Stand-in eunuch: I pamper the harem for the emperor

Chapter 820
How could Ling Zhongxian not understand what he meant? He held his hand excitedly and said with tears in his eyes: "Old General, I love you so much! I am very grateful! But I don't want to live anymore!"

Zheng Yuanjie had already had murderous intentions just now, and when Ling Zhongxian scolded him, he acted like a civil and military official of the entire dynasty, and did not save any face for the king.

Just imagine, how could Zheng Yuanjie let him live?

"Master Prime Minister, of course you are not afraid of death, but what will happen to your entire Ling family? They might want to confiscate your entire family and exterminate them!"

General Wu said in a deep voice.

When Ling Zhongxian heard this, he was stunned on the spot. Pictures of his son, daughter, and grandchildren flashed in his mind, making him soften immediately.

"But, the truth has just been to insult him in public, he will definitely not let me go!"

Ling Zhongxian saw it thoroughly.

General Wu looked around and found no one around, so he whispered: "If you want to survive, Prime Minister, follow what I said, and send someone to the palace when you get back to tell the king that you are seriously injured and are about to die." .”

"You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever!" Ling Zhongxian said with a bitter face.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, as long as it gets dark, I will send someone to send your family away!"

General Wu said in a low voice.

He and Ling Zhongxian were old ministers of the Zheng State and had a good relationship. After Zheng Yuanpei's death, General Zheng Guohua also died in the battle. Ling Zhongxian recommended General Wu to serve as the general.

Seeing that Zheng Yuanjie wanted to kill Ling Zhongxian, General Wu thought of sending someone to send the family away. Moreover, he believed that he had a heavy army, so Zheng Yuanjie did not dare to touch him.

Of course, the most important thing is that he feels that the Chinese Empire will definitely launch an attack soon. When the time comes, Zheng Yuanjie will not dare to change his generals.

"Can you really escape?"

Ling Zhongxian's eyes became brighter.

"As long as the city defense is still in my hands, I can send you away, and my family members will also be sent away. If the Chinese Empire breaks through Xunyang City and burns, kills, loots, and rapes, we will be in trouble."

General Wu originally had this plan.

"But where can we escape? Zheng is about to be destroyed!"

Ling Zhongxian felt that the ministers of the subjugated country did not even have a place to escape to.

"Who said there is no place for the Prime Minister to go to the Great Zhou Dynasty? Don't you have friendships with many adults there?"

General Wu suggested.

"Alas... one moment and another, the old minister used to be the prime minister, so naturally there were many people who were willing to be friends with him, but now he is the minister of the country's subjugation, where is the friendship?"

Ling Zhongxian let out a long sigh, expressing endless bitterness and helplessness.

"Prime Minister, you are going to escape. As long as you are alive, don't be so emotional. I want you to take my family members away with you, and I hope Prime Minister will agree."

General Wu pleaded with his fists clasped.

"I can promise you this, but what should you do?"

Ling Zhongxian readily agreed.

"This general has decided to live or die with Xunyang City!"

General Wu is also loyal.

"General Wu, such a king is really not worth the effort of you and the soldiers!"

Ling Zhongxian burst into tears and cried bitterly.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I estimate that the news of the total destruction of the two coalition forces will soon spread throughout Xunyang City, and many people will flee. Just blend in with the crowd. I believe that the Chinese Empire's army will not massacre civilians."

General Wu looked up at the sky, which was already dimming.

Just as he said, the 30 reinforcements from the Zhou Dynasty and the Yue Kingdom were completely wiped out by the Chinese Empire, and the news quickly spread throughout the city.Many people felt that Xunyang City could not be defended, so they immediately packed up their belongings and left from the west gate one after another.

General Wu was also generous. He opened the city gate and let the civilians leave without asking the king for instructions.

Zheng Yuanjie returned to the palace and became angrier as he thought about it. He immediately summoned General Chen, the commander of the Imperial Guard, and wanted him to lead people to arrest Ling Zhongxian.

At this time, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion came to deliver a message. The Prime Minister was seriously injured and had been vomiting blood. He was unable to handle state affairs and asked the king to choose another worthy person.

"What? Seriously injured and vomiting blood? How is that possible?"

Zheng Yuanjie was also confused.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is so old, how can you withstand a violent beating? He has probably been seriously injured by the Majesty, and there is not much time left."

General Chen, the commander of the imperial guards, said loudly.

"We don't have much time left. I have to kill him to get rid of the bad breath in my heart!"

Zheng Yuanjie's eyes were vicious and he said viciously.

"Master, since the prime minister doesn't have much time left, I feel that it is better to let it go. After all, Prime Minister Ling has no merit but hard work. If he just scolds the master and then confiscates the family and exterminates, the civil and military officials headed by him will Officials are bound to panic, leading to instability in the government!"

General Chen spoke uprightly.

"This old man is taking advantage of him!"

Zheng Yuanjie resented the injustice, but finally endured it.

"I will retire at the end!"

General Chen clasped his fists in salute and wanted to leave quickly.

Under the strong pressure of the Chinese Empire, Zheng Yuanjie has completely changed now, and he has become unrecognizable.

If it weren't for his loyalty to the emperor, he would have wanted to leave this ghost place as soon as possible.

The scene where Zheng Yuanjie beat Ling Zhongxian violently when he escorted the king to the west gate just now was still vivid in his mind.

Thinking of the fate of the Prime Minister who died in such a dedicated manner, he was also cautious, fearing that he would displease the king, so he would be pulled out and chopped.

In fact, just imagine, as the king of a country, Zheng Yuanjie has been receiving bad news about the fall of the country and the occupation of the city since the Chinese Empire occupied Qingwan Port.

Seeing that half of the Zheng Kingdom was lost, the generals died in battle, and all one hundred thousand elite troops were lost, his spirit couldn't bear it at all, and it was good that he didn't go crazy.

Just as General Ji said, Zheng Yuanjie was frightened out of his wits.

In the huge palace, the concubines are avoiding him now, for fear of making him unhappy and being beaten up.

However, the news of Yuan Zixi's escape still spread, and there are rumors that Yuan Zixi fled to Boya City and has defected to the Chinese Empire.

Originally, the Ninth Princess also wanted to stay in Ding City, but for safety reasons, they followed General Fan to Boya City.

Because of Lu Hao's relationship, the Ninth Princess and her mother enjoyed extremely high treatment, and they were not worried about being dragged out by Zheng Yuanjie and were in a good mood.

quack quack...

The west gate of Xunyang City slowly opened, and the people inside poured out and began to flee towards the west.

Although it is already dark now, many people still have to walk all night with torches, for fear that when the Chinese Empire enters the city, they will burn, kill, loot, and commit all kinds of evil.

Of course, some insisted on staying in the city. After all, judging from the Hanzhou City and Baiya City captured by the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire never killed civilians.

"Your Majesty, there are a large number of civilians fleeing in front of us."

A soldier galloped over and reported loudly.

(End of this chapter)