Lu Cong returned to the palace with no expression on his face.

It's just that the guards around me feel a different atmosphere and pressure than usual.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about those eunuchs talking nonsense!" In order to relieve the pressure, the guard bowed down and said, "It is better for the last general to send someone to punish them a little, so that they will not talk nonsense in the future." ”

Lu Cong glanced at him: "What do you think of the Grand Governor?"

The guard chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "The last general thinks that the Metropolitan Governor is really important to my Liang State, but there will be no situation in the Liang Kingdom where only the Metropolitan Governor knows and does not know His Majesty, it is all those eunuchs talking nonsense!"

"Really?" Lu Cong thought with his eyes closed, "I also have great trust in the Grand Governor, and I know that he is loyal. That's why he can let go and leave all the domestic affairs to him to handle. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Hmm~ It's nothing!" Lu Cong nodded, "I'm a little tired, you can also call a substitute, go back early to rest." ”

"Whew!" the guards saluted and exited the room, swapping shifts with the other guards and leaving.

Another guard entered the house and came to Lu Cong.

"Go and inquire who the eunuchs in the garden are today. Lu Cong said to the newly replaced guards, "Bring them all over." ”

"Whew!" the guards didn't know why, but the Emperor's order was carried out decisively.

Soon, all the eunuchs who were on duty in the garden today were brought and knelt outside to wait for orders.

Lu Cong found Qiu Yan from these eunuchs and said to the guards: "Let him in, the others are scattered!"

"Whoa!"

Qiu Yan was left behind, and several other eunuchs breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back.

was brought to Lu Cong, Qiu Yan hurriedly knelt down and bowed, calling His Majesty.

Lu Cong waved his hand to let the guards retreat, and said, "What's your name?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the temple person's name is Qiu Yan!" Qiu Yan lay on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head.

Most of the eunuchs call themselves temple people, and some of the higher officials will also call themselves ministers and subordinate officials, like Qiu Yan's status, of course, there is no such privilege.

"Do you know why I called you?" Lu Cong asked.

"The temple people don't know!" Of course Qiu Yan knew, pretending to know nothing.

"Hmph! What is the crime of vainly discussing the ministers of the imperial court?!" Lu Cong suddenly shouted.

Qiu Yan trembled with fright, and kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty spares your life, and the temple people are wronged!"

"Someone!"

"In!!" With Lu Cong's order, two guards immediately rushed in.

"Twenty palms!"

Qiu Yan was shocked, and before he had time to shout injustice, he was held down by one of the guards, and the other guard came to him, picked up his slap and slapped it directly on his mouth, leaving a blood-red palm print, making him feel as if his chin was crooked, and his brain was buzzing.

The guards showed no mercy, and slapped Qiu Yan with twenty consecutive slaps, causing Qiu Yan's eyes to burst into gold and the corners of his mouth to bleed.

"Stand down!" After the fight, Lu Cong waved his hand.

"Wow!" the two guards saluted with fists and turned to leave.

Waiting for them to go out, Lu Cong looked at Qiu Yan and asked expressionlessly, "As a eunuch who is arguing with the ministers of the imperial court, do you know what is wrong?"

"Temple...... The temple people knew their mistakes...... "Qiu Yan covered his swollen cheeks, it was so miserable that it hurt to speak."

"Do you dare to talk about the minister in the future?" Lu Cong asked again.

Qiu Yan raised his head and replied, "The temple people don't dare!"

"Remember! The major affairs of the court are not something that you eunuchs can discuss! The next time you commit it again, it's not just as simple as slapping your mouth, cutting off your head is light!" Lu Cong reprimanded coldly.

"The people of the temple will never dare to ...... again" Qiu Yanxin finished speaking, but instead of achieving his goal, he annoyed the emperor, and this is miserable! How will he gain a foothold in the palace in the future? They all say that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and it is indeed true! I can't guess the emperor's mind at all.

I thought it was very good, and I was sure that I could succeed, but how did I end up like this?

What should I do now? His Majesty's side failed to please him, but instead made him lively, and received twenty slaps, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to climb up in the future. Sima Fa's matter has not been completed, and I am afraid that the funding from the Chamber of Commerce will also be cut off, and there is no way out!

Could it be that my Qiu Yan is destined to be a lowest-level eunuch in this life, and there will never be a way out? God, this is so unfair!

Just when he was a little discouraged and desperate, Lu Cong said expressionlessly, "Are you working in my garden?"

"Yes...... Yes, Your Majesty!" replied Qiu Yan endured the pain on his lips.

"Look at you are quite clever, serve by my side from today onwards!"

"Huh?" Qiu Yan thought he had misheard, and looked up at Lu Cong, his eyes full of incredulity. Then he reacted and was ecstatic, and kowtowed again and again, "Temple...... Temple people can ...... Able to serve His Majesty, Jane...... It's just ......."

"Okay, I can't even say anything!" Lu Cheng said, "Go to the imperial doctor to prescribe some wound medicine, treat the wound, and come and see me later!"

"Wow!!" Qiu Yan was ecstatic, and quickly thanked him and retreated.

Looking for the imperial doctor in the palace to deal with the injuries on his face, Qiu Yan returned to Lu Cong again.

"I want to go out of the palace for a walk, you can arrange it!" Lu Cong asked the guards around him to go over with Qiu Yan.

"Wow!" Qiu Yan nodded repeatedly, knowing that this guard followed him to let others know that he was under the emperor's orders.

With him, everything was quickly arranged.

Lu Cong, accompanied by Qiu Yan, secretly left the palace with some guards.

came to the outside of the palace, asked everyone to change their clothes, concealed their identities, and asked Qiu Yan to lead the way.

Qiu Yan didn't know Lu Cong's thoughts, so he took him to the most lively places in the city, such as teahouses, restaurants, and markets.

In fact, Qiu Yan's previous words were not false, Sima Fa has a very high reputation in the country, and there are naturally many people who talk about him, especially the recent battle with Ning Ze at the border, which has increased the talking point, and the common people will naturally talk about it after dinner.

Of course, there is another reason, Huaguo's underground intelligence personnel have long been arranged, secretly "leading the way" among the people, making more and more topics about Sima Fa, and most of them are full of praise, and they highly respect him, making it seem that all the people admire him.

Lu Cong is usually in the palace, and he rarely walks around the people, so of course he can't hear these voices.

However, when I came here, I found that what Qiu Yan said before was true, the people talked about themselves very little, and there were very few Chinese military officials in the DPRK, and most of the topics revolved around Sima Fa, the governor of the capital, and praised him to a rare degree in heaven and no place on earth, as if the Liang Kingdom could not do without him, and the whole country could only operate smoothly because of his existence.

Although I told myself to be rational and not to forget the importance of Sima Fa to myself and to the country, the more I listened, the more irritable and frightened I became.

In the long run, Sima Fa's prestige became higher and higher, and the people only knew about him, but they didn't know about his existence.

Now he is confronting Ning Ze at the border, and his reputation is even more incomparable for a while.

What would happen if he defeated Ning Ze?

Qiu Yan is a smart person, if he speaks ill of Sima Fa at this time, it will arouse Lu Cong's suspicion, and it is himself who is unlucky. Therefore, he only made a start, making Lu Cong suspicious and suspicious of Sima Fa. Through the mouths of the people, it is easier to achieve the goal.

All I have to do is to serve Your Majesty well and not make mistakes.

When he returned to the palace that day, Lu Cong didn't seem to have happened. It's just that the next day, after the court, he suddenly said to the hundred officials: "The governor of the capital has been on the expedition for a long time, and my son misses it very much." The front-line commander was temporarily changed to Lu Yuan, and ordered him to guard the border pass, not to fight with Ning Ze without authorization, and asked the Metropolitan Governor to return to the city as soon as possible to relieve the pain of my lovesickness!"

Wu'er is not referring to his son, but to the princess Lu Xi who is married to Sima Fa.

The Minister of Chinese Wu of the DPRK was a little confused when he heard this, and said in his heart that there was Ning Ze on the border, which was quite dangerous, why did he suddenly summon the governor of Dadu back?

Feeling inappropriate, Prime Minister Sun Ran stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not proper! Although the princess misses the Metropolitan Governor, this is the love of husband and wife, but the Metropolitan Governor bears the weight of the society, how can she leave the border easily?"

"Your Majesty!" said Wang Jun, the imperial historian, "The children's private affairs are small, but the safety of the border is a big matter!

"Your Majesty, don't recall the Metropolitan Governor!" Pu Anmin also stood up, "The soldiers are in danger, and the non-Metropolitan Governor can't stop Ning Ze!"

......

Other civilian and military generals came out one after another, all saying the same thing, hoping that Lu Cong would take back his fate.

Combined with what he saw and heard yesterday, this scene made Lu Cong's heart angry.

As the emperor, you can't even summon Sima Fa back to the city, are you all with him?

Could it be that even my hundred officials only know Sima Fa and don't know me?

In fact, once a person drills the horns of the bull, his usual intelligence will be gone.

Lu Cong is a smart person, the problem is that the smarter the person, the easier it is to get into the horns: "The words of the Emperor are fallacious! What does it mean that a non-metropolitan governor can't stop Ning Ze? Yuan'er is excellent in martial arts, and with Lei He, Yan Ping, and Zhou Hao on his side, he is just guarding the border pass, can't he stop him? Even if you doubt Yuan'er's ability, do you even doubt Lei He, Yan Ping, and Zhou Hao?"

"This ......" the civil and military officials looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

"I have made up my mind!" The more they objected, the more unhappy Lu Cong became, and immediately made a decision, "Quickly recall the Grand Governor! I believe that Yuan'er is here, and the border pass is foolproof!"

What can be done? The emperor has given orders, and the civil and military officials can only obey them.

Soon, the edict was sent to the front line and came to the Liang military camp.

After receiving the edict, Lu Yuan, Zhou Hao, Yan Ping, Lei He and others all showed incredible expressions, and said in their hearts that at this critical time, how could they let Sima Fa return to the city?

The princess misses him, it's too ridiculous, isn't it? No matter how much the princess misses her husband, she can't recall her husband because of her children's personal feelings.

The most ridiculous thing is that His Majesty actually agreed? How could His Majesty agree?

Everyone was confused, but Sima Fa sighed helplessly after reading the edict.

He saw the problem at first, but didn't say anything.

A smart person like him can understand in an instant.

So he turned to Lu Yuan and said to him solemnly: "Since Your Majesty has summoned me back to the city, I can't resist the order as a minister! If Ning Ze leads the troops to attack, he should work together with you!"