Chapter 2817 Who can control her?
Li Quan's throat suddenly choked.
He recalled what Pang Hu had said to him, and how he was beaten to pieces after the incident, especially thinking about the possibility that he would have no way out tomorrow.
He gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger.
Seeing him like this, several young eunuchs thought that he didn't dare to provoke them, so they laughed arrogantly, pointed at him and called him a "drowned dog", and then walked away.
Li Quan looked at the backs of these people, his teeth chattering.
At this time, a young eunuch who was in charge of guarding the door came over and said, "Li Quan, did you just drink? You reek of alcohol."
Li Quan asked, "Why, you want to teach me a lesson too?"
The young eunuch could see that he was drunk and angry, so he didn't want to offend him. He just said inexplicably, "Why should I teach you a lesson? What does it have to do with me?"
"snort."
"I'm just reminding you that it's your turn to be on duty tonight. Don't miss your work."
"What's the matter?"
"Guarding the gates is our main job. We've been told from above that we must be extra vigilant these past few days. No one is allowed to open the palace gates at night without the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei's written instructions."
Hearing this, Li Quan said nothing, just lowered his head.
A cold light flashed in his eyes.
The young eunuch thought he was still drunk and asked with a frown, "Did you hear that?"
As they were talking, a team came out from the palace.
The eunuchs and soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward immediately. After asking, they found out that it was the imperial concubine's carriage. Everyone hurriedly retreated to both sides and knelt on the ground, respectfully seeing the imperial concubine's carriage out of the palace.
Li Quan knelt on the ground, watching the carriage gradually go away.
I couldn't help but say, "Shouldn't the imperial concubine stay in the harem? Why has she been coming in and out these days, and no one is taking care of her?"
The person next to him said, "Who can control her?"
“…”
"When the Emperor was here, he was the only one who could control her. Now that he's ill, doesn't she still have the final say in the entire palace? Not to mention the harem, I heard that even His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei listens to her. None of the officials from the previous dynasty dared to act arrogantly in front of her."
“Tsk tsk.”
The people around were also amazed.
They all whispered, "If this continues, our Great Yan Dynasty won't have a female leader..."
"Shh, you want to die!"
"Now, although this Imperial Concubine is not yet the Empress, she is more powerful than the Empress, and her methods are even more ruthless than those of the Emperor back then—In short, you should all be careful."
“…”
The expression on Li Quan's face became even gloomier.
Nan Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, waited until the carriage passed through the palace gate before lifting a corner of the curtain and looking back at the people guarding the palace gate. She asked, "Who are the people guarding the palace gate now?"
Riding alongside the carriage was Ying Shao.
He heard Nan Yan's question and said, "There are two groups of people guarding the palace gate. One group is the eunuchs in the palace, who are responsible for checking people in and out; the other group is the imperial guards, who are responsible for defense."
"How many classes are there in total?"
"Three shifts of people take turns guarding the place every day."
"Um."
Nan Yan nodded and said, "When you come back, tell them that even though the nine inner and outer gates are closed, the guards at the palace gates can't let their guards down. The danger doesn't necessarily come only from outside the city."
Ying Shao said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have already explained everything after the Emperor got into trouble."
Nan Yan said, "Very good."
After saying that, she leaned against the carriage again. She had a lot of nightmares last night and didn't sleep well. At this time, the carriage was shaking and she felt a little sleepy. Ruoshui saw her like this and immediately came over to support her. Nan Yan didn't say anything and leaned on her with her eyes closed to rest.
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At noon, the sun was scorching.
Normally at this time, Luo Qitong would only assign tasks to his subordinates and then go to rest. However, the situation was special these days, so even he stayed up all night and took his men to patrol everywhere.
As we walked, we arrived at the northeast corner gate.
This is the place with the most people coming in and out of the Outer Nine Gates, so the pressure is also the greatest during this period.
As he approached, a soldier came running up from behind and said a few words to his personal guard. The personal guard waved his hand, and the soldier ran away. Luo Qitong asked, "What happened?"
The guard said, "Is there something going on at the east gate of Beiyuan?"
"What's wrong?"
"I heard that the people gathered there early in the morning and wanted to open the city gates. The soldiers guarding the city naturally refused, so a fight broke out between the two sides. The people were so bold that they even broke a soldier's head with sticks."
"oh"
Luo Qitong frowned.
You know, if something like this happened normally, the person would be arrested and put in jail and tried immediately.
He immediately asked, "What happened next?"
"Later, the soldiers guarding the gates naturally refused to give up easily and immediately wanted to arrest the civilians. However, the people around them did not dare to do so and even called more people over, fearing that a big incident would occur."
"How should Jiang Shan deal with this?"
"Lord Jiang was afraid of causing a big incident, so he just held his breath and released the man. However, the common people became even more arrogant and even surrounded the city gate and refused to leave."
"And then?"
"Later, I heard that a few monks came and persuaded the people to stay put for a while."
“…”
"But judging from the looks of it, it won't be quiet for long."
Luo Qitong frowned and thought to himself, "It's been three days since the Nine Gates were sealed, and the people's patience has reached its limit. If this problem isn't resolved, I'm afraid something serious is going to happen."
As he spoke, he walked forward.
When I looked up, I saw a large group of people gathered at the city gate, arguing with the soldiers guarding the city.
"Why won't you let us out?"
"I have a field outside the city, and if I don't harvest it soon, the crops will rot!"
"Yes, the crops are rotting in the fields!"
"My father is seriously ill and I want to go see him. You've closed the city gates and left him sick outside with no one to care for him. If anything happens to him, I will fight you!"
Seeing everyone talking at once, their voices growing increasingly angry, the soldiers guarding the city could only forcefully say, "Stop talking nonsense! Didn't you see the notice at the city gate? It was the imperial court that ordered the gates closed. If you have the guts, go to the imperial court and make trouble!"
Several tall men in the crowd immediately asked, "Aren't you from the imperial court?"
"The imperial court? The imperial court doesn't care about our lives at all!"
"You are simply aiding and abetting the evil, so why should we care about the imperial court?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding people all responded in unison, and the soldier guarding the city immediately drew his sword and shouted sternly: "Are you going to rebel?!"
The few people who were originally standing in the front echoed in unison, but when they suddenly saw the flash of the knife, they were so scared that they staggered a step.
The voices of several people became lower.
At this time, someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "Rebel if you want to, we don't want this kind of government anymore!"
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