1318. Chapter 1318 Approaching

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, Lu Yaoyao has already approached the royal capital with an army of 100,000 people."

Li Heng was discussing with the ministers in the royal study how to solve the predicament they were facing. Their army was retreating steadily and they could no longer resist Lu Yaoyao. Should they surrender or fight to the death? This choice made Li Heng unable to sleep well for several days and nights.

"What?" Li Heng stood up, his face becoming even more livid, "So fast...impossible!"

In less than three months, could Lu Yaoyao be able to attack the capital city? When did his Dongqing Kingdom become so vulnerable?

"Your Majesty, Ye Chunnan and Shen Luoyang have joined Shui Yichen, and they are coming to the royal capital." The soldiers reporting back anxiously shouted.

"Close the city gate!" Li Heng ordered loudly. Cui Yang had died in the battle, and now only the nine admirals were left to protect the royal capital. "Where is Fang Yu? Go and call Fang Yu."

"Your Majesty, Master Fang is guarding the city gate."

"We cannot withstand Lu Yaoyao's heavenly soldiers. Your Majesty, let us surrender!"

"emperor……"

surrender? Li Heng's eyes almost burst with blood. How could he surrender to Lu Yaoyao? Isn't that an admission... an admission that without Ye Yiqing as prime minister in Dongqing Country, he would not be able to protect Dongqing Country?

"I will go to the city gate myself!" Li Heng stood up and strode outside.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. Lu Yaoyao's soldiers are overwhelming and we are not able to defeat them. If you go to the city gate, you may be in danger." The minister behind him chased after him.

Now every minister of Dongqing Kingdom is feeling sour. If he had known this, the emperor should not have treated Ye Yiqing like that. Everyone knew that Ye Yiqing valued his little wife. The emperor thought that just being the prime minister could keep Ye Yiqing. , Ye Yiqing not only left Dongqing Kingdom easily, but also caused Li Yu to die inexplicably. Now that his daughter is back, he will directly destroy Dongqing Kingdom. This is really... No matter how hard they resist, Lu Yaoyao and the others will die sooner or later. He will definitely capture the royal capital city.

Hearing that there was danger, Li Heng stopped and looked back at the ministers behind him, "Do you all want to surrender?"

"Your Majesty, I am unwilling to surrender." But whether they are willing to surrender or not, is there any difference?

Lu Yaoyao had no trouble breaking through the city.

"Does your Majesty think Dongqing Kingdom still has a chance to turn defeat into victory?" Queen Fang's voice suddenly sounded.

Li Heng glared at her, "What are you doing here?"

"Your Majesty, you would rather become a vassal state of Beiming Kingdom than surrender to Lu Yaoyao. Does this make sense?" Queen Fang asked in a low voice, "Sooner or later, Lu Yaoyao's 100,000 troops will break the city. When the time comes, you There is no chance for negotiation."

Li Heng looked at Queen Fang, with hatred bursting out of his eyes, "If you had listened to me and gone to find Lu Yaoyao, would we be where we are today?"

"Do you think that if I go to find her, she will let Dong Qing go?" Queen Fang laughed at herself, "If you hadn't been so self-righteous and allowed Li Yu to hurt Mrs. Ye, if you hadn't betrayed your faith and gone to Beiming, we would have How could Dongqing Kingdom be where it is today?"

"What are you going to do?" Li Heng asked, glaring at Queen Fang.

Queen Fang smiled softly, "Why don't you ask your lords, what can I do, and what can you do?"

Li Heng's chest heaved violently. He and the queen no longer had the same friendship as before. He knew she hated him, "You want to force me to abdicate?"

"If your abdication can make Lu Yaoyao retreat, that would be a good thing." Queen Fang looked at him mockingly. Did he still think his throne was so great? They are already in danger and don't know it yet, "Your Majesty, whether you want to save your life or fight for the last blow, it's up to you."

If Li Heng's abdication could save her child, Empress Fang would force him to abdicate, but now she still doesn't know what Lu Yaoyao wants to do.

"I want to leave the city to see Lu Yaoyao." Queen Fang said.

"If you can persuade her to retreat, I will definitely treat you and the crown prince well in the future." Li Heng's eyes were filled with joy, as if he thought that as long as Queen Fang went to see Lu Yaoyao, Lu Yaoyao would definitely retreat.

Queen Fang glanced at Li Heng with a smile but not a smile. She married this man when she was fifteen years old. Now fifteen years have passed and he has no feelings for her. He only dotes on new people every day. , now at the critical moment, what he was thinking about was not how to protect her and the child, but how to protect his throne.

She was already heartbroken and shouldn't have any expectations.

"If I can't persuade you to retreat, how can you not treat me and the prince well?" Queen Fang walked to Li Heng's side and asked in a very soft voice.

Li Heng looked down at her, "Queen, you know what I mean."

The canonization of the crown prince was a helpless move, all for the sake of the stability of Dongqing Kingdom.

Queen Fang smiled and said, "Of course I understand what you mean. Your Majesty, let Fang Yu send me out of the city."

Lu Yaoyao's army is camped ten miles away from the capital city. They are not in a hurry to attack the capital city. Anyway, the entire Dongqing Kingdom has already fallen into her hands. It's just the capital city. She has plenty of time to wait.

"Yaoyao, why didn't you order an attack on the capital city?" Ye Chunnan walked in and asked.

"Li Heng is so greedy for life and afraid of death. The military force in the capital city must be stronger than anywhere before. We are not in a hurry. We will rest for a few days and wait for Li Heng to come to us." Ye Zhen said lightly.

Ye Chunnan smiled and said, "We are camping here. If Li Heng can feel at ease, there will be no ghosts."

"It doesn't matter whether he can feel at ease or not." Ye Zhen sneered.

"Tianfei, there is news from the royal capital that their queen wants to see you." Shen Luoyang walked in and whispered to Ye Zhen.

What does Queen Fang want to see her for?

Ye Chunnan frowned and said, "Li Heng is acting like a coward and letting a woman come out? She's gone."

"No, I want to see Queen Fang." Ye Zhen remembered what Ye Yiqing told her, "She may not be here to persuade us to retreat."

"Then what else?" Ye Chunnan asked. If Queen Fang didn't want them to retreat, why would she come here in person?

Ye Zhen looked at the city wall in the distance, "The only thing a woman can do regardless of danger, besides the one she loves, is her child."

"You mean, she's doing it for the crown prince of Dongqing Kingdom?" Ye Chunnan asked doubtfully, "Even if it's for the crown prince, it should be Li Heng who shows up."

"This prince... I'm afraid Li Heng won't take him seriously." Ye Chunnan said lightly, "Please invite Queen Fang to come and meet."

Shen Luoyang responded with a yes, turned around and went to ask someone to send a message to fetch Empress Fang from Dongqing Kingdom.

"Yaoyao, what do you mean?" Ye Chunnan asked in a low voice.

"The prince is a girl." Ye Zhen said softly, "If this were not the case, how come Li Heng and Empress Fang have become less romantically involved over the years? It must be related to the identity of the prince."

Ye Chunnan was surprised, "Li Heng actually made a girl the crown prince?"

"I'm afraid it was a helpless move at the time." Ye Zhen said.