Chapter 353: Sitting Still?
After a few more words, she went back to her room under the worried eyes of the two, and put all the peanuts and rice that Seventeen gave her before into her purse and carried it on her body, and at the critical moment, she could only rely on them to save her life.
The plan to rescue Xiao Wu is about to come to naught, but in the current situation, the cold palace is much safer than other palaces, and the biggest problem is food and water.
After all, once there is a palace change and everyone is in danger, their mother and daughter have nowhere to buy food, so she has to find a way to send some supplies.
Now Niangniang can't do without people around her, she can't go out, so she has to feel the copper whistle around her neck and blow three times into the void.
Xiao Jing said that if there is an emergency, he only needs to blow it three times, and he will come as soon as possible.
This was the first time she blew it, and she was anxious and worried, and she waited restlessly in the room for a long time, but Xiao Jing did not appear.
couldn't help but secretly say that he was confused, and now the emperor is also anxious, Xiao Jing, as a guard, naturally can't leave his post without permission, she shouldn't make trouble for him
"Xiaojiu, Niangniang is looking for you, why haven't you been back for a long time?"
When I entered the door at the end of spring, I saw the package she had packed, and wondered, "What are you doing, how did you come back and pack it in the daytime?"
She didn't know what the king of Nanyang was going to do, so she flipped through the baggage on the table casually, and found that the clothes and fabrics in it were messy and there was everything, so she asked.
"Oh, these are some old ones, and I'm getting ready to clear the cabinet and get ready to buy spring clothes."
Tie up the baggage and put it at the head of the bed, Su Xiaojiu said a few perfunctory words, then followed her up and walked out, "Niangniang can say nothing"
Late Spring shook his head, "I just said that you should go back quickly, there is nothing else." ”
Looking at her nervousness, he asked again, "What's the matter, but what happened?"
"Oh, maybe I'm hungry, I'll go over here."
At the end of spring, I didn't believe it, every time my mother had something, I always told Xiaojiu alone that she was also a big palace maid, but she had a feeling of being excluded, and she was still a little uncomfortable in her heart, seeing that Su Xiaojiu didn't want to say more, she couldn't ask anything, so the smile on her face faded, and she left first.
But Su Xiaojiu didn't have the time to worry about her mood.
In the imperial study, Lu Hou stared at Emperor Yuanhe with a pair of tiger eyes, waiting for him to take out the tiger talisman.
The Nanyang army could attack the city at any time, and their time was running out
In the face of Emperor Yuanhe's suspicion and hesitation, Lu Hou was very anxious, and urged: "The emperor is in an urgent situation, what are you hesitating about, is it possible that you are counting on Xu Mang to suddenly change his mind."
Emperor Yuan He leaned back, leaning on the back of his chair, seemingly closing his eyes and recuperating, but in fact he was struggling violently in his heart.
In the end, he finally made up his mind, Huo Ran got up and said to Xiao Jing, "Escort Xiao, I order you to leave immediately and go to Beidaying to give orders."
Xiao Jing was ordered to go out, and after a while, he came in with a secret report in his hand and presented it to Emperor Yuanhe, "Your Majesty, the King of Nanyang is ready to attack the city."
"What"
Emperor Yuanhe slumped in his chair and looked at Lu Hou fixedly.
"The emperor also asked the emperor to give him a tiger talisman"
Lu Hou knelt on one knee, this country will have the surname Mo after all, but in the end, Yun'er will not be able to ascend to the throne, and he will never allow Dayuan to change to the surname Xu.
"You go out first, Rong Zhen thinks"
"The Emperor"
Lu Hou slapped his thigh hard, turned his head and walked out of the door.
Emperor Yuan He looked at the closed door, and finally took out the tiger talisman from the dark grid unwillingly, and now he has no other way to go except to believe in Lu Hou
Lu Hou was anxious, every moment the emperor delayed, the imperial city might fall a moment earlier, and they had no time
Fortunately, Emperor Yuanhe didn't let him wait too long, as the door opened, Emperor Yuanhe stood behind him with a tired face, slowly stretched out his right hand, spread out his palm, and the purple-gold tiger talisman exuded a cool cold light in the daylight,
"Zhang Dequan"
"The Minions Are In"
"The order goes down, and the harem concubines all go to the Taihe Palace"
"Niangniang, the emperor has sent a decree to let us go to the Taihe Palace."
At this point, Su Xiaojiu could only calm down, hugged Yun'er in person, Aunt Zhang supported Concubine Rong, Moli was led by the late spring, the whole palace was immersed in a tense atmosphere, and when she arrived at the Taihe Palace, the queen and most of the concubines had already arrived, but everyone didn't know what was going on, and they were summoned to the Taihe Hall for the first time, and many people still had the leisure to enjoy the scenery.
After looking around, I was gradually puzzled by the unusual atmosphere in the hall.
The Taihe Hall is the emperor's dormitory, and it was originally the most heavily defended place in the entire palace, but today there are only about 20 guards outside the palace.
But seeing Emperor Yuan He with a solemn face, sitting on the top, his eyes were not looking at the palace gate for a moment, and he couldn't help but talk about it.
The Queen Mother slowly stepped into the palace gate with the help of Seventeen, looked around, and saw that all the palace concubines were there, and couldn't help frowning and said, "The emperor made such a big battle, I don't know what happened."
Since the mother and son talked that day, the queen mother's attitude was very cold, and Emperor Yuan He felt ashamed, so he could only bear it, and seeing that everyone had arrived, he announced the rebellion of King Nanyang in public.
"Xu Mang Dare"
Fortunately, Seventeen didn't let go of the hand holding the Queen Mother from the time she came in, and the Queen Mother didn't faint on the spot.
"What Xu Mang is reversed"
Mo Kite followed the queen over, thinking that his father was to discuss the birthday of the emperor's grandmother, but at this moment, he felt that the sky was about to fall, and the queen was also panicked, but he was afraid that she would annoy the emperor by saying something unscrupulous, so he glared at her fiercely and shouted "shut up"
The ink kite hurriedly covered her mouth and clutched the queen's sleeve tightly, not seeing half of her arrogance in the past.
She no longer cares about state affairs, she only listens to her mother's nagging and knows that the treasury is empty, but Xu Mang has a heavy army, once she rebels, what will they do to resist
In the end, it's just a teenage girl, just think
The other concubines are also disgraced, but they are all going to die here today
Especially Mu Qing'er, she has only been in the palace for a few months, and she hasn't enjoyed enough honor and favor yet, she doesn't want to die
Thinking of the scene of the rebels washing the palace in blood, her eyes went dark and she fainted.
There are many timid palace people who can't help crying in a low voice, and they are afraid that the emperor will be angry, so they only dare to lie on the ground and grit their tooth sockets.
Even the children, who have always been playful, sensed the tension of the atmosphere, and they all relied on their mother and concubine, not daring to run around.
Seventeen almost couldn't help but scold, damn, if you don't say such a big thing early, Lao Tzu can bring all the peanuts and rice in the house
Now he didn't have a single extra grain except the few in the chamber of the gun
Thinking that he might never see Ruyi, Seventeen suddenly turned scarlet, his eyes couldn't help but sweep over the crowd, and looked at Su Xiaojiu beside Concubine Rong, Su Xiaojiu nodded at him, patted his bulging purse, Seventeen breathed a sigh of relief, and then violently mentioned these meanings Xiaojiu had already known about the rebellion of King Nanyang
Hearing that Xu Mang was disgusted, the dragon head crutches in the hands of the Queen Mother and the floor of the crutches rattled, and she looked at Emperor Yuan and said, "When is the matter, the mourning family has not heard a trace of the wind"
Emperor Yuanhe suppressed the crowd with his eyes that were almost instantaneous, and said in a deep voice, "I also got the news today, the queen mother is a little restless, Yongyi Hou has already received the tiger talisman to mobilize the forbidden army, Xiao Jing has also gone to the Beida camp to transfer troops, they should cooperate with the outside, and they will soon be able to take down Xu Mang." ”
There is almost no convincing power when he says this, he is really so confident, why should he let them all retreat to the Taihe Palace
Seventeen suddenly relaxed, since there was a forbidden army blocking it, it didn't come in so quickly, and he still had time to go back and get the guy.
didn't take a few steps, but was grabbed by the wrist by the queen mother, "Where are you going, it's not safe outside, the rebels may break through at any time, you are not allowed to go anywhere"
"Queen Mother, Erchen will go back and get something, and I'll be back soon."
The Queen Mother thought that he was going back to clean up the softness, and said angrily, "When is this happening, I still think about those things outside my body to stay honestly for the mourning family, and when the rebels are pacified, you will give you whatever you want."
The hall was already quiet, the mother and son tugged, and each person's eyes were projected, many of them had a look of contempt, seventeen supported their foreheads, and explained, "The queen mother, the sons are not going to take silver, but to take weapons for self-defense." ”
He also had a musket and two cartridges of ammunition that would come in handy.
The Queen Mother resolutely refused, "As far as your three-legged cat kung fu, even if you take a weapon, how can you be guarded by guards here, you don't need to go into battle in person, just wait for me honestly"
Waiting is the most grinding.
But they don't seem to be able to do anything but wait.
Even though Emperor Yuan He had said more than once that as long as he lasted for eight days, the rapid march of the Beida camp would be able to arrive, but everyone was still in the clouds of sorrow and raised their hearts to their throats.
The people of all the palaces are gathered here, and they can only sit on the chairs when they sleep at night, let alone eat, as soon as the news of the rebellion of the king of Nanyang came out, there were already many palace attendants who took advantage of the guards to transfer to the Taihe Palace, and escaped from the palace overnight.
It's a pity that Yongyi Hou was one step late, and after two days of support, Xu Mang's army broke into the city, but the strange thing was that he ordered that the people should not be slaughtered, and the sword was pointed directly at the palace.
At the same time, Lu Hou was fortunate at the same time, so he had to retreat to the imperial city with the forbidden army, plus 5,000 guards in the palace, a total of 25,000 men and horses, to block the rebels outside the palace gate.
The people who were huddled in the Taihe Hall could almost hear the sound of fighting outside the palace walls.
The sword roared, shaking everyone's nerves.
All the guards in the palace were transferred to guard the palace gate, except for Lu Cheng outside the Taihe Palace, there were only twenty guards, once the rebels broke through the door, the consequences can be imagined.
Su Xiaojiu was worried about another thing.
It is customary in the palace that most of the ingredients must be purchased every day to ensure freshness, and after only two days, there will be a shortage of food in stock.
If Xu Mang came to his senses, and the 60,000 army wrapped the palace layer by layer, why did they need to use a single soldier, before the reinforcements arrived, they would starve to death first.
Emperor Yuanhe must have thought of this, and it can be seen from today's distribution of meals that all the food is provided to the concubines and guards first, and the palace attendants are only barely half full.
Not only that, but the charcoal furnace in the temple was extinguished on the second day, and nearly 100 people stayed in the temple together, and the temperature was still uncontrollably cooled.
It was only the third day, and they had to wait at least five days.
Tell Concubine Rong about the worries in her heart, Concubine Rong can only sigh and say, "Now we can only take one step at a time, if Xu Mang captures one day earlier, we will be in danger for a day, if it is just a siege, the chance of waiting for reinforcements is greater." ”
Su Xiaojiu thought about it, and it was true, but he was really unwilling to wait like this, so he asked, "Niangniang, do you know that there are any secret passages in this palace that can lead to the outside of the palace?"
Concubine Rong shook her head, "Even if there is, until the last moment, the emperor will not say it." ”
He is the king of a country, if the soldiers are the first to flee under the city, not only will this country be unable to be surnamed Mo, but will also be spurned by the world, so he will not flee unless he has to.
"But it's not a way to wait like this, others don't care, you're still pregnant, how can you eat well?"
Not only that, but they came in a hurry, even the bedding and blankets did not bring a few more beds, the charcoal fire in the Taihe Hall was insufficient, and there was no bed to sleep at night, Concubine Rong couldn't sleep while sitting with Liujia in her arms, so she could only lay two quilts on the ground, which was hard and cold, where could she stand it
In the past two days, the supply of hot water for food and food has been tight, and in addition to the poor rest, Concubine Rong's eyes have become much haggard, Su Xiaojiu often sees her secretly stroking her stomach and frowning, obviously her stomach is uncomfortable, but she is afraid that they will worry, so she carries it and does not say anything.
Su Xiaojiu pretended not to see it, but she couldn't help but be anxious, she was not afraid of anything now, she was afraid that Concubine Rong's body would not be able to bear it, there was neither a doctor nor any medicinal materials here, once she had a miscarriage, she would be powerless to return to the sky
Sitting still is not Su Xiaojiu's temperament, she can ignore everyone else, but Concubine Rong, she can't ignore it.
Touching the gun in his arms, Su Xiaojiu said to Concubine Rong, "Niangniang, we still have some food reserves in the palace, why don't you take a few people to transport some here."
Not only Ronghua Palace, but also Ci'an Palace, Qiwu Palace and other palaces, but now that the situation is that it is impossible for more than 20 guards outside the door to go, and the palace attendants dare not go out and walk around, so they can only watch the food in the Taihe Palace become less and less.
In comparison, Ronghua Palace is close to here, and she must try her luck.
Concubine Rong didn't agree, she held her stomach with one hand, grabbed her arm tightly with the other and said, "Absolutely not, except for the Taihe Palace, it is not safe anywhere now, in case there are already rebels infiltrating the palace, it will be bad if they are discovered."
In recent days, her mood has been in a state of tension, her stomach has frequent contractions, and she doesn't dare to walk a step.
Aunt Zhang also didn't approve of her taking risks, those soldiers were vulgar, seeing such a delicate little girl, who knew what she would do
Although this girl boasts of having a few three-legged cat kung fu, if she really faces the rough man who fights and marches all year round, she is not an opponent even if she is three
So he said to Su Xiaojiu, "Let's wait, there are people serving around the emperor, and when the rations are really short, he will definitely find a way." ”
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