Mrs. Liao could hardly maintain her expression. Her face was distorted for a moment, but for some reason, when she met Su Yao's dark eyes, she felt as if a basin of cold water was poured over her head. Her whole body went cold. Then, she quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and suppressed her anger, fear, and worry.
The vibration outside obviously affected not only them. Soon, people were screaming and moving outside, and the maid in Madam Yuan's room was knocking on the door with a pale face.
Mrs. Yuan's face was not looking good either. When she heard the knock on the door, she called out in panic, "Come in."
Recognizing that the person who came in was her maid, Madam Yuan moved her lips and asked, "What's going on outside?"
The girl was so frightened that she was stunned. She shook her head in tears, "I don't know, Madam. Something seems to have happened outside. There are so many flames... It's dawn."
She spoke incoherently, and Mrs. Yuan had no idea what she was talking about. But Mrs. Liao suddenly thought of something, and quickly walked to the window and pushed it open. Then she saw half of the sky was illuminated red. She couldn't help but stay where she was, looking at the fire outside in horror, muttering to herself: "It's really bright..."
At this moment, all the anger in Mrs. Liao's heart disappeared. As a governor's wife, she certainly was not naive enough to think that this was just a vision from the sky.
Something happened.
Her heart was pounding as she thought about how Tang Yuan was dead and now there were only the seven thousand soldiers in the city, and those soldiers were still in a bad mood yesterday...
Mrs. Liao couldn't help but be frightened. She stood by the bed for a long time without moving, like a Buddha statue in meditation.
It lasted so long that Mrs. Yuan felt uneasy. Only after she called her did she come to her senses.
Coming back to her senses, Mrs. Liao gave a bitter smile, and couldn't help feeling ridiculous in her heart. She really thought that Su Yao was too omnipotent. When encountering such a thing, she actually still wanted to ask Su Yao for help.
But in this situation, what can we do
A good cook cannot cook without rice. With nothing at hand, should Su Yao go into battle and kill the enemy by himself
She shook her head, feeling a splitting headache, as if she was starting to have a fever, and whispered, "It's okay, it's okay..."
After saying this, she looked at Madam Yuan, then at Su Yao, pursed her lips and said in an almost desperate tone: "Madam Yuan, County Master, if there is anything else you want to do, try to do it... It's too late, I'm afraid it won't work."
Madam Yuan got goosebumps from what she said, and she looked at her in fear and shouted, "Madam..."
Mrs. Liao's eyes were empty.
Su Yao shook his head at Madam Yuan, then stood up and looked at the flames rising into the sky outside, then walked to Madam Liao and stood side by side with her.
I don't know why, but I was clearly filled with uneasiness and resignation. However, with Su Yao standing beside me, all the chaotic feelings in Mrs. Liao's heart seemed to disappear strangely, and her heart was at peace. She turned to look at Su Yao: "County Lady..."
Su Yao looked up and smiled at Mrs. Liao.
Then she whispered to Madam Liao, "Madam, do you believe me?"
Believe it or not
At this time
Mrs. Liao was stunned. Looking at Su Yao's calm appearance, she was too confused to know how to react.
She shouldn't have said she believed it. At this moment, unless it was a god from heaven, how could there be any chance of survival
But when facing Su Yao, she had to admit that she actually believed it a little.
Su Yao looked at her, held onto the window and whispered, "Madam, if you believe me, you should still do what you should do. Go back and comfort the children. The children are still young and need their mother's comfort. Nothing will happen to them. Don't worry."
Mrs. Liao was confused and doubtful, but looking at Su Yao, whose face was red from the firelight, she blinked again, nodded at Su Yao with a complicated expression for a while, and hurried out.
Madam Yuan was no less frightened than Madam Liao. She hurried over to Su Yao and said, "Yaoyao, is... is there something wrong?"
Su Yao hummed softly: "Looking at this situation, I'm afraid someone is attacking the city late at night."
As soon as the word "siege" came out of her mouth, Madam Yuan's heart skipped a beat. She barely managed to hold on without falling down: "Attacking the city? Are they... Mu Tong's people? But, but Dali Prefecture and Kunming are separated by Chuxiong Prefecture and Yao'an Prefecture... Isn't Xiao Heng still in Chuxiong Prefecture? Xiao Heng has more than 100,000 people under his command! Could it be that they have been defeated?"
These speculations came one after another and almost overwhelmed Mrs. Yuan.
Su Yao lowered his eyes, no longer smiling, "No, if my guess is correct, it must be the work of Xundian Prefecture who colluded with Mu Tong."
Madam Yuan didn't understand, but she knew that the situation was definitely not favorable to her. She pursed her lips, and had countless things to say and ask, but seeing Su Yao like this, she didn't want to ask-----What's the point of asking Su Yao? Su Yao is not a leader in the war, can she turn the tide of the war? Asking her would only cause her more trouble.
She had no choice but to change the subject: "You... then why did you tell Mrs. Liao..."
"If I don't tell her it's okay, she won't be able to hold on. If she can't hold on, I'm afraid she will do something stupid." Su Yao didn't move. The Governor's Mansion was in the center of the city. Even at such a long distance, they seemed to hear the sounds of fighting and crying outside, as well as the sound of gunpowder exploding, rushing towards here in waves, as if to devour people.
After she said this, she saw that Madam Yuan's face turned pale, so she said to Madam Yuan: "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen."
This was the second time Su Yao said this today. Madam Yuan gave a bitter smile. Looking at his attitude, how could he look like nothing was wrong
But since Su Yao said so, she nodded along with Su Yao's words, as if to comfort herself: "Yes, it will be fine..."
Su Yao knew that his words were useless, so he said nothing more. He just turned around and looked at Madam Yuan: "Let's go, hold Niuniu, and go to Madam Liao's yard."
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Su Yao changed the subject so quickly that Madam Yuan couldn't follow her train of thought. She looked at her with wide eyes and saw Su Yao smiling at her: "Let's go, take Niuniu and follow me, nothing will happen."
Madam Yuan always listened to Su Yao and did whatever Su Yao said. Now Su Yao asked her to take the child and leave. Although she didn't know what Su Yao was going to do, since Su Yao said so, Madam Yuan did not hesitate any longer. She quickly asked someone to pack up and followed Su Yao to Madam Liao.
Mrs. Liao was originally trying to comfort her frightened children. When she heard Su Yao coming over, she didn't care about the rules anymore and said, "Bring him in."