In the court, the emperor was really angry this time, because he never expected that the more than a thousand bandit-suppression soldiers he had trained with great effort would all be destroyed in just a few moments.

At this time, Liu Dingguo also knelt in front of him, begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

"It's not that I'm incompetent, it's just that those bandits are too cunning!"

"I had just led everyone to the mountain when they suddenly launched an attack. Three mountain strongholds attacked at the same time. I was surrounded and had no way to open the formation..."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me and give me another chance! I definitely have a way to defeat those bandits and make them flee in disarray..."

But when he heard these words, the emperor just sneered.

"Give you another chance?"

"I'll give you another chance. Do you want to let all the bandits fight their way into my palace?"

The emperor slammed the table in anger.

"I never thought that it was only half a day. I heard from the people below that you were beaten back after only two hours! Two hours... I can't believe it!"

"Liu Dingguo, Liu Dingguo, the court spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, did they all go to waste for you?"

Liu Dingguo quickly lowered his head and kowtowed continuously.

Naturally, he never thought that he would be beaten so badly that he couldn't even last half a year.

His father Liu Sandao was speechless at this time. After all, if anyone knew about this kind of thing, he would be in trouble. Liu Sandao calculated that he might even lose his official position.

At this time, the emperor calmed down a little and spoke to the person in front of him.

"Tell me now, out of the more than a thousand people who went out, how many of them came back? Didn't they claim to have a total of 1,200 people? Are there only five of you with you?"

Liu Dingguo said quickly.

"No, no, no... there are many, many people..."

"Your Majesty, we were just temporarily dispersed by the attack... There are definitely many people who have not returned to Jincheng yet. Once they come back, we will be able to regroup and mobilize a thousand troops to attack the bandits again..."

When Liu Dingguo said this, even he himself didn't believe it.

After all, although he was indeed ambushed, the gap in strength between the two sides was simply beyond his acceptance. For a moment, Liu Dingguo had nothing to say and could only wait for the emperor's judgment.

The emperor didn't want to say a word at this time.

He had never imagined that the temporary anti-bandit army that he had spent so much money to build would perform like this. He was so angry that he wanted to slam the table.

At this moment, Liu Dehai, who was standing beside him, suddenly received the news, and he hurriedly said to the emperor in front of him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is truly blessed! Part of the bandit suppression army has been incorporated and is now at the city gate."

When the emperor heard these words suddenly, he was also surprised, but Liu Dingguo just raised his head slowly. He never thought that he would actually come back.

When the emperor heard this, he hurriedly said to Liu Dehai.

"Really? Who recruited them back?"

"It was Princess Ye!" Liu Dehai said excitedly, "Princess Ye heard that they were going to fight the bandits and brought some of the palace's servants with them. It is said that they happened to encounter the bandit-suppression army that had been dispersed, so they completely incorporated them and now they are all at the north gate of the capital!"

And at this moment, a smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's face.

"Are you serious?"

"It is absolutely true, Your Majesty!"

The emperor stood up immediately at this time.

"Okay, if that's the case, let's head to the north gate of the capital right now. I want to meet Faye Wong!"

Less than half an hour later, the emperor's carriage arrived at the north gate of the capital, and the people around the north gate of the capital gathered there.

After seeing the emperor's carriage, Qian Ruoyu was a little surprised, but Qian Ruoyu thought about it in his heart. After all, he was also a bandit-suppression army in the surrounding area. If he could completely pull back a part of them, it would naturally be completely different.

Therefore, it would not be a big problem for the emperor to come and pick him up in person.

As soon as Qian Ruoyu saw the emperor, he immediately walked forward, but Jin Lianhua and others behind him could not move forward. Only Qian Ruoyu went forward. After all, only Qian Ruoyu had the qualifications to meet the emperor.

Just as Qian Ruoyu was about to kneel down, the emperor hurriedly spoke.

"Stand up, no need to kneel!"

"I never thought that I would receive so much bad news in the past few days. Now I finally get your good news. It's so great! You don't have to kneel down anymore!"

Liu Dehai happened to be next to the emperor at this time. Naturally, he received Qian Ruoyu's news and told all the news to the emperor.

The emperor was overjoyed, and at the same time he hurriedly asked Qian Ruoyu.

"Princess Ye, please tell me quickly, how many bandit-suppression troops have you brought back?"

Qian Ruoyu said immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have gathered about 600 bandit-suppression troops!"

After hearing this, the emperor was a little confused. After all, doesn’t this mean that half of the bandit-suppression army has been wiped out?

Just when he was confused, Qian Ruoyu spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you!"

After all, the emperor was in high spirits, so he immediately nodded and let Qian Ruoyu continue.

"Your Majesty, based on my investigation and what the bandit-suppression troops said, I am afraid that I can temporarily confirm that the number of bandit-suppression troops is not 1,200. The number should be more than 800."

After hearing these words suddenly, the emperor opened his eyes wide instantly, because he couldn't believe himself. The number of people he ordered to be sheltered should be 1,200, but now it was only more than half of the number.

"Are you serious?"

Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly and waved to the golden lotus behind her.

Jin Lianhua hurried over.

"This is my bodyguard, Jin Lianhua. She personally joined me in the bandit-saving army, and part of the payment has already been made. They have only undergone some simple training and will be forced to go to Jiulong Mountain. There should be only about 800 of them!"

After hearing these words, the emperor's face changed instantly, because in this case, Liu Dingguo was completely guilty of deceiving the emperor, and at this time Liu Dehai was assisting him.

"Your Majesty, I heard that all the equipment of the anti-bandit army came from the Nine Gates Governor's Office, not from the capital's arsenal..."

The emperor's expression changed drastically.