Zuo Jinwei led twenty thousand soldiers of the Brave Tiger Army, and brought along the family members of those surrendered ministers of Great Yan who were rescued and brought back to the capital city in a grandiose manner. Throughout the journey, he was in high spirits, as he kept his eyes fixed on the coach of 'Pang Xiao', fearing that the cunning fellow would run away halfway.
However, "Pang Xiao" was well-behaved. Perhaps because he was seriously ill, he didn't get out of the carriage. Only a young lieutenant followed him. The person who served the medicine was a seven or eight year old girl that the Tiger Army had just rescued from the mountains.
Zuo Jinwei once asked the little girl to come closer and ask her questions. Who knew that the little girl was mute and could only look at people timidly. She had the silly air of a simple mountain person. Zuo Jinwei had no interest in interrogating such a child.
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At the same time, in the capital, the Emperor of Zhou, Li Qitian, read the second secret report from Zuo Jinwei. He almost couldn't suppress his anger.
He threw the report on the table and picked up the white porcelain teacup on his left hand. However, his trembling hand shook the lid of the teacup and almost spilled the tea.
Li Qitian angrily threw the teacup on the ground again. "Who made the tea! It's so hot, how can I eat it! "
"Your Majesty, please forgive us!" The palace maid on the side immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
In fact, everyone knew that the tea couldn't have been hot.
They served Your Majesty, so naturally, they had to take care of these trivial matters. The tea should be 60% or 70% hot, just right for the mouth.
Your Majesty is like this because he encountered something unpleasant and took out his anger.
The Head Eunuch Li Guanwen immediately came forward and bowed. "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's this servant's negligence." He turned around and glared at the palace maid. "Get out and receive your punishment!"
The palace maid was immediately scared out of her wits and almost fell to the ground.
For her, this was simply a bolt from the blue, an unexpected disaster! But how could the palace maid dare to have other thoughts? If she said too much, she might even lose her life to receive the punishment.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal." Li Qitian calmed down and sighed. "You can all leave. Li Guanwen, stay."
"Yes, thank you for Your Majesty's kindness!" The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed three times in a row with tears of gratitude. Only then did she leave respectfully.
The eunuchs and maids who served in the imperial study were all Li Qitian's trusted aides. His personal space must be guarded by people he trusted. Otherwise, even if he was in his own territory, he would not be able to completely relax. What he did today was also a way to win over people's hearts.
Li Qitian was used to giving a sweet date after giving a slap. Li Guanwen had already figured out His Majesty's temperament and was already used to it.
When the others left in a line and only Li Qitian and Li Guanwen were left in the imperial study, Li Qitian said, "Do you know the contents of the memorial?"
Li Guanwen smiled and brought Li Qitian a new cup of tea. He said with a smile, "Your Majesty is asking. This servant only knows to serve Your Majesty all day long. How could I know what's going on outside? If Your Majesty wants this servant to know, then this servant will naturally know. "
Li Qitian threw the memorial to Li Guanwen and said, "You old fox, take a look."
Li Guanwen hurriedly picked up the memorial with both hands and read it carefully. Then, he turned pale with fright and said, "This Prince Zhongshun … could it be that he wants to rebel?!"
"Hmph, none of these people are willing to let me be at ease! They all think that I'm a soft persimmon that's easy to bully. The commander's seal of the Tiger Army has already been handed over to me, yet he still dares to act like this! "
Li Guanwen hurriedly bowed and didn't dare to say anything more.
It wasn't until he was sure that Your Majesty's anger had subsided a little that he said, "It seems that Prince Zhongshun is sincere to the young lady of the Family Qin. Prince Zhongshun was so anxious that he didn't even care about Your Majesty's order. He just led his men and horses to rescue them. It seems that since ancient times, heroes have a weakness for the charms of beautiful women. This is true. "
Listening to the eunuch's analysis of 'heroes have a weakness for the charms of beautiful women' in front of him, Li Qitian couldn't help but laugh. "A eunuch like you knows a lot."
Li Guanwen smiled shyly and changed the topic, "Your Majesty, the Tiger Army is now stationed outside the city. It's really too dangerous. You should also make preparations early. "
Li Qitian pondered for a moment. His usually amiable face revealed an amiable smile, "Where is Ji Lan right now?"
"Replying to Your Majesty, Marquis Dingbei is still kneeling outside, reflecting on his actions. He has been kneeling for a day and a night. "
Li Qitian sighed and said, "Although he acted rashly this time and caused a big mess for me, Ji Lan is still sincere to me. He even knew to rush back to the capital to apologize to me. Tell him to stop kneeling and come in to see me."
"Yes. This servant will go right away. "
Li Guanwen bowed and retreated. When he arrived outside the imperial study, he helped Ji Zeyu up from his kneeling position. He first ordered a small eunuch to massage Ji Zeyu's legs and apply ointment to his bruised knees. Only then did he respectfully say, "Marquis, Your Majesty invites you in to talk."
Ji Zeyu inwardly sighed in relief. With a cold expression, he said "thank you" to Li Guanwen before entering the imperial study.
Li Guanwen originally wanted to go in to serve, but Your Majesty didn't allow anyone to serve from the side. Thus, they didn't know what Your Majesty and Ji Zeyu were talking about.
At this time, Pang Xiao, who had secretly returned to Prince Zhongshun's residence, had already learned that Ji Zeyu had also returned to the capital to apologize to the Emperor.
Pang Xiao furrowed his brows and didn't say a word for a long time.
Huzi said, "Wang Ye, you really took too much of a risk this time. Even if it was for Fourth Young Lady, you can't … Although you rushed back now. That doesn't mean that Your Majesty doesn't know anything. Since Your Majesty knows everything, he will definitely take the opportunity to give you a big blow. What will you do when the time comes? "
How could Pang Xiao not understand this logic?
It was just that when he had a strong desire to do something, the consequences were no longer important. At least now he could be sure that Qin Yining was still alive and not a corpse like he had been seeing in his nightmares these days.
Pang Xiao wasn't afraid of anything except for Qin Yining being wronged and hurt. But this time, he didn't consider everything.
Pang Xiao didn't expect that Ji Zeyu would be so impulsive as to go against the imperial edict and bring people to kill him.
But when he thought about it carefully, Pang Xiao felt bitter.
Was Ji Zeyu's action really just to help him take revenge?
From his understanding of Ji Zeyu, he knew that Ji Zeyu was scheming and smart. He was comparable to Your Majesty. As the commander-in-chief of the Dragon Legion, he dominated the north and suppressed the Tatan. How could such a brave and smart person do something so impulsive?
Pang Xiao didn't need to think carefully to know that Ji Zeyu was killing two birds with one stone.
But he didn't want to use his darkest thoughts to figure out his brother.
Pang Xiao didn't care about the rumors outside. After talking to his mother, grandfather, and grandmother, he continued to pretend to be sick.
The Brave Tiger Army finally arrived at the capital after a long and arduous journey in the snow.
When Li Qitian heard that Zuo Jinwei had brought people back, he immediately ordered the five battalions, the God Machine Battalion, and the three thousand battalions, as well as Ji Zeyu's ten thousand Dragon Legion soldiers to block the twenty thousand Tiger Legion soldiers outside the city gates.
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