At the beginning of April 528, Erzhurong's army had assembled at the Yellow River and could cross the river in the evening. In the Luoyang Palace, the gloomy clouds were bleak, and the Empress Dowager Hu ordered the palace concubines to pack up and set off for Yaoguang Temple, and the palace maids rumored that Er Zhurong's army would commit adultery and plunder as soon as they arrived, and they begged their masters to bring themselves out. Because of the restrictions on the number of people leaving the palace, bribery became a trend for a while, those who had money were dotted one after another, those who had no money could only cry silently, and some even threw themselves into the well, as if the palace had been captured.

Ying'e looked at Bai Cheng and his subordinates with a shy face to collect the money, she wanted to scold, but she felt that she couldn't blame him, because it was her father who surrounded the city with a large army. For a time, she became the object of condemnation from the harem concubines, Wang Miaoyan had a hot personality, and humiliated her three or four times, needless to say, Gao Yuanyi, who has always had a gentle personality, also sneered, saying that she had misidentified her back then, so she went to help her in prison, and if she knew that she should have sent poison today. Hu Mingxiang didn't dare to say anything because of Empress Dowager Hu, and instigated Zhang Jin, who had lost power, to sit at the gate of Pujia Palace every day and scold.

Ying'e once came to the door to explain to her face because of Gao Yuanyi's kindness, but she was splashed on the ground by Lian Jin with a basin of water as soon as she arrived at the door, and she almost splashed. Gao Yuanyi said loudly in the hall, "If you come back, you won't be splashed on the ground next time." ”

Qihua wanted to step forward to theorize, but was stopped by Ying'e, "They should resent me, let's go, don't bother them again." ”

Although Empress Dowager Hu saw it in her eyes, she didn't have the heart to manage it, and she refused Ying'e's invitation, she asked Yilian to pass the word to Ying'e, everything was fate, and it had nothing to do with Ying'e, and the promise that Ying'e would leave the palace is still valid today, but she doesn't have to come.

Empress Dowager Hu quietly looked at the Luo Shen Fu screen, and seemed to have returned to the first acquaintance of Si'en Pavilion, when he was a humble gentleman, gentle as jade; And she is in her cardamom years, and the years are worry-free. "If I had been flying away with you when I was in the Longmen Grottoes, would I still be able to play the piano and sing now? Why did you have to die for the end of the year, and finally became a prophecy? ”

For Empress Dowager Hu, this Luoyang can't be kept, she even wants to finally not be bound by this cage anymore, without Yuan Yi is already without a soul, and now that her only son is dead, she no longer wants to be a person with only skin, and to protect the so-called country. From beginning to end, this country has never belonged to her, and the surname of her name will always be Yuan, which is her commitment to Yuan Ke and her oath to her deceased father Hu Guozhen. At this time, she suddenly wanted to go out of the palace and go to see the sea of flowers on the other side, and she had no regrets in this life. She took off her palace clothes, took off the tired hair ornaments on her head, put on a red dress, covered her face with a red veil, did not bring a single soldier, rode a white horse, and came out of Yongxiang. At the sound of horses' hooves, the people who saw them all knelt down in turn, not daring to look up, only one person, kneeling in the middle of the alleyway to meet, when the Empress Dowager Hu pulled the horse to see, it was Yuan Ziyou.

Yuan Ziyou saluted and said, "Queen Mother, now that the palace is not at peace, let Weichen accompany you out of the palace." ”

Empress Dowager Hu rode on a horse, patted the horse's mane lightly with her hand, and did not answer positively, "Since ancient times, there has been no foregone conclusion, it is just that you sing and I appear, but the mourning family has become this eternal sinner, and now it is full of desolation, who can the mourning family explain?" Since the day the mourning family entered the palace, they never thought that the rivers and mountains of the Great Wei would be destroyed in the hands of the mourning family, thinking that you surnamed Yuan all resent the mourning family, so why care about the safety of the mourning family out of the palace. ”

Yuan Ziyou shook his head and said, "Queen Mother, none of the children of the Yuan family resents the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has entered the palace since she entered the palace and is not afraid of life and death to give birth to a prince." Relieved the scourge of the Gao family, and eradicated the Yuan Yi Liu Teng to rebellious the party, built a lawsuit car, and personally tried the filial piety and honesty in the court, and the officials who counted the books in the state and county, and all kinds of political achievements were seen by the world. However, the rebellion of the six towns did not occur during the reign of the Queen Mother, but the perverse actions of the Yuan Yi Liu Teng, and the people created by the sale of officials and lords were not able to make a living, so what did the Queen Mother do? Only this Han culture marks the superiority of men and the inferiority of women, and only these boring Han scholars love to describe women as a disaster for the country, and attribute all the mistakes to women, in order to better promote their male supremacy. Therefore, the Queen Mother does not need to blame herself, our Great Wei clan knows in our hearts that it is all dependent on the Queen Mother to protect the Great Wei Dynasty. ”

Empress Dowager Hu smiled bitterly, turned over and dismounted, walked to Yuan Ziyou's side and said, "Since you were a child, the mourning family has looked different from other children, and the mourning family has also treated you differently and has high hopes. It's just that you were transferred to the middle school back then, and you made a choice, have you ever complained about your family? ”

Yuan Ziyou understood what the Empress Dowager Hu was referring to, and he replied without thinking, "The Empress Dowager, the choice of the minister is decided by himself, and the minister wants to thank the queen mother for saving face for the minister." ”

Empress Dowager Hu smiled slightly, looked up at the sky on Yongxiang that gradually extended out, from narrow to wide, the sky was slightly clear, and it was embellished with glow, "For so long, the mourning family has not dared to walk this Yongxiang, for fear of seeing the dark red on this bluestone." Today, I suddenly felt relieved, and I wanted to get out of the palace from here, and I always felt that King Qinghe was by the side of the mourning family, accompanying the mourning family. Empress Dowager Hu paused and looked down at Yuan Ziyou, "I remember that on the day you left the palace, the mourning family talked to you about the country, and you said that as long as the surname of the country does not change, the mourning family will not ruin the world." Son, your father was honest and thrifty all his life, selfless and selfless, and walked with loyalty, when King Qinghe was alive, he often said to the mourning family that you have the wind of a father. The mourning family looks at it but it is not all, you think more far-reaching than your father, if Xu'er is still there, the mourning family will definitely be optimistic about the door for him, and now it has become this situation, the mourning family really hopes that one day, you can bear more. It's not early, the mourning family has to go out of the palace, tonight the concubines will be sent to Yaoguang Temple by Bai Quan, the guards of the west city gate are loose, children, take your brothers across the river, with you, even if you change the name of the year, it is still the country of our Great Wei. ”

Yuan Ziyou listened to the words of the Empress Dowager Hu in a panic, he felt a chill in his back, this woman saw through everything about him, but she broke it today, and it turned out that she had inexplicably become a pawn in her hand and entered this game. He understood the responsibility on his shoulders, and he watched the back of Empress Dowager Hu disappear, as gorgeous as the sunset into the twilight. The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he smiled knowingly, and finally two people who really love each other can meet, and I only hope that person can justifiably take the Queen Mother away and fly away.

In April, the Yellow River has been frozen, and before the rainy season, the rolling river has resumed its surging waves crashing on the shore, rushing and roaring like a giant dragon returning to the sea. The black sails on the river are thousands of faces, and the head of the ship is painted with a golden tiger head, if it is like going down the mountain, with fangs and claws, and fierce eyes. Er Zhurong stood majestically on the bow of the boat in soapy black armor, and Murong Shaozong and Er Zhuzhao stood beside him, he didn't say a word, his blue eyes were full of killing intent, and the rebelliousness at the corners of his mouth revealed his heroic nature. He looked at Luoyang City, which was getting closer and closer, the sword in his hand was suddenly pulled out, and he roared, "Speed up and kill me into Luoyang City!" ”

Suddenly, the war drums thundered, and tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in a deafening voice, "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

After the ship docked, when Er Zhurong's thousands of troops and horses poured into the city and prepared to attack the city, they saw the city gate open, and Yuan Yong took the Manchu Dynasty civil and military out of the city to surrender. Er Zhurong asked in surprise why, Yuan Yong opened the city gate and presented Luoyang City to the Empress Dowager Hu in order to save the lives and misery of the people.

Er Zhurong suddenly felt a deep sense of frustration, this woman did not give him a chance to prove himself, but voluntarily sacrificed the city. He roared, "Where's that woman?" ”

Yuan Yong replied, "The Queen Mother is still in the palace. ”

Er Zhurong clamped the horse's belly like a beast, and the war horse Heifeng ran wildly in pain, and he left the Great Wei courtiers and his soldiers who knelt behind him, only Er Zhuzhao followed closely with dozens of horses. At this time, the Luoyang Palace removed all the defenses, the four doors were opened, and the guards, under the leadership of Wang Zhao, dropped the weapons in their hands and stood on both sides of the gate. Er Zhurong's fury made Wang Zhao feel that he would be unfavorable to Empress Dowager Hu, and stepped forward to stop his horse, but was slashed to death by Er Zhurong, and the guards who had worked with Wang Zhao for many years saw that Wang Zhao was killed, and regained their weapons and fought with Er Zhurong. How could Er Zhurong be in the mood to entangle with these hundreds of guards, the halberd picked the nearest guard, and used him as a shield to rush forward, and then Er Zhuzhao who came saw that the resistance was murderous, and led his soldiers to separate the guards from Er Zhurong, and let Er Zhurong move forward. Er Zhurong ignored the sound of killing behind him, ignored the eunuchs and palace maids who had not had time to escape, and hid around with their luggage, and rushed directly into the Jiafu Palace.

When Er Zhurong saw the woman he loved in his life sitting in front of the mirror in a robe, ignoring his existence, he just quietly asked Yilian to take the silver scissors and cut her green silk. He was furious, and stabbed Yi Lian to death with a sword, and Yi Lian called the last sentence before falling to the ground, "Niangniang, I can't serve you anymore." ”

Blood splattered on Empress Dowager Hu's face, but she remained calm, as if all this had nothing to do with her. This disregard completely angered Er Zhurong, and he pulled her up from her seat, abandoned the sword in his hand, and wrapped his hands tightly around her shoulders, his voice low but full of longing, "Would you rather be a monk than follow me?" As long as you are willing to nod, you are the only woman in my life Er Zhurong, and I can give you everything you want. ”

Empress Dowager Hu looked coldly at the humility hidden behind his blue eyes, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't hide it in front of her. Empress Dowager Hu's gaze angered Er Zhurong, but he was unwilling to hug her tightly, word by word, as if that was his last patience, "I ask you one last time, are you willing to follow me, be my Er Zhurong's woman, I swear to pick the stars and hold the moon for you." ”

Empress Dowager Hu's stiff body made him feel cold, and the last words she uttered completely extinguished his last hope, "In the eyes of the mourning family, your Er Zhurong is just a minion, and he will always be just a minion." ”

Erzhurong threw her to the ground and yelled for Erzhuzhao, who was standing at the door, to put her to death in the most humiliating way of all. Empress Dowager Hu slowly stood up from the ground without saying a word, covered a brocade pa on Yilian's face, walked outside the hall by herself, and put Yuan Zhao who was captured by Er Zhuzhao into the prisoner car, and Xiao Xizi, who was kneeling on the side, rushed to the side of the prisoner car and said to Empress Dowager Hu, "Queen Mother, Xiao Xizi is here to serve you." ”

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Ying'e seemed to see the beautiful woman sitting in the center of the wick of the candle again, watching her smile skillfully. Qi Wan put on a coat for Ying'e, pulled back her thoughts, Qi Wan re-lit a new candle, and reminded in a low voice, "Niangniang, it's already the third watch, let's rest early." ”

Ying'e looked at the moonlight outside the window and asked, "Qihua, after the Queen Mother was sunk in the river, can you inquire clearly where she is buried now?" ”

Qi Wan nodded, waiting for Ying'e to take off her makeup, "I inquired clearly, the general regretted sinking the Queen Mother in the river that day, and later sent Lord Murong to salvage it for more than ten days, but the Yellow River is too fast, it should be gone." I even heard a news, it turned out that the prince of Qinghe did not die that year, but left home, and the queen mother also went with him on the day of Shenhe, and the queen mother's sister set up a spiritual position for the two of them in the Shuangling Buddha Temple, which can be regarded as a return. It's just a pity for the Queen Mother, and even the body can't be found. After Qi Wan finished speaking, she couldn't help but shed tears, and she was afraid of making Ying'e sad, so she quickly wiped her tears.

Ying'e couldn't help but be sad when she heard this, she was sad that she couldn't find their corpses, and she was also a little relieved that King Qinghe was finally buried with the Queen Mother. Now that a month has passed since the change in Heyin, because of the edict given by the Empress Dowager Hu back then, her identity has been restored to the eldest lady of the Erzhu family under the arrangement of her father, and it seems that nothing has happened in these years. Tomorrow, my mother will take my sister Erzhu Qingjiao into the palace, I haven't seen her for a long time, is everything going to be a little different, Ying'e began to look forward to it.