Although it was already dark, the Nanze Palace was brightly lit, and the ministers who were supposed to be sleeping were wearing slightly messy clothes, riding carriages or riding horses towards the palace.

Outside the palace gate, servants from various families gathered together. The servants whispered and lowered their heads, looking anxious and uneasy.

When the sun just set, King Qing, who had fled back from Nangang in a hurry, led people into the palace without stopping. At the same time, he ordered the guards to rush to the homes of the ministers and ordered them to rush to the palace.

Although it is not known what the specific matter is, this urgent call has undoubtedly shown that something big has happened in Nangang.

At this moment, the ministers entered the palace, and they first saw Jin Fengluan who was not sitting in the dragon chair, but standing with his hands behind his hands, a cold face.

Below them, standing on the left and right, King Jing Jin Pingwu and King Qing Jin Weizun, both of whom had extremely gloomy expressions on their faces.

King Qing looked around and saw that all the ministers had arrived. He took two steps and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, I have just returned from Nangang. I have hurriedly summoned you all tonight..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold shout came from Jin Fengling's mouth:

"The rebels brought thousands of warships and arrived at Southport before noon today!"

boom!

As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar.

The ministers looked shocked, and a chill shot up from their tailbones, instantly rising to their minds, and then their whole bodies were shaken.

"How...how could this happen?!"

"How could this happen?!" Shangshu Hube stared at Mung Bean's little eyes and shouted in panic.

Jin Fengling raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Do you still think I'm joking?!"

As soon as he said these words, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Wang Yong's forehead. Beads of sweat as big as soybeans flowed down his eyebrows, as did most of the people around him.

"But...but where did they get the warships? Thousands of them? They...shouldn't have a navy? Didn't our Donghai Navy already die at the bottom of the sea in the battle with Fuso?! It can’t be them!”

"This...this is completely impossible!" someone else said.

"Who are you asking? Are you asking me? I still want to ask you?!" Jin Fengling pointed at the man and shouted.

"Let me tell you, it is only possible for him to conjure these thousands of warships?! Other than that, it is impossible!" She flicked her sleeves and her face became more and more grim.

King Qing took Jin Fengling's words and said:

"The rebels brought the fleet to Nangang. It is absolutely true. After all, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Although I don't know where he came from, he has landed in Nangang with his fleet and is rushing to attack Nanze. If he can't stop their offensive, I'm afraid..."

Jin Fengluan flicked his sleeves and robe and immediately shouted:

"What about our reinforcements?!"

"I agreed to whatever those foreigners asked for. How could they just let the traitors land in Nangang openly like this?"

"Don't they also have warships? Why don't they stop them at sea?" She turned to King Qing with a cold eyebrow.

King Qing shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, the rebels are coming with great force, and there are too many warships. Although the foreigners also have warships anchored in the port, the gap is really too big compared to them."

"How can we withstand this? It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Their fleet has not arrived yet."

After the words fell, General Yi leaned forward and walked out, looked at King Qing and asked:

"so what?!"

"The foreigners had made various demands before, and the imperial court had already granted them. Why did they turn a blind eye when the rebels came with the rebels?"

"If they choose to turn a blind eye, then wouldn't the various conditions we agreed to them in the first place be a joke?!"

The speaker was none other than the veteran Jin Zhengxi who had asked for a battle and wanted to lead troops from Nanze to Jinling.

Although his hair was full of white, Jin Zhengxi's eyes were bright at the moment, and his face was filled with anger that could not be concealed. He stared at Prince Qing closely, his eyes as sharp as knives.

Prince Qing frowned and said coldly:

"What the old general said was wrong. The incident happened suddenly. This is a result that no one expected."

"It's not that the foreigners are unwilling to assist us, but their fleet has not arrived yet. If they arrive at Nangang first, there is no doubt that they will be able to successfully intercept the rebels."

Jin Zhengxi immediately shouted loudly:

"I don't think so!"

"If you ask me, they never really wanted to suppress the rebels for us!"

"These guys came to me just to plot! You can see clearly from this at a glance, but are you still imagining that they can help us?"

"What a big mistake! Let me tell you that from the beginning, we should not have agreed to each of their requests. Outsiders are not trustworthy after all!" Jin Zhengxi said angrily.

Prince Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "Old General, you have gone too far."

Jin Zhengxi raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Then why are you the only one taking people to escape back to Nanze? Where are they? Where are those foreigners?!"

"What are they waiting for in Nangang? The rebels and the rebels have already arrived. What are they doing by staying there? It's not because they have never regarded themselves as our reinforcements!"

"The rebels landed with a large army. They stayed there and refused to leave. They have already planned to get out of the matter and have nothing to do with us!"

"In this case, the compromises we made in order to ask for help were not only useless, but also made everyone in the world feel cold for the imperial court!"

"We...what do we look like now?!"

"Our court is simply..."

Before he finished speaking, a young general immediately said: "Dad! That's enough! Stop talking!"

It was Jin Tan, the son of Jin Zhengxi.

"Ugh!"

Jin Zhengxi clenched his fists and sighed heavily with a look of grief and anger.

After he said this, the faces of the ministers were extremely ugly, and Jin Fengling's face was even more frosty. Jin Zhengxi's words were like slapping her in the face in front of everyone.

The imperial court treated the foreigners so favorably, giving them whatever they asked for, but now that the rebels came, they just walked away without any responsibility at all. This was simply a naked deception.

Thinking of this, Jin Fengling became more and more angry and couldn't help but look at Prince Qing.

The specific matters of signing the treaty were led by the people in Prince Qing's Mansion. However, now that Jin Jianzhong is dead, Jin Jiande is indifferent, and Prince Qing's embarrassing escape from Nangang has made her even more disgraceful.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and Jin Fengling couldn't help but snorted.

"Old General, it's useless to talk about this now. For now, let's think about how to resist the rebels." King Jing said coldly.

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