At the same time, the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.

The Lingxiao Treasure Palace, which was once full of officials, is now empty and deserted, and even the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace have left most of them.

Now, in addition to the current Great Zhou Shengshang Ji Lingyue in the huge palace, there are only two gray-haired old eunuchs and a young monk.

The empress looked calm, as if everything that was happening outside the imperial city now had nothing to do with her.

The two eunuchs looked a little nervous, looking out of the palace from time to time, their eyes flashing with a faint uneasiness. The little monk clutched the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, with undisguised panic and fear on his face.

"Report, the Praetorian Guards at the East City Gate have all been wiped out, and the city gate has been breached by the rebels." At this moment, a hurried voice broke the silence of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Quiet!

The atmosphere in the palace suddenly sank, and fine cold sweat appeared on the foreheads of the two old eunuchs, and their bodies trembled slightly, revealing panic.

"The rebels have entered the Imperial City?" The empress's eyes were slightly raised, and her voice was calm.

The visitor hesitated, paused for a few moments before continuing: "This, the rebels have not yet entered the imperial city. Commander Kou went to support, and now he has single-handedly defended the East City Gate, temporarily blocking the rebels' attack. It's just that.... It's just that the commander's injuries a few days ago have not healed, and there is no shortage of Void Immortal powerhouses in the enemy army, so I am afraid that the East City Gate will not be able to defend it for long. ”

Commander Cole!

When the empress heard this, her pupils couldn't help but constrict, and her phoenix eyes were as powerful as an ancient divine beast.

"Bang!"

The empress slapped on the armrest of the dragon chair, and scolded with anger on her face: "Bastard, haven't I already demoted him to a concubine, why, for." ”

When the empress said this, she suddenly collapsed weakly on the dragon chair, her eyes slightly closed and said bitterly: "I should have known that he would not leave like that. He has been so stupid and stupid since he was a child. I stupidly stayed by my side every day, and never complained. ”

In the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, there was a dead silence, only the empress's murmur echoed in the palace.

"He shouldn't stay with me for the funeral, and he should be buried with Da Zhou."

The empress's eyes were slightly closed, her face was a little more melancholy, and her hands were clasped tightly on the armrests of the dragon chair. She has lost too many people in her life, but only one can never be forgotten.

Kou Tianen's feelings for her, she has actually always understood.

If the Emperor of Heaven had not disappeared and she had not become the current Great Zhou Shengshang, the two might have already married and become the envied immortal couple. It's a pity that the situation in the world is changing so fast, so fast that no one can react.

Not long after she ascended the throne, the world was already in chaos, and all the heavens and all the clans raised the banner of opposing Zhou and the sky. And the Great Zhou Heavenly Court, which had once been powerful for hundreds of thousands of years, collapsed rapidly at a speed beyond everyone's imagination after losing a large number of elites.

First, he completely lost contact with the Star Expeditionary Force, and then the star fields that were finally attacked in the Star Sea fell one after another.

In the end, the eighteenth anti-kings marched hand in hand, breaking through the impregnable defenses of the Great Zhou in a short period of time, and even breaking the Chang'an City that they had been operating for hundreds of thousands of years!

Seeing that the building was about to fall, the empress had already understood her end.

She is the Emperor of the Great Zhou, and there has never been a Great Zhou Emperor in this world who fled without a fight, and there will never be a Great Zhou Emperor who escaped. She already has the heart of death, and she already has the consciousness of death.

It's just that although the empress is ready to live and die with Da Zhou, she doesn't want Kou Tianen to be buried with Da Zhou. Therefore, yesterday, when Kou Tianen proposed to retreat to Luoyang and invite all the princes to Qinwang, she decisively reprimanded the other party and removed Kou Tianen from all positions.

Of course, in addition to selfishness, the reason why the empress refused Kou Tianen's request was because she understood that the princes could no longer be trusted. If the princes were really willing to die for the Great Zhou, how could the anti-kings break the Kyushu defense line in a short period of time and easily kill Chang'an!?

The hearts of the people have been dispersed as early as when the Emperor of Heaven disappeared!

It's just that the empress thought that if she removed Kou Tianen from her position and expelled him from the imperial city, the other party would leave obediently. Unexpectedly, Kou Tianen not only did not go out of the city, but turned back again, and even guarded the east gate that should have collapsed with his own strength.

"Emperor of Heaven, the west gate can't be guarded." Just as the empress was deep in thought, a middle-aged monk with a tired face walked in. His body was covered in blood, and his white monk's robe had been stained red with blood, and even more blood dripped to the ground as he walked.

"Has the West Gate also been lost?" The empress came back to her senses, looked at the middle-aged monk indifferently, and said indifferently.

"Shang Feng Lao Dao and Mrs. Xuyan at the South City Gate have both fallen one after another, and I am afraid that they will not be able to hold it for too long. The East Gate is the weakest part of our defensive line, and I am afraid that it has been lost. The middle-aged monk shook his head slightly, clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name.

"Commander Kou has returned, and now he is guarding the East City Gate with his own strength." Empress Yu held her forehead with her hand, and her voice was a little more melancholy and dignified.

Commander Cole!

The middle-aged monk was stunned for a moment, frowned and had nothing to say.

The matter between the empress and Kou Tianen is no secret. In the early years, the two were well-known golden boys and girls in the Great Zhou. It's just that the situation in the world is changing too fast, and the former princess is now an unattainable emperor.

The empress suddenly looked sideways at the little monk, with a faint smile on her face, and asked, "Little guy, are you afraid?" ”

"Cangsheng, no, don't be afraid." The little monk held his little head high, trying to show that he was not afraid. But the tearful eyes and the choked voice betrayed his frightened mood.

"No, you need to be afraid, how can you not be afraid. I am also afraid, and I am afraid. The empress stood up and looked at the sky outside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, her voice was not hurried, but with a little bit of bitterness.

"Will the Emperor of Heaven be afraid?" When Cangsheng heard this, the tears in his eyes stopped, and he said curiously.

"The Emperor of Heaven is also a human being, why wouldn't he be afraid. It's just that you have to remember that we can be afraid, we can be afraid, but we must not back down. The hope of the Great Zhou, the hope of the human race, will never disappear with the disappearance of anyone. The empress took a deep breath and slowly walked out of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

"Drive and go to the East City Gate." Before walking out of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, the empress said indifferently.

Cangsheng looked at the empress's firm steps a little cutely, and her slightly thin back was like a mountain supporting heaven and earth, majestic and immortal!

Now he didn't understand what the empress's words meant, and he didn't understand what the other party wanted to do, but he remembered everything today.

"Cangsheng, stay in the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, no matter what happens outside, don't go out."

The middle-aged monk followed the empress, and when he was about to step out of the main hall, he looked back and made a Buddhist salute to the little monk, and said solemnly: "Remember, killing is lifesaving, slaughtering the world is saving the world, and you can be a Buddha with a clear conscience." If Master doesn't come back from this trip, you will be the new presiding officer of my Daxiangguo Temple. ”

After the middle-aged monk finished speaking, he ignored the bewildered expression of the little monk and firmly followed the empress to the east gate.

Even if he knew that there was no reason to survive this trip!

In other words, all the people who stayed behind to guard the imperial city and never left were ready to fall.

They know they can't do it!