Qingyu City, outside the noon gate of the Imperial Palace.

Lu Jiuyuan was in the most important position, Gai Nie and Ying Shi stood behind him, and in front were Lu Ziyou, Guo Jia, Li Ru, Zhang Liao, Hara Shao, Tuoba Hu, Wan Yanhong and others.

"Wenyuan, how about the loss of the North Gate?"

"Lord Wang, the seven thousand city defense troops at the north gate have lost two thousand, and there is not much left of the remaining city defense army."

The north gate is the most difficult gate to beat, and most of the Praetorian Guards are in charge of Zhang Liao, and now they are losing two thousand, which is not a small number, but there is no way, where is the strength of the Praetorian Guard, what can he do.

"Chief of Hara, what about the East Gate?"

Presumably, the situation at the East Gate is not too good, after all, the North Gate shares the main part, and the remaining part is almost entirely the responsibility of the East Gate.

"Lord Wang, the barbarian army has lost more than 5,000 troops, and now there are only 20,000 troops left, of which 2,000 are seriously injured."

"Have you been treated by a military doctor?"

"Don't worry, I have already arranged for a military doctor to treat the more seriously injured clansmen."

In this way, Lu Jiuyuan is also relieved, the overall situation has been decided, but it is not what he imagined, there are uncontrollable factors, maybe something big will happen on the border soon, this time he wants to see who is the first to make a move against the Qingyu Dynasty, as long as he leaves this excuse, he will definitely let him taste the consequences if he is given two years.

"Let's go!"

In the end, Lu Jiuyuan turned around to look at Ying Shi, and then nodded, it was almost time, it was already dusk, since Lu Huaan had taken care of the things in the palace, then why didn't he do it.

As for Jin Yiwei, he arranged for them to do other things. After all, there are no Jade King's people in the palace today, all of them are Lu Hua'an's, including the Praetorian Guards in the palace now, Lu Hua'an is hiding too deeply, and the Jade King's subordinates can insert so many people, if Lu Hua'an has bad thoughts about him, plus his soldiers and horses are not summoned, I don't know what the consequences will be, thinking about it is a cold sweat.

The four gates of Qingyu City need to be dealt with by Jinyiwei very much, after all, there are many residents next to the four gates, and this battle must have hurt the innocent, but fortunately Guo Jia let Jinyiwei look at the people next to the four city gates in advance, but after all, there are still not enough manpower.

In the Taihe Palace, Lu Huaan sat on the dragon chair, and Gonggong Cao stood next to him, as if he was thinking about something.

"Father-in-law Cao, go ring the bell to the sky."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Chaotian Bell is the emperor's way of suddenly convening a meeting of his ministers, and the sound can reach the entire Qingyu City, after all, the officials who can go to the court are basically in Qingyu City, and it is too late for officials in other places to sound the bell even if they hear it.

Knock-knock!

Knock-knock!

The current Jade King was still in the imperial study, and he was tired because of Lu Jiuyuan's affairs, so he slept in the imperial study for a while, and no one disturbed him, and now he heard the sound of Chaotian Bell and completely woke up.

"What's going on?"

"Come on, what's going on? I didn't let you ring the bell. ”

The Jade King frowned and shouted.

Knock-knock!

But it was the sound of the bell that answered him.

"What about people?"

Seeing such a reaction, the Jade King was naturally very angry, and hurriedly walked to the door to open the door of the imperial study, but outside the door was a Praetorian Guard covered in black armor.

"What? What do you do? Are you going to rebel? ”

"His Royal Highness the Jade King, Your Majesty is invited." The Praetorian Guard didn't talk nonsense with the Jade King and said directly.

"What do you mean? Isn't it me? The Jade King's brows sank even deeper.

"His Royal Highness the Jade King, of course, is what His Majesty means, and the last general is just acting according to orders."

"Who am I asking? Lu Jiuyuan is still the old immortal? "The Jade King didn't believe that Lu Jiuyuan had already entered the city, but he didn't believe that it would be Lu Hua'an.

"His Royal Highness the Jade King, there is naturally only one Majesty in the Qingyu Dynasty, please, please don't make me wait, otherwise Mo Wei will do it."

"The old immortal? When did that old immortal come out of Cining Palace? Isn't it true that without my order, don't let that old immortal come out? Are you idiots? The Jade King was still angry, and he didn't think about other circumstances at all.

"His Royal Highness the Jade King, the last general will ask His Royal Highness the Jade King to go to the Taihe Hall to discuss matters at the behest of His Majesty, but the last general can tell His Royal Highness that there is no one in the palace now." The Praetorian Guard general said, and then waved his hand, "Take His Royal Highness the Jade King away." ”

"Yes."

So saying, a few of them went up the mountain.

"I'll go on my own, without your hands."

Hearing the words of the Praetorian Guard general, he calmed down for a while, but he had the dignity of being an emperor.

Knock-knock!

Qingyu Palace.

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty, what's going on? At this time, the bell rings to the sky. Xia Mengzhi asked.

"I don't know the mourning family, maybe it's something urgent!"

Of course, Concubine Yan didn't know the situation in the palace today, so she said this.

"This is the palace of the Queen Mother, not for you to break into it."

"I will come to invite Concubine Yan and Princess Jade to the Taihe Palace to discuss matters at the behest of His Majesty."

The sudden sound outside the door caught Concubine Yan and Xia Mengzhi off guard, especially the names of the two of them, the meaning was obvious, it was not the Jade King who was looking for them, but someone else, either Lu Jiuyuan or Lu Huaan.

"Queen Mother, this?" Xia Mengzhi didn't know what to do, and looked at Concubine Yan.

Concubine Yan also looked at Xia Mengzhi like this, they never thought that this would be the case.

"His Majesty will come to invite Concubine Yan and Princess Jade to the Taihe Palace to discuss matters, two of you, please!"

Saying that, the Praetorian Guards took Concubine Yan and Xia Mengzhi away and headed in the direction of the Taihe Palace.

Knock-knock!

Right Prime Minister Zhao Jiulong Prime Minister's Mansion.

Look at the sky at dusk and listen to the ringing of the bell.

"I don't know when?" Zhao Jiulong said in a low voice.

"Pass on Your Majesty's will and invite Prime Minister Zhao Jiulong to enter the palace for deliberations."

Zhao Jiulong's originally lonely eyes suddenly glowed, because the words he heard were to let him enter the palace, although he didn't have much hope, but it was better than despair.

"Butler, prepare the horses immediately, and this king will enter the palace."

"Yes."

This is the first time that the housekeeper has seen Zhao Jiulong smile since the Jade King became emperor, and he knows that Zhao Jiulong is happy, and he is busy preparing horses.

Knock-knock!

On the other side, Prime Minister Li Nan's mansion on the left.

It's the same sound.

"Pass Your Majesty's will and invite Prime Minister Li Nan to enter the palace for discussion."

Compared with Zhao Jiulong, Li Nan is more stable, and now his and Zhao Jiulong's identities are different from the past, even the Jade King is not easy to do with them, after all, the eightfold literary teacher is here, and it can be said that it is very different from a few years ago.

Outside the noon gate of the palace, Li Nan and Zhao Jiulong met, exchanged a few words of greetings and entered the palace, both of them were waiting, so no one said anything.

It is said that Lu Jiuyuan and others were the first to hear the Chaotian Bell, and they were also the first to go to the Taihe Palace.

The Taihe Hall was very quiet, except for Lu Huaan on the dragon chair, and Cao Gonggong next to the dragon chair, there was no one else.

"Third child, I haven't seen you in six years, have I?" Lu Huaan asked.

The relationship between him and Lu Jiuyuan is a little delicate, and it is really indescribable, but it does not affect the relationship between the two of them as father and son.

"Father, it's true that I haven't seen you for six years."

"Yes, I haven't seen you for six years, but you surprised me and caught me off guard." Lu Huaan said without revealing an expression.

"Father, the sons and daughters just did what they should do."

"Hehe, okay, don't be dumb with me, I know that you have a lot of capable people, and I'm afraid that this time I will only use part of your strength to go south, but my family background has been completely wiped out by you."

Lu Huaan had no choice but to say it when he saw Lu Jiuyuan like this, otherwise Lu Jiuyuan would not say a word, then he would lose money this time.

"Your Majesty, the Jade King, Concubine Yan, and the Jade King and Princess are here." At this time, he said outside the gate of the Taihe Palace.

Hearing this, Lu Hua'an Cao's father-in-law turned around, and randomly Cao's father-in-law said, "Bring them in." ”

To be honest, the condition of the Jade King, Concubine Yan and Xia Mengzhi is very sloppy today, although the clothes are very gorgeous, but they can still be seen from their faces.

The first thing the Jade King did when he entered the Taihe Hall was to look in the direction of the dragon chair, at least he was still wearing a dragon robe now, and the person on the dragon chair was also wearing a dragon robe, but this person was indeed Lu Hua'an, and then as if he thought of something, his pupils narrowed slightly, but he became normal again, as if he was relieved.

"What? I was surprised to see me! Lu Hua'an asked when he saw the Jade King's reaction.

"Yes, I was very surprised, I didn't expect that I would lose to you, maybe I would be convinced if I lost to Lu Jiuyuan, but I really didn't accept it if I lost to you."

"Hehe, lose to me? You underestimate the third child too much, do you think he really used all his strength? I'm afraid that those people under him don't even dare to mess with the Fengyu Empire, do you think the third child will look at you in his eyes? You are just the first stepping stone for the third child, otherwise do you think that the third child will stay in Beijun for so many years and wait for you to sit on the throne before going south? You're still too young at the end of the day. Lu Huaan said mercilessly.

"Father, don't think I'm foolish, don't I know what hole cards Lu Jiuyuan has?" The Jade King felt that Lu Huaan was lying to him, if this was the case, he was really a stepping stone.

"Imperial brother, this king doesn't think you are worthy of the title of me, in the past few months that you have ruled the Qingyu Dynasty, the imperial brother has heard a good news, no, and my father is right, the power used by this king is less than one-tenth of the real strength of this king." Only then did Lu Jiuyuan speak.

At this time, the Jade King also discovered that there were so many people in the hall, Lu Jiuyuan, Lu Ziyou, Li Ru, Guo Jia, Hala Shao, Wan Yanhong, several copies and others, especially when they saw Guo Jia, it was even more amazing.

"Whether I can use this title or not is my business, I don't need you to care, and Guo Jia, the secretary of the Criminal Department, I should have known that you were Lu Jiuyuan's person a long time ago, but I don't want to believe it, I don't believe that there will be so many capable people under Lu Jiuyuan, why aren't these people mine?"

"Brother Huang, it's not that this king has these capable people, but that they support this king."

It's that they support this king, and a word slams into the heart of the Jade King, who supports Lu Jiuyuan, and then compares who supports him, but they are just here for power.

"It's Lu Jiuyuan, I admit that I lost, but you also have to bear the consequences of your doing." The Jade King still did the final pinprick.

"Brother Huang, are you talking about the Fengyu Empire or the Xia Dynasty?" Lu Jiuyuan paused for a moment, and then continued, "Brother Huang, your pattern is still too small after all, so small that you will be afraid of a Fengyu Empire and a Xia Dynasty, if you don't even have the courage to face it, how can you talk about the Fengyu Empire, the place outside the Xia Dynasty, and this king has the strength to deal with the Fengyu Empire and the Xia Dynasty, not to mention that you don't think your father will be prepared." ”

When Lu Jiuyuan said the last sentence, he didn't forget to look at Lu Huaan, but there was no expression on his face, but Lu Huaan's first reaction when he saw Lu Jiuyuan was that he felt that he had been cheated by Lu Jiuyuan again, but there was no way, who let Lu Jiuyuan say it well.

"King Jiuyuan, don't forget that the Mourning family is the princess of the Fengyu Empire, and Xia Mengzhi is also the princess of the Xia Dynasty." At this time, Concubine Yan said.

If you want to say that the most unwilling is Concubine Yan, she has been preparing everything since she came to the Qingyu Dynasty from the Fengyu Empire, but now she is completely defeated.

"Concubine Yan, do you think that the battle for the East Palace of the Fengyu Empire is over, and Xia Feng, the second prince of the Xia Dynasty, will be able to take over this king if he successfully ascends the throne?" Lu Jiuyuan said mockingly.

"Concubine Yan, there are some things that you can think about, you don't have to take it seriously, if the Fengyu Empire can come up with an army of 80,000 innate and heavy, this king will be a little jealous, but do you think the Fengyu Empire and the Xia Dynasty will have so many innate and heavy troops?"

To be honest, Lu Jiuyuan felt that his words were a little inflated, 80,000 innate weights, but he had to add 50,000 brocade guards to make up for it, and it was scattered all over the place, and now he had some worries when he said it.

Rao is so still scared of many people present, Lu Huaan, Lu Ziyou, Yan Guifei, Jade King and others, undoubtedly not frightened, 80,000 congenital heavy, really a lot, at least in the upper three states, I don't know what the situation is in the middle three states and the lower three states.

Lu Hua'an, who was on the dragon chair, glanced at Gonggong Cao, and Gonggong Cao could only shake his head, the ghost knew that Lu Jiuyuan would have so many innate martial artists under him, and it was also the situation of the army.

"Forget it, looking at Concubine Yan's reaction, this king knows that this king still overestimates the Fengyu Empire, if it weren't for the fact that this king needs time to deal with many things within the Qingyu Dynasty, this king would have taken this opportunity to attack the Fengyu Empire, and then the existence of the Fengyu Empire will have to be said."

Lu Jiuyuan's words can be said to have scared everyone, Lu Huaan was also frightened by Lu Jiuyuan's words, although he already knew what Lu Jiuyuan was going to do to the Fengyu Empire, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, it seems that the original choice was not wrong, maybe he could fulfill his unfulfilled wish.

Xia Mengzhi, who was present at this time, did not speak, but looked at the sharp Lu Jiuyuan with a distracted expression, he did not care about what the Jade King, Lu Huaan, Lu Jiuyuan, and Yan Guifei said, but some memories, which made her regret all she had, but the reality was true, and there was no way to change it.