It was evening now, the setting sun was hanging in the sky, and there was a burning cloud in the sky, and the setting sun reflected the glow of the burning cloud into the Phoenix East Garden, dyeing the entire Phoenix East Garden in fiery red.
Huayan leaned against the door frame, propped her body up and looked towards the western horizon, the blood was left in the setting sun, this is not a good omen.
She looked at it for a while, put her hands on her stomach, took a deep breath, and ordered, "Mother, let someone prepare the car. I'll go to the city wall to have a look. If my guess is right"
It must be Yun Rang
Mother Fang panicked, "Crown Princess, you are sick and cannot go to the city gate, it is too dangerous."
Huayan shook her head, "Grandma, listen to my order and prepare the cart. If soldiers and horses attack the city, I won't be able to hide."
Nanny Fang was frightened and anxious at the moment, so she could only tell people to get ready.
The Empress Dowager and Mrs. Jing Guo came here in a hurry when they got the news. Seeing Nanny Fang helping Hua Yan into the carriage, the Empress Dowager said anxiously, "Girl Yan, what are you doing?"
Hua Yan poked her head out from the car against the car wall, "Imperial Grandmother, I'll go to the city gate to have a look."
"It's not that there are no people in the capital of Southern Chu, you must go, you go back to Ai's family and lie down." The queen mother said angrily, "Look at your current appearance, how can you not toss your life?"
Huayan shook her head, "Of course I'm going to die. Now there are only 10,000 people left in the capital. The inner city is empty, and there are no troops from the capital outside. The old man, whether it is Xiao Wu, Master Zhao or Master Gu, is no match for him. Even if it is not the old man, the incoming man must be a very powerful person. There is a disparity in the strength of the troops, and they cannot handle it. Even if I can go back and lie down now with peace of mind , once the city is broken, it will still be difficult to survive. Now, while we can move, it is better to make plans early."
The queen mother choked for a moment, gritted her teeth, "Aijia will follow you."
Mrs. Jing Guo also understood that Huayan had no choice but to go to the city gate at this time, and immediately said, "I will go with you too, and bring all the midwives from the East Palace with me, and the genius doctor will follow."
Huayan nodded without refuting the two, "Okay."
The people in the East Palace moved quickly, and soon they were all assembled, and the whole group left the East Palace in a hurry.
The queen mother was sitting in the carriage, staring at Huayan all the time, seeing her feeble appearance, she was really sad, she said with red eyes, "If something happens to you, Aijia will die."
Huayan was startled, and sighed helplessly, "Grandmother, what are you talking about?"
The queen mother couldn't control the tears she had held back for many days. She quickly wiped them off with a handkerchief, "If something happens to you, Chi'er won't survive. He was watched by the Ai family since he was a child, and the Ai family knows best. His stubborn temperament, he is sure about one thing, not to mention ten cows, even a hundred cows can't be pulled back. You are even more like this, you two children are really a natural pair."
Hua Yan smiled, "Grandmother, don't worry, this world is prosperous, Southern Chu is prosperous, Yun Chi begged for the four seas and rivers, I haven't seen it with him yet, how can I bear to drag him to accompany me? But as long as I breathe, I will live and wait for him Sweep the civil strife and stabilize the world."
Even if she gritted her teeth, she would hold on until then. She didn't know how strong other people's will to survive was, she only knew her own. Living and stabilizing the world were what she wanted now.
The queen mother nodded, "With your words, the Ai family can feel at ease. Back then, when the queen went, the emperor's heart also went with him. If it weren't for Chi'er, the emperor would have needed to teach him, and it would have been so long ago. I have never slowed down, Chi'er is like the emperor, but he is much more affectionate and infatuated than the emperor, if the country is his responsibility and burden, you are his heart."
"I know." Hua Yan nodded, no one knows better than her, Yun Chi has long held the heart of life and death for her, she lives, he lives, she dies, he will not live alone, afraid that if something happens to her, The child in the womb cannot be tied to him.
The queen mother stretched out her hand to take her hand, the temperature of Huayan's palm was so hot that the queen mother was afraid, "Huayan, you are a good boy, you must be well."
"Well, don't worry, Grandmother." Huayan let the queen mother hold her hand. These days, her body is getting hotter and hotter. It is true that one day suddenly, the body will be destroyed, the ashes will be wiped out, and there will be no bones left.
It seemed that she shouldn't exist in this world, and she deserved to die like that.
She was afraid that at that time, even if Yun Chi died, he would not be able to find her.
So she must not
She has deeply experienced how hard it is to find someone, even in heaven and earth, she can't find her, she doesn't want Yun Chi to find her, the kind that can't be found in lifetimes.
When the carriage arrived at the city gate, the city gate was already closed when it was known that soldiers and horses were coming. The Fifth Prince, Zhao Qingxi, Cheng Guzhi and several ministers from the Ministry of War gathered on the top of the city gate.
Seeing Huayan's carriage approaching, the fifth prince was shocked, Yu Zhao Qingxi and Cheng Guzhi glanced at each other, and hurried over together.
The fifth prince said with a pale face, "Fourth sister-in-law, why are you here?" After saying that, seeing the queen mother get off the carriage, he hurriedly saluted, "Grandmother, you are here too."
Supported by Nanny Fang, Huayan stood firm, nodded to the fifth prince, and asked, "Can you find out who is leading the army?"
The fifth prince shook his head, "I haven't found out yet, but fifty thousand soldiers are approaching the gate of the city. It looks like fifty thousand elite soldiers. According to the scout report, the horseshoes were wrapped in cotton cloth and suddenly appeared from thirty miles away. I haven’t heard any news about it. Apparently, the people who led the troops were very powerful and avoided the sentries at the stations along the way.”
Huayan nodded, "I'll go up to the tower to have a look."
The fifth prince looked at Huayan's weak appearance, and moved the corners of his mouth. She had already come, but he didn't try to persuade her any more.
Nanny Fang supported Huayan and walked up the tower slowly, Zhao Qingxi followed, and said worriedly, "Crown Princess, you were right, I have already divided 10,000 troops into four cities in southeast, northwest and north. It's a map of infantry, take a look."
Huayan reached out to take the infantry map, and after reading it, handed it back to Zhao Qingxi, "Your infantry map is fine, and you have made the most comprehensive arrangement with the least amount of troops."
Zhao Qingxi put away the infantry map, "The 10,000 soldiers and horses left in the inner city have never been on the battlefield. Since the 50,000 elite soldiers who came here, I'm afraid it will be really hard to hold back."
"Let's see." Huayan pursed her lips.
Zhao Qingxi didn't say any more, now there is really no other good way, except to mobilize the soldiers of the major mansions and the people of the capital, but the total number of soldiers in the capital is only a few thousand, the people are weak after all, if 50,000 cavalry are effective It's hard to say how long it can resist the crazy siege of the city.
Huayan went up the tower, and someone handed her a lookout mirror.
Huayan reached out to take the lookout mirror, but saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the Lingnan flag was clear, and vaguely saw a person under the flag wearing white clothes with a light robe, and the distance was so far that even with the lookout mirror, he couldn't see the person's eyebrows clearly . But Huayan still recognized the person who came, Yun Rang, Prince of Lingnan's son.
Yunrang a few years ago seems to have changed little from what he is now, but since he brought troops to Beijing, the changes are actually great. If it was Yunrang before, he would definitely not be able to do it.
She put down the binoculars and remained silent.
Zhao Qingxi looked at Huayan and speculated, "Crown Princess, you know the man who led the soldiers"
"Yeah, I know you." Hua Yan's voice was as usual, "Yun Rang, son of Prince of Lingnan, your aunt's son, and you are considered cousins."
Zhao Qingxi was surprised, "How could it be him
"Although I haven't met him, I heard from my father that the prince of Lingnan is indifferent to fame and fortune."
Huayan smiled, "An Shuli is also indifferent to fame and wealth, but he has not entered the imperial court. Nothing in the world is static, whether it is people or rules."
Zhao Qingxi was silent for a moment, "It is said that he is very smart, gifted early, and can learn everything faster than ordinary people. If he hadn't stayed in Lingnan since he was born, he didn't care about his reputation, didn't publicize his talent, and lived in seclusion with the green mountains and rivers all year round. , even the King of Lingnan can't do anything about him, there are more than four princes in the world, and he will definitely be among them."
Huayan nodded, "Well, he is very talented and has a good temper. Unfortunately, he was born in the Lingnan Palace."
Zhao Qingxi looked at the city, and while speaking, the soldiers and horses had already approached the city, and the man in white clothes and white horse under the Lingnan banner could already see his features clearly. She recalled, "He really looks like my aunt. Since he came, ten thousand inner city soldiers Horses can't defend the capital. Crown Princess, what do you say? Otherwise, I will go out of the city to talk to him and see how we can hold him back from attacking the city."
Hua Yan said nothing, as if thinking.
Zhao Qingxi was also thinking quickly and noticed that she had no choice but to play the family card now, but even the family card would not work. The soldiers came to attack the capital, and if they came to the capital at this time but cared about her family affection, that would be a fantasy. She would not dream of this dream confidently. Even though she was a cousin, she had never seen her before, and Yun Rang had never been to the capital either. .
"Fourth sister-in-law, you and your father and grandmother go out of the city through the secret passage of the palace, and I will take people to resist Yunrang." Although the fifth prince did not understand the art of war, he also saw that the 50,000 cavalry were definitely elite soldiers. At most, these soldiers and horses in the city can only withstand a day.
Zhao Qingxi immediately turned his head, "Why didn't I expect, Crown Princess, there is a little Highness in your belly, or"
Huayan waved her hand, blocking Zhao Qingxi's words, her gaze was clear, "there are tens of thousands of people in the capital, and as a princess, how could I abandon the city and leave the people? Wouldn't it be a joke to the world. I can't go"