Yunzhou, Lixian County----

Here and Shuozhou junction, Shuozhou is the only military state in the north of Daguang, the area is dangerous but not huge, the whole Shuozhou is also the Shuozhou city where the northern army is permanently stationed, it only takes two days to reach Shuozhou city from Lixian fast horse.

And at this moment, the land of hundreds of miles from Shuozhou to Lixian is almost as desolate as after the end of the world, and even the slightly larger beasts cannot be seen, because this place is likely to become a place of death.

Daguang's nearly 500,000 soldiers of the whole country, and nearly 300,000 soldiers of the country, are like two fierce beasts from ancient times, who are about to bite and fight on this land.

From the day the Daguang army arrived in Lixian, in this land that is not only the grassland but the hill plain, the scouts of the two sides have begun to compete in courage and wisdom. The scouts are the eyes and ears of the army, and they all want to fill a flat avenue for the huge chariots behind them, and cut off each other's ears and eyes.

In the temporary palace of the Emperor of Lixian, Emperor Yang Lu slapped a thick stack of military newspapers in his hand on the desk, and said angrily: "There is no one who dares to fight in the entire Daguang? Look at this fold, half of them are still persuading me to withdraw from the army, and they are generally asking me for money and food! Hateful! Shameful! Amusing! ”

Yang Lu was angry for a reason, and in the final analysis, he wanted to boost his morale and let Hu Yanzhi see his determination to fight. However, none of the courtiers under his command thought about how to compete with Hu Yanzhi, but were still admonishing about the withdrawal of the army, not so much that they were thinking about the emperor's safety, Yang Lu suspected that these people were worried about their life and death.

The decay of Daguang far exceeded Yang Lu's imagination, and what he dealt with most in the past half a month was not the military newspaper in front of him, but the twists and turns of killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he never expected that the brilliant Daguang Kingdom from the high throne was now almost completely trapped in the mud in the lower half of his body, and it was difficult to extricate himself.

The courtiers spoke like rain in the imperial capital Hanyuan Palace, endlessly, whether it was the government or the military, one by one the head of the Tao was the way, and the fierce Di Khan became a so-called savage in their mouths, which is not worth mentioning at all. But when he arrived at the front line, this savage stood in front of everyone, but the hundred officials closed their mouths one after another, as if they were afraid that if they said a few more words, the emperor would take the lead.

The Daguang Dynasty has a wide territory, the princes and princes are all over the country, and these feudal towns are eager to worship the emperor as their ancestors every year, block guns and arrows for them, and solve problems for them, and at this time their ancestors just want some money and grain, but they are pushed back one by one, prevaricating for various reasons, and even some princes send grain transportation teams, and when they go halfway, they send people to pretend to be robbers and rob them back.

Bullying is naturally to kill the head, but under normal circumstances, it is not a simple matter to cut off the head of the wall grass, you must first stabilize your own wall foundation, and then you have time to slowly drag down these barren grass one by one, but the Great Wall of Light is already crumbling.

"The emperor is angry..."Zhao Gui hurriedly knelt down and bowed, he could see that Yang Lu was really angry, but there was no way to take those wall grass, he killed everything that should be killed in the past few days, or killed everything that could be killed, but the situation did not change at all.

Yang Lu closed his eyes and didn't speak again, he was trying his best to calm the anger and disappointment in his heart.

At this time, a eunuch whispered at the door: "Your Majesty... Concubine Ning asked to see her. ”

Yang Lu slowly opened his eyes, returned to the dragon throne and waved his hand, "Let her in." ”

The eunuch bowed down and withdrew. After a while, Concubine Ning walked in with a pot of tea.

"The concubine visits the emperor."

"Well, there's no need to be polite."

Concubine Ning said: "Your Majesty, the concubine made a pot of tea for you to cool down and calm your mind." ”

Yang Lu nodded: "Bring it up." ”

Concubine Ning walked to Yang Lu with the tea, and then poured a cup for Yang Lu with her hand.

Zhao Gui on the side seemed to want to speak, but was stopped by the emperor gently raising his hand, raised the teacup and tasted it first, it felt very refreshing, and drank it all in one gulp.

Concubine Ning smiled, poured another cup for Yang Lu, and said, "Your Majesty, this is always unruly. ”

The emperor's diet needs to be tested for poison, which is a rule handed down from the ancestors, especially in this situation, Zhao Gui, who tested the poison for the emperor, is eager to dissect all the food for the emperor and study it.

Yang Lu took the teacup, shook his head and said, "There are not many people I can trust now. ”

Of course, Concubine Ning knew what the emperor meant, and said: "You don't have to worry too much, you will never be able to hide from what you should come, and you have come over how many winds and rains." ”

"You can see it openly, just like I snubbed you back then, and you never complained about me."

"How could the emperor's painstaking concubines not know that within a few years of the emperor's accession to the throne, Daguang had internal and external troubles, and the forces of the DPRK and China were criss-crossed, if you favor me, a concubine born as a show girl, it will be a disaster for me and Yi'er."

The emperor sighed and said, "Although I am the Son of Heaven, I live a frightened life, worried about the persecution of my wife and children, and worried that my home will be trampled on by outsiders, which is ridiculous and sad. ”

Concubine Ning didn't speak, and silently helped the emperor sort out the scattered twists and turns on the desk.

Yang Lu glanced at Concubine Ning and smiled, "Since I told you that Yi'er was safe and sound, you seem to be much more comfortable. That day, you cried and asked me to bring you to Yunzhou, just to find Yi'er, how can you be so sure that he is not dead? ”

"There's no other reason, the concubine just thinks that our stupid son has suffered for so many years and shouldn't have ended up like this."

"Mother and son are connected....In this way, I look like an outsider as a father."

Concubine Ning looked at the somewhat lost emperor, and said after a moment: "Your Majesty, Yi'er is a very smart and filial child, I believe he didn't blame you, he just... It's just a little strange..."

The Emperor smiled bitterly: "I know that you are kind to persuade you, but in my opinion, it is a naked irony for my son to treat his father as a stranger..."

"The concubine is guilty..."Concubine Ning hurriedly said.

"What sin are you guilty of? The guilty is fate! How many people in the world envy my body of ten thousand people, but who can know what is on the shoulders of this body that is no different from ordinary people, is the rise and fall of the great light, the bitterness and happiness of the people, and the words of the thousands of years of ancient history in the future.

For these reasons, I even let my beloved concubine live a life that is not even as good as ordinary people, for these reasons, my son became a stranger to me, for these reasons, I even watched my own son die in front of me, but I couldn't even cry! ”

Concubine Ning saw that the emperor was like a wounded golden dragon, he had exhausted his efforts for the behemoth of Daguang, but God had been joking with him, when the building was about to fall, it was easy to be thankless to do such a thing as turning the tide.

"The concubines will always accompany the emperor... Just like Yi'er never abandoned me. ”