Before reaching the top of the hill, it was already late at night, and she looked at the corpses of the soldiers on the ground, not knowing what their names were, she slowly bent down and brushed her fingers over their faces, she wanted to know their names so that she could engrave their names on the tombstone before the team left.

Tantai Ninghua finally attacked her, and she had been his puppet for so many years, and the empress thought silently, he took away everything from herself, power, army, and people...... Fortunately, he took his daughter away when he left Shuyue, otherwise he would definitely use his daughter to blackmail him, the guards lit a torch for her, and the empress took the torch and stuck it in the trunk of the tree, and the warm light of the fire made the soldiers look more like living people.

"Thank you for your hard work, you should step back first, I want to be alone. She whispered, she didn't call herself me or widow anymore.

The empress carved a statue of Guanyin on the trunk of the tree, and Guanyin's empty eyes were staring at the dead beneath her, this supreme goddess will always have countless identities and countless forms to examine the behavior of the world, and when she was a little girl, the mother-in-law in the palace taught her this.

There is a statue of Guanyin in every household in Shuyue, Guanyin looks at the joys and sorrows of every family, life and death, people have offered cakes and fruits for her countless times, kneeling in front of her and praying extremely sincerely, no matter how they pray, the disasters that should come are always unavoidable, and the deaths that should be faced are always coming one after another.

What was the point of their prayers, the Empress thought herself.

The faces were white and hollow, some of them had beards, the congealed blood hung between their temples, the soldiers clenched their iron guns and died, their roars and anger condensed on their faces, as if they had been frozen forever, each face uneasy for them, and she could not get any peace from praying.

Even so, she knelt in front of these soldiers and looked at the statue of Guanyin on the tree: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, please look at this war with compassionate eyes, everyone is, our soldiers, our enemies...... Let the wicked get the punishment he deserves. Please protect my daughter, even when I am not with her, there will be someone to protect her, always. ”

Guanyin didn't answer her, her eyes closed as if she were crying. In addition, the night was extremely silent, only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, mixed with the groans of the dead coming from afar, Guanyin was silent, and so were the gods and Buddhas in the heavens, who were always silently watching the disasters and sufferings that happened in the world, watching forever, and always standing by.

She didn't know if Chu Xiaohua would pray to the gods and Buddhas like she did, but the truth was that Chu Xiaohua never prayed to anyone, he only believed in the sword in his hand and the army behind him, so he would be so powerful, he knew that the damned gods and Buddhas would never respond to anyone, never.

It's really the only man I've ever loved, she

I closed my eyes and thought silently.

The blazing light from the torches swayed on the wall, giving life to every face, the firelight was distorting their expressions, and suddenly sadness came from her heart, the faces of the soldiers reminded her of her dead father and brother, they looked at themselves in the sky, how disappointed the expression on their faces should be, even her mother was slaughtered by Tantai Ninghua, she didn't even dare to imagine how many people in Shuyue who were loyal to her were also slaughtered by Tantai Ninghua. Some of the faces looked like her deceased husband, and in a trance she even saw a smile slowly appear on their faces, and the look of Yutai Liheng appeared in front of her, and he was laughing at himself.

A gust of wind swept through the trees, the torches crackled and swayed, and the empress closed her eyes drowning in tears, and the illusion gradually disappeared, replaced by the smoke from the torches, which stabbed her eyes, and she rubbed her eyes, but the tears became more and more raging.

When she opened her eyes, she saw her mother standing in front of her, the Empress Dowager Shuyue who always liked to wear red and purple, at this time she left herself, and took away the gentleness of another part of her heart, she thought about the gentle hand of the queen mother caressing her face, she held her daughter's hand, if Chu Xiaohua hadn't left Shuyue, maybe they would still have a few children, and live happily together in Shuyue as an enviable fairy couple, then how different her life should become.

Why did she leave Shuyue to find Chu Xiaohua? Obviously, he was very different from him fifteen years ago, and the reason why he wanted to form an alliance with him was nothing more than for his own army, not to see her again. She lost her country and army, and although Chu Xiaohua promised to provide troops to help her regain power, she completely sold the entire Shuyue to him at the price, and she will always be a vassal state of the Yin State, just like Xilin.

I lost my own courtiers, and no one wants me except my daughter, not even Chu Xiaohua, and the people of Shuyue who are now alive under the rule of Ninghua must think that she is a selfish empress who abandoned the whole country for the man she loves.

What the hell was she doing when her mother was beheaded......

She didn't even dare to go back to Shuyue to face her people.

The blade-like leaves fell one after another, the cold wind gusted among the trees, and Tantai Ningsu stood under the falling leaves, her beautiful and soft white hair tangled together, and her eyes were distracted. Stand here like a soulless dead.

Just let them sleep under the land of Heavenly Soul Mountain, Tantai Ning Su thought to himself, the strength of the Shuyue army comes from the nature of the mountains and forests, so let them return to nature.

The empress was motionless at this time, and her heart was silent like a pool of stagnant water.

Until the boy's voice pulled her consciousness out of the stagnant water, she rubbed her eyes and stretched out her hand to the boy standing in the dark: "Instantaneous summoning...... It turned out to be you. ”

Chu Xianzhao came to her with the hand of Tantai Tranquility, the little princess threw herself into her mother's arms and didn't dare to look at the corpse on the ground, with tears in her eyes, she comforted her daughter over and over again: "Don't be afraid...

... Tranquil and obedient...... Don't be afraid. ”

"Aunt Ning, rest early, we have to hurry tomorrow, and we will be able to arrive in Jingnan City tomorrow night at the latest, and then you will be able to go home soon." Chu Xianzhao said softly.

The empress raised her head and looked at him, smiling bitterly and said, "Where can we orphans and widows go?"

"Mother Queen...... Aren't they our soldiers?Why are you attacking our people......" She trembled and asked this question, and Tantai Ningsu was silent for a moment, not knowing how to explain to her daughter about the rebellion of Tantai Ninghua, for her daughter, Tantai Ninghua is one of the few elders in the family who can speak, and she loves her no less than herself.

"Instant Call...... I'm a terrible mother, thank you for helping me bring her back...... I've lost the whole country...... If I lose her again, I really ......" The empress hugged her daughter's body tightly, and tears slowly fell.

"I'll make the Yanfu people pay, I swear. Chu Xianzhao clenched his fists.

"Aunt Ning, I need you to cheer up, the rash sneak attack of the Yan people has made them pay nearly three times more lives, and we have already won one of these wars. Chu Xianzhao said.

"They came for the tranquility. The empress replied: "Tranquility is my heir, and her inheritance is before the condensation of the Tai, in case I have an accident......

Chu Xianzhao suddenly grabbed her wrist, and the strength was so great that she was in pain: "No...... You'll be fine, I swore to my father that I would send you back to Shuyue safely...... I'll take care of you...... If something happens to you...... I don't have the face to go back to see my father, I swear with my life!"

"I'm not dead yet, kid. She smiled sadly.

Chu Xianzhao slowly withdrew his palm and nodded, he thought about it, looked at the empress without saying anything, and the other party saw the doubts in his heart and smiled: "Child...... Say whatever you want, it's just the three of us here. ”

I really don't like you to call me a child all the time, Chu Xianzhao muttered in his heart.

"It's my general...... She. Chu Xian said, "I don't know about her...... She told me that I should command the battle after the barracks, and not charge forward like the other soldiers...... We had a fight over it, and I didn't know what to do. ”

"It's always hard to kill someone, and it's the same way to command a war. ”

"I understand, but my father also personally went into battle to kill the enemy, and so did my brother...... I don't want to hide in the camp, I have royal breath, I know swordsmanship, I have strength, I know how to fight the enemy...... And what about you, will you, as the emperor, just command the battle as she said, and let your men charge into battle and survive in secret?" Chu Xianzhao gritted his teeth.

"Indeed, it is uncomfortable for you to sit in the back of the battlefield, and I understand your desire to fight. The empress said: "But children, you must understand that you must not kill for fun, you must first figure out your own responsibilities before acting." ”

"What am I going to do after this?" he looked at her earnestly.

Who will teach me? Shantai Ningsu also wanted to ask the same question, if only Chu Xiaohua was by her side, if Chu Xiaohua personally went south to help her recapture Shuyue, she had full confidence in him, he would always be so reliable, both physically and mentally.

(End of chapter)