The Promotion Record of A Crown Princess

Chapter 72

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On the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, Qi Sheng finally led his group on a northern tour.

While I attached a helmet to Qi Sheng, I taught him the common sense of lightning protection, "When marching in the wild to catch up with thunderstorms, don't ride on a tall horse, you are tall, and the helmet tassel on top of your head is half a foot longer than others, Lord Lei. I just like picking up people like you..."

He grabbed my hand suddenly, held it hard, and asked indifferently after a long while, "Can't you say something nice?"

Want something nice? Yes, I have a lot of them here. I didn't even need to think about it and said, "Then I wish the emperor a smooth journey to success and success.

"Enough!" Qi Sheng interrupted me fiercely, looking at me angrily.

I was speechless and could only be silent.

The anger on his face gradually subsided, and even the bottom of his eyes slowly calmed down, showing no emotion. In the end, he didn't say anything, just gave me a deep look, then turned around resolutely, and strode away.

Watching his back gradually fade away, I just felt that all the energy in my body was suddenly taken away, my legs were soft, and I almost sat on the ground. No matter what, this Buddha finally passed away!

I couldn't say whether I was sad or happy for a while, but felt a little empty.

Lu Li sent King Zhao away and came to see me in the palace. I described my mood to her, but after talking and gesturing for a long time, she was still confused. : "Niangniang, this servant understands, this servant understands what you want to say."

I was very relieved in my heart, thinking that I can't figure out what my mood is now, and I didn't think she was my confidant. I asked in surprise and joy, "Do you really understand?"

Lvli nodded affirmatively, "Understood, to put it bluntly, your daughter-in-law for thirty years has finally become a mother-in-law. The emperor is not here, you have the final say in this palace, you can do whatever you want!"

Where is this going? I haven't seen one daughter-in-law, but there are two more mothers-in-law.

Seeing that I didn't respond, Lu Li opened his mouth to guess again. I hurriedly stopped her and asked, "What did King Zhao say when he left?"

She replied: "He asked the slave to pass on to the empress, saying that no matter when the time comes, the only person the empress can rely on is the emperor."

I smothered Zhao Wang's words carefully, and I always felt that there was no meaning in his words.

Lu Li was silent for a while, and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Miss, can we just wait now?"

I asked back, "What else can we do? They have just left Beijing. Who knows who will win in the end? We have to give ourselves a way out."

Girl, we can't act rashly now.

In case that the latrine gentleman loses his hand, I have shown my ambition to be promoted here. When Qi Sheng comes back, I have to settle the account with me. Let's wait and see, I have survived all these years, not less than a year and a half.

At the end of June, a caravan of hundreds of people in Nanxia was robbed and killed outside Jingyang Pass. This matter was passed back to the customs, and the Nanxia Emperor Qi Sheng, who happened to be patrolling Jingyang, became furious and immediately ordered two thousand Jingyang defenders to enter the territory of Beimo. swept edge.

The Beimo Frontier Army was busy organizing troops and horses to block it, and the two sides fought fiercely at 70 miles north of Jingyang. Due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the Nanxia Army suffered heavy losses. Only more than 300 people escaped from the Beimo encirclement and returned to Jingyang.

This is a hornet's nest. After Qi Sheng angrily denounced Bei Mo's shameless behavior, he immediately announced that he would go to Bei Mo personally. As soon as Jingyang closed the door, the 400,000-strong Nanxia army invaded the territory of Beimo with lightning speed, and within a few days, they even went to several border cities in Beimo.

Beimo people were a little dumbfounded for a while. In the past, small-scale disputes like this happened from time to time. What happened in Nanxia today? Why did he suddenly pounce on his life

Ugh! Don't say anything, hurry up and mobilize troops to fight!

It was mid-July when the Di Bao reported back to Shengdu, and I looked at the righteous words in the "debating prisoner" and admired Qi Sheng's brazenness from the bottom of my heart.

Lvli is a girl after all. Seeing that there is a real fight in the north, she is inevitably a little nervous. She asked me, "Madame, what should we do? But do we need to contact the family?"

Qi Sheng did not take Zhang Fang, Minister of War, but left him in Shengdu for me. On the bright side, Qi Sheng wanted to leave me a useful person by his side, but on the bad side, maybe this was what he deliberately led the Zhang family to do to get rid of others.

Can't be fooled, absolutely can't be fooled.

The green hedge was still waiting for my order. I thought for a while, then shook my head and said, "We don't need to worry about the house, but in the palace, I have to go to the Empress Dowager to find out what she is talking about."

Don't look at this great empress dowager Lin Shi usually looks like a Bodhisattva who doesn't care about anything, but she has been the empress dowager for decades, and she has shown thunderous tactics when the emperor died. It would be stupid to think of her only as an old lady with dim eyes.

When the Empress Dowager saw me coming, she happily pulled me to her side and sat down, patted my arm lightly with her hand, and comforted: "The Empress don't have to worry about the Emperor, you can take care of Hao'er for him at ease, Just let him have no worries."

Since she said so, I made up my mind to ignore everything. In addition to teaching Wei'er to read and write every day, I watched the wet nurse coax Qi Hao's little ancestor.

The weather turned from hot to cold, and the news from the north came back one after another. Today, he said that the pioneer He Bing had broken through the important town in the northern desert again. Tomorrow, he said how much Qi Sheng's line had moved northward. All in all, it was good news.

I was slumbering here, but Lu Li gradually lost his temper, and asked me secretly, "Niangniang, will King Chu really take action?"

I thought about it and nodded slightly.

If the latrine gentleman wants to turn over, he can only seize this opportunity.

It was just two days after August 15th, and the moon cakes in the palace had not been eaten yet, but Yang Yan, who was exiled to Lingnan by Qi Sheng, suddenly came at night.

I was woken up by someone from my sleep, and I saw a person standing on the head of the bed in darkness. The first sentence the man said was: "My father can't be found."

It was also thanks to my concentration that I didn't cry out in surprise. I was stunned for a moment, and said, "I don't have it, or... you're going to look elsewhere?"

Yang Yan gritted his teeth and pushed me into the bed angrily. He stepped onto my bed with his long legs, sat down with his legs crossed, and said in a low voice, "Not long after he arrived in Lingnan, he I found a fault and locked me up, and when I managed to escape, I found that he and my eldest brother, second brother, and third brother were all gone. I asked the people in the family and they only said that they went out together. I don't know where it went."

I was stunned. The father and son left at the same time. Could it be that they went to visit relatives and friends together? Then why do you have to lock up the younger son alone

There seemed to be something flashing in my mind so fast that I couldn't catch it. I asked Yang Yan, "When did they leave?"

Yang Yan replied: "I heard that it was the beginning of May, and they took all the things they used to use in the army with them. I was locked up for nearly three months, and I only escaped a few days ago. I went to Jiu Ge's mansion last night. I've asked here, but my father and the others didn't go to Brother Nine."

There was a faint panic in his voice, and he looked at me quietly after speaking.

Yang Yu and his son suddenly disappeared. If they left in private, they would never take those eye-catching military items with them. Since they did, it means that they are not afraid of being seen.

I was also a little confused. After thinking about it for a long time, I had no idea, so I had to say: "There are several big men of them, and they will not be kidnapped. You wait patiently in Shengdu for a few days..."

Yang Yan interrupted me angrily, "Do you know what they mean by preventing me like this?"

I also got angry and sneered: "No, it means that they are not only guarding you, but also guarding your ninth brother, which means that both you and your ninth brother have been played by your father's old fox. It is very likely that they have already taken refuge with Qi Sheng..."

Yang Yan's face was both surprised and annoyed.

I looked at him coldly and asked, "So what? It's now, what else can you do?"

Yang Yan sat for a while, his shoulders slowly collapsed, and muttered, "Then what should I do? They have been deceiving me all the time."

Seeing the appearance of being beaten by frost, I couldn't help but sighed and kicked him, "There must be someone watching over at the Chu palace, don't go there anymore. Just go to the green fence first, I Ask someone to check it out and let you know when there is news."

Yang Yan sat blankly for a moment, nodded vigorously, got up and left.

I lay down until dawn with my eyes open, and went through the whole thing from beginning to end. No matter how reluctant I was to accept that guess, all the clues indicated that Yang Yu was most likely in Jiangbei now, and he might have already entered the battlefield. .

But why did Qi Sheng dare to use Yang Yu, who has half Beimo blood? Why didn't any news come back from the latrine gentleman

Just thinking about it, Xiao Fu'er's voice sounded softly from outside the tent, "My lady is awake? But you want to get up?"

I thought about it for a while, opened the bed tent a little, and whispered to Xiao Fu'er to step forward and confessed in a low voice, "You secretly leave the palace today and ask the Princess of Chu County to come to the palace as soon as possible."

Little Fu'er has been trained by me for more than two years. She has a flexible mind and fast legs. The most rare thing is that no matter what I tell her to do, she will always say "yes", and she has never even asked "why".

Now that I told her to secretly send a letter to Zhang Chacha, she still simply answered "Okay", and then casually called the waiting maid outside the hall to come in to help me wash up, and when I was done washing, Xiao Fu'er's figure has disappeared.

Before noon, Zhang Chacha entered the palace under the name of visiting cousin.

I didn't have time to talk to her in detail, I just told her to go to Zhang Fang in person and ask him if there was anything unusual about Qi Sheng's North Expedition Army, whether the commanders of each army had names and surnames, and whether there were any unknown people. people.

Seeing that I was in a hurry to find her, Zhang Chacha asked me about this matter. It was a bit strange.

I'm so anxious that my mouth is bubbling, this is really important, it's related to whether you are a widow or I am a widow!

"Important, this matter is very important, you must not let others know."

When Zhang Chacha heard this, he threw the teacup on the table and turned to leave.

I grabbed her in a hurry and asked, "Why are you going?"

Zhang Chacha looked back at me, "I'm going to find Uncle."

I was helpless, sighed, and put the teacup back into her hands, "Remember, no matter how urgent it is, you can't mess up in your heart first, or you will definitely find flaws, you just come here in such a hurry. Go, for fear that others will not know that you are here to deliver a letter, right?"

Zhang Chacha blinked her eyes and asked me, "What should I do then?"

I replied, "Let's go after lunch."

I called Freehand to come in and hold Qi Wei and Qi Hao over, and I took the two little dolls and had a meal with Zhang Chacha, and then let her go.

In the end, before Zhang Fang could reply to my letter, there was a new good news from Jiangbei. Yang Yu, the former Marquis of Xiping, personally led an army of 100,000 people along the line of Xiaogecheng, Maocheng, and Liangzhou to the west through the Xihu grassland. Sneaked into the territory of Beimo, and then circled thousands of miles across the vast Gobi and went deep into the hinterland of Beimo. Taking advantage of the people of Beimo who were unprepared, he even went down to several important towns, and he had already attacked the capital of Beimo, less than a hundred miles south of Shangjing.

It is said that Yang Yu's marching route had been passed by Chang Yuqing, the North Desert Killer 50 years ago, but he was from north to south at that time, and today Yang Yu is from south to north. Although the direction is different, the effect is very similar.

When the Di Bao came, everyone in the DPRK was shocked by the news.

I was also stupid. I sat on the steps outside the gate of the palace for half a day, and then asked Xiao Fu'er to send a message to Yang Yan.

Yang Yan smeared and came to the palace that night. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight all of a sudden, and his stature seemed taller. His whole figure was like a string that was taut all the time. He looked at me with burning eyes and asked, "Are you sure my father will lead the troops for Qi Sheng?"

No candles were lit in the hall, and by the moonlight outside the window, I looked at his eyes that were bright enough to be light bulbs, and said with a wry smile: "Anyway, this is what it says in the newspaper. I think back then when your father suppressed the rebellion in Yunxi, That is the first army commander. How many people have to be around him? How could he avoid Qi Sheng's eyes and sneak back to Shengdu? The first army commander fled privately. Arrived! Now I think about how stupid we were back then! You, me, and your seemingly shrewd ninth brother, the three of us joined together, and in Qi Sheng's eyes, we were all acting like clowns."

After a long time, Yang Yancai slowly loosened his lips, and asked me, "What should I do now?"

In fact, I already had an idea in my heart, but I was afraid that he would not give in easily, so I pretended to lower my head and thought for a while, then suddenly stretched out both hands to hold his hand, and whispered: "Yang Yan!"

Yang Yan had a look of joy on his face, and hurriedly responded, "Have you got an idea?"

I looked at him with the most sincere eyes and said, "Let's... run away!"

The corners of Yang Yan's mouth twitched, and after a while, he pulled the corners of his mouth up and said with a dry smile, "What time is it, you are still in the mood to joke."

I shook my head and said, "It's not a joke, it's true, now that Qi Sheng has to fight and defend Lao Jiu, there must be very little energy on us. Let's take this opportunity to run! Bring Qi Wei with you. With Qi Hao, this way you not only have a wife, but also a son and daughter, what a good deal..."

Yang Yan took a step back, pointed to the tip of his nose, his voice changed a bit, and he stammered and asked, "You, you... are you going to marry me?"

I nodded, "The two of us walk all the way, and we have to pretend to be a husband and wife to hide people's eyes and eyes. Don't worry, I have money here, as long as I escape to a safe place, life will not be a problem. And I'm still a good wife, I don't even have such a big one The harem can handle it, and it will definitely not be a problem for you to manage a dozen concubines."

However, Yang Yan was suddenly annoyed, threw my hand away, and said angrily: "Nonsense! You are the queen, as long as Qi Sheng is not dead, how can you escape! Not to mention a prince and a princess! I If he only eloped with you, Qi Sheng might kill me one, but if I ran away with your mother and son, he would have to slash our entire clan!"

Hearing him say that, I was instantly relieved.

I was really afraid that he would agree to elope with me as soon as his brain became hot, but fortunately he didn't lose his mind, knowing that elopement with a queen was a fool's errand.

I made an appearance of being fooled by his scolding, stared at him for a moment, and slowly lowered my eyes.

Sure enough, I have been with Qi Sheng for the past few years. My acting skills have become a lot more refined. After a while, I saw Yang Yan hesitantly stretched out his hand to me, but when he was halfway there, he shrank back and passed. After a while, he said softly, "I'm sorry."

"You didn't forgive me." I whispered back, but the smile on my face became more and more sad.

To say that Yang Yan, who has only spent two days in the actor's crash course, is not good. When he saw my expression, he felt more and more guilty, as if he would abandon his wife and children if he couldn't take me away, he asked me cautiously, "Is there any other way?"

I took a deep breath, regained my energy, and asked Yang Yan, "Do you know when Lao Jiu attacked Qi Sheng? By what means?"

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "Ninth Brother didn't tell me."

"Your father doesn't know either?"

Yang Yan pondered for a while, "I don't know, I just said that there were dead men arranged. I originally wanted to kill Qi Sheng myself, but Brother Ninth didn't agree."

"Okay, now there are two ways. One, you immediately rush to the northern border to stop your ninth brother from doing it, and then the two of you escape, as far as you can."

Yang Yan interrupted me and asked, "What about you?"

"Me?" I smiled and asked him, "I want to run too, but don't you also say I can't run away?"

Yang Yan looked at me silently, and asked after a while, "What about the second way?"

I was happy and replied: "The second way is to wait. If your ninth brother succeeds, then there is no need to say anything. If not, we will wait for Qi Sheng to return to Shengdu. If you consciously broke our conspiracy, you may not know how shy you will be, and in all likelihood, you will come to me to show off your power, and then you will kill him."

Yang Yan was slightly surprised, "Assassinate Qi Sheng at your place?"

I asked him, "Why not? He is always calculating, he is calculating, is it possible that I will sit still?"

Yang Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Let's take the second route."

In front of me, I went around in a circle of about 100 miles and played for so long, in order to get his words, now I finally heard it, and the big stone in my heart finally fell to the ground with a bang.

The next day I told Lu Li about this, and Lu Li jumped up from the chair on the spot and said in a lost voice, "My lady is confused! Even if he has such thoughts, he would have to dive into Jiangbei alone to do it, so that he can be ignorant. Ghosts don't know it. If you do it in the palace, if you lose, the empress will no longer have a way to survive."

After living in the palace for a few years, I have almost reached a state where the mountain collapses in front of me without changing my face. Lu Li was so excited, I just glanced at her lightly and asked, "You can think of this, can't Qi Sheng think of it?"

Hedge suddenly froze.

Just because everyone thinks that the best place to kill Qi Sheng is in Jiangbei, so I have to do the opposite and wait until Qi Sheng returns to the palace before starting.

I lowered my head and continued to peel my pomegranate, and patiently persuaded her: "Calm down, anyway, it has come to this point, and all I can do is break the boat, I bet Qi Sheng will not come back to me. Shouting, shouting and killing, then it will be easier to succeed.”

Lu Li stood blankly for a moment, then sat down a little lost, and after a while he asked again, "We can only wait now?"

I nodded when I heard the words, "You should contact your family secretly and ask them to keep the Jingjing guards under control. If Qi Sheng has an accident in the palace, it will be up to them to stabilize the situation in Shengdu."

Hedge asked again, "And then what?"

"Then? Wait!" I replied.

Up to now, it can only continue to remain unchanged and respond to changes.

Lu Li lingered impatiently in my hall for a while, but couldn't think of any way to do it, he sighed deeply, then put a happy look on his face, and left as if nothing had happened.

The battle in the north was fierce, and the courtroom was also very lively, but the harem was quiet and peaceful.

Without Qi Sheng, the concubines no longer had to fight for favor. The harem was very harmonious. Everyone called them sisters and sisters, and they came to chat with each other. At least on the surface, they were much closer than before.

I think that if I fall into Qi Sheng’s hands in the future, even if I don’t die, I’m afraid it will be the end of my life, so I cherish the good time now. In addition to eating, drinking and watching beautiful women every day, I will accompany Qi Wei and Qi Hao’s brothers and sisters. Two play.

It was like this until October. On this day, I was walking around in the imperial garden with two little dolls. The maid next to the Queen Mother suddenly came over and said that it was the Queen Mother who asked me to hurry up.

The Empress Dowager has long been neglecting the affairs of the harem. Usually, even if there is something wrong, the most important thing is to ask the palace staff to come over and tell me a word. Today, she suddenly called me over in such a hurry, and something must have happened.

I had some vague guesses, forced myself to calm down, and ordered the people around me to take Qi Wei and Qi Hao back to Xingsheng Palace first, and then I followed the palace maid to the palace of the Empress Dowager.

The palace maid led me outside the palace and backed away, softly saying, "The Empress Dowager asks the Empress to go in alone."

Surprised in my heart, I coughed softly before entering the hall.

In the inner hall, the old lady stood alone, leaning on a cane, facing the window, her back was unusually straight, she slowly turned around to look at me when she heard my footsteps, "Queen, you are here."

The voice was not loud, but it revealed an unspeakable majesty, completely different from the gentleness and kindness in the past.

I froze in my heart, hurriedly responded respectfully, and carefully asked her what was the matter with her calling me here.

The old lady pointed to the side of the bookcase, "From the north, Queen, take a look."

I picked up the seal on the bookcase and took a closer look. It didn't matter when I looked at it, and the sweat on my back came out all of a sudden.

What was said in the secret is very simple. The Northern Expedition was all smooth at first, and there were frequent reports of good news from various armies. However, after Bei Mo reacted later, he quickly mobilized the national troops to organize resistance, and the war suddenly stagnated. At this time, Qi Sheng was suddenly assassinated in the army. Although he didn't hurt the vital point, the assassin's blade was poisoned, and the toxicity was very overbearing. There was no antidote in the army, and Qi Sheng fell into the nest all of a sudden.

If the emperor died on the front line, not to mention that the army would be in chaos, and even the court would be turbulent.

Fortunately, although Qi Sheng was poisoned, his mind was still clear, and he immediately concealed the assassination and poisoning. The hospital develops antidote.

I looked up at Mrs. Lin and asked in a trembling voice, "Can the Taiyuan Hospital produce an antidote?"

The old lady had a determined face, but there was an unconcealed sadness in her voice, "It's already being developed, but even if the potion can be made today, it will take more than ten days to deliver it to the emperor at the earliest, I don't know..."

She couldn't go on, but I already understood it. The subtext is that even if the medicine is delivered, I don't know if Qi Sheng still has this life to use.

The dead man of the toilet king really succeeded? Is Qi Sheng really going to die like this

I couldn't tell whether I was nervous or excited, surprised or shocked. I clearly felt thousands of emotions rushing up, but my heart was blank, and I could only stand dumbfounded.

When the old lady saw my expression, her eyes were red, and she whispered, "Good boy, you have to hold on."

My lips were trembling and I couldn't even speak. Old lady, where do I have to hold on now, I have to hold on!

Qi Sheng is now a son of Qi Hao. Although he is only one and a half years old now, he can be regarded as a legitimate heir to the throne. He has the support of the Zhang family and the toilet king. If there are no major accidents, the throne will be passed on to him.

Once my son becomes the emperor, a mother like me can also be promoted to be a queen mother! And she is also a powerful queen!

The knife on the top of the head was finally withdrawn, and there was no need to look at Qi Sheng's face to live.

This is obviously a big happy event, why is there such a little sadness in my heart? Am I getting too deep into the play here

The old lady's face was very sad, she took two steps forward to support me, and said in pain, "Pengpeng, you must not fall down, the emperor still needs you."

I was startled, and looked at the old lady in confusion. Does Qi Sheng still need me there

The old lady stared at me intently, "Sheng'er wants to call you over."

I was horrified, and everyone almost jumped up from the ground, and the scene suddenly appeared. I wipe, won't it? Even if the emperor dies and someone is buried, isn't that the life of the concubines? I never heard that the queen would also be buried alive along with it.

"Call me over?" I asked hesitantly.

The old lady nodded solemnly, her eyes were red, and she was about to cry. She took out another letter from her bosom and handed it to me: "This is from Sheng'er."

The one I just read was a secret performance, and it was written by Qi Sheng's confidant. It was an internal official document. This letter in my hand should be considered a private letter.

Whether it was an official document or a private letter, it was sent to the Empress Dowager first, which showed that Qi Sheng trusted his grandmother very much.

Only eight words were written on the letter paper: In life and death, there is only hope.

I also lived in Daming Palace for a while. Qi Sheng thought my handwriting was embarrassing. He even held my hand and taught me to write big characters. I am very familiar with his font. Although the handwriting on this paper is a little messy and weak, it is really Qi Sheng's handwriting.

I looked at the letter and felt a little stunned for a while.

He heard the old lady say in a hoarse voice: "The Empress according to Li can't leave the palace at this moment, let alone go to a place of war, but this is Sheng'er..." The old lady stopped and took a deep breath before continuing. Going down, "Xu is the last time. Since he has this wish, the queen will go."

I snapped back to my senses and looked up at the old lady.

Before I could speak, the old lady continued: "Don't worry, Empress, Wei'er and Hao'er are both raised with me first. As long as my old lady is alive for a day, no one in Shengdu will dare to turn the sky over!"

At this juncture, my tears were finally forced down.

go to hell! I just don't believe that I have such a weight in Qi Sheng's heart. It seems that he will die without seeing me before his death.

There are too many doubts here.

First of all, since Qi Sheng had already known Yang Yu's plan, he would definitely take precautions. Why did he end up being stabbed and poisoned

Secondly, even if the latrine lord was lucky this time, since Qi Sheng didn't die immediately, why didn't he punish the latrine lord? Didn't even mention the toilet gentleman in the secret performance

There are too many unreasonable places here.

I quickly made up my mind, but I pretended to be strong and wiped my tears, and nodded without hesitation: "I'll go, I'll rush to Mobei."

The old lady looked at me, nodded, and was finally relieved.

Just after returning to Xingsheng Palace, the news from Empress Dowager Song also came over, and Qi Sheng had indeed been assassinated and poisoned.

Until this moment, I really believed in Qi Sheng's assassination. Immediately afterwards, I began to consider why the Empress Dowager and Qi Sheng forced me to go to Jiangbei.

Looking back, Qi Sheng really wanted to meet me and explain some things to me. But running over thousands of miles just to say a few words is too romantic and doesn't fit Qi Sheng's character.

In the worst case, they are most likely afraid that in the future, the king will be weak and the mother will be strong, and foreign relatives will gain power, so they want to take this opportunity to get rid of me, the queen mother.

The more they think about it, the more they feel that "removing their mother and keeping their children" is their real purpose.

For this reason, Qi Sheng also pretended to write those extremely sensational characters, clearly trying to mess with my mind. In the letter I didn't see, these grandparents and grandchildren didn't know how to plot against me!

So are you going to go

Go, it's probably a dead end. But if you can't force it, it's like tearing your face in advance. Not to mention that in case Qi Sheng can't die, I have no way out at all. Even with the Empress Dowager, I'm not sure that I will be able to fight. If one is not good, I'm afraid I have to walk in front of Qi Sheng.

This old lady is about to become fine.

I lay in bed thinking about it all night, and when I woke up the next morning, I saw the man in the mirror was very haggard and his face was yellow.

Xia Yi was very shocked when he looked at it, and said in awe, "Niangniang, what's wrong with you?"

I didn't bother to pay attention to her, so I sent her to the Empress Dowager to ask for the antidote, but it was made.

After Xie Yi went out, I ordered Xiao Fu’er to go to Zhao Wang’s mansion and sent a letter to Lu Li.

Two days later, the queen suddenly felt a cold and was bedridden. After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, Queen Yan's illness was not serious, but she needed to rest. The emperor was not in the palace, and the queen suddenly fell ill, and the people in the palace were a little panicked.

At the critical moment, the old comrade stood up.

The Empress Dowager not only took over the affairs of the palace decisively, but also brought both the prince Qi Hao and the princess Qi Wei into her own palace for education. With such a Lafayette guarding it, the palace immediately settled down. The queen began to rest in bed as instructed by the doctor, and Xingsheng Palace also closed its doors to thank guests.

At the same time, I, Zhang Pengpeng, disguised as a woman, dressed as a man, took a personal maid, and was escorted by more than 20 martial arts guards. I secretly left Shengdu and headed north.

Along the way, he swung the whip and rode his horse at a very fast speed, and in a few days he reached the edge of the Wanjiang River. There were already boats waiting by the riverside. When our group got off the horse and boarded the boat, we immediately set sail and flew towards the north bank of the river.

After passing the Wanjiang River, the group still traveled day and night, along the line of Taixing, Yuzhou, and Xiaozhan to the north. They planned to pass through Jingyang to exit the customs, and then went straight to the location of Qi Sheng's army, the North Desert Pingning City.

It was already October 17th when I left Jingyang Pass, and since the day I left Shengdu, I have been on horseback for eight days, not to mention the flesh between my legs has long been rubbed, even my little life is lost. Lost most of it.

After resting on the edge of a wood at noon, I couldn't climb on horseback. Freehand supported me with his body from the side, and said with a crying voice: "Niangniang, you can rest for a while."

I let go of her, grabbed the saddle with my hands and continued to climb up. After I fell to the ground again, I heard the captain of the guard who escorted me softly say "offended, madam", and then put my hands on it. My armpits, with a light lift, put me on the horse's back.

I clenched the reins with both hands, sat up straight, turned my head and said, "Please help my maid get on the horse too."

Without saying a word, he took the freehand brushwork to the horse.

The group slapped their horses away again, and drove forward for another hundred or so miles before arriving at a small town. According to the old habits, even if we crossed the town, we would not stay there, but this time, the captain of the guard rode his horse to my side and said in a low voice and respect: "Miss, let's rest here for a night before leaving, everyone. My body can't take it anymore, and it's inconvenient to change horses after leaving the customs, so I have to ask the horses to take a break."

I swept my eyes from the team, and found that the "people" he said only included me and Freehand. I hesitated for a moment, but Naruto nodded.

That night, we stayed in the only inn in the town. Then I slept until midnight, and a man in black walked into my room while it was dark, slapped me unconscious, stood up and blocked the freehand brushwork, then wrapped me in a quilt and jumped out of the window.

The vigilantes quickly became alert, and with a whistle, they woke up all the guards. The man in black didn't bother with them either. After waving a knife to force a guard out of the way, he hugged me and jumped up to the horse that was prepared in advance, and walked away.

Some of the guards went to the backyard to lead horses, and some flew up and chased directly behind.

I poked my head out of the arms of the man in black, and while twisting and struggling, I shouted at the back, "Help, help."

The man in black impatiently raised the black turban covering his face at me, "It's me, Yang Yan."

I glanced at him angrily, "Nonsense, it's not you, I'm not calling you yet!"

After speaking, he continued to play the role of the woman who was kidnapped by the gangsters.

Yang Yan hugged me tightly with one hand, and whispered, "Then be careful, don't scratch my face."

I froze, avoiding his face and just pretending to beat his chest and shoulders.

After all, the two-legged man couldn't outrun the four-legged man, and after a while, the people chasing after him gradually disappeared into the night. I seized every opportunity to be lazy, and seeing that I couldn't see anyone, I simply stopped struggling, and only cried out for help with a high and low voice.

Yang Yan finally couldn't bear it any longer, and raised his palm knife to discuss with me: "Come on, let's cooperate, you scream and I will knock you unconscious to save you from screaming endlessly."

I thought about it, let go of my throat and screamed, and then cut off the sound before Yang Yan's palm fell.

Yang Yan glanced at me, "You know the current affairs."

By the moonlight, I raised my head to look behind him and asked, "They won't catch up again, will they?"

Yang Yan smiled and said proudly: "No, I gave their horses medicine in advance."

I just felt relieved, wrapped the quilt around me, found a comfortable place to lean on in front of him, and explained, "I'll squint for a while, and you'll call me when I'm in a safe place."

After saying that, he fell asleep without hesitation.

When I woke up again, it was on the edge of the stream, the sky was already bright, and there were thick and thin trees all around, as if it had entered the depths of the forest.

Yang Yanzheng was sitting by the fire roasting dry food, and when he saw me awake, he leaned over and said with emotion, "You are really cruel to yourself, you have to go out of Jingyang Pass to call me to take action, if it is according to my idea If you do it as soon as you cross the Wanjiang River, you can save a few days of sin."

I ignored his ranting, forced myself to get up, and walked to the water to wash my face.

Yang Yan followed behind again, squatting on the side and muttering: "I don't understand, since the ninth brother also sent a letter saying that Qi Sheng was really assassinated and poisoned, why do you listen to the old lady's words and come to Beimo. , it would be great to stay in Shengdu and wait to be the queen mother! If you leave like this, you will make room for the old lady, and if she starts doing something wrong again, you will not be able to respond."

I don't think so, because Zhang Fang is in charge of Sheng, and no matter how much the Great Empress Dowager is tossing around, he won't be able to turn it around, but Qi Sheng's place is the most important place.

I wiped my face with my sleeve, took out a small porcelain bottle from my inner pocket, and asked him, "Do you know what this is?"

Yang Yan took it and looked at it carefully, then took off the cork and sniffed the smell, and asked, "An antidote?"

I nodded, "If I don't make a trip in person, what if someone delivers the antidote to Qi Sheng?"

After speaking, he took the porcelain bottle back from his hand and poured it face down.

"Hey!?" Yang Yan hurriedly stretched out his hand to block the mouth of the bottle, looked at me in astonishment, and asked seriously, "Have you thought about it?"

Can you think about it

I thought about it seriously again, but still firmly poured more than half of the bean-sized antidote into the river water. The pitch-black pills were instantly carried away by the water, and they were no longer visible in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Qi Sheng and I are either dead or alive, so stop being hypocritical, love, and you can't eat it!

Yang Yan didn't speak for a long time, and after a long while he sighed: "Zhang Pengpeng, your heart is really cruel."

My mood was also inexplicably low. I stared at the river in a daze, and said, "Thank you for your compliment."

Yang Yan was so choked up by me that he stared at me with wide eyes.

I felt that being sentimental at this moment was really unacceptable, so I supported my waist with my hands again, dragged my two half-stupid legs, walked back to the fire, took dry food and ate it on my own.

Yang Yan sighed and asked me, "What should I do next?"

I shook my head, "You take me to hide for a few days, and wait for the reaction of the Northern Expedition army. If the army quietly gathers in the pass, you can be sure that Qi Sheng is really dying, so we will contact the Zhang family and let them Escort me into the army, and I will support Qi Sheng's coffin back to Shengdu, and even the Empress Dowager will be unable to take me. But if there is no movement in the army, or if the expedition continues..."

"What should I do then?" Yang Yan asked.

I laughed, "That means that Qi Sheng is not dead, and the two of us really have to run away."

Yang Yan was really dumbfounded this time. After a while, he jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

With half a cake in my mouth, I tilted my head and squinted at him, asking, "What's the problem?"

Yang Yan suddenly twitched, scratched his head with his hand, and said a little embarrassedly, "I would have brought some more money out if I knew earlier, and I also need money for elopement, otherwise how can I run far!"

Hearing what he said, a mouthful of noodles stuck in my throat, and I almost choked to see Yan Jun.

Yang Yan hurriedly came over to pat me on the back and kept asking, "Do you want water? Do you want water? There's no tea for a while, how about some river water?"

I coughed with tears all over my face. I blocked his hand and looked up at him. I said bitterly, "Why do you hold grudges like this? You've always been a woman disguised as a man, right?"

Yang Yan squatted on the ground and looked at me face to face for a moment, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

The hearty laughter spread far and wide, startling the birds on the top of the hills and forests. I was taken aback and rushed over to cover his mouth, scolding in a low voice, "Are you going to die? You will be beautiful when someone finds out!"

Yang Yan still laughed silently for a long time before he stopped, pushed me away carelessly, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I've left the pursuers far away, and no one will be able to catch us."

He spoke so confidently that I heard it with skepticism. Yang Yan has always been unreliable.

The next morning, snow suddenly fell from the sky. Yang Yan was overjoyed and shouted: "It's a good snow, it just happened to cover up our whereabouts. If Qi Sheng's people can find us, it will be a god!"

I breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Yang Yan if he could find a hunter who lives in the mountains, so as to beg for a hot soup.

Yang Yan patted his chest and said no problem, but he led me around in the mountains for several days, but he didn't find a single person.

I was very helpless, so I gave up the extravagant hope of drinking a bowl of hot soup and asked Yang Yan to take me out of the mountain. Now that the pursuers have been thrown away, it is necessary to walk to Jingyang, so as to inquire about the news of the Northern Expedition.

Yang Yan nodded, and led me around the mountain for two days with a serious face.

I got angry and asked him, "Didn't you say that you grew up in the mountains since you were a child, and you can walk well with your eyes closed? Huh?"

Yang Yan's face was a little embarrassed, and he said with a dry smile: "Didn't I mean the mountains outside Taixing City!"

There are thousands of miles in Nima Taixingli, okay? Can this mountain be the same as a mountain

I was so angry that my lungs hurt, and after kicking him a few times, I started to sit on the ground panting heavily.

Yang Yan slapped the snow on his body and did not forget to comfort me: "It's good to get lost, we don't even know where we are right now, and it's even more impossible for the pursuers to know."

Up to now, I can only deceive myself and comfort myself, but the facts soon prove that Yang Yan is not only unreliable, but also listens to the opposite.

In the evening of the second day after he said this, the pursuers arrived.

I was sitting under the tree and counting the dough in the skins. Yang Yan, who climbed the top of the tree and looked into the distance, jumped down from the branch, squatted in front of me nervously, and whispered to me: "There are three I have to tell you something."

He said it so solemnly, I took my eyes off the cake and put it on his face.

"One, the chasing soldiers have arrived."

I was stunned for a moment, and the cake I was holding in my hand fell off.

"Second, the person leading the team is Qi Sheng."

With a "pop", the luggage in the other hand also fell on the snow.

Yang Yan looked down and said with some difficulty: "Third, I plan to run by myself."

I finally jumped up from the ground, pounced on him, pinched his neck with my hands, and scolded, "Yang Yan! Your uncle's!"

Yang Yan didn't struggle, just said in a low voice and quickly: "Qi Sheng has brought experts this time, I can't escape with you at all, and since he's fine, something must have happened to Brother Nine, I I have to save Brother Jiu. You let go, they have already reached the foot of the mountain, and they will come up soon."

Lao Tzu's life is so insignificant compared to his ninth brother! I became more and more angry in my heart, since you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous. If you want to die, let's all die together! As soon as I gritted my teeth, I rode on him and tore his robes like crazy. I don't believe it, Qi Sheng sees you cuckolding him, he can spare your whole family!

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted to my intentions, hurriedly stretched out his hand to clamp my wrist, and whispered angrily: "What are you doing!"

I sneered, leaned down and bit him on the side of the neck forcefully.

His body froze, but he didn't push me away.

"I've tried my best," he continued, taking a deep breath. "They've already caught up. I've been on a detour for four days, but I can't get rid of them. Now they've surrounded us. There's no way out."

I slowly let go of my mouth and looked up at him.

His Adam's apple moved, and he said sternly: "I really wanted to escape with you, but I couldn't do it. If Qi Shengken came out to find you in person, it means that he doesn't think you are very important, as long as you It is said that he was robbed by me, even if he is taken back, he will not worry about his life. But the life and death of Jiu Ge is unpredictable at this moment, and I have to find him. "

His arms were raised suddenly, and I only felt a pain in the back of my neck, and I lost consciousness as soon as my eyes darkened.

When I woke up again, I was already in the tent. I was lying on a low camp bed, not far from the side. The candlelight on the low table magnified Qi Sheng's silhouette on the side of the tent wall, and it was a little blurry. .

Qi Sheng heard the movement and raised his head to look at me calmly.

I also looked at him, thinking about which is more important, life or dignity, and then I found out, ridiculously, that this problem is not a problem for me, because my life is my choice every time.

Qi Sheng heard the movement and raised his head to look at me calmly.

I looked back at him quietly, although my face was still like water, but in fact my heart was almost tangled into a peony flower.

Should I throw myself into his arms and cry bitterly, be grateful to God for telling him to live well? I play

Or simply make hob meat. That's right, I just want to bring you down, so that I can be the queen mother. What do you like to do, anyway, I don't care about anything.

The two stared at each other for a long time. Qi Sheng first sighed lowly and asked, "Why did the two of us get to where we are today?"

As soon as he said that, I knew he knew everything.

Now that it's all over, there's no use for me to pretend to be stupid other than to make myself look more like a clown.

I turned around and looked at the dark roof, and couldn't help but sneer.

He heard Qi Sheng continue to whisper: "I told myself that as long as you are willing to come for me, I will not care about everything you have done before..."

I couldn't listen anymore, I sat up from the bed, grabbed the pillow and smashed it at Qi Sheng, yelling, "Qi Sheng, how dare you say this! Don't care about what I've done before, bah. It's just that you are the first day of the new year and I will be the fifteenth! You clearly knew my plan from the beginning, you fell asleep without falling asleep, asked me to give birth to Qi Hao, and asked me to go to Daming Palace to study government affairs, not just for the sake of Cultivate my ambitions? You have set the path for me, and you use power to force me to follow you step by step to get to where you are today, what kind of lover are you pretending to be?"

Qi Sheng looked at me quietly, and after a long while he said in a low voice, "I give you the opportunity to choose every time, but you never thought that you could choose to trust me."

I laughed angrily, "What have you done that I can trust? You are always calculating and guarding against me. Why do you tell me to treat you with all my heart?"

"Zhang Pengpeng, ask yourself with your conscience, do I only have calculations and precautions for you!" Qi Sheng's face was angry, his voice was faintly trembling, and his dark and deep pupils faintly glowed under the light of the candlelight. A reddish glow.

A corner of my heart seemed to collapse suddenly, and a sour feeling suddenly surged up.

Qi Sheng sat up straight, stared at me with wide eyes, and asked me tightly, "Zhang Pengpeng, tell me, do you have any heart?"

The sourness in my heart gradually came up, forcing my eyes to blur.

Qi Sheng stood up abruptly, walked a few steps to the front of the bed, pulled my body hard, grabbed my hand and pressed it against my chest, and asked in a screeching voice, "Come and tell me, what is this? What is the beating inside? Why can you beg for a child with me in front of the Buddha a moment ago, and then turn around and discuss with others how to kill me? I lied to myself, I told myself that it was because I owed money before With you, I made you feel cold, I have to slowly warm your heart again... I even used a child to keep you, but what about you? Zhang Pengpeng, what have you done?"

I stared at him and slowly replied, "I just did what I could to make myself live safely. Instead of complaining here that I have been unwilling to trust you, it is better to go back and think about why I have been unwilling to trust you."

After a long time, Qi Sheng let go of his hand, smiled tiredly at me, turned around and walked out of the tent.

I sat down on the bed in a daze, but suddenly I felt cold. The chill rose from the bottom of my heart and permeated layer by layer from the inside to the outside. It quickly froze my whole body, and even my teeth clucked uncontrollably. ring.

I wrapped myself tightly with a blanket, lay down on the bed, and reminded myself: "Don't be fooled, it's just another scene played by Qi Sheng, just watch it, don't get involved, or you can It’s really going to die without a place to be buried.”

That night, Qi Sheng never entered the tent again. When I set off from the camp the next day, there was also a personal guard who came to take care of me. Qi Sheng's eyes only swept over me randomly twice, but he didn't say a word to me.

The group walked north along the mountain range, and soon after they got out of the mountain, they joined another group of people. Freehand brushwork was in that team, and I couldn't help but wipe my tears when I saw it.

I looked at her and persuaded: "Don't cry, it's so cold, you're crying, and you won't be able to get married in the future. You also ask Qi Sheng to arrange a separate scene for you, don't spend the whole day. It's a crying scene, and I'm tired of watching it."

Freehand half-open mouth, staring at me blankly, speechless.

I smiled, patted the horse's butt lightly with the handle of the whip, and walked forward.

This team is like Qi Sheng's personal guards. There are a hundred and ten people. They all look tough, and they are obviously not ordinary people. I completely gave up the idea of running away, and honestly followed the group all the way to the north. After walking for less than two days, I saw a city in the distance. The flag of Nanxia was floating high on the city wall.

I squinted my eyes, and then I saw the word "Pingning" engraved on the gatehouse. I was stunned and secretly thought that this is the small town in Beimo where the Nanxia army temporarily rested after Qi Sheng was "assassinated".

Before they got close, the city gate was already wide open, and more than a dozen horses greeted them from the city, flanking Qi Sheng and entering the city. Only at this moment did Xie Yi follow up from behind, and said respectfully, "Niangniang, let's go into the city."

I took a deep breath and followed the crowd into the city.

Pingning City used to be a major military town in the Northern Desert. After Qi Sheng defeated it, he thought it was a good place, so he simply used it as a transfer station for his grain and grass.

After Qi Sheng entered the city, he called the generals for a battle meeting, and I was sent directly to the general's mansion. After spending half a month in the wild, I finally lived a life with a house, a bed, pots and pans, a toilet and a bathtub... When I soaked in the hot tub, I just felt that such a life would It's complete.

Although eating and dressing is not as good as in Shengdu, it is still enough to eat three meals a day.

Although the scope of activities is restricted, you can still move freely in the small courtyard where you live, and it is even allowed to look outside at the door.

But within two days of the good days, I found that the situation in the city seemed to suddenly become tense. It's not because I'm sensitive, but the number of soldiers patrolling outside the hospital has increased sharply, and they're all wearing armor. Armor can easily weigh dozens of pounds. As long as it's not necessary, no one wants to walk around wearing it all day.

I asked Shuyi to go out and find out what was going on. She went out for a turn, but when she came back, she told me that a large army in the northern desert had appeared out of nowhere and had already surrounded the city of Pingning.

Freehand asked me nervously, "Are you going to fight?"

Look how fresh she asks! He Qi Sheng led hundreds of thousands of troops to other people's sites. He didn't want to fight, did he still come to visit

"Fight! Of course we have to fight! And this battle is not too small." I replied.

Needless to say, we all know that this place is where the Southern Xia and Northern Expeditions are located. If there is an emperor here, troops and horses must be indispensable, and the people of Bei Mo dare to come to surround this city, and they are definitely prepared.

A big battle is inevitable.

Xu was trying to verify my words. That afternoon, there was a shout of killing from outside the city, so loud that you could even hear it when you were squatting in the house. Freehand was filling me with porridge, and his hands trembled with fright, and he poured the porridge into the pot again.

I looked at her helplessly and sighed: "Xiyi, I always thought you were very bold. You said that the person you dare to do as a double agent must be smart and brave!"

Freehand looked at me embarrassedly, a pretty face was red and white, white and red, and it took a long time to stammer to explain: "Niangniang, slaves can't help themselves, and, moreover, slaves are absolutely loyal to her. one slice."

I've been a queen for a long time, and I've got calluses on my ears. In fact, being faithful and unfaithful is not important, the key is to be able to do things for you! Just like the freehand brushwork, I know that the only one who is truly loyal to her is Qi Sheng, but now I have to rely on her to do things, so I can only use her.

I looked at the porridge bowl in her hand and discussed with her: "Can we eat our fill first, and then talk about loyalty and unfaithfulness?"

Freehand pursed his lips and began to concentrate on serving me to eat.

For the next few days, fighting has been going on outside. I was still locked in the small yard to eat and sleep, but the expression on my freehand face became more and more nervous every day. On the sixth day, after I finished my lunch, I wiped my mouth and was about to go to bed to take a nap, but Freehand followed behind my ass, and asked nervously, "The beatings are so intense outside, the mother is just a little bit. Aren't you afraid?"

I turned around to look at her, and said strangely, "I don't want you to go to the city wall, why are you afraid? Besides, we are here to defend the city, and there are enough food, grass, soldiers and horses in the city, that is, for a year and a half. Loading is no problem.”

Freehand was so anxious that he almost cried, and said, "Niangniang, but there are not so many soldiers and horses in the city. I heard that the Wengcheng at the north gate of Libei was breached once yesterday. Killed again and went out, and then guarded the city gate."

I was taken aback, thinking that yesterday afternoon, I heard a lot of noise from the north. I thought that the lunch in Beimo was better, and everyone just had enough to eat...

I didn't respond when I wrote my opinion, I thought I didn't believe her words, and hurriedly added: "It's true, the slaves heard that the Tartar attack was fierce, and the casualties of the guards were very tragic, and even the crew of the baggage battalion went to the city wall."

Why is defending a city so embarrassed? Could it be that the Northern Expedition Army is not in Pingning City? Then why did Qi Sheng still enter Pingning City

I was thinking in a daze, but there was a rush of footsteps in the courtyard. Those people reached the corridor in a short time, and they heard someone outside the door respectfully asking, "Is the Empress in the room?"

This question is really unprofessional. Qi Sheng didn't even ask me out of this yard. Without me in the yard, can I still go to the room without me

I glanced at Freehand and motioned her to open the door.

There were several fully armed soldiers standing outside the door. Although the general in front was neatly dressed in armor, it had scratches from swords and blood stains in some places. He bowed his head and saluted me with a fist, and said, "I have been ordered by the emperor to come to protect the empress. For safety's sake, please change your attire."

After finishing speaking, the guards at the back walked forward with a stack of military uniforms and thin armor, and handed it directly to Freehand.

I heard the general's voice a little familiar, so I couldn't help but look at him carefully, and asked tentatively, "What's your surname?"

Then he looked at me a little embarrassedly, and replied, "Li Hong, the humble post, the empress has seen it before."

When he raised his face, I could see it clearly, but I've seen it before. Isn't this the Li Weiwei who forced me into the water on the Wanjiang River that year?

I laughed twice and said, "Not only have we met, we are all old acquaintances! What? Where are you taking me?"

Li Hong's face was stunned, after thinking about it, he was short, and knelt down in front of me on one leg, "Niangniang, I was also instructed to act at that time. Niangniang, if the city breaks down, I will protect Niangniang from the city and ask Niangniang to change clothes quickly."

I asked coldly, "Where is Qi Sheng?"

Li Hong hesitated for a moment and replied, "The emperor is at the North City Gate."

After hearing this, I lifted my foot and walked out. Li Hong hurriedly stretched out his arms and stopped in front of me, and hurriedly shouted: "The maiden can't go."

"Can't go?" I sneered, stepped forward and kicked Li Hong's shoulder. While everyone was stunned, he pulled out a sword from the waist of a guard next to him, and asked, "Who dares to stop me?"

After he finished speaking, he rushed outside with his sword. There were originally quite a lot of guards in the hospital, but no one expected me to break in so hard, and I felt a little silly for a while.

Li Hong hurriedly shouted from behind, "Stop her!"

Some guards reached out and tried to stop me, but they didn't dare to touch me, so they just bluffed their arms to stop me. Seeing them in this situation, I knew what to do, and I rushed forward without any scruples. Even if a bold guard wanted to reach out and grab me, I immediately put the sword to my neck and threatened: "You dare to touch me. Let me try?"

The guard was so frightened that he immediately retracted his hand and took several steps back.

I opened the courtyard door unobstructed all the way, and was about to spread my feet and run outside, when I heard Freehand shouting from behind: "Niangniang, Niangniang!"

I suddenly got angry, turned around and asked, "Why, you want to stop me too?"

Freehand was holding Li Hong's waist tightly with his arms, the weight of a weight was falling behind him, his face was red and his neck was thick, he still didn't forget to stick his head out of his waist with difficulty, and shouted loudly, "Wrong, wrong. , Niangniang went the opposite direction."

I blushed, turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

There were very few guards in the mansion, and there were no idlers in the city, and I was dressed in men's clothes, so I ran to the north gate smoothly all the way.

The battle was much more tragic than I had predicted. Wounded soldiers were constantly being carried off the city walls, and people were constantly replenishing them. I ran too fast before, and I had barely climbed halfway through the horse trail leading to the city, and had no strength to take another step. In the chaos, a general covered in blood was pulled down from above by two or three soldiers. He stopped abruptly when he passed by me, and exclaimed in astonishment, "The Empress?"

I looked carefully at the blood-stained face, and then barely recognized him, "He Bingze?"

He Bingze pushed away the soldier who was supporting him, rushed to me in two steps, and said anxiously, "Why did you come here? Where is Li Hongren? Where did he die?"

I stepped forward and grabbed his collar and asked, "What's going on? Where's the army in the city?"

He Bing opened his mouth, but said nothing.

"Speak! Why is this? What is Qi Sheng doing?" I asked angrily.

He Bing replied helplessly: "The emperor secretly divided his troops, leaving only 30,000 imperial troops in the city, and the rest of the troops were brought by King Zhao to Shangjing to support General Yang Yu. I don't know why the Tartars found Pingning. The truth is that he abandoned his own capital without saving him, so he came to fight here with all his strength.”

I was almost dumbfounded. I wipe! I never imagined that Qi Sheng would be bold enough to use himself to carry out such a dangerous move, and even sent everyone out to raid other people's nests, leaving only 30,000 people to defend himself.

Why don't people in Bei Mo fight here with all their might? You have conquered my capital, and I will also destroy your emperor who is in charge of your own expedition. It is not a loss for an emperor to change an emperor! If I were from Beimo, I would have to kill Ningcheng to the death!

Before I could relax, Li Hong was already chasing after him with someone.

He Bingze turned around and roared at Li Hong: "Didn't the emperor tell you to take someone to the South Gate? Why did you ask her to come here?"

Li Hong couldn't answer, didn't explain, just took a few steps forward and grabbed my arm, and whispered: "My lord, forgive me, it's a rude disrespect."

After speaking, the other hand swiped between my knees, and unexpectedly picked me up from the ground, turned around and strode back quickly.

I came back to my senses and shouted in a hurry, "Let me go!"

Li Hong turned a deaf ear.

Seeing him like this, I decided to change the way, so I slowed down my voice and reasoned with him in a very good-natured manner: "The people from Beimo didn't surround the South Gate, right? That's why Qi Sheng asked you to take me away from the South Gate. What is this called? You are a soldier after all, have you heard that the besieged city must be queued? People stay at the South Gate just to tell us to escape! How far does it take to get to Jingyang Pass after leaving the South Gate? Almost? Do you think they can let us go smoothly?"

Li Hong paused for a while, but then said: "With a humble position, I will definitely be able to make the empress come back to Jingyang safely."

I am also helpless for this kind of person who does not eat oil and salt.

Li Hong hurried off the horse road with me in his arms, and turned to Chengmen Street. A group of soldiers hurried over and passed us, as if they had been transferred from other places to support us. My eyes followed them away, and inadvertently saw the figure on the tower.

Standing tall, tall and straight, the bright red tassel on the helmet danced wildly in the wind, the black cloak was rolled up by the wind, revealing the golden armor underneath, shining brightly in the sun, like a god in a trance. .

His eyes fell on me through the chaotic crowd, calm and distant.

I stared at him blankly, unable to look away.

But he slowly raised the corners of his lips towards me, showing a faint smile, and silently told me with his mouth: "Live!"

Then he turned around resolutely.

I took a deep breath and pressed the sword I had been holding on to Li Hong's neck, and said succinctly, "Go back!"

Xu Shi Li Hong decided that I didn't dare to start, and he ignored me and continued to walk.

I used some strength in my hands and pressed the blood on his neck. "This is the aorta. Once you cut it, the gods won't be able to save you. Go back! Don't force me to kill you."

To say that Li Hong is also a person who is aware of current affairs, after hearing what I said, his body only froze, and he immediately turned back and walked towards the city wall obediently.

On the city wall, Qi Sheng was holding the hilt of his sword and calmly commanding the battle of defending the city. When he turned his head and saw me appearing beside him, he couldn't calm down and asked me with a livid face: "You Why are you back? Where is Li Hongren?"

Li Hong hurriedly stepped forward with his head lowered and replied, "I'm here!"

Qi Sheng was stunned, and the next move was to lift his foot to kick Li Hong.

I covered my eyes with my hands, and sighed inwardly that I was rushing to answer at this time, and it was obvious that I was rushing to get kicked.

After Qi Sheng kicked the person, he turned around and asked me with a cold face, "Are you going?"

I shook my head firmly, "Don't go, you are the most treacherous and cunning person, only staying by your side is the safest."

Qi Sheng was so angry that he couldn't speak, he glared at me for a long time, then turned to ask Li Hong, who was still kneeling on the ground, "Where's the armor? Where's her armor?"

Li Hong was dumbfounded all of a sudden. When the armor was in the small courtyard, he gave freehand brushwork. Later, when I broke out with a sword, he only cared about chasing me. How could he care about the armor or not.

On the other hand, a guard beside him was a bit more shrewd. Seeing this, he took off the soft armor on his body without saying a word, and brought his hands over.

Qi Sheng snorted coldly, then took it and put the sleeve on me directly.

It's time for life and death, and I can't be polite anymore. While tying the buckle of the armor, I turned to the guard and said, "Thank you, little brother."

The guard's face turned red all of a sudden, and he was speechless.

I glanced at him, and said honestly, "Hey? I borrowed the helmet to try."

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then took off his helmet again. Just as he was halfway through his hand, Qi Sheng took it in the middle and put it on my head, and confessed with a cold face: "You stay in the back honestly, If there is a situation, I will follow Li Hong's arrangement."

I nodded in agreement, looked up at him, and said solemnly: "Qi Sheng, we all have to live, even if the city is broken, we must work hard to survive. Wei'er and Hao'er are still waiting for us in Shengdu, even if it is for the sake of They, you and I have to live too."

Qi Sheng was wearing a helmet for me. Hearing that, his movements froze. After a while, he nodded and replied, "Okay!"

The helmet was a bit big and I was uncomfortable wearing it.

In order to boost morale, Qi Sheng's dragon flag tree was so tall that not only the people in the city could see it clearly, but even the people from Beimo below the city could see it clearly, so they attacked the city wall even more fiercely.

I heard the screams of killing outside the city that shook the sky, and I was inevitably a little shocked, and couldn't help but complained in a low voice: "Qi Sheng, Qi Sheng, what do you want me to say about you? You are too smart to save Qingqing's life! Are you so daring? There are only 30,000 people around you and you dare to pretend to be 200,000 people. You really think everyone else is a fool! And you brought me into this city of Pingning. Li, this time is good, the emperor and queen are all complete, if the city is broken, it will be a pot of stew..."

Qi Sheng lowered his head sharply and blocked my words with his lips.

His lips are a little dry, but his breath is still fresh, his tongue is still as flexible as before, and he feels good, but the stubble on his chin is a bit piercing...

stop! Is this line of thinking a little off

I was shocked, I pushed him away, glanced around secretly, and saw Li Hong and the other guards nodding their heads with red faces and red ears. ?"

Qi Sheng laughed sullenly and ignored me. He just turned his head and instructed Li Hong, "Protect the empress."

Don't worry about me when you're done.

Because Qi Sheng was at the north gate, the Beimo people also concentrated their forces to attack the gate. The battle continued from the afternoon until the sun set. On the desert side, Ming Jin finally withdraws his troops.

I have been watching the battle by hiding behind the shield, and watching the people from the northern desert retreat like a flood, I breathed a sigh of relief and walked out from behind the shield. The city walls were already in a mess, but although the soldiers who defended the city suffered heavy casualties, because the emperor had been standing side by side with them, morale was very high.

He Bingze was randomly wrapped in some bandages, and he did not know when he went to the city wall again. He was instructing the soldiers to repair the city wall, arrange vigilance, and rescue the wounded by means of the armistice.

Qi Sheng walked over and said a few words to him, then turned around and came to me, without speaking, he took my hand and went down the city head along the horse road.

Seeing his actions, I wondered if he might have misunderstood something, hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but pulled his hand and explained in a low voice, "Qi Sheng, I think you may have misunderstood something. ."

Qi Sheng kept his feet and only made a low "um" in his mouth.

I had the intention to explain my behavior to him today, but when I opened my mouth and said the word "I", Qi Sheng said lightly, "I'm tired, very tired." He turned his head to look at me, his eyes calm and calm. Tired, "I'm also very hungry. We'll talk about the matter between us later, okay?"

I looked at him, nodded, and said nothing.