After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Liu Luyan stared at him intently, his heart in his throat. He didn't dare to look at Qin Zehai because he knew his temper. Once Qin Zehai looked at him with an extremely oppressive look, he would immediately become timid.

"Your Highness, the people of Northern Wei are not fools. How could they hide 50,000 people in Liangcheng?"

"Secondly, the enemy doesn't know that we have a backup plan. As long as they enter the city, we will make sure they never return. Isn't this a surprise attack?"

This is clearly against Qin Zehai.

Qin Zehai's eyebrows were twisted into a "川" shape. He was puzzled. After not seeing each other for a few days, how could Liu Luyan dare to talk back to him?

His anger was rising, and his tone was full of sarcasm: "Lieutenant General Liu, I've been away for three days, and I'm impressed by you."

Liu Luyan clenched his hands into fists on his knees, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

The atmosphere became tense, and Staff Officer Lin hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Your Highness, Lieutenant General Liu has fought many battles with General Xiao, so he must have more experience than us..."

"Staff Officer Lin!" Qin Zehai shouted angrily, his eyes wide open, "Are you questioning my decision too?"

Staff Officer Lin was so frightened that he shrank his neck like a quail, not daring to fart.

The three people finally understood that Qin Zehai had called them there to discuss things. He had already made a decision and informed them, and no one was allowed to object. Whoever followed such an arbitrary master would be in trouble.

With the previous experience of Staff Officer Lin, Staff Officer Li did not dare to say anything. No matter what Qin Zehai said, he nodded.

In the end, no one dared to say anything. Qin Zehai was satisfied and was about to let them leave when a letter came from Shengjing.

Liu Luyan's butt was already off the stool, but when he heard the report, he slowly sat back down.

Qin Zehai did not hide it from them and asked the guards to read the letter on the spot.

After listening to this, the four people each had their own thoughts.

The emperor meant for Qin Zehai to send troops immediately to stop the Northern Wei and never let them capture Qingshan City.

While observing Qin Zehai's expression, Liu Luyan looked at the two staff officers Lin and Li.

Qin Zehai sneered, "When a general is away from home, he may not obey military orders."

After these words were spoken, the three people shuddered.

Qin Zehai said passionately: "Write a letter to my brother and tell him that I have my own plan. Let him believe me! I will definitely help him win back this vast country!"

The guard's hands were shaking like a sieve as he held the letter. He dared not write such treasonous words.

Seeing that the guards didn't move, Qin Zehai got angry again, "Go! What are you still standing there for!"

Liu Luyan couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to persuade him, but the guard couldn't stand the pressure and ran away.

The three of them sighed. Even if Qin Zehai disobeyed the order, no one dared to say anything.

Late August.

The emperor received a special letter. The envelope of this letter was not the one usually used by spies to communicate with him. Normally, it was impossible for an ordinary letter to be delivered to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, so this letter must be of great significance.

The eunuch who delivered the letter told him that the letter was sent by someone from the Xiao Mansion. The emperor thought of General Xiao first, but then he changed his mind and realized that he had a special secret seal to communicate with General Xiao, which was not on the letter.

Li Zhongquan took it and checked it carefully to make sure there was nothing strange on the surface before presenting it to the emperor.

The emperor opened the letter out of curiosity and was shocked when he read the first line - the letter was written by Xiao Jianting.

Xiao Jianting was still alive! He knew that Qin Zehai was planning a rebellion, so he wrote a letter to tell him so that he could prepare early.

But Xiao Jianting was detained by Qin Zehai, how did he get the letter out? Could it be that someone inside had formed an alliance with him?

The emperor didn't have time to think about it and read the letter word by word.

Xiao Jianting actually didn't know much. He only knew that Qin Zehai and the Northern Wei people had joined forces to usurp the throne. But this letter at least let him know that Xiao Jianting was still alive, which was already great news.

Xiao Jianting also said in the letter that he was lurking beside Qin Zehai and would report any new information back to Beijing at any time.

The emperor was still worried. Xiao Jianting was still alive because he was still valuable. Once Qin Zehai's evil ambitions were fully exposed, Xiao Jianting would be in danger.

Li Zhongquan didn't know what was said in the letter. Seeing the emperor's face changing from happy to sad, his heart ached.

At this time, a letter was delivered.

The eunuch who delivered the letter presented the letter directly to the emperor, indicating that the letter was very important and that the writer must be someone the emperor knew.

As soon as the emperor saw the secret seal on the envelope, he knew it was a letter from Qin Zehai.

He pressed his eyebrows, unfolded the letter with a sad face, read it roughly, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"puff--"

"Your Majesty!" Li Zhongquan screamed in surprise and quickly ordered the eunuch who delivered the letter to call for help.

The emperor still held the letter tightly in his hand, his knuckles were white and his face looked grim.

Although most of the letter was stained with blood, Li Zhongquan took a glance at it and accurately captured the key information - the general is not subject to military orders when he is away from the battlefield.

Li Zhongquan sighed heavily. Qin Zehai was too arrogant.

A large number of imperial physicians once again poured into the Yangxin Palace, and almost all the staff of the Imperial Medical Bureau were transferred there.

As soon as Concubine Ning received the news, she rushed over without stopping. However, as the place was heavily guarded, she could not get in and could only pace around in the outer corridor anxiously.

A quarter of an hour later, many more concubines rushed over, but were also unable to enter.

Several people gathered together, some sighed, some prayed.

Yupin muttered unintentionally, "The emperor has fallen ill for the second time, but he still won't see the queen. Even Concubine Ning cares more about her than the queen. What kind of nonsense is this?"

Yupin had just entered the palace and was very young, so she didn't understand the ways of the world, so she just said whatever she wanted. After hearing what she said, the faces of the elderly people around her who had been in the palace for a long time changed, and no one dared to respond.

With just one sentence, Yupin offended the two empresses. Not only did she say that the empress did not care about the emperor, she also belittled Concubine Ning. All the concubines in the palaces were the emperor's women, and they should all be cared for. It stands to reason that those with higher positions should pay more attention, and those with lower positions should not surpass those with higher positions.

If he accepted her words, he would either offend the Queen or make Concubine Ning unhappy, and no one wanted to have a feud with these two.

As soon as Yu Pin finished speaking, everyone fell silent and stared at her, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

Concubine Xin couldn't stand it anymore and came out to smooth things over, "Prince Qing has been sick for a while, and the Empress is busy taking care of him, so it's normal that she can't spare the time."

Yupin still didn't understand that Concubine Xin was trying to give her a way out, so she retorted, "Prince Qing is ill and has the imperial physician and palace maids to take care of him. How could the Empress be so busy that she doesn't even have time to see the Emperor?"

Xin Jieyu: ...

The other concubines rolled their eyes, hoping that this idiot would not drag them into this trouble.