Eunuch Liu sighed in his heart. Yan Li and Song Qiang are not fools, how could they believe the court's empty promises? I'm afraid that when the time comes, if Rong Changan doesn't let go, they will really attack the city. Li Hai doesn't know how miserable it will be!
But Eunuch Liu is getting old, Li Hai is presiding over the government in name, but Ziyan and Liu Yiming are actually in charge. They were good at flattering Li Hai, and Li Hai was deceived so much that Li Hai would not believe anyone except the two of them.
Eunuch Liu has the heart for the country, but he has no power to serve the country. He secretly made up his mind that if Yan Lizhen conquered the imperial city and Li Hai was forced to abdicate, he would hang himself on a pine tree in the back mountain, and die to be loyal to the Li family!
At dawn, a hundred thousand troops came to the north gate of the capital. The proclamation has long been posted outside the gates of the major cities, and the conditions inside are clearly written, as long as Rong Changan is released, Song Qiang and Yan Li will stop fighting.
Many people in the capital saw that Li Hai's government was in disarray and the country was falling apart. Knowing that Li Hai would not last long, they fled the capital one after another to deliver food and equipment for Yan Li's army. In less than half a day, half of the people in the capital left.
According to the agreement with Zi Yan and Liu Yiming, Li Hai sent an envoy to the North Gate to negotiate with Yan Li and Song Qiang.
"Prime Minister Yan and General Song, as long as they are willing to retreat, the emperor will definitely send Queen Rong to Waqiao Pass safely."
Song Qiang glanced at Yan Li, and said with a smile: "Why don't you release my family General Rong first, and then we retreat, how about it?"
The envoy was stunned and didn't know how to answer, "This... this, I have to ask the emperor before I can give you an answer."
Song Qiang smiled coldly: "The emperor thinks we are fools, doesn't he?"
The envoy saw a cold light in Song Qiang's eyes, so he swallowed his saliva and said with a smile: "General Song, you are afraid that the emperor will break his promise and refuse to let the queen go, right? You can rest assured about this, Your Majesty She is the Ninth Five-Year Honorable, the Son of Heaven, and she will never break her promise."
Song Qiang snorted: "Prime Minister Yan and I have never told a lie or deceived anyone in half our lives. You can rest assured that we will not break our promise. As long as the court is willing to release General Rong, we will retreat immediately. If you still don't believe that what we said is sincere, then we can write our promise on paper and post it at the gates of the capital."
"This..." the envoy was very embarrassed, "I... I have to go back and ask the emperor."
Yan Li is most concerned about the safety of Rong Chang'an, and he cast a cold glance at the envoy.
"Go back and tell the emperor that I, Yan Li, have no choice but to raise troops. I want to see that Rong Chang'an is safe and sound at the north gate today, otherwise, General Song and I will lead our troops to attack the city!"
The envoy fought between the two, and his face turned completely pale: "Yan Li, you used to be the prime minister of the country anyway, how can you say such words without your father! You are already threatening the emperor, this is What should a courtier say?" As the envoy said, he rolled down dripping with sweat, and his back was wet.
Yan Li's expression was cold, and his eyes were as cold as a millennium's ice.
"When I decided to raise troops, I severed the relationship with the emperor. Now I am not a minister, and he is not a king. I just want Chang'an to be safe and sound. If you are not satisfied, after the time of You, ten thousand arrows will be fired, and one hundred thousand soldiers will I must break through the capital and break into the imperial palace, even if I search the entire imperial city, I want to find Rong Changan!"
"Prime Minister, think twice!" the envoy advised again.
"That's all I've said. If I don't see Chang'an, Yan Li vows not to retreat!"
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In the study room of the Imperial Palace, two rows of ministers stood quietly. They were waiting for the envoys to return, just like Li Hai who was holding his chin nervously and anxiously on the throne.
There are two paths ahead of them: one is that Yan Li listens to the envoy's advice and retreats first; the other is that Yan Li rejects the envoy's proposal and resolutely attacks the city.
A eunuch shouted in front of the door: "The envoy is back!"
Li Hai and everyone looked over in unison, and they seemed to see something bad from the envoy's expression.
"What did Yan Li say?" Li Hai pointed at the envoy almost subconsciously.
The envoy sighed, shook his head, knelt on the ground, and suddenly burst into tears: "Your Majesty, I failed to persuade Prime Minister Yan to retreat. Please punish me!"
As soon as this remark came out, the ministers were all stunned, and began to think in their hearts whether they would continue to be Li Hai's courtiers, or go out of the city and surrender to Yan Li to please Yan Li.
Li Hai even fell backwards on the back of the throne, his eyes were like dead fish, and after a long time, he spoke, "What did Yan Li say?"
The envoy cried and said, "Prime Minister Yan said, if Rong Chang'an is not released, they will not retreat. If they can't see Rong Chang'an safe and sound today, they will attack the city!"
Li Hai gritted his teeth and clenched his fist tightly like a stone. Suddenly, it was like a thunderbolt in the sunny sky. Li Hai looked at Liu Yiming with serious eyes: "Liu Yiming, you and Ziyan came up with this idea." , what do you say now? If you can’t figure it out, I’ll kill you first!”
His voice was so severe that Liu Yiming was so frightened that he almost lost his nerve.
He prostrated himself on the ground and shouted Long Live: "Your Majesty, this Yan Li is really a black man who has gone to the end. As the saying goes, if you do many unrighteous actions, you will die yourself. The Emperor is the divine right of the king, so what is Yan Li! I believe, God I will definitely bless the emperor to get through the current embarrassment!"
Li Hai waved his sleeve robe vigorously, and swept all the things on the case in front of him, such as incense burner, memorial, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, etc., to the ground.
"I don't want to listen to your big and empty words! I want you to come up with a practical idea!"
Li Hai has heard too many words such as the divine right of the king, great blessings equal to the sky, and heaven's blessings. They have no meaning to reality and have no effect on the development of things.
Liu Yiming's Adam's apple twitched: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's wishes, it is better to promise Yan Li first, let them see Queen Rong, and stabilize their emotions. After that, we will make plans. Otherwise, we will not be able to see Queen Rong in Youshi. Siege the city, that would be bad!"
Rong Chang'an's 100,000 subordinates can repel 100,000 Yanyun Tieqi, and attack the capital with less than 30,000 defenders, it is simply as easy as pie.
Li Hai walked to Liu Yiming's side, grabbed his collar with both hands, and shook Liu Yiming in grief and anger: "I was killed by you! You are the treacherous minister of our country!"
Plop!
Liu Yiming was actually pushed to the ground by Li Hai, and he quickly knelt up again, knocking his head on the ground, "Your Majesty, I'm not a traitor!"
He said so in his mouth, but he had already begun to think in his heart how to prepare for the way out.
Li Hai didn't pay attention to Liu Yiming, but said to Eunuch Liu: "Putting Fengming Palace, I want to see Queen Rong."
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Since releasing the carrier pigeon, Rong Changan has never had any contact with the outside world, and no one outside has had any contact with her. If Yan Li could really understand the meaning of the painting, her beloved army must have marched to the north gate by now. If he really doesn't understand, then Rong Chang'an can only spend his whole life alone in this palace.