"That's right, if Lone sends you to the King of Chu and asks him to withdraw from the army, he should agree. It's just that you let Gu, the prince of Daliang, let my Daliang face go! ”

"Your Royal Highness, Xue Rou thinks that since she married into the East Palace, Xue Rou has done her duty, kept the East Palace in order, and lived in harmony in the backyard.

"Hurting someone for no reason?" Wei Yuanhui pinched her chin, "Jiang Xuerou, don't think that Gu doesn't know about the between you and Chu Fusheng, Gu is just too lazy to care, and it's also because you know how to raise your mind, and you haven't had anything to do with him after two private meetings, so Gu Cai doesn't care about you." ”

"I have indeed met the King of Chu a few times, and we can talk about it relatively well, but Your Highness can't doubt Xue Rou's intentions because of this."

"A chance encounter? He sent someone to send you paintings, and the fans asked you to have a tryst called a chance encounter? Just because you've met a few times, will you help him go back to Chu? At that time, I still thought that you were for the sake of the beam, and I didn't want you to be for that little white face. ”

"I'm really thinking about the beam!" She was a little weak-hearted, because she wanted to help him more, and she also hoped that he could forget about her and start over after he left Yicheng.

"Hmph, then how do you explain that just because you met him by chance, you specially told the envoy to hand over the porcelain flute to you?"

"King Chu's thoughts, Xue Rou has no way of knowing. Maybe the king of Chu once suffered a lot of cynicism when he was hostage in Yicheng, but Xue Rou didn't, so he wrote it down. ”

"Good, good! Then I will ask you again, since you are bone-minded, why don't you try to keep Lone and give birth to children like other women, but let Lone linger in the gentle country, but instead be a nominal couple with Lone. Even if there is something unspeakable, how come you have never thought of a way to change it? ”

"Xue Rou, as the crown princess, takes care of the East Palace, and she can't just want His Royal Highness's favor like those concubines. Xue Lu is the wife of Her Royal Highness, and all of Her Royal Highness's children are Xue Ren's children. His Royal Highness is happy, and the backyard is harmonious, these are what Xue Rou should do. ”

"It's so nice to say, these are just excuses you made, but in fact, you don't want to touch you alone, you still have Chu Fusheng's little white face in your heart!"

"Your Highness, please be careful!" She blushed.

"In short, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the Chu State, no matter how bad my Wei Yuanhui is, I will not sacrifice my wife in exchange for temporary stability!"

"Your Highness knows Xuerou's talent, why doesn't Xuerou want Xuerou to interfere?" She was unconvinced.

"I'm afraid you'll turn your elbow out."

Jiang Xuerou was speechless.

At this time, Wei Yuanhui stepped forward and ripped off her coat, and the twin peaks loomed.

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

Wei Yuanhui untied her tie: "You take the initiative, so that Gu can be a decent man in front of you, and Gu will believe you." ”

She broke free: "Your Highness, no matter how bad Xue Rou is, she doesn't want to be humiliated, even if this person is Your Highness!" Government affairs are not Xue Rou's responsibility, and Xue Rou will take care of the East Palace for His Royal Highness as always. ”

Jiang Xuerou forced herself to settle down, no longer bothered with the government, and let them solve the matter between their men, she just did her duty. This Wei Yuanhui also underestimates herself too much, even if she is not the crown princess, in the face of the country's righteousness, personal love is nothing. If Chu Fusheng really said that as long as she was sacrificed, she would be willing to retire, she would also be willing to sacrifice, but who would be willing to give up the world for a woman.

"Miss, Miss, something is wrong!" Jin Dai's urgent roar came from a distance.

"What's wrong again?" This girl is always making such a fuss.

"The Chu army has captured Yicheng and will soon attack the palace!"

"What!" How could it be so fast.

"Miss, I see that many people in the palace are on the run, let's run away too!"

"Run? Everyone else can escape, but where can I flee to? Jin Dai, you go and call all the people in the East Palace immediately! Shen'er, you go and get the treasury silver! ”

"Yes!"

Jiang Xuerou looked at the hundreds of people standing in the courtyard and said: "Now that the Chu army has invaded Yicheng, the palace is in danger, once the palace gate is opened, my East Palace will not be spared." At this moment, I don't embarrass you, if you want to escape, come and get the money and run away, and never return to Yicheng again. ”

"Crown Princess, what about you?"

"This palace wants to guard this East Palace and live and die with the East Palace."

"Miss, I'm with you." Jin Dai said with tears in her eyes.

"And me!" Shen'er pulled Jindai tightly.

"Without further ado, whether to go or stay, let's decide quickly. If you want to leave, line up to come to Shen'er to get a silver ingot, and then leave quickly. If you want to stay, let's think about how to protect ourselves and see if we can win a glimmer of life. ”

About one-third of the people chose to stay, and those palace maids and internal officials, except for a few who were particularly loyal, had long been tired of serving people, and they couldn't ask for it to leave the palace this time.

Jiang Xuerou glanced at Zheng Liangyuan: "Aren't you leaving?" ”

"Concubine ......"

"You don't need to worry, you are Gongzi Jin's biological mother, you left quietly in order to protect His Highness's bloodline, even if His Highness comes back, he will not blame you, but will take credit for you."

Zheng Liangyuan hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "The concubine is not leaving." ”

She is also an understanding person, now that the city of Yicheng has been captured, where can she run away with a baby in swaddling clothes, and she is not dead when she meets Chu Jun. Those who chose to take the money and leave, a few of them were really able to escape, and the crown princess just gave them another way to die. It's better to follow the crown princess, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

"Are the forbidden troops here?"

"Here, I'll wait for the princess to send you!"

"You all listen well, don't blame Bengong for being ruthless, at this moment, Bengong can't care about anyone else. All we can do is to defend the East Palace. His Highness and the Captain have been gone for three days, and if we can hold out until they return, this catastrophe will be over. I don't know how long we have to hold out, but now that the Chu army has not yet arrived, we must concentrate manpower and food, distribute it uniformly, and deploy it in a unified manner. Commander Xiao, it's up to you to do this. ”

"Please rest assured, we will swear to protect the princess!"

Although everyone was so nervous that they were trembling, the arming work was still going on in an orderly manner, because everyone knew that if you didn't fight, there would be nothing. Jiang Xuerou left the female dependents behind: "If the East Palace is breached, all of us may be ruined." I hope you have a preparation in advance, if you can't protect yourself, it is better to be broken than broken. ”

Seeing the trembling looks of those concubines, she added: "You all go find a hidden place to hide, maybe you can escape, if you really can't escape, the choice is in your own hands." Whatever choice you make, Hongu will not blame you. ”

"Then the crown princess, you ......"

"I can't run away, leave me alone, you guys go hide quickly."

"Thank you, Crown Princess." The concubines dispersed in a hurry.

"You two can go too."

"No, Shen'er swears to accompany Miss to the death."

"Nonsense, whose life is not life, if you follow me, there may really be only one way to die."

"No, let's accompany Miss." Jin Dai said resolutely.

"Okay, I didn't hurt you in vain." She was sad and relieved.

There was a loud "boom" in the distance, and the shouting of killing gradually became clear, and everyone in the East Palace raised their spirits, and the hands of the guards clenched the hilt of their knives, ready to kill the enemy at any time. The internal officials picked up the hoe and the flat shoulder, and if they could kill a Chu army, they would earn it. The ladies each held a dagger, and if possible, they gave it to each other, and if they couldn't escape, they gave it to themselves.

"Report to the Crown Princess—"

"Commander Xiao, why is the shouting of killing gone away again?"

"The last general didn't know that the Chu army seemed to have deliberately bypassed the East Palace, leaving only a thousand people to surround the East Palace, and then killed elsewhere."

"A thousand? Is it possible for us to break through? ”

"It's difficult, we only have two hundred forbidden troops, and as long as the sound of fighting here sounds, other Chu troops will come to reinforce."

"I see, keep guarding, keep the door tight."

Is there really no way, you can only sit and wait, and you can't break through, but if you wait like this, when the Chu army gathers, there will be no possibility of escaping.

The plan they formulated was to have the forbidden army distributed in all corners first, closely observe the movements of the Chu army, and once the Chu army broke through the door or climbed over the wall, everyone retreated to the second line of defense. If it is breached again, the rest of the people will hide in the stone chamber. This is equivalent to a turtle in an urn, although it can hide for a while, but it can't hide for a lifetime, for a long time, the lack of water and food will emerge, and it is also a bet on whether you can wait for reinforcements, in short, it is nine deaths.

An hour later.

"Report to the crown princess - the Chu army has begun to assemble towards the East Palace!"

"So fast!" She couldn't help but take a step back, "How many people are on the other side?" ”

"If you collect all of them, at least ten thousand."

Two hundred guards against 10,000 Chu troops is really hitting a stone with an egg. "Listen, if the Chu army breaks through the gate, there is no need to defend the second line of defense, and after the layout is completed, they will all retreat to the stone room."

"Yes!"

"Hahahaha...... Is the crown princess here? Can you tell us about it? A rough, loud voice came.

Jiang Xuerou came to the door under the escort of Commander Xiao and said loudly, "Who are you?" ”

"General of the State of Chu, Shi Qi."

"If you have something to say, just say it." She stands up straight, and she can't lose if she loses.

"Crown Princess, the last general wants to talk to you face to face."

"You don't want me to open the palace gate!"

"Crown Princess, this Liang Palace has been occupied by us, you are all caged birds, why do you need to fight the trapped beasts?"

"Hmph, I can't trust you anyway!"

"In that case, the general will have to climb over the wall and come in."

"Aren't you afraid I'll shoot you?"

"Crown Princess, if you can tell me a good story, you, the people of the East Palace, still have a glimmer of life, if you shoot the last general, the surrounding 10,000 troops will immediately break in, and all of you will have to die!"