In fact, the little emperor still didn't want Pei Qing to leave, because once Pei Qing left, his hope of returning to Luoyang was completely ruined, and he became a puppet of Cao Cao from then on, but he had no choice but to do so. As long as he asked Pei Qing to enter the city, not only could Meiren Hu not be able to protect him, but he also had no personal safety guarantee.

After Pei Qing left, the little emperor said to Sima Yi: "Sima Gong, I have done what you ask. Are you going to return Meiren Hu to me now?"

But Sima Yi said lightly: "Although Pei Qing retreated, who knows whether he will come back? So Beauty Hu cannot return His Majesty for the time being. Besides, although His Majesty is young, he must stay away from women and take care of the holy body. This is the blessing of the country."

Sima Yi's words were obvious. In fact, he refused to return the beautiful man Hu. Although the little emperor was not satisfied, he had no choice but to "return to the palace" helplessly.

Sima Yi was very happy after Pei Qing led his army to leave, and at the same time he secretly despised Pei Qing. Such powerful strength actually left easily because of the little emperor's words. This is really stupid. In fact, thinking about it, since Pei Qing was the banner of respecting the emperor, now the emperor told him to withdraw his troops in person. If he didn't listen, wouldn't the reputation he had built over the years be destroyed? Who would believe him at that time?

"Hehe, Pei Qing's success comes from the King of Honor, but in the end he was also bound by the King of Honor. Seeing victory in sight, he could only retreat in shame. This is called success and defeat of Xiao He."

Sima Yi was filled with emotion. To be honest, Pei Qing was still very nervous before, for fear that Pei Qing would disrespect the king's order and insist on attacking the city. At that time, he would be really hard to attack the emperor, because if he did, he would definitely die and no one could save him.

Fortunately, Pei Qing has left now, which is a blessing, so Sima Yi wiped the sweat from his palms, let out a sigh of relief, slowly left the city and went to the mansion to take a break for a while.

However, as soon as he returned to the mansion, he suddenly heard a deafening roar from afar. He was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat. He even asked what happened?

At this time, Sima Yi's fourth brother Sima Kui came over panting and said to him: "Second brother, no, Pei Qing. Pei Qing is back again. We are striving to attack the city now. Our soldiers are not prepared. Now the outer city has been broken and the army has entered the city. It's too late, so let's go quickly."

"What, what? I'm back so soon? And it's so abrupt that it caught people off guard. I'm usually proud of my talent, but I didn't expect this." Sima Yi was shocked when he heard this. In a panic, he immediately prepared to lead his army into the palace and hold the Han emperor hostage to protect himself.

However, when he came outside the palace gate, he found that there was chaos in the palace. The little emperor had long disappeared. After inquiring, he learned that it turned out that it was Xi Lu and Hua Xin who joined forces to enter the palace to tell the emperor about the matter, and supported the emperor and escaped from the palace to meet Pei Qing.

After hearing this, Sima Yi sighed in his heart. It seemed that they could not hold on anymore. Even the person who had been guilty chose to betray him. In this case, I really don’t know how many people chose to betray him. In this case, even if he resisted, it would be meaningless. Sima Yi knew that Pei Qing didn’t need him, so it would be meaningless even if he surrendered, so he had to take his family and subordinates to escape from Yecheng in chaos and go to Changshan Kingdom.

In fact, Sima Yi cannot blame this incident for not expecting that Lu Meng was too strong. The two characteristics of surprise attack and ghost plot were at the same time. Even top military advisors like Zhuge Liang or Guo Jia could not see through it. What's more, Sima Yi's intelligence is actually not as good as Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang? So this led to Sima Yi having no expectation of Pei Qing's way of shooting back.

While Sima Yi received the news that Pei Qing was killed, Xi Lu also received the news. In fact, Xi Lu had the same idea as Sima Yi, and used the hostage to avoid disaster. However, at this time, his deputy, Hua Xin, advised him to support the emperor and go out of the palace to see Pei Qing: "Although we have made mistakes before, no one is perfect? ​​I believe that as long as we correct it, we will still be a famous scholar who is loyal to the king and the country. However, if we make mistakes again and again, can we resist the 100,000 troops of Pei Gong by just relying on the benefits of hostage to the emperor? Please think twice about the pros and cons of it."

Xi Lu thought for a moment after listening to Hua Xin's words, and always felt that Hua Xin's words were correct, so he agreed. As soon as he arrived outside the palace gate, he saw the Shangshu Ling Xun Yu and his clan brothers, Xun Fu, the captain of the Shooting Shou, breaking in with his private soldiers and his men, with the slogan being the guardian of the emperor.

When Xun Yu saw Xi Lu, he immediately ordered Xun Fu and his soldiers to kill the traitor. Fortunately, Hua Xin stepped forward to explain, and Xun Yu changed his words and thanked him. Everyone went into the palace to support the emperor.

It turned out that Xun Yu had always been loyal to Cao Cao, but later when he heard that Cao Cao was willing to hold the emperor hostage to force Pei Qing to withdraw his troops, he was immediately displeased. So he wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao not to humiliate the emperor so as not to cause greater disasters. Unexpectedly, he was scolded by Cao Cao and ridiculed by Sima Yi. Later, Pei Qing withdrew his troops, Sima Yi still did not keep his promise to return the beautiful man Hu, but instead asked to continue to control the emperor, which made Xun Yu extremely disappointed with Cao Cao and secretly regretted that he had chosen Cao Cao instead of Pei Gong.

So after some thought, Xun Yu decided to abandon Cao Cao, protect the emperor, and be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Xun Yu was there at that time, so he ignored his safety and immediately pulled Xun Yu and his private soldiers into the palace to protect the emperor.

The little emperor was very happy when he heard about this. When he saw that Meiren Hu had also returned to him, he knew that these people were now sincere entourages, so he immediately agreed to leave the palace. Under the escort of Xun Yu, Xun Wu, Xi Lu and Hua Xin, he left the palace gate and faced Pei Qing's army.

After a while, the little emperor met Pei Qing's army, and after he revealed his identity as the emperor, he was respectfully led by the soldiers to Pei Qing's side.

After seeing Pei Qing, the little emperor finally felt at ease. He immediately pointed out all the unjust acts of Cao Cao's murder of the imperial concubine and threatening the emperor. He formally ordered Pei Qing to fight against the powerful traitor Cao Cao with all his might, and issued an edict to be appointed Pei Qing as prime minister and general, and granted the preferential treatment of praise and worshipping, not going to court, and going to the palace without going to the court.

In fact, Pei Qing no longer looks down on such privileges, but he still pretends to be grateful on the surface to thank the young emperor, and at the same time ordered all the troops to attack Cao Cao immediately.
Chapter completed!