In less than a day, the people in the capital all knew what happened at the birthday banquet, and their first reaction was that it was ridiculous!

Everyone was talking about this matter. The original singing and dancing ceremony also stopped, and the trumpets and drums stopped playing.

When everyone went back, they took off their colorful clothes, respected the emperor's order, and kept the whole city in plain clothes.

When the white lanterns were hung up one by one, the city was closed to darkness for three days and the streets became deserted.

Xie Linlang was in the palace, and from time to time she heard people hurriedly entering the palace and then hurriedly leaving the palace.

But she couldn't see anything through a wall. There was no freedom in the inner courtyard of the palace, especially since the palace was still under martial law. There were many experts patrolling in the dark. Anyone who wanted to sneak out of the palace would not be able to do so. Exceptions were made.

Qin Jue was studying the poisonous scripture at this time. No matter what the situation in Zeguo was, no matter who became the emperor, he could not kill the envoys.

Even if he is so crazy that he wants to kill the envoy, he still has the ability to protect himself, and the people who come to rescue him are almost here.

At this time, Xie Linlang was reenacting the game of chess he played with Chang Qiyin.

After the carving was completed, she asked Qin Jue while downloading.

"The person who proposed the fight at the banquet this morning is an envoy from which country?"

Qin Jue thought for a while and said, "It's the Kingdom of Zhou."

The Zhou Kingdom is probably located between the Ze Kingdom and the Tianyuan Kingdom. It is a coastal country. It has fought with the Ze Kingdom before, and it is estimated that it has old grudges against Chang Qi Yu.

Xie Linlang sighed, "There are still too few people who can be used. I have not found Chang Qiyin's helper so far. In the final analysis, he has no power and power, and it is impossible to instigate foreign envoys."

Xie Linlang was inexplicably wary of that potential enemy, perhaps because of the opponent's methods, or perhaps because of the somewhat abnormal big man he had seen before.

Qin Jue comforted her and said, "Linlang, don't worry. When he leaves, I will ask Bai Heng to follow him and contact Zhou Guo's hidden stakes to check him out."

Xie Linlang smiled immediately after hearing this.

"You still know what I mean!"

But after laughing, she sighed again, "I heard from afar that the lords of Zeguo were urging the emperor to buy and sell slaves. If they still have this thought, couldn't they be aware of the turmoil in the capital?"

When Qin Jue heard this, he gave her an answer, "When I was a child, there was a drought in Dilong, and many people died. However, some people still strongly expressed that the renovation of the Dilong Palace cannot be stopped, and the progress must be accelerated to collect corvee labor."

"Obviously, even the princes and ministers live in a small world. They only see what they want to see, and they only care about what they want. Drought and starvation can kill people thousands of miles away. So what if they know it? They are not hungry. abdomen.

The lords who came to Zeguo thought so too. There were slave riots in Zeguo every year, so what? They were not the ones who died in the riots. "

Xie Linlang was convinced. In fact, she also understood this idea. As a bystander, she thought they were ignorant, but being inside, they might feel that they were doing something more meaningful.

It was completely dark at this time. After nightfall, something seemed to have changed in the quiet streets of the capital...

Before dawn the next day, the emperor was woken up by the palace servants. The reason was simple: slaves in the entire capital were on strike! No matter how hard the slave owner whipped him, he just wouldn't move.

When asked why, they actually said that Chang Qiyu was unjustly accused, and unless the emperor let Chang Qiyu go, they would strike to the end!

Then ask them why they asked for Chang Qiyu's life.

It turns out that so far, only Chang Qiyu, the prince, has cared about the life and death of slaves. Only he has worked hard to amend the slave law. Therefore, the slaves believe that only if Chang Qiyu becomes emperor can they live a good life!

This is a hornet's nest! Before the emperor died, they had already decided who they wanted to be the emperor?

The emperor, who was extremely suspicious of Chang Qiyu, immediately got up from the bed, rushed into the dungeon with disheveled clothes, and scolded Chang Qiyu!

"Treason! Are you going to rebel?!"

Chang Qiyu, who had not slept all night, was a little confused when he heard this.

"Father, what happened?"

"You still have the nerve to ask what happened!"

The emperor did not dare to go in, but only dared to lecture through the iron fence.

"All the slaves in the city went on strike, saying that you were wrongly accused, and they forced me to let you go! Are you wronged? If so, do you need to be so eager to use slaves to force me to let you go?!"

Chang Qiyu gradually understood, his expression a little complicated.

"You said that the slaves used strikes to force you to let your son go?"

This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world! Who doesn’t know that what slaves hate the most is Chang Qi Yu?

At this time, people came to report one after another.

"Report——Your Majesty, Lord Dongchen wants to see you!"

"Report to Your Majesty! The slave owners in the city are making trouble and are asking Your Majesty to let the Third Highness go!"

The continuous reports made the emperor's head hurt more and more. He glared at Chang Qi Yu and said angrily.

"You know better, tell those slaves to stop immediately! Otherwise, I will send troops to kill them! Anyone who dares to make trouble will die!"

After he finished speaking, he left like a gust of wind.

As the sky gradually grew brighter, the whole city was filled with screams and howls. Because the slaves refused to move, the slave owners would not let them go, so they beat them desperately.

The slaves who were originally very obedient, for some reason this time, would rather die than take action. They also said that when the emperor releases Chang Qi Yu out, they will start working!

As soon as the slave owners heard that there was a reason for what happened and that it was impossible to kill him, they jointly petitioned the emperor to let Chang Qiyu go.

After all, in their opinion, it was impossible for Chang Qiyu to kill Chang Qiye on the spot, and they had good senses about Chang Qiyu. As long as he could make the slaves obedient, there would be no harm to them if he was released.

But they couldn't help but whisper in their hearts, when did Chang Qiyu have such a high prestige among slaves? Wasn't he often assassinated by slaves before?

When a ridiculous threat reached Xie Linlang's ears, she knew that Chang Qiyin was going to take action.

It's a pity that the emperor and others could clearly feel the incompatibility, but for various reasons, they stubbornly doubted Chang Qi Yu.

They were still lucky, thinking that the slaves would be obedient as long as they were beaten.

As a result, this time, no matter how hard they fought, the rest remained still.

This instantly plunged the entire capital into panic.

There is no one to treat the sewage, there is no one to pull fibers and move the goods at the dock, there is no one to transport rice, grains and vegetables, there is no one to drive the carts to feed the horses and wash the clothes.

Because slave labor is extremely cheap, many things that people in the capital don't want to do are handed over to slaves. Now what if they go on strike? The entire capital suddenly became smoky and dirty.

At this time, the people realized the importance of slaves to them and begged the emperor to release Qi Yu.

(There’s still one more chapter, I’ll write it slowly, don’t be impatient~)

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