Chapter 369 We Have No Choice

"Yes, when Your Highness planted the poison in the beasts of Mobei, one of the conditions was that Mobei secretly dispatched a part of its troops to attack Western Chu and capture the imperial capital of Western Chu."

"Your Highness has a great plan in mind. This time, he will definitely be able to capture the capital of Western Chu."

The servant with his neck shrunk tried hard to agree with Dong Buhan's words in order to make him happy and stop losing his temper.

After listening to this, Dong Buhan finally felt better and was not as gloomy as before.

He chuckled and said, "Everything is still under my control."

"Feng Jiujiu, I still have hope of winning this round."

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Western Chu, Imperial Palace.

Emperor Zhaoning was attending court as usual, discussing state affairs with his ministers, but suddenly urgent news arrived.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened, something bad has happened..."

The solemn court hall was filled with the voices of the guards who were panicking and shouting, "Oh no, oh no!"

The sound echoed loudly and clearly, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but frown when they heard it.

The guard was so anxious that he fell to the ground when he rushed to the center of the hall, sprawling in a disfigured state.

Emperor Zhaoning's expression became even worse.

Gu Ciyue, one of the civil officials, was the first to step forward and ask, "What's wrong? Take your time. Don't be impatient."

"Thousands of Mobei soldiers suddenly appeared from nowhere. They broke into the imperial capital, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. Many people died."

The person who spoke was the city patrol guard. As he spoke, cold sweat broke out all over his body and his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably.

The matter was serious and he was afraid.

"What?" Emperor Zhaoning stood up from the throne in shock.

This kind of thing has never happened since the founding of Western Chu.

I have never seen such a thing in my life.

The ministers were also panicked. They all had tense faces and whispered to the people around them.

"This happened suddenly, what can I do?"

"Why did that Mobei man suddenly come to our Western Chu capital? There was no news about him before."

"Besides, the imperial capital is poorly guarded. These people are coming with such force and there are several thousand of them. I'm afraid there will be a big chaos!"

Emperor Zhaoning understood all of this very well, and he quickly dispatched the city patrol guards and the imperial guards to deal with the situation without any delay.

He also ordered people to rush to the city closest to the capital to mobilize troops to guard the imperial capital.

But, I’m afraid I can’t catch up!

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you all should not stay in the palace waiting for rescue, but go out and avoid the limelight." Gu Ciyue thought of everything that Emperor Zhaoning thought of, so he made this suggestion.

The most important thing now is to preserve the foundation of the entire Western Chu, that is, to preserve the royal family and the lives of important officials.

We’ll talk about the rest later.

"Master Gu, do you mean to hand over the imperial palace to those barbaric Mobei people?"

"We don't want it anymore?"

Some people did not support Gu Ciyue's proposal and expressed their dissatisfaction.

After all, this palace is the result of the hard work of emperors of all dynasties. How can we abandon it unless it is absolutely necessary?

Most of the court officials were unwilling.

Emperor Zhaoning didn't say anything and looked very bad. It was impossible to tell whether he was willing or not.

Gu Ciyue said seriously, "Don't you ministers know? Now is the last resort."

"We don't have a choice."

"Otherwise, everyone will die."

“…”

The truth is always a bit hard to hear, but it is reality.

After listening to this, all the court officials lowered their heads, sighed, and said nothing.

Gu Ciyue looked at Emperor Zhaoning at the top and said, "Your Majesty, it is more important to protect the foundation of Western Chu, so let's withdraw?"

"..." After thinking it over, Emperor Zhaoning closed his eyes, pinched the dragon robe embroidered with a golden dragon reluctantly, and said in a hoarse voice: "I will listen to Master Gu."

Just as he finished speaking, someone else came to report, "Great news, great news..."

"What's the big news? I'm busy now, so you don't need to listen." Gu Ciyue said: "The most important thing is to evacuate the palace."

After hearing this, the patrolling city guard hurriedly said, "No need to withdraw."

"Why is this?" Everyone looked at the city patrol guards and asked in unison.

The patrol guard was suddenly looked at by so many important people, and felt very uncomfortable. He coughed twice and stuttered, "Yes, it's the princess and the eldest prince who are far away at the border of Mobei. They, they sent people to rescue us."

"There are enough people coming to resist the Mobei people."

"The palace is safe now."

"Really?" Emperor Zhaoning was very happy. He changed his previous low voice and paced back and forth excitedly, clapping his hands and muttering: "Jiujiu and the boss must have noticed that the emperor was in trouble, so they hurriedly sent people to rescue him."

"Okay, okay, okay, my Xichu will be fine." These two people are desperate to save Xichu!

"When they come back, we will reward them handsomely."

The official wiped his sweat with lingering fear and said, "Your Majesty is right. When the princess and the others return, we must reward them generously."

To save the imperial capital and save them from danger, no reward is too much.

"only--"

Emperor Zhaoning had just breathed a sigh of relief, but then he started to get anxious again because he thought of Concubine Jia and the Thirteenth Prince again.

Today, Imperial Concubine Jia and the Thirteenth Prince and his wife went to see Li Canfeng. The Li Mansion is not in a good location, and Imperial Concubine Jia and his wife have sensitive identities. I'm afraid...

Hope nothing happens to them.

"Quick, send someone to the Li Mansion. Nothing must happen to Concubine Jia and the Thirteenth Prince and his wife." Emperor Zhaoning warned.

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It was two days later when Dong Buhan learned that nothing had happened to the King of Western Chu.

He was so angry that he punched the tree trunk in front of him. He hit it too hard and the tree shook several times. Many dead leaves fell down. The entire back of his hand was bloody and it was unbearable to look at.

But he seemed to be used to pain. There was no trace of pain on his face, only anger, anger at the failure of his plan.

"What happened? How did Xi Chu escape the disaster?" Dong Buhan asked the person who came to report the news with gritted teeth.

"It was only an hour after the Mobei soldiers attacked the capital of Western Chu that reinforcements suddenly arrived."

"The reinforcements arrived just in time. The soldiers from Mobei had no chance to attack the palace and suffered heavy losses."

The veins on Dong Buhan's forehead bulged when he heard this, "...Where will the reinforcements come from?" Even if the Western Chu Imperial City wanted to mobilize people, there was no one to mobilize.

"The person leading the troops is Yang Bo, the deputy general of the eldest prince. He should have been sent there by the eldest prince and his men."

"The eldest prince?"

"Feng Jiujiu."

Dong Buhan quickly realized that when he and Jiujiu met, Jiujiu had figured out something from his voice and that was why she asked the eldest prince to recall his troops in time.

But when he met Feng Jiujiu, he was obviously very careful and didn't say anything that he shouldn't have said. How come Feng Jiujiu still noticed that something was wrong?

This Feng Jiujiu made him feel a little scary.

What a delicate thought.

Smart enough too.

Is a very strong opponent.

Dong Buhan no longer dares to underestimate Jiujiu.

"There is one more thing, Your Highness. Mobei... Mobei seems to have lost." Another servant reported.