Chapter 510 Father and Son Meet
Just in front of the emperor.
The emperor was taken aback. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and covered Concubine Liu Gui's mouth to silence her screams.
"Father, my servant came too late to save you." Zhao Yuanjing knelt down and saluted.
The emperor still kept covering Concubine Liu Gui's mouth and stared blankly at him.
Concubine Liu Gui opened her eyes and also stared at him.
"Emperor, Your Majesty..." she said vaguely.
The emperor hurriedly let go of her, took a step forward, fixed his eyes on Zhao Yuanjing, and asked tremblingly, "Are you a human or a ghost?"
Zhao Yuanjing smiled: "Father, look, there is a shadow of my son."
The emperor subconsciously lowered his head and walked towards him, the shadow printed by the candlelight was extremely obvious.
His eye sockets became hot all of a sudden.
He held his son's arm tightly, almost crying: "Yuan Jing, are you really still alive?"
"My son is still alive."
"What's going on here?" Concubine Liu Gui didn't understand.
The emperor said: "Don't you understand? It was the two traitors, King Cheng and King Lu, who lied to me! They lied to me, saying that Yuan Jing was gone. They thought that I would hand over the jade seal. It's so hateful!"
Concubine Liu Gui asked, "Has the prince been outside all this time?"
"That's right." Zhao Yuanjing said, "I went out to investigate the case at the order of my father, and I didn't know that something happened in the palace until this morning. Then I hurried back, who knew that King Cheng's people had already occupied the palace."
The emperor had a look of resentment on his face.
Zhao Yuanjing said: "Looking at it now, King Cheng has planned for many years, only then did he have such a thunderous momentum, so that the father was unprepared, and he succeeded."
"This wolfish and ambitious thing, I should have abolished him if I knew it earlier!" The emperor cursed resentfully.
Concubine Liu Gui said: "Prince, can you rescue us?"
Zhao Yuanjing shook his head: "Outside are all the people of King Cheng, there are more than 20,000 soldiers in the palace, and more than 10,000 Jinyiwei. There are 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses outside the city. I only have 20,000 to 30,000 people, and there are so many soldiers in the palace." There are many hostages, so we really can’t force our way in.”
"What are your plans?" asked the Emperor.
Now, the only person he can rely on is this son.
Zhao Yuanjing said: "Before I entered the palace, I ordered people to chase after the little emperor's uncle. Luyang, three hundred miles away from the capital, has 80,000 soldiers stationed. As long as the little emperor's uncle brings troops back, I will cooperate with him inside and outside. Naturally, the siege of the capital can be resolved."
After hearing this, the emperor still frowned: "Luyang is really far away from the capital. I don't know when King Qin will arrive."
Zhao Yuanjing said: "I have also thought about it. Wujin, which is closer, has 50,000 troops stationed there, but the vassal king there... also surrendered to King Cheng."
"You bastard!" The emperor shook his hand, raised his hand to pick up the teacup by the table, and slammed it to the ground.
"The emperor calm down, don't let outsiders know that the prince is here." Concubine Liu hurriedly comforted him.
Emperor Qi's eyes were blood red.
In the end, it wasn't that he was too arrogant, thinking that all the vassal princes and courtiers surrendered to him, but he didn't know how they colluded in private.
Zhao Yuanjing glanced at the broken teacup and said calmly: "Father, Luyang's 80,000 troops are our last hope. Now we can only place our hopes on this."
"What if King Qin can't bring 80,000 troops?"
"Then, my son can only lead 20,000 troops to fight against King Cheng's 100,000 troops." Zhao Yuanjing said word by word, "Even if there is only the last soldier left, my son will never give in."