The fierce battle continued until midnight.

When Liu Yong, who was covered in the blood of the enemy, stood on a high slope and looked around, he only saw a continuous stream of torches and corpses strewn all over the field.

In the distance, the fire where Cao Wei's army hoarded grain and grass was still there, and the soldiers sent to rob the grain had not yet returned, but the capital behind him was already lit with bonfires, and almost everyone took to the streets to celebrate this hard-won victory.

"When did Your Majesty send men and horses to ambush on the path, how could Wei Chen not know about it?" Qi Fang came to Liu Yong, wiped the sweat and blood on his face, and asked.

Liu Yong smiled but did not answer.

"Although the enemy army was defeated, it was still not to be underestimated, General Qi quickly sent people to clean up the battlefield, deploy defenses along the outside of the city, and try to raise grain and grass to ensure that the soldiers and civilians in our city can use it for a year."

"Wechen obeys." Qi Fang was deeply impressed that Liu Yong was able to keep a clear head at this time.

On this night, the entire city of Chengdu was immersed in joy, and the people prostrated themselves to welcome back the triumphant queen.

Compared with the bustle of the city, the palace seems much more lonely.

The vast majority of the palace people didn't know about Liu Yong's departure from the palace, and the sound of fighting from outside the city could not be heard here, until several eunuchs who went out of the palace to do business came back, bringing the news that the enemy army had been defeated.

Yongtai Palace:

The palace maid who was in charge of waiting for Liu Yong sat in front of the door of the back room and took a nap.

A dead leaf was shaken off by the night wind, swirling in mid-air and sliding past her nose, and paused slightly at the corner of her mouth, and the palace maid's body shook, and she quickly wiped her mouth, completely sober.

A dark shadow walked around Liu Yong's dormitory, tiptoed close to her, and then suddenly kicked over the stool she was sitting on.

The palace maid screamed and was literally thrown to the ground.

"Dog minion, don't go to the front to serve His Majesty and rest, but you are lazy here?" The person who came shouted, and without waiting for the palace maid to explain, he raised his hand and slapped her head hard.

"Chen, Mr. Chen?" The palace maid was not lightly thrown, rubbing her back and inhaling constantly, looking at Chen Ji standing in front of her with a little grievance.

As the chief eunuch in the Empress Dowager Wu's Cining Palace, Chen Ji's official position is actually not high, although he took over Huang Hao's position as the Huangmen Order, but it is only a low-level role among the eunuchs, and now, the right to be in charge of the forbidden army of the imperial court no longer exists, if it weren't for the fact that he is a close minister of the Empress Dowager Wu, the entire palace, he is not even as good as a leper dog. However, because of such an identity, everyone is still afraid of him.

The palace maids beside the emperor were no exception.

"Your Majesty has gone out of the palace, and the slaves and maids are here to guard the prisoners, and Mr. Chen can't wronged the slaves and maids." The palace maid got up and said.

Chen Ji pretended not to know.

"Why did Your Majesty leave the palace again?"

"Where do slaves dare to ask? It's just that General Qi Fang entered the palace to see the driver, said a few words to His Majesty, and His Majesty left, with only two personal retinues by his side, I am afraid that he went to the city to resist the enemy. The maid replied.

Chen Ji's mind was not on the palace maid's explanation of Liu Yong's exit from the palace, and a pair of eyes were patrolling the door in front of him.

"Who's going to do it?"

The palace maid knew that she was missing.

"The slave is just talking nonsense, how can anyone commit it in His Majesty's bedroom?"

Chen Ji stared at the palace maid's face and took a step forward.

The palace maid was frightened and subconsciously withdrew far away.

There have always been rumors in the palace that this Chen Ji is a fake eunuch who has not been cleansed. Some people even say that the reason why Empress Dowager Wu believes in him so much is because he is the only real man who can be close to Empress Dowager Wu after the first emperor. In many cases, he can even influence the Empress Dowager Wu, and the Empress Dowager Wu can influence the entire harem, and then the entire Shu Han country.

Liu Chan vigorously supported the eunuchs in power, and his real intention was to check and balance his relatives and those high-ranking ministers, and asking the eunuchs to take charge of the forbidden army was the most important one.

This is Liu Chan's cleverness, but it is also one of the reasons why he lost the entire Shu Han River.

Empress Dowager Wu used Chen Ji to help Liu Yong control external forces in this way, but she didn't expect that Liu Yong not only killed Huang Hao, but also used the sword of the first emperor to deprive Chen Ji of his rights.

For this reason, Chen Ji also went to the Empress Dowager Wu to complain, but only got a sentence from the Empress Dowager Wu: "The enemy is now, just ask the emperor to give it a go, and after retreating from the enemy, the mourning family has its own plans." ”

Chen Ji naturally knows his own catties, and everything depends on how Empress Dowager Wu cares in the future.

The palace maid's face turned crimson when Chen Ji saw it, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at his eyes.

"Your Majesty returns to the palace."

Outside the palace gate, a eunuch's cry was regarded as relieving the palace maid.

"Your Majesty is back, can Chief Chen go with the slave to greet Your Majesty?" The palace maid seized the opportunity and asked.

Chen Ji's eyes rolled.

"Don't let Your Majesty know that I have been here, the Queen Mother has not yet slept peacefully, and I will go back to serve." Chen Ji said and slipped out the back door.

The palace maid spat lightly at his back.

Not long after Chen Ji left, another black shadow also left through the small door at the back and went straight to Jing'an Palace.

He's Joe.

Not long after, he had already appeared in front of Empress Zhang's bedroom.

The festivities in the city continued, the glow of the bonfire reflected the sky red, and the palace was finally affected by the bustle outside, becoming a little more vibrant than before.

Liu Yong quickly took off the armor on his body and drank a few sips of tea brought by the palace maid. Before he could wash up, the eunuch on duty had already run in.

"Outside the palace, Lord Deng Yi of the Imperial History brought Shang Shu Ling Fei Gong and General Zuo Zhang Shao to meet outside the palace gate."

Liu Yong pondered for a moment, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Needless to say, Deng Yi is just a mere imperial historian, and his official position is not high, although Shang Shuling Fei Gong is very powerful on the surface, he has already been set aside by Liu Chan, but this Zhang Shao made Liu Yong feel a little headache.

He is the elder brother of the Empress Jingwai, that is, the uncle of today, although he has no real power, he is also an existence that cannot be ignored.

The three of them came in groups, apparently to ask the teacher for their crimes.

I want to see what they say. Liu Yong sneered.

"I said that I have an invitation, and I want the three of you to go to the Pleasant Heart Hall to wait for you." Liu Yong said.

The eunuch went out.

"Your Majesty has not washed yet, and it is not too late to go after the slaves and maids serve Your Majesty to wash." The palace maid said.

Liu Yong groaned.

"Who's guarding the backyard?"

"Is Your Majesty talking about the woman who was captured by General Qi?" The maid said, "Seeing that she has fallen asleep, and that there has been no movement in the past few days, nothing must have happened, so she hastened to serve Your Majesty." After His Majesty fell asleep, the slaves and maids immediately went back to guard. ”

Liu Yongnong raised his eyebrows.

"Such carelessness, dare to take my words and just do child's play?"

The palace maid was shocked.

"The slave didn't dare, but she was worried that Your Majesty would be too tired. And the others are clumsy, and the slaves and maids are afraid that they will not be able to satisfy His Majesty. ”

Liu Yong guessed that this palace maid must be very favored by Liu Chan's side, otherwise she would not have said such a thing. So, he smiled and said, "I don't need to serve here, you go to the backyard, you can't leave without my will, and you must not let it slip up in the slightest." ”

"The slave obeys." The palace maid agreed, and secretly said, this woman must seem to be a very important person.