Jiaohua

Chapter 1498 She is playing dirty tricks on me!

Song Zhiyi has become more and more talkative in the past few months, and he likes to talk to the young and beautiful concubines about past events.

However, he had never mentioned the Duke Dingguo's Mansion before. Today was the first time he did so, and he also mentioned Yan Qinglin.

Song Zhiyi walked and talked while holding the concubine's hand and stepped onto the corridor.

Tian Cheng was still kneeling on the ground. He listened to their voices fading away before he let out a long sigh.

"Eunuch Tian." A young eunuch came over and helped Tian Cheng up.

Tian Cheng's legs were numb. He looked at Song Zhiyi's back and whispered, "The emperor's thoughts are becoming more and more unpredictable."

The young eunuch said, "Do you want to talk about what the emperor said about Madam Yan..."

"What do you think?" Tian Cheng said, "Of course we have to let Madam Yan know. We have to tell her every word! Go to the city and tell Lord Tian now!"

The young eunuch muttered: "Mrs. Yan's name only has three characters, how can we mention this half character..."

Tian Cheng knocked him on the forehead: "You say another word of nonsense?"

The young eunuch touched his head and said, "No more talking, I'll go right away!"

Song Zhiyi held the concubine's hand and walked very slowly. Five steps behind them followed a large group of eunuchs, palace maids, and imperial guards.

Song Zhiyi spoke slowly and recounted the past events one by one. After walking down the corridor, he stopped under a laurel tree and said with emotion: "My beloved, look at you. You are already twenty years old, while Ah Li is only a few years old, and she can already lead troops."

The concubine smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, you should think like this, fortunately there is only one A Li in the world."

Song Zhiyi laughed and tapped the concubine's nose with his finger: "I like your cleverness! What if there are two of us?"

"Then grab one and use it for your majesty."

"No, no, no," Song Zhiyi said, "If she could snatch it away, she wouldn't be Ah Li anymore. She doesn't submit to anyone. She's very arrogant and proud, and she has a lot of ideas in her head."

Although he had never met her face to face, Song Zhiyi knew this opponent's temperament too well.

Thinking of this, Song Zhiyi gently patted the back of the concubine's hand and said lovingly: "My beloved concubine is right. Fortunately, there is only one Ah Li in this world."

As he was speaking, another eunuch came running in from outside. He was very panicked. He tripped over the gravel in the garden while running. He cried out "Ouch" and fell heavily.

Song Zhiyi and the concubine looked over. Song Zhiyi frowned unhappily and watched the eunuch get up and run towards him.

The eunuch's expression was even more nervous than when Tian Cheng came just now, which made Song Zhiyi very annoyed.

Is there no good news?

The eunuch came to him in a panic and knelt down, "Your Majesty! There is a letter from the palace! Someone rode a horse to the palace gate, suddenly dropped a bundle and a letter and ran away! Inside the bundle was a corpse."

"Corpse?!" The concubine covered her lips with her hands and exclaimed in a low voice.

"Where's the letter?" Song Zhiyi shouted.

The eunuch staggered to his feet and handed over the letter with shaking hands: "The man came on horseback, and his horse was very good and very fast! He threw the bones away and left immediately, without giving others any time to react. The palace guards didn't know who the bones belonged to, so this letter has been opened."

After saying that, the eunuch hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, but I don't know anything. I don't know the contents of this letter at all!"

Song Zhiyi took the letter, looked at him coldly, then lowered his head and took out the letter from the envelope.

The concubine standing by was full of curiosity, but she also knew what she should look at and what she shouldn't look at, so she turned her eyes away immediately.

The letter contained only a few lines. Song Zhiyi quickly read through it, crumpled it up, and flew into a rage: "Ali, you are going too far!"

When he got angry, everyone knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, may you be safe! Your Majesty, may you calm down!" Song Zhiyi could no longer suppress the anger in his chest.

What happened in Jinle Town was already a humiliation, but after learning the news, he could do nothing except sending a large number of troops to Jinle Town as soon as possible.

Even though he had ordered a blockade and control of the entire western region, he was aware of the time difference and huge information gap in between.

Moreover, the other side not only possessed first-class sophisticated equipment, but they were also the Xia family army. The difference in combat experience and the military quality of individual soldiers that was far superior to that of other armies alone made him realize that he was bound to suffer a loss this time.

So, when the news of Zhu's army's annihilation came, Song Zhiyi was angry, but it was also expected.

He was even somewhat thankful that the one in trouble was Zhu's army, an army he had never taken seriously.

But this letter destroyed the calmness that Song Zhiyi had been trying hard to maintain in the past few days.

Tian Chengcai walked over, touching his sore knees, and saw Song Zhiyi in a rage.

His eyes fell on the letter in Song Zhiyi's hand, wondering what was on it.

"Someone come here!" Song Zhiyi looked up and shouted.

Several imperial guards immediately stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty!"

"Quickly summon Tian Wu, Sun Ziyi, Mu Hengxiong, and Wen Chan to the palace!"

"Yes!"

"Also," Song Zhiyi frowned, "Chuan Yan..."

He didn't say anything else, but waved his hand: "Forget it! Go quickly!"

"Yes!"

He didn't finish his words, but when he said the word "Yan", everyone present knew who he was referring to.

Tian Cheng sighed, thought about it, then turned and left.

Fortunately, Lord Tian was also summoned this time, so there is no need to send someone to deliver the message right away.

An hour later, all the gates of Yong'an were closed and the city was under martial law. No one was allowed to walk on the streets and no shops were allowed to open. Two teams of 5,000 guards from the capital each entered the city and began searching every house.

Yong'an is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, but the sharp decline in population has also provided a very convenient environment for management.

Now, every household has a newly created household register, which is very easy to compare. Anyone who is not on the register will be arrested.

The same thing happened to the outsiders in the inn; all of them were taken away one by one.

In the palace, Song Zhiyi stood with his hands behind his back in front of the window of Shuning Hall. The floor was a mess, as he had thrown books from the desk to the ground.

Ministers such as Mu Hengxiong, Sun Ziyi, and Tian Wu also knelt on the ground.

After a long silence, Song Zhiyi frowned and said, "What are you kneeling for? Get up, everyone!"

These ministers were all young, between twenty-five and thirty-five years old.

I don’t kneel very often, so my knees are very flexible and I can stand up easily.

"This is too much!" Song Zhiyi muttered, turning around and walking back to the desk, "I would rather she fight me head-on. It's okay if I lose, I won't be so angry!! But, she played dirty tricks, she brought people to my Daping, and she also attacked my southwest defense line! She, she even threw the corpse in front of my palace gate! This is my palace, under the feet of the emperor!!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and all the ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty, calm down!"