"Don't talk nonsense. My cousin's third uncle was the palace gatekeeper. He never saw anyone go into the palace to report this to the emperor. Some people said that Shen Linzhou was afraid of death and didn't care about the life and death of Marquis Xuanping after he escaped. He just hid himself."

"Is this true? This is so ungrateful! It was thanks to Marquis Xuanping that he risked his life to help him escape."

"There is no smoke without fire. If he hadn't hidden himself, why didn't he return to the capital? Now that the news has spread everywhere, it shows that Shen Linzhou has been on the run for some time."

"Bah, what a heartless person."

"..."

Emperor Chengde had naturally heard about what even the people of the capital knew. His face was frighteningly dark during the morning court session, and all the civil and military officials were silent as a mouse, not daring to breathe.

Take the initiative to volunteer to suppress the bandits...

Even the life and death of Marquis Xuanping is uncertain, who can guarantee that these bandits can be captured in one fell swoop?

There were less than a thousand people in total. It was originally thought that Marquis Xuanping would be more than enough with a thousand people, but who could have thought that he would fail.

Now that a hundred people have been captured, that group of people must have stepped up their vigilance. Even if they bring more people, they will be in a passive position with Marquis Xuanping and a hundred soldiers in their hands, and they are afraid of suffering heavy losses.

Emperor Chengde had selfish motives, and he would not sacrifice more people just to save Marquis Xuanping.

Do you still care about the safety of the capital?

But we can't really ignore Marquis Xuanping, as doing so would discourage the military generals.

What’s even more hateful is that now half of the capital city knows about this. Qianfeng Mountain is not far from the capital city, and the mountain bandits are now rampant, and the people are also in panic.

Emperor Chengde felt both disgust and hatred towards Shen Linzhou.

Since he escaped, he should have returned to Beijing as soon as possible to deliver the news, so that the news would not spread all over the capital.

If he, as the emperor, could not rescue Marquis Xuanping and send people to eliminate the bandits, his image in the hearts of the people would collapse.

This bastard actually hid himself.

Behind the pearl curtain, Queen Mother Qin looked at the back of Emperor Chengde's head, her eyes rolling up to the sky.

Even though she couldn't see his face, she could more or less guess what the emperor was hesitating about in his silence.

"Let Annanbo lead the troops."

The empress dowager's majestic voice sounded from behind the pearl curtain. When Emperor Chengde heard this, his brows subconsciously frowned.

This old witch is always thinking about letting her people make achievements.

It would be great if Fang Shili could die on Qianfeng Mountain, but I'm afraid that if he returns with the credit, I won't be able to stop the Queen Mother from rewarding him.

The emperor's face turned slightly cold, and he said, "Annanbo is the commander of the nine cities' troops. The safety of the people in the capital depends on him. How can he leave the capital so easily?"

Now that everyone knows that Marquis Xuanping has been captured, he has to send out his troops even if he is reluctant. Otherwise, he will lose the support of the people and the Queen Mother will take advantage of him.

Since we are going to send troops, we cannot use the Queen Mother's men.

"Who does the emperor think is suitable?" the empress dowager asked in a deep voice, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her voice.

Emperor Chengde's gaze swept across the civil and military officials standing in the hall one by one, and finally fell on the Duke of Protector of the Country.

"Duke Protector of the Country!"

The Duke of the Protectorate stood out from the queue, saluted and said, "I am your humble servant."

"I order you to lead 5,000 soldiers to Qianfeng Mountain. Are you sure you can wipe out the bandits and rescue Marquis Xuanping?"

"I will definitely fulfill my mission." The Duke of Protector of the Country replied.

The Queen Mother's sharp gaze was cast upon the Duke of Protectorate from behind the pearl curtain, carrying with it a heavy pressure.

After a long while, she finally said quietly, "Those bandits are vicious and cunning. To prevent the Duke of Huguo from repeating the mistakes of the Marquis of Xuanping, it is better to have more people to assist him. Prime Minister Qin..."

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