Great Zhou Empress

Xue Zhijing is not one of those powerless people, her kung fu is not bad, not as good as those strongest warriors, but she has the strength to fight against many people.

She also saw Yeluyan running towards her, she hadn't seen her for many years, Yeluyan had matured a lot, but her ferocious expression was also much disgusting.

Yeluyan's sword slashed towards Xue Zhijing, Xue Zhijingge blocked it, and heard Yeluyan say viciously, "If you kill you, I will become the queen of the whole world, and no one can control me!"

Xue Zhijing stabilized his figure and looked at her coldly, "It's not easy to be an empress of the world."

Xue Zhijing pushed suddenly, Yeluyan took two steps back, and the two fought together again.

Yeluyan was really trying to kill Xue Zhijing with every move, and the two fought with all their strength.

However, although everyone fought fiercely, the time did not last long, because everyone heard the sound that made the ground tremble, and those who were familiar with it knew that it was the tremor that a large number of cavalry brought to the ground when they rushed.

Xiao Liege's face was filled with surprise, that was her and Xue Zhijing's main force, they sent someone to contact them a few days ago, and they were only waiting for today's action.

"Yelu Mengnan, you surrender. For the sake of your Yelu family, I will keep your whole body. I will not kill your children under the age of five."

Tonight was simply a nightmare for Yelu Mengnan. He was already sure of winning, why did such a sudden change happen? This Xiao Liege obviously disappeared in the dense forest, and he almost closed all the exits of the mountain range. It was blocked, how could she still appear.

But now, hearing the trembling sound of horseshoes approaching, Yelu Mengnan's mentality also collapsed a little.

The surrounding firelight reflected him, making his face look distorted.

"Xiao Liege, I will not lose, I will never lose."

The sound of shouting and killing also began to appear from outside the camp, and Yelu Mengnan's heart trembled.

The battle between the two armies is all about momentum and order. In such a chaotic scene, his army is like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and they have no strength to fight back.

His guards rushed back from all over the camp, but they also discovered the situation here, they didn't dare to think about killing Xiao Liege, but hurriedly protected Yelu Mengnan to leave from another direction .

But at this moment, how could they care about Yeluyan?

In the end, Yelu Mengnan escaped, leaving only Yeluyan captured by the crowd.

After tidying up the battlefield, the rebels under Yelumengnan were tied up and knelt in a string in the school grounds of the camp. It was slowly dawning.

Xue Zhijing and Xiao Liege didn't sleep all night, but they were both extremely excited. Now Yelu Mengnan ran away with dozens of attendants, and they also chased after them. It will be a matter of time before they catch up. Can't afford to overturn any huge waves.Is an aristocrat without slaves, cattle and sheep still an aristocrat?

After clearing up this large camp today, we will arrange to incorporate some of the surrounding camps. Since Yelu Mengnan is not there, the dragons have no leader, so it is very convenient to organize.

Zhen Yuan and the others asked someone to make some breakfast and brought it over, all of which were in the camp here, dried meat, yogurt, etc., and even a jug of wine.

Xue Zhijing invited everyone to sit in Yelumengnan's tent and have breakfast together. Everyone felt relaxed, but Xue Zhijing and Xiao Liege, who were sitting at the top at the same time, seemed even more inexplicable to outsiders. sense of fit.

Xue Zhijing greeted Xiao Liege to eat and drink, and asked, "Is the back injury okay? You exerted too much force last night. I was worried about you from a distance. I was afraid that the wound would open if you made too much noise."

Xiao Liege waved his hand and said, "How could it be so easy to crack? Isn't your medicine a magic medicine? It's good morning."

"You must show me again later. If the wound is opened and infected again, it will be bad."

Xiao Liege smiled at her, and tried to drink the wine, but Xue Zhijing snatched it away, "You can't drink it."

"Hey, I'm happy today, what's the matter with the drink?"

Xue Zhijing put the wine glass to his side, and said, "The wounded can only drink it when they recover from their injuries. Now I will drink this wine for you."

"Xue Zhijing, you did it on purpose." Xiao Liege asked Zhen Yuan angrily, "Zhen Yuan, does this mean that Yelumengnan only has this pot of wine?"

Zhen Yuan looked at Xiao Liege, then at Xue Zhijing, and nodded, "Yes, princess, just one pot."

Xiao Liege originally thought that he could ask Zhen Yuan to bring him another jug, but Zhen Yuan actually bullied him with Xue Zhijing, this Yelu Mengnan only hid a jug of wine, it must be a lie.

After chewing a mouthful of jerky, Xue Zhijing handed him yogurt, "Drink some."

Xiao Liege turned his head away, "Don't drink."

This is another act of arrogance.

Xue Zhijing looked at the few people below who were focused on eating, leaned closer to Xiao Liege's ear and said, "If you don't drink, I'll feed you, they are all looking at you, do you want to save face?" ?”

But Xue Zhijing knew that Xiao Liege had the best face, although the people around the two of them actually knew their relationship more or less, and it was okay for them to be close, but Xiao Liege was always embarrassed to talk to Xue Zhijing in front of the people around him. Be intimate.Xue Zhijing was sure of her point, and he was sure of everything.

There was no other way, Xiao Liege had no choice but to take the yoghurt, and gave her a bitter look, while Xue Zhijing gave her a comforting pat on the head.

After breakfast, everyone still couldn't stop to rest. The chiefs of these tribes in the east were summoned. Xiao Liege sat at the head of the tent to talk to them, and Xue Zhijing sat at the bottom of her head, acting as an observer personnel.

Except for the leader of the Shiwei tribe, everyone else was a little trembling. After all, their tribe was under the management of the Liao Kingdom, and following Yelu Mengnan's behavior at this time was equivalent to treason.What they think is not important, what is most important is how the most powerful Princess Liao of the Liao Dynasty characterizes them.

Therefore, when they came in, they all pleaded with Xiao Liege in their poor Khitan dialect, saying that they were all deceived by Yelu Mengnan, that they were loyal to the Liao Kingdom, and that Princess Raging Fire should not hold them accountable.

Xiao Liege first frightened them for a while, intentionally increased the taxes they had to pay this year, and then said that this time only the chief villain, Yelu Mengnan, would not be arrested, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, in order to make meritorious service, these pardoned tribal leaders volunteered to recruit Yelu Mengnan's team scattered nearby.

Most of these teams nearby were slaves brought by Yelu Mengnan when he was exiled. The men helped him fight and the women herded for him. After tying up a group of middle-class herdsmen, the remaining herdsmen at the bottom were all pardoned. , was incorporated into Xiao Liege's personal subordinates.

When night fell, these things were finally arranged, and Xiao Liege was free to go to see Yeluyan who was tied up.

Yeluyan was locked in a drive-thru cell.

Because the Liao people migrated all the year round, they designed a mobile cell, which is the same as a car, but the beautiful car is a hollow cell made of wood on weekdays. If it is walking, it may be covered with a layer of felt on the top. blanket.

At this time, Yeluyan was locked in this small cell, and the felt blanket blocked the light of the entire cell.

The attendants lit a torch for her behind Xiao Liege, and one of the attendants lifted the felt blanket of the prison cell under her instructions, Yeluyan inside was dazzled by the light, covering her eyes with her dirty hands .

"Yeluyan!"

Yeluyan's lips were very dry. Since she was captured last night, she hardly drank or ate anything. It could be that Xiao Liege deliberately abused her, but she didn't want to eat or drink.

She slowly adapted to the light, and looked at Xiao Liege, with strong unwillingness and stubbornness in her eyes.

"Why, Princess Raging Fire, come to see if I'm dead?"

"I'm just here to tell you that for the sake of your father Yelu Hongyi, I spared your life, but the position of queen is gone, and I will call you a sudden death."

"Heh!" Yeluyan laughed mockingly, "Then I have to thank you, Princess Raging Fire?"

Xiao Liege frowned, she felt that she had done all her kindness to this Yeluyan, why, not only did Yeluyan not know how to be grateful, but she always acted like she owed her.

"Yeluyan, what exactly do you want?" Xiao Liege was really curious, "You are already the most honorable woman in the whole world, so you can get what you want, what are you dissatisfied with?"

"The most honorable woman in the world?" Yeluyan taunted again, "Do I care?"

Xiao Liege was indeed choked by Yeluyan.

After a long time, Yeluyan's confrontational mood finally softened, as if she had been torn off an external armor that had been maintained for a long time, revealing her innermost thoughts.

"The daughter of our Yelu family has always been destined to marry the royal family, so as to maintain the friendship between the two families." Yeluyan said, "But no one has ever asked us if we really want to."

"But this is the responsibility of the daughters of the Yelu family, and our Xiao family's royal family is also the same. If you don't want to marry, you will marry."

Yeluyan sneered, "Yes, but my daughter's family can only marry one man, but as for men, if they don't like it, they can find more women. After all, we are at a disadvantage."

"Yeluyan, I am the princess of the royal family, and you are the lady of the noble family. We were born to enjoy the worship of many people, and it is our duty to take responsibility."

"That's right, Princess Raging Fire, if you want to get married, why didn't you choose Yelu Mengnan back then? This is also a marriage between the Xiao family and the Yelu family? It's just that you don't want to. You have this power, so use this power Come and suppress me, I look like a noble lady, but I have no ability to resist."

After a long time, Yeluyan's eyes seemed to drift away into the distance, "You haven't seen your mother, have you? She is also the daughter of our Yelu family. I want to call her aunt, but has someone ever asked her if she would like to marry Xiaoye?" Home?"

Xiao Liege fell silent.

"Xiao Liege, don't you know that I have always had my heart attached to you."

When Yeluyan confronted her fiercely, Xiao Liege could completely ignore the so-called fact that Yeluyan liked her, and only regarded Yeluyan as a troublemaker, and angrily scolded her for not understanding the responsibilities of the family and the country, and for not being able to perform the duties of the queen well.But now, when Yeluyan told her story in a way that she no longer confronted, Xiao Liege felt a feeling called sympathy in her soft heart.

For Yeluyan herself, she considers herself a victim.

"Yeluyan, you also know that I have never had feelings for you." No matter how sympathetic, such cruel words must be said, Xiao Liege does not want to give Yeluyan some illusions at this time, as if he is It's like trying to avoid her for some reason.

"Don't you feel it?" Yeluyan's expression became a little painful, and tears were still falling from her eyes, but she seemed to be unable to bear the tears, and wiped them away as soon as they flowed out.

"If possible, I really hope that I am not the daughter of the Yelu family, and I don't have to bear this ridiculous responsibility."

On the way back to the royal court, one day an attendant suddenly came to report that Yeluyan had died in the morning because of refusing to drink water and hunger strike for a long time.

At that time, Xiao Liege and Xue Zhijing were sitting on the car at the front of the line.

Xiao Liege asked a little angrily, "Will none of you pour her down?"

It seems that no one cares whether a prisoner has water and food.

After Yeluyan's death, Xiao Liege seemed to start thinking about what Yeluyan had said, that he had indeed "bullied" her with his power, and made her a sacrifice in order to consolidate the throne and win over her father.

At night, camp.

Xiao Liege nestled into Xue Zhijing's arms, feeling a little bad, Xue Zhijing embraced her, and let her stay silent in his arms for a long time.

"Jing, I'm not wrong, am I? At that time, I couldn't protect myself. How can I control others? I need her to marry Xiao Derui. I need this marriage. I'm right."

"Everyone has their own last resort." Xue Zhijing comforted Xiao Liege again and again, "When you are in a disadvantaged situation, you can only use the available resources around you to solve your predicament, but sometimes these resources are You will hurt others, and Yeluyan is the one you hurt."

"So, do you think I did something wrong?" Xiao Liege's voice was full of self-blame, "I never thought we were friends with her, but I also watched her grow up, and I can feel her love for me. hate."

Xue Zhijing had no way to tell Xiao Liege that what she did was right, and she also had no way to say that what she did was wrong. Even if she was in Xiao Liege's position, she might not have done better.

"Sleep, don't think about it anymore, fortunately you are strong enough now, you don't need to sacrifice others to consolidate your position."

Xiao Liege completely shrank himself into Xue Zhijing's arms, "Okay!"

They were about to arrive at the royal court, and the scouts finally sent them the exact news.

Yelu Hongyi, the father of Yeluyan, united with all the members of Yelu's family, and took the emperor to make the princes.

The guilt towards Yeluyan finally dissipated completely at this moment.

Xiao Liege led his troops and camped next to the royal court, and generously sent people to invite civil and military officials to come and see him.

Xiao Liege could guess that it was probably the news of her disappearance that reached the royal court, and everyone was confused. As the emperor's father-in-law, Yelu Hongyi took this opportunity to step up to the stage and monopolize the power. When the time comes, he will go to the east to clean up Yelu Mengnan, then his regent position can be secured.

During this period of time, he must have promoted many officials he trusted, and got rid of many other people who didn't listen to him very much.

Xiao Liege was going to be courteous first and then soldiers. If the officials came over, it would be best of course to handle this matter in a civilized and polite manner.

But it was obvious that almost no one came. Instead, Yelu Hongyi called someone, saying that the emperor had already hosted a banquet in the king's tent, and invited His Royal Highness to go to the king's tent for the banquet.

Xiao Liege looked at Xue Zhijing and said, "This is a Hongmen Banquet."

Xue Zhijing also thought so, "But if you don't go here, it will be troublesome."

Xiao Liege snorted coldly, "Then I'll call in."

This is really the fire princess who has just gone through a battle. If there is a disagreement, she will go to war directly.

All right, since that's the case, there's nothing to say, so I recruited Zhen Yuan, Chen He and others to discuss the plan together.That's right, Xue Zhijing will arrange his army to cooperate with Xiao Liege this time.

Over there, in the royal court, Yelu Hongyi changed all the people around the little emperor. The little emperor didn't even know about his aunt's return, and asked Yelu Hongyi pitifully, "Father-in-law, does my aunt have news?" ?”

Yelu Hongyi has become more and more powerful these years, but he seems very sincere, and he is very good at coaxing the little emperor. A few words made the little emperor feel that now he has to rely on Yelu Hongyi.

Yelu Hongyi was still thinking about how to coax Xiao Liege in with the least cost, and then imprison her, but he didn't expect that that night, Xiao Liege would call directly.

Moreover, while fighting, the soldiers shouted, "Yelu Hongyi has usurped the throne! Yelu Hongyi has usurped the throne!"

This time, he was placed in a hostile position.

Yelu Hongyi hurriedly ordered people to resist Xiao Liege's attack, and he also made everyone shout "Xiao Liege usurped the throne!", but his words were a bit strange and not logical, Xiao Liege was originally a member of the royal family , or the emperor's aunt, why did she go so early to usurp the throne?So the effect is not as good as the previous sentence.

The officials in the royal court and their servants all watched there because of this, and some of them stayed in their tents, not daring to go out a step, and they waited for the people on both sides to win or lose before going out.

In the end, Yelu Hongyi was blocked to the emperor's tent, and it was he who deliberately went to the king's tent.

He pulled the little emperor Xiao Derui out of the king's tent, stroked the little emperor's neck with a dagger, and said to Xiao Liege who was walking all the way, "Princess Lie Huo, I have lost, I have no other demands. All I want is to take my slaves, cattle and sheep, and leave the royal court far away, never to return."