Chapter 130 Request to fight
In the Nanzhao Palace.
In the middle of the night, it was supposed to be the time to sleep, but in the brightly lit hall, Emperor Nan Zhao and all the senior officials in the court gathered.
The atmosphere was oppressive and gloomy, like a thick layer of gloom hanging over everyone's minds. Anxiety, hesitation and uneasiness were visible on the faces of the ministers.
All of them looked pale and confused.
The old prime minister repeated his persuasion for an unknown number of times: "Your Majesty, the enemy troops are already approaching the city. Your Majesty, you'd better run away quickly. Your Majesty -"
"Presumptuous." The man sitting on the dragon chair looked handsome and resolute. Hearing these words, his face turned gloomy and angry, "This is my palace, my country, where am I going to escape to?"
"The army of the Yong Kingdom is invincible, and the emperor will only die if he stays!"
"emperor!"
“Please, Your Majesty, think twice and keep the green hills, so you don’t have to worry about running out of firewood——”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" An armored forbidden soldier staggered in, his face pale and frightened, "There is a signal in the night sky... There is a signal, the Yong Kingdom army is sending out a signal..."
The ministers looked at each other uneasily: "What signal? Are they about to attack the city?"
"Come here! Send out all the forbidden troops and make sure to defend the imperial city!" Emperor Yan Yunshuo stood up, his tone filled with uncontrollable anger, "Publish my decree, if you can shoot the opponent's general, I will not only make him a marquis, but also make him a marquis. I will also reward ten thousand taels of gold and ten beauties!”
"yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a eunuch came in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Concubine Ying wishes to see you."
Yan Yunshuo's face darkened: "What is she here for?"
"I don't know."
Yan Yunshuo sat down and said coldly: "Let her in."
"yes."
A woman in her twenties walked in from outside the palace. She was not wearing a luxurious palace dress, but a neat black outfit. She looked heroic and calm.
The ministers were all surprised when they saw her looking like this. Then they suddenly thought of something, and a glimmer of hope burst out in their eyes.
After the woman entered the palace, she ignored the reactions of the ministers, knelt down on one knee, and said in a loud and powerful voice: "Your Majesty, I request to go to war."
"You?" Yan Yunshuo looked at the heroic woman in front of him, his expression startled, "Why are you..."
"I have been on the battlefield before and killed the enemy." The imperial concubine lowered her eyes and her kneeling posture was dignified. "When the eldest princess was alive, she once said that protecting the family and the country is a soldier's bounden duty. I was once a soldier, and when the country is in danger, I still Soldier. If I can defend the imperial city, the eldest princess will be extremely happy. If I can't...if I can't defend the imperial city, I would rather die on the battlefield. I can explain to the eldest princess under Jiuquan."
When the ministers heard this, they were shocked: "Your Majesty, Concubine Ying has made countless military exploits, she can fight!"
"Yes, Concubine Ying followed the eldest princess through life and death before entering the palace. She has rich experience in fighting enemies. With Concubine Ying here, the imperial city can support it for at least a few more days."
With a few days of delay, the emperor and them would have more time to escape from the imperial city. They would also have enough time to settle their families and take away their wives, children, and children.
By the time the Yong Kingdom conquered the imperial city, they had already fled far away and fled to a safe place.
However, Emperor Yan Yunshuo obviously did not think so.
Hearing Concubine Ying mention the eldest princess, a dark look flashed across his eyes. After hearing her words, he stared at her seriously for a while: "You have been in the palace for more than two years, and your martial arts have already deteriorated, not to mention Yong outside the imperial city. There are too many soldiers and their combat power is too strong. Will you be their opponent? "
"I will do my best." Concubine Ying lowered her eyes, "Even if you lose, it will be an honor to die."
Yan Yunshuo was silent for a long time.
Several important ministers persuaded each other with words, and it was obvious that they had given up hope in this war. Their biggest hope at the moment was to delay the destruction of the city as much as possible, giving them enough time to persuade the emperor to abandon the city and flee.
The emperor didn't know what was going on. The city was about to be destroyed. After the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, they would become prisoners and slaves of the new emperor. But the emperor just didn't want to leave. He didn't want to give up his dragon robe and the clothes under his buttocks. A dragon chair.
Is the dragon chair more important than life?
They couldn't leave unless the emperor left. The emperor called them into the palace to accompany him every day, as if he wanted them to accompany him as slaves to subjugate the country, but the ministers were unwilling. They were afraid of death, and even more afraid of the humiliation they would have to endure after becoming slaves of the subjugated country. They don't want their wives and daughters to become other people's playthings.
"Your Majesty, I request to go to war." Seeing that the emperor never agreed, Concubine Ying asked again, "I swear to protect the imperial city to the death."
"Your Majesty!" The old Prime Minister knelt down and begged, "Please Your Majesty, please let Concubine Ying go to fight!"
The ministers knelt down one by one: "I beg the emperor to let Concubine Ying go to fight!"
"Please, Your Majesty, allow Concubine Ying to fight!"
Yan Yunshuo's expression was as cold as water, and he stared at Concubine Ying expressionlessly for a long time. The dark luster in his eyes floated up and down. After a long time, he finally said: "Okay."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yan Yunshuo handed her the half-faced tiger talisman on the imperial case: "I believe you can guard the city gate."
Concubine Ying picked up the tiger talisman and knelt down on one knee: "If the city gate is there, then the minister will be here. If the city gate is lost, then the minister will die."
After saying this, she stood up and left without looking back, holding the tiger talisman tightly in her hand as if she had exhausted all her strength.
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