At this juncture, being able to 'live a leisurely life' was not a blessing, but a curse!
Li Qitian looked around in despair. There were only a few spies and a few palace servants led by Xiong Jinshui left. No one else was willing to stand by him!
Song Quan, Yu Ziqiu, and the remaining elders of Beiji turned to leave. The imperial guards and guards they brought in stepped forward and said respectfully with a bit of arrogance, "Your Majesty, please move to the Yangxin Palace Hall."
Li Qitian's face was livid, "Why!"
"Your Majesty, please move." The guards were tough and did not explain much. They pushed Li Qitian and his entourage towards the Yangxin Palace Hall.
Li Qitian's face darkened. He looked left and right, trying to find a way to escape. But as far as the eye could see, all he saw were the Jingji Guards, the Jinwu Guards, and the Yu Lin Army. They were all walking freely in the palace. Often, they would escort some of the mistresses of the harem to the Yangxin Palace Hall.
At this point, what did Li Qitian not understand?
Just as he was immersed in worry and panic about the future, these remaining elders of Beiji had been disturbed by the notice of Zhou Lian. They took advantage of this time to secretly arrange for him to be a bargaining chip to surrender to the Pang Xiao! And he did not know that he was in the middle of it.
In such a big palace, he could not control his future at all? He was such a failure as an emperor!
As soon as he stepped into the Yangxin Palace Hall, he saw the Empress Dowager and the Empress walking quickly. Both of them had a sickly look on their faces. After Brother Hao went missing, the two most honorable women in the harem seemed to have gone mad. They anxiously ordered people to go out and look for him all day long, but there was no progress. They had already worn away all of their education and restraint, turning them into ordinary resentful women. This made the irritated Li Qitian even more annoyed just by looking at them.
Now that they were all caught and brought to the Yangxin Palace Hall, they had to meet even if they did not want to.
"Your Majesty! What is going on! "The Empress's voice trembled and her face was full of panic.
The Empress Dowager also said anxiously, "Those dogs of a slave really ate a bear's heart and a leopard's gall, daring to be disrespectful to me! Why don't you order your men to arrest them all?! "
When the Empress Dowager and the Empress pestered Li Qitian to talk, the rest of the concubines and concubines were also carefully observing this place. When the women talked in low voices, if they were in a good mood, it would sound like the voices of orioles and swallows. When they were in a bad mood, it would only make people more upset.
With a flick of his sleeve, Li Qitian pushed the two of them away. He turned around and looked into the hall. The sun was already setting in the west, but no one was lighting the lanterns in the hall. The setting sun was like fire, shining on the paper on the folding fan, casting shadows on the floor, making the hall even darker, making people feel depressed and desperate.
"Bang!" A muffled sound rang out, causing everyone to jump in fright. Even the sounds of chattering stopped for a moment as they looked towards the source of the sound. The door of Yangxin Palace had already been shut. Sounds of hammering could be heard from outside the door. From the shadows, they could tell that someone was using a template to seal the doors and windows shut!
"What should we do? What should we do?! "
"Your Majesty, they want to trap all of us here until we die!"
"I don't want to die. I'm only seventeen years old. I don't want to die here …"
Everyone was in a panic, and some young concubines and concubines had already hugged their heads and cried bitterly.
Li Qitian didn't answer. He clenched his hands and slowly turned around to look at the shadows on the window lattices. Wooden planks were nailed to the doors and windows, sealing all the window lattices that were pasted with paper.
These Northern Ji elders had made up their minds to rebel and trap him and his concubines here! What these people wanted to do next could be guessed without thinking carefully!
Now that he was in such a predicament, where were the Li family's relatives?
Where were the relatives who usually acted like a tyrant just because he was the Emperor? Perhaps they had already shrunk their necks and fled, or they had already stood in Pang Xiao's camp, wishing that he, the Emperor, would disappear as soon as possible!
This was the fickleness of the world and the fickleness of human nature.
The Empress Dowager finally pulled herself out of her anger. Hearing the commotion outside, she pulled Li Qitian's hand with a pale face. "Son, what should we do? They're rebelling!"
Li Qitian was exceptionally calm. He turned around and looked at the people in the room.
"Are you all afraid?"
As soon as he spoke, the hall fell silent. Even the sobbing was forcibly suppressed.
Li Qitian's footsteps were heavy, as if they were made of gold. Step by step, he walked towards the pile of rouge and powder and smiled, "Usually, when you see me, you try your best to flatter me, competing with me in beauty, using all kinds of methods. Why don't you care about your appearance today? Look at you, the powder on your face is all smudged from crying. Just looking at you makes me sick. And you, did I make you sick of looking at me? "
He pushed away two imperial concubines in disgust. The two imperial concubines fell to the ground, sobbing in despair.
Li Qitian said, "You should have understood when you entered the palace that accompanying the Emperor has always been bound together for good or ill. Could it be that from the beginning, you only wanted the wealth and honor that I brought you, and didn't want to share my trials and tribulations?"
"Chenqie doesn't dare." One imperial concubine hurriedly bowed.
The other imperial concubines reacted and also bowed, showing their loyalty.
Li Qitian didn't change his expression at all.
At this time, he only felt that it was boring. Everything was boring!
The Empress looked at Li Qitian's back, and then turned to look at the wooden planks nailed to the window outside the hall. Her heart was miserable, but she also secretly felt relieved.
Fortunately, she had arranged Hao ge 'er's future. Otherwise, if Aiko were to be locked up with her and suffer with her, how could her heart bear it?
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"How is the situation in the city?"
Outside the continuous camp, Pang Xiao looked at the Jing City gates not far away with her hands behind her back. She asked Huzi in a low voice.
Huzi said, "Yesterday, we sent out paper kites. The news must have spread everywhere in the city. But yesterday, the city gates were not open, so our people couldn't send out the news. We also didn't send out the carrier pigeons. It's probably because the other side is very strict and the carrier pigeons are too conspicuous. It seems that wang fei's method is very useful."
"Yes." Pang Xiao thought of the words that Qin Yining had said in his ear, "Maybe we can win without fighting." She couldn't help but smile. Qin Yining was the softest place in his heart. Seeing her like a female Zhuge, he would feel heartfelt pride and joy.
"Wang Ye. Look! "
At this time, the north city gates in the distance suddenly opened a crack. The crack grew larger until the city gates were completely open.
Because the city gates on the other side had always been closed and no one was allowed to enter, the sudden opening of the gates was particularly eye-catching and attracted everyone's attention.
Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan were teaching Zhao ge 'er and Han ge' er to play chess in the tent when they heard the discussion outside.
"Today, the north city gates were actually opened. I don't know if the other city gates are the same. Could it be that the Emperor has learned to use the empty city strategy? "
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