Three days later, news came from Gyeonggi: The queen is the mother of the country, how can she go out of the city at will to meet and play chess with the rebellious ministers and thieves, if you want to fight, then fight.

Handan, Ren Qiu was still struggling to defend against the attack of King Qin's army, and the battle in the city was fierce, and even the city tower was captured several times. Zhao Qian looked at Handan's battle report, and his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character. "You see, the battle in Handan is so tragic, we should hurry up and attack Gyeonggi, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Xu Yuan nodded, turned around and walked out of the tent, he stared at Gyeonggi City in the distance, twelve years ago, he was still a stunned young man who had never seen the world, lost himself in the streets of Gyeonggi, thousands of thoughts in his heart, I don't know what it tasted, he shook his head, wanted to throw them out of his mind. On the top of the city tower, the emperor wore the armor of the expedition to Mongolia and personally went up to the city tower to supervise the army, he stared in the direction of Prince Shen's military tent, "Call Liu Huizu to come." ”

Late at night, Xu Yuan walked into the military tent, and he saluted Prince Shen: "Your Highness, tomorrow, we will launch a general attack on Gyeonggi, everything is ready." The young man didn't look up at him, his eyes stayed on the teacup on the desk: "Attack tomorrow?" It's a little late, I remember I told you that if you delay for a moment, dozens of people will die in Handan. Xu Yuan nodded: "Yes, but the soldiers are fierce." Since His Royal Highness ordered it, then launch a general attack tonight, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, but it can't escape a quick word. Prince Shen stood up, the heavy armor made him stumble a little, but he still tried to keep steady and walked to Xu Yuan, helped him up, and sent him to the chair closest to him. I'd love to know, what kind of strategy are you going to use? Xu Yuan took a map and pointed to the city tower, "It's dark under the light." ”

That night, the emperor was arranging military affairs in the city tower, and was about to go back to the palace to rest and come back tomorrow morning, when suddenly he heard someone shouting: "Look, what is that!" "The emperor looked up, and saw hundreds of meteors streaked across the night sky, and the firelight illuminated his eyes." Escort! Enemy attack! "That's thousands of arrows packed with fire oil. Everywhere he went, he became a sea of fire. The emperor was annoyed: "What about Liu Huizu? Let him send troops to me. "Liu Huizu received the military order, hurriedly took 20,000 cavalry out of the city, as soon as he got out of the city, he felt that something was wrong, he looked around, but could not find anything wrong, it may be that the battlefield is particularly desolate at night, it will be so cold, he thought, the horse continued to walk forward, 20,000 people just out of the city, but the horse's hooves under the 'dead people' jumped up, startled the horses, also frightened the soldiers, the men and horses fled in a hurry, the army could not be formed, these 'dead people' held scimitars, specially cut the legs of the horses, for a time there was a scuffle, the emperor looked anxiously on the city tower:" What's going on, how can there be a fight under the city tower, Liu Huizu? Where is he? "The lieutenant and the chamberlain are all around him, talking nonsense." Your Majesty, look at that, that person's long sword is like Liu Shangshu. "Your Majesty, that figure is more like Liu Shangshu." A cold arrow burst through the air, slicing through the emperor's cheek and piercing into the eyes of the chamberlain who was chattering in his ear. The chamberlain fell to the ground with a scream, the emperor was startled, and he was speechless in fear, and the people around him shouted "Escort!" ”

His hands were shaking uncontrollably, his eyes seemed to be glued to the screaming chamberlain, and the lieutenant beside him seemed to understand something, and he said sharply to the soldier, "What are you waiting for?" Don't drag this disgusting dog thing down yet! Then he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, today is the minister's ineffective escort, you are frightened, the night is late, the battlefield sword has no eyes, and please return to the palace." The Emperor nodded, and he sat in the sedan chair, his heart full of horror, and the cold arrow grazed his face, and if the cold arrow was slightly off by a millimeter, what would happen? He shuddered.

Outside the city, Liu Huizu's army was ambushed, nearly half of the 20,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and the rest of the people were like frightened birds, and they had no strength to fight again. The emperor listened to him expressionlessly, and nodded: "You go, I have your own decision." "Out of the Qinzheng Palace, he hesitated for a long time and walked into the queen's bedroom." Empress, do you know what conditions Xu Yuan proposed to me? "Concubine, I've heard a little." "The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all suspected of having an affair with him, do you know?" "Concubine, I know." She fell to her knees. "Tell me, can you go out of the city for the sake of the people in Gyeonggi City, for the sake of Tianjiao, and for me." "Your Majesty raises love, and the vassals and concubines are in the middle palace. The concubine is the mother of the Great Zhou Dynasty, supported by the people, and should fight for the people. ”

He pinched her chin and lifted her head: "Empress! You could not have go! You can't see him, and I don't want you to see him! "Your Majesty, you can't bear the infamy of the history books for a woman, if you want to bring disaster to the country and the people, this crime should be borne by the concubine." As if stung by something, he stood up and looked at her outside the door, but his voice was still full of restraint: "Now that the soldiers are coming to the city, where can I escape?" I have memorized this infamy, who can let me go in the history books? But my emperor is so young, Prince Shen is outside the city, Liu Huizu killed his whole family in my name that day, who do you think he will blame? How can I save the lives of these two children! ”

The queen shook his hand, "Your Majesty, there will definitely be a way." The emperor nodded, summoned the chamberlain, picked up a pot of wine, and put it on the table: "I heard that the queen and that Xu Yuan are old friends. His eyes were fixed on the queen, "How can old people meet without wine?" He pushed the jug. This pot of wine, please be sure to ask Xu Yuan to drink it. The queen paused, "Concubine, you will not be dishonored." "Since the Great Zhou, the national fortune has been prosperous, there has never been a rebellion, the queen, the royal face cannot be lost, you must know my difficulties." She smiled slightly, covering up the gaffe just now: "The concubine has been married to Your Majesty for more than ten years, how can you not understand Your Majesty's suffering." ”

He helped her up with his own hands, "Tianjiao is my sister-in-law, although he is only nine years old this year, he is talented and intelligent, and he is willing to work hard, I want to make him the crown prince, so as to inherit the things after my death." "Your Majesty." The queen gently touched his lips with two fingers, and her face was full of tenderness, "Don't make any more discouraged words, Your Majesty is in good health and will be able to live for ten thousand years." The emperor smiled: "Who can live for 10,000 years?" It's all a lie, okay, you rest, I'll tell you to go down. After that, he went out of the dormitory, and the queen saw him go away, and the palace people found a basin of water, and began to wash the two fingers that had just touched him, and every moment with him made her extremely disgusting.