Chapter 452: The Night Palace is cold, and the hair is like snow
"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has not betrayed the Yin Kingdom, His Majesty the Emperor is still in the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, don't spread rumors everywhere about something that didn't happen, now the people have begun to mess up, if you, the so-called mainstays, are also in chaos, no matter how stable the country is as stable as a rock, it will be pushed to the brink of collapse, I hope you will perform your duties and don't make people panic!"
Chu Xun tried her best to put on her tough side, and now she knows better than anyone that Yinguo's deterrence of the Northern Regions is based on Chu Xiaohua's body, and Qingguo's fear of Yinguo is based on Chu Xuanzhao's feat of slaughtering the dragon at Feiziguan.
Once the Yin Kingdom has removed their two strongest foundations, the entire country will become shaky, and the real threat will surface when they are at their weakest, and from Chu Xuanzhao's mouth, she knows very well how terrifying the Qingguo Dragon is.
But compared to the Daqing Dynasty, which was thousands of miles away, Yan Mang, who was captured by them not long ago, Xilin, who had just restored the country, and even the Bottle Kingdom, which was armed with tens of thousands of wolf soldiers, these were the real threats after the Yin Kingdom showed fatigue.
In addition to a paper covenant with the Golden Horde, the biggest blood connection between them and the Golden Horde is Chu Xianzhao, the biological son of Princess Lou Huan, the monarch of the Golden Horde died in Lin'an City in order to protect him, if the people of the Golden Horde know about this, what will they think and do?
Until now, they have not forgotten the fear brought by the southward movement of the Golden Horde twenty years ago, and a full 170,000 Yinguo men died on the front to resist the southward movement of the Golden Horde, piled up with corpses lying in the grassland, and the blood spilled from the battle between the two countries dyed the Tiannu River, which was known as the "lifeline of the Golden Horde" and "the milk given by the Heavenly Mother", all red.
If you compare these countries in the Northern Regions with an anthropomorphic comparison, the Golden Horde is a bear child with infinite strength but not very bright mind, and Xilin is a newborn baby waiting to be fed, Yan Mang is like a helpless girl who has just been humiliated by the thugs, but the Bottle Country is a very deep wolf boy in the city, no one knows when the wolf in his hand will be let go by them, only the adult of the Yin Kingdom can suppress these countries, let these children obediently bow down, but they can't erase their idea of independent growth.
She is very aware of the trauma caused by Yinguo's southern and northern wars over the years, from the Golden Horde to Yan Mang to Shuyue, once Yinguo shows an injured posture, these "children" who have been severely injured by Yinguo will inevitably grow up in an instant, and they will be swept together with a vengeful anger, causing incomparable damage to Yinguo's plan to go south next.
The consequences of this incident are difficult for each of them to bear, and the struggle between father and son will appear in every family, but the break between Chu Xuanzhao and Emperor Yin is undoubtedly a weak butterfly in a certain place, at a specific point in time, it gently flapped its wings, and finally caused a storm of war beyond everyone's imagination, blowing a bloody storm in the whole world!
Although Chu Xun was a little worried, he could be injured
The lion is still a lion, they can handle the affairs of the Northern Regions, but the matter of Chu Zhao's rebellion from the Yin Kingdom must also be suppressed, and the people on the side of the Qing Kingdom must not be let know that the eyes of the Qingguo Dragon are not day by day, once they know that the person who is now making them afraid actually broke with the Yin Kingdom, and the Yin Emperor is also seriously injured, who can guarantee that they will gather the princes' armies to take the opportunity to go north?
Today's Northern Regions and Southern Continents are the strong Yin Kingdom and the Qing Kingdom.
Emperor Yin Chu Xiaohua is the king of the Northern Regions, and defeating the Yin Kingdom is equivalent to conquering the entire Northern Regions, but now the king of the Northern Regions is unconscious, and the prince of the Yin Kingdom has also left the Yin Kingdom.
The only thing Chu Xun can do now is to insist on blocking this news and stabilize the current situation of the Yinguo Imperial Court, and everything has to wait for the Yinhuang to wake up before making a decision.
What if Emperor Yinhuang can't wake up? This thought suddenly appeared in the bottom of her heart, and suddenly made her hands and feet cold, and the whole person seemed to be soaked in ice water.
Soon she erased the idea from her mind, hoping that what she was doing now was the right thing to do, although not many people could understand what she was doing.
After the hundred officials dispersed, Chu Xun felt great exhaustion spread from her heart to her whole body, fear and anger could not be driven away in her inner body, but she couldn't fall yet, once she fell, their Chu family would collapse.
Now she has no figure to rely on in front of her or behind her, and the only person who can make her occasionally rely on talking and crying is also gone.
In her most bitter and tired time, it was only herself.
Could it be that this is the retribution of their Yin Kingdom for launching a war to destroy the Xilin Dynasty?
All conquests that start with brutality will end with brutal punishment.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the main hall, and she quickly put away her tiredness as if she had been in the past, and put on the demeanor of a princess to watch the officials walk in, all with solemn expressions as if they could squeeze out water, and the chief eunuch came to her with a silver platter, on which was placed a letter sealed in ash.
Chu Xun calmed down and asked, "Who sent this letter?" β
"The Taru country has finally sent a letter, please check it out with Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
The big eunuch knelt in front of her, holding the silver plate high with both hands, Chu Xun opened the envelope, found the most crucial information from the dense honorifics and humble words, and his face slowly became solemn.
In the content of this letter, she learned the news of Liu Kang's death, the prince Liu Kai succeeded to the throne and is now the new Emperor of Bottle, and at the same time accused them of the indifference of the marriage between the two countries, and asked the Yin State to send their princess Ye Weiwei back to the Bottle State safely, otherwise they asked to dissolve the alliance with the Yin State, stop the silk and wine sent to the Yin State every year, and must have members of their Chu royal family personally accompany the princess home, just like the former Emperor Liu Kang personally sent the princess to the Yin Kingdom.
She grew silent, and the other hand she had hidden in her sleeve trembled.
A deathly silence spread in the main hall, and Chu Xun slowly folded the letter into his sleeve with a pale face, and waved his hand to let the confused ministers leave, leaving her alone to ponder alone in the Jinluan Palace.
All the bad things happened at the same time, Xiao Zhao's escape from the marriage completely aroused the dissatisfaction of the country of Taru, but fortunately it did not cause a war, and the alliance between the country of Yin and the country of the bottle would break at any time.
In the final analysis, their biggest ally of the Yin State is still the Bottle State, whether it is the battle of the West, or the war that broke out with the Xilin rebels in Guxia Mountain not long ago, their Bottle Country has sent troops to support them.
If even the Bottle Country begins to leave the alliance now, will it be the turn of the Golden Horde next, and when the time comes, they will all assemble against them, and under such a terrible siege of the whole country, can they really hold on?
Countless things pressed on Chu Xun, making her feel tired and painful, if she let ordinary women face such a problem, she would collapse directly when she thought about it, crying and begging men everywhere for help.
But Chu Xun did not collapse, she is the princess of the Yin Kingdom, and when the emperor is in a coma when the prince is missing, as long as she is still standing here and posing with the majesty of the princess, then the people of the Yin Kingdom will not have the idea of collapse, and the Yin Kingdom will never collapse.
Her foothold is the throne of the Yin Kingdom.
Now everyone is doing what they have to do, and the officials are doing their jobs, sending various orders to every corner of the Yin Kingdom, and now their condition is like the blood vessels in the human body are still transmitting blood, keeping this body strong and healthy, but there is a little problem in the human head, and he always wants to take a knife to stab his heart.
She has done everything she can and can't do, and now she can only wait for her father to wake up.
Chu Xun looked at the palace square in front of the weeping eagle, and now there were eunuchs carrying the corpses, and the blood stained the brick cracks into scarlet.
Today's father and son burst out with monster-like strength, if they continue to fight, it is inevitable that half of the palace will not be razed to the ground by them, Chu Xun remembered the child who knelt in the pavilion many years ago, maybe she will have children in the future, and she will not treat them as much as she cares about Chu Xianzhao, governing the country and cultivating the world...... She taught Chu Xianzhao everything she knew, hoping that he would become a wise king in the future, why did her younger brother, who she carefully taught, end up becoming a monster with a sword in his hand and killing rings?
This feeling is like a child raised by herself, who has been tricked into being a bad person, leaving her with nothing.
Thinking of this, she slowly clenched her fists and let her nails cut through her palms, allowing blood to spill from her fingers.
Chu Xun finally took a deep look at the weeping eagle Wan who had fallen into ruins, as if he saw the scene of the father and son holding weapons and roaring and vowing to kill each other, fear was like a pair of invisible
The big hand grabbed her neck hard, suffocating and bewildering.
That place was once full of her memories and the smell of Chu Xianzhao's body, but now it was replaced by dust and blood donations, and things that were not human were not worth her to worry about.
In the end, Chu Xun returned to the princess's mansion, and the palace maid here still did what she should do as usual, without revealing a trace of undue emotions in front of her, as if she didn't know anything.
She took a refreshing cold shower, took the warm tea handed by the palace maid and drank it all, then she was a little more energetic, and began to review the folds as usual, and now she reviewed the folds much faster than before, but the folds really flew like snowflakes, and it didn't take long for someone to bring a lot of them in.
Chu Xun's eyebrows were filled with the cold air like Emperor Yin, and the expression on her face had not changed, if she was allowed to put on Emperor Yin's robe and only look at her back, everyone would think that the person in front of her was the iron-blooded king.
The father and daughter looked so similar to each other, her hand holding the pen was so steady and powerful, and there was no trembling, as if she was carrying a sword.
She didn't go to bed before midnight as usual, as usual, but still quietly marked in red, she seemed to be waiting for something, waiting for the young man to come back, holding herself behind her back and calling her sister, if he didn't come back in the future, then what did she do no matter how hard she tried?
Until she finished reviewing all the folds, she slowly let go of her somewhat stiff wrist, and at this time, the morning light appeared, and she suddenly remembered a person, in addition to Chu Xianzhao, there was also a very important person who also disappeared in Lin'an City, and has not returned.
That person's name is Guo Yu.
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There is a milky white eagle flag erected on the gate of Weiyang City, at the beginning of the morning, a carriage is entering slowly from under the city gate, the groom is a girl wearing plain clothes and a hat, she follows the reminder of the person in the carriage, and then handed over the moto and also put a silver ticket covered with the logo of the Yinguo Railway Eagle Chamber of Commerce under the line, such a silver ticket is in circulation in the entire northern region, and it is more valuable than gold or something.
"Great Priest, you can say whatever you want, although this incident happened because of the stupid and boring rumors of your Qin Tianjian, but the person was killed by his father, and it is none of your business, so I will not kill you. β
Chu Xianzhao didn't know how many times he cried after waking up, his voice was hoarse like a centenarian, and his hair was as white as fresh snow.
He had a piece of rooted dough that Guo Yu had bought from a certain Nanlu merchant on his face, and he looked at the bald old man who had been sighing all the time.
"Yes, the food monarch is loyal to the king, Qin Tianjian just did what he had to do, Chu Xiaohua's bastard too, and so did you...... I don't know who is to blame for this for a while...... The black-clothed Qin, the troubled times, and now the great priest is no longer qualified to ask for your forgiveness, but I just hope that you and the one outside the carriage
If a woman leaves the Yin Kingdom, never come back, or your father will kill you. β
"Can I still call that man my father? He went behind my back to kill my friend, ruined my marriage, and killed my woman with a rain of arrows...... I will definitely kill him with my own hands and make him regret what he has done!"
Chu Xianzhao's voice was heavy with blood, and scarlet tears came from the corners of his eyes.
Guo Yu said helplessly: "It's good to say something like killing Chu Xiaohua in front of the great priest, the great priest is not as cunning and hypocritical as your father, like an old fox who likes to calculate people behind his back, but as soon as his head heats up, he will show his teeth and claws to kill, and you have inherited half of your father's character." β
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The confetti left in the firecrackers was gently blown by a breeze on the official road, and those lively and festive atmospheres had not yet dissipated at this time, but for the people of Lin'an City, what happened on the wedding day of the prince would have been engraved in the depths of their memories as a nightmarish existence.
When the siege in the palace was going on, the people in Lin'an City were still immersed in the joy of the wedding of the prince, talking about the things that cost candles in the wedding dress, the car and the cave room, everyone envied His Royal Highness the prince who had a good tire, but he felt that the princess of the bottle country did not seem to be as good-looking as His Royal Highness, but it was not easy to find a girl who was worthy of His Royal Highness the prince, and I was happy for His Royal Highness the prince.
Whether it was the activation of the Feather Array or the arrival of the immortals in Lin'an City, it happened in the palace, and the people outside the palace didn't know what was going on until nightfall, an amazingly large roar appeared from above Lin'an City, and then the people in the city saw the unimaginable giant beast that seemed to come from mythology, flying directly above their heads.
It wasn't until this giant beast was knocked down from mid-air by the Iron Shura cavalry with cannon fire, and its huge body was directly pressed into the city west of the city, and many people died under the corpse of the Northern Immortal Kun without even knowing what had happened, and the more tragic battle had just begun.
The surrounding roads where the Northern Stygian Kun was shot down were like being repeatedly trampled by the iron hooves of the cavalry, and the sound of arrows from the cavalry rained densely and forcefully in Lin'an City, followed by the sound of artillery, like the roar of ten thousand dragons, and from a distance, the firelight dyed half of the night red.
At that time, the living people didn't know what was going on, and even thought that Lin'an City was invaded by the enemy, and His Majesty the Emperor would use such an amazing force to deal with it, and there was a pungent smell of smoke and sulfur everywhere, and the sudden tragic accident would completely wake up the people who were immersed in the wedding of the prince, and no one knew what kind of enemy dared to make trouble on the day of the wedding of the prince in Lin'an City, forcing His Majesty the Emperor to use cavalry and the Iron Shura Army to suppress it.
On the second day after the matter ended, there was speculation about the bandit who made His Majesty the Emperor have to use Iron Shura to fight on the day of His Royal Highness's wedding
At that time, an even more shocking news reached the ears of the people, and the city learned that His Royal Highness had escaped from marriage, and that the behemoth that appeared last night was involved.
There are even rumors that His Royal Highness the Prince not only escaped from marriage but also completely betrayed the Yin Kingdom with a mysterious woman, and the tragic accident from last night was caused by His Royal Highness the Prince.
For a while, the crowd was furious, and countless people flocked to the palace to ask the people of the Chu royal family to give justice to those people who died tragically, and countless soldiers launched an operation to seal the palace tightly, so that the people who protested and demonstrated dispersed and returned home, and even Her Royal Highness the princess appeared outside the palace, telling the people that His Majesty the emperor was still unconscious, and when he woke up, he would definitely give them a satisfactory answer, and give the people who lost their families in the turmoil a high amount of compensation as comfort, but people were still not satisfied, and some dared people threw rotten eggs directly at Chu Xun, accusing them of killing the peopleγ
That person happened to be seen by the subordinate officer of the Rose Division who was mixed in the crowd, Chen Baoen did not hesitate to draw his knife and kill the man who insulted Her Royal Highness the princess, and the people were frightened when they saw the bloody flesh and bones on the knife, and began to flee in the wilderness.
At the same time, more violent riots followed, and people continued to throw stones and eggs at the soldiers, which led to more violent conflicts.
This scene is just like the westbound refugees who were fighting for Su Changqing a few years ago, and they were also desperate to break through the encirclement of the soldiers, at that time, the people in the city looked at the westbound refugees like looking at the roadside dogs, cold and disdainful, who thought that one day they would become such people, raised the dirt in their hands and threw it on the soldiers of Yinguo, shouting loudly for them to die.
In the end, Chu Xun returned to the palace under the cover of the Imperial Forest Army, otherwise she would really be torn apart by the angry people, and the armed forces in Lin'an City, such as the Royal Forest Army in Lin'an City, the Yamen with Sword Guard, Jin Wuwei, and the Bronze Eagle Armed Division, took action.
While suppressing the riots in the city, they were looking for any clues related to Chu Xuanzhao, and even the entire Lin'an City had been sealed off, and even a bird that flew out would be shot by the soldiers on the city wall.
But they have already searched for all the large and small shops in Lin'an City, in short, they have searched several times for any place where they can hide people, and they have never found Chu Xianzhao's figure, and some people even say that His Royal Highness the Prince has been killed by His Majesty the Emperor, and they saw the scene of His Royal Highness the Prince dying with their own eyes, and they didn't even leave the whole corpse.
Soon such a statement was vigorously denied by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the angry Princess even ordered the hanging of a group of rumor-mongers, and asked the soldiers to continue to search for the whereabouts of His Royal Highness, but in vain.
However, where is Chu Xianzhao, under the strong search of the palace, every city gate was guarded to death, and the soldiers almost turned the city over, but they still did not find Chu Zhao's whereabouts.
Everyone wondered if he would have left Lin'an City already, if it really was
In this case, they would not have any need to look for him, but in the case of Chu Xuanzhao being seriously injured, someone must have taken him out of the city gate, and who is this person?
The search lasted until late at night, Chu Xianzhao had almost no friends in Lin'an City, and searched all the places he would have been to in the past, but he still couldn't find Chu Zhao's whereabouts, and everyone in the Rose Division, who was urged the most by Her Royal Highness the Princess, was even more exhausted.
Chen Baoen took a sip of cold water to expel the sleepiness in his mind, tried his best to calm his heart, and decided to let his subordinates go home.
He preferred to believe Chu Xianzhao's intuition that he had left Lin'an City, there was no point in wasting manpower and material resources here, and he would explain it slowly to that sad sister later.
He dragged his tired body back home, took a hot bath, and then remembered that he hadn't eaten since noon, so he asked the cook to cook two bowls of clear soup and shredded chicken noodles, and devoured them.
The wife sat in front of him in light clothes, looked at her husband's appearance of eating noodles and the tiredness between her eyebrows, and asked softly, "What the hell...... What happened. β
Chen Baoen was still eating noodles, and it took a while to hear his wife's words, and a faint wry smile appeared on his face.
His wife raised her hand to help him wipe the green onions from the corner of his mouth, and then he said, "That child...... I really didn't expect the child who dared to snatch the prisoner from our Rose Division...... Now it's really out, with the power of one person to kill the encirclement of His Majesty the Emperor and many soldiers, if they continue to fight, maybe half of Lin'an City will be demolished, Chu Xianzhao must have been seriously injured...... Even if he had companions, it was impossible for him to leave Lin'an City so quickly, someone must have taken him away. β
"His Royal Highness...... Why do you want to do such a thing on your wedding day?"
Chen Baoen said: "Where do we Shengdou small people understand the thoughts of big people, we are just wiping their butts for them, you also rest early, don't go to bed so late if you are pregnant." β
"When you're away, my kids and I miss you so much......"
She lowered her head and stroked her belly, Chen Baoen sighed softly, reached out to her hand, pinched his wife's wrist, and said: "But isn't it......? To be honest, I was more scared of him coming back than if he left. β
"Isn't it good to come back? He is His Royal Highness, no matter what the child makes, as long as he is willing to go home and admit his mistake, most parents will forgive their child. β
His wife blinked her eyes and looked at him, and Chen Baoen said worriedly: "I still do it now."
I remember the look in Chu Xian's eyes when he summoned the female prisoner to rescue him, when he rode on the horse and drew his sword to force me to release him, that kind of look was really terrible, as if he was forcing you to duel with him, and he didn't stop dying. β
Facing the faint worry between his wife's eyebrows, Chen Baoen forced a smile and said, "Chu Xianzhao's eyes are ...... But there is a sword and a sword, this time he left this city in such a humiliating way, if he wants to return in the future, it will inevitably bring a bloody storm. β
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