The night in Yijiangdu has not yet faded, and the Turks have ushered in the dawn. It is not yet winter, but for Empress Dowager Xiao, the Turkic autumn is colder than the winter in Jiangdu.

After living in the Turks for several months, Empress Dowager Xiao was still not used to drinking a cup of hot goat's milk every morning, or rather, she didn't like it, just like she didn't like the endless steppes and the hustle and bustle outside the tent.

Because of her age, Empress Dowager Xiao has very little time to sleep, although Princess Yicheng sent many Turkic girls to serve her, but Empress Dowager Xiao's heart is not here, so she is extremely lonely.

On the grassland, except for the big tent, there is no pavilion, no verandah, no verandah, and even a courtyard.

It's just that when the wind blows, the curtain is blown open, and through the gap, the people in the tent can see the scenery outside the tent, and then sigh helplessly.

After sitting in the tent for more than an hour, someone opened the curtain and entered.

"Yicheng greets the Empress Dowager." There was no one else in the tent, and Princess Yicheng still saluted very respectfully. Empress Dowager Xiao seemed to be accustomed to Princess Yicheng's actions, she didn't get up to greet her, she just smiled, and then gestured to Princess Yicheng to sit down.

The cups on the table were empty, and the fire in front of the bed was blazing.

"Yicheng, you really don't need to come and see me every day." Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Princess Yicheng's slightly swollen eyes, and couldn't bear to persuade again: "When Your Majesty was on the throne back then, I knew how fortunate he was. ”

"Come and talk to you every day, and Yicheng won't feel tired." Princess Yicheng pretended to smile relaxedly: "Could it be that you are annoyed by Yicheng?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled helplessly, she knew Yicheng's character very well, and knew that she would persuade her not to move, so she didn't say anything more.

"Gao'er has sent someone to invite you to Dingxiang again." Princess Yicheng looked at the fire and said casually: "This child seems to be smart and clever, but he is so confused. ”

Hearing Princess Yicheng's words, Empress Dowager Xiao didn't react, she didn't even raise her eyelids, and the tent fell silent.

Yang Gao's purpose in inviting Empress Dowager Xiao to Dingxiang was nothing more than to use Empress Dowager Xiao's prestige, Empress Dowager Xiao knew this, and Princess Yicheng also knew this, so when it came to this topic, the expressions of the two did not change, and Princess Yicheng only mentioned it casually, and did not take this matter to heart at all.

The silence was not long, because Princess Yicheng was not as idle as Empress Dowager Xiao.

"The life of the Turks is not as good as that of the Central Plains, and if you are not comfortable living here, you can really go and live there for a few days." Empress Dowager Xiao doesn't like to talk very much, so she can only speak first to Princess Yicheng: "Yicheng doesn't mean anything else, please don't think about it." ”

"Of course I know your kindness." Empress Dowager Xiao still had a faint smile on her face, and she looked at Princess Yicheng with doting eyes like an elder: "Just like you know that I don't like to drink goat's milk, but I still send someone to send it every day, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, you don't care about my preferences, but I know that you do this only because goat's milk is beneficial to my body." ”

Yicheng didn't answer, which was a tacit acquiescence.

"After Your Majesty is gone, my heart is dead, so what difference does it make if I live there?" Seeing that Yicheng didn't speak, Empress Dowager Xiao sighed lightly and said lightly.

Empress Dowager Xiao has been in Turkia for so long, and it is the first time she has said so many words, but the sadness in her words made Yicheng feel very uneasy, and her eyes were full of worry.

"You don't have to worry, I won't do anything stupid." Empress Dowager Xiao seemed to have guessed what Princess Yicheng thought, and said with a smile: "Before coming to Turkic, that child let me live well, and I promised him, so naturally I won't regret it." ”

Although Empress Dowager Xiao did not say her name, Princess Yicheng knew very well who he represented.

"He's really a great guy." Princess Yicheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "If he could be so smart when he was by the emperor's brother's side, why was the Great Sui so ruined?" ”

"Don't play with the kids." Empress Dowager Xiao touched Yicheng's cheek and said softly: "Your Majesty lost Jiangshang, it's his own fault, how can he resent others?" ”

There has never been a shortage of loyal ministers and good generals in the court, such as Yang Yichen, Zhang Xutuo and others, but it is a pity that Yang Guang has already set up a chessboard in his heart, and no one can disrupt his plan, so what about one more Li Xuanba?

"Yicheng has no resentment in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have done this for them." After staying in the Turks for decades, Yicheng has long lost the gentleness of a woman in the Central Plains, but in front of the Empress Dowager Xiao, she seems to have become the immature girl before marrying the Turks, and let the Empress Dowager Xiao touch her cheeks like a mother.

The country was ruined, and the Empress Dowager Xiao no longer regained her original beauty, in just over a year, she seemed to be more than ten years old, and wrinkles appeared faintly on her face. Princess Yicheng is actually not young, but with Empress Dowager Xiao, the two look like mother and daughter.

"You have good intentions, and I don't know if Xuanba and Dong'er can understand it." Thinking of Princess Yicheng's dedication to the Great Sui, Empress Dowager Xiao said distressedly: "Besides, you have lived here for so many years, are you really willing?" ”

After Empress Dowager Xiao came to Turkic, Princess Yicheng would come to see her every day, but on weekdays, it was Princess Yicheng who told Empress Dowager Xiao what was happening outside, and Empress Dowager Xiao always listened with a smile and rarely spoke, let alone took the initiative to ask something.

Hearing Empress Dowager Xiao's words, Princess Yicheng's face changed, her eyes became indifferent, she sat up straight, and replied without emotion: "Are you asking me if I am reluctant to give up the power in my hands, or is it the wild seed?" ”

Princess Yicheng's reaction was obviously unexpected by Empress Dowager Xiao, her brows frowned, and she said, "No matter what, he is your child after all." ”

"Hahaha, my child?" Princess Yicheng seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and tears of laughter flowed out, and after a long time, she stopped laughing, and said in a cold voice: "If it weren't for revenge, I would have killed him with my own hands!" ”

"If you're like that, you won't have to come to see me in the future." Empress Dowager Xiao met Princess Yicheng's cold gaze and said slowly: "The Yicheng in my heart is a woman who knows right from wrong, not the current you. ”

When Princess Yicheng heard this, tears flowed down again, but the coldness in her eyes turned into grievance and sadness.

"Ugh." Empress Dowager Xiao sighed, facing Yicheng, she really couldn't say cruel words, she held Yicheng in her arms, and let Yicheng cry in her arms like a little girl. She asked herself, if she had such an encounter with Yicheng, would she really be able to face it calmly?

For the sake of the Great Sui, Princess Yicheng married the Turks without complaint, at that time, she didn't know what kind of person she was going to marry, but fortunately, the Qimin Khan favored her and made her feel a little comforted.

However, with the death of Qimin Khan, she actually wanted to marry the son of Qimin Khan, as a woman from the Central Plains, how could Princess Yicheng endure it?