The situation on both sides of the Yellow River is still stalemate. After learning about the abnormal situation in Luoyang City, the Northern King maintained restraint for the time being, without advancing or retreating. The imperial court sent another team of envoys to the Beiwang camp north of the Yellow River to negotiate, but this time the Northern King detained the envoys and did not make any explanation to the court.

The Northern King suddenly advanced south, causing the Luoyang city to suddenly become depressed. If the four walls of Luoyang City were not closed, the fugitives might have flowed out of the city long ago. Although the court sent people everywhere in the city to appease the people in the city for several days, the results were not great. The people were very afraid in the face of war. Regardless of whether this was the orthodox struggle of the Tian family, whether the war was against the people, the people knew that as long as there was a war, there would be death, and corpses would be everywhere and starving.

In order to completely appease the situation in the city, the queen issued an order to summon a garrison army outside the city to the city. Ordinary people only know the army that was entering the city, which army it was, how many people were, and who led it. Not only did the ordinary people not know, but even many ministers in the court did not know. Han Jian and Mrs. Luo went out to inquire, but did not get the exact news, which made Han Jian more cautious. The Queen's deployment had slightly disrupted his rhythm. Han Jian knew that the Queen's mobilization of troops into the city was roughly equivalent to his purpose, and was also to guard against possible military mutinies in the city. But mobilizing other teams into the city would also be risky.

By the seventh day of the sixth month, a small riot had already occurred in Luoyang City. Some riots took the opportunity to make trouble, and the court calmed down the small riot with the Tingwei Mansion and the escort.

By the evening of the seventh day of June, there were no pedestrians in the streets and alleys of Luoyang City, only occasionally people from the government passed by.

At dusk on the seventh day of the sixth month, the outside of the Eastern Palace was calm. However, inside the Eastern Palace, the atmosphere was a little nervous.

Han Jian once again convened a small meeting to discuss some actions about that night. Han Jian had already felt that the Northern King Army had been stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River for four or five days, and had reached its limit. In the next step, there would be a commotion in Luoyang City. If there was no commotion in Luoyang City, only the Northern King Army could force cross the Yellow River, but the possibility of the latter was very low.

The only participants in this small meeting of the Dongwang Mansion were Han Jian, Sima Yi and Daxi Liu. To be precise, this could not be considered a meeting, but a deployment of Han Jian for the night's action. Han Jian had already sent Zhang Xing out in advance. At such a special time, no personnel transfers from the East Wang Mansion would escape the suspicion of other forces. Therefore, Han Jian was very careful and let Zhang Xing leave with most of the guards of the Dongwang Mansion two days before the action. During the night's action, Han Jian would not appear early. He stayed in the Dongwang Mansion to attract suspicion of various forces, making others think that the matter had nothing to do with him.

Han Jian's deployment meeting took half an hour. After the meeting, Daxiliu took advantage of the night to hurriedly leave the Dongwang Mansion Villa. At the moment, martial law was still underway in Luoyang City, and Daxiliu had to pass many checkpoints to go back. Fortunately, Han Jian's task assigned to Mrs. Luo during the evening operation was not heavy.

When Daxiliu left, Sima Ya asked, "Young Master, when will I leave?"

"Wait. I guess it's about midnight, and I have to see the movements in the city." Han Jian looked at the night outside the window. It was just when the lights were on. Although he had experienced some big scenes after coming to this world, he was still a little nervous tonight. Everything this time is important. If it is not done well, not only will the King of Northern cannot spare him, but the Queen will not spare him. Han Jian is ready. If the action tonight fails, then he will leave Luoyang in the chaos, and it is possible to return to Jiangdu or hide his name.

At this point, Han Jian also felt that what he had done was a bit too hard. In fact, he didn't need to do things so extreme, but he still couldn't help doing it. This was also a very exciting thing for him.

At the same time, the palace was brightly lit. The Queen had just asked the people from the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to retreat. She summoned six ministries and ministers from the Shangting Office to discuss how to maintain stability in Luoyang City in the past few days. The Northern King's army was approaching. The imperial court only set up a river defense line of more than 100 miles on the south bank of the Yellow River, but the entire Luoyang City was empty inside, causing the situation to develop in a deteriorating direction.

At this meeting of the Empress convened the Six Ministry and Ministers of the Shangting Office, some ministers put forward opinions that even the Privy Council and the Ministry of War did not dare to put forward, that is, to transfer all the imperial army back to Luoyang City and use Luoyang City as a barrier. Instead of transferring troops to guard the Yellow River in this way, they made themselves empty.

The first one to propose was Gu Weipan, the chief minister of the Shangdian Office. Gu Weipan was upright, but he rarely had such a "advice". After Gu Weipan proposed, other ministers also followed suit.

"Your Majesty, now there are chaos in the city. It is completely because the soldiers are outside and the people are unstable. Or only by transferring the soldiers to the city can we comfort the people and defend against the enemy at the same time."

The queen did not blame Gu Weipan and some ministers for their advice. She just shook her head slightly and said, "Luoyang is the capital of a thousand years. I don't want to cause war in Luoyang. This matter cannot be mentioned again."

The Queen said this, that is, the Queen had decided that this battle would not be the battlefield for the final decisive battle. Gu Weipan and others no longer dared to mention anything. The subsequent meetings mainly focused on the people's livelihood in Luoyang. Because the prices in the city soared, the Queen decided to set up a relief house for the government in the city to help the poor in the city in the future.

When the meeting in Ye'an Pavilion ended, it was already the second day of the morning. The queen was alone and had no sleepiness. She got up outside Ye'an Pavilion and looked at the sky, with no light. She was not in a good mood either.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go back and rest." Lu Shaokun went to the side of the queen and saluted respectfully.

"No need, I want to take a walk outside and take a breath." The queen said, moving her feet, and gently walking in the yard in front of Ye'an Pavilion.

Although the empress's walk seemed easy, Lu Shaokun could easily judge that the empress was still worried. The Northern King was in a state of trouble. The empress had basically not rested much in the past few days. She looked at the map day and night, summoned ministers to see the information from the front line. At the same time, the empress also had to take into account the affairs of the court. Originally, the empress had tightened the strings, and it was not until the empress mobilized an army to enter the city the day before yesterday that the empress's mood improved.

The Queen has always trusted Lu Shaokun and said everything about him, but this time the Queen mobilized the army into the city but did not explain to him. As Lu Shaokun knew, the current army around Luoyang City had been transferred to the front line of river defense, and no soldiers could enter the city at all. It is even more impossible for the army to be convened from the local area, because the Queen had issued an order for only a few days, and the army mobilized by the Queen was hundreds of miles away from Luoyang. Now, this army has been stationed in the schoolyard of the outer city of Luoyang. The Queen has not even sent any ministers to work on the army, nor has she sent necessary food and supplies. This army should have brought its own food and weapons into the city. As Lu Shaokun knew, this army was mainly cavalry. It seemed to him that the Queen had transferred cavalry into Luoyang City.

If the Queen was determined to start a war with the Northern King on the front line of the Yellow River, she would not leave the elite cavalry in the city, and the cavalry played a limited role in defending the city.

The queen walked around the yard and felt better. The queen stopped and the maid behind quickly moved the lantern closer. This made Lu Shaokun look at the queen's face more clearly. Lu Shaokun felt a sense of calmness from the queen's face.

"Eunuch Lu, how many years have you been by my side?" the queen asked suddenly.

"Go back to Your Majesty, nineteen years." Lu Shaokun said respectfully.

"Yes, it's almost twenty years in a blink of an eye. I was only fifteen years old at that time. I remember when I first met you, you were still an ordinary eunuch in the princess's mansion. You should have been in your thirties at that time, right?" the queen asked again.

"Yes, I first met Your Majesty. It was Your Majesty who returned from Shangqing Palace. At that time, I was already thirty-three." Lu Shaokun started his hand and answered at a loss.

"That means you are fifty-two years old now." The queen nodded.

"Yes, your Majesty, I'm already halfway through the soil."

"Since you're halfway through the soil, what else can you see about the rights and ranks in the world?" The queen suddenly looked into the distance and her expression became a little cold.

Lu Shaokun heard the empress's words with a hurried reprimand and said, "Oh, Your Majesty, Old Man... Old Man doesn't quite understand Your Majesty's intentions. Did Old Man do something wrong and provoke Your Majesty. Old Man is here to apologize to Your Majesty."

The queen suddenly sighed and said, "You did nothing wrong, it's because I was wrong. I believe in you wrong. A few years ago, I discussed with you no matter what. It's because I think you are a loyal person who does things for me and does not ask for anything. When I know that you have some land and houses in your hometown and someone gives you some gifts, I turn a blind eye and just think that it's not known. I have reminded you many times to check. Although I allow you to move around with foreign ministers, I have not allowed you to connect with them."

Lu Shaokun knelt on the ground and kowtowed hurriedly: "Your Majesty is kind to you. I'm also doing all this for Your Majesty. Have you forgotten that you asked your Majesty to interact with these people, and they want to give gifts... If you don't accept it, they dare not approach your Majesty..."

"Yes." The queen nodded, her expression turned a little dull, as if she had forgiven Lu Shaokun. But Lu Shaokun was very familiar with the queen's personality. Since the queen said it, she would not give up. Since the queen had already said it, there was no way out.

"Then you accept the gift of the Western King to make the Western King dare to approach you?" the queen asked suddenly.

This time, Lu Shaokun suddenly felt a buzzing sound and was completely at a loss. He thought that the matter could be hidden from the queen, but in the end he could not escape the queen's eyes.
Chapter completed!