Yangzhou, Wu County Taishou Mansion.

Princess Miaofa sat on the corner pavilion, the corner pavilion is located in the place where the mountains and rocks are scattered, there is a gurgling water below, Qionghua blooms according to the water, and green bamboo is rampant on all sides.

Under the shade of bamboo, the breeze comes, the phoenix tail sways, and the dragon sings. She rested her hand on the strings of the Yao qin, quietly distracted. The incense in the furnace was exhausted, but it still didn't move.

The maids waited by with dust whisks in their hands, unaware of her distraction. The master and servant seemed to be listening to the wind.

Suddenly, the sound of children laughing and running came from the path deep in the shade of the bamboo, and after a while, two young children in brocade clothes ran out of the bamboo forest, calling "A-Niang" and came to the corner pavilion.

Princess Miaoyin suddenly came back to her senses and looked at the two children, and the colors in her godless eyes became bright and soft.

The eldest one was six or seven years old, and his hands and feet were nimble, and he grabbed an apricot blossom and ran to Miaofa's side first, and the younger one was only three or four years old, and he was still staggering when he ran, so he used his hands and feet to go up the stone steps between the rocks. Before he came up, he was already climbing and trying to stretch out his hand to Miaofa to "A-Niang hug~" Behind him, the nurses and maids all stretched out their hands to prevent him from falling backwards.

Princess Myofa reluctantly stepped forward to wrap around his chubby waist and bring him up the steps.

The two children each held her by the same leg, and their eyes were shining and they were looking up and scrambling to talk to her.

On this day, she didn't think they were arguing, and only looked at them with a gentle smile.

However, a maid came to report a moment later, "Lang Jun invites His Highness to speak in the front hall." ”

Princess Myofa's gaze immediately dimmed again, as if covered with a layer of fog. She said, "Isn't he entertaining?" ”

The maid replied, "It's a guest—but this time it's Princess Shuyang......

The two children looked up at the Miaofa in bewilderment. Although she has kept in touch with Liuli and Ruyi since coming to Wu County, the two children have never seen a princess other than her after they are sensible. When it comes to the princess, they only think it's their mother.

Myofa didn't notice this, and only raised his hand to stroke the foreheads of the two children.

She heard her husband mention it - it seems that at the beginning of the destruction of Taicheng, Xu Yi took advantage of the chaos to break into the city and rescued Concubine Xu and Princess Shuyang. Although she didn't know what Liuli was doing when she didn't stay in Shouchun, she came to Wu County. But he always understands that now that Liuli has come to Wu County, it means that Xu Yi's forces intend to intervene here.

Of course she knew what Xu Yi wanted to do.

must be afraid that the wind direction will change now, and the determination of the Sanwu generation to resist Li Hu will be shaken, so the lobbying came.

It would be nice if lobbying could really make her up her mind.

However, Taicheng has fallen, and now Li Hu is sharp and unstoppable. In just one month, he was on the cutting edge, and Southern Yanzhou and Southern Xuzhou almost surrendered. Now that he is concentrating his forces against Sanwu, who else dares to resist him? After all, Li Hu's record of slaughtering the city has lasted for 20 years, and it is still passed down by word of mouth in Runan and Huainan generations.

It's not that she didn't want to resist, but she has been in Wu County for a long time, and she knows very well the atmosphere of Sanwu - this is the base camp of the family in the world, the ancestors of the Wu family live here, and the overseas Chinese family also loves the mountains and rivers here, and has always lived here. Therefore, the county guard who was not from a family never stayed in Sanwu for a long time. The top and bottom of the place have been soaked in the atmosphere of the family.

The style of the family is graceful and gorgeous in the prosperous era, but in this troubled world, it is mostly cowardice.

Last month, Li Hu sent people to take over Guangling, and his people only brought 200 subordinates, and when they arrived in Guangling, they were hungry and exhausted. And the people of Guangling are strong and strong, with countless armor and gold silk. The staff all persuaded the county guard to kill Li Hu's people and hold the city for the opportunity, but the Guangling county guard immediately opened the city and surrendered. Li Hu's people took over the men, horses, and property in the city without a single soldier, and the private troops of the Guangling County Guard. In the end, only one horse was left for him, and he was allowed to return to Jiankang on his own.

Of course, not everyone in the family is cowardly, but the general atmosphere is like this.

Troubled times struck, and they had neither the courage nor the strategy to deal with them. only drifted with the tide in a daze and chaos, and let the thieves slaughter them. There are also some people who will follow Xie Anshi's calm next game of Go before the thief kills him to calm people's hearts, but Xie Anshi's strategy and courage to retreat from the enemy they don't have. The result was just a missed last chance to escape.

Princess Myofa knew this very well—for she herself might be one of these scholars.

She also has no confidence and strategy to retreat from the enemy.

Even if she wanted to resist, she couldn't help but think that after resisting in a tone and being defeated and slaughtered, it was obviously a dishonorable but more humane choice.

…… Why did she drag this pair of ignorant children to a dead end?

She sighed, and finally ordered someone to take care of the two children. He got up and left the courtyard and went into the antechamber.

Taishou Mansion Vestibule.

Liuli sat on the upper seat, absentmindedly holding the teacup, although she kept telling herself in her heart to be calm and calm. But there's no denying that this place makes her feel uncomfortable.

Her relationship with the two princesses, Miaofa and Miaoyin, is a bit beautiful to say "generally" - their relationship is quite strained, so bad. In the early years, when I met in the palace, I had to say hello to each other. Every time she faced her two sisters, she must have tensed her spirits and was fully armed, refusing to let them take advantage of a word.

She is very good at verbally exchanging words with her two sisters and belittling each other. But she's not good at courting them.

She was afraid that their bad relationship would make Xu Yi's efforts unsuccessful.

But she wanted to do something—she had to do something, and if she was still as useless as she was back then, what face would she have in the future against her father and mother under the Nine Springs?

She took a soft breath to calm herself.

Xu Yi's eyes drooped, swept over Liuli's white-clenched fingers, and did not speak.

- Liuli's table xiàn is not so bad under the backdrop of Zhou Chu, the husband of Wujun Taishou and Princess Miaofa.

After less than a cup of tea, Xu Yi had already seen that the county guard couldn't be the master of what he wanted to say today-not that he didn't have this qualification, but that he didn't have this will.

In the face of Li Hu's offensive, he was obviously in chaos. He couldn't make up his mind at all about whether to fight or surrender - or rather, he was avoiding making a decision. At this time, it was useless for others to convince him of any reason, and what he needed was someone with sufficient weight to make up his mind for him, so that he would only have to obey.

He did not make decisions and bear the consequences of them.

And with his status today, the person who can make decisions for him is actually only one candidate in the entire Sanwu - his wife, Princess Miaofa.

He tried to calmly and elegantly lead Xu Yi to talk about tea - to say such an elegant and useless thing when he was so nervous, it can be seen that he is indeed a natural nobleman.

It's a pity that neither Xu Yi nor Liuli has the intention of accompanying them.

And he obviously doesn't really have this Yaxing, and in the continuous cold field, he gradually exposed his true feelings in his heart. Become anxious.

Since the maid went to invite Princess Miaofa, he couldn't help but glance out of the door from time to time, and his fingers tapped lightly and randomly on the table from time to time.

When Princess Myofa finally appeared in the courtyard, he stood up suddenly, and his expression involuntarily relaxed.

Xu Yi also put down the teacup, got up and followed Liuli, and went out.

Liuli was too worried.

After five years of absence, the two sisters meet again in a very different way than anything she had ever envisioned.

Standing opposite them, the first thing they saw was each other's plain white clothes, unfatted faces, and the living relatives opposite. Tears welled up in an instant.

They are princesses of a dead country, their homes are shattered, and their father has just died at the hands of an enemy. The past grievances are all gone.

Liuli stepped forward involuntarily, and when she spoke, she was already crying, and said, "...... Sister. ”

Miaoyin's heart was sour, and she couldn't help crying. She raised her hand and patted Liuli's shoulder gently, and said, "It's good to be alive......"