Chapter 580: Chaos
After Brother Wang left next door, Xianggong Yuemian hurriedly returned to the kitchen to find Yuemian and told Yuemian what Brother Wang said.
Yuemian was shocked and asked, "Why are the rebels attacking the city so fast?"
It had only been two days since the streets had been in turmoil, and how could anyone have been able to assemble an army so quickly to attack the city? She was a woman of little knowledge, but it was really unusual to deduce from common sense.
"Who knows if they fell from the sky or came out of the ground, now we should worry about what will happen to the city once it is broken."
This is true, in fact, there is a cellar at home, the moon has experienced this kind of chaos before, and he has been prepared, so he specially bought this house with a secret cellar, and he has also spent time repairing it, and there is dry food and water for two people to eat for more than half a month, if it is prepared before, there is no problem at all.
But now there are two more people, not to mention the crowding, and it is not good for a big man to be in the same place with the other two women, which is unreasonable, especially the other party's noble status, and it cannot be offended.
Yuemian thought for a moment and said, "I'll tell the princess about this first, and see what the princess has planned." β
"It's fine. "If it doesn't work, you can hide in the cellar together, and I'll just find a place to hide, a big man, you can't hide in that corner." β
"Things may not be so critical, even if the city is broken, it has little to do with us ordinary people, after all, the siege of the city is also the Great Zhou soldiers, and they will not slaughter their own people, right?"
"Not necessarily. Moon Mian said worriedly. "Sometimes the army is more ruthless, after the city is broken, some officers and soldiers take advantage of the chaos to loot, this kind of thing can not be known, it must be extinguished, so it will be more ruthless, kill people, and blame the loser for the burning, killing and looting, they are the righteous division, this is the so-called success, prince and loser Kou. β
"Is there such a thing?" Yuemian was even more frightened, it was the first time she had heard of such a thing. The country's regular army also slaughtered civilians.
"Don't think about it that much. Let's tell the princess about it first. "The moon is not willing to say too much bloody, so as not to frighten his wife.
Yuemian nodded, then turned around and went out, knocking on the door of the East House.
"Who?" came a soft inquiry.
"Miss Meng. Can I come in?" Yuemian didn't know what to call the princess. It is definitely inappropriate to call the princess directly. After thinking about it, I still called Su Yiqing's maiden name.
"Come in. β
After Yuemian entered the house, she saw Su Yiqing standing aside. Princess Xiangshan sat on the chair and pounded her legs, and when she saw her come in, I don't know why, the princess Xiangshan had a strange expression, and she couldn't care so much at this time, and said in a low voice: "Princess, my father-in-law just got the news, saying that there are rebellious troops attacking the city." β
Su Yiqing and Princess Xiangshan glanced at each other, which was expected by them, the queen acted like this, just to give people a handle, and let people hold the banner of justice to crusade.
Now the emperor doesn't know what happened, but the queen controls the harem so much, and most of the ministers and relatives of the emperor are also detained, and the emperor is likely to be more auspicious.
The queen has no biological son, if the emperor survives this catastrophe safely and recovers, will he still keep the queen who has no husband and wife love for the queen for a long time?
The situation in the palace is more or less understood, the emperor actually doesn't like the queen for a long time, and even has the idea of abolishing it, just because the queen is not a big mistake, the emperor is not a dedicated person, he likes the new and hates the old seriously, and there is no favorite concubine alone, those favorite concubines just have a little bit of capital to argue with the queen, and in the blink of an eye, they have to worry about the newcomer to the throne, where is there any heart to take care of others, just like that, the queen can continue to sit in this position.
But everyone can see that the queen's position is actually precarious, and the third prince has not been able to be named the crown prince for a long time, and he has listened to the slander of unknown people, and he is dissatisfied with the queen.
If the queen doesn't want to find a way, the future fate can be imagined.
Speaking of queens, Su Yiqing remembered that Queen Dajing Xu was a queen, and her heart, eyes and wrists were not bad, but if her brain was a little worse, she must have been beaten down a long time ago.
And the emperor, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and there will naturally be more beloved women, better ones who like the new and never get tired of the old, even if there is no love, there is still family affection, and morality, and some selfish ones will only take care of themselves.
Emperor Da Zhou and Emperor Da Jing seem to be the same, or the heart of the Son of Heaven is hard. And women will be forced to do that.
Yuemian saw that Su Yiqing was silent for a long time, thinking that she was thinking about something, and she didn't dare to urge, so she waited quietly aside.
But Princess Xiangshan, a little breathless, asked, "Do you know that the army of that road is attacking the city?"
Yuemian shook her head, "I don't know at this time, the news was told by Brother Wang next door, Brother Wang walked the streets and alleys to work as a carpenter, and the street was well-informed, but the affairs of the court and China were not clear, I only knew that there was an army besieging the city, and I didn't know which army it was." β
"Actually, it's not very important. Su Yiqing said, "We are trapped here now, and when the time comes, the soldiers will be together, the sword will have no eyes, and we won't care about anyone at all." β
Princess Xiangshan said secretly, this is the case for herself, anyway, she is a foreign race, and she is not familiar with these princes and generals at all, everyone is the same, but for her as the princess of Ding, it is naturally different, if it is a siege city with a good relationship with King Ding, at least the palace will be much safer after the city is broken, why did Princess Ding say this?
At this moment, there was another noise outside, as if people were running in terror.
Yuemian hurriedly turned around and went out to see what was going on outside.
Princess Xiangshan looked at Su Yiqing and said, "Xiaoyi, what should I do now?" It seems that the situation is very bad...... What are we going to do if the city breaks?"
Su Yiqing sighed, "I don't know, I can only hide now." β
Princess Xiangshan thought for a while, and suddenly said: "If the city is really broken, many people in the city will definitely go out of the city, should we also go out of the city to avoid it, and come back when the situation is stable?"
"Of course, it's good to go out of the city to avoid it, but in the current situation, how can you go out? At that time, people will not care what our identity is. β
"But hiding here doesn't seem to be a solution. Princess Xiangshan lowered her voice, "Looking at the appearance of the couple, they seem to be very flustered, and they don't know what to do." β
"I know, but it's not normal to not panic right now. Su Yiqing said and glanced at Princess Xiangshan, Princess Xiangshan seemed to mean something when she said this, maybe she doubted Yuemian's loyalty or something, people are suspicious, thinking of this. Su Yiqing asked suddenly. "Princess, are you afraid?"
"I'm afraid. Princess Xiangshan said very sincerely what she felt in her heart, "I'm not afraid of death, far away from my homeland and come to a strange realm. I've thought about the worst ending too. Death is sometimes not scary. But I don't want to die in a nest of people, so inexplicably killed by the rebels who don't know how to go all the way. β
Su Yiqing comforted her, "Don't worry." No, we will definitely be able to survive this crisis, I have an intuition that if we don't die, there will be a blessing in the future. β
Princess Xiangshan smiled bitterly, "Princess Ding, you have bravery, resourcefulness and good martial arts, and I ...... In the past, I was like a frog at the bottom of a well, I always thought I was smart, but I found out that I was just one of the most people who thought I was smart. β
"I don't want to be in trouble to the point where I need someone to repay me. Su Yiqing sighed, remembered something, looked at Princess Xiangshan's eyes, and said, "But since the princess has the heart to repay, I think of one thing, if you can, please work hard." β
"Princess, please say, at this point, if I can do it, I will definitely do it in the future. Princess Xiangshan crossed her hands and put them on her chest, "I swear in the name of my mother that I will never break my word." β
She knew that at this juncture, the request made by Princess Ding must be extraordinary.
Su Yiqing said softly: "That's the case, if one day, the princess has the ability, I hope that whether it is with Da Zhou or with Da Jing, she will maintain harmony and stop fighting." β
"I must do this, even if the princess doesn't say it, I will work so hard. Princess Xiangshan thought that Su Yiqing was going to make some request, but it turned out that this was this, she would definitely do this, she was also disgusted with the war, and let the people of Li suffer from the poison, and then sighed sincerely, "The princess is really a good person, and she still cares about the people of the world at this time." β
Su Yiqing smiled and said secretly, she doesn't care about the people of the world, it's just that there are people she cares about in both countries, and these people will be affected first.
As he was talking, Yuemian rushed in and said, "Princess, something is wrong, the rebel army outside the city actually set fire." β
"What do you mean?" Princess Xiangshan didn't understand, how could people outside the city set fire to the city?
Su Yiqing's face changed, she had experienced the siege of the city, and she knew what was going on with the enemy's arson, that is, tying flammable materials to the arrows, and then shooting them in, these burning arrows fell on the houses in the city, and they would be on fire.
In ancient times, once it caught fire, it was a big deal, especially Yancheng was the imperial capital, how many luxurious mansions, once it caught fire, it was very bad.
Who is this leader? Such a ruthless and blatant person can't hide the eyes and ears of the people of the world, right?
But what matters now is not this, Su Yiqing knows that the location of Yuemian's house is close to the city wall, if the besiegers set fire like this, this street will bear the brunt of the impact.
Frightened, Su Yiqing said: "If it is really set on fire, we can't stay here, we have to find another place." β
"Go to my aunt's place, their house is on the west side of the city, far from the city wall. Yuemian had already thought about it quickly, his family's cellar was small, and he was afraid of wronging the princess, and it might not be safe, but his aunt's family was different, he was also a member of the yamen, and the ruffians and hooligans would be a little scruples.
"No, Yuemian, if you are worried, you and your husband will go over first, and we will stay here. Su Yiqing categorically rejected Yuemian's proposal.
"Princess, how can this be, how can the slave leave you alone?"
"You are no longer a descendant of the Dingwang Mansion, don't open your mouth and close your mouth and call yourself a slave. Su Yiqing said softly, "We have our own plans, we can't go to Xue Niang, but you husband and wife can go, and you can't help us if you stay here, so we'll borrow your house to live for a while." β
"But...... Princess. Yuemian gritted her teeth, "The princess won't leave, and the slaves and maids will stay." β
"You can do it yourself, such a mess, it is estimated that it will be similar there. Su Yiqing sighed, "It may be more dangerous outside." β
Yuemian still decided to stay.
Not only for the princess, this mansion was bought by her and Xianggong with all their savings, she was reluctant to leave everything in the family like this, it was really not good, so she hid in the cellar with the princess.
Princess Xiangshan said: "What if this catches fire?"
Su Yiqing said softly: "It shouldn't be, most of this chaos will only bluff, will not really set fire, really set fire, there are too many people, most of the people who are attacking the city now are coming for the throne, and they will not make the sky angry and resentful, so they are just making a show, causing chaos in the city, the people may panic, chaos, maybe someone will open the city gate and escape, they will take the opportunity to attack in,"
"Will this be the case?" Princess Xiangshan looked at Su Yiqing suspiciously, "How did the princess know?"
"Extrapolated by common sense. Su Yiqing said lightly, "I guess, there may be just in case, but most of the time it will be so, don't worry too much." β
"Hopefully, as the princess said. Princess Xiangshan sighed, suddenly remembered her previous proposal, and was about to say something, but she swallowed her words back because she was afraid of this moon sleep.
After a while, Yuemian went out to inquire about the news, and then she said: "Princess, what I just said, if you can take the opportunity to get out of the city, will it be much safer, you just said, maybe the city gate will be opened, why don't we take the opportunity to go out of the city? β
"Has the princess ever lived alone in the wilderness?" Su Yiqing looked at Princess Xiangshan and asked rhetorically.
Princess Xiangshan shook her head.
"Life in the wild is not so fun, unlike a bunch of people who followed the hunting before, eating and sleeping in the open air, it is very hard. Su Yiqing let out a long sigh," I don't want to live such a hard life, go out of the city with the panicked people, a large number of people, even eating is a problem, not to mention that there will be a tile to cover the head, it is very hard, and it is very difficult to endure, besides, there must be a lot of thugs caught in the chaos of the people, taking the opportunity to grab property, it is not safer than in the city, so for the sake of today, we had better not move, just stay in the city to watch the development of the situation, this battle may not be able to fight, maybe someone will come out to adjust, at least we first find out which army is attacking the city, who is leading the troops before making a decisionγ (To be continued.) )