The emperor comes out of the Three Rivers!
As soon as I saw these four words, my heartbeat suddenly sank. Miaoyan only read this sentence next to me, and immediately realized something was wrong. He quickly turned his head and looked at Pei Yuanhao: "Father..."
Pei Yuanhao didn't say a word, as if he didn't hear Miaoyan calling him at all, and the piece of paper had been pinched into a ball in his hand. If he continued to use this force, he would probably be pinched into powder.
When I looked down at the paper, my brows also twisted into a lump.
I waved my hand and swept the piece of paper off the windowsill, then turned to look at him: "Your Majesty!"
He finally heard my voice and looked up at me, but there was endless haze in his eyes, as if he had not escaped from the long night.
I took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid of this--"
However, before I could finish speaking, I heard a dense sound in the air. When I looked up, I saw more arrows flying into the sky. The paper they brought fell like heavy snow and fell to various places in the city. Not only did the soldiers at the top of the city, but the soldiers at the gate of the city were picked up. The common people who had been staying in their homes before, they didn't dare to come out, and they also walked out of the house, picked up the paper on the ground and started to recite.
I hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I will stop them!"
He said in a deep voice: "How to stop it?"
“…”
"Do you still have to pick up these things one by one?!"
“…”
I could hear the obvious anger in his words, and I myself was a little frustrated.
I really didn't expect that the enemy would use this move.
Zhang Ziyu led his men to defend strictly, in order to resist the sneak attacks of the enemy outside the city, because he knew that this was a key battle. If this battle could be accomplished, Linfen would be able to form a stalemate with them. The city was still sufficient food and grass. As long as the reinforcements from Shaanxi arrived, the siege of Linfen could be lifted.
But unexpectedly, everyone reminded everyone to pass by a nervous night. What the other party sent in was not their clear swords and guns, but such a heart-wrenching word!
Even now, I suspect that some of the noise they made outside the city before may be a trick.
Because of the movement, Zhang Ziyu suspected that they would attack last night, so he organized a large number of militias. Everyone did not dare to wait for the arrival of the battle overnight. However, in full view of everyone, the arrows sent these things in, which allowed the people to see in a while. The soldiers guarding the city were surprised and had no time to stop them. All these words would be seen by the people!
Before, some rumors spread in Linfen City, which made people panic all day long. Now, such words have appeared again, which will make people even more shaken!
This move is a heart-striking and even more vicious!
At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from the entrance of the stairs, and several servants hurriedly walked over. When they saw Pei Yuanhao's face, they were immediately arrogant and did not dare to let out a word. They could only say carefully: "Your Majesty..."
Pei Yuanhao threw the paper ball under his feet with force, and then said in a deep voice: "Let Yu Sheng and the others be responsible for defending the city, and ask Zhang Ziyu to come over to see me immediately!"
"yes!"
Several servants did not dare to neglect and hurriedly turned around and ran away.
At this time, Miaoyan was naive and knew something big had happened. She probably had never seen Pei Yuanhao's anger. Although she was reluctant to speak, she seemed to be trying to suppress everything around her. She was also very proud and did not dare to take a breath. She didn't even dare to ask questions, but just turned her head carefully to look at me.
I also know that at this time, I can no longer speak.
Pei Yuanhao had been confronting me before because of these things, but the matter was just a shadowless guess after all. He couldn't get angry, so I could argue with reason. Now, although the matter has not yet been true or false, the paper flying all over the city spread not only a piece of news, but also shakes people's hearts.
Especially now that he is far away from the capital and Pei Yuanxiu has ascended the throne. This is the most sensitive time. Suddenly, another person who is making momentum appears, and he is creating momentum everywhere. In this case, he is already more sensitive and irritable than usual. The papers scattered in Linfen City and the words on them will undoubtedly have a stronger impact on his majesty.
Seeing the guards running to the city gate after going downstairs, Pei Yuanhao turned around and said to me and Miaoyan: "You two will go back to your home first."
"Father..."
Seeing Miaoyan wanting to say something, I hurriedly grabbed her and then said to Pei Yuanhao: "Then, let's take the leave first."
He nodded and sat down.
I pulled Miaoyan downstairs until I got on the carriage, and neither of us said a word.
But there were countless papers falling above my head. Even if I didn’t look at them, I knew what kind of storm the light things would bring.
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Sitting in the carriage, I kept frowning. Miaoyan was quiet next to him for a long time before he said softly: "Mom, the literati stands a knife... Who do literati refer to?"
I looked up at her.
She looked at me with a little confusion in her eyes. Although she could not fully understand the lyrics of those few lines and obviously did not know who was singing, her question at this time made me feel a chill.
I said in a hoarse voice: "Miaoyan, don't ask so many questions."
"But, this matter is very serious, isn't it?" She looked at me with wide eyes: "When I was on the road before, I heard those people singing, my mother seemed unhappy, and my father was also..."
"I said, don't ask so much."
“…”
"Your father will solve this matter, but if you ask random questions, your father will be angry."
“…”
Her face turned pale and she immediately closed her mouth.
However, I could see that the doubts in her eyes were still not eliminated. However, because I was about to get angry, she did not ask any further. The carriage drove all the way outside the official office. When I got off the car, I saw a few pieces of paper rolling down to the corner of the street by the wind, and some people were cleaning it.
Kou'er immediately came out: "Miss Yan, after the Empress invites you back, come over immediately."
It seems that Chang Qing already knows it.
I sighed in my heart and asked Kou'er to send Miaoyan back to rest. I went straight to Chang Qing's room.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw her sitting in a chair with a few wrinkled pieces of paper on the table next to her, which were obviously clumped into a ball and then unfolded.
I walked forward: "Empress."
She immediately looked up at me and said, "What's going on?"
Before I could answer, Chang Qing asked again, "Why are there so many of these in the city?"
“…”
“Who is spreading it?”
“…”
"Did they see all the people in the city?"
I calmed down and said, "It was from outside the city that the enemy was shooting in with arrows. Now, this is being passed on in most of the city. I think - it may soon be everyone will know."
Chang Qing gritted her teeth hard, and the veins on one side burst.
She said slowly: "If this continues, people will be in chaos sooner or later!"
I was silent for a moment, and then said, "Empress, don't be anxious. This is obviously the way the enemy troops outside the city deliberately disrupt our sight and want to take advantage of the situation. As long as we are clear-headed and do not be fooled, they will not be able to do it so easily. As for the people--"
Chang Qing said heavily: "The trouble is with the people!"
“…”
"The last time they were able to persuade them, it was already hard to do anything, and at least they had not seen the casualties of the defenders in the city, and they still had confidence in the government. But now, Linfen City has been besieged. If they want to cause any trouble in the city, it will be attacks inside and outside. Even if Lord Zhang and his team have three heads and six arms, they will not be able to defend!"
“…”
This time, I couldn't speak.
If the other party's skill is a master, it is to spread such rumors at this time, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Chang Qing finished the words with a tantrum and gasped slightly. After a while, she probably felt that she was talking to me too heavily, so she looked up at me and said, "Glow, I--"
I whispered: "I understand the Queen is worried about the overall situation. But now, I still have to calm down."
“…”
"Just just now, Your Majesty has called Lord Zhang over, and I believe they will discuss countermeasures."
“…”
"I'm a little tired, so I'll take it off first."
She looked at me for a while and tried to soften her voice: "You go back and rest."
I exited her room.
Actually, just now, I could already feel what she was going to say to me, but in the end, the relationship between the two was still there, and she held back, and I didn't say much, and I had no good words to fight each other. What I feared most was that at this storm, both of them were irrational and ruined their friendship.
However, even a calm person like Chang Qing has such a mentality. I can understand the impact of this incident on Pei Yuanhao.
What's worse is that the situation in Linfen City is afraid of becoming chaotic.
Sure enough, something happened just after dawn the next day.
As soon as I got up, I heard outside saying that some ordinary people in the city gathered at the gate of the city again.
I hurried out and asked the guard who came to report the message: "How could this happen? Didn't the Queen persuade them before?"
Kou'er said: "I heard that it was early in the morning, the enemy was shouting outside the city, saying that as long as the emperor abdicates and opens Linfen City, they will not attack again. Otherwise, they will massacre the city within three days!"
"What?!"
I just feel my eyes are a little black.
Another massacre of the city?
It was like a nightmare in Yangzhou reappearing, but this time the difference was that I was in the city.
Chapter completed!