Chapter 155: The city is ruined
ChineseHearing Su Liuying personally say that she was going to marry Li Xiu, Rongqing was like a thunderbolt exploding above his head, and the whole person was so shocked and hated that he froze on the spot, tears rolled down, and he pointed at Su Liuying with a trembling finger, gritting his teeth
"That's what ...... This is the real purpose of your father being instigated to let me reconcile with the concubine......" Su Liu's eyes looked coldly at the vicious woman in front of her, and she was about to speak, but the Empress Dowager said coldly
"You want to marry Li Xiu?! Hmph, it also depends on whether the mourning family agrees. Hearing this, Su Liuying was stunned, but Rong Qing recovered from the shock and hatred, turned around and threw himself in front of the Queen Mother, and begged
"The Empress Dowager, you must be the master of Qing'er...... Li Xiu treated me like that, but he couldn't let him marry the royal princess anymore...... Grandma, please have pity on Qing'er, leave Qing'er with the last bit of face...... "Yes, Li Xiu was so determined to reconcile with her, the princess, before, which made her the laughing stock of the whole world, and now, in just half a year, he is going to marry the eldest princess of Dayong, didn't he tell the whole world again that she is not as good as Su Liuying?"
Although the previous fake pregnancy made the Empress Dowager not help Rongqing save her marriage with Li Xiu, she couldn't see Su Liuying giving the talisman to Li Xiu, and she was even more ashamed to marry him, so she couldn't help but say in a deep voice
"Without the permission of the mourning family, no matter how powerful you are, you can't do this family business!" Su Liuying was so angry that she couldn't speak-Dayong has reached the point of life and death, and they are still intriguing and messing around...... She sneered with a sneer
"The Empress Dowager, whether to be a rebel or a reinforcement is only in Li Xiu's thoughts, if the Empress Dowager wants to see him become the second Gu School, and he doesn't care about Dayong's life and death, of course he can not agree to this marriage." After that, Su Liuying didn't want to argue with them here anymore, and turned around and walked outside.
And the Empress Dowager finally understood the meaning of her words, her face turned pale, and she couldn't help but catch up with two steps and said in a trembling voice
"If I marry you to him, then Li Xiu ...... Will he definitely help Dayong suppress the rebels of Gu School? The steps were stagnant, and Su Liuying's heart was cold - to be honest, the Empress Dowager's scruples were also in her heart, and she never dared to put them down for a moment.
Now Dayong's situation is in chaos, and she is becoming more and more confused about Li Xiu's thoughts, even if he really mentions Gu Xiao's head in front of her in the end, she can't guarantee that he will turn against Dayong in the end.
After all, now that he has a heavy army, he is only one step away from the throne...... Suppressing the chill in her heart, Su Liuying looked back at the Empress Dowager who was no longer cold, at this moment, she saw panic and fear from this majestic old man who had been entrenched in the harem for decades and was at the peak of power, and even thought of the hope for herself in her eyes.
Su Liuying gritted her teeth and replied in the affirmative
"Yes, I will agree with him, as long as he brings up the head of the Gu School to meet me, I will marry him." Hearing this, the Empress Dowager's expression was obviously relaxed, her eyes sank, and she instructed the palace people around her
"Spread the message of mourning and take Li Shangshu and Mrs. Li into the palace." The Empress Dowager's move was obviously to take Li Zhi and his wife into the palace under house arrest as hostages, so as to hold Li Xiu hostage.
Su Liuying wanted to say something to stop her, but the Empress Dowager was resolute and couldn't allow Su Liuying to say anything more.
Walking out of Cining Palace, Su Liuying returned to Weiyang exhausted, and before she had time to rest, she was shaken by the earth-shattering sound of killing outside the palace - sensing the arrival of the ironclad soldiers, Gu Xiao attacked the city in advance!
The setting sun spread like blood in the sky, all the way to the front of the eyes, and became an endless stream of blood inside and outside the city walls...... From the afternoon onwards, the rebels began to launch a ferocious attack, countless ladders were erected on the walls of the capital, and the tall iron gates began to deform and crack under the continuous huge impacts...... Su Liuying left Xiao Nuan and Lu Jing in Changxin Palace to take care of Concubine Ning, and ran out of the palace with the shadow guards on horseback.
Along the way, countless rockets carried the fire into the city from outside the city, and immediately spread in the city, and the people screamed and panicked while dodging the arrows while fighting the fire, and the once prosperous capital will soon become a purgatory on earth...... Nanshan followed Su Liuying's side closely, helping her block the flying arrows while hurrying
"Princess, the city gate will soon be unguarded, you hurry back to the palace, it's too dangerous outside......" Su Liu's eyes were bloodshot, and he smiled sadly
"Now there is still a safe and secure place in this great mediocrity...... If the gates were not secured, the palace would be the worst slaughter field. Nanshan looked anxious and said
"Princess, will Li Xiu really come to the rescue as he wishes? In case of...... What are we going to do if he repents and doesn't move? Su Liuying held the reins in her hands with both hands to suppress the trembling of her whole body-in this way, Emperor Ming also asked her when she left the palace.
It was she who told everyone that Li Xiu would come with the ironclad army to ask for a ride, and it was she who brought hope to the trapped people.
But if Li Xiu finally repented, or wanted to take revenge on her previous incident, and didn't come to save her, what should she do?
! She didn't answer Nanshan's words, but turned her head to ask him,
"Do you have any extra swords? Give me a handful! Nanshan looked good, untied the saber at his waist and handed it to Su Liuying's hand.
With the sword in hand, Su Liuying directly rode his horse down the stairs and climbed the high city tower. The defenders of the capital were less than 100,000, but Gu Xiao's rebels had 300,000, plus the soldiers of the state capital he had subdued along the way, and by now, 400,000 horses had gathered outside the city gate.
Su Liuying looked at the black pressure on the rebels outside the city wall and couldn't see the end, and felt that it was dark in front of her - the disparity between the forces of the enemy and us was too great, and Li Xiu and the ironclad army didn't know when they would arrive, and her heart was cold and desperate little by little.
More and more rebels climbed the ladder up the wall, only to be killed and retreated by the defenders. But there are so many rebels, when will such endless killing come to an end?
General Yuan, who was defending the city, came to Su Liuying with a bloody face, and said weakly in a hoarse voice
"Princess, when will reinforcements arrive? Everyone can't support it! Su Liuying looked at General Yuan's curly blade, picked up a scattered big knife from the ground at hand, handed it to him, and said in a deep voice
"Lord Yuan, the reinforcements will definitely arrive, please take the soldiers to guard the city gate until the moment the reinforcements arrive......" General Yuan's blood-stained beard trembled slightly, and the hand that took the knife was also trembling, gritting his teeth and saying fiercely
"Princess, it's not that the old man is afraid of the enemy, and the old man is not afraid of death. It's that the disparity between the number of enemies and us is too great, no matter how desperate we try, we are afraid that we will not be able to withstand the army of traitors......" Su Liuying raised her eyes and looked at a few cold stars in the dark night sky, and said slowly
"Thank you for your hard work...... I wonder how long the defenders will be able to hold out? General Yuan sighed
"Survive tonight, if the reinforcements don't arrive tomorrow, I'm afraid that the people in this city will be slaughtered......" Su Liuying's heart trembled, and her pale little face was frighteningly white under the reflection of the firelight.
Tomorrow? Li Xiu had promised her that he would arrive in the capital the day after tomorrow to make peace with her. So, is she waiting for the day when he arrives with reinforcements?
Listening to the deafening sound of fighting in her ears, she smiled indifferently
"In this way, this princess will accompany the general to guard this great man for the last night in this city!" From the afternoon until late at night, the rebels attacked the city with more and more ferocity, tirelessly taking turns to fight, not giving the defenders a chance to breathe.
There were fewer and fewer soldiers defending the city, and the rest were exhausted, and the broadswords they swung were powerlessly slowed down...... Su Liuying stayed at the entrance of the city tower for a night, and there were countless corpses piled up around her, including rebels, guards, and shadow guards handed over to her by Lou Yue...... Except for Nanshan, who has been guarding her side all the time, the other shadow guards have already joined the ranks of killing the enemy.
But no matter how powerful the shadow guards are, they can't withstand the battle of the wheels of thousands of troops, and in the end, there are only a few dozen of the dozens of shadow guards left.
While killing the rebels who kept climbing up the city tower, Nanshan said hoarsely to Su Liuying with red eyes
"Princess, my lord taught me before that when there are many enemies and I am outnumbered, only by capturing the leader of the opponent can we win. Let his subordinates lead people to kill, and kill Gu Xiao's old thief to make the rebels retreat......" The long sword in Su Liuying's hand was stained with blood at some point, and her lotus-colored dress was also stained with blood, which she splashed when she killed the rebels who climbed up the city tower...... She has also harmed others in self-defense before, such as Yu Fu.
But it was the first time she had stabbed a long sword into someone else's body like this and killed someone else. But Su Liuying did not tremble or be afraid, and her hands holding the long sword were extremely resolute.
She looked down the city tower, and saw the rebel flag of the Southern Yunnan Army standing behind the dense generals, and from a distance, she could see Gu Xiao riding a horse and standing under the rebel flag, pointing at the city gate with a big knife in his hand.
She stopped Nanshan and said with a wry smile
"From here to the front of Gu Xiao, there are too many enemy troops, it's too impossible......" Nanshan cut down another person, panting and laughing miserably
"Okay, I'll keep this life and escort the princess out of the city when the city is broken......" Su Liuying looked back at the dwindling guards on the city tower, and then looked up at the dark night sky overhead, it was the darkest hour before dawn, and it wouldn't be long before dawn the sky would dawn...... However, at this moment, a small soldier ran over in a panic and told Su Liuying that General Yuan had died!
Su Liuying's whole body trembled, even the generals who defended the city were sacrificed, in this way, can Dayong still hold out until the moment of dawn?
Looking back, Su Liuying looked at the lights in the city that had been lit all night, and knew that the people of the whole city had stayed awake all night, all paying attention to this life-and-death battle.
She didn't know how many women, children and elderly people were among them, and she didn't dare to imagine what kind of killing they would encounter when the city was broken.
And once the city is broken, Hu Di's iron cavalry will also sweep south, break Bianzhou, sweep the Central Plains, and the people of Dayong will face an even more brutal slaughter...... Su Liuying panicked and despaired, but her heart all night calmed down at this moment, and the sky was as dark as splashing ink, but the deep dead silence in her eyes at this time.
She leaned powerlessly on the blood-soaked city wall and headed south for the mountain
"Shout to Gu Xiao and tell him to stop the army - as long as ...... As long as he promises to spare the people of the city, we will open the city gate and welcome him into the city......" Hearing this, Nanshan was shocked, and looked back at Su Liuying in disbelief, shocked
"Is the princess going to surrender herself...... Princess, even if Gu Xiao is willing to let go of the people of the whole city, he will not let go of the members of the royal family, and when the time comes, you, the princesses, the princes, and the emperor will all be killed......"
"To surrender or not, the royal family of Dayong will eventually face destruction, it is better to seek a way to live for the people of the city!" Su Liuying's attitude was very resolute, and Nanshan suddenly remembered something and said in a trembling voice
"Princess, this matter cannot be left to you...... You are obviously for the good of the people of the world, but in the end, you will leave a lasting infamy in history, and you will say that you are acting as a substitute for you, and you are afraid of death and surrendering. This is ...... It is up to Your Majesty to decide this...... I can't let you take the ...... alone" Listening to Nanshan's words, Su Liuying remembered that Emperor Jing Ming, who had been guarding the palace without showing his face, and besides, he was afraid that if he was a princess, Gu Xiao would not believe it, so he couldn't help but laugh sarcastically
"In this way, you hurry back to the palace and tell the emperor what I mean, so that he can think about the world for the sake of the world one last time!"
"After you bring back the message, don't go back here, work with Xiao Nuan Lu Jing to protect Concubine Ning out of the palace, go to the small courtyard in Anrenli, disguise yourself as a commoner, and protect the imperial heir in Concubine Ning's womb......"
"If you can get out of the city smoothly, don't go to Bianzhou, Hu Di's army will go south immediately...... You lead them to Beixian to join the eldest prince of Han Yu, and beg him to take you in and protect you......" Su Liuying's hand holding the long sword trembled slightly, and finally stood up straight with the long sword, and watched in a daze as the black of the sky spread out, revealing a meager morning light...... Hearing her last instructions, Nanshan would not understand her plan, and she would refuse without thinking about it.
However, before Nanshan could speak, at this moment, a rapid drum beat came from outside the city - the Southern Yunnan army launched the final siege charge.
For a while, the rockets rained down on the city again, and the rebels' attack was even more fierce, the city gate was already crumbling, and the defenders on the city tower were also killed and wounded in the random arrows...... Su Liuying pushed Nanshan away and said anxiously
"Go to the palace to tell you, if you wait for the rebels to enter the city any later, you will be slaughtered......" However, at this moment, Lu Jing ran to the city tower, and the moment she saw Su Liuying, she was excited and panicked
"Miss, Concubine Ning gave birth...... But...... But after the postpartum blood collapse, the concubine must see you...... Miss, come back to the palace with me......" Hearing this, Su Liuying was taken aback, she never expected that Concubine Ning would give birth at this time, let alone that Concubine Ning would collapse in blood, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat - her father was telling her to let her shelter Concubine Ning on her deathbed, if she had three longs and two shorts, she would be ashamed of her father's spirit in the sky.
couldn't care about anything else, Su Liuying had to rush back to the palace...... The entire palace was in a panic, especially the Changxin Palace.
Su Liuying didn't care about the blood stains on her body, and went straight to Changxin Palace, only to find that in the huge Changxin Palace, there was no one in sight, and Concubine Ning's side, except for Fei'er, only Xiao Nuan and Lu Jing were there, and only Lin Mu was guarded by a doctor.
The palace people in the palace heard that the rebels were about to come in, and they couldn't care about the difference between dignity and inferiority at this time, and they didn't know where to flee to hide, so when Concubine Ning had a difficult birth, except for her cronies Fei'er and Su Liuying, Xiao Nuan Lu Jing, who was sent to her side, she didn't even have a midwife.
Su Liuying entered Concubine Ning's dormitory and was greeted with a rich bloody ambiguity. Even if the blood that had been seen on the city tower for a night was like a river, but at this moment, the smell of blood in Concubine Ning's bedroom still made Su Liuying tremble.
Concubine Ning was lying on the bed with her face like gold paper, with the newly born little prince beside her, and her vain eyes looked at Su Liuying, who appeared at the door of the hall with a bloody stain, with a relieved smile on her face, and stretched out her hand to her, with difficulty
"Hotaru, have the rebels retreated?" Seeing Concubine Ning like this, Su Liuying dared to tell her the news that the city was about to be broken, so she had to take her cold hand and smile reluctantly
"Rest assured, the rebels have retreated...... Soon, our Dayong will be quiet and peaceful again......" Concubine Ning looked at her bloodstained body and the sadness in her expression, and she would not know that she was lying to herself, so that she could rest assured.
She didn't poke her either, picked up the child next to her and put it into Su Liuying's hand, tears rolled down, her face was full of reluctance, and she said guiltily
"Liuying, I hurt you, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to go back to the capital...... But this child still has to be entrusted to you again...... I'm going to trouble you again, please let you escape with my Xiao Jiu and Huang'er...... Raise their sister and brother to adulthood...... "With that, he raised his hand and summoned Jingyu, the ninth princess who was kneeling in front of the bed with Fei'er and them, to him, crying and teaching
"From now on, you will follow the eldest princess sister...... From today on, she is not only your eldest sister, but also your mother, you have to be obedient, and you have to take care of your younger brother......" The ninth princess was young, although she didn't know much about anything, but she was frightened all night, and when she saw her mother like this, she was even more scared, and when she saw Concubine Ning crying, she also cried out with a 'wow'.
Su Liuying tried her best to hold back her tears, she couldn't cry at this time, she couldn't let her eyes mist and make a mistake...... When she turned around, she saw Lin Mu kneeling beside her with a solemn face, and said in a trembling voice
"Lord Lin, you are the holy hand of gynecology, you must save your mother...... Lin Mu said bitterly
"The mother was in pain all night, and the amniotic fluid ran out, but the child did not show his head for a long time, during which the mother had been in a coma several times...... After that, she finally gave birth to a little prince, but she collapsed after giving birth...... Wechen is ashamed, I'm sorry for the princess and the mother......"
"Liuying, don't blame Lord Lin...... It's my life...... Good thing you're here, so ...... I walked with peace of mind......" After entrusting the child to Su Liuying, Concubine Ning's last worries were put down, and the breath she was holding fell down, and she died...... Before this, Su Liuying never thought of getting out of the capital alive again, because she lost the talisman, if Dayong was destroyed, her sin would be unforgivable, even if the rebels didn't kill her, she would have no shame to live in the world.
But at this moment, looking at the imperial brother who had just been born less than an hour ago in her arms, and the five-year-old royal sister who was timidly pulling her at hand, Su Liuying knew that from this moment, she would not only have to live, but also escape from the capital with her two children...... However, before she could leave Changxin Palace with her two children and Nanshan and flee outside the palace, she only heard chaos in the palace, some people shouted, the city gate was broken, and the rebels came in...... The Yulin Army was ordered by Emperor Jingming to hold the last line of defense, strictly guard the four palace gates, and escorted all the princes and princesses of the harem into Cining Palace by the order of the Empress Dowager.
Su Liuying and his entourage were also sent to Cining Palace by Yulin Army. When they entered, Cining Palace was already crowded with the masters and ladies of the harem, as well as the princess and princess, all of them with solemn faces, and even more timid ones were already crying in fright, but under the pressure of the empress dowager, they didn't dare to cry, so they could only sobbed quietly...... Therefore, no more than the panic outside, there was a solemn and dead silence in the huge Cining, like a living underground palace...... The Empress Dowager sat upright with a pale face, her eyes fell coldly on the little prince who had just been born in Su Liuying's arms, and said with a tragic smile
"Is this the son born to Concubine Ning? Oh, thanks to his mother's desperate birth, but she is a hard-working child, and she is going to die as soon as she is born, it's really ...... Wretched! Shocked by this, Su Liuying looked up at the old and grief-stricken face of the Empress Dowager, and her heart choked, so she had to hug the son of Concubine Ning in her arms in exchange for her life, but she was so grief-stricken that she couldn't speak.
The door of the palace was slammed shut, and the old lady beside the Empress Dowager came in and cried sadly
"The Empress Dowager, everything ...... It's all set. The Empress Dowager's face was shrouded in endless sorrow, and her pale hair shone with a cold glow in the morning light.
She stood up tremblingly, her cloudy eyes swept over everyone one by one, and she said in a trembling voice
"As soon as the palace gate is broken, our Dayong Yin family will die...... Don't cry, as soon as the gate of Cining Palace is broken, the mourning family will let Mama light the oil outside the door...... Our ancestors and grandchildren have three generations, and we will have a companion on Huangquan Road...... Let's go to the underworld together to ask the ancestors and the ancestors for their guilt......" As soon as the Empress Dowager said this, the silent people in the hall finally panicked, and the crying for help became a mess, and the Empress Dowager shouted
"If you want to die, you must die with dignity, don't forget, you are the prince and princess, and you are the master of the concubine, don't embarrass Dayong!" Hearing that the Queen Mother was going to burn everyone alive in this Cining Palace, Su Liuying was also frightened.
She looked at the little baby in her arms who opened her eyes slightly and looked at her, and then looked at the ninth princess Jingyu who was timidly next to her, and her mind kept thinking about the instructions that her father and Concubine Ning had given to her before they died, and her whole body trembled, and she said in a trembling voice
"The Queen Mother, I promised Niangniang that I must protect the little prince...... After the Yin family could not be broken, I asked the Empress Dowager to allow me to take the little prince out of the palace...... "Without waiting for the Empress Dowager to speak, Rong Qing, who was standing beside the Empress Dowager, took a few steps forward and came to Su Liuying, looked at Su Liuying with vicious and smug eyes, gritted his teeth and said hatefully
"You are the cause of all this today. If you don't selfishly take away the talisman, why will Dayong destroy the country? Why do you want to die here?
After that, she looked at Su Liuying, who was pale and flustered, and said proudly
"Didn't you give Li Xiu the talisman and wait for him to save you, and then marry you?! It seems that in Li Xiu's heart, you are not so important - he deceived your affection and your power. You say, are you more pitiful than I am? Su Liuying never expected that at such a moment, Rongqing was still thinking about competing with herself, but she forgot that it was she who poisoned her father to cause Dayong's situation today, and she was Dayong's sinner.
Without thinking about it, Su Liuying raised her hand and slapped Rong Qing in the face, with such force that she slapped the defenseless Rong Qing to the ground.
"Poisonous woman, slut, it was you who poisoned your father to make Dayong what he is today, you are Dayong's sinner through the ages - thanks to my father's death, I asked me to forgive you, I should have killed you earlier!" As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the already panicked hall, everyone looked at Rong Qing who fell to the ground in shock and disbelief, and even the Empress Dowager was so stunned that she froze on the spot, trembling her head and pointing at Rong Qing who was flustered and pale, so angry that she couldn't speak.
The others were still shocked and couldn't believe it, but Princess Linglan was the first to react, rushing to Rongqing, who fell to the ground, punching and kicking, and greeting the other princes and princesses, gritting her teeth
"Everyone killed this scourge, everything was caused by her, we have to avenge our father!" Everyone who was on the verge of death had resentment in their hearts, and now when they heard Ling Lan say it, they couldn't help but rush forward and fight around Rongqing.
And those concubines who usually have grievances and hatreds, when it comes to the moment of life and death, they also have revenge, and they have revenge, and they all fight against each other.
In the chaos in the hall, Ling Lan quietly squeezed to Su Liuying's side, pushed her to go everywhere, and said
"Big sister, take advantage of the chaos and leave with your little brother...... Look for an opportunity to escape from the palace. As soon as she heard her, Su Liuying came back to her senses in an instant, and hurriedly asked Nanshan and Lu Jing to take knives to force back the palace people who were blocking at the entrance of the palace, and let them open the palace door and let them go out.
Su Liuying took Ling Lan's hand, looked at her delicate but dignified face, and said repeatedly
"Sister come with me!" Ling Lan looked at her holding the little prince in her arms, and the five-year-old ninth princess by her side, her eyes were red, and she choked in her throat
"I'm going to follow and I'm just going to drag my sister down...... I'm afraid it's even harder to escape from the palace...... If my sister can escape from the capital smoothly, I will help my sister bring a message to Prince Xiao, and just say it...... said that Ling Lan was going to miss the appointment...... "Princess Ling Lan had agreed with Han Yu that on the day when his legs were better, she would go to Beixian to see him, and not long ago, Han Yu also wrote to tell her that his legs had slowly regained sensation and he would be able to stand up again in a few days...... How Ling Lan wanted to see what Han Yu looked like when he stood up, and what he looked like when he rode a horse...... Preferably, he must be very good-looking in white...... Su Liuying looked at Ling Lan's young and delicate face, thinking that her flower-like age was gone like this, and her heart was numb with pain.
However, without waiting for her to say anything, the closed door of the palace suddenly opened, and Emperor Jing Ming entered the hall with a blood-stained long sword in his hand, his cloak was scattered, and his eyes were red, and he saw Su Liuying standing at the door of the hall at a glance, and his eyes instantly surged with murderous energy, and the blood-stained long sword stabbed at her fiercely!
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