Chapter 2823: Your Majesty’s words are as good as gold?
At this time, several hot-tempered ministers could no longer hold back and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness! We are officials of the court, not slaves. Imprisoning us here to deal with such trivial matters is intolerable!"
As soon as someone takes the lead, the people behind him immediately stand up.
"Yes, we are courtiers, not slaves."
"Treating us like this doesn't even consider us ministers as human beings!"
"We won't do this anymore!"
Seeing that everyone was making a commotion again, Zhu Chengxuan, who had originally been a little soft-hearted towards them, quickly stepped forward, stood in front of Nan Yan, and said in a deep voice: "What are you going to do? Are you going to rebel?"
When they saw him stand up, some court officials became a little hesitant.
After all, the incident of King Wei beating Ge Yunli to death with a stick three days ago is still fresh in people's minds. Now that he is like this, I am afraid he will attack the court officials again.
Yan Gu looked at Zhu Chengxuan and said with deep sorrow, "Your Highness, are you going to attack me again?"
"you--"
Just when Zhu Chengxuan was almost enraged by them, Nan Yan took a step forward.
Although her face looked a little gloomy, the corner of her mouth was slightly raised, and she looked like she was smiling, but that kind of smile made people feel creepy.
"Everyone, don't be impulsive."
As she spoke, she looked at Yan Gu and said slowly, "Sir Yan, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei just wants to urge everyone to calm down. Sir Yan is a veteran minister who has served more than one emperor. How can you accuse the Prince of Wei like this?"
“…”
Yan Gu was stunned.
He had indeed said those words just now on purpose for the King of Wei and everyone else to hear, so as to put a hat on him.
But when the imperial concubine exposed his mistake, his face turned red.
Nan Yan said calmly, "I know that you all are somewhat dissatisfied. However, I and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei are keeping you in the palace for your own safety."
"Safety?"
Someone in the crowd said, "Nothing has happened in the city, what's the danger?"
"On the contrary, we are the ones who are left in the palace, our lives unknown, and our families are worried sick!"
"It would be dangerous if we stayed in the palace."
Nan Yan glanced at them coldly. Zhu Chengxuan frowned and said softly, "My Lady, please let me—"
Nan Yan shook her head gently at him, signaling him not to be impulsive.
Just now, the King of Wei was clearly worried that the court officials would start attacking them en masse, just like Ge Yunli had done a few days ago. However, the two events were different. Back then, Ge Yunli had attacked the imperial concubine, stirring up public anger so he could fish in troubled waters. But now, they had locked the court officials in the palace for three full days. As Yan Gu had said, there was no precedent for this in all dynasties.
They are not in the right.
If the court officials were killed at this time, it would really arouse their resentment - everyone is afraid of death, but there are also scholars who are not afraid of death. If this mentality is aroused among them, the situation will be really difficult to handle.
At this time, you have to give in.
Then, Nan Yan said, "Everyone, I understand your concerns. However, it's already dark, the palace gates are locked, and the nine inner and outer gates have long been closed. There's even a curfew in the capital. If we let you out now, it will inevitably cause a riot, and the patrolling soldiers won't care who you are. If something goes wrong, wouldn't that be a loss for the court?"
When she said this, it sounded as if these court officials would be wrongly killed as soon as they left the palace.
Everyone hesitated again.
Then Nan Yan smiled and said, "So, I promise you that I will let you leave the palace tomorrow."
“…”
"Just tonight, everyone please bear with it and stay here."
Everyone looked at each other.
Finally, Yan Gu said, "Your Majesty, your words are as good as gold."
Nan Yan said, "Of course."
Yan Gu said, "Well, that's good. Tomorrow morning, as soon as the palace gates open, we will leave the palace and go home. I hope the queen will not break her promise."
"certainly,"
Nan Yan smiled and said, "So, we have a deal, then? If you have nothing to do tonight, why not take care of these small matters? You don't have to go to court tomorrow, so go home and have a good rest for two days."
When everyone heard her say this, they felt calmed down and they all went back to the table and sat down. Tingfu also brought people to distribute the documents concerning trivial matters to everyone.
At this time, Zhu Chengxuan walked behind Nan Yan.
He whispered, "Madam, do we really want to let them go back tomorrow? But didn't General Luo say that tonight might—"
Nan Yan said, "I know."
“…”
"If something really happened as he said, then they wouldn't dare to go back tomorrow even if they wanted to."
Zhu Chengxuan glanced at everyone and nodded slightly.
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At the same time, under the dark night sky, Luo Qitong stood on the city wall. The biting wind whistled towards him, making him frown.
But he couldn't leave at all.
Inside the city gate, all the common people were crowded under the city tower, and now there were hundreds of people gathered.
Although a curfew had been declared in the imperial city long ago, none of these people retreated tonight. They were also worried that forcing the people to return home would cause civil unrest early, so they could not act rashly.
These people were guarding the city gate.
It was a summer night, unlike the biting winter wind. These people gathered at the city gate and kept shouting and talking loudly, as if saying that if the city gate was not opened tomorrow, they would force their way in.
There were also many monks in the crowd.
Seeing them like this, Luo Qitong frowned.
What he was most worried about was not these people, but the people outside the city gate just across the wall.
The night is particularly dark today, and there is not even a star in the sky.
Since they noticed a cloud of dust rising from the other side of the mountain during the day, they did not see any movement until the sun set and everything around them fell into darkness.
Of course, not without.
It is very likely that the other party did not want them to see them. They are no strangers to marching in the dark, and it is very likely that a night attack will follow.
That's why he asked the court to mobilize a large number of troops to guard the city gate.
The night wind was howling, and there seemed to be a hint of uneasiness and restlessness in the sound of the wind, making everyone feel uneasy.
Luo Qitong said, "Pass the order down! No one is allowed to rest tonight. Even if you do take a nap, you must do it with one eye open!"
"yes!"
After the order was passed down, the soldiers defending the city suffered terribly, but there was nothing they could do. Everyone knew that the emperor was in a coma and the situation in the city was unstable. If the people of Neng were not stupid, they would definitely take this opportunity to attack Yan State.
So, everyone held their swords in their arms, and some sat in the corners, while others leaned against the walls.
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