Chapter Ninety-Five: This is to rebel
"Old slave, old slave obeys. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć When Li Gui heard this, his eyes were dizzy with anger, but he could only kneel on the ground respectfully and bow twice, the courtesy of all the monarchs and ministers.
"Stand down." Emperor Ping waved his sleeves impatiently and drank Li Gui away, he didn't know what was wrong, he was impetuous. Thinking of the eye-catching dark blood color on Lin Luo's clothes, as if something was holding it down on his chest, Emperor Ping sat down and drank a cup of herbal tea fiercely, which calmed down a little.
At this time, it was already very dark outside, but the courtyard was already covered with a layer of snow like goose feathers. In the Broken Qiong Pavilion, with a birdsong. The lights in the inner room were lit in response, and Concubine Xiao had never closed her eyes, but when she heard the sound of birds, she knew that news was coming. He got up and quietly opened the window, removed the note tied to the blackbird's feet, and closed the window.
She leaned back on the couch and looked at the note in the dim light. I saw that it was written on it that the dead army would be changed to its master, and the whereabouts of my brother were unknown. The war is about to end, and the vanguard has returned.
"Going to die." Xiao Guifei's eyes were blurred, and the note in her hand fell faintly, Xiao Guifei pulled the corners of her mouth, but the tears in the corners of her eyes fell uncontrollably, smashing on the ground with a slight inaudible sound. "Qi Guang, the Yuan family's Qiu Bengong wants you to return it in one stroke." Xiao Guifei covered her lower abdomen and said word by word, her eyes were resolute, just like when she fought on the battlefield.
Xiao Guifei stood up and lit all the lights in the inner room by herself, and for a while the lights were brilliant, as bright as day.
"Master, why did you get up?" Bai Yaoben was guarding outside, and saw that the lamp inside was so bright. He hurriedly lifted the curtain and came in to see, and saw his master standing in the middle of the house wearing only a single coat, with a green silk drape spread out, and tears in the corners of his eyes. "My master, the weather is so cold, you will get cold if you wear it like this."
"Baiyao, you're here." Xiao Guifei smiled, seeing that Bai Yao's face was flustered, and her smile became stronger and stronger. "My father is dead, my brother is missing, and I have a little wind chill."
"What did you say, Miss?" The lamp in Bai Yao's hand fell to the ground in response, and he exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly used his previous name.
"Baiyao, how long has it been since you called me Miss." Xiao Guifei bent down to pick up the lamp, the lamp handle was already splashed with lamp oil, but Xiao Guifei couldn't feel the burning anymore, and put the lamp on the table without changing her face. "Baiyao, I want to change my clothes and go to Xuanwei Palace. The emperor didn't come to the harem today. ā
"Back to my master, no. The emperor has been in Xuanwei Palace today and has not come out. It's just that the master, it's too late today. Bai Yao also tried to persuade, but Xiao Guifei only glanced at her, looking at those eyes that were a little desperate, Bai Yao swallowed the words of persuasion behind her. Turning around, he opened the cabinet and took out a coral-colored skirt. This is the new clothes sent in by the Yuan family a few days ago, and they are newly made by the embroidery lady in the house.
"It's good." Xiao Guifei looked at the Yuan character secretly embroidered on her waist, smiled and nodded, let this new dress be used as a combat robe tonight.
Xiao Guifei took out a roll of bamboo slips from the secret compartment under the bed and put it in her sleeve. The two opened the palace door, Xiao Guifei did not sit down, stepped on the snow step by step, and walked to Xuanwei Palace deep and shallowly, and when they arrived at the hundred-step palace, Xiao Guifei's cloak was already covered with snow, and the red cloak was like red plum reflecting snow.
"Concubine Yuan Xin'er visits my emperor." Xiao Guifei ignored her pregnant body, knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly. Her voice was like a bell, crisp and powerful.
Emperor Ping was already sitting in it without resting. The surroundings were quiet, and suddenly I heard Xiao Guifei's voice, and I was a little surprised. He stood up and looked through the crack in the window, and there was indeed a figure kneeling there. Emperor Ping stood in the room and pondered for a moment. Xiao Guifei has been hanging for the past few days, is she unwilling? Thinking of this, Emperor Ping suddenly got a little tired, so he didn't want to pay attention to it.
Xiao Guifei saw that there was no movement inside, and even the palace people were silent. She trembled her lips, the tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, she thought that Emperor Ping really loved her, the grace when she first entered the palace and the warmth of so many years, even if Baiyao always said that what Emperor Ping wanted was just the power of the Yuan family. She still thinks that the care in Emperor Ping's eyes is genuine. But now, once the army fell, all the grace turned into a shadow. In the mirror, Xiao Guifei is really clear at this time.
"Concubine Yuan Xin'er visits my emperor." However, even though he has no affection for her, Concubine Xiao's feelings are real. Now that Qi Guang is leading the army of Northern Xinjiang to return to the dynasty, I don't know what the Xiao family will do with this army, if the Queen Mother uses the Yuan army to coerce the Son of Heaven to order all the people, it will really be a disaster for Daqing.
"Captain Yuan pays a visit to my emperor." Seeing that Emperor Ping was silent, Concubine Xiao Guifei shouted out her previous name in the army. As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened. Emperor Ping stood in the doorway and waved his sleeve at her.
"Come in, it's cold outside." Emperor Ping's voice was low, without a trace of emotion. However, this sentence of external cooling made Xiao Guifei's heart swell with a trace of warmth, and the infatuated daughter was about Xiao Guifei's kind of person.
"What have you come from?" Emperor Ping had already drunk everyone in the morning, and at this time there were only the two of them in the room and Lin Luo, who was lying inside, pretending to be sick. Although Lin Luo had fallen asleep in a daze earlier, he was awakened when he heard Xiao Guifei's voice. I couldn't sleep for a while, and secretly listened to the two people outside with my ears pricked up.
"Your Majesty, the concubine has just received the news. The concubine's father is dead, and her brother is missing. Now Qi Guang has led the vanguard troops back to the capital. I don't know if the emperor knows. Xiao Guifei endured the grief of losing her relatives, knelt on the ground and whispered.
Emperor Ping was shocked, the war in the northern Xinjiang was not over yet, why did Qi Guang return to the capital first.
"How did your father die?" Emperor Ping asked, not caring about Concubine Xiao's feelings at all.
"The concubine doesn't know, but she must not have died in battle." Xiao Guifei clenched her fists, "Qi Guang is a traitor and plotting against him." Your Majesty, you must think of a good countermeasure. ā
"I thought the Queen Mother was just a warning, but I didn't expect her intentions to be so vicious." Emperor Ping frowned, "You get up first, you still have a child in your belly, don't hurt the fetus." ā
"Your Majesty." Concubine Xiao Guifei stood up obediently and sat beside Emperor Ping.
"I don't know if you know what the strength of the Yuan family's army is now, and how much of it is controlled by the Xiao family." Emperor Ping used Concubine Xiao at this time, so he naturally wanted to treat her better.
"If the concubine is not mistaken, the Yuan family army entered the customs for repairs three years ago. There are more than 400,000 people, and after recuperation, they have increased a lot. Nearly half a million. My father had 100,000 under his command, and these 100,000 would never rebel. There were also 50,000 concubines and 100,000 brothers. The rest are controlled by the clan relatives, and they must have all been under Qi Guang's command. Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to find your brother. ā