The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

"This is why I, your son, believe that during this time of crisis, we can have a chance to negotiate peace with Yangzhou!"

The emperor narrowed his eyes.

"You mean to ask me to play the victim to the rebels and win their sympathy so as to negotiate peace?"

Emperor Xinglong shook his head slightly.

"Father, it's just the situation!"

"And this time, the alien race must have learned about the rebellion within our Great Qian, and they launched a massive attack. They came here precisely because they had a clear purpose!"

As he spoke, Emperor Xinglong sighed softly.

"If the situation becomes absolutely critical, Qingfeng Village will be our main force in the fight against the Tartars!"

When Emperor Xinglong said this, the retired emperor was silent for a long time.

Then he closed his eyes slightly and sighed softly.

"You go and make arrangements for tomorrow's court meeting!"

"I'm tired!"

Emperor Xinglong was delighted when he heard this, and he quickly stood up and clasped his fists, saying,

"Thank you, Father!"

But at this moment, Xia Shouzhong, the old eunuch beside the retired emperor, suddenly hurried into the hall.

"This servant pays homage to the Emperor, to His Majesty!"

Seeing his anxious look, the retired emperor and Emperor Xinglong both had a bad feeling in their hearts.

The Emperor sat up and asked in a cold voice,

"What's the rush?"

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly bowed and reported anxiously,

"Your Majesty, urgent assistance is being sent from Nanjing, eight hundred miles away. The rebel army of Yangzhou is marching south with one hundred thousand men, heading straight for Nanjing. General Wang Ziteng is urgently requesting the imperial court to send troops to support us!"

Before the Emperor could speak, Emperor Xinglong angrily asked,

"What about the Duke of Shan? Doesn't he still have tens of thousands of troops at his disposal? Could it be that with the nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jinling City now, with a combined force of over 100,000, they still can't defend Jinling?"

Xia Shouzhong was frightened and secretly looked up at the emperor.

The Emperor said in a deep voice,

"Say!"

"Yes!"

Xia Shouzhong hurriedly said,

"Duke Shan Guo Xiang did not submit a petition. To prevent the rebels in Yangzhou from moving north along the Grand Canal and endangering the capital, he has led his troops north to Yanzhou Prefecture to guard the Grand Canal for the imperial court!"

'boom! '

The emperor slapped the table hard.

"That damn Shizhu! He's a pig!"

Xia Shouzhong shuddered all over and fell to his knees on the ground, not daring to breathe.

Emperor Xinglong was also filled with worry.

"The rebels in Qingfeng Village have powerful firearms. Now that Duke Shan has withdrawn his troops without authorization, I'm afraid Wang Ziteng and the Jinling defenders alone won't be able to hold out against Qingfeng Village for even a month!"

"Father, we must act decisively! We can't let the situation in Jiangnan deteriorate any further!"

The Emperor took a deep breath.

"Issue an order that all officials above the fifth rank in the capital attend the court meeting tomorrow!"

"And more! Immediately order the Shadow Division to confiscate the Duke of Shan's mansion, and order the Duke of Qi to take the imperial edict to Yanzhou to remove Shi Zhu from office and strip him of his title, then bring him to the capital for questioning!"

Emperor Xinglong's expression froze, and he was about to say something.

The Emperor waved his sleeves and angrily said to Xia Shouzhong,

"Go quickly!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Xia Shouzhong trembled all over, quickly got up from the ground, and retreated in a flash.

When only Emperor Xinglong and the panting Emperor Taizong were left in the palace again,

Emperor Xinglong bowed to the retired emperor and said,

"Your Majesty, calm down! Duke Shanguo is also a veteran in the army, brave and skilled in combat. He has fought countless life-and-death battles and is definitely not a coward!"

"I believe there must be some hidden reason behind his actions!"

The emperor slammed the table and said angrily,

"What a bullshit secret!"

Seeing that Emperor Xinglong was about to say something else, the retired emperor waved his hand.

"Go! Think carefully about how to confront those ministers in the court tomorrow. You don't need to worry about this matter!"

Emperor Xinglong was helpless, knowing that the Duke of Shanguo's move had completely disrupted the court's plan for Qingfeng Village.

Things that were predictable and controllable have become more complicated.

I don't know what the outcome of tomorrow's court meeting will be.

But he had no choice but to obey the order.

"My son obeys the order!"

……

As the Supreme Emperor issued his thundering decree, a group of soldiers in the capital rushed into the streets and headed straight for the Duke of Shanguo's Mansion.

As soon as they saw the uniforms of the soldiers, someone immediately recognized that they were the Shadow Division, which was as famous as the Jinyiwei of the previous dynasty.