"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, Lu Yaoyao has already approached the capital city with an army of one hundred thousand."
Li Heng was discussing with the ministers in the Imperial Study Room how to solve the predicament they were facing. Their army was retreating steadily and could no longer resist Lu Yaoyao. Should they surrender or fight to the death? This choice made Li Heng unable to sleep well for several days and nights.
"What?" Li Heng stood up, his face became even more livid, "So fast...impossible!"
In less than three months, will Lu Yaoyao be able to attack the capital city? When did his Dongqing Kingdom become so vulnerable
"Your Majesty, Ye Chunnan and Shen Luoyang have joined Shui Yichen, and they are coming to the capital city." The soldiers who reported back and forth cried anxiously.
"Close the city gate!" Li Heng ordered loudly, Cui Yang had already died in battle, and now only the admiral of the nine gates can protect the capital city, "Where is Fang Yu? Go and call Fang Yu."
"Your Majesty, Lord Fang is guarding the city gate."
"We are heavenly soldiers who can't stand against Lu Yaoyao, Your Majesty, let's surrender!"
"The emperor..."
surrender? The blood in Li Heng's eyes almost burst, how could he surrender to Lu Yaoyao? Isn't that an admission... an admission that without Ye Yiqing being the prime minister of Dongqing, he couldn't protect Dongqing
"I'm going to the city gate myself!" Li Heng stood up and strode outside.
"Your Majesty, please think twice, Lu Yaoyao's soldiers are as powerful as a bamboo, and we cannot be inferior. You may be in danger if you go to the city gate." The minister behind him chased him out.
Now every minister in Dongqing Kingdom is very sour. If he had known this, the emperor should not have treated Ye Yiqing like that. Everyone knows that Ye Yiqing valued his little wife a lot. The emperor thought that the position of prime minister would be able to keep Ye Yiqing Ye Yiqing not only left Dongqing Kingdom easily, but also caused Li Yu to die inexplicably. Now that his daughter is back, Dongqing Kingdom will be destroyed immediately. They will capture the royal capital.
Hearing that there was danger, Li Heng stopped in his footsteps. He looked back at the minister behind him, "Do you all want to surrender?"
"Your Majesty, I don't want to surrender." But whether they are willing to surrender or not, is there any difference
Lu Yaoyao wanted to destroy the city without any effort at all.
"Does your majesty think that Dongqing has a chance to turn defeat into victory?" Empress Fang's voice suddenly sounded.
Li Heng glared at her angrily, "What are you doing here?"
"Your Majesty, you would rather become a vassal of Beiming Kingdom than surrender to Lu Yaoyao, does that make any sense?" Queen Fang asked in a low voice, "Sooner or later, Lu Yaoyao's 100,000 troops will destroy the city. There is no chance of negotiation."
Li Heng looked at Empress Fang with hatred in his eyes, "If you listen to me and go to Lu Yaoyao, will we have today?"
"Do you think she would let the Dongqing Kingdom go if the concubine went to her?" Queen Fang laughed at herself, "If you hadn't been self-righteous and allowed Li Yu to hurt Mrs. Ye, if you hadn't betrayed your faith and gone to Beiming Kingdom, we How could the Dongqing Kingdom have what it is today?"
"What are you going to do?" Li Heng asked, staring at Queen Fang.
Empress Fang laughed softly, "Why don't you ask your lords, what can a concubine do, and what can you do?"
Li Heng's chest heaved violently, he and the empress had long since lost their previous friendship, he knew she hated him, "You want to force me to abdicate?"
"If your abdication can make Lu Yaoyao retreat, that would really be a good thing." Queen Fang looked at him mockingly, did he think his throne was so great? They are already in danger and still don't know it, "Your Majesty, do you want to save your life or fight for the last blow, it's up to you."
If Li Heng's abdication could save her child, Queen Fang would force him to abdicate, but now she still doesn't know what Lu Yaoyao is going to do.
"I'm going out of the city to meet Lu Yaoyao." Queen Fang said.
"If you can persuade her to retreat, I will definitely treat you and the prince kindly in the future." Li Heng's eyes were filled with joy, as if he felt that as long as Queen Fang went to see Lu Yaoyao, Lu Yaoyao would definitely retreat.
Empress Fang glanced at Li Heng with a half-smile, this man, she married her when she was fifteen years old, now fifteen years have passed, he has no feelings for her, and he only loves newcomers every day Well, now that it's an emergency, he doesn't think about how to protect her and the child, but counts on her to think about how to protect his throne.
She was already heartbroken, and she shouldn't have any expectations.
"If the concubine can't persuade her to retreat, how can you not treat the concubine and the prince well?" Queen Fang walked to Li Heng's side and asked in a very soft voice.
Li Heng looked down at her, "Queen, you know what I mean."
Canonizing the crown prince is a helpless move, and everything is just for the stability of Dongqing.
Empress Fang smiled, "Of course the concubine understands what you mean, Your Majesty, let Fang Yu send the concubine out of the city."
Lu Yaoyao's army camped ten miles away from the capital city. They were not in a hurry to attack the capital city. Anyway, the entire Dongqing Kingdom had already fallen into her hands. It was the capital city, and she had plenty of time to wait.
"Yaoyao, why didn't you give the order to attack the royal capital?" Ye Chunnan walked in and asked.
"Li Heng is so greedy for life and afraid of death, the military force in Wangducheng must be stronger than any place before, we are not in a hurry, let's rest for a few days, and wait for Li Heng to come to us." Ye Zhen said lightly.
Ye Chunnan smiled and said, "We're camping here, Li Heng will be a ghost if he can feel at ease."
"It doesn't matter whether he can feel at ease." Ye Zhen sneered.
"Tianfei, there's news from Wangducheng that their queen wants to see you." Shen Luoyang walked in and whispered to Ye Zhen.
What does Queen Fang want to see her for
Ye Chunnan frowned and said, "Li Heng is acting like a coward, and let a woman come out? Nope."
"No, I want to see Empress Fang." Ye Zhen remembered what Ye Yiqing told her, "She may not be here to persuade us to retreat."
"Then what's the matter?" Ye Chunnan asked, if Queen Fang didn't want to make them retreat, why would she come here in person
Ye Zhen looked at the city wall in the distance, "What a woman can do regardless of danger, except for her beloved, is a child."
"You mean, she is for the prince of Dongqing?" Ye Chunnan asked suspiciously, "Even if it is for the prince, it should be Li Heng."
"This prince... I'm afraid Li Heng won't take it seriously." Ye Chunnan said lightly, "Please come and meet Queen Fang."
Shen Luoyang answered yes, turned around and sent someone to send a message to bring Queen Fang of Dongqing Kingdom over.
"Yaoyao, what do you mean?" Ye Chunnan asked in a low voice.
"The prince is a girl." Ye Zhen said softly, "If it wasn't like this, how could Li Heng and Empress Fang become less and less in love these years, it must have something to do with the identity of the prince."
Ye Chunnan was surprised, "Li Heng actually appointed a girl as the crown prince?"
"At that time, I was afraid it was a helpless move." Ye Zhen said.