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After the west gate and north gate towers were blasted by explosives, the defenders of the royal capital at the city wall were frightened out of their wits, and the combat awareness of the two defenders collapsed.However, the situation at the east and south gates is different. The defenders there are all Dr. Jiang’s personal soldiers. One is that they are loyal to the lord, and the other is that they have not seen the power of the explosives with their own eyes. They have a strong sense of resistance. .

When the Ulsan cavalry came to occupy the two city gates and were about to open the gates to let the Ulsan army from outside enter, they were blocked by Dr. Kang’s private soldiers. The Ulsan cavalry with a small number suffered heavy casualties, and Zeng You, the leader, could only order the cavalry to retreat. At a distance, fight back with bows and arrows, while waiting for the infantry to arrive and fight together.For a while, the battle situation downstairs of the two city walls was at a stalemate.

After sunset, the Ulsan army withdrew from the bow and arrow range of the city wall to rest and have dinner. Doctor Jiang thought that today's siege was coming to an end, so he handed over the command of the city defense to his confidant, and rode into the palace to report the battle situation to Yi Ji.

Doctor Jiang entered the inner palace, only to see the servants and maids in the palace carrying things in and out.

"What are you carrying?" Dr. Jiang grabbed the waiter who walked past him.

"My lord, it's a box in the inner storehouse." The waiter was sweating profusely, and looked tired, as if he had done physical work for a long time.

"The chests in the inner treasury?" Dr. Jiang was taken aback. The chests in the palace treasury were filled with gold and jewels. What does Yi Ji mean by putting the treasures in the inner treasury in her own palace now?The army of Ulsan just surrounded the capital today. According to the strength of the high walls of the capital, the number of defensive equipment, and the grain stored in the city, there is no problem at all if they persist in defending the city for half a year.Now that Yi Ji is taking out the treasures from the harem, is she planning to abandon the royal capital and flee to another place?

While Doctor Jiang was pondering at the gate of the palace, Yi Ji was furious at the waiter.

"The Jade Storehouse is missing?"

"The villain has searched the inner palace several times but failed to find it." The waiter kneeling on the ground was very aggrieved.

"Go look for it again, take it when you find it, and take the key and bring all the jade in the vault." But in a few days, Yi Ji's plump face quickly thinned out, and after the plumpness of the face disappeared, her cheekbones became more apparent. Too high, the whole facial expression has a kind of fierceness.

"Yes!" The waiter led the order to get up and back out.

"Queen Mother! Please see Dr. Zuo." The waiter had just left when the personal maid came in to report.

"Please come in." Yi Ji calmed down her anger and adjusted her expression. Dr. Jiang was her biggest support in the capital.

"Queen Mother, why did you move the treasures from the inner treasury here?" Dr. Jiang hurriedly saluted Yi Ji, facing the boxes and boxes in the palace, he couldn't help asking questions.

"Hu Ben defended the palace very hard, and the Ai family wanted to reward them with their belongings, and put them here for easy access." Yi Ji explained lightly.

"Oh, that's right." Dr. Jiang was still puzzled, isn't the inner vault not far from the bedroom?It doesn't take half an hour to get there.

"How is the guarding of the royal city? How many people are there in the rebel army in Ulsan?" Yi Ji put the topic aside.

"Less than [-] attacked the city. The city walls are tall and strong. The rebel army is not effective in attacking the city, so there is nothing to fear." This is Doctor Jiang's feeling after observing it all day.

As soon as Dr. Jiang finished speaking, he heard several loud noises from outside, and the ground of the palace shook.

"What's that sound?" Yi Ji was shocked. She didn't care about etiquette, and rushed outside the palace in a few steps. Looking out from the palace wall, she could only see fire and thick smoke at the west and north city gates, and the sound of the wind was faint. There was a shrill cry.

"Is there a fire at the city wall?" Dr. Jiang muttered to himself with horror on his face.

"Doctor, go and have a look!" Yi Ji stamped anxiously.

"Okay!" Doctor Jiang agreed and wanted to leave the palace.

"Slow! How many troops did foster father bring to the palace?" Yi Ji suddenly grabbed Doctor Jiang's sleeve.

"2000 people." Dr. Jiang didn't think about it.

"The adoptive father left them in the palace to protect the king!"

"Ah?" Doctor Jiang hesitated.

"Without the king, we have nothing." Seeing Doctor Jiang's hesitation, Yi Ji quickly explained the reason. "As long as the king is there, even if the city is broken, we try to break out of the siege and go to the border to take over the Huben army. We can still return to the king's capital and put down the rebellion."

"Take over the Border Huben?" Dr. Jiang hesitated even more. Will the Border Huben obey their orders?

"Your Majesty has the jade seal of the state of Wu and the Tiger Talisman in his hands to command the three armies, and the family members of the two commanders in charge of the frontier army are also in the palace." Yi Ji was very sure that if the capital of the king was captured by the Ulsan army, she would take her son and the palace belongings to the border. Because of this idea, Yi Ji ordered someone to move the inner treasury's belongings, and today she only had time to bring the inner treasury's golden box.

Southern Sima and Eastern Sima were loyal to the King of Wu. With the jade seal and tiger talisman left by the King of Wu, they could control them, and they took their families with them. The two had to obey orders even more considering the lives of their families.

"My minister first goes out of the palace to check the situation. If the city is really broken, I will gather soldiers to protect the king and queen mother to break through." Dr. Jiang did not feel more at ease after hearing Yiji's talk about the future.

"Father, go and come back quickly, the Ai family will first summon the palace and tiger to escort him." The firelight beside the city wall in the distance made Yi Ji's face flicker.

Dr. Jiang saw that Yi Ji was only focused on urging him to gather soldiers to protect him, but didn't care about the life and death of the people in the Jiang family, so he couldn't help opening his mouth.

"Father, hurry up. Even if the rebels invade the city, they will not be able to gain a foothold. This is the opportunity to break through, and it will be worse if it is delayed."

Seeing Dr. Jiang dawdling, Yi Ji stomped her feet.

"I obey!" Dr. Jiang took a deep look at Yi Ji, bowed and left.

Dr. Jiang hurried to the gate of the inner palace, handed over the two thousand soldiers he had brought to the attendants who followed him, and took only twenty or so servants out of the gate of the inner palace.As soon as he left the gate of the inner palace, there was a lot of noise in the side hall, with waiters and maids running around with their heads in their hands.

"Why are you running around?" Dr. Jiang grabbed a maid and asked.

"Master, Wang Gonghu...hu is reversed!" The maid trembled violently, her voice stammering.

"The royal palace is turned upside down?" Dr. Jiang was shocked.

"The guards guarding the side hall were all killed by Huben who instigated rebellion, and the family members of the two Sima were also taken away." The blood of the killed guards was stuck to the maid.

"It's over!" Doctor Jiang's heart fell into the abyss, and the shouts of killing that were getting closer and closer in the distance told him that the city had been captured, and Yi Ji thought that the bargaining chip that could turn the world around was taken away again, and there were no hostages to control the two Sima , where can Yi Ji and him find the capital to stand up?Yi Ji and him have reached the end of the road.

Dr. Jiang let go of the maid's hand, and staggered back a few steps. He looked back at the inner palace, and then at the fire in the distance. The shouts of killing from all sides made him shudder several times.The scene of blood flowing into a river one night more than two months ago reappeared, but this time he will be the one to be massacred.

"Go home!" Dr. Jiang gritted his teeth, got on his horse, and turned around.There are still more than 1000 guards in Jiang's mansion. He decided to go back to the mansion and take his family to take advantage of the chaos to escape from the capital. There was money collected for many years in his fief, and he took that money and fled to other vassal states for refuge. With a fortune, he and the whole family can live a luxurious life.

The shouts of killing that came into the palace became louder and closer, and Yi Ji stood on the tall building, her fist nails sinking into her palms.

"Go, take the family members of the two Sima into the inner palace." Except for the protection of the palace, there are no trenches, and the palace wall is as tall and strong as the city wall.

The palace has two defenses, one is the outer palace wall, which is defended by three thousand tigers, and the other is the inner palace, which is guarded by more than 100 attendants and two thousand private soldiers left by Dr. Jiang.The families of Dong Sima and Nan Sima are Yi Ji's last support, and Yi Ji can rest assured only if she is by her side.

"Yes!" The personal maid took the order and left.

After a while, the personal maid returned with a pale face.

"Queen! The big thing is not good! The royal palace has turned its back, and the family members of the two Sima's have been taken away by them."

"What?" Yi Ji stepped on the stone steps of the tall building, if not for the help of the personal maid, Yi Ji would have rolled down the stone steps of the tall building.

"Hu Ben actually betrayed the king?" Yi Ji said to herself, unwilling to believe it.

"Doctor Zuo, then Doctor Zuo..." the personal maid bowed her head, stammering.

"What's wrong with Dr. Zuo?" Yi Ji leaned on the stone railing, staring at her confidant and pressed her.

"After Dr. Zuo came out of the inner palace and found out about Huben's rebellion, he went straight back home."

Dr. Jiang’s private soldiers are mainly at the east and south gates of the city. After leaving the palace, Dr. Jiang did not go to the east or south, but took his family to the northwest of Jiang’s mansion. Obviously, he did not gather his private soldiers to protect the palace. Yiji and son Yong.

"Hehe, is this catastrophe approaching and flying away?" Yi Ji suddenly smiled bitterly, and even the most trustworthy Doctor Jiang ran for his own life. Who else in the capital can help their mother and son?

"Queen, there are more than 100 loyal servants in the inner palace, as well as [-] soldiers left by Doctor Zuo. Let the Queen and the King lead them to break through." The personal maid knelt down and suggested. Ji is loyal.

"Break out, where do you go after breaking out?" Yi Ji was at a loss. Without the hostages, the border army would be unable to control, and without the support of the army, it would be untenable in the country of Wu, and the only neighboring country she knew was Tang, the king of Tang. Yi Ji knew very well what kind of virtue it was. If she took money to take refuge, besides the money would be embezzled by Tang Wang, she and her son would also be sold by Tang Wang.

"Queen Mother, let's break out of the siege first." The maid was anxious, and now there were shouts of killing from all sides outside the palace, and she couldn't leave if she didn't leave.

Yi Ji gently caressed the railings carved out of white marble, where is there such an exquisite building outside the royal palace?Where is there such a high-rise pavilion?Where can there be thousands of delicacies, and where can there be beautiful silk and satin?Where are the tens of thousands of treasure gold?Especially where is the supreme kingship?

No!She can't leave here, this is her territory, and she will never allow anyone to take it away.

"Go and get the waiters and guards, the Ai family has something to tell them." Yi Ji's panic disappeared, and she looked calm again.

"Obey!" Seeing that the master calmed down, the maid immediately felt that she had a backbone.

The leader of the servants in the inner palace and the leader of Dr. Jiang's private soldiers were brought to Yi Ji.

"You two have worked hard. Ulsan rebelled and rebelled. Dr. Jiang has already dispatched troops to put down the rebellion. Dong Sima and Nan Sima brought tens of thousands of tigers back to rescue them. The lords from all over the country have already set off to serve the king when they saw the flames of fire. .As long as everyone persists until tomorrow, reinforcements will arrive. By then, ten thousand rebels will be captured without a fight. Everyone will be rewarded for their meritorious service. In addition to being promoted to a third-level title, each person will also be granted a fief."

With a smile on her face, Yi Ji counted the reinforcements that came out of nowhere.

The leader of the waiters and the private soldiers were bewitched by Yi Ji's calmness, thinking that there would be many reinforcements in a day's time, and they couldn't help being excited when they thought that if they persisted for a day, they would be rich and prosperous.

"There are two boxes of gold here, the two of you will take them down first to reward your subordinates."

Yi Ji pointed to the two suitcases beside her and signaled the maid to open them.

When the box was opened, the inside was bright yellow, which was real gold.

"Thank you for the reward from the Queen Mother, the villain will definitely guard the inner palace with all his might!" The two leaders stared at Jin Jin and couldn't take their eyes off it.

After the leader of the waiters and the leader of the private soldiers left with the suitcases, Yi Ji stood up and softly told her confidants: "Go and bring the king here."

"Queen!" The maid looked up hesitantly, she felt an ominous feeling.Although Yi Ji's composure infected her, what Yi Ji said to the leader of the waiters and the leader of the private soldiers was not true, and the maid vaguely guessed what the master was going to do next.

"Go, when the king arrives, we will go on the road together. With these treasures in the palace, we can be prosperous and rich wherever we go." Yi Ji touched her confidant's face and said softly.

"Yes! I obey!" The maid's eyes were red, she kowtowed to Yi Ji to cover her face and exited.

Prince Yong was fidgeting in his own palace, but he dared not leave the bedroom without the order of his mother and concubine.

"Your Majesty! The Empress Dowager summoned you!" Just when Young Master Yong couldn't bear it any longer, Yi Ji's personal maid came to pick him up.

"Why are there so many shouts of killing outside? Are thieves breaking in?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the walls of the palace are so high that thieves cannot enter." The maid tried her best to keep smiling.

"Oh." The consolation of the maid made Young Master Yong feel relieved.

"What's the matter with the mother and concubine calling the orphan now?" It was Haishi at this time, Young Master Yong was surprised that his mother summoned him when the palace was safe. Could it be that the ministers were summoned to discuss matters late at night?

"You will know when the king is gone." The maid walked ahead and led the way without looking back.

Young Master Yong entered Yi Ji's palace, and found Yi Ji sitting in the main hall in full dress, with a table of wine and food in the main hall.

"Yong has seen mother and concubine!" Young Master Yong Chao Yi Ji saluted respectfully.

"Yong come to sit next to my mother and concubine. Today, my mother and concubine made a few dishes with my own hands. Let's taste them and see if my concubine's cooking skills are unfamiliar." Yi Ji looked very kind to her son today.

"My concubine's cooking skills are superb. When my father is here, I like to eat the dishes cooked by my concubine the most." Young Master Yongxin was delighted. Yi Ji didn't cook for nearly a year.

"Come and taste this bowl of soup, it's a specialty of my concubine's hometown." Yi Ji filled the bowl of soup with her own hands and handed it to her son.

"Concubine Mu rarely talks about her childhood, where is Concubine Mu's hometown?" Young Master Yong took the soup and drank it slowly. The soup tasted very delicious.

"Mother's concubine's home..." Yi Ji suddenly found that her memory of her poor hometown was blurred, because she wanted to forget it deliberately, but she really forgot it.

"Mother Concubine, did you forget?" Young Master Yong was very disappointed, he always wanted to know where his natal family was, but Yi Ji never said.

"Well, my concubine has forgotten, almost nothing." Yi Ji looked down at the soup pot in front of her, everything was blurred, only the heartbroken grass in this soup pot was always remembered, and she eradicated it with the unique poisonous weeds in her hometown. It was also because the grass did not poison Young Master Guang to death all at once, so that it left a handle for Young Master Guang to find a fake younger brother to destroy her dream.

'Boom', Young Master Yong suddenly fell to the ground, curled up. "Mother Concubine, my abdomen hurts!"

"It doesn't matter, it won't hurt in a while!" Yi Ji squatted down and hugged her son, holding him tightly in her arms, as if this would relieve his pain.

"It hurts! It hurts too much! Concubine Mu..., Concubine Mu, save Yong!" Young Master Yong's face was pale, his lips turned blue, blood gradually overflowed from the corners of his mouth, his eyes began to blur, but the pain in his abdomen intensified, as if his internal organs were broken.

"Yong, don't be afraid, concubine mother will come to accompany Yong right away." Yi Ji put her face close to her son's forehead and murmured comfortingly.

"Mother Concubine..." Young Master Yong realized, he called softly, and then fell silent.

The Inner Palace was attacked by the General Hussars himself with his soldiers. The guards guarding the Inner Palace resisted very stubbornly, but when the Inner Palace caught fire, the guards' resistance consciousness weakened immediately. The General Hussars commanded the troops Finally broke through the inner palace gate with a ladder.