The third day of Liu Qing's absence.

In front of the guqin, Cai Yan sat blankly, unable to find the slightest interest in playing the guqin. It seemed that without an audience, the beautiful music would lose its meaning.

He held a sword in his arms, which the general accidentally forgot here.

There are also words engraved on the sword: The Royal Sword of Bohai King.

This is the sword of Liu Kui, King of Bohai. The wronged brother of the late emperor was said to be very popular among the people under his rule. When they heard the news of his suicide, the people all felt sorry for him.

So, this general from Jizhou is the son of King Bohai?

Cai Yan felt an inexplicable feeling of loss in his heart. He was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and she was the daughter of a guilty minister.

"Miss, the sun is so beautiful, why are you so bored in the room?" A voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

Upon hearing this, Cai Yan quickly put his sword aside and took a volume of silk book.

It was Xingzhi who had returned. He had been dismissed by Cai Yan. When he learned that Cai Yan was fine, he looked for all the dismissed servants to come back.

Xingzhi entered the room, glanced at Cai Yan, and then at the sword beside him.

"Miss, I took the silk book upside down."

Only then did Cai Yan realize it, immediately blushed, and turned it back.

Xingzhi smiled. Although she didn't know the origin of the sword, she knew that the young lady didn't like swords before.

This sword must have an origin!

While raising the window for ventilation, she said: "The peach blossoms in the south of the city are in bloom. It's a warm spring this year, and farmers have begun to replant the light fields."

After she finished speaking, she frowned. It seemed that the lady was not listening!

"Miss?"

Cai Yan came back to his senses and looked at Xingzhi doubtfully.

"In February of previous years, you were always rushing out and couldn't stop you. What happened now?" Xingzhi felt very distressed.

As Cai Yan's personal maid since childhood, she always asked questions directly.

"Xingzhi, go to the city gate and see if there is an army coming to Yu County."

"The army, is it the Yellow Turban Army? No, it's coming again. By the way, miss, can you tell Xingzhi how you escaped?"

Cai Yan didn't want to talk, and she didn't want to listen to others. She even felt that Xingzhi, who used to be cute and cute before, was a bit noisy.

Why did she suddenly feel like this? She wasn't like this before.

"Xingzhi, go and do your work, I have to practice calligraphy."

…

Luoyang, Imperial Palace.

"Come on, let me teach you, this is evil..."

In the south hall, Liu Hong hugged the palace maid with one hand and held her hand with the other, teaching her one stroke at a time in front of a large table.

Every time he wrote a stroke, his other hand would do the same thing on the palace maid.

"This is the vertical one!" As he said this, he took it out from top to bottom.

"This is a hook..."

Before Liu Hong could make a move, a figure ran over in the corridor tremblingly.

"Your Majesty—Your Majesty—"

As he spoke, he was panicked.

Liu Hong took a look and saw that it was Zhang Changshi.

"Chief Zhang, why are you so alarmed?" Liu Hong said displeased, obviously dissatisfied with the latter for ruining his elegance.

"Your Majesty——, Zhu Jun has been defeated and has retreated to Changshe. Bo Cai is about to lead a large army to besiege the city. The situation is very critical. Please send reinforcements quickly!"

With a "pop" sound, the brush in Liu Hong's hand fell to the ground, splashing an ink stain.

"Why is that so! Why is that so?" Liu Hong pushed the palace maid away with his hands trembling, "Go and summon all the officials to discuss it!"

Zhang Rang saw the panicked Liu Hong and quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, hundreds of officials are already waiting for Your Majesty."

"Okay, come over quickly."

As soon as Liu Hong took a step, he suddenly felt a trance and his vision suddenly went dark.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" The palace maid quickly supported him, but Liu Hong pushed him away.

"Don't try to ruin my important affairs!"

As he said that, he staggered over and walked over.

Above the court, all the officials were silent and lifeless.

No one wanted to touch Liu Hong's bad luck. After Ma Yuanyi was executed, Liu Hong's behavior was no different from before, as if Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi were sure of victory in the expedition.

Liu Hong was obsessed with the women in the harem and completely ignored the affairs of the court. Most of the affairs of the court were handled by Zhang Jian and several of his ministers.

He even openly declared: Zhang Changshi is my father-in-law and Zhao Changshi is my mother.

The eunuch without a queen has a child, and the emperor whose father is dead has parents, and they love each other, which is a human comedy.

However, when bad news came, Liu Hong felt like his body was being hollowed out. Only at this time did he think of Baiguan.

"Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun is surrounded, please tell us what to do!" Liu Hong said anxiously.

General He Jin stepped forward and said, "At this moment, the only option is to send troops to support, but there are no more troops in the court."

"How about calling the border troops back to defense quickly?" Liu Hong suggested.

He Jin's face trembled when he heard this, and he called the border troops back to defend. What kind of brain could come up with such an idea.

He, a butcher, understands this truth, and there must be no room for error at the border.

"Your Majesty, I propose to appoint Cao Mengde as the Cavalry Commander and lead the army to Yingchuan for rescue."

"Accurate!"

"Report——"

As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, a new report came from outside the hall, and his slightly relieved heart tightened again.

"Nanyang County Army Report: Zhang Mancheng's troops have captured Wan County, and the prefect Chu Gong died in the battle."

"Report——"

"Beizhonglang General Lu Zhijun reported that there was a rebellion in Yuyang, Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou, and the governor of Guangyang were killed. Zhuojun was in emergency. The war in Jizhou was tense. Although there was a small victory, it may not be a quick victory. Please allocate grain and grass support from the imperial court."

"Support, support, support, support everything! What use do I need from them!" Liu Hong was furious. He picked up a roll of bamboo slips and threw it at the person who informed him.

"Tell them to just report the funeral!"

"Is there any more? Bu Si has captured Dongjun and Chu Gong has lost Nanyang. Is there any other place? Report them all together. I will be so angry that I will forget it!"

Liu Hong shouted and threw the remaining bamboo slips towards His Highness.

The messenger was lying on the ground, refusing to hide, and let the bamboo slips fall on him.

"What else do you want from me? Tell me!"

"I was asked to lift the party ban, and I did so. I wanted to recruit troops, and I agreed. Three generals went out to fight. Why can't they deal with just the refugees? How can the majesty of the imperial court exist?"

"How shameless do you have to stand in this court! What shame do you have to say that you are a Han official!"

"Trash! I think you are all trash!"

All officials were silent, and the court became Liu Hong's one-man show.

"Zuo Feng!"

"My servant is here." The eunuch on the side knelt and said.

"I will appoint you as the military governor of Jizhou. You will go to Jizhou to inspect the military situation and urge Lu Zhi to fight!"

"My slave obeys the order!"

"Yuan Wei!"

"The old minister is here." Yuan Wei came out.

"Confess Yuan Shu as General Hu Ben Zhonglang, and immediately recruit soldiers and horses to put an end to the Nanyang Rebellion!"

"The old minister took over the order for the highway."

"Anyone who has strategies or talents to defeat the enemy will be recommended!" Liu Hong's words were very lively.

It was not the officials who responded to him, but those outside the palace.

"Report——"

Liu Hong's expression suddenly changed, and so did all the officials' expressions.

Liu Hong's anger had just dissipated a little, and he had made corresponding arrangements. He could have retreated from the court and rested for two days, but who would have expected...

The officials glared at the messenger angrily, wishing they could scratch him alive with their eyes.

Liu Hong's eyes were murderous, and he finally calmed down a little. He actually submitted the battle report at this time. Was he deliberately trying to anger him to death?

He looked at the messenger with a sinister look, "Where can I report the news?"

After feeling the ill-intentioned looks from the officials, the messenger found that His Majesty's eyes were also very wrong, and knew that he had come at the wrong time.

"This is the battle report of Chenliu County."

Chen Liu, battle report, Liu Hong immediately caught the key words, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Tell me, has Chen Liu been lost? The Sili family has been lost -" Liu Hong dragged out his voice as if he was out of breath.
Chapter completed!