Linchuan Princess Mansion, in front of the door.
The eldest princess of Linchuan handed her daughter Gu Sheng, who was comatose because she cried excessively and was force-fed a sedative medicine, to her husband Gu Wei. She glanced at her daughter's childish face with nostalgia and whispered: "Husband... have a safe trip." good!"
Gu Wei never liked to talk much, so he just nodded silently at this moment. Just when the eldest princess turned around, he suddenly leaned down and brushed his hand across her temples.
Princess Linchuan looked back subconsciously, only to see the consort carefully putting a hosta into his arms...
"Your Highness, let's go back?" The confidants saw Princess Linchuan watching Gu Wei go away for a long time. She was still standing in front of the door and watching infatuatedly. The shouts of killing behind her were getting closer and closer. It was obvious that the west door was broken. The Wei Dynasty treated its princesses well, especially the eldest princess of Linchuan, who was deeply favored by the late emperor. The princess palace built for her was extremely luxurious. Even though she is now the eldest princess, she still doesn't need to add anything to her residence. No matter who wants to look at it, Everyone knows that it is the residence of noble people.
What's more, Linchuan paid great attention to his appearance and hurriedly saw off his wife. They were still dressed in rich clothes and jade ornaments. Looking at them, you can tell that they are not ordinary people. If we don't go into the house to celebrate the festival, I'm afraid it will be too late if the army arrives on horseback.
If the majestic eldest princess of the Wei Dynasty, the wife of a noble family, was humiliated in the hands of barbarians like the Rong people, both the Wei royal family and the Gu family would be disgraced. For Princess Linchuan herself, it was also intolerable.
She greedily glanced at the end of the long street where her husband and daughter had disappeared, and whispered: "Yeah!"
After saying this, he turned around with a flick of his sleeves. After the twelve qiluo skirts disappeared into the red door, "bang", the door closed tightly, and there was no trace of popularity anymore.
... As the killing cry approached, Song Xiyue hugged her eldest daughter Liu Jinger and couldn't help comforting her. But Liu Jinger wouldn't listen to anything she said!
She looked at her father Liu Xixun who was taking her younger brother Liu Keng away further and further away. She burst into tears and cried to the sky: "Father! Father! Why don't you want me?! Why did you only take your brother away?! Why?! Why! !!”
"Be good, don't cry. I'll stay with you for my mother, ah?" Song Xiyue hugged her tightly and coaxed softly.
Liu Jinger screamed and pushed her away: "I don't want it! I want my father!!"
"You have to be good." Song Xiyue allowed her daughter to cry, fuss, hit and kick in her arms, struggling with all her strength, holding her like a wandering spirit and walking hurriedly to the inner room, coaxing in a daze, "Father and brother I'll come back later, just stay with my mother... be good!"
At about the same time, Wei Shengxian hugged her young daughter Song Ruxuan and burst into tears. She turned over and over again but could only say: "Why didn't I listen to your grandmother and marry you to Fengzhou so early?!"
In the Taibao Mansion, Mrs. Deng couldn't help but shed tears when she looked at Mrs. Gu: "We are a lot of people, you are still young...and Li'er, Fei'er and the others...what kind of sin have you done? What a good child." We…”
The Su family is actually in the best situation among the family this time. One of the three sons is in Donghu and the other is in Yanzhou, and they are all in the military! Of the four surviving male grandsons, one asked himself to be released a few years ago and has never returned to the imperial capital, including his children; one accompanied his wife to Jiangnan to express condolences, but was blocked by refugees blocking the road and has never been able to return; and the other was due to internal fighting within the family. Sent back to Qingzhou by Su Pingzhan...
Only Su Yuyuan, the only male heir of the second wife, has always served the elders. He was in the imperial capital, and of course his wife Gu was also there.
Now Su Mao and his son led private soldiers to escort Su Pingzhan to break out - just like Shen Xuan's order, the Su family did not take any female relatives with them. Because the daughters have all been married off, the daughters-in-law are now gathering together in front of Mrs. Deng, just waiting for Mrs. Deng to make unified arrangements for their departure.
The old lady has always been the most soft-hearted. Looking at the people in the hall, the youngest granddaughter-in-law Gu's face is pale and her lips are pursed tightly. If it were not for the support of the older and more knowledgeable grandmother behind her, she would hardly have the strength to walk in. It’s gone, and I can’t help but feel sad.
When she cried like this, not only Mrs. Gu couldn't help but burst out wailing, but even Mrs. Qian and others burst into tears.
If a good lady is doing a good job, who would like to die? What's more, there are probably children here to care about. But now that the army is about to break the city, and the leader of a clan has personally ordered to flee without any of his female relatives, what will happen to these delicate women? Qian had tried this trick of pestering her husband in private, but she ended up being chopped off by her husband in the back of the head with a knife. She was so unconscious that her husband had gone out, only to be awakened by his confidant, nanny, and dragged to Mrs. Deng. Come...what will happen if you don't come? Mammy was right, she was going to die, and her daughter Su Yuli would probably suffer the same fate as her.
But Su Yuliang is still alive.
He cannot be allowed to bear the reputation of having a mother who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
So even though Qian felt dizzy and her throat was dry after seeing the drinks served by the old lady's bride, she still held her hand tightly and tried not to show any fear.
If Mrs. Qian is unwilling, then Mrs. Zhang is the one who is most miserable among Mrs. Deng’s three daughters-in-law. There are three children in the second house, one son, two daughters, except the daughter who was promised to her cousin and followed Shen Cangji to Xiliang. In addition to the youngest daughter Su Yuyin, the eldest son and eldest daughter are all in the imperial capital now! In the past, it was said that Ms. Zhang was the most blessed. She had two of her three children by her side. Su Yufei's mother-in-law was very kind and would let her daughter-in-law go back to her parents' home to visit her every once in a while. Especially since Su Yufei gave her a grandson the year before last...
But now this blessing has turned into despair!
Just thinking about whether her husband and eldest son can rush out safely today, and whether her daughter will be abandoned by her husband at this moment, Ms. Zhang feels heartbroken!
In contrast, Wei Zhengyin was the calmest. Her husband was leading troops in Donghu, her daughter was sent away with her husband, and her son accompanied his daughter-in-law to attend the funeral. They all happened to avoid this disaster. Apart from himself, the only person I'm worried about is my niece Wei Changying who has married into the imperial capital: "But Chang Ying has two legitimate sons, there are not many male grandchildren in the Shen family, and they are Shen Zangfeng's flesh and blood, so they shouldn't care about them. And Chang Ying I have also learned martial arts, and I am different from the ordinary delicate aristocratic women. Maybe I can be brought along? "
At this moment, Wei Zhengyin was crying, but she was secretly glad that her mother and sister-in-law had always doted on Wei Changying. When she first knew that her niece had practiced martial arts since she was a child, instead of needlework, she was also very opposed to it. However, Mrs. Song Both Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song are doting on Wei Changying. As an aunt, she has no other choice but to write back and persuade him.
But now Wei Changying may have a chance of survival because of this... Wei Zhengyin didn't know that Shen Xuan didn't think highly of the so-called martial arts of a womanly family, and he didn't agree to take his niece with him.
"My granddaughter-in-law thanks my grandmother for her love. It's just that she has been in the Su family for many years and has not been able to continue her husband's heirs. I feel really guilty. It is also my blessing to accompany my grandmother and all the elders on the road today." Mrs. Deng's While crying, Mrs. Gu trembled for a while and then gradually calmed down.
She was quite lucky. Her branch of the Gu family in Hongzhou was not considered very powerful. Although she was the legitimate daughter, she might not have been able to marry Su Yuyuan if it had not been for the favor of the late emperor's deposed queen, the Gu family. The couple is very affectionate, but they never get anywhere.
And she has a better fate than Shen Zangzhu. Although her mother-in-law Zhang is a sister of the former Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu's stepmother Zhang Shaoguang, her temperament is different and she is very kind and has never blamed her for this. Over the years, the Gu family has been laughing in front of others, but they have also been under great pressure behind the scenes.
Now that her husband's family wanted to break out of the siege without her, she had no choice but to stay with her grandmother, mother-in-law and other elders. Mrs. Gu felt relieved - she no longer had to think about the problem of being infertile, reluctant to share her husband, and unable to bear the death of her husband. …
The vermilion wine in the glass cup was like blood and fire. It was brought up by Mrs. Deng's personal nanny. The light flickered as it swayed, just like the raging fires that the old lady ordered to be lit everywhere in the Taibao Mansion just a moment ago...
In the Grand Master's Mansion, due to his old age and frail health, Duanmu Xing realized that the imperial capital could not be defended, so he handed over the task of leading the Duanmu clan to retreat to his fourth son, Duanmu Qin. He didn't even leave the house to see everyone off. After receiving their farewell gifts, he ordered people to sprinkle grease on the Hefu, and simply chose to burn the house and commit suicide.
... Prince Cai’s Mansion is actually not too far away from the Grand Master’s Mansion. Queen Cai and the Queen Mother held Prince Cai’s hand and stood at the foot of the steps, looking at the fire rising into the sky from the Grand Master’s Mansion, and murmured: “I hope Xin Miao has a safe journey!”
The Queen Mother Cai was considered to be in her mid-teens, but because she lost her husband when she was young, she was heartbroken and aged early. Now she has a full head of hair. King Cai, who was led by her like a young child, had reached the age of marriage proposal. He had delicate features, but his expression was full of unbreakable gloom.
Set against the backdrop of the mother and son like freshly bloomed flowers, was the former Princess Qingxin, now a commoner Shen Bao. She fell down on the steps, covered her face with trembling hands, and stared blankly ahead, her eyes lifeless. And despair…
"My aunt is blessed with profound blessings. She will definitely be able to leave the city safely..." King Cai lowered his eyes and said softly.
Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of noise outside the hospital - then a girl in colorful clothes, who had no time to wear the fur coat in the ice and snow, ran in, her face was filled with tears or sweat, and she held on to the wall before entering the hospital. He raised his sleeves and wiped it randomly, crying and shouting: "Sister!"
"Xin Miao?!" Queen Mother Cai, who had been calm just now, was so stunned that her whole body was trembling in an instant!
Then rage swept through her: "Stupid! Didn't the family promise to take you away?! Why do you want to come back!!!"
Except for a few like Duanmu Wuyou, the children of the Duanmu family are all well-mannered, and the pressure from the dead soldiers is greater than that of the Shen and Su families. Even the Shen family and the Su family refused to take their female relatives, let alone the Duanmu family. However, Duanmu Xinmiao is an exception. Her medical skills are really good. If someone is injured after the breakout, with her here, many lives will be saved.
Besides, in this troubled world, no matter who you are, there are too many brilliant doctors. Duanmu Xinmiao's value was greater than that of an ordinary outstanding child in the family, so both Duanmu Xing and Duanmu Qin specially gave her a breakout spot.
This is the news that Queen Mother Cai immediately sent her confidants back to her parents' home to find out after she was awakened by the sound of the siege!
Although the Queen Mother's wish for her family to take King Cai with her out of flesh and blood was unceremoniously rejected, she still felt comforted knowing that her only sister might survive... But what she didn't expect was that this wouldn't happen Stimulating stuff! She...she...how could she come to me again? !
Even Shen Bao, who was overwhelmed by fear and couldn't even stand, couldn't help being shocked when he saw this scene!
Princess Lingxian's Mansion.
The original intention of the consort Su Xiuqin was to take his wife and daughter with him. Even if he died on the way, the whole family would be together.
But with his uncle Su Pingzhan here, he was determined not to give him this opportunity.
Su Pingzhan knew about his stubbornness as early as his marriage, so he didn't bother to reason at this moment. He just ordered the dead man to knock Su Xiuqin unconscious suddenly, and at the same time asked Princess Lingxian for their father and son's luggage.
Although the eldest princess Lingxian felt sorry for her daughter, after the dead soldiers said that even if they did not bring any female relatives, in the face of the military strength and riding and shooting skills of the Rong people, their hope of covering the master's family and retreating unharmed was just that, the eldest princess immediately Although Su Pingzhan was ruthless, he was the one who could ensure everyone's successful breakout to the greatest extent.
As soon as Su Nianchu learned the news, he immediately put on the wedding dress that had been made two years ago and locked himself into the inner room alone. Even though his mother came to call the door in person, he ignored her.
She threw herself into the inner room and took out the pair of mandarin duck bracelets given by Wei Changying from the brocade box on the dressing table with trembling hands. She stared at them in despair for a long time, then suddenly pressed them tightly to her face and murmured in a low voice: "I I haven't even seen you yet... They all say that you are a handsome young man with both talent and appearance, a first-class talent among the elite... Talent, I have only seen the poems you wrote... Unfortunately, I don't understand these very well... But father My mother said yes, it must be right? Mao... I have only seen your sister, she is so beautiful, you must be good... I am so happy... I have such a happy husband? But I even... even I haven’t even seen you... I’m going to die!”
"I'm about to die, but I haven't seen you yet! I won't give in! I won't give in! I won't give in!!!"
... She was holding the bracelet like this, crying, laughing and talking. I don’t know how long it took, but the voice of Princess Lingxian disappeared. And there were messy and heavy footsteps in the distance, mixed with the wild laughter in foreign language and the panicked screams of the maids and servants in the eldest princess's mansion who did not dare to commit suicide -
"Clang!"
Su Nianchu knew that there was not much time left, so he reluctantly kissed the bracelet, suddenly stood up, and threw the bracelet to the ground!
In an instant, these priceless jade bracelets, which had been passed down in the Wei family for several generations, were smashed to pieces!
"My fiancé's sister brought me something from the Wei family. Even if I haven't returned to the Wei family, how can these barbarians get their hands on it!" Su Nianchu heard the recent footsteps and had already arrived outside the door. The girl's eyes were always gentle and quiet. With a sharp flash of light, he without hesitation pulled out the dagger from his sleeve that was originally placed in the study for cutting paper, and flicked it across his throat -
Outside the door, the soldiers chopped down several loyal maids who were blocking the door. The light orchid fragrance wafted out from the house, and they guessed that this should be the bedroom of a young girl from a noble family in the Wei Dynasty. They laughed wildly, kicked open the door, and rushed into the inner room.
He hoped that he would be greeted by a Wei beauty whose beauty was eclipsed but still charming. If the pear blossoms were raining, she would still have a different charm... But he didn't expect that what greeted him was a woman who was even more charming and charming than he had imagined. However, the calm girl's throat bloomed like a mandala of blood flowers...
The strong contempt and resentment contained in the glance before he died made this proud soldier, whose hands were stained with countless blood, feel frightened for a moment! (To be continued)