Mrs. Leisurely

Chapter 40
"Zhong Liyu, have you considered it?" Yang Qi said impatiently.

"If you want me to die, you have to wait for me to explain the funeral, right? Three days later, I will exchange my life for them." Zhong Liyu said in a deep voice. Even if he died, Xiyuan could not let Xiyuan defeat Dongling. Arrange everything within the day.

"Three days? No, if you don't die now, I'll have someone send them back to the west immediately." Yang Qi was not stupid, and firmly disagreed with the extension.

"In this case, let's fight to the death today. After I send you all to see the King of Hades, I will kill myself and go to Huangquan Road to plead guilty to these common people." Zhong Liyu said lightly.If you can't keep Dongling, the people of Dongling will not have a good life, so what's the point of exchanging your own life for them?
"You...Okay, I promise you, three days later, I will exchange your life for the lives of tens of thousands of people. I hope you don't play any tricks, or I will send them to see the King of Hades immediately." Yang Qi knew that if he did not give in, He will definitely fall into a deadly battle, and he may not get any benefits at that time, so it is better to agree to his conditions. Presumably, he will not be able to come up with anything in three days.

"Retreat." Zhong Liyu waved his hand and gave an order.

"My lord..." the soldiers said, obviously they couldn't accept Zhong Liyu giving up this war just like that.

"What is our duty?" Zhong Liyu asked in a deep voice.

"Defend the country." The soldiers answered in unison.

"Do you want to protect the people of Tangling?"

"want."

"Then what else do you have to say? Are you still not retreating?"

"Yes, my lord." The soldiers had no choice but to obey the order and withdraw.At this moment, they were very worried, worried that Zhong Liyu would really exchange his life for those people.

On this day, when Zhong Liyu returned to the General Military Mansion in Ningcheng, he was locked in the study and did not come out in the evening.

"My lord, it's time for dinner." Lihun's voice sounded outside the door.

"Bring it in." Zhong Liyu responded softly.

"My lord, are you really going to exchange your life for those people in three days?" Li Hun was also very worried these days, for fear that Zhong Liyu would really do this.

"Can you rescue those people?" Zhong Liyu looked up at him.

"I..." Lihun was at a loss for words for a moment, and told him to fight with others. Ten or eight experts may not be able to beat him, but there are tens of thousands of people, even if they are rescued, they cannot be taken away. ?
"There is no other way now, isn't there?" Zhong Liyu said helplessly, if he could, of course he would not want to die, he just married the woman he loves, and his happy life has not been a few days.

"My lord, no matter what, you can't go to die anyway." Li Hun said excitedly, listening to what the lord said, it seemed that there was really nothing to do, and Li Hun panicked.

"Okay, you go down first, I have to arrange everything within two days, no one is allowed to disturb me." Zhong Liyu waved his hand, signaling Lihun to go out.

"Son..."

"Get out." Zhong Liyu ordered in a deep voice.

Lihun had no choice but to back down, and the worries in his heart continued unabated.

On this day, the news that Yang Qi forced King Chun to exchange his life for the people of Wangcheng was sent back to the capital. People who heard the news felt very resentful. They couldn't believe that the people of Xiyuan were so shameless. The people came to threaten Chunwang.

When the king of Dongling got the news, he was furious. Xiyuan really deceived people too much. For many years, he did not engage in wars for the sake of the peace of the common people. Now they are so shameless that they force him so much, they want him to be wiped out Nishigaki?If Yu'er really used his own life in exchange for those people, what face would he have to face the ancestor emperor and grandfather grandfather in a hundred years, the Chun Palace was a single lineage, and there was only such a single seedling left, would the incense be cut off now?Three days, only three days, what else can he do?Under such circumstances, a generation of emperors could not help but panic.

"Come here, tell the prince, King Lan, King Jin to enter the palace." King Dongling ordered in a deep voice.

"It's the emperor." The eunuch didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly divided into several groups to pass the message.

But half an hour later, the prince and others hurried over, everyone looked solemn, thinking that they should have heard the news from Wangcheng.

"I have seen my father." The three of them said in unison.

"Get up, you must have heard the news from the border town. Xiyuan is really abominable. It is really shameless to make such a thing." Dongling King said angrily. The three of them are so old and have not seen their father The emperor was so angry.

"Father, what should we do now? In case something happens to King Chun, shouldn't we send someone to help quickly?" The crown prince spoke first.

"I called you here today to ask your opinions."

"My son is willing to go to the border." Zhong Yijin and Zhong Yilan spoke at the same time.

"My son is also willing." Prince Zhong Yifei also volunteered.

"In this case, then Jin'er and Lan'er can go together, the prince can just stay and help me."

"My son obeys the order." The three of them spoke at the same time.

"You must be wondering, why did I let Yu'er command the royal elite soldiers?" King Dongling glanced at his sons and said in a low voice.

"Yes, I don't understand." The three looked at each other and spoke in unison.

"To this day, it seems that some secrets don't need to be kept." King Dongling took out the imperial edict issued by the late emperor, which was exactly the same as Zhong Liyu's edict, and the three of them were dumbfounded.King Dongling slowly revealed the secrets of a hundred years ago, just like what Zhong Liyu said to Zhan Yan. After hearing this, the three of them couldn't help being shocked. They never thought that the power of Prince Chun's mansion would be so great, and Prince Chun Zhong Liyu was a family with them a hundred years ago.

"I tell you this because I want you to go to the border town. If you have any hope, you must keep Zhong Liyu, because he is your brother. The only one left in Chunwang's mansion is Yu'er. I don’t want me to have no face to face the first emperor after a hundred years.” King Dongling said slightly sadly.Losing him is the Zhong family's loss, and even Dong Ling's loss.Prince Chun's Mansion has been guarding the royal family for nearly a hundred years, and has never had the desire to seize power. From this point of view, he wants to do his best to keep the sole heir of Prince Chun's Mansion.

"I will do my best." Zhong Yijin and Zhong Yilan said, feeling very heavy in their hearts. In two days, Zhong Liyu will exchange hostages with Yang Qi. No matter how fast they travel, it is impossible to reach Wangcheng before then. I'm afraid that when I go there, I will be powerless and will live up to my father's expectations.Even if they arrive, can they just watch tens of thousands of Dongling people being massacred by Xiyuan people?
"Let's set off immediately, there is no need to delay any longer." The King of Dongling waved his hand, signaling them to retreat. At this moment, he was conflicted in his heart. He hoped that Zhong Liyu could return the people of Wangcheng. After all, they were his people, and the royal family had It is their responsibility to protect them. If Zhong Liyu abandons those common people in order to survive, then the dignity of the royal family will no longer exist.But from a selfish point of view, he would rather Zhong Liyu not trade his life for him. In order to keep him alive, he would rather let the entire Wangcheng people die like this. After all, losing the Chun Palace is a great loss for Dongling. People like Zhong Liyu Talents are rare in a century.Having been an emperor for more than ten years, for the first time, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

(End of this chapter)