"I will not hand over government affairs to anyone. I want to move the Shangshufang to the city wall of the north gate. Hurry up and pass on my order. I want to drive to the north gate immediately."
The eunuch's feet were already trembling: "Zun... Zunzhi!"
Yan Li's actions are simple, he no longer puts on a leading role, but directly puts on his armor, wears a scarlet cloak, and rushes to the north gate tower with more than 2,000 guards. The city guard coach greeted him on the ground.
"Xiong Yanchao, the guard of the north gate of the minister, kowtow to the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
Yan Li just glanced at the general surnamed Xiong: "There is no need to be polite! How is the situation of the rebels now?"
Xiong Yanchao showed embarrassment: "The rebels... the rebels..."
Yan Li's eyes flashed: "What happened to the rebels?"
Xiong Yanchao lowered his head: "Actually, it's not the rebels..."
"Not a rebel?" Not only Yan Li, but also his personal eunuch showed joy on his face.
If it's not the rebels, then there is no need to fight, and if there is no need to fight, there is no danger of life. The eunuch is not happy.
Yan Li flicked his cold sleeves, walked to the female wall, and looked towards the Imperial Forest Army camp. The scene in front of him stunned him.
In the big camp, there are crowds and groups of people in ragged clothes, huddled around the campfire to keep warm; the soldiers in the big camp boil thick soup, steam and cook food for the people to make ends meet.
"how so?"
Xiong Yanchao said: "The scouts misread it. They thought it was the rebels. In fact, they were the people who fled from the north of the Jinghe River. They were oppressed and humiliated by the rebels. They were robbed and killed by the rebels. They had no choice but to flee their hometown and came to the south. , trust us."
The eunuch wiped his forehead: "It turned out to be a false alarm! This scout lied about the military and should be beheaded!"
Upon hearing this, Xiong Yanchao kowtowed to Yan Li. If he had known earlier, he would have waited to find out before telling the emperor.
"Your Majesty, in fact, it has nothing to do with the scouts and the deputy general of the Imperial Forest Army. I was in a hurry and wanted the Emperor to get the military information as soon as possible, so I reported it to you before I figured it out. If the Emperor wants to behead me, then behead me!"
Yan Li's frowning eyebrows finally relaxed a little, and his eyes were no longer so cold and severe.
"When did I say I was going to punish you?"
Xiong Yanchao slightly raised his head and looked at the eunuch: "My father-in-law said again..."
Yan Li looked at the eunuch with cold eyes: "Did I ever say that General Xiong would be severely punished?"
Eunuchs and eunuchs have always participated in disasters for the country and the people, so Yan Li is very strict with eunuchs who interfere in political affairs.
The eunuch knew that Yan Li was jealous, so he also knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, it's a slave talking nonsense for a while, I hope the Emperor will forgive me!"
Because of the incomprehensible military situation, he was so scared that he almost peed his pants, so the eunuch got angry and said that he would kill the person who reported the military situation.
"I don't want to hear you pointing fingers at me again, do you understand?"
The eunuch knocked his head on the cold and hard water-milled bricks, red blood oozing from his forehead, "Yes, this slave acted recklessly just now, and I will never dare to do anything wrong in the future!"
The scarlet cloak slipped in front of the eunuch, carrying some residual snow.
"Get up, go down with me to see those people who have left their homes."
"yes!"
The eunuch stood up, patted his knees, and rubbed his forehead. When he found blood on his hands, he showed a disgusted expression on his face, and muttered in his heart: "Unlucky, unlucky!"
"General Xiong, get up too! Come down with me to condolences to the people."
"Follow the order!"
Like a gust of wind, Yan Li swept across the steps of the tower, followed by the eunuch and Xiong Yanchao,
Seeing Yan Li entering the camp, the imperial army quickly led their men into two rows and knelt down on the slush: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Yan Li raised his hand lightly: "No need to be polite, get up!"
"Follow the order!"
Because Yan Li was wearing armor and a cloak instead of a dragon robe, the common people couldn't recognize him as Yan Li, the emperor of the Great Jing Kingdom. When the deputy general of the Yulin Army and others prostrated themselves on the ground, everyone realized that the man who looked gentle, graceful, and dignified in his gestures was the emperor!
Having just seen the queen on the front line, and now seeing the emperor again, the people were overjoyed, and they gathered around Yan Li and shouted:
"Your Majesty, long live!"
"Your Majesty, we just met Empress Rong. She is worthy of being the Emperor's good daughter-in-law. She takes good care of us."
"Your majesty, the only daughter-in-law I want, I can't find it even with a lantern!"
"Your Majesty, the Empress is not only your daughter-in-law, but also the daughter-in-law of all of us!"
What he said was presumptuous, but in the simple words, it revealed how much these common people liked Rong Chang'an.
The deputy general shouted: "If you dare to speak nonsense again, I will cut out your tongues!"
Yan Li stopped the lieutenant general: "They are nothing more than ordinary people. Although they haven't read the book, they are kind-hearted, simple in character, straightforward in speaking, thoughtless, and don't beat around the bush. I like to hear such unpretentious words."
Then, while eating steamed buns and drinking hot soup, those common people talked about Rong Changan's happiness to Yan Li, as if she was a Guanyin Bodhisattva who descended from the sky.
The uncle who received the padded jacket from Rong Changan himself stood in front of Yan Li, stretched out the padded jacket, and said happily: "Your Majesty, look, this is put on by Queen Rong herself. I am over fifty years old." After three generations of dynasties, there has never been a queen who is so close to the people like Queen Rong. I thought, Guanyin Bodhisattva wants to become a person to check the people's sentiments, and the appearance she wants to become is the appearance of Queen Rong!"
But such a good queen, Yan Li often tortured her, neglected her, and once abandoned her in the cold palace.
Listening to the people's words from the heart, Yan Li's face not only flashed red, it was the red of shame. He swore that as long as Rong Changan could come back, he would treat her a hundred times and a thousand times better.
"How is Queen Rong doing now?"
The uncle said: "The empress is very good. She stationed troops on the south bank of the Jinghe River and isolated that Tiger Pan on the north bank, preventing him from crossing the river. Empress Rong beat Pan Meichen to the ground the night before, and the crap out of her. Many of Pan Huhu's rebels were killed, so they arrested strong men and followed him to fight against the emperor and queen. They really did all kinds of evil, they robbed all chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep. We couldn't survive, so we fled our hometown and came to join us Beijing."
Rong Changan was fine as long as he was fine, a big stone that weighed on his heart finally fell down.
"Everyone enters the capital, I believe that I will settle you down well, let you have food, clothing, and shelter, and keep you from the cold."
When the people heard this, they were even more grateful to Yan Li.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"
"Long live the emperor and the queen, long live, long live!"
More bluntly: "The emperor and the queen will always be husband and wife, don't separate!"
Listening to these simple words, Yan Li's eyes couldn't help getting wet. When the people were full, Yan Li asked Xiong Yanchao to escort the people into the city, settle them down, and provide food and charcoal fire every day.
At this time, the good news of Rong Changan and Lin Hai came. Yan Li received the letter from the pawn, and what was said in it was basically the same as what the uncle said.
The Yulin army got Rong Changan and defeated Pan Meichen, and shot the traitor Liu Yiming to death. They were very happy, as if it was a festival.