Today, there is no ordinary citizen in the imperial capital of Lizhou except the soldiers guarding the city, but the Lizhou Palace is as bustling and crowded as a vegetable market, with a lot of people talking.
The common people had never been to the imperial palace in their lives. They had only heard people talk about how magnificent and majestic the palace was. Now they saw it, and it was indeed true.
The golden palace, the exquisite architecture, the rare plants of various varieties, the valuable furnishings, and the lifelike sculptures and paintings left the common people in the palace stunned, and they felt that it was worth dying for.
The strange thing is that although these people looked at the palace, no one dared to take anything from the palace with the enemy at the gate. They only dared to get close to the beautiful flowers and smell them, but did not dare to touch them.
Perhaps they felt that the Luo army was about to enter the city, and that they would be useless even if they took anything here. Or perhaps they were afraid to act rashly due to the dignity of the soldiers guarding the imperial palace.
The Zhaosheng Palace was the only palace that had never been visited by ordinary people. It was surrounded by mighty and majestic guards, each with a stern and cold expression.
The Zhaosheng Hall was full of people, and on the tables in front of each person were placed exquisite food and fine wine. These people were all officials in the court, such as Xu Taiwei, Zi Chengxiang, Song Tingwei and others. But at this moment, their faces were all very bad.
Ji Jiangshen sat at the head of the table, raised the jade cup in front of him, and saluted everyone from afar, saying, "Today may be the last time you all gather here. I offer a toast to you all."
The scene was completely silent, no one responded, and it was very awkward for a while.
Ji Jiangshen drank it himself without much concern, then poured another glass. He lowered his eyes to look at the wine in the glass, his mood suddenly becoming low. He said with a sigh and a sense of guilt, "Thinking back on my unruly and indulgent life, I feel really sorry for my... child..."
When everyone heard this, they all rolled their eyes at Ji Jiangshen and thought to themselves: You only wake up when you are about to die!
Ji Jiangshen drank the wine in the glass again.
After drinking three or four cups in a row, someone finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Song Tingwei was the first person to stand up.
"If the emperor wants to wait for death here, I will not stop him, but please let me go out and fight alongside General Ling! Your humble servant!" Song Tingwei stood proudly in the hall, looking up at Ji Jiangxin who was sitting on the dragon throne, with a face full of incorruptibility, and he did not shy away from looking into Ji Jiangxin's eyes.
Ji Jiangshen narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled. Before he could say anything, General Xu, Prime Minister Zi, the Imperial Preceptor and others stood up one after another and asked Ji Jiangshen to let them leave the palace.
In response, Ji Jiangshen just smiled playfully, looked at Yuan Qin who had been watching from the sidelines, and asked, "What do you think?"
"I think that except for Song Tingwei, the imperial tutor, the imperial guards...", the rest can be sent out." Yuan Qin mentioned several court officials one after another, all of whom were upright officials like Song Tingwei. Everyone thought that Yuan Qin would let Ji Jiangshen release these people, but unexpectedly, it was the opposite. He said that these people should not be allowed to leave the palace.
It's really unbelievable.
Amidst the confusion among the crowd, Yuan Qin remained silent for a moment before continuing, "If possible, I hope to invite Commander Ling to the palace as well."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a stone that caused a thousand waves!
All the officials could no longer sit still. They stood up and walked to the center of the hall, kneeling and begging, "Your Majesty, please don't do this! General Ling is the last hope of the imperial city!"
Once General Ling withdraws, the imperial city will fall without a fight!
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