"Surrender?" Bai Ruoxi frowned, "Your Majesty... Well, it seems a bit disrespectful to call you by your name directly, so I'll just call you Madam. Well, Madam, I think you should know that every time you go out and be stationed,
The generals at the border have their families controlled by the imperial court, do you think we can surrender to you regardless of the comfort of our families?"
"Yes, that... madam, even if we die a thousand times, we can't harm our family." Lin Qishan nodded in agreement.
"Is that so..." Yun Jingchu rolled his eyes and began to think seriously.
Xiling City.
In the early morning, Lin Qishan and Bai Ruoxi knocked on the city gate.
When the guard guard saw that the captured general had run back, he did not dare to neglect and immediately reported the incident to Dongfang Chen.
Dongfang Chen immediately ordered the two of them to be released into the city.
"The guilty minister has come to see the emperor. I lost the first battle. Please forgive me." As soon as Lin Qishan and Bai Ruoxi saw Dongfang Chen, they knelt down with a plop and lay on the ground to plead guilty.
Dongfang Chen frowned and looked at the two of them with confusion: "How did you escape back?"
Lin Qishan and Bai Ruoxi were considered very important generals on his side. There was no reason why Dongfang Xu would relax his supervision and let them escape so quickly.
"Your Majesty, it was the Emperor... er, no, it was the woman pretending to be the Queen who let us leave." Lin Qishan lay on the ground and said tremblingly.
"That witch?!" Dongfang Chen frowned deeper and deeper, "Why did he let you back?"
"She said, let us think about surrendering. She also said that he can arrest us once, or twice, or three times. If you don't believe it, just give it a try, and then let us back." Bai Ruoxi said.
Dongfang Chen's eyes flashed, this kind of approach... is something that woman Yun Jingshu would do.
Once upon a time, she once told him a way to regain certain capable people. One of the methods was to capture and release them, then capture and release them again, and so on until that person completely surrendered.
And he has indeed done similar things, and he has indeed succeeded in regaining many capable people.
So, is that woman really Yun Jingshu? Or did Yun Jingchu hear about Yun Jingshu and imitate her behavior?
"So, are you two going to surrender to Dongfang Xu?" Putting away his thoughts, Dongfang Chen asked coldly.
"Your Majesty has learned clearly that the guilty ministers will not dare to do so," the two of them said loudly at the same time.
"Very good. Seeing that you didn't hide anything from me, I'll forget about it and go down to rest." Dongfang Chen waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Qishan and Bai Ruoxi thanked them and left in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, Duke Zhen Guo and General Bai were released by the rebels. Shouldn't they be arrested first and interrogated carefully? What if they have any evil intentions?" A man who looked like a counselor came out.
Lie, with a worried look on his face.
"No need to do so. If I do that, I will chill the hearts of other soldiers and fall into their trap. Moreover, I am convinced that they are not lying. Besides, they all have families in the capital.
, I will not not think about my family." Dongfang Chen finished speaking calmly, slowly closed his tired eyes, and stretched out his hand to rub his stiff brow.
"Then, shall we continue to let the two of them hold their previous positions?" the counselor asked a little worriedly.
"I think what I just said is clear enough. As of now, this matter is not allowed to be spread. Everyone, please go down." Dongfang Chen said coldly.