Li Yu was fooled, but there was still Xiao Zhou Hou who needed to explain.

Shi Wei said: "Since the lord of the country has made up his mind, please persuade Concubine Zhou as soon as possible, if the mother is unwilling, it is not easy to force the envoy." ”

Li Yu nodded, and then walked into the inner palace with lead-filled legs very reluctantly.

Shi Wei then followed, and when he turned the screen, he saw that Xiao Zhouhou was already dressed.

Seeing Li Yu entering, Xiao Zhouhou's expression was a little nervous, and he was busy saluting forward.

Before he could bow down, Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward and held Xiao Zhouhou up.

"Aifei, I have neglected you a lot over the years, I really feel guilty, I hope you can forgive me." Li Yu's tone was very polite.

Li Yu's sudden change in attitude really made Xiao Zhouhou feel incomprehensible.

She peeked at Shi Wei behind Li Yu, trying to find some answers from Shi Wei's eyes, but Shi Wei looked serious and didn't give her any hints.

Xiao Zhouhou was suspicious, but on the surface, he was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness is serious, and the concubines dare to have a trace of grudge." ”

After hearing Xiao Zhou, he didn't say anything, but Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He helped Xiao Zhouhou to sit down, and sighed with a bitter face: "I feel guilty about my concubine, and I wanted to make good compensation in the future, but it's a pity that now the Song army has broken through the outer city, and the death of the country is a foregone conclusion, and Yu is only afraid that it will be ......."

Speaking of the sad place, Li Yu couldn't help but burst into tears.

Although Li Yu looked very pitiful at this time, Shi Wei did not have a trace of sympathy.

A man who is willing to give up his dignity and sacrifice his woman on his own initiative just for the sake of his surname is not worthy of sympathy at all.

Xiao Zhouhou is a woman's family, with her own compassion, seeing Li Yu like this, she can't help but feel sad, and her eyes are full of tears.

She persuaded softly: "Your Highness doesn't have to be too sad, the concubine heard that the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is a benevolent and righteous king, and she will not harm Your Highness, and she can't be the king of a country, and Your Highness can be a rich and noble minister." ”

After Xiao Zhouhou's relief, Li Yu not only did not have a trace of comfort, but his expression became more and more painful.

"I also want to be a happy minister, but, but ......" Li Yu squeaked for a long time, looking unspeakable.

Xiao Zhouhou became more and more dazed, so he had to ask, "What else does Your Highness have to worry about?" ”

Li Yu gritted his teeth fiercely, and sighed helplessly: "I really don't hide my concubine, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has long coveted the beauty of my concubine, but I am afraid that after I surrender, I will be like that Meng Chang, and sooner or later I will die of a violent illness." ”

The flower appearance of Xiao Zhou changed slightly.

She was deep in the forbidden palace, although she knew about Meng Chang and Madame Hua Rui, but she didn't know much about those joints.

For a moment, she couldn't understand the intention of Li Yu's words.

At this time, Li Yu suddenly knelt up, clasped Xiao Zhouhou's hands, and sobbed: "Concubine Ai, only you can save me now, I implore you to save my life for the sake of our husband and wife for many years." ”

The dignified king of a country knelt down and begged a woman with tears and weeping, and Li Yu at this time had completely disregarded any dignity.

Xiao Zhouhou looked at him with such a cowardly look, her brows couldn't help frowning, she had obviously guessed some of Li Yu's intentions.

Her flower gradually sank, withdrew her hand from Li Yu's palm, and said: "Even if Your Highness wants to be the king of a dead country, you must have a little backbone and dignity. ”

Xiao Zhouhou's words were already a little contemptible.

Li Yu only knelt down, and begged: "I implore Concubine Ai to agree to save her, otherwise Yu would rather kneel here until death." ”

Seeing that Li Yu was like a child who couldn't afford to play, he actually played a scoundrel, and Xiao Zhouhou's disgust became heavier and heavier.

In desperation, Xiao Zhouhou had no choice but to say: "A husband and wife are kind, and the concubine will not watch His Royal Highness die, as long as it is something that the concubine can do, the concubine will promise His Highness." ”

Li Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, so he wiped his tears and got up, choked up and said: "The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has admired Concubine Ai for a long time, as long as Concubine Ai follows the envoy of the stone to secretly go out of the palace and go to Bianjing to serve the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, not only me Li Yu, but also the people of our Southern Tang Dynasty can also be preserved." ”

Li Yu tossed for a long time, and finally revealed his true purpose.

Although Xiao Zhou had expected it, when she heard Li Yu say it herself, she couldn't help but have a sad and disappointed look on her beautiful face.

Xiao Zhouhou was silent, obviously, such a shameful thing made her not know what to say.

Xiao Yun next to her was stunned, and she didn't know where she got the courage, and scolded Li Yu loudly: "Niangniang is the wife of His Royal Highness, how can His Highness give Niangniang to others just for the sake of his surname!" ”

Xiao Yun's scolding made Li Yu ashamed.

"You, you have such a big guts, you dare to reprimand me." Li Yu was annoyed and angry, and scolded Xiao Yun.

At this moment, in this forbidden palace, after all, Li Yu is still the master, Xiao Yun was scolded by him like this, and she was so frightened that she hid behind Xiao Zhouhou and didn't dare to speak out.

Li Yu turned his gaze to Xiao Zhou Hou again, and looked at her with a longing look.

Xiao Zhouhou's expression flashed with sadness, and she involuntarily moved her eyes to Shi Wei, but suddenly found that Shi Wei was nodding to her secretly.

As smart as she was, she soon realized that Li Yu's plea must have nothing to do with Shi Wei.

Although she couldn't guess what Shi Wei's plans were, that determined gaze made her feel a lot more at ease.

After being silent for a long time, Xiao Zhou sighed faintly: "Since His Royal Highness has decided to dedicate his concubine to the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, what else can the concubine say, everything is up to His Highness." ”

She finally agreed.

At this moment, Li Yu's face was instantly full of joy, and he was so excited that he almost cried again.

He hurriedly turned back to Shi Wei and said, "Envoy Shi, Concubine Ai has already agreed, and then I will bother Envoy Shi." ”

Shi Wei nodded and said, "Then ask Niangniang and Xiaoyun to dress up as men, pretend to be the entourage around them, and follow me out of the palace later." ”

Ordered to go down, the two of them left the inner palace first.

After a while, Xiao Zhouhou, who was dressed as a man, came out with Xiao Yun.

At this time, there were already outsiders present, Li Yu didn't dare to say anything more, so he bowed his hand to Shi Wei and said: "Please ask the Shi envoy to convey Yu's repentance to General Cao, and ask him to give me an hour's time, and I will personally go out of the palace to surrender." ”

Shi Wei coped with a few words, and then took Xiao Zhouhou and the two of them to leave.

After leaving the Forbidden Palace, Xiong Qingye and other accompanying guards, who had already received the news, were already waiting at the east gate of the Forbidden Palace.

After Shi Wei helped Xiao Zhou and they got into the carriage, he told Xiong Qingye to set off immediately and go to the camp outside the city to meet Cao Bin.

Although Xiong Qingye was surprised that there were two more strange entourages around Shi Wei, he was Shi Wei's confidant, so he didn't dare to ask more, and only led a group of forbidden troops to escort Shi Wei out of the city.

At this time, there was already chaos in Jinling.

Although the Song army that invaded Jinling City did not appear large-scale burning and looting, small-scale looting could be seen everywhere.

As for the Southern Tang army, most of them have long since collapsed, but in some major streets and alleys, there is still no shortage of stubborn resistance.

Fortunately, the area around the East Gate was not the main battlefield of the battle between the two armies, although they encountered a lot of stragglers from the Southern Tang Dynasty along the way, but they were easily repelled by Xiong Qingye.

Half an hour later, Shi Wei and his team safely entered the area controlled by the Song army, and after leaving the city, the chariots and horses went around the city to the southern camp.

After witnessing the devastation and war-shrouded Xiao Zhou along the way, she was always terrified, until she left the city, and her nervous mood began to calm down.

At this time, Xiao Zhouhou couldn't help but ask: "Yuanzhi, what the hell is going on, do you really want to sacrifice me to that Zhao Kuangyin?" ”

Shi Wei smiled faintly: "How can it be, this is just a plan I set up, if not, then how could Li Yu let his mother out of the palace." ”

At this time, Xiao Zhou suddenly realized.

That Xiao Yun also sighed: "It turns out that this is all Lord Shi's strategy, Lord Shi, you are really powerful." ”

Shi Wei laughed at himself: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, if you change someone, I'm afraid that you won't be able to hide it, only cowardly people like Li Yu will come to my way." ”

In Shi Wei's tone, he made no secret of his contempt for Li Yu.

Xiao Zhouhou was silent for a long time, and sighed faintly: "I have been married to Li Yu for many years, even though this is just your strategy, but I didn't expect him to really want to sacrifice me to others, and I only realize now that he is such a cowardly and shameless person." ”

Xiao Zhouhou's words were full of disappointment, as if the little pity he had for Li Yu disappeared.

This is also Shi Wei's purpose, he just wants Xiao Zhouhou to be completely serious about Li Yu's true face, and from then on he will never worry about that embroidered pillow.

Clearly, his purpose was achieved.

"Lord Shi, then how do you plan to settle Niangniang in the future?" Xiao Yun asked.

Shi Wei then revealed his plan to coax Li Yu to set fire to the country and lie that Xiao Zhou would die for the country.

After that, he said: "From now on, everyone in the world will think that Niangniang is no longer alive, Niangniang only has to hide her name, Wei Zidang supports Niangniang, and An An lives for half of her life." ”

Xiao Zhouhou looked back at Jinling City through the car curtain and gradually moved away, and a complicated expression gradually appeared on his face.

She lived in this city for the first half of her life, and there were all her memories here, although some were sad and some were unhappy, but when she wanted to say goodbye from now on, she suddenly felt a little reluctant.

Thinking that the former noble will be gone, and thinking that he will go to the north with the man next to him, Xiao Zhouhou's heart can't help but feel a little uneasy.

A person who grew up in the forbidden palace since he was a child, and was accustomed to being rich and prosperous, once he left the forbidden palace to face a new world, not to mention that she was a woman, even a seven-foot man would be a little hesitant.

Shi Wei could see the uneasiness in her heart, so he gently took her hand and comforted: "If you lose something, you must gain it, and let go of what should be done in the past." ”

Hearing his meaningful words, looking at his calm and handsome face, Xiao Zhouhou suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

The slender hand quietly held his hand tighter.

(To be continued)