"The Queen Mother"

"Empress Dowager, look, the people of Wu Chao retreated... They retreated!!" Someone covered his face and cried.

The city of Yanjing suddenly became a battlefield, which no one could predict. Fortunately, the short and urgent war had come to an end, and the Liao people saved their city. The goddess Xiao Puxian pinched the wooden railings with fatigue. She watched the smoke and flames rage in the outer city from a distance and near the height of the city tower. The bodies of people were piled up regardless of the enemy and me, and they stretched out.

At this time, the soldiers and generals around were clamoring, and cheers of victory came from the bottom of the city tower, but Xiao Puxian was sad in her heart... In her memory, the Great Liao was a great country, a country made of iron and blood, and a country of wolf. Now, even the weak Wu Dynasty could enter the house. Everything at this time, the burnt houses and the accumulated corpses made her feel unreal.

"... Immediately send a visitor to keep an eye on the Wu Chao people along the way, and be careful to kill a shot." She ordered and went down the city tower, "Immediately send someone to control the Xicheng Gate, and then... clean up all the bodies in the city..."

"Yes!" The general responded excitedly below, and then led people down the city wall.

After she gave her instructions, she also walked down the city wall. At some point outside, it had already started drizzling, but it could not clean the blood on the ground. She took two steps and stopped. A group of ministers in front stood in the rain to congratulate each other on their victory, with joy in the conversation.

Xiao Puxian girl clenched her fists, and the old ministers followed and congratulated each other: "The Empress Dowager used her own danger to inspire the morale of the army and thus defeated the people of the Wu Dynasty. Yes, yes... Empress Dowager Xiao is really a woman. Who said that it is not... The old minister said earlier that the people of the Wu Dynasty were just ordinary sheep, how could they defeat the warriors of our Liao Kingdom?"

Over there, the woman named Empress Dowager gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with anger, but there were faint tears on the corners of her eyes. The sadness in her heart had never been magnified at this moment, "...a group of sour scholars like the people of the Wu Dynasty..."

She originally wanted to scold these people here, but a quick horse came over and interrupted her thoughts. After receiving information from the front line, she just took a look and her hands were trembling.

The bloody smell was filled with the broken city wall, the wind was drizzling, and in the night, the empress dowager, who had been an iron-blooded person, looked gray at the moment, and her beautiful eyes were flashing with despair. The ministers over there looked over and found her abnormality. They looked at each other and naturally could not guess what had happened. Of course, some old ministers knew a little when they saw the book paper in her hand.

The two sides confronted each other speechlessly.

A moment later, the woman under the city wall, Xiao Puxian, spoke, "I just got the battle report from Juyong Pass. Three days ago, the Jurchens entered the pass... At this moment, it is only two hundred miles away from Yanjing, and the troops will be in the capital at noon tomorrow."

There, they were instantly trapped in the silence of the crow and magpies, but these people were extremely smart and were not in a hurry to express their opinions. They were all waiting for the woman who held a city to make plans, and then they made a decision.

In the storm, the woman in her forty stood by the city wall in military uniform, looking at the darkness in the distance, listening to the countless Liao soldiers who survived the victory of the battle crying with joy, and sighed in a low voice.

"...The Great Liao has stood in the storm for many years... The rise of a country... The demise of a country is a woman in this palace can't bear it... How can she carry it?" She pinched her hand, let go, frowned and took a deep breath. She remembered the actions of the father and son in the hall today, and then took steps.

"…If the Jurchens come tomorrow, you will surrender. They can save their families and save the people in the city from the suffering of the Jurchens. Although you and even the people of the Daliao will suffer some humiliation in the middle, it is better than losing your life. You don't have to die with the Daliao."

"….Live well." The wind thrust over, and the red cloak shook in the drizzle, making a sound.

On the other side, the crowd murmured, and someone bowed out in a moving manner and asked, "So, where is the Queen Mother...?"

On this side, Xiao Puxian smiled. She reached out to touch the ancient city wall and rubbed the cracked fine lines on it. "…. I, Xiao, have always been the descendant of the Liao Dynasty, representing the royal family. Even if I was a woman, I know that I cannot surrender... I cannot surrender."

Her lips trembled, "...I want to preserve the face of the royal family. Instead of surrendering inhuman experiences, it is better to leave here with the royal family. Yelu Yanxi is probably not dead yet, so I went to find him and hand the royal family back to him."

"No!" An old minister came out and advised: "The Queen Mother, I have already offended the other side to death by supporting my husband and becoming emperor before. Once you pass, the consequences..."

"Why not be afraid of life and death... The Great Liao is almost dead. If he is still worried about this matter... then..." Xiao Puxian did not say the rest.

At this moment, the wind blew everyone's thoughts.

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Late at night, drizzle drizzles fall on the eaves.

On the carriage, Bai Ning walked towards the courtyard with Xifu in his waist. Lu Junyi followed behind with a happier face, then sat down quietly in the living room and drank tea.

After a while, Bai Ning changed into a regular obedience and sat in the first place. Lu Junyi stood up and saluted, and said, "Since he knew that Xiao Yi was still alive, Lu felt at ease. In fact, there was another thing he had to tell the Admiral this time to come here."

"speak!"

On the other side, the teacup was placed on the table. Lu Junyi frowned and said, "Some time ago, Lu heard that a monk from Shaolin spontaneously came to find you, but he didn't know if the Admiral knew?"

In the hall, Bai Ning closed his eyes and shook his head slightly, "I have never heard of this. The affairs in the world have been handed over to the six gates to deal with. The governor has been staying in the north recently, supervising the Northern Expedition, and not caring too much about the trivial matters in the world."

However, Bai Ning then stood up and walked a few steps with his hands in his arms, and smiled coldly: "Shaolin monk? Do you still have to come to eliminate harm for the people? Isn't this bald donkey afraid of being prosecuted by the court because of himself? It's really a waste."

"Not this." Lu Junyi waved his hand, "I heard that monk could not do martial arts, at most he could have some superficial skills in strengthening his body, but his Buddhism is very high and respected."

Under the lampshade, Bai Ning frowned, and the orange light shone on his face.

"This is strange... An old monk who knows martial arts came to find my governor. Do you want to influence me?" He looked at the slightly shaking flames in the lampshade.
Chapter completed!