Maybe he doesn't like flashiness, or maybe it's habit, although the Xijing Imperial Palace has been completed for a long time, Xinchen has been reluctant to take the initiative to go to the Imperial Palace to discuss matters, and after inspecting Xicheng, he still returned to the General's Mansion.

There is no longer a general in the general's mansion, and Xinchen looks at the lively courtyard, but feels extremely empty. The unfathomable fat man who is also an enemy and a teacher will not come back, for some reason, Xinchen can't feel the joy of the enemy being eliminated at all, there is a trace of heartache, and there is boundless loneliness.

Seeing Xinchen returning home, Li Miao hurriedly greeted him and said, "Childe, the ministers are already waiting in the reception hall, let's go over together." "At the time of the national crisis, Li Miao had already pressed the love of her children, and turned into a right-hand man for Xinchen. "Good. Xinchen simply answered, and went with Li Miao.

Xinchen walked straight into the hall, raised his hand to stop everyone from waiting, glanced for a week, and then turned to Li Miao and asked, "Miao'er, hasn't Cheng Lao arrived yet?"

Li Miao replied: "Cheng Lao is not worried about the northern border, he is still in Longcheng, and he has handed over the 300,000 troops in the northern border to me. ”

Xinchen paused for a moment, and said gloomily: "Cheng Yu has been martyred in the Green Ridge Stone City. Miao'er, please send an envoy to tell Cheng Lao, saying that I am sorry for him, and I will come to apologize in the future. ”

Li Miao was stunned when he heard this, the handsome man who had been talking to him about the past and the present a few months ago had already returned to the loess, and after a while, he also replied gloomily: "I know." ”

At this time, Chen straightened up and stepped forward, returned the holy order to his heart, and said: "The old minister is not doing his job effectively, and the reinforcements are late, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Xinchen took the holy order, picked up Chen Zhi and said, "Old Chen, this is not your fault. Millions of troops marched westward, and only more than 10,000 people came back in the end, and if you hadn't arrived in time, I am afraid that my eastern territory would have completely fallen. It was you who saved Xijing and saved Dongtu!" Hearing that the Western Expedition had been defeated so badly, Chen Zhi retreated and sat down.

Xinchen faced the ministers and said, "General Li Guang fought against the Demon Lord with his own strength outside the Demon Capital City, buying time for our army to retreat, but unfortunately he was killed. ”

When the army returned from the expedition to the west, the ministers had already guessed that Li Guang was dead, but at this time, the official announcement by Xinchen still caused a lot of commotion. Xinchen didn't expect that it was Pegatron who spoke out first, he changed the nature of the peacemaker in the past, and reprimanded: "Li Guang's insistence on the western expedition caused this tragedy, and he died innocently!" Li Guang is dead, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the relationship between the leading female general in the north and this majesty is extraordinary, although the demon soldiers are pressing the border, he has become the real shepherd emperor indisputably.

Xinchen sighed a little, this is the so-called tree falling and scattering. Li Guang's bones were still cold, and those subordinates who had been loyal to him turned against him en masse in an instant and denounced him. Although people's hearts are unpredictable, most of them are like this, how can they expect that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are as iron-clad as Cheng Qingfeng and Chen Zhi. It is easy to get a minister, but it is hard to find a minister!

The ministers expressed their opinions and listed Li Guang's accusations one after another, and the discussion was very vigorous, and there was no intention of stopping at all. Xinchen was a little helpless, coughed lightly, and the heated discussion instantly quieted down, is this the so-called taste of power. When the ministers were quiet, he said in a deep voice: "In this westward expedition, I will not escape the blame. General Li Guang was martyred, worthy of being a good man of my herdsman, loyal to the martyr, and given a state funeral after the war in Xijing is settled, what do the secretaries think?"

Although the ministers did not understand why the former puppet emperor treated Li Guang so kindly, since he said so, they changed their words one after another and praised His Majesty for his kindness. Xinchen did not convey any benevolence to the ministers, but only respected Li Guang's last choice from the bottom of his heart. Regarding the praise of the ministers, he did not say anything, and said: "Although the demon clan has temporarily retreated, it is still outside the Chen Soldier Pass, eyeing Xijing. Although we have 300,000 troops from the north to help, if the demons continue to attack, whether they can hold it is still two words, if these 300,000 troops are exhausted again, our eastern soil will be in danger. I want to make peace with the demons, what do you think?"

As soon as Xinchen finished speaking, Chen Zhi suddenly rose, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty is cautious, our clan has been inherited in the Eastern Land for thousands of years, how can we ask for peace with the demon clan, how can we be worthy of our ancestors and ancestors!"

Xinchen also got up and said, "Old Chen, I also know that seeking peace is insulting to the ancestors, but I don't want to watch the soldiers of my clan shed blood and sacrifice for the so-called glory. Look at the corpses stacked at the foot of Xicheng, and then think about the nearly one million loyal souls outside the Demon Capital who have been exposed to the wilderness, isn't the price we have paid enough?" Chen Zhi was speechless and sat down gloomily.

Xinchen looked around and asked again, "What about the others, do you have a better way?"

The ministers were silent, only Heshuo suddenly got up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that negotiating peace is the best policy at the moment, but we are willing to negotiate peace, will the demon clan be willing to give up this great opportunity to annex the eastern lands?"

Xinchen did not answer Heshuo directly, but looked at the ministers and said calmly: "They will agree, they have reasons why they must agree." ”

Heshuo asked again: "Your Majesty, who is the envoy?"

Xinchen resolutely said: "I will go!"