Return of the Swallow

At this juncture, being able to "live a leisurely life" does not seem like a blessing, but like a curse!

Li Qitian looked around in despair. There were only a few spies and a few palace officials headed by Xiong Jinshui around him. No one else was willing to stand by his side!

Song Quan, Yu Ziqiu and other elders from Northern Hebei turned around and left. The imperial guards and guards they brought in took a step forward and said with respect and a bit of arrogance: "Please come to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, Your Majesty."

Li Qitian's face turned pale: "Why!"

"Your Majesty, please move." The guards had a tough attitude and without further explanation, they pushed Li Qitian and his party towards the Yangxin Hall.

Li Qitian's face was dark, and he looked around to find a way to escape, but looking around, he saw all the Gyeonggi Guards, Jinwu Guards and Imperial Guards along the way. They were all walking freely in the palace, and they often had to escort some people in the harem. The master is coming towards the Yangxin Hall.

At this point, what else does Li Qitian not understand?

Just when he was immersed in worries and panic about the future, these elders from the Northern Hebei Kingdom had already been disturbed by Zhou Lian's notice. They took advantage of this period to make secret arrangements and treat him as Xiang Pang. A bargaining chip for surrender! And he didn't even know he was in the game.

In such a huge palace, he can no longer control his own future? What he did as an emperor was too much of a failure!

As soon as I stepped into the Yangxin Hall, I saw the Queen Mother and the Queen walking quickly together. Both of them had sick faces. After Brother Hao was lost, the two most noble women in the harem seemed to be crazy. They anxiously ordered people to go out to search all day long but made no progress. They had already worn away everything they had. Their upbringing and reserve made them behave like ordinary resentful women, which made the irritable Li Qitian even more upset just by looking at them.

Now that they have all been caught in Yangxin Hall, they have to meet if they don't want to.

"Your Majesty! What on earth is going on!" The queen's voice trembled, her face full of panic.

The Queen Mother also said anxiously: "Those dog slaves are so brave that they dare to disrespect the Ai family! Why don't you order them all to be arrested!"

When the Queen Mother and the Empress were pestering Li Qitian to talk, the other concubines were also carefully observing this place. When the women talked in low voices, it sounded like a sweet voice when they were in a good mood, but when they were upset, it would only make people more upset.

Li Qitian flicked his sleeves and pushed the two of them away, turned around and looked into the palace. It was already dusk, but no one was holding the lamp in the palace. The setting sun was like fire, shining slantly on the bright paper of the grid fan, casting shadows on the ground, making the palace appear dark. It gets darker and darker, making people feel depressed and desperate.

There was a muffled sound of "bang", and everyone was startled. Even the voices stopped for a moment. Looking out, they saw that the door of Yangxin Hall had been closed heavily, and there was a sound of hammer tapping immediately outside the door. You can see from the shadow that someone is using templates to seal the doors and windows!

"What should I do! How can this be good!"

"Your Majesty, they are trying to trap us all here!"

"I don't want to die. I'm only seventeen years old. I don't want to die here..."

Everyone was in a panic, and the young concubines were already holding their heads and crying.

Li Qitian did not answer. He clasped his hands and slowly turned around to look at the shadow cast on the window lattice. Boards of wood were cross-nailed to the doors and windows, sealing all the window lattice covered with clear paper.

These elders from Northern Hebei were determined to plot rebellion and trapped him and his concubines here! You can guess what these people want to do next without even thinking about it!

And now that he is in such a predicament, where are the relatives of the Li family?

Where are the clan members who usually dominate him just because he is the emperor? At this moment, he may have shrunk his neck and fled, or he may have been in Pang Xiao's camp. I wish he, the emperor, had disappeared earlier!

This is the coldness of the world and the warmth and coldness of human relationships.

The Queen Mother finally pulled away from her anger, listened to the movement outside, and held Li Qitian's hand with a pale face: "Son, what's wrong with this? They are going to rebel!"

Li Qitian was exceptionally calm and turned to look at everyone in the room.

"Are you scared?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, there was a moment of silence in the hall, and even the sobs were forced to endure.

Li Qitian's footsteps were as heavy as gold. He walked step by step toward the pile of makeup and powder, and smiled, "On weekdays, when you see me, you try your best to flatter me and do whatever you can to win over me. Today, I don't care. Is your appearance bad? Look at you, your face is covered with powder from crying, it makes you sick to look at, and you, am I boring you just by looking at you?"

He pushed away the two concubines in disgust, and they fell to the ground, sobbing desperately.

Li Qitian said: "You should have understood as early as when you entered the palace that accompanying the king has always meant both glory and loss. Did you only want the wealth and honor I brought you at the beginning, and didn't want to share it with me?" Are you in trouble?"

"I don't dare." A concubine saluted hurriedly.

The other concubines reacted and saluted, showing their loyalty.

Li Qitian was not moved at all.

He just felt boring at this time, everything was boring!

The queen looked at Li Qitian's back, then turned to look at the wooden boards nailed to the window lattice outside the hall. She felt miserable, but also quietly revealed a bit of relief.

Fortunately, she had arranged Brother Hao's future well. Otherwise, how could she bear it in her heart if her beloved son was to be locked up with her and suffer?

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"How is the situation in the city?"

Outside the continuous camp, Pang Xiao looked at the gate of the capital not far away with his hands behind his hands, and asked Hu Zi beside him in a low voice.

Huzi said: "I sent the kite out yesterday. I think the news has spread everywhere in the city. However, their city gate was not opened yesterday, and our people couldn't deliver the news. The carrier pigeons were not released. Maybe they were checking from the other side. The carrier pigeons are too strict. I think the princess’s method is extremely useful.”

"Yes." Pang Xiao couldn't help but laugh when he remembered what Qin Yining said in his ear, "Maybe we can win without fighting." Qin Yining is simply the softest person in his heart. Seeing her look like a female Zhuge, he feels sincerely proud and happy.

"My lord. Look!"

At this moment, a gap suddenly opened in the north city gate in the distance. The gap became wider and wider, until the city gate finally opened completely.

Because the city gate on the opposite side has been closed and no one is allowed to come in or out, the scene of suddenly opening the door is particularly eye-catching, attracting everyone out.

Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan were teaching Brother Zhao and Brother Han to play chess in the camp when they heard someone talking outside.

"The North City Gate is actually open today. I wonder if the other city gates are also like this. Could it be that the emperor has learned to use the empty city strategy?"

"Hey, an empty city plan? That's because you don't know the basics of the situation. We all know the basics. We all know that they have no money and no one. How can they cause trouble?"