Chapter Seventy-Two: Rebellion
For a while, the Yanjing soldiers who were fighting on the head of Xing had no choice but to evacuate from under the city and return to the barracks, Xue Yu looked at Nangong Yan in puzzlement, "Your Majesty, why did you withdraw your troops in a hurry?" "If they delay any longer, they will most likely take the city.
Nangong Yanping calmed his mind, and he was in a hurry, his meridians were disordered, and he had not recovered at the moment.
Seeing that he closed his eyes and ignored himself, Xue Yu scratched his ears, so he had to retreat, not daring to bother him anymore. Among the soldiers outside, there were not a few injured, and the victims spontaneously stepped forward to help.
Xue Yu glanced back at Nangong Yan's camp again, retracted his eyes, and walked towards the wounded.
After about a quarter of an hour, Nangong Yan's disordered meridians stabilized, and when he opened his eyes, he was the only one left in the tent. Xue Yu is good at everything, but his mind is not meticulous enough.
Just under the city, they did have a chance of capturing the city, but that was before Wu Lian appeared, he wanted to take down Qingfeng's head and leave them leaderless, so that Yanjing's soldiers could take the opportunity to attack the city.
The appearance of Wu Pian broke his plan, and if they continued to fight, they would only lose and lose, but the chance of winning was not very good.
However, he burned the granary of the Western Chu army last night, and it will take at least five days for their military rations to be transported to the western border, and within these five days, as long as they find an opportunity, they can capture the city.
Moreover, looking at Wu Lian's expression, he thought that he had some grievances with Qingfeng before, if they had infighting, then their chances of winning would be greater, so he had to wait first to figure out this matter before he could make the next step.
But Wu Lian's sudden appearance was indeed something he didn't expect, he thought that the king of Xichu County would take her with him, but he didn't think that he sent her to the western realm, he didn't want him to return to Yanjing alive.
Thinking of this, his eyes deepened a little.
At this time, Xue Yu walked in from outside again, holding an urgent report from Yanjing in his hand, "Your Majesty, Yanjing just came!" β
Nangong Yan brought the urgent report, on which was Gu Xia's handwriting, he said in the letter that the king of Western Chu County had raised troops to Yanjing City, Shen Feihong was seriously injured, and the 100,000 army led by the king of Western Chu County was tied with them, but they were menacing, and there was no intention of retreating, he expected that the reinforcements of Emperor Western Chu would also arrive soon.
If the king of Western Chu attacked with reinforcements, he was worried that he would capture the city.
Gu Xia's worries about the letter, Nangong Yan could see between the lines, after reading the letter, he crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it to the ground with indignation.
Now that Yanjing City is in such a situation, he can only speed up the pace of recovering the western city and rush back to support, so that Yanjing City can get out of the predicament.
Xue Yu picked up the letter that was crumpled by him on the ground, his face changed after reading it, and he asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to call Liu Chong back to Yanjing City?" β
"Liu Chong can't leave the border pass!" Nangong Yan coldly refuted him, as soon as he left, the border pass would be dangerous, if something happened to the border pass, he would really be beyond the reach of the whip.
Twisting his eyebrows, he opened his mouth and said, "You go and check, how many people did Wu Lian bring this time?" β
"Yes!"
Xue Yu hurriedly retreated.
Aomine's soldiers also withdrew into the city, and the city gate was slammed shut. He was supported by a small soldier and walked to the resting mansion, and Wu Lian silently followed behind.
When he arrived in the main hall, he took a few breaths before he came to his senses a little, but there was no sword wound on his body, but he was shocked by Nangong Yan's internal force, and his meridians were damaged, which made him so painful.
"The matter of Green Bead was ordered by the prince of the county, you and I are all doing things for him, is it possible that you want to disobey his orders?"
The words she yelled at Nangong Yan just now, even if the sound of the fight was mixed with screams, he heard it.
"I don't care who ordered it, anyway, her life, I will remember it on your head." Wu Lian's cold eyes fell on him, making him unconsciously close his body.
Clenched his fists before he spoke, "Now that the prince of the county is employing people, even if it is a grudge between you and me, it should be counted after this battle is over, right?" β
He is not her opponent, so he can only delay the time first, and then ask the king of Xichu County to clean her up when the time comes!
"You're faithful."
Wu Lian brushed the clothes in front of her, and her words were full of mockery.
"Haven't you been loyal to him all the time? Otherwise, why would he make his face like this? Even the Imperial Sword Sect is all attached to the prince of the county. β
She is no better than him, so why bother laughing at fifty steps and a hundred steps?
In an instant, a soft sword burst out from her waist and landed steadily on the neck that he was almost cut by Nangong Yan just now, making his body shrink violently.
"You'd better keep your mouth clean, or I won't guarantee you'll get out of here alive!" Mai Lian leaned in front of him, her vicious eyes pressed against him.
He swallowed the saliva in his throat, and said with a low concentration: "The granary was set on fire by the Yanjing army last night, and now the remaining military rations are only enough for us to last two days, and the rescue rations transported by Xichu must arrive within five days, otherwise we will all have a dead end." β
"You're begging me for help?" She winked at him.
Seeing the hesitation flashing in her eyes, Qingfeng continued: "You and I are both working for the prince of the county, since he sent you over, if we lose this battle, you and I don't have to live, and then my life will not belong to you." β
"I can kill you now, and then leave and let Nangong Yan take this place." Before she came, she didn't have such thoughts.
"However, the county lord is still in the county king's mansion, even if you leave someone there, you won't be able to escape far."
The fear on Aomine's face faded a little, and he calmly analyzed the pros and cons of the whole thing with her.
The king of Xichu is a ruthless man, if they lose this battle, and Xichu is not controlled by Nangong Yan, even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they will definitely be captured by him.
Wu Lian clenched the soft sword in her hand, and with a "bang-" sound, the soft sword was withdrawn from her waist.
Obviously, she listened to Aomine's words, but she was in a dilemma.
"Nangong Yan, I can deal with it, but you can handle the military rations. If you go on a business trip, the king will only put the account on your head. "The granary is on fire, it is his poor guard, and it is none of her business.
With that, her figure disappeared from the main hall.
Aomine breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood up, went back to the study and wrote a letter, handed it to the guards beside him, and asked him to take it back to Xichu overnight. The guard bowed to him and withdrew.
As soon as the others went out, they were targeted by Xue Yu.
After following him out of the western boundary, Xue Yu stepped forward with a sword, killed the person with a sword through the throat, searched for the letter on his body, and took it back to the barracks.
"Your Majesty, this was found from the people sent out by Qingfeng." He handed the letter to Nangong Yan.
Nangong Yan took it in his hand and opened it, Qingfeng talked about the military rations on it, but most of the letters were all about Wu Lian, and the implication was that Wu Lian was very likely to have betrayed the king of Xichu County, she was looking for an opportunity to rescue the concubine trapped in the palace of the county king, and take her to escape from Xichu.
After reading the letter, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of Nangong Yan's lips, he was still in a dilemma, but now his eyes were bright, "You go and do one more thing, and ask Wu Lian to come to me." He took the letter.
"Yes!"
Xue Yu retreated.
After the night darkened, Wu Lian came to his camp tent as promised, and Xue Yu led people to guard outside the camp tent, for fear that Wu Lian would do something unfavorable to Nangong Yan.
"Although I have a grudge against Qingfeng, I won't help you." Although she came, her tone was still not very good.
"You can take a look at this first, and then it's not too late to give me an answer." Nangong Yan raised his eyes, moved the letter on the table forward, and moved it in front of her.
Wu Lian glanced down and saw that the letter was opened, and Aomine's handwriting came into her eyes.
"This is what my people intercepted from the guards beside Qingfeng today, if this letter is handed over to the king of Xichu County, do you think you will still have a way to live?"
After she finished reading, Nangong Yan slowly asked her.
"Despicable villain!" Wu Lian knocked on the table with her hand, and then remembered that what Qingfeng said in the main hall was all his delaying tactics, and after she helped him win this battle, he took the credit, and her life would be handed over to the king of Xichu County.
"What you're worried about is just the concubine trapped in the county king's mansion, if you help me, I can help you rescue the concubine and keep you safe in Yanjing."
If he had Wu Lian's help, he could finish this battle quickly, and when the time came, he would rush back to Yanjing to aid Shen Feihong and Gu Xia.
"Yi'er, she hurt your biological mother, will you let the two of us go?" She knew all the things that Concubine Yi did in Yanjing City, even the witch Gu in Shen Xuanyu's body was still taught by her.
"The person who killed my mother's concubine is someone else, not her." This was told to him by Concubine Yi herself, and he didn't believe it when he heard it at that time, but after going back and thinking about it carefully, he felt that she didn't need to lie to him. She had already given Shen Xuanyu a witch Gu, and she would only think about torturing her, and would not let her die so easily.
But who killed his mother, he is still investigating.
"You have no other way to live than to believe me." Nangong Yan's tone was not in a hurry, he was talking to her about conditions, but she didn't accept it, and the damage to him was not great, at most, he would play Tai Chi with Qingfeng for a few more days, and then he could still capture the city.
It's just that the time to rush back to Nanzhao may not be so easy.
"What do you want me to do?" After pondering for a moment, Wu Lian was relieved. She really has no other way to live, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen the nonsense that Xin Qingfeng said.
Nangong Yan leaned forward slightly, staring at her, "Kill Qingfeng directly!" Then rush back to the palace of Xichu County overnight, rescue the concubine, I will send someone to meet you at the border of Xichu, and return to Yanjing with me when the time comes! β
At this moment, the king of Xichu is still in Yanjing, if she rushes back to the county king's mansion now to rescue the concubine, then everything is still too late.
"Okay, I'll do it right away!"
Since she had promised her, Concubine Yi would no longer be suspicious, she turned around directly and walked out of the camp.
Xue Yu followed, but only after two steps, her figure disappeared, and the speed was extremely fast. He hurriedly turned back to Nangong Yan's tent, "Your Majesty! "I want to see if anything has happened to him.
"Gather all the soldiers in the barracks, and in an hour, attack the city!" Nangong Yan raised his head and ordered him.
Xue Yu was stunned, this was too sudden, but since he followed Nangong Yan to the western realm, all the decisions he made were not something he could figure out, and he could only accept it immediately.
Outside the camp tent, there was a sound of horns, all the soldiers in the barracks got up from the quilt, lined up neatly in the field, Xue Yu stood at the front, looked back at Nangong Yan's camp tent, and waited for him to come out and lead the troops to set off.
After returning from the Yanjing military camp, Wu Lian went directly to the room where Aomine was resting.
At that time, he had only finished dealing with the affairs in the barracks, and the most important thing at the moment was the matter of military rations in the army. When he blew out the candlelight and walked to the edge of the bed, suddenly, his back was cold, and he immediately turned his head and saw Wu Lian standing straight in front of him.
"Why are you here? Regarding the military rations, I have already sent someone to deliver a letter to the prince of the county. He said lightly, the light was too dim to see the strangeness in her eyes.
"I know, you still sued me above, and when I help you win this battle, you will let the county king kill me, so that there is no threat to you."
Wu Lian approached him step by step.
Suddenly, Qingfeng's face sank, and suddenly, his body spun, pulled out the sword on the sword stand, and the long sword was unsheathed, and he took the lead in making a move.
Wu Lian bent down and dodged the sword he slashed over, and the soft sword on his waist flew out in an instant, wrapping around his neck, blood flowing down his neck, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground before it could touch Wu Lian's clothes.
He opened his mouth, his eyes widened, he didn't say anything, and his death was as miserable as the green bead.
With a movement of her hand, the soft sword wrapped around his neck was wrapped around her waist. She turned and walked out of his room.
When the guards who heard the movement rushed over, they only saw Qingfeng lying on the ground, and Wu Lian's figure was gone.
She rode her horse and hurried back to the county king's mansion.
An hour later, Nangong Yan walked out of the tent, dressed in silver armor, shining brightly and dazzlingly under the reflection of torches.
"All the soldiers listen to the order, tonight we will do our best to capture the western city!" He raised the talisman in his hand and gave the order, his voice full of majesty.
"Yes!"
In the barracks, there was a neat sound.
He led the remaining 30,000 troops to attack the city.
The soldiers of Xichu did not know that Qingfeng was dead, and when they were stubbornly resisting, a soldier rushed out of the city and shouted: "The soldiers of Qingfeng are dead!" β
Suddenly, the army of Western Chu was in chaos and fled in all directions.
Nangong Yan led his troops to break through the siege all the way and capture the city. It was almost a whole night of fighting before the fighting in the city stopped.
Under the city, the corpses were all over the place, and Nangong Yan stood on the city, looking at the slightly white morning light on the horizon, and his face was still stained with the blood of the soldiers of Western Chu.
"Your Majesty, there are still 20,000 surviving soldiers, plus the victims who signed up before and the surrendered Western Chu army, a total of 30,000 people."
Xue Yu reported the number of soldiers to him.
"Tell them to prepare, and return to Yanjing with me tonight." He smelled the smell of blood in the air, and there was a hint of tiredness in his voice.
"Yes, the last general will also go and prepare." Xue Yu's face was full of joy.
Nangong Yan stopped him, "You stay, the city in the west can't be guarded by no one." β
"But..."
Xue Yu still wanted to refute, but seeing his cold eyes, he had no choice but to silence and weakly replied, "Yes." β
Wu Lian was afraid that the news would leak out, so she didn't dare to stop for a moment on the way back to Xichu. As soon as she appeared in front of the concubine, she was discovered by the maid who served her.
She hurriedly ran forward, trying to ventilate the news, but was slapped back by Wu Lian, and then she lost her breath.
"Yi'er!"
She rushed over, took out a pill from her bosom, and poured it into the concubine's mouth.
"Master..."
Concubine Yi was controlled by drugs for many days, and the strength in her body did not recover so quickly.
Fortunately, Wu Lian installed her maidservants in the county king's mansion, and two maidservants stepped forward and helped the concubine up, and everyone rushed to the outside of the county king's mansion.
The sound of movement attracted the guards in the house, and immediately a guard rushed to them, surrounding them, Wu Lian looked at the guards in front of him, raised his cold eyebrows, and as soon as the soft sword on his waist came out, the two guards who rushed forward were immediately killed by her soft sword.
Suddenly, there was chaos in the county king's mansion, and the maidservants escorted the two of them, hit outside the county king's mansion, and after sending Wu Lian and Yi Concubine to the carriage, they said to her: "Curtain master, you hurry up, here we will break off!" β
"But you!"
Wu Lian clenched the soft sword in her hand, and when they rushed out, there were already many sisters in the faction who had died, and she couldn't bear it, and wanted to stay and help, but Concubine Yi grabbed her wrist tightly, and looked at the guards who kept pouring out, so she had to give up.
He picked up the long whip in his hand and slapped the fierce horses of the carriage, and the carriage drove away, and behind him, the screams of the maidservants were heard.
The corners of her eyes were filled with tears. They have followed her for many years, and for so many years, they have almost been helping the king of Xichu County, but in the end they ended up like this, how could she not feel uncomfortable.
Nangong Yan didn't lie to her, on the second day when they arrived at the Western Chu realm, Nangong Yan also led an army of 30,000 to come.
Concubine Yi grabbed her sleeve, "Master, you and Nangong Yan?" ...β
"I have already negotiated with him, I will help him deal with your father, he will protect the safety of the two of us, and when the time comes, you and I will not have to go back to Xichu."
Wu Lian turned her head and explained it to her carefully.
"Are we going to stay in Yanjing?" Concubine Yi frowned, and a trace of worry flashed between her eyebrows.
"Yi'er, now we don't have a choice."
She lowered her eyes and thought about it, what Wu Lian said was indeed right, except for returning to Yanjing City with Nangong Yan, she really had no choice. I just feel that fate makes people.
The king of Western Chu always thought that Nangong Yan was still in the western boundary and Qingfeng, but he did not expect that he would return to Yanjing City so soon, and the reinforcements sent to him by the Western Chu Emperor had just arrived, and the news came that Nangong Yan led the troops back from the western boundary.
"Aomine?!"
He asked angrily as he grabbed the little soldier in front of him.
"General Qingfeng is dead, and the western city has also been recovered by the Yanjing soldiers..."The little soldier snorted, not daring to look at him.
His narrow eyes sank, and he felt that this matter was not as simple as he imagined, Wu Lian was so good, if he cooperated well with Qingfeng, he could completely deal with Nangong Yan.
"The king of the county, they have attacked!"
Just as he was thinking, another soldier ran in to report.
"Intercept their way, don't let them join the Yanjing army in Yanjing City!" He grabbed the long sword on the table in one hand and ran out.
"Yes!"
The creep ran out first.
After Gu Xia got the news that Nangong Yan had captured the city and brought his troops back to support, he immediately opened the city gate and led the troops to attack it, allowing the king of Xichu to attack from both sides.
Nangong Yan looked at the Yanjing army rushing towards them in the distance, and said to the king of Western Chu, "How is it?" Can the prince of the county personally taste the taste of being caught on both sides this time? β
The corners of his lips curled, and his eyes were deep.
"Humph! Brother Huang sent an army of 100,000 to support me, and the 30,000 army in your hands, plus the manpower of less than 100,000 troops in Gu Xia's hands, can't fight me. The King of Xichu raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not affected by his ridicule.
"That's right, but with the help of your men, it will be much easier to come to me."
After he finished speaking, Wu Lian walked out from the soldiers behind him, and she rode on a fierce horse, looking at the king of Xichu with cold eyes.
"Sure enough, it's you."
The king of Xichu sneered, when he was in the tent, he thought that it might be Wu Lian, but she had been loyal to him for so many years, he thought that he had thought too much, and he never thought that no matter how loyal he was, he would betray him.
Wu Pian stared at him, took off the gauze on his face, revealed a terrible scar, and said coldly: "For so many years, I have been loyal to do things for you, even if you ruined my appearance, I didn't disobey in the slightest, but you have intensified, and you don't have a trace of pity for me, the king of the county, you can have today, it's all your own fault!" β
"Do you think that when you get to him, you and Yi'er will be safe? Do you think about what Yi'er once did to his biological mother? The King of Xichu County was calm, still looking at her coldly.
This battle, even if he loses, it is not lost to her Wu Lian!
"Even if you risk my life, I won't do anything for you again!" After she finished speaking, the dagger in her hand slashed towards her face, and another blood mark was drawn!
"This knife can be regarded as a return to the love you raised Yi'er to adulthood! From now on, I don't owe you anything! β
She threw the dagger in her hand and wrapped the gauze around her to cover the wound on her face.
At the bottom of the heart of the King of Xichu, as if he had been stabbed by something, he frowned tightly, and his eyes returned to the cold of the past.
The swords rose, and the soldiers on both sides rushed forward.
Ah Jian ran in from outside, grabbed Yu Qiqi's wrist and said, "Princess, the emperor has come back with 30,000 troops to support Commander Gu!" β
"He's back?"
Yu Qiqi happily got up from the recliner, grabbed her hand and asked.
"Hmmm! It's true, at this moment, he has already started with the king of Xichu outside the city! Ah Jian nodded like pounding garlic, and his face was full of smiles.
Yu Qiqi's face was also full of joy, she originally thought that Nangong Yan would not be able to come back in the western realm for three months, but she didn't expect him to recover the western city so quickly.
She stroked her bulging lower abdomen and wanted to go to the gate outside the palace to wait for him to come back, but was stopped by Chu Peiyu, "Your Majesty, now that you are pregnant with Liujia, you can't easily go to a high place." β
"I'll sit down." Yu Qiqi was stunned for a moment, understood the worry in his words, and hurriedly explained to him.
"It is also very dangerous on the gate of the palace, in case the people of Xichu are mixed in the city, even if there are subordinates and Miss Ajian, it will be difficult to protect your safety."
Chu Peiyu still refused to give in.
"Princess, why don't you listen to General Chu." Ah Jianhe hesitated, feeling that what Chu Peiyu said was not unreasonable, she would be about to give birth in less than two months, and if something happened at this moment, none of them could afford it.
"Alright, I'll wait here for him to come back."
She had no choice but to stop and did not continue to walk.
Yan Shiqing, who was about to enter Fengluan Palace, heard the conversation between their master and servant, stopped his steps and walked outside the city gate.
With the help of Wu Lian, the king of Western Chu was forced to retreat, and his soldiers followed his previous orders to prevent Nangong Yan and Gu Xia from meeting, but the form was chaotic, everything could not be as he expected before, and after the two sides fought for a long time, the king of Western Chu fell into anxiety.
Yan Shiqing walked to the city gate, Ning Shenyuan was also on it, and when he saw him coming, his eyes froze, and he put down the bow and arrow in his hand aimed at the king of Western Chu County.
"Don't worry about my feelings." Yan Shiqing smiled at him, the dim yellow sunlight fell on half of his face, and Ning Shenyuan couldn't see the bitterness in his smile.
He narrowed his eyes, but still did not raise his hand again, only quietly watched the scene of the fight under the city gate.
The soft sword in Wu Lian's hand has been chasing the king of Western Chu, even if there is no pursuit by Nangong Yan, he is forced to have no way out.
"Li'er, this set of soft sword swordsmanship in your hand was still taught to you by this king, and now you want to use it to kill me?" The king of Xichu no longer dodged and faced her pursuit.
At the beginning, he waved a long whip in his hand, and Wu Lian saw that he was good at whipping, so he wanted him to teach her, and he joked with her that this whip method could only be learned by people from their Western Chu royal family, and outsiders could not learn it.
She threw him a soft sword and circled it with him, "This one of mine is a long sword, not a whip, so you can teach me, right?" β
The king of Xichu was amused by her cleverness, so he had to nod his head in agreement. She was very talented, and after less than three months of learning from him, she wielded the soft sword with great skill. Over the years, this soft sword has been in her hands, and she has never been defeated.
"I was forced by you, and I have already paid off what I owe you!" She has helped him do things for so many years, and the set of swordsmanship he taught her at the beginning has long been offset.
"If you are willing to turn back, I will let you and Yi'er go." He gasped slightly, his eyes tinged with a hint of anxiety.
"It's late!"
The soft sword in Wu Lian's hand swung and wrapped around his long sword, and the king of Xichu County pulled her forward with force, pulling her off the horse, and he rode his horse towards the chaotic battle, Wu Lian fell to the ground, her body kept sliding on the dust, and there was a hot fire on her back.
The king of Xichu gritted his teeth, he had no intention of stopping at all, he was going to put her to death! The man who gently said that he would let him go, at this moment, he seemed to be a demon who killed people without blinking.
The scenes of killing kept flashing in front of her eyes, the flying dust made her unable to open her eyes, her body and face were full of scars, the veil covering her face had long since fallen off, she still smiled bitterly, that is, she would have been deceived by him for so many years!
Suddenly, a fierce horse rushed out in front, Yi Concubine sat on the fierce horse, swung her sword and stabbed at the king of Xichu County, he didn't expect Yi Concubine to suddenly rush out, and hurriedly pulled the reins, the fierce horse under him was frightened, and the front hooves were raised forward, and others fell backwards and fell under the horse.
Wu Lian returned to his expression, pulled back the soft sword he was wrapped in, wrapped it around his waist, and in an instant, blood was directly seen on his waist.
He stared at the soft sword wrapped around his waist in amazement, and turned to look at her, "Li'er, you really got it?" β
"Why not?!"
This voice came from the concubine, and the sword in her hand pierced his heart!
"Yi'er..."
A trace of consternation flashed between Wu Lian's eyes.
The king of Xichu County didn't expect that he would end up dying at the hands of their mother and daughter.
"Master, he has harmed you for so many years, you must not be merciful at this moment!" Concubine Yi gritted her teeth and said, but the hand holding the sword still trembled.
"But he's your fatherβ" Mai Lian swallowed the dryness of her throat.
"She, too, is your mother..."After saying this, the king of Xichu County fell, and the dust on the ground flew to his face, making him look very miserable.
Concubine Yi looked at Wu Lian in astonishment and let go of the sword in her hand, she didn't expect that it was her biological mother who taught her kung fu and protected her for many years.
This is the warmest sentence that the king of Xichu County has ever said to her in his life.
"You, are you my mother? The concubine got off the horse, held her up, and covered the scars on her face with her clothes.
She nodded slightly.
Nangong Yan killed the enemy in the back, and didn't have the time to watch their mother and daughter stage a bitter love scene, waving the blood-stained long sword in his hand and roaring: "The soldiers of Xichu listen to the order, your commander is dead, if it is too late to surrender now, if you don't want to surrender, no one wants to return to Xichu alive!" β
The soldiers of Xichu, who were still fighting, heard his roar, and they all stopped for a while, looking at him in a daze. Nangong Yan's face was cold, his eyes were majestic, and they all put down the weapons in their hands and squatted on the ground to surrender.
Gu Xia led the troops, rushed to his side, and ordered the soldiers behind him, "Arrest all the surrendered Western Chu troops!" β
The battle outside Yanjing City lasted all day and finally stopped.
Yan Shiqing, who was standing at the city gate, saw all the scenes that had just happened, and he ran outside the city gate and ran to Concubine Yi and Wu Lian.
Seeing the hands that were holding Wu Lian with her, Concubine Yi turned her head sideways and saw Yan Shiqing, "Qing'er? Aren't you in Nanzhao? β
She always thought that he was staying well in Nanzhao.
"I've been back to Yanjing City for a while, mother, I'm relieved to see that you're okay." He raised the corners of his lips at her, and his eyes didn't fall to the king of Xichu who fell to the ground.
Seeing Yan Shiqing, Nangong Yan's eyes also changed, and he thought that he returned to Yanjing because of Yu Qiqi, what is this? Will he come back to protect her while he is away?
"Gu Xia, clean up the surrendered Western Chu soldiers and the corpses outside the city gate." He said this coldly, and rode past the three of them.
Concubine Yi glanced up at Nangong Yan, then withdrew her eyes, he said that if he didn't embarrass them, he wouldn't embarrass them.
Yan Shiqing and Concubine Yi helped Wu Lian and walked to the city gate, and when they walked outside the palace, Chu Peiyu stepped forward and said to Yan Shiqing: "Son, the emperor said that the three of you can continue to live in Yunshui Pavilion." "This is what Nangong Yan instructed Chu Peiyu before entering the palace.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yan Shiqing bowed to him and helped Wu Lian to Yunshui Pavilion.
He found the imperial doctor who had treated Shen Feihong before, and treated Wu Lian.
"Mother, when my grandmother's injury is healed, I will take you back to Nanzhao." Walking outside the house, Yan Shiqing opened his mouth and said to her.
"Hmm."
Concubine Yi nodded slightly, she also felt that it was not a way to stay in this palace like this. Besides, she had committed too much of a sin here.
It's just that as soon as the two of them sat down to drink a cup of hot tea, an attendant stepped forward and said to the concubine: "Concubine Yiniang, the emperor is invited." β
Her hand holding the cup trembled, and Yan Shiqing immediately got up from the bench and said, "I'll go with her!" β
"Shizi, the emperor said that only the concubine is alone." The attendant bowed to him and said in embarrassment.
"Qing'er, don't be afraid, since he has promised not to hurt us, he won't do anything beyond the bounds of his thoughts."
Concubine Yi pulled him back to the bench, got up alone, and walked down the Yunshui Pavilion with the attendant.
Nangong Yan was in the imperial study, the silver armor on his body had been taken off, and he was replaced by a yellow dragon robe, which was still full of majesty, which made people look intimidating.
Concubine Yi walked over to him, leaning over slightly, but did not make a sound.
"Who killed my mother?" He said that he wanted to rescue her from the county king's mansion, and he also asked about this, but no one knew the truth except her.
The concubine's hand was wrenched back and forth, and after a long time, she slowly spoke: "Yes, it's your father..."
"Full of nonsense!" Nangong Yan knocked the table, his face angry.
"What I'm saying is true, it's really your father." Concubine Yi raised her head and looked him into angry eyes.
Nangong Yan glared at her fiercely, his face cold, "Reason." β
"At the beginning, your mother relied on the power of her mother's family to win over the ministers in the court, and vowed to put you on the throne of the crown prince, causing the emperor's dissatisfaction, and the two of them quarreled many times because of this, you don't know. Later, when I gave birth to a son, a fire broke out when I sent him out of the palace, and at that time I thought that your mother sent someone to set the fire, so I blamed your mother for the crime, saying that she was jealous that I gave birth to a dragon son.
The emperor was already dissatisfied with her, and after listening to my words, he was even more furious, and I told the emperor that I could plant a poison in your mother's concubine, and let this poison stay in her body for a long time to torture her. After hearing this, instead of scolding me, the emperor asked me to poison her quickly.
Just a few years have passed, although your mother is sometimes in a trance and prone to hallucinations, she has not yet reached the stage of death. But one day, the emperor suffered a loss under the influence of your mother in the court, and he came to me and asked me how long it would take for the witch Gu in your mother's body to kill her.
I told him that if you lead your mother to a place where there is water, and she falls into the water while hallucinating, you will be able to kill her without even knowing it. After a few days, the emperor did not go to my Liangxi palace again, and I heard from the palace people that he went to your mother's concubine.
One day, as soon as he came out of your mother's bedroom, the sound of your mother falling into the water was heard inside, and when the palace people jumped down to rescue her, it was too late..."
Concubine Yi reminisced about the events of the time, and the dim candlelight flickered in her eyes.
Nangong Yan, who was still full of anger just now, leaned on the back of the dragon chair at this moment. Concubine Yi said the name of the person he was most afraid of hearing in his heart, in this huge palace, the person who could hate his mother and concubine to the core, except for Concubine Yi, was Emperor Yan Jing.
However, he didn't believe that this matter would be done by Emperor Yan Jing, so he wanted to hear the answer from the mouth of the concubine.
He smiled bitterly and could no longer utter a word.
Concubine Yi stood below for a long time before leaving his imperial study lightly.
Yan Shiqing had been waiting outside, and when he saw that she came out safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and helped her to walk towards Yunshui Pavilion.
Yu Qiqi had been waiting in Fengluan Palace, the sky had already darkened, but she couldn't see Nangong Yan's figure, she asked Chu Peiyu anxiously, "Has the emperor really returned to the palace?" β
Nangong Yan hadn't let Chu Peiyu leave Yu Qiqi's side, he had been guarding her.
"I went back to the palace at sunset, maybe I was busy with court affairs in the imperial study." Chu Peiyu bowed to her and whispered back.
Yu Qiqi frowned, and for some reason, the whole person was uneasy.
"Yes, the emperor hasn't been in the palace for so long, and the twists and turns in the imperial study may have piled up, princess, you wait, if you can't wait, just rest, the emperor will come over tomorrow." Ah Jian looked at the brightly lit outside, but only Nangong Yan was missing, and hurriedly comforted her.
"No, I want to see him today."
Yu Qiqi doesn't give up, doesn't he even want her? She bit her lip and walked back into the dormitory, settling back on the brocade stool.
Twisting her fingers in the silk handkerchief in her hand, she watched the wax oil in front of her burn up little by little, and Ah Jian added wax oil again and again.
Outside, there was still silence.
When she arrived, she finally couldn't help but yawn one after another, and the eyelids closed and opened, closed and opened.
"Princess, do you want to rest first?"
Ah Jian wrinkled his eyebrows and looked at her distressedly.
Hearing the sound of talking, Yu Qiqi, who was about to fall asleep in a daze, opened his mouth and asked, "The emperor is here?" She thought it was Nangong Yan coming, and when she looked around, there was only Ah Jian alone.
"The emperor didn't come, the slave said to let you rest first." She repeated.
"You help me up, I'll go to the imperial study to find him."
Yu Qiqi reached out and asked her to help herself up. Ah Jian sighed, so he had to help her and walk towards the imperial study in the night.
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