When Yang Ning received the news that Zhengyang County had been lost and the Taiping Army was approaching the capital, the prince Wu Jing also received this brief in the palace. He was in a daze and sat in the empty hall, looking at the place under the steps where civil servants and military generals were supposed to be full of civil and military officials, but now there are only the Minister of War Zhou Tai and a few small officials who could not even call their names.

"Mr. Xu has been loyal to the country. Is Dayue really over?" He murmured.

With a loud bang, Zhou Tai knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, as long as your Highness is still there, Dayue will not die. You must not lose your confidence!"

Wu Jing sighed: "I understand the loyalty of the Qing family. But now, even the Daluo Jinxian is unable to turn the world back. Zhang Zuoxiang, why didn't he enter the court today?"

"Your Highness, Zhang Zuoxiang is probably unreliable." Zhou Tai said gritting his teeth.

"What did you say? Zhang Zuoxiang, what's wrong with him?" Wu Jing was shocked.

Zhou Tai said: "Your Highness, just when I entered the court and met you, your highness, almost all the court officials went to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion. In their eyes, there is Your Highness? I suspect that Zhang Ning wanted to make a mistake?"

"I have any plans, what else can I do now?" Wu Jing smiled bitterly: "Or he just doesn't want to worry me, gather the ministers to discuss how to resolve the crisis in front of me, right?"

"Your Highness." Zhou Tai stood up and said sternly: "You can be the biggest goal he planned. Now that you are about to be in full swing, those are planning for your own selfish interests. If Zhang Ning is not planning badly, as long as he takes you and dedicates you to Qin Feng, wouldn't he be able to be rich and prosperous?"

Wu Jinghuo stood up and sat down with a loud voice: "How is it possible? This is impossible. My Wu treats him, Zhang Ning, well. How could he be so ungrateful?"

"Your Majesty, husband and wife are birds in the same forest. When the disaster comes, they still have to fly their own lives, let alone anything else? Zhang Ning is not a loyal and righteous person. The current situation of Dayue is not good. It is not impossible for him to betray Your Highness you in exchange for his own interests." Zhou Tai continued.

Wu Jing's face was gloomy: "How is this good? Now the last armed forces in Yuejing City are basically in the hands of Zhang Ning and his son. If he really wants to plot against the wrong things, how should he deal with it? The imperial guards are only a thousand, how can they be their opponent."

"Your Highness, you would rather believe that you have it than not. You should first act as a strong person, and then you will suffer." Zhou Tai blushed and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, you summoned Zhang Ning into the palace on the pretext of discussing the immediate crisis. I think he must be not ready yet, and he will definitely enter the palace by the order. As long as he enters the palace, he will take him down in one fell swoop, and then summon his son Zhang Jian into the palace in his name and take it down together."

"All the city gate army and other troops will be in chaos?"

"No." Zhou Tai shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten Jian Fang? The county general who fought against Luo Yishui with Mrs. Xiao in Longyou County is now the deputy general of the City Gate Army, and he has more than a thousand powerful soldiers he brought back from Longyou. He has fought a big battle. As long as Jian is in his hand, he can use his reputation to suppress the City Gate Army and ensure that this City Gate Army is still under your control. Your Highness, only by firmly controlling the army in your hands can you ensure your safety. At present, you cannot rely on anyone else."

Wu Jing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Even so, what can we do? How can we defend Yuejing City?"

Zhou Tai knelt down again: "Your Highness, I have a saying, don't you know whether you should speak or not?"

Wu Jing waved his hand and said helplessly: "At this point, what else can you say or not? Say it."

"Your Highness, Yuejing City will definitely not be able to defend it, but as long as you are still here, as long as you control the last army, as long as you still have the mountains of gold, silver and jewelry in the national treasury, you will not worry about not having a chance to make a comeback." Zhou Tai said.

"You, are you saying that you want me to abandon the Wu Cang City?" Wu Jing said in shock: "Did you want me to abandon all the Wu Clan Temple?"

"Your Highness, if you are gone, will the Wu Clan Ancestral Temple be preserved? As long as you are still there, all the Wu Clan Ancestral Temples will be there, and the Wu Clan Ancestrals will only be relieved if they are in the nine springs."

"Where can we go? The world is so big, can there be a place to accommodate us?" Wu Jing was a little moved.

"Your Highness, did you forget what did Emperor Li Qing build this Yuejing city thousands of years ago? It was to suppress, block, and absorb the barbarian tribes in the mountains. Over the past thousand years, most of the barbarian tribes in the mountains have been assimilated into our Dayue people. However, in the depths of the mountains, there are still many barbarian tribes who refuse to go down the mountain and stick to their own traditions. These barbarian tribes have been lingering in the mountains for thousands of years, and they still have cigarettes. Although they live as if they are not as nourished by us, they are also free. These people, even the heroic Emperor Li Qing, who was extremely heroic, could not destroy them, let alone the Taiping Army, let alone the unscathed Qin Feng." Zhou Tai said in a affirmative tone.

Wu Jing's eyes gradually lit up, "Zhou Qing family, what do you say so well? Why can Qin Feng do what even Emperor Li Qing cannot do? There is still a lot of wealth in the treasury. Take them into the mountains. We can use this wealth to buy it, absorb the barbarians in the mountains, re-establish the army, find the right time, fight out again, and repeat my great trajectory."

"Yes, Your Highness, as long as we lie on firewood and taste gall, we will eventually have another day to return to Dayue. Your Majesty, time is tight now, kill Zhang Ning, seize military power, and then abandon the city and enter the mountains. It will not be delayed for a moment. Once the Taiping Army is at the city, we will not be able to leave even if we want to!"

Wu Jing took a long breath and turned to look at Eunuch Le beside him: "Eunuch Le, please arrange it. There must be masters around Zhang Ning. At that time, let Liang Yidao and Yang Yijian cooperate with you. Be sure to take it down with lightning speed, and there must be no sound of the wind. Do you know?"

"I understand, Your Highness, Zhang Ning is not familiar with martial arts and has few masters around him. Moreover, if he comes to court, he can still bring these guards with him. At that time, he will definitely be able to capture it." Eunuch Le bowed and looked at the eyes on the ground, but there was a strange light.

"Okay, very good." A trace of cruelty flashed in Wu Jing's eyes, "No matter whether Zhang Ning and his son are loyal to me or not, it is true that the Zhou Qing family said now. Only when the army is in their own hands can people feel most at ease. Zhou Qing family, that Jian Fang, can you convince him to serve me?"

"Your Highness is relieved. Just look at Jian's performance in Longyou City, you can see that he is extremely loyal to Da Rui. Moreover, he is close to Xiao's family now, and with the influence of Xiao, he will definitely do his best to serve Your Highness. I will go to Xiao's mansion and let them tell Jian Fang that the effect will be better." Zhou Tai said excitedly.

"Okay, if everything is successful, Zhou Qing's family will think that they will be the first hero of the Great Yue Revival." Wu Jing said: "Eunuch Le, you will send someone to Zhang Ning's mansion to pass the order immediately. No, if you go in person, and send someone else, it will be easy to expose your strength."

"Yes, your highness, don't worry, I will definitely do it properly." Eunuch Le bent over and slowly retreated from the hall.

In the backyard of the palace, in an inconspicuous side room, there is the usual residence of Eunuch Le. Next to him, it was originally Eunuch Xi’s house and the two eunuchs in the Dayue Court. Now one has died in the battlefield, while the other has been to join others.

Yinggu sat cross-legged on the bed, embroidering things one by one. It was prepared by her for Xiao Wen and Xiaowu. As the midsummer was approaching, the two little guys needed some cool clothes. Min Ruoxi loved her children, but these girls could not do it. They were usually prepared by Yinggu.

Huo Guang was sitting at the table, grinding his knife one by one, watching him grinding very hard, but no sound came out. Eunuch Le was also used to the way they were doing, and just repeated the discussion between the prince Wu Jing and the Minister of War Zhou Tai in the hall just now.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinggu stopped embroidery and Huo Guang was not sharpening the knife. Both of them raised their heads at the same time.

"I have to say that Zhou Tai's idea is still very feasible." Ying Gu nodded slightly.

"Yes, if they really control the army in Yuejing City and escape into the mountains, it will really cause great trouble to the Taiping Army in the future. Zhou Tai said one thing correctly. Qin Feng would not be able to do what Li Qing did a thousand years ago. Fortunately, Zhang Ning has defected to us, and of course, you, Eunuch Le. With these as a prelude to them, no matter how cunning the plan they come up with, they can only think about it, and it will never be possible." Huo Guang continued.

Yinggu smiled and said, "Eunuch Le, just do what they said. At that time, Huo Guang and I will also be there. You can arrange it and end it all in the hall. As for how to solve the problem of the imperial guards outside, how Zhang Jian's soldiers enter the palace, and how Jian Fang handles them, you ask Zhang Ning, this person is best at conspiracy and tricks, and he will arrange it. We two, come to the palace with you this time, just act as a knife." Yinggu lowered her head again and began to embroider her flowers attentively. In her eyes, Xiaowu embroidered clothes seemed more important.

"I know." Eunuch Le nodded and bent down to leave the side room. As soon as he went out, his waist was straightened, his eyes swept left and right, and he walked away with a duck step and shook his way.
Chapter completed!