As soon as the old eunuch finished speaking, a steady male voice came from outside the hall:
"Is it convenient for your majesty now? I have important matters to discuss with your majesty."
After the Liang Dynasty was destroyed, Shang Rui was under pressure and had no choice but to grant the King of Qin the right to refuse to obey the imperial edict and not to submit to his ministers when doing things.
After all, this is the palace of the beloved concubine, so Xiao Yuan still took some care of it.
In the hall, after hearing the words, Shang Rui suddenly felt pressure, and couldn't help but his Adam's apple slipped, and he swallowed hard. He didn't care about coaxing the concubine, but quickly straightened up, calmed down, and then stepped forward. , opened the palace door in person.
The concubine quickly followed.
At the foot of the steps outside the palace, Xiao Yuan was looking around casually with his hands behind his back. Hearing the movement, he turned around, cupped his hands slightly and said, "Your Majesty."
"Ah, Qin...The King of Qin is here?" Shang Rui laughed dryly, not knowing what to say. He paused and then hesitated: "Please, please come in and drink tea."
Xiao Yuandao: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite. This is the palace of the imperial concubine. It's rude for me to come here. How dare I enter? It's just an urgent matter, so I have to ask to see your majesty."
"Then... I don't know what the King of Qin wants to do."
Shang Rui was a little at a loss.
The concubine stood beside him, holding his arm, but looking at Xiao Yuan with a pair of moving eyes.
Her dress is somewhat enchanting, and combined with her appearance, it is enough to enchant people.
Xiao Yuan glanced at the two of them first, and then said straight to the point: "Recently, the ghost tribe has gathered again and invaded the border of the empire. Does your Majesty know about this?"
"Ah?" Shang Rui was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't react. He lived deep in the palace, so it would be strange for him to know this.
Xiao Yuan added: "It has been several years since the last battle, and the ghost clan's vitality has not been harmed. This time, the vanguard of the gathering is 400,000 strong. It is overwhelming. Several cities in the Huan Kingdom have changed hands. The people were massacred and corpses were scattered everywhere..."
Although he is the emperor, Shang Rui doesn't bother to care about these things, as long as they don't come to him.
Not only that, when Xiao Yuan mentioned the past, he felt a sense of emotion. Thinking about the past, he couldn't help but sigh: "The world has changed. I didn't expect that the world has changed so much. When the ghost clan first invaded, I was still in the palace. In the main hall, order the imperial masters..."
Xiao Yuan frowned secretly, and said with a slight displeasure on his face: "Your Majesty, I'm not here to reminisce with you."
"Ah? This... is, yes, what King Qin said."
Shang Rui came back to his senses and asked subconsciously: "Well, isn't there Anyang Marquis on the border of the empire? How can the ghost army march straight in and reach the territory of Huan Kingdom?"
When this was mentioned, Xiao Yuan also felt a surge of anger in his heart: "What kind of Marquis Anyang is he? He's just a traitor seeking glory! If Yu Anmin hadn't colluded with foreign enemies, turned on and off privately, and welcomed the ghost army in, how could this disaster have happened in the Central Plains!"
"What...what!? Did he turn it on?" Shang Rui was also shocked. No matter how incompetent or stupid he was, he still knew the seriousness of the matter.
"That's right! This person is the eternal sinner of our Central Plains nation! After getting rid of the foreign enemies, they will be crushed to ashes!" Xiao Yuandao.
"Then...then what does King Qin plan to do, and what does he need me to do? I will definitely cooperate with him." Shang Rui asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, please issue an imperial edict first, announce it to the world, inform all countries, and urge China to unite with the outside world." Xiao Yuan said directly.
There is no problem in issuing this imperial edict, but Shang Rui's face clearly showed embarrassment: "This, this, I can write it right away, but the monarchs of other countries may not listen."
Whether they listen or not has nothing to do with Shang Rui. What Xiao Yuan wants is just a name. To put it bluntly, it is the imperial flag in his hand.
"Your Majesty just issues the edict, and I will handle the rest."
Hearing what he said, Shang Rui could not hesitate. He said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, when does King Qin want the imperial edict? If it is urgent, I will write it now."
"That's it now, Your Majesty." Xiao Yuan bowed his hand again.
"No matter, the King of Qin still has great righteousness." Shang Rui said with a smile, and immediately asked people to start preparing pen and ink.
Not long after, the pen and ink were brought. When he entered the palace, unfolded a golden silk book, and when he was writing, the concubine stood at the door and chuckled: "Your Highness, the Qin army has been fighting all year round. This time, it won't happen." Are you going to go on an expedition to the Northeast?"
"This matter is not your concern." Xiao Yuan chuckled, looking unscrupulously at his beloved concubine.
She seemed to enjoy his gaze, and the concubine didn't even have the slightest intention of avoiding it. Instead, her beautiful eyes were full of spring, and she secretly gave him a look.
At this moment, Shang Rui left and came back again. He also held the written edict in his hand, handed it to Xiao Yuan and said, "King Qin, please read it."
Xiao Yuan took it, unfolded it and glanced at it, then closed the edict, cupped his hands again and said, "Your Majesty."
With that said, he turned and left.
Looking at his back, Shang Rui felt a lot more relaxed all over, and couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The concubine's beautiful eyes were wandering, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
However, the old eunuch waiting on the side bent down and bravely said: "Your Majesty, King Qin's request for permission is a good thing, but his attitude towards Your Majesty is really..."
At this point, he did not dare to say any more. Shang Rui quickly looked around, frowned and said, "Okay! Don't talk about this!"
"Yes, yes..." The old eunuch's waist was lower.
Shang Rui no longer looked at him, but took the little hand of his beloved concubine, "My beloved concubine, let's go back to the house..."
At the same time, Huan Guo.
At this time, Xiang Ge not only failed to regain the previous city, but after losing the decisive battle, he was chased by the ghost army for hundreds of miles and lost more than a dozen counties behind him.
In addition, in Guangyuan, in less than two months, Huan Guo had lost two counties. Needless to say, the fate of the people in the counties was almost piled into bones before they could escape.
Even those who escaped were probably caught up by the ghost army cavalry halfway, the women were arrested, and the men were massacred.
Now, Xiang Ge's fourth battle report has arrived.
In the court meeting hall, after listening to the report, King Huan stood up immediately, "What did you say!? Our army was defeated again!?"
The soldier knelt in the main hall, swallowed hard, and said tremblingly: "Then...the ghost army has heavy armored cavalry, and our army is invincible. Many of the soldiers are dead and wounded, and the number of soldiers available to fight is less than 100,000... …”
"What!" King Huan's eyes widened and he couldn't help but screamed: "An army of three hundred thousand, my army of three hundred thousand!"
As he spoke, he seemed to be in a rage, and staggered back to the king's chair.
"Your Majesty..." When the ministers saw this, they were shocked. They moved their feet slightly and couldn't help shouting.
King Huan raised his hand, took a deep breath, and calmed down his mood. After a while, he said:
"Send envoys quickly to all countries to seek help from kings..."
