Chapter 232: Kang Sumi

Fengyi Palace is busy.

Empress Xiao ordered that most of the personnel in Fengyi Palace, as well as some items with commemorative value, such as wardrobes and bronze mirrors used when she was the queen. Looking at these things, Empress Xiao seemed to see the youthful appearance of the year.

Fengyi Palace is located in the south of Dingxiang City, but it is specially built for Queen Xiao by the two khans of Chuluo and Jieli, and the city wall of Dingxiang City is different, but Fengyi Palace is made of wood and stone.

There are not many people in the palace, except for Empress Xiao and her grandson Yang Zhengdao, the rest are palace maids and guards. Many of the palace maids were Turkic girls who had been trained by Princess Yicheng, and the guards were mostly Han Chinese who arrived in Turks with Princess Yicheng, and of course, there were also Turks sent by Jieli.

Looking at the palace maids and guards shuttling back and forth, packing their luggage, Queen Xiao was slightly melancholy. Next to him, Yang Zhengdao, the son of Yang Ji, the king of Qi, was chewing a piece of preserved fruit.

Yang Zhengdao is a little fat man. During this period of Turkic time, there were grandmothers Empress Xiao and Princess Yicheng who were taking care of them outside, and no one in Dingxiang City dared to embarrass this down-and-out prince and grandson, so his life was still nourishing, except for thinking about what to eat every day, he didn't have to worry about anything, he didn't have to do anything. The daily milk and meat of cows, sheep and sheep raised this skinny prince and grandson into a little fat man when he first arrived in the Turks.

At this time, it was afternoon, and the scorching sun was shining directly on the grass and trees in the courtyard, and the leaves of the plants and trees were curly, looking sorrowful. There was a loud hissing sound on the branches.

"Grandma, are we going to get out of here?" Yang Zhengdao asked vaguely while chewing the preserved fruit.

"Hmm!" Empress Xiao nodded, looking at this little fat man, with love in her eyes, "There is going to be a war here, let's go to the tooth tent to avoid it, and come back after the battle!" ”

"Hmm!" The seventeen or eighteen-year-old little fat man nodded vigorously, still chewing the preserved fruit in his mouth, and he didn't know if he listened to Queen Xiao's words.

At this moment, a guard who was supposed to be patrolling outside the Fengyi Palace stumbled over. I saw that his face was faintly pale, with a sense of trepidation.

"Master, no, master! A large number of soldiers have come from outside, and they have surrounded this place! ”

Empress Xiao's heart was shocked, but she stood up calmly, walked to the guard, and asked in a low voice, "Who dares to be so bold and come here to raise sword soldiers?" ”

The guard hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be the soldiers and horses over there in Xicheng!" ”

"Xicheng? You say it's Kang Sumi's army? "Empress Xiao also can't believe it, this Kang Sumi is a henchman of Jieli Khan, and he has always respected himself, so why did he suddenly lead troops to surround here.

"Let's go, go out and have a look!" Empress Xiao walked outside calmly and gracefully. Several guards and maids hurriedly followed.

"Grandma, I'm going too!" When Yang Zhengdao saw Empress Xiao go out, he also bumped his body full of meat, trotted two steps, and kept up with Empress Xiao.

However, before everyone reached the door, the vermilion gate was slammed open with a "boom". Dozens of Turkic warriors armed with scimitars, bows and arrows quickly rushed into the courtyard and surrounded Empress Xiao and the others in a semi-encircled manner. The scimitars and arrows in the soldiers' hands were pointed at them.

"What are you doing here? Do you still want to use a knife against this palace? Empress Xiao said sharply. A pair of phoenix eyes swept over these soldiers, willow-like eyebrows raised slightly, and a momentum that was not angry but powerful emanated.

Soldiers, look at me, I see you can't help but take two steps back, and the scimitar bow and arrow in your hand also droop slightly.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the door. Then, a figure appeared at the gate.

As soon as Empress Xiao saw this person, she immediately reprimanded loudly: "Kang Sumi, what are you trying to do?" What is the intention of leading troops to surround the palace? Aren't you afraid of the Great Khan's chastise? ”

Kang Sumi looked at Empress Xiao, who was nearly sixty years old, but looked only thirty or forty years old, and a trace of greed and infatuation flashed in her eyes. At this time, Queen Xiao was wearing a plain veil, her body was plump, her head was stuck in a golden hairpin, and the green silk was like ink, and she didn't win a single white hair. The whole person is as ripe as a peach in July and August, which makes people salivate.

He didn't answer Empress Xiao's words, just looked at her like this, but after a while, he sighed softly, turned around and waved his hand: "Take them down!" ”

When the soldiers heard the order, they immediately raised their scimitars, bows and arrows, and took a few steps forward, seeing that they were about to reach Empress Xiao and the others.

"You are presumptuous! Who dares to touch the main palace! Empress Xiao roared angrily, although her voice was crisp, but to these soldiers, it was tantamount to thunder. At that moment, the soldiers took a step back in unison.

When Kang Sumi heard this, he suddenly turned to look at the retreating soldiers, and reprimanded coldly: "What are you doing here, hurry up and catch them!" ”

At this time, more than ten feather arrows suddenly flew out of the Fengyi Palace and shot straight at Kang Sumi and the nearby soldiers.

Suddenly, four or five of the soldiers who were caught off guard fell to the ground with arrows, groaning incessantly. But Kang Sumi grabbed a thin soldier next to him and blocked him, dodging the rain of arrows.

"Kill—"

After the rain of arrows, more than a dozen palace guards rushed towards this side with long knives and horses. The first person shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, brothers, come and save you immediately!" ”

Kang Sumi glanced at these guards with disdain, threw the corpses of the guards casually, and with a wave of his right hand, nearly a hundred soldiers rushed in from outside the door, bypassing Empress Xiao and the others, killing those guards directly, and fighting with them.

There was no suspense in the result, more than a dozen guards were surrounded and killed by nearly 100 Turkic soldiers, and they lay on the ground. The crimson blood flowed through the courtyard, and soon merged into a large pool.

Yang Zhengdao, who had never seen these scenes, clutched Queen Xiao's clothes tightly, and his eyes were full of fear.

Empress Xiao looked at the corpse of the guard lying on the ground, and her delicate face couldn't help but show a trace of sadness.

Seeing that all the guards who were incapable of their own strength were destroyed, Kang Sumi turned his eyes to Empress Xiao, and suddenly said softly: "Now that no one is coming to save you, you can go with us!" ”

Empress Xiao raised her head, her eyes full of determination: "Good! I can go with you! But there are two conditions. ”

"You say!"

"First, we can't hurt the rest of us!" Seeing that Kang Sumi nodded without hesitation, Empress Xiao said again, "Second, tell this palace why you came here to arrest me, and where do you want to take me?" ”

Hearing Empress Xiao's question, Kang Sumi was silent for a moment, and said quietly: "When you came to the grassland, the entire grassland was discolored for you, and it became the most dazzling pearl on the grassland!" However, the Great Khan took you under his tent, and I begged the Great Khan to exchange his military exploits for rewarding you to me, but the Great Khan refused without hesitation! Later, when the new Great Khan succeeded to the throne and continued to take you under his tent, you can see how uncomfortable my heart was at that time. And now, the Tang Dynasty soldiers are approaching, I have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, you can go back to the Tang Dynasty with the envoy of the Tang Dynasty! ”

Hearing Kang Sumi speak like this, Queen Xiao was speechless, lowered her head, and her heart was surging. When he looked up at the door again, he found that it was empty.

Empress Xiao sighed softly, and said to the Turkic soldiers beside her a little lonely: "Where does your general want to take this palace to?" Could it be sent directly to Evil Yang Ridge? ”

The soldier shook his head and said resignedly: "The marshal ordered me to send my mother outside the city, saying that the war is about to start, and I am afraid that it will be dangerous to stay in the city!" ”

Empress Xiao nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then you can lead the way!" ”