take a step forward, and whispered in Li Hai's ear, "Yan Li and Song Qiang have raised troops at Waqiao Pass, and within half an hour, they will be outside the capital."
Li Hai was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground, "How could this be? Yan Li is so bold that he dared to openly confront me!"
He hated and was afraid. He knew Yan Li's ability. If Yan Li led troops, the effect would be similar to that of Rong Chang'an.
He walked up and down, back and forth, and suddenly, he stood still and looked at Eunuch Liu.
"Eunuch Liu, call all the ministers immediately. I will send generals to attack Yan Li! Yan Li is ungrateful and doesn't think about the emperor's kindness. It is really outrageous for him to do such a perverse act. If I catch him, I will definitely smash him to pieces. part!"
Eunuch Liu stood where he was, motionless.
"What's the matter with you? Why don't you go? Don't you want to challenge me and seek rebellion?"
Eunuch Liu burst into tears: "Your Majesty, we have... no more generals to send!"
Eunuch Liu's words awakened Li Hai. The last time Pan Meichen rebelled, he lost a lot of imperial guards, not to mention going to conquer Yan Li, even defending the city was stretched.
Li Hai was at a loss, touched his head, and was stunned for a while.
"No generals to send? No soldiers to lead?"
Li Hai muttered, as if he still didn't believe what Eunuch Liu said was true.
"Then...then I just watched Yan Li attack the capital with soldiers and horses?"
Even now, Li Hai still doesn't understand why his frontier official, his prime minister, rebelled one after another and opposed the court
"What did I do wrong? They want to treat me like this? What a bunch of beasts without conscience!"
Eunuch Liu said: "Your majesty, when you imprisoned Empress Rong, I didn't quite agree. The empress did meritorious deeds and repelled Pan Meichen, but the emperor didn't reward her. Instead, she was accused of guilt. Who would accept it! Yan Li and Song Qiang raised troops, actually There are already signs!"
"I don't want to talk about the previous things, but now I want to hear what you can do to eliminate this rebellion and bring Yan Li and Song Qiang to justice."
Eunuch Liu sighed. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the current situation. The capital cannot be kept. Why is Li Hai so naive, thinking that Song Qiang and Yan Li can be caught and punished
"The scheme to detain the empress was presented to the emperor by Concubine Ziyan and Yushi Liu. The emperor should go to them and see if they have any countermeasures against the enemy!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Hai suddenly realized, "You immediately call Zi Yan and Liu Yiming to the Shang Study Room!"
It was already late at night, and the Sixth Courtyard of the Imperial Palace was as quiet as a cemetery. In the Shang study room, Li Hai never stopped walking. Did he look towards the north gate, as if he could see the scene of the north gate through the towering palace: Is Yan Li coming? How is the situation in the North Gate now
When Eunuch Liu brought Liu Yiming and Ziyan over, Li Hai was full of anger, pointing at the two of them and angrily reprimanded them.
"You...you killed me today!"
Ziyan and Liu Yiming didn't know why.
"Your Majesty, is there something urgent to call us to Shangshufang late at night?" Zi Yan came over and planned to put a cloak on Li Hai, "Is the assassination done?"
Li Hai knocked off Ziyan's cloak, and snorted coldly: "The assassination is over? What a bad idea you guys gave me! The assassins you sent didn't kill Yan Li and Song Qiang, now Song Qiang and Yan Li want Come and take my life!"
Ziyan and Liu Yiming glanced at each other, probably already understood the meaning of Li Hai's words.
"Your Majesty, did the assassination fail and Yan Li rebelled?" Liu Yiming asked.
Li Hai stretched out his palm, wanting to vent his anger, but he didn't know who to slap among Liu Yiming and Zi Yan.
"You have done me a terrible job!" Li Hai shook his head, feeling that the situation was over, "Didn't you say that Yan Li and Song Qiang would not raise troops if Rong Chang'an was in my hands? The facts are exactly the opposite of what you think!"
Zi Yan rolled her eyes, still picked up the cloak, put it on Li Hai, and pressed his shoulders to express comfort.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry so much. With Rong Chang'an in our hands, Yan Li can go to heaven instead! I think Yan Li and Song Qiang are just putting on a show, trying to force us to let go of Rong in this way." Chang'an. The more they are like this, the less we can panic, the less we can let Chang'an go."
As she spoke, Ziyan secretly gave Liu Yiming a wink.
Liu Yiming understood, "The imperial concubine Ziyan is right, Yan Li is just putting on a show, but how dare he go against the court! He just wants us to let Chang'an go, the emperor must not be fooled by them."
Li Hai thought over what Zi Yan and Liu Yiming said carefully, his eyebrows stretched a little, but there was still a thick shadow between his eyes.
"Don't tell me, I've messed up my hands and feet. It's just that they are now marching south, and they will be outside the north gate in a blink of an eye. What should we do?"
Liu Yiming pretended to be relaxed and pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid! We will first order the imperial guards to strictly guard, and when they come to the north gate, we will send an envoy to negotiate terms with them."
Li Hai turned the jade finger in his hand, his eyes were deep.
"If Yan Li has to ask us to release Rong Changan before withdrawing troops, then what should we do?"
Zi Yan curled her lips, supported Li Hai's arm, and showed a slight smile on her pink face, "We gave them an empty promise to coax them into retreating, and we took the opportunity to cover up and defeat them. Yan Li and Song Qiang, who were defeated , what qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with us again!"
Liu Yiming echoed: "The imperial concubine is right, let's do it like this!"
Zi Yan said: "Your Majesty, write another proclamation, in which you will reveal the crimes of Yan Li, Rong Chang'an, Song Qiang and others one by one, so that the people of the whole country, gentry and officials, will scold them together, and let them be in the public eye. The country of Jing has no place to stand, as long as Yan Li and Song Qiang dare to approach the capital, they will be killed without mercy. If anyone can kill Yan Li and bring his head to meet him, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."
Li Hai, who was overwhelmed with worry and tension just now, showed a relaxed smile again.
"Just do what the imperial concubine said!" Li Hai hooked Zi Yan's slender waist, and said to her distressedly, "Just now I blamed you wrongly, don't be angry with me!"
In front of Liu Yiming, Eunuch Liu and the others, a shy blush appeared on Zi Yan's face, and he said with a smirk: "As long as the emperor knows that Master Liu and I are dedicated to the country, it will be fine, the emperor does not need to blame himself!"
Li Hai didn't care about the presence of Liu Yiming and Eunuch Liu, and hugged Ziyan even tighter.
"Noble Concubine, if Yan Li hadn't raised his troops, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I would have decreed you to be the Empress!"
Zi Yan said happily: "It's a day or two later, so what, I always have to wait until the matter of Rong Chang'an and Yan Li is resolved before I can be in a good mood to be the queen!"