noffsinger Chapter 121 Unlucky Yuan Ya and Su Qiu
Chapter 121 Unlucky Yuan Ya and Su Qiu
Seeing his master's worried and distressed expression, Eunuch Gao hastened to offer his advice, "Your Majesty! It'll be alright! The royal capital has high walls and thick grain transport, and with years of experience in grain transport, we can hold out for a year or two without any problem! By then, the King of Qin's troops and those from all over the country will arrive to support him. We won't have to worry about the rebels!"
really……
After hearing this, the empress was obviously relieved.
Now their only consolation was that the walls of the royal capital were 14 meters high and there was plenty of food in the city, so they could hold out for a long time.
but……
She didn't think about one thing: the king had so much food, but those disaster victims would starve to death.
Li Zhenbei’s troops are outside now, he is also a victim of the disaster!
Well, anyway, since we have mentioned King Qin Li Jize.
The empress felt that she should still win over her childhood sweetheart. After all, judging from the current situation, the troops of the other generals were really unreliable! If they could come to the rescue, they were probably only Li Jize's troops.
So and so...
The empress thought for a moment and then said to Eunuch Gao, "Gao Daban, go and announce the decree! Bring the Princess of Qin to Yongshou Palace. Also... I want to host a banquet for the Li family. Bring them all to the palace at the appropriate time!"
Eunuch Gao was a little surprised. What is Yongshou Palace?
Before the empress became emperor, she lived in the palace as a concubine. Now she lets Wang Yuanya live there. Isn't this a way to win over the Princess of Qin?
Now they are hosting a banquet in the palace to entertain the Li family, which sends an even stronger signal of winning them over!
Although it is a bit against the rules, it is a critical moment now. The bandits outside have been besieging for ten days. If he doesn't win over Li Jize's family, how can he risk his life to rescue them?
"Old slave obeys!"
Eunuch Gao agreed and immediately went down to do it.
Since they couldn't get out of the palace, Wang Yuanya, who was inside the palace, had to announce the decree first.
……
Wang Yuanya felt a little unlucky!
She originally became the Princess of Qin to gather intelligence, but her identity was inexplicably discovered and she was taken to the Western Factory. She was then transferred to the Imperial Palace and placed under house arrest.
After some inquiries, she found out that her identity as a spy for the rebel army was not exposed, but rather because of her identity as the Princess of Qin.
The empress wanted to take her as a hostage to threaten Li Jize!
Wang Yuanya found it hilarious. She thought it was a foolish dream that she could blackmail Li Jize. He had just left and gone overseas, not treating her as his wife at all, right?
At the critical moment, our brothers and senior brothers in the rebel army can be relied upon. They have already been contacted.
After the arrival of the rebel army, once the city is broken, the palace will be in chaos!
At that time, the senior brother and the hidden rebel brothers will rush in to rescue Wang Yuanya as soon as possible.
After years of anticipation, Wang Yuanya finally welcomed her idol, the "King of the North"! Her millions of "brothers" had finally arrived.
Everything is just waiting for the day when the royal capital is broken into!
result……
A generous gift crab!
The eunuch came to convey the empress's order, saying that she wanted to move her to a new residence, Yongshou Palace.
What? Who wants to go to Yongshou Palace?
My aunt has been here for so long and has already made plans for the future with my senior brother. Now you want her to move out?
Wouldn't it be a waste of time for Senior Brother to come with his fellow rebels? Would she be buried with him in this palace?
No! I, Wang Yuanya, don’t want this ending.
I also want to eat my fill, and then watch the righteous brothers rescue the capital and bring peace to the world.
pity……
Even if a million troops besieged the city, the empress was still the emperor of this country! Her orders, at least within this palace, no one would disobey her orders for the time being.
Just like that, no matter how Wang Yuanya jumped and danced, and even kicked off her shoes, she was still forcibly taken to the Wanshou Palace by them.
Finally, after tossing and turning for half the night, the sun rose as usual.
In order to show the empress's favor to the Li family, Eunuch Gao personally got on the sedan chair, left the palace and went straight to the Li family.
……
Li family.
The Li family is having a hard time these days.
The two best fighting men in the family are both out.
One was in charge of "suppressing the rebellion" on the battlefield in the Central Plains, but the situation only got worse. Millions of bandits had surrounded the entire royal capital.
The empress was not so angry as to order Li Jin to be beheaded directly, but that was because of the Li family's generations of loyalty.
Secondly, there is this weirdo Li Jize!
When the barbarians invaded, the court originally intended to appoint him as a deputy general to intimidate the barbarians. The specific commander was Zhou Yan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War.
But my family, who would have thought of that!
Li Jize had played dumb for so long, using a mutiny to not only kill the Minister of War Zhou Yan but also take control of the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry. Later, he didn't follow the imperial edict and went to fight the barbarians, but instead fled overseas. (In fact, he sent Zuo Santong to do it.)
In this way, the Li family became famous!
Poor old mother Huang Suqiu was not only criticized by others when she went out, but also suffered from the criticism of her concubine, illegitimate son and mother-in-law at home.
Especially the concubine Chen Anran, who was always being sarcastic to her and not allowing her to live at home, but making her live in the woodshed!
Don’t you like simple food and coarse linen clothes?
Perfect! Let's go live in the woodshed.
Why do you ask?
Why?
Just as Your Majesty dreamed, your son has rebelled! He betrayed Great Qi. Now, every time I go out, people point fingers at me and scold me!
The mother-in-law, Old Lady Li, also thought it made sense, and without saying a word, she tacitly approved of the concubine's actions.
Poor Huang Suqiu, the wife of the Li family.
Now our lives are even worse than those of the servants. We eat simple meals without any oil or water, and live in a woodshed without any shelter from the wind and rain.
It’s okay in spring and summer, but once autumn and winter come, it’s really cold.
today……
The concubine Chen Anran came to the woodshed as usual, bringing a pile of dirty clothes she had taken off and threw them directly on her sister Huang Suqiu's face.
Same old thing! Wash this pile of clothes! Otherwise, you won't have anything to eat today.
Huang Suqiu, who had just come back from winter and had frostbite on her hands, couldn't lose her temper yet. She could only put on a smile and quickly pick up the clothes on the ground and go wash them.
While they were busy, Li Jihuan came running over in a hurry, "Mom! Mom! Where is my Kujin makeup?"
Chen Anran was holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand. He cracked them while watching Huang Suqiu washing clothes. He said proudly, "Mom saw that your clothes were dirty, so she asked her to wash them for you!"
"what?"
Li Jihuan became anxious and ran over in a hurry.
Huang Suqiu happened to be holding the dress in her hands, soaking it in the water. She looked at Li Jihuan and had to put on a smile, "Jihuan, I'll help you wash it clean, it's okay!"
"Get out of here!"
As a result, Li Jihuan rushed forward and pushed her away with his hands.
Huang Suqiu was originally sitting on a small stool, washing clothes beside a wooden basin. The push caused her to fall to the ground, overturning the wooden basin and splashing water all over herself.
"You crude woman! You ruined my embroidered clothes. Can you afford to compensate me?"
Li Jihuan did not help her, but pointed at the old lady's nose and cursed at her.