Liu Chongwen led Irina and her party to the hall, asked Irina to sit down, and sent someone to arrange a rest room for them.
After a maid brought tea, Liu Chongwen said to Irina: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother You must have been frightened tonight.
You are safe here.
Drink some tea to calm down the fright."
"Thank you, Mr.
Liu," Irina said as she picked up the tea and drank several sips in succession.
She was really frightened by being chased along the way.
Liu Chongwen asked: "Your Majesty, what is going on?
You have returned the power of power to the emperor and retired to the church.
How dare those soldiers be so rude to you?"
Irina looked miserable: "How dare they without Constantine's order?"
Liu Chongwen nodded: "I understand."
Irina was silent for a while and asked: "Is he there?"
Liu Chongwen was stunned and quickly realized who Irina was asking, so he deliberately asked: "Who are you asking about?"
Irina lowered her head and said: "Master Liu knows who I am asking."
"Oh, Your Majesty is here, but it's already late at night and Your Majesty has already fallen asleep," Liu Chongwen said.
Irina thought for a while and said: "I can't avoid meeting him when I come here to avoid trouble.
It's really late at night now, and I can't disturb his rest.
I'll ask Mr.
Liu to inform him tomorrow morning and say that I want to meet him."
Liu Chongwen agreed: "Okay."
A servant came over and reported: "Sir, the room has been arranged."
Liu Chongwen looked at Irina and said: "Your Majesty, the servants in the house have prepared the room, but I'm worried that they can't clean it up to your Majesty's satisfaction."
Irina nodded and told a maid and a eunuch beside her: "Go and clean up."
"yes" At this time, a soldier walked in from outside the door and reported: "Sir, the commander of the Constantinople City Guards, General Ferlandrius, is asking for an audience outside."
Irina, the eunuch leader Adefeko, and the guard captain all changed their expressions when they heard this name, and they couldn't help but look at Liu Chongwen.
Liu Chongwen turned around and smiled at Irina: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic.
The commander of the city guard is not qualified to see me yet.
I will send someone to send him away."
After saying that, Liu Chongwen turned around and shouted: "Come here, tell Ferlandrius that I have taken a rest.
General Ferlandrius is a military general, but he came to see me, a diplomat of the Western Qin Dynasty, privately. , I don’t want to cause gossip.
If there is any foreign affairs in the Eastern Roman Empire, please ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs to come to negotiate with me tomorrow.”
"Yes, my lord" After waiting for the officials in the official residence to deal with it, Liu Chongwen smiled at Irina again and said: "Your Majesty, you can live here with peace of mind and stay as long as you want.
Unless they want to go to war with the Western Qin Kingdom, they will not dare to rushed in" Irina sighed: "I'm afraid I'll have to disturb you for a long time from now on."
"Don't disturb, don't disturb" The official who had just sent Ferlandrius away rushed back and said, "Sir, when Ferlandrius saw that you ignored him, he actually mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses to surround the mansion, as well as strong bows.
The crossbow was pointed at the mansion, as if he was ready to attack at any moment."
Liu Chongwen looked ugly.
He stood up and asked, "And why do you want to finish talking?"
The official said: "Moreover, they set up a checkpoint dozens of feet on both sides of the gate.
It seems that they are preparing to trap us and not allow anyone to enter or exit the official residence."
Everyone in the hall changed their expressions when they heard the news.
Irina stood up and sighed: "Master Liu, it seems that I have brought you big trouble.
If you find it difficult, we should leave."
Liu Chongwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, please be patient and calm.
I will handle this matter well.
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Although they did not attack my official residence, they were already slapping the Western Qin Kingdom in the face by besieging it.
What's more, they also set up a The checkpoint does not allow us to enter.
This is simply a provocation.
I will go meet that guy."
Just as Liu Chongwen was about to walk out of the hall, several soldiers standing guard outside knelt down on one knee and said, "See your Majesty."
Everyone in the hall took a look and saw that it was Zhao Ziliang who came in yawning, so both the officials and the servants bowed down one after another.
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Everyone, get up."
Liu Chongwen stood up and asked: "Didn't your Majesty fall asleep?
Why did you get up?"
"There is so much noise outside, how can I still sleep?"
After Zhao Ziliang said, he noticed there were other people in the hall, "Hey Irina, why are you here?"
Irina made a court salute to Zhao Ziliang and said: "I came here to seek asylum.
The city guards outside are here to arrest me.
I have brought trouble to His Majesty and Mr.
Liu."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but look at Liu Chongwen and scolded: "Empress Dowager Irina is here, why don't you report it to me immediately?"
Liu Chongwen had a grimace on his face.
His acting skills were amazing.
Irina said quickly: "Master Liu was originally going to report to you, but I asked him not to go.
It's already late at night and I can't disturb your rest, so I Please ask Mr.
Liu to report to you tomorrow morning."
Zhao Ziliang walked to the main seat and said to Irina: "Sit down and talk."
"Thank you."
Irina sat down and felt relieved, but at the same time she was a little bitter.
In the past, she vaguely regarded Zhao Ziliang and the Western Qin Kingdom as enemies, but now she is living under the protection of the enemy.
This cannot but be It's a travesty.
Zhao Ziliang said to Liu Chongwen: "Don't come into contact with the soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire outside.
It is more important to appease the people in the official residence.
Tell the guards, if they dare to use swords first, fight them back.
If they don't, they will be beaten back."
Ignore any further action and wait until daybreak to talk about anything."
Liu Chongwen agreed: "But I am worried that the soldiers outside are rough and reckless men and do not know the seriousness of the matter.
What if they rush in regardless and collide with the two His Majesty's chariots?"
Zhao Ziliang sneered: "What is the name of the general outside, Ferlandrius?
He is indeed a rough and reckless man, but if you think he is a fool, you are wrong.
A person who can lead an army, even with force and military command ability, No matter how high he is, if he doesn't understand anything, do you think a superior would let such a person be the leader unless the superior is also a fool?"
"Yes, Wei Chen will go and appease everyone."
Liu Chongwen said, bowed and bowed before retreating.
Zhao Ziliang turned to look at Irina and asked: "I only heard that you mother and son have a bad relationship before, but after all, we are flesh and blood.
How could things get to this point?"
Irina looked sobbing, "I didn't expect this little bastard to do this to my mother.
I have suffered so much over the years and it wasn't for him, but he treated me like this.
He is no longer my son.
This is absolutely This is not something a son can do to his mother."
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of the tea brought by the maid, put down the tea cup and consoled him: "You don't have to be too sad and desperate.
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Maybe Constantine's original intention was not like this, but the officials and generals below misunderstood his meaning; or Someone did it without telling Constantine; or maybe Constantine was deceived and gave such an order.
After daybreak, I will ask Liu Chongwen to go to the palace to see Constantine to see what the specific situation will be. , what do you think?”
Irina shook her head, despair appearing on her face, "You don't need to comfort me.
I know Constantine.
It's normal for him to be jealous of me.
For the sake of power, it's not surprising that he made such a decision now."
The army has besieged this place.
I didn’t expect that my coming here would implicate you.
If they really besiege this place for a long time and prevent you from contact with the outside world, then it will really be me who has harmed you."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "This situation will not last long.
The siege will be lifted soon because there is no airtight wall in this world.
The news will spread soon.
If Constantine doesn't want to be there yet, If we solve the internal troubles and face the wrath of Western Qin, we will definitely order the withdrawal of the besieged soldiers and horses."
Irina said: "Constantine is too young after all.
I am worried that he is prone to making impulsive and irrational decisions.
Some things cannot be predicted and controlled by humans."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but when things get to this point, it's unnecessary for you to worry.
I think you won't be able to sleep either.
I'll ask someone to bring some food and drinks over.
Let's chat while we eat. people" A small official came in and bowed, cupping his hands and saying, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"Go and prepare some food, fruits, snacks and drinks."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Outside the envoy's official residence, the two sides were facing each other nervously across a wooden fence.
Ferlandrius was riding on horseback and looked at the bright lights in the official residence.
Some guards were standing ready with weapons, and there were many archers.
Bows and arrows are drawn in the rear, ready to fight at any time.
I couldn't help but feel agitated.
I didn't expect that he would make such a big noise, surrounded the entire envoy's residence, and set up checkpoints on both sides.
There was no movement at all from the Western Qin people in the envoy's residence.
Liu That old guy Chongwen still didn't come out to see him.
An officer next to him said: "General, it seems that the envoys of the Western Qin Dynasty will not come out to see you.
And judging from their current arrangements, it is clear that they think that we dare not rush in to rob people.
What should I do now?
I don't need to hesitate at all." , robbed people and left.”
Ferlandrius said: "You don't understand.
If only things were that simple.
Bringing people into the envoy's residence is tantamount to declaring war on the Western Qin Kingdom.
Can you bear such consequences?
I'll give the order."
The encirclement here has already caused an infringement on the Western Qin Kingdom to a certain extent.
I originally just wanted to scare them, but I didn't expect this group of people to be unafraid.
It seems that I have to go see the emperor and report the things here to the emperor
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