The situation on both sides of the Yellow River was still deadlocked, and the king of the north, after learning of the strange situation in Luoyang City, temporarily maintained restraint and did not advance or retreat. On the fifth and sixth days of June, the imperial court again sent a team of envoys to the camp of the Beiwang north of the Yellow River to negotiate, but this time the Beiwang withheld the envoys and did not give any explanation to the imperial court.

The king of the north suddenly marched south, causing Luoyang City to suddenly become depressed. If it weren't for the closed gates of Luoyang City, perhaps the fleeing people would have poured out of the city. Although the imperial court sent people to various places in the city to pacify the people of the city for several days, the effect was not great, and the people were very afraid in the face of the war, regardless of whether this was an orthodox battle for the heavenly family, whether the war was against the people, the people knew that as long as there was a war, there would be death, and there would be corpses all over the field and starvation.

In order to completely calm down the situation in the city, the empress issued an order to summon a garrison army outside the city into the city. Ordinary people only know what kind of army is entering the city, which army it is, how many men and horses there are, and who leads it, not only the ordinary people do not know, but even many ministers in the court do not know. Han Jian and Mrs. Luo's people went out to investigate, but they didn't get any definite news, which made Han Jian more cautious. The empress's deployment had disrupted his rhythm a little, and Han Jian knew that the empress's transfer of troops into the city was roughly the same as his purpose, and it was also to guard against a possible mutiny in the city. But there are also risks associated with mobilizing other teams to enter the city.

By the seventh day of June, there had been a small commotion in Luoyang City. Some rioters took the opportunity to come out and make trouble, and the imperial court quelled the small commotion with the court governor's mansion and the guardhouse.

By the evening of the seventh day of June, there were no pedestrians in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City. Only occasionally people from the government passed by in groups.

On the evening of the seventh day of June, there was calm outside the Dongwang Mansion. But in the Dongwang Mansion, the atmosphere was a little tense.

Han Jian convened a small meeting again to discuss some of the actions of the night. Han Jian had already sensed that the Northern Wang Army had been stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River for four or five days, and it had reached its limit, and if it was the next step, there would be commotion in Luoyang City. If there is no commotion in Luoyang City, there is only one possibility that the Northern Wangjun will force the Yellow River, but the possibility of the latter is very low.

This small meeting in the East Palace. There were only three participants: Han Jian, Sima Yi and Onishiliu. To be exact. This cannot be regarded as a meeting, but a deployment of Han Jian's operation that night. Han Jian had already sent Zhang Xing out in advance, and in such a special time, any personnel transfer in the Dongwang Mansion would not escape the eyes of other forces. Therefore, Han Jian was very careful. Two days before the operation. asked Zhang Xing to leave with most of the guards of the East Palace. In the action of the night. Han Jian will not appear in advance, he stays in the Dongwang Mansion to attract the eyes of all forces, making others think that the matter has nothing to do with him.

Han Jian's deployment meeting took less than half an hour. After the meeting, Onishiliu took advantage of the darkness and hurriedly left the Dongwangfu Annex. At present, martial law is still under law in Luoyang City, and Daxiliu has to go through a lot of checkpoints if he wants to go back. However, fortunately, in Han Jian's operation at night, the task assigned to Mrs. Luo was not heavy.

When Da Xiliu left, Sima Yu asked, "Young boy, when will I leave?" ”

"Wait, it's estimated around midnight, and it depends on the movement in the city." Han Jian looked at the night outside the window, and it was just time to turn on the lights. Although he has experienced some big scenes since he came to this world, he is still a little nervous tonight. If he doesn't do it well, not only will the king of the north not be able to spare him, but even the empress will not spare him. Han Jian is ready, if tonight's operation fails, then he will take advantage of the chaos to leave Luoyang, and it is possible to return to Jiangdu or go incognito.

At this time, Han Jian also felt that what he was doing was a little too hard, in fact, he didn't need to do things so extremely, but he still couldn't help but do it. This is also a very exciting thing for him.

At the same time, the palace was brightly lit, and the empress had just asked the people of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to retreat, and summoned the ministers of the Sixth Ministry and the Shang'an Office to discuss how to maintain stability in Luoyang City during these days. The army of the Northern King pressed the border, and the imperial court only set up a river defense line more than 100 miles long on the south bank of the Yellow River, while the entire Luoyang City was internally empty, which made the situation worsen.

At this meeting of the empress to convene the six ministries and the ministers of the Shangting Department, some ministers put forward an opinion that even the Privy Council and the Ministry of War did not dare to put forward, that is, to transfer all the troops of the imperial court back to Luoyang City, and use Luoyang City Defense as a barrier. Instead of transferring soldiers and horses to guard the Yellow River like this, he made himself empty.

The first to put forward was Gu Weipan, the chief minister of the Shangting Department, Gu Weipan is upright, but he rarely has such a "admonishing" side. After Gu Weipan proposed it, other ministers also seconded it.

"Your Majesty, now there is chaos in the city, it is completely outside the soldiers, and the people's hearts are unstable. Or only by transferring the soldiers back to the city can the people be appeased and the enemy at the same time. ”

The empress did not blame Gu Weipan and some ministers for their advice, she just shook her head slightly and said: "Luoyang is the capital of a thousand years, and I don't want Luoyang to suffer from war." This matter cannot be mentioned again. ”

When the empress said this, it meant that the empress had made up her mind, and this battle would not take Luoyang City Defense as the battlefield for the final battle. Gu Weipan and the others no longer dared to mention anything. The subsequent meetings mainly focused on the livelihood of the people in Luoyang City. Because of the soaring prices in the city, the empress decided to set up an official relief house in the city to help the poor in the city.

By the time the meeting in the Ye'an Pavilion ended, it was already the second watch. The empress was alone and did not feel sleepy, she got up and went to the Ye'an Pavilion to look at the sky, the stars and the moon were dark. She's not in a good mood either.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go back and rest." Lu Shaokun went to the empress's side and saluted respectfully.

"No, I want to take a walk outside and take a breath." As she spoke, the empress had already moved her feet, and her steps were softly walking in the courtyard in front of Ye'an Pavilion.

Although the empress's walk seems to be easy, Lu Shaokun can easily judge that the current empress is still full of worries. The Northern King's soldiers and horses pressed the border, and the empress basically didn't have much rest in the past few days, looking at the map day and night, summoning ministers, and reading the intelligence from the front. At the same time, the empress also had to take care of court affairs, and the empress was also tight, until the empress mobilized an army into the city the day before yesterday, and the empress's mood improved.

The empress has always trusted Lu Shaokun very much, and she has said everything to him, but this time the empress mobilized troops into the city and did not give him any explanation. As far as Lu Shaokun knows, the current imperial court's troops around Luoyang City have all been transferred to the front line of river defense, and there are no soldiers who can enter the city at all. It is even more impossible for King Qin's army to be summoned from the locality, because it has only been a few days since the empress issued her will, and the soldiers and horses of King Qin mobilized by the empress are hundreds of miles away from Luoyang. At present, this army has been stationed in the school field in the outer city of Luoyang, and the empress has not even sent any ministers to labor the army, nor has she sent the necessary food and baggage weapons, and this army should have brought its own rations and weapons into the city. As far as Lu Shaokun knew, this army was dominated by cavalry. The empress transferred the cavalry into Luoyang City, which seemed to him to be an incredible thing.

If the empress had decided to go to war with the Northern King on the Yellow River, she would not have left her elite cavalry in the city, and the cavalry would have played a limited role in defending the city.

The Empress walked around the courtyard, her mood improved, the Empress stopped, and the maid behind hurriedly moved the lantern closer. In this way, Lu Shaokun looked at the empress's face more clearly. Lu Shaokun felt a kind of calm from the empress's face.

"Grandpa Lu, how many years have you been by my side?" The Empress asked suddenly.

"Nineteen years." Lu Shaokun said respectfully.

"Yes, it's been almost twenty years in the blink of an eye, and I was only fifteen years old at that time. I remember when I first met you, you were still an ordinary eunuch in the princess's mansion, and you should have been in your thirties at that time, right? The Empress asked again.

"Yes, the old body met His Majesty for the first time, and it was His Majesty who returned home from the Shangqing Palace, and the old body was already thirty and three at that time." Lu Shaokun waved his hands, a little overwhelmed and replied.

"That means you're fifty-two now." The Empress nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old body is already half in the ground."

"Since they are all half in the ground, is there anything that can't be seen about the power and position in the world?" The empress suddenly looked into the distance, and her expression became a little cold.

Lu Shaokun heard that the empress had a slight rebuke in her words, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Oh, Your Majesty, old body...... The old body doesn't quite understand the meaning of His Majesty, whether the old body did something wrong and provoked His Majesty. The old body is here to make amends to His Majesty. ”

The empress suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "You didn't do anything wrong, but I was wrong." I mistakenly believe in you, a few years ago, I consulted with you on everything, because I felt that you were a loyal person who did things for me and did not ask for anything in return. When I knew that you had some farmlands in your hometown, and that someone had given you some gifts, I turned a blind eye to it and pretended not to know. I have reminded you many times to check your account, and although I have allowed you to move between you and your ministers for a while, I have not allowed you to associate with them. ”

Lu Shaokun knelt on the ground, hurriedly kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the old body does this, and it is also for Your Majesty." Have you forgotten that it was you who let the old man associate with these people, and they wanted to give gifts...... The old body does not accept it, and they dare not approach the old body......"

"Hmm." The empress nodded, her expression turned a little flat, as if she had forgiven Lu Shaokun. But Lu Shaokun is very familiar with the empress's character, since the empress has said it, she will not give up, and since the empress has said it, there is no way back.

"Then you accepted the gift of the King of the West, so that the King of the West dared to approach you?" The Empress asked suddenly.

This time, Lu Shaokun suddenly felt a buzz in his brain, and he was completely overwhelmed. He thought that he could hide things from the empress, but in the end, he couldn't escape the empress's eyes.

He had never walked head-on with the people of the King of the West, and he was very careful when approaching the King of the West. That's it, he was still discovered by the empress, and he felt that his old life could not be saved. (To be continued......)