The wind of wonder in Tianyue rises from the frontier fortress

"Xi Qing!", Empress Dowager Xiao was inexplicably surprised: "The Ai family treated her well, why did she do this?" At this time, someone outside the palace suddenly reported: "Queen Mother, the people from the imperial stables are waiting outside the palace. Announce him in?"

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned, and said coldly: "The imperial stables?" Her eyes flashed, as if thinking of something, she suddenly stood up, and said coldly: "Let him in!"

The chief officer of the imperial stables, wearing a seventh-rank official uniform, entered the palace tremblingly. Before he could get close to the emperor, his legs softened, and he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and kowtowed his head on the gold bricks again and again.

When Empress Dowager Xiao saw such a situation, her heart suddenly turned cold, and she said in a cold voice: "Have you become dumb?", upon hearing the words, the head of the imperial stables became even more bluffed, his mouth was tongue-tied for a long time, and then he wailed hoarsely Said: "If you go back to the queen mother - Zhuifeng, Zhuifeng ran away with that jade unicorn!"

When Empress Dowager Xiao heard that, just as she expected, her long nails pinched her palm fiercely, and she managed to maintain her composure: "Can you see the Qinglang Wei Xiqing from the Ai family?"

The chief officer of the imperial stables said in astonishment: "I didn't see the guard Xi. It was true that a rotation was arranged that night, but I didn't find anything unusual. I didn't find Zhuifeng and Yu Qilin until the horses were feeding in the early morning." Gone!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a gust of wind whizzing by his ears, and a hard object was hit on his forehead with a "slap", leaving a stream of heat in an instant.He didn't even have time to reach out to wipe his hit forehead, so he prostrated himself on the ground in a hurry, not daring to look up for a long time. It was as if a jade hand toy had fallen by his feet, and it had been broken into two pieces at this moment. cut.

Empress Dowager Xiao sternly said: "You didn't even notice that two such big horses were gone. How did you work as errands? The Ai family is raising you, but they can't even look after a few horses. What does the Ai family want from you?" use!"

Such thunderous fury, like a torrential rain and wind, directly crushed the chief officer of the imperial stables to prostrate on the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly. "The Ai family can't deal with people who are dereliction of duty." The Empress Dowager Xiao has vented all the anger accumulated before on him: "Fork it out, the Ai family will never want to see him again."

The chief officer of the imperial stables was stunned, and suddenly came back to his senses, crying and begging for mercy: "Queen! The queen is merciful—" But at this time, when the Queen Mother Xiao was furious, who would accept his mere life? Plead for him.The two warriors who came in behind the gate of the palace couldn't help talking, and immediately set him up one by one on the left and one on the right, and left, leaving only his screams and pleadings in the hall, which made people feel a little pitiful.

Empress Dowager Xiao dealt with the chief officer of the imperial stables, but she felt that the bad breath in her heart was still hard to get rid of.At that moment, she coldly said to the left and right: "Pass down the order, and urgently order the guards at the border gates to strictly check the people entering and exiting." She looked at Luo Yixian and the others, pondered for a moment and then said: "You guys who have seen those thieves, contact them as soon as possible. The painter drew his portrait together, and ordered the fast horse to be sent to the border guards at various checkpoints, and any suspicious persons, etc., would be captured together and sent to Shangjing, and the Ai family would personally arrest them!"

All the left and right took orders, and Empress Dowager Xiao murmured again: "Uncle Xiao Yuanlang of the Great Country came to see me at the Yaoyue Pavilion." The servants around him ordered to summon me. Standing on the side expressionlessly, he couldn't help but sighed secretly, Gu Weiqi said: "Emperor, if you have something to do, go and take care of your business. There is an imperial doctor watching over here, and you will be fine for a while. Don't suffer like this." Now, if you burn your bones, the people of the world will all depend on you." Yelu Buda bowed slightly after hearing this, and said, "My son knows that the queen mother's phoenix body is precious, so don't worry too much."

The Empress Dowager Xiao waved her hand slightly, and walked away accompanied by the maids. On the surface, this royal family is full of loving mothers and filial sons, but in fact, for the sake of power, how many people can pity their flesh and blood, and I am afraid that only they can do it know.

Yelubuda really loves Yeluhuala.Of his many descendants, only this Yelu Huala has grown up, and he has given birth to such a lovely grandson as Yelu Shuzhe.It's a pity that I am useless. Today's government affairs are all in the hands of women. Even he himself is a "child emperor", so he has wronged Yeluhuala, the prince, and it is just a false name.

Yelubuda watched Empress Dowager Xiao leave with mixed feelings in her heart.This woman who made his ambition difficult to repay, happened to be his biological mother!Sometimes he really wished that this woman would die quickly, but when he thought of the days when the mother and son lived together in this palace, Yelu Buda would feel a little bit of envy in his heart.For herself, the Empress Dowager Xiao did not hesitate to fight openly and secretly with the concubines of the late emperor for many years. Without her support, it is still unknown whether she would be able to grow up smoothly, let alone be able to ascend the throne of the ninety-five supreme and enjoy the love of this beautiful woman from all over the world. It's an honor.

"The Queen Mother has fought with others for most of her life, and now it has become her habit to hold power. Since we are mother and son, why bother to fight with her, and make everyone unhappy." Yelv Buda thought to himself.Years of sensuality has worn him down too much, so now he has long lost the vigor of the past, but sometimes feels that if the Empress Dowager Xiao was not able to handle the affairs of the court properly, how could he have so much? How can leisure and leisure be able to spend all day in the wine pool and meat forest?

As for Yeluhuala, "Since your body is hurt, don't think about him. Even if the queen mother handed over the government, he will not be able to take over. Now that I have reached this point in my life, I don't want to accept it again." The sins of the morning court every day, since this is the case, it must be the fate of the Queen Mother to be in power, so let her continue to manage it." Yelu Buda thought so, and then followed suit, accompanied by the maids and eunuchs. carry.

Moon Invitation Pavilion.

Empress Dowager Xiao stood in the pavilion with her hands behind her back, the night was as cool as water, and the crescent moon was like a hook.Sitting on the stone table and bench behind her was a plump and strong general with a killing spirit. He was his eldest brother—the uncle of the great country at the time, the first-rank dragon and tiger general, and the officer who worshiped the Marshal of the South. Xiao Yuen Long.

"Yuan Long, what do you think about this matter?" Facing her own younger brother, Empress Dowager Xiao obviously relaxed, and her expression and tone became less harsh: "The prince's serious injury must be investigated. Everything has to do with the state, so we can't take it lightly. The Ai family just ordered the palaces to check, and that Xi Qing was indeed not in the palace. In addition, there were movements in both the Prince's Mansion and Queying. The servant girl has disappeared, and someone found Cui Shi's body at the stone house in Queying." She frowned tightly, and then said: "From this, it seems that Xi Qing did it for these two people. A woman from the Song Dynasty came here, and the Ai family was deceived by her, so I believed in her in vain."

Xiao Yuanlang said in relief: "Queen Mother, the matter has come to this point, blindly blaming yourself is useless, and my brother thinks that this is not a bad thing."

Empress Dowager Xiao's gaze flashed, and she suddenly turned to look at him and said, "How do you say that?"

Xiao Yuanlang said in a deep voice: "The Song Dynasty has been prosperous since ancient times, but in my Daliao, when autumn and winter come, the grasslands wither, and the people and horses are weak. If there is a snowstorm year, it is even more difficult for the cattle and sheep to survive. They have fought endlessly with the Song State for years, in order to get some benefits from the Song State to make up for the shortfall. When Mu Zong was there, he had an alliance with Daliao, so if there is no reasonable excuse, it would be treacherous to invade the Song Dynasty. I suspect, but now the princess of the Song Kingdom not only fled the Liao State without authorization, but also seriously injured the prince with others, isn't this just an excellent excuse for me, Daliao Xingshi, to ask the crime?"

Empress Dowager Xiao slowly closed her eyes, and sighed, "Yuan Long, when it comes to state affairs, you do have a lot of insight, but—the dying person lying on the hospital bed is the grandson of the Ai family. The Ai family doesn't want to think about it." To avenge him, but here to plan with you how to use his tragedy to get some benefits from the emperor of the Song Dynasty, I really feel a little sorry."

Xiao Yuanlang said in a deep voice: "The Empress Dowager sent troops to conquer the Song Dynasty, isn't it just to avenge His Highness? This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, why is the Empress Dowager hesitating?" Seeing Empress Dowager Xiao's secretive expression, he suddenly came to his senses: "What's more The winter has just passed, and when the spring breeze blows, food and grass on the grassland will not be a problem. This is a good time to dispatch troops to get a lot of benefits from the Song Dynasty! Queen Mother, the soldiers have been starving for a whole winter, it is time for them to Relax your muscles."

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at Xiao Yuanlang approvingly.Xiao Yuanlang's words just gave her a perfect excuse to send troops to the Song Dynasty, but it was a bit embarrassing to send the soldiers to go to the Song Dynasty just after the severe winter.But now that this point has been mentioned, the purpose of sending troops to the Song Dynasty is to benefit the people of Daliao, so this decision seems to be high-sounding.

"Since this is the case, Xiao Yuanlang, the Ai family ordered you to gather the three armies, and soon they will send troops south to attack Bianliang!" The Empress Dowager Xiao said solemnly: "In the early morning tomorrow, the Ai family will inform you of this matter. All the lords, you should start preparing first!" Xiao Yuanlang stood up abruptly, and responded loudly: "My younger brother has received the order, and I will definitely live up to the mission of the Queen Mother!" After saying that, he immediately bid farewell to the Queen Mother Xiao, turned around and left with big strides. go.

Let's not mention Empress Dowager Xiao's deployment of troops here, it is said that Chu Qingxi, Zhao Ning and Qiyun rushed out of Qingding Gate on two horses, and galloped non-stop in the direction of Song Dynasty.Along the way, they knew that "Jade Qilin" and "Zhuifeng" were too eye-catching, so they had to avoid the official roads and take the mountain paths.It's just such a winding road, which undoubtedly greatly increased the distance, and Qi Yun's body also greatly reduced their speed.

On the one hand, Chu Qingxi was very anxious, and wished she could fly back to the Central Plains with her wings, just because she knew that the identities of the three of them would be found out by the Empress Dowager Xiao after a while. She knew the methods of the Empress Dowager Xiao, so it was naturally impossible for her to be so easy If you let them go, there will be chasing troops to intercept them.Of course she is not afraid, but now that Zhao Ning has lost her vitality, and Qi Yun is pregnant with Liujia, even if she has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to protect the two of them to retreat completely, so Chu Qingxi has always carried With one heart, I hope that the pace of the three of them can be faster, and then faster.

On that day, she had ordered Zhu Wen and Bi Hen to recruit her disciples under the name of Xiao Tianyue and Qiangwei Sect to go to Daomaguan to support them.Therefore, if everything goes as she wishes, as long as she can bring Zhao Ning and Qi Yun to Daumaguan as soon as possible, then even if Empress Dowager Xiao leads the army to chase after them, there will at least be someone to help resist for a while.It's just that Chu Qingxi doesn't know if the three of them will be able to reach Daumaguan according to the scheduled plan according to the current pace. If they are caught up by the Liao army, then with her own strength, she may have to follow Zhao Ningqi Yunke is dead.

But anyway, at least she has found Antai, hasn't she?A smile appeared on the corner of Chu Qingxi's mouth, even if he died right away, it would be much better than asking for nothing day and night, and worrying about it day and night.And just at this moment, Zhao Ning turned his head from the front of the horse, saw the smile on her lips, and couldn't help reaching out to caress her face: "It's like I'm dreaming, Qingxi, Qingxi Xi, are we really reunited? Isn't it just me dreaming again?"