Chapter 672

While chatting in the teahouse, the matter of these noble families' daughters being hijacked reached the high level, and dozens of ministers from major noble families entered the palace together to seek an audience with the Emperor.

Li Er was so angry after hearing this that he flew into a rage in the Imperial Study!

The porcelain displayed in the Imperial Study suffered again.

"How can these women be so stupid? To be tricked away by a few songs from someone?"

"Idiots! They only know how to cause trouble for me!"

"The Great Qin spies are also too hateful! Daring to come to Jin Ling to hijack people so openly!"

It caused a huge uproar.

Li Er smashed and cursed at the same time.

It took a long time to calm down.

However, outside, there were dozens of heads of noble families waiting to see him.

This matter couldn't be avoided.

Sooner or later, he had to face it.

Sigh...

He came to the front hall.

A group of ministers were also furious.

"Your Majesty, our daughters from more than a dozen families have been captured by Great Qin. Please make the decision for us!"

Li Er felt a headache facing these noble family ministers.

"Your own daughters are too indulgent. They were actually tricked away so easily by a scholar selling music scores!"

It was outrageous!

Thinking of this matter, Li Er was angry.

If those ladies hadn't been fascinated by the music scores, they wouldn't have been tricked out of the city and hijacked.

These noble families also knew they were in the wrong.

They were used to being arrogant and domineering, and never expected that someone would dare to touch the tiger's head!

"Your Majesty, who could have thought that the popular pop song was actually a conspiracy against our daughters?"

"Please, Your Majesty, take action quickly; if it's late, our daughters' reputation will not be preserved!"

"This scandal will definitely make the major noble families lose their reputation... and become the laughingstock of the world!"

It wasn't that Li Er didn't want to save them.

It was just that the people had already crossed the river to the north and entered Great Qin's territory.

This matter was very difficult.

"My lords, don't be anxious, let's discuss a way to rescue them first. We will definitely have to go deep into Great Qin territory..."

At this, no one spoke.

They would demand the Emperor to save people.

But if they were really asked to come up with a way, no one had any ideas.

Just kidding, saving people deep in Great Qin territory required strength.

Without strength, saying anything was useless.

For the Great Tang, the risk was too great!

Li Er saw that no one could come up with a way and couldn't help but start to get irritable.

One by one, they would force the imperial court to think of ways for them. They didn't even have a single idea themselves!

"We can't force the imperial court to go to war with Great Qin because of this, can we?"

Li Er's tone was so cold it was about to freeze.

His words were filled with chilling coldness.

Giving face to the noble families was for the sake of the stability of the Great Tang's future.

But if the noble families were to disregard the safety of the imperial court, then Li Er had no need to worry about the noble families anymore.

The ministers below also knew they couldn't push the Emperor too hard.

The game between ministers had always had a balance point. No one would easily cross the line.

"Your Majesty is joking. Your servant thinks we should send envoys to Great Qin as soon as possible to negotiate the redemption of the ladies."

"Hijacking hostages is nothing more than wanting a ransom; just give it to them."

"We also need to explain to Great Qin that the ladies must not have the slightest damage. If anything happens that leads to the damage of the families' reputation, then the ransom won't be paid!"

What the noble families valued more was not saving people, but not letting their own reputation be damaged.

Li Er had already seen through their hearts.

What he was worried about was also the same thing.

"I will send envoys to negotiate with Great Qin as soon as possible. If the ransom is too high, and you families are unwilling to pay so much money..."

"I will order people to execute these women who have lost face for the Great Tang on the spot!"

Once these words were spoken, the hall was silent.

No one objected.