The secret love history of two kings of the Northern Song Dynasty and a concubine who died of the country "After the Uncrowned"
She was born into a famous family, has a talent for poetry, and has outstanding beauty. Although she is one step away from the queen for life, she has influenced the two outstanding emperors in the early days of the Song Dynasty with her intelligence and talent.
However, there is very little history about her. The two most glorious visits, one is to chant a poem about the subjugation in front of the enemy Emperor Song Taizu, so that Zhao Kuangyin, who has been outstanding for life, was conquered on the spot and moved to take her as an existing one. infatuation. (There are even more wild records that Zhao Kuangyin actually attacked her country for this woman. If anything happens, she can indeed be called the ancient Chinese version of "Helen".)
Another time, she was shot to death in public by Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, and Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty. For some reason, Song Taizu, who favored her at the time, still feasted as usual.
This woman, known as Mrs. Huarui, wrote in her poem about the death of the country: "The flag is raised at the head of the king's city. How can the concubine learn in the deep palace that 140,000 people are unarmed, and no one is a man!"
This story is about this aristocratic woman, her short second half of her life in the early years of the Great Song Dynasty, and her journey to find herself, and of course her confusing love.
In March 965 AD, Huarui's wife Xu Wan was escorted to Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, along with her husband Meng Chang. Prior to this, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, sent troops to attack Hou Shu, and it took Hou Shu, a separatist regime outside the Central Plains, to subdue in just 66 days.
Zhao Kuangyin did not follow the conventions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He immediately destroyed his clan after his country's subjugation. He not only amnesty the entire Meng clan, but also built a 500-room house for them by the Bian River in Bianliang City. The magnificent mansion in a film allows the whole family to enjoy wealth and wealth. Therefore, Meng Chang’s troops are not as sophisticated as prisoners, but like emperors patrolling. Only the attendants have become soldiers with swords in the enemy's country. Some soldiers still have blood stains that are not cleansed. , That is the trace of fighting on the battlefield a while ago.
They set off from outside Chengdu, and it was sunset. The bloody setting sun gave this hundred flowers spit the stamens and the willow blossoms in the countryside scenery, but it also felt like a dream. At first, as long as the squeaking of the wheels was in the ears, people gradually heard the sound of sobbing. It turned out that there were people from Chengdu along the road to see off their monarch. The people were afraid of the soldiers with fierce faces and stood quietly at first. Afterwards, I didn't know who started, and many people sobbed.
"Chunshan Dai, Liu Huafei, don't go to the sunset" Xu Wan said to herself, her wet eyes gazed into the distance through the car window screens, and the azaleas in the mountains were also blooming.
"Concubine Hui still has her mood to chant poems and verses at this moment."
The talking woman sat opposite Xu Wan. She looked only eighteen or nine years old, with a tall hair and beautiful features. She had just been looking sadly at the crowd outside the window to see off. At this moment, her eye circles were also red, but there were no tears falling, but she was wiping the tears with a silk kerchief. There was also Xu Wan's maid sitting in the same car. She frowned and glanced at the girl opposite.
Xu Wan gradually withdrew his gaze, smiled casually at the corner of his mouth, and leaned on the back of the soft embroidered brocade. "Li Cairen, are you talking to me?"
She gradually played with the grape-flower-and-bird-patterned silver sachet on her hand. This sachet was spherical in shape, less than the size of a palm. There was a small semi-circular golden bowl for spices. The mechanism in the middle could keep the small golden bowl always in balance. No matter how you rotate the ball, the incense ash will not fall off.
Li Cairen replied casually, "Yeah, Concubine Hui is young and light, so how come her ears are not good? Can you not hear her concubine being so close to you?"
Xu Wan glanced up and down at the girl, fixed her eyes on her towering bun, then lowered her eyes and hummed softly a song "Splendid Flower in the South, Tianfu Palace. Thousands of miles in the sky, the world is happy. Jin Zun puts the wine in the wine, it's not drunk..." The original song can be heard slowly and beautifully, and the suitable long sleeves gradually dance.
She stopped abruptly, smiled and said, "Yanniang, do you still remember? The official family made this song for you during the Mengchun period last year, and ordered me to fill in this word because of you. This high bun made him astounded when he took the case."
"Why don't you remember, the official also gave it a name called Chaotian Updo, and the people in the palace learned that I also combed my hair into upside down buns, and it almost became a habit for a while." Yanniang curled her lips, but it was difficult. Cover the complacency on his face.
Xu Wanyouyou said: "At the time, did you think that my Shu kingdom was defeated so quickly, and how did you think that our group would go all the way to Bianliang, thousands of miles away, and bow down to the emperor of the Song Dynasty. This is really true. The song has become a confession."
Yanniang immediately retorted: "What does Concubine Hui mean? Is it my fault? Is it my fault that the country is defeated? It is Concubine Hui's first mistake to make mistakes. In the entire harem, who is the Lord God with? , Why don't you say a word of exhortation?"
Xu Wan was shocked in her heart. She didn't expect Yanniang to dare to refute her bluntly. Before Xu Wan could speak, the maid sternly shouted: "Li Yanniang, why are you a little talented person talking to Concubine Hui like this?"
"The country is dead, where's the noble concubine, we are just concubines now." Li Yanniang muttered while looking away.
The maid stunned for a moment, and immediately said again. "At first, Concubine Hui advised the officials more than once, and not all of you, but if the officials don't call our Concubine Hui for a day, you people are like buzzing mosquitoes. And up..."
"Purple Sakura!" Xu Wan whispered the maid's words, "No need to say any more."
The maid stopped immediately, although there was still unevenness on her face, Yan Niang smiled and snorted like winning.
At this time, Meng Chang, the defeated monarch of Hou Shu, was opening the window screens and frequently waved goodbye to the people, hiding his face from time to time and weeping.
A bold person among the people called out, "Holy, you must take care!"
Song Bing immediately shouted: "Who? Who called it just now?"
No one answered, and the people in front of him lowered their eyes and dared not look at him.
Song Bing yelled: "Tell you, you are not allowed to be called the sage. He is no longer your monarch, so let me back, back! Don't blame me for not having long eyes when you come forward!"
The people gathered more and more, and there were children among the crowd, and they were almost squeezed. Meng Chang shouted: "Hurry up and help the children!"
In order to prevent the people from getting emotional, he had to put down the window screens and sat down in his carriage.
After a while, there was Song Bing outside Xu Wan’s carriage through the window screens and said: "Report to Madam Xu, Madam Li, Meng Gong wants you to sit in his carriage."
Xu Wan suddenly felt awkward when he heard the word Meng Gong, and the maid reminded him, "It’s the Lord who is asking you to go over."
She did not open her eyes, nor got up. Seeing this, the maid had to say to Song Bing: "Mrs. Xu is tired and has fallen asleep."
"I will go alone, stop!" When Li Yanniang cleansed her clothes and was about to get out of the car, Xu Wan reminded her to "bring on the drapery", but she did not open her eyes when she said this.
Li Yanniang muttered, "It's only a few steps away," but she still put the drapery hat on. Song Bing, who came to report, just put the dismounting stool next to the carriage and stood there. She habitually stretched out her hand to help people, but at this time she realized that she had no maid anymore, Song Bing only stared at her. On the slender nails painted with brilliant red curdant.
"Help me!" she said to Song Bing. Song Bing came back to his senses, and stretched out his arms unfamiliarly to let her support her. When Yanniang passed by, she left a scent that he had never smelled before. Song Bing took a deep breath, and some Song Bing Winking at him. Ziying glanced at the obscene expressions of these people through the gauze, and hurriedly closed the carriage door in shock.
As soon as Li Yanniang left, Zi Ying said angrily: "Li Cairen said that Wan Niangniang did not persuade the saint. In the past two or three months, how many times Wan Niangniang persuaded the saint to consolidate the soldiers and wait for the battle. The saints are not all coaxed away by her Li Yanniang, don't others know that she is still not clear? Why is she talking nonsense."
"She is not talking nonsense, she just waits for us to argue, she can go to the Sage and say, we complain privately that the Sage does not listen to advice, it seems that we are wise and the Lord is stupid."
After hearing this, Zi Ying realized that she had just made a mistake.
"Ah, the servant girl damn it. I was agitated by her just now, but she didn't hesitate to say anything. What can I do about this? She must go to file a complaint."
"I'm not afraid of anything, you don't have to blame yourself, not to mention it's you, even I am unprepared for a while."
"I want to come, although the country is dead, it is a good thing for her," Ziying lowered her eyebrows and meditated." No wonder she repeatedly provoked you when she left the palace today. I must have waited for this day. "
"Oh, it's too urgent"
"Why don't she think about it, although the country is dead, and the family has not been separated, in the future Wan Niangniang will help her upright, and the Lord will ask the Song Dynasty emperor to grant Wan Niang Niang a first-grade fate. That's when she is crying."
Xu Wan shook his head mockingly, "In this situation, what can I do with the first-class fate, let alone whether we can live..."
Speaking of this, Xu Wan stopped immediately.
"What did Wan Niang Niang say?"
"Oh, nothing"
Ziying seemed to have heard the last movable type. She lowered her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes as if she was worried about something. Xu Wan looked at her like this and deliberately changed the subject and said, "Actually, it's hard to tell who is the fate of Yipin. I am 15 years old. Entering the palace, I sealed the imperial concubine at the age of 18. If it weren't for the queen mother to stop me, I would have sealed the queen. Now, the lord is no longer the king of a country, he is a dutiful son, and the empress dowager will have more weight in the future. ."
"The Queen Mother has been doing her best to serve the Queen Mother all these years. When the Queen Mother is ill, the Queen Mother is always clumsy and serves the decoction. What is the Queen Mother's dissatisfaction?"
"The Holy Master built the Crystal Palace for me to spend a million pennies of silver, enough for hundreds of thousands of people to eat for a year. The Crystal Palace is only a place to enjoy the coolness in summer. Although we are rich in Shu, such extravagance is also a manufacturing industry. In addition, the ladies in the palace. Two or three thousand people, the last concubine's monthly silver is higher than the Hanlin bachelor's, and I have not been able to restrain the heart of the sage, how can the queen mother have no grudge against me in her heart."
Ziying was about to speak, only to hear the crowd outside the window chaos, and the two looked out together. It turned out that an elderly man was crying and fainted, and he was carried out of the crowd by the crowd.
Xu sighed and sighed, "How pitiful the people are. The monarch is incompetent, and they are precarious, but now they are desperately crying. If I were the people, it would be too late to spurn us."
"Wan Niang Niang! You, how can you say such a bullshit!"
"This is not a silly talk, but don't worry, I will also talk to you in private."
"No matter what Wan Niangniang thinks in her heart, she should cry a few times along the way. Even Li Yanniang knows how to cry and cry. If you don't cry, you will sing a tune and spread it to the Queen Mother. It must be another misunderstanding. . Fortunately, my sister has to seal a word of wisdom. According to the maidservant's house, my sister is not wise."
Xu Wan leaned her head on Ziying's shoulder, and said coquettishly, "It's alright, I know that I'm wrong, let's calm down Miss Ziying!"
Ziying grunted, and helped Xu Wan tighten the cloak, Xu Wan closed her eyes as if she was too tired.
Ziying looked at the crying people outside the window, thinking of this to go to Bianliang Ji is unpredictable, Xu Wan's mind is always not in the fight for favor, and she does not know what her future will be, and she can't help crying silently. Xu Wan seemed to know that Ziying was crying, she reached out and shook Ziying's hand lightly.
"Yeah, why are my mother's hands so cold?" Zi Ying said, "But so, although the day is getting warmer, it will still be cold sooner or later. It's better to light a joss stick and put it in the sachet to warm your hands."
"No, no matter how good the incense candle burns, it will have smoke and it smells unpleasant."
"Then use the incense candle while smoking a little more agarwood"
Xu Wan didn’t say anything. Ziying unfastened the clasp of the silver sachet. Just as she was about to pour the remaining incense out of the window, Xu Wan took the sachet and said, “Hey, don’t waste it. You take another incense burner I use every day to put this Just a little candid incense and pour it in."
Ziying smiled and said, "Why is Niang Niang so simple?" As she said, she took out a round celadon enamel furnace from the small Hongluo bag behind her. The furnace lid was hollow with branches and three small feet , The shape is a little bigger than the silver sachet and it is limited.
Xu Wan gently poured the residual incense in and said, "Isn't this the Hexiang I made last year. I accidentally turned it out last month and used it. I said it tastes unique and elegant. If you mix it with the original ingredients, it won't taste like this after you smoke it. It’s a little bit, I always feel a little thicker. Last year there were only two small dishes in total."
"The slave and maid thought the newly made scent was better. There is always a smell in the old one, um, how can I say it, it smells like a rainy day."
Ziying took out a small flower-bone-shaped candle, lit it with a fire fold, and lighted two drops of wax oil to fix the candle in the small golden bowl, fastened the buckle, and put it back in Xu Wan's hand. I picked up the remaining incense in the incense burner with the slender nail tip on my little finger to make it burn more vigorously. After closing the lid, a few wisps of light smoke came out of the incense burner.
"Yes, it smells like rain, your nose is really good."
"Following Wan Niang over the years, I have also learned how to study."
Xu Wan smiled and closed her eyes again, leaning on Ziying's shoulders, and muttered, "Banjiao drizzle at dusk, sorrowful and ecstasy... He used to think that the days in the palace were so long, and the long days could not be seen to the end. , I didn’t expect that the land and mountains would be changed in an instant."
"I don't know what will happen to us people in the future?" Zi Ying sighed.
Xu Wan didn't answer, she couldn't help thinking about the situation when she once advised Meng Chang. She always said that the surrounding tigers and wolves should not be taken lightly, and that they must purge the army and prepare to fight. However, when the wine is hot, the Lord of the Shu Kingdom is always impatient, saying about women and people, worrying about the affairs of the court, I am not raising you to add to yourself, let alone the steep terrain of my Shu country, and the danger of the sword. , A man who is in charge of a man is not open, whoever dares to come will tell them to go and not return, what do they fear all day long!
And whenever the two are awkward about this matter, there will be other concubines pulling the emperor away and taking the opportunity to flatter them, and Li Yanniang is the first to bear the brunt. Thinking of this, Xu Wan opened his eyes and said, "You said, if I had been less selfish at the beginning, and resolutely persuaded the Lord, wouldn't our Shu Congress still be saved?"
"At the beginning, it was not that the Minister of the Central Government was persuaded, even the queen mother did not persuade less. The saint is not doing her own way, so what can she do?" Zi Ying said.
"Yeah, what can I do." Xu Wanyou said. "If there is an afterlife, I will not be reborn as a woman, that is, I will not enter the harem. I must be a chivalrous woman like the Red Buddha Girl, but I will come again. Where can I find Li Jing."
"Sister, still think about how to become stable in the Hou Mansion in the future. In that drama, lovers will eventually become family members. Since then, hello and I will be together with the white head. Oh, it's like waiting for Li Jing to become a prince and I won’t be a concubine. , The house in the palace of the palace is not a big family intrigue and jealous, and the essayist is also a girl who deceives a small household. Why is my sister going upside down with it."
Xu Wan got up and looked at Ziying, and said with a smile, "Ziying, Ziying, I think you should have a word of wisdom. Why don't you go and fight those concubines in person? , You always say that I don’t use it in the province."
"You... Okay, I took my heart out to think for my sister, but my sister came to tease me and see if I won't bother you."
Ziying said she was about to tickle Xu Wan. Xu Wan hurriedly said, "Hey, it's okay, don't make trouble. "She is stubborn to the front again." Don't ask the queen mother to hear you."
Ziying stopped, and the remaining breath did not disappear, "Huh, remember this first."
After a pause, Xu Wan said, "But seriously, if it's not for me, you don't have to come. Don't worry, as long as you and I are alive, I have to find someone who has a future and can treat you wholeheartedly. This is the way I am in my life. You will be brighter than me in the future. You have to live well and live out my share."
After hearing this, Ziying's heart was mixed, she felt distressed for Xu Wan, and moved by Xu Wan's friendship with her, and she heard Xu Wan say that if she was alive, she seemed to be on this trip. The danger was beyond my imagination, and I was afraid and sad, and tears fell again.
"I'm not allowed to talk about it," Ziying wiped away her tears. "Furthermore, my elder sister didn't show up anymore, isn't the official Zhao going to put us in charge of Qin Guogong? Wan Niangniang, you are fighting for your spirit, and you will be awarded a first-grade madam. The Nu family feels more at ease than in the palace."
"It's not this, it's just" Xu Wan bowed his head and groaned for a moment, then said, "Forget it, don't say it."
"Not to mention, I also know that my sister has read too much in that drama. She always thinks about the things that are more affectionate than Jin Jian, the whole life, so she is always at a loss. According to Yinu's family, the Lord's kindness to her sister is enough to spread through the ages. Look at the Crystal Palace, the brilliant literary talent is rare in the world, even the Southern Tang and Zhou Dynasty will be the envy of you. My sister likes peonies and hibiscus, isn't the master letting all the streets and alleys of Chengdu city plant peonies? It is even more rare. It is the many poems written by the Lord for you. How vigorous and vigorous my sister will be in the first half of her life. Although she can't be as beautiful as before, she won't be downcast in the second half of her life. Why should my sister always be depressed."
"Oh, the scenery is for outsiders. Don’t you know what's inside. If you really value me, why do you collect so many women? The whole Shu area is a little bit beautiful and afraid that they will be taken into the palace. He personally gave it to me. Those palace folks gave me powder money and asked me to watch. He knew that I hated Yanniang and asked me to write lyrics for her. The name of the Crystal Palace was built for me. In fact, he wanted to enjoy it and not only took me. I went and took other concubines. They called me to bear the charge for nothing, and I was annoyed by the Queen Mother. As for the poems written for me, huh, they are just affectionate on paper."
Ziying interrupted her hurriedly and said, "Danny Wan! Since ancient times, the emperor's home is not always the Sangong and the Sixth Court. If you are as picky as your sister, I am afraid that Concubine Yang will not be content."
"I didn't ask him to have only me as a woman, but I can feel it sincerely or not." Xu Wan said.
Ziying knew that she couldn't persuade Xu Wan for a while, so she had to stop talking. The master and servant listened to the cries of the people outside, and both of them were upset.
At the same time, Li Hao, the prime minister of Shu, who was sitting in the last car, watched thousands of people converge on both sides of the road, and suddenly a trace of ominous premonition passed in his heart. He lowered his head for a moment in contemplation, opened the curtain and said to Song Bing next to him: "Thank you, you guys, please come here."
"I'm not a head of everything, I'm just a small soldier, what can Li Xianggong give?" The thin Song Bing replied with a yawn.
"Please go and talk to you all, speed up the march, the faster the better, and then go on like this slowly, if the people gather more and more, it won't be good to push and trample each other."
Song Bing glanced at the leader of Song Bing who was in charge of escorting in front. The man was waving his whip at the crowd, maintaining order.
"It won't, I think I'm too worried." Song Bing said perfunctorily.
Li Hao pleaded again: "I beg your brother to report it."
"Oh, our boss is so violent, I won't ask for trouble." Song Bing glanced at Li Hao, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he found a huge gold and jade ring on Li Hao's hand. Li Hao immediately took off the ring, held it over his shoulder in his hand, and whispered: "Please pass it on for me, I will bother you."
Song Bing took a glance back and forth, saw no one noticed, and immediately took it in his arms.
"Okay, then I'll try it." Song Bing said.
When Song Bing walked away, Li Hao's book boy whispered with disgust: "These Song Bings are really disgusting. They burned, killed, looted and looted in our Chengdu city. Even the treasures of Da Nei are almost robbed, and they are still being bullied. Lord, you are the prime minister of a country, and now you have to look at this kind of face."
The book boy seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years old, and was punching Li Hao in his leg with a small jade hammer.
"Hey, there are eggs in the nest under the cover. It's okay to give up some money. I'm afraid..." Li Hao stopped talking and frowned.
"how?"
Li Hao whispered, “It’s not a good thing for the people to cry like this. It shows that our master is defeated. If this matter reaches the ears of Song Master, I wonder if he can tolerate it.”
"If, what will happen if it doesn't fit?" He asked nervously.
Li Hao didn't answer. The book boy tilted his head and thought for a moment. Suddenly, the scared little jade hammer fell off. He picked it up and continued to beat, but his hands trembled at unwillingness.
"No, it won't be right, the master said, the Lord Song is not like Han, the generation of Zhou Lord, who has a lot of ambition to unify the country and build the country with benevolence, will he never kill the descendants indiscriminately?" Shutong said. At the beginning of the establishment of the State, Zhao Song pacified Jingnan Hunan and did not defeat the lord of the dead. He also gave them a mansion, sealed a vacant position, and led the royal court. We shouldn't... Yes, we won't."
Li Hao hasn't spoken, but his expression is worried. The book boy talks to himself as if he is relieved.
In the other carriage, Li Yanniang was snuggling in Meng Chang's arms. She wanted to talk several times, but looked up at Meng Chang's solemn expression, and did not dare to speak. Although Meng Chang is nearly the year of knowing his fate, he still looks rich and handsome because of his well-maintained and literary talent. Yanniang stares at her husband intently.
Suddenly, the speed of the convoy accelerated, and the carriage bumped up. Yanniang sat up and looked outside and complained: "What are you doing so fast? This stone is dead!"
"Return to Madam, it was your Prime Minister Li who let you go quickly, saying that there are more and more people, and they are afraid of stepping on them." Song Bing, who was next to them, replied.
"Then I have already waited for this stone road. "Yan Niang deliberately raised her voice." There are our old lady and other family members behind, how can you withstand such bumps, stop!"
"No, just go like this, the sooner the better!" Meng Chang said as he closed his eyes.
Yanniang had to hold the window lattice to stabilize her body, but due to her weight loss, she was still upside down from time to time. Meng Chang had to pull her to sit on her lap and hug her waist with one hand. Yanniang was satisfied for a while.
"Holy Master is very kind to Yanniang." Yanniang said softly.
"I let you concubines without heirs go out of the palace that day. You don't want to. You are going to suffer these crimes with me now." Meng Chang kept his eyes closed when he said this.
"Yanniang is a woman of the sacred sage, wherever the sacred niang goes, you can live wherever you want to live, and you can live together if you want to die..."
Yanniang saw Meng Chang's brows frowned, so she didn't say anything immediately, and she comforted her, "In the future, you don't have to worry about the court anymore, just don't worry about it. Yanniang is not as smart as Concubine Hui, and she doesn't want to be a man of her own. To make an immortal achievement, Yanniang only needs to keep the saint for a long time."
Meng Chang could hear Yanniang taking the opportunity to exclude Xu Wan. He didn't say anything, just shook Yanniang's hand and smiled.
Yanniang went on to say: "Today, there are so many people who are leaving the palace. The concubine just saw someone crying and fainted. It shows that the saint is respected and loved by the people."
Meng Chang still did not make a sound, Yanniang said again: "Although Yanniang does not read literary and hyphenated characters, she hasn't read dramas less. People have been the same since ancient times. It was someone else’s fault. Concubine Gang Hui also said that every time she persuades you to purge the army, you just don’t listen. I'm only angry to argue for you. The girl from Ziying still scolds her concubine, and the concubine looks at Concubine Hui. I dare not say anything."
"You have said enough, let me... let me be quiet"
"Yes"
"By the way, don't call me a saint again."
"What's that called?"
Meng Chang did not answer her, Yanniang said mischievously: "Master, husband, prince, official, senior official?"
Meng Chang smiled at himself.
Yanniang said again: "Master, you laughed, and the concubine's heart is stretched when the master smiles. Why not tell the master a joke?"
Meng Chang opened his eyes and looked at Yanniang. Yanniang was a little hairy and said timidly, "Or, forget it."
Meng Chang looked worriedly at the crowd outside the window, then turned back to Yanniang and said, "It's okay, let's listen."
Queen Mother Li’s carriage followed closely behind Meng Chang’s car. At this time, laughter was faintly heard in Meng Chang’s car. The maid who supported the Queen Mother Li also heard her. She carefully peeked at the expression of Queen Mother Li. The Queen Mother looked like Did not hear, still waved to the crowd. As soon as the maid relaxed, there was another laugh from the car ahead. Now the Queen Mother could no longer pretend that she hadn't heard it. She sat back in the carriage, clutching her cane tightly, her face covered with clouds.
At this moment, suddenly a group of Song Bing cavalry came from the front road, about twenty or thirty people, coming to the front in a dusty manner.
"Brothers, where are you going?" Chief Song Bing asked loudly.
"When I went to Chengdu, I heard that people were robbing women from inside, but I couldn't get them when I was late. Brothers go one step ahead. Hey, who are you sending it to?"
"Oh, no one, a few members of the marshal's house."
"Which commander? Is it from the commander Wang's family? He also brought his family members in the war? Not afraid of the official condemnation?"
"It's about you, what do you ask so much for?" The leader of Song Bing waved his hand: "Go away, you guys."
"Wait a minute! Don't you let the people in the city be harassed, and those who violate the order should be killed?" Deputy Song Bing said.
"Don't you know? Now Chengdu is in chaos, and we don’t know why the North Route Army and the East Route Army commander choked. The people underneath robbed things, no matter what, and the bold ones. I went to the Shu Palace, and I heard that there are many treasures in that palace."
"Didn't all the things in the library in the Shu Palace have been shipped to Bianliang?"
"I don't know this. I heard them say that it's enough to pick up what's leaking on the ground. Hey, I won't tell you anymore, let's go."
Deputy Dutou discussed with Dutou, "Boss, let's grab it too!"
"No, we escort the Meng clan to a very important point. If you miss the itinerary or make some mistakes, you and I have a few heads enough for the officials to chop off!"
"Oh, brother, why are we born to death as a soldier? Isn't it just for money and women? We are doing errands for the officials in this mud and dirt, and we haven't done anything. The benefits are all for others. Let's not lose."
All the heads were still hesitating, the Song soldiers underneath all yelled, yelling to go back and grab them. The deputy chief said: "Brother, otherwise, I will take a few brothers to grab it, and we will all have a share. You still go on the road, anyway, let's ride horses, and when you get to the ferry, we will be able to come back, without delay. Get on the boat."
The soldiers all agreed with the proposal, so they had no choice but to agree and let them go back quickly.
The Queen Mother and Meng Chang heard what they said, and the Queen Mother Li suddenly shouted in the car: "Meng Chang! You heard it!"
There was no movement in Meng Chang’s car, and the Queen Mother Li sighed: "My Li family is ashamed of the Meng family's ancestors and ancestors, and I have raised such an incompetent man!"
Song Bingdu turned his horse's head and came to Mengchang Che and said, "Don’t blame Meng Gong, brothers throwing a family and holding a head to fight, don’t they all want to support the family? Let me kill the people indiscriminately. My brothers have done it. But after this battle, there was no money and money. I was really aggrieved. You can see that I wanted to suppress it, but I couldn't suppress it."
"You are really bold. I will meet with you Emperor Song in the future, and I will report this matter." Meng Chang's voice came from the carriage.
There was a slightly weak writer in Song Bing, who seemed to be a clever one. He took the initiative to come to Meng Chang’s carriage and said, "Meng Gong, these are all trivial things. You just open your eyes and close your eyes. We are so careless, we still have to get along for two or three months along the way, convenient for others, convenient for ourselves, what do you think?"
Meng Chang didn’t say a word, and Song Bing said again: “After all, we are robbing small money. All the treasures in your palace have been transported to our main beam. If you tell our official about this, he suspects that you will borrow it. It’s not good to let the machine vent your anger."
Meng Chang still did not respond. Song Bing lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said, "What's more, our lord gave you a big house with more than 500 houses built by the Bian River. These are all the blood and sweat of the people of Song Dynasty. Let me tell you, my old man. Father was requisitioned by the court to transport timber to your house. You said it was a coincidence."
After a long while, Meng Chang's voice came from the carriage, "Nothing, go on."
Queen Mother Li gave an angrily "hum" in the car behind.
The horses and carts went to a dense forest, and there were no people seeing off. The silence in the forest was a little abnormal. Although the leader of the Song army was riding on a horse, he was fully alert. He asked the convoy to speed up. At this moment, a group of birds flew out of the dense forest. The leader of the Song Army made a gesture to stop the convoy. The soldiers of Song soldiers pressed the handle of the knife almost at the same time and looked around. After waiting for a while, after the dense forest calmed down, the convoy continued to move forward.
After walking less than two hundred meters, the shouts suddenly shook the sky. Hundreds of people in coarse cloth sprang out from both sides of the woods. They took bows and arrows, shovels, spears, clubs, hatchets, etc., and killed them all at the same time. Come. He shouted, "Your Majesty, we're here to save you!" "Kill Song Gou, protect your Majesty!" Such words.
Where are they well-trained opponents of the Song soldiers, less than half a pillar of kung fu, hundreds of villagers have become ghosts under the sword of Song soldiers. Especially the leader of the Song soldiers, more than a dozen villagers did not pull him off the horse, and the other Song soldiers also did not mess up the formation, killing the villagers at their feet like cutting melons and vegetables.
These kinsmen in the carriage had never experienced such a scene, and most of them trembled with fright.
Yanniang screamed and hid in Meng Chang's arms. Meng Chang was also stunned. A line of blood was splashed on Xu Wan's car window screen, and she and Zi Ying were hugging her and did not dare to look outside. Minister Li Hao knelt down in the carriage with a plop. He dared not get up while lying on his stomach. The book boy secretly looked outside with his head in his arms, but he didn't dare to look again after only one glance. The Queen Mother Li’s maid used her cloak to block her sight and protected her with her body. The Queen Mother still sat motionless with a sad expression.
After the last villager was killed, the dense forest regained its calm. Some birds hummed a few times, and it became quieter, as if nothing had happened in the forest.
The leader of the Song soldiers sipped to the ground: "Mother, a group of silly mountain people, I was shocked. It's all right, let's go on."
The family members hadn't slowed down yet, the carriage was about to move on again, and a voice came from the third carriage: "Wait a minute!"
A young man jumped out of the car.
Ziying boldly glanced outside, "It's the prince!"
Prince Shu walked to a villager who hadn't looked at him, squatted down and closed his eyes by himself. Then he said to the leader of Song Bing: "Dutou, let's put the corpses of these villagers away and don't let the carts and horses run over them."
"Yeah, the prince has spoken, brothers, don't be stunned, and work hard." The head said that, he didn't get off his horse, but used a whip to smoke other soldiers, and the soldiers moved the corpses reluctantly. NS.
The ridiculous tone of made the prince very uncomfortable, but he was just sullen. He helped a soldier carry the body.
Meng Chang yelled: "Xuan Zhe, what are you doing, get me in the car!"
Prince Meng Xuanzhe still didn't stop, Meng Chang had to get out of the car himself, and walked quickly to grab his arm and drag him back to the carriage. The prince was unwilling to go back with his neck.
"You will kill us like this!" Meng Chang whispered to him.
They all pondered thoughtfully, and got off to the horse, and walked to Meng Chang's side: "Don't worry, Meng Gong, it's just some people in the mountains who are ignorant. After returning to Beijing, the younger ones won't mention it to the officials. However, you also know that this person has many eyes and some people will leak the wind..." Dutou stopped here meaningfully.
The prince glared and said: "What are you, I'm asking for bribes on my father's head!"
Meng Chang glared at the prince, then turned to Du Tou and said, "He is young and ignorant, so you don't have to worry about him."
At this time, the book boy supported Li Hao, who was more than a few years old, and tremblingly sent a small blue cloth baggage. Meng Chang handed the baggage to Dutou. He glanced at the baggage and saw that there were some gold bars. He turned around and threw it to the attendant, and said to Meng Chang, "Okay, Meng Gong rest assured, this little thing is rotten in the belly of the brothers."
"Please hurry up, get on the boat and take the waterway, there will be no more such things." Li Hao said.
"Don't worry, the little one knows well, please get in the car."
Meng Chang came to the Queen Mother Li’s carriage and said deeply: "My child is not filial, and my mother is frightened. Is there any damage to my mother?"
Queen Mother Li just snorted, and the maid said: "The Queen Mother is not injured, please don't worry."
Meng Chang glanced at Xu Wan’s carriage, and Li Yanniang shouted: "Master, come back soon, we have to hurry up."
Meng Chang said to Li Yanniang: "You go to the back and come here for Wan'er."
"Master, my concubine is also very scared, can I sit with you?" Yanniang whispered.
Queen Mother Li roared, "What is it! How many women do you want to accompany you all the way? Why don't you go! Go!"
Meng Chang quickly returned to the carriage and winked at Li Yanniang. Li Yanniang reluctantly got out of the carriage with her drapery hat on, and walked a few steps back into the Xu Wan carriage. The convoy continued to move forward slowly.
Despite the defeat on the battlefield outside, Xu Wan, who lives in the deep palace, has not seen any bloody scenes. This is the first time she has seen so many people killed at close range, and the first time she has seen the once majestic. The monarch had to bow her head to a soldier, and she finally began to have a personal feeling about the four words of the country's destruction and family death.
Not far ahead, several Song soldiers were secretly talking about Meng Chang and his son.
One person said: "If there is a father, there must be a son. Don't look at the prince's righteous words. He was sent to guard the sword gate that day. He actually took a group of concubines, singing and dancing, and went to the battlefield."
Another Song Bing said: "Yes, he heard that our Marshal Wang personally brought the army to the fight, and he hadn't walked to the sword gate, so he threw the army and ran back to Chengdu by himself."
"Huh, this family is not defeated." A slightly older Song Bing whispered, "I am lustful, and my son is afraid of death."
A few people laughed scornfully.
The prince vaguely heard the discussion, curled up in the carriage, holding his head in both hands, and didn't want to listen anymore.
The young princess was pregnant. She touched the princess. The princess still held her head motionless. The princess also ignored him in anger. She turned her face and looked out the window. She stroked her slightly swollen belly, unconsciously. Shed tears.
The last ray of sunset loomed behind the mountain, and the sky dimmed completely.
When I arrived at the ferry, I did not see the Song soldiers who had gone to Chengdu before returning. The other Song soldiers were very anxious. Some people guessed that they might not want to take them to share the treasure, or see the comfort in Chengdu, staying and eating and drinking with the army. Now, all heads but with a good heart, let everyone get on the boat first.
After everyone got out of the carriage, they saw a big ship. The springboard was a bit steep. All the members wore white veil hats and couldn't clearly see the way under them. Although there were soldiers lighting torches on both sides to protect them, everyone was still trembling. The courageous soldier deliberately reached out to help the family members, but the family members dodged.
Meng Chang and the prince personally supported the Queen Mother Li. After sending the Queen Mother and her maid onto the ship, the Queen Mother then asked the prince and her maid to quickly help the princess. Meng Chang stretched out his hand to hold Xu Wan who was walking behind the princess. Yanniang grabbed Meng Chang's sleeve first. Xu Wan didn't reach out, but she and Ziying supported each other. Ziying slipped and almost fell. Fortunately, the prince looked back and saw that she helped her. Ziying blushed. , Chuckled in the curtain of the veil.
There was a group of maids on the boat leading everyone into the cabin. Meng Chang helped the Queen Mother Li and walked in front. Behind her family members were a five or six-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy. The little girl said to the boy, "Brother , Xiaoyue is the first time to take a boat."
"Really? Is this boat big?" the boy asked.
"Well, Xiaoyue looked at it. It was bigger than the paintings in our palace, but the mother was always afraid that Xiaoyue would fall into the water and never let Xiaoyue sit. This time, I can finally take a boat. I'm so happy."
Her mother and concubine scolded: "Yue'er, what nonsense!"
The queen mother heard it in front, and turned around and cursed, "Who teaches this, bastard thing!"
The concubine immediately pulled her daughter over and knelt in front of the mother's back: "The concubine deserves a million deaths, and the queen mother is forgiven!"
The little girl also said timidly: "Yue'er made a mistake, Yue'er made a mistake, and the queen mother calms down her anger. Don't blame my mother, the queen mother."
"Hmph, one by one is heartless!" The queen mother airway.
The relatives in the back stopped watching the situation and stood down. Xu Wan went to support the queen mother and said: "Queen mother, the wind is very windy on the boat. Carefully catching a cold, let's go."
She helped the queen mother into the cabin. The maid on the ship served tea. Xu Wan took off her veil and took the tea to the back of the mother. "Queen mother, please use tea. You are tired and bumpy all the way. Let the concubine press her shoulders. "
The queen mother took the tea and took a sip, then picked it up and drank it all. The queen mother asked her to drink a cup of tea to moisturize her throat, Xu Wan took a sip, and then massaged her shoulders.
Meng Chang came in to ask the Queen Mother, saying that the ship would not be able to leave for a while, and let the Queen Mother eat first.
"No, I don't want to eat anything. You all go, I'm going to sleep now."
"Don't have trouble with your own body when your mother is reborn, because the son is already sad. If the mother's body becomes exhausted, how can the son be good," Meng Chang persuaded.
"I said not to eat, what are you talking about, hurry up, I'm upset looking at you."
"Mother, if you don't use it, others will not dare to eat. The prince is weak, and your grandchildren can't hold back hungry..." Meng Chang persuaded again.
"The country is dead, and I still know that I care about my body, and whoever loves to eat will eat it! Alas, I'm tired, you all go down!"
The queen mother said to Xu Wan again: "You also go, I don't need you to show your courtesy!"
Not far ahead, several Song soldiers were secretly talking about Meng Chang and his son.
One person said: "If there is a father, there must be a son. Don't look at the prince's righteous words. He was sent to guard the sword gate that day. He actually took a group of concubines, singing and dancing, and went to the battlefield."
Another Song Bing said: "Yes, he heard that our Marshal Wang personally brought the army to the fight, and he hadn't walked to the sword gate, so he threw the army and ran back to Chengdu by himself."
"Huh, this family is not defeated." A slightly older Song Bing whispered, "I am lustful, and my son is afraid of death."
A few people laughed scornfully.
The prince vaguely heard the discussion, curled up in the carriage, holding his head in both hands, and didn't want to listen anymore.
The young princess was pregnant. She touched the princess. The princess still held her head motionless. The princess also ignored him in anger. She turned her face and looked out the window. She stroked her slightly swollen belly, unconsciously. Shed tears.
The last ray of sunset loomed behind the mountain, and the sky dimmed completely.
When I arrived at the ferry, I did not see the Song soldiers who had gone to Chengdu before returning. The other Song soldiers were very anxious. Some people guessed that they might not want to take them to share the treasure, or see the comfort in Chengdu, staying and eating and drinking with the army. Now, all heads but with a good heart, let everyone get on the boat first.
After everyone got out of the carriage, they saw a big ship. The springboard was a bit steep. All the members wore white veil hats and couldn't clearly see the way under them. Although there were soldiers lighting torches on both sides to protect them, everyone was still trembling. The courageous soldier deliberately reached out to help the family members, but the family members dodged.
Meng Chang and the prince personally supported the Queen Mother Li. After sending the Queen Mother and her maid onto the ship, the Queen Mother then asked the prince and her maid to quickly help the princess. Meng Chang stretched out his hand to hold Xu Wan who was walking behind the princess. Yanniang grabbed Meng Chang's sleeve first. Xu Wan didn't reach out, but she and Ziying supported each other. Ziying slipped and almost fell. Fortunately, the prince looked back and saw that she helped her. Ziying blushed. , Chuckled in the curtain of the veil.
There was a group of maids on the boat leading everyone into the cabin. Meng Chang helped the Queen Mother Li and walked in front. Behind her family members were a five or six-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy. The little girl said to the boy, "Brother , Xiaoyue is the first time to take a boat."
"Really? Is this boat big?" the boy asked.
"Well, Xiaoyue looked at it. It was bigger than the paintings in our palace, but the mother was always afraid that Xiaoyue would fall into the water and never let Xiaoyue sit. This time, I can finally take a boat. I'm so happy."
Her mother and concubine scolded: "Yue'er, what nonsense!"
The queen mother heard it in front, and turned around and cursed, "Who teaches this, bastard thing!"
The concubine immediately pulled her daughter over and knelt in front of the mother's back: "The concubine deserves a million deaths, and the queen mother is forgiven!"
The little girl also said timidly: "Yue'er made a mistake, Yue'er made a mistake, and the queen mother calms down her anger. Don't blame my mother, the queen mother."
"Hmph, one by one is heartless!" The queen mother airway.
The relatives in the back stopped watching the situation and stood down. Xu Wan went to support the queen mother and said: "Queen mother, the wind is very windy on the boat. Carefully catching a cold, let's go."
She helped the queen mother into the cabin. The maid on the ship served tea. Xu Wan took off her veil and took the tea to the back of the mother. "Queen mother, please use tea. You are tired and bumpy all the way. Let the concubine press her shoulders. "
The queen mother took the tea and took a sip, then picked it up and drank it all. The queen mother asked her to drink a cup of tea to moisturize her throat, Xu Wan took a sip, and then massaged her shoulders.
Meng Chang came in to ask the Queen Mother, saying that the ship would not be able to leave for a while, and let the Queen Mother eat first.
"No, I don't want to eat anything. You all go, I'm going to sleep now."
"Don't have trouble with your own body when your mother is reborn, because the son is already sad. If the mother's body becomes exhausted, how can the son be good," Meng Chang persuaded.
"I said not to eat, what are you talking about, hurry up, I'm upset looking at you."
"Mother, if you don't use it, others will not dare to eat. The prince is weak, and your grandchildren can't hold back hungry..." Meng Chang per
"Holy Lord, where do you start with this? My concubine has never blamed you. Husband and wife are one body. How can a wife say that her husband is not the other one? It's too late to maintain."
Meng Chang smiled bitterly, "Isn't it outside, but what about you?"
As soon as Xu Wan was about to plead, Meng Chang waved his hand feebly.
Xu Wan was very clear in his heart. Although Meng Chang said so, how could he be willing to admit that he was incompetent, especially in front of his concubine.
She was thinking about how to respond. Someone's voice came from outside.
After listening carefully, it turned out that Li Yanniang and three other young concubines came to ask why there was no meal. Ziying told them that it was because the queen mother did not eat. Li Yanniang said, "This is weird. Can’t you eat? In the past, in the palace, the queen dowager often didn’t need to eat because of her uncomfortable body, and I never saw the queen dowager let the whole harem concubine accompany her not to eat. I think so, you Wan Niangniang taught us to please the queen dowager. These people are hungry." Ziying only said that Li Cairen had wronged us Wanniangniang, but did not remind everyone that Meng Chang was inside.
Xu Wan and Meng Chang looked at each other, Meng Chang shook his head, waved his hand and said, "Go and send them, don't say I am here."
Xu Wan straightened her hair, opened the door and walked out. When the concubines saw Xu Wan, they gave salutes together, saying in unison, "Hui Fei Wanan" and only Li Yanniang did not give the courtesy, as if afraid of heat, they fanned the wind with their hands. The other hand is still pinched on the waist.
"Why, is it very hot on this boat, why does Yan Niang fan the wind with her hand" Xu Wan smiled.
"Huh, I didn't even have time to bring the group fan for daily use, but I can't... Don't say these are useless, we are bumpy and tired all the way, and there is no meal all day, but it is easy to stay up to the evening, how can we still have it? Don’t eat, don’t tell me that it’s not on the boat. I’ve already asked. They’ve already prepared dinner, and the prince and the princes and princes have already used it. Why don’t you let us use it? Is it good to be bullied if you have a low rank?"
Xu Wan took a sip of the tea ceremony unhurriedly, "The prince is pregnant, and the prince and the prince are young, so I served them food."
"What's this, I don't care about others, I have to eat now!" Li Yanniang finished speaking, and other concubines also whispered to agree. There were also cowardly concubines who pulled Li Yanniang's clothes and asked her to say something softly, Li Yanniang said. "What are you afraid of? We are both the concubines of the official family. No one is better than anyone."
"Then use it, what can be noisy?"
Li Yanniang didn't expect Xu Wan to say that. She stood there not knowing what else to say. Xu Wan said to the other three concubines, "If you want to eat, you can tell the maid on the boat and you don't have to go back to me."
Everyone was full of anger, but now they were all vented. Seeing that everyone hadn’t left, Xu Wan said, "What, is there anything else?" Yanniang thought for a while and said, "Since the queen mother has no meals, I should have called the maid on the ship and Let's make it clear, we don't know why, so of course we have to ask. I think so, Concubine Hui is waiting for us to ask, so it seems that we don't know the general situation?" Yanniang asked.
"Yanniang, you think too much, but since you know the general knowledge, you should know that the queen mother is in a bad mood, so think about how to do it." Xu Wan put down the tea cup, "Are you doing anything? I have to rest without me. "
Xu Wan went inside without waiting for everyone to leave.
Out of Xu Wan’s room, the concubines asked Yanniang "What does she mean, shall we still eat?"
"What's the use?" Li Yanniang said angrily. "Don't you see it? We are hungry. She is the one who behaved in front of the mother's wife. If we go to eat by ourselves, it seems that we are not sensible. I see, she is this. It was intentional."
"Then what should I do now?" the concubine said.
Li Yanniang took a few steps back and forth, and suddenly stood still and said, "Yes, you come with me."
Everyone followed Li Yanniang back to Xu Wan's room and asked Ziying to call out Concubine Hui again. Ziying said, "You are still going to end, isn't it just a meal."
"Song Ziying, don't forget that you are just a slave girl. Who gave your face and dared to yell at the master." Li Yanniang didn't make a big voice but gritted her teeth, "Go and ask her to come out!"
"Okay, I'll call you" Ziying thought, let them show their ugliness in front of the officials, so she went to report to Concubine Hui, and when Concubine Hui came out again, Li Yanniang said, "I'm disturbing Concubine Hui, Yanniang. I just want to know that Sister Hui Fei thinks that we people owe the people in Shuzhong, so I want to make up for it by not eating this meal."
"Yes, Li Cairen can finally understand my intentions."
"Although Yanniang is stupid, the people are so beloved today, but "Yanniang paused and said." If you say that you owe the people the most, I think you should count the sister Huifei. Nothing else. Say, for the Crystal Palace item, I don’t know how much people’s hard-earned money has been spent. If we owe one meal, Sister Huifei should say that we should owe dozens of meals less, right?"
"What do you want?"
"Whatever you don't want, if sister Hui Fei can only eat a bowl of gruel every day and take the lead in atonement, then we would be willing to be hungry tonight."
Ziying thought, this Li Yanniang is really a rascal, and she forced Xu Wan to give Xu Wan a trick. Now the official should see that Yanniang is tricky.
Xu Wan said, "Speaking of Li Cairen, I still don't want to be hungry, so why bother to spend more time on your own meals."
"That means sister Hui Fei doesn't want to redeem herself from the people?"
"You are so boring"
Xu Wan said that she was going back to the inside, and Li Yanniang took a few steps to stop her. "Sister Huifei, please stay, and Rong Yanniang has finished speaking. Today, the people cried to us and Yanniang was really sad, thinking about us people usually Too extravagant, greedy for pleasure, eating and using the blood and sweat of the common people, so I regret it in my heart. Isn't Hui Fei sister really regretting it? Doesn't she really want to redeem her sins, just want to behave?"
Xu Wan was too lazy to care about her, she raised her foot to leave before listening. Li Yanniang grabbed Xu Wan's arm. Xu Wan was very surprised. She didn't even want to raise her hand and gave Li Yanniang a slap. No rules, you can grab my arm?"
Li Yanniang was stunned for a moment. After all, she didn't dare to fight back, so she started crying loudly, and the other concubines were at a loss.
Hearing this, Meng Chang had to come out to mediate.
Seeing Meng Chang coming out of the inside, all the concubines knelt in fright. Li Yanniang simply sat on the ground, crying and said, "I will never dare anymore, Sister Huifei forgive me."
"Okay, okay, what's the big deal!" Meng Chang said, and personally helped Yanniang up. Yanniang was weak and weak, and she deliberately rubbed Meng Chang's face with her face. Meng Chang seemed to be accustomed to it. of. This action deeply pierced Xu Wan's heart. She knew that Yanniang did have a place in Meng Chang's heart, otherwise she would not be so confident.
Meng Chang said to the other three concubines, "You all get up too, for a meal to make things like this, and spread it to make people laugh." Meng Chang sat on a chair. "Alas, my concubines have suffered with me. I took it. As for self-punishment and starvation, let’s avoid it. Ziying, go and tell me what I said, let’s put food in each house."
"Yes"
After Ziying went out, Meng Chang waved his hand and said, "You all go down too."
After Yanniang pumped out, Xu Wan said to Meng Chang not lukewarm, "Thank you, Sheng Shang"
"no need thank me?"
"The saint helped me out. Shouldn't I thank you? Not only I want to thank you, but Li Yanniang also wants to thank you. She doesn't have to suffer from this hungry."
Meng Chang smiled and said, "You don't have to be sour. I've already thought about it a long time ago. When I get to Bianliang, I will help you right after everything stops, so that you don't have to be angry with them everywhere. Wait for me to seal the country. Later, I will ask Master Song to grant you a first-grade fate, you think it's good."
"real?"
"You have no drama..." Meng Chang changed his words again, "Of course it's true."
"Well, can you agree with the Queen Mother?"
"She doesn't care who owns this home now," Meng Chang said in a low voice. If it weren't for me to stop her, she would have almost lost her country on the day of her defeat."
Hearing the word dying country, Xu Wan couldn't help being shocked, and sighed that the Queen Mother Jielie was beyond everyone's reach. She also thought that if she had to die for her country, she would still faint in fear if she dared to slaughter her neck. She was not sure, but she felt her body tremble slightly.
"You said, will we die?" Xu Wan asked.
"I don't know" Meng Chang shook his head slowly.