Great Zhou Empress

"Aunt Xue, I see so many people outside. Are they guarding you? How are you doing now?" Su Mingcha was keen and sensed that the guards outside were more guarding than protection.

"I am now by the side of the Princess Regent of the Liao Kingdom..." Xue Zhijing was suddenly at a loss for words. Usually, no one asked this question. What should she say? Is it a lover?

The word "slave" suddenly appeared in her mind. In fact, from everyone's point of view, she must be Xiao Liege's slave.

"I am beside the Princess Regent of the Liao Kingdom, and I really can't help myself." Saying this, the discomfort that had lasted for a long time reappeared.

Su Mingcha approached quietly, and asked in a very soft voice, "Aunt Xue, look, how can I rescue you back? General Yuan is still in Xiongzhou, I can go back and contact her, but I need to know about you The situation over there."

General Yuan is Yuan Jin, the niece and daughter of the Empress Empress Yuan Hanzhang, Xue Zhijing's closest friend.Two years ago in Xiongzhou, they defeated the then commander Lu Cheng's conspiracy to communicate with foreign countries. In the end, the queen empress used the word "drag" to make Yuan Jin a new generation of commander.

Xue Zhijing's inner balance began to shake.

On one side is a leisurely life without freedom but with love, and on the other side is a thriving career in a vast world.

She didn't think about it.

So Xue Zhijing asked instead, "Now, how is the empress, how is Dacheng?"

Xiao Liege didn't let her get in touch with any government affairs of the Liao Kingdom, and the people around her were only children, and she basically didn't have any sources of information about things other than the Liao Kingdom.

Su Mingcha frowned and said, "More than two years ago, Liao soldiers came to Bianjing, the first emperor died, and the empress has been promoted to empress dowager. The emperor is not in good health, so the empress dowager is still continuing to regent. There are many natural disasters every year. There are floods in one place and drought in another place, and there are also locust plagues. It can be said that there are displaced people everywhere. Some clans in the west have some rumors, saying that it is because the empress dowager's rooster wakes up that the country is in trouble. The empress dowager asked the emperor to be in charge. I think they did it on purpose. I have seen the emperor. How can he be in charge of a person who is about to breathe after walking two steps?"

Xue Zhijing tensed up when he heard this, and asked each word with a pause, "Liao soldiers are coming to the city?"

"That's right, after Aunt Xue disappeared, Xiao Liege, the regent princess of the Liao Kingdom, led a team to bypass the city of Xiongzhou and make a long-distance raid to the city of Bianjing. In the end, the Dacheng Dynasty donated 20 yuan to the Liao Kingdom every year. Put in copper coins, [-] pieces of silk, open two more bargaining places, increase the amount of some trading items and sign a peace treaty for the content of the contract, and then the Liao Kingdom withdrew its troops."

Xue Zhijing's emotions were violently agitated, and she didn't know the news at all.

She didn't know whether Xiao Liege deliberately blocked this message from her. Indeed, this kind of extremely humiliating peace talk message would make Xue Zhijing feel uncomfortable.

She even hated herself for not knowing this information earlier, maybe she could?

No, she can't do anything.

She has no status in the Liao Kingdom, and everything she owns is only in Xiao Liege's thought.

"Then, is your majesty alright?" Xue Zhijing's voice became a little hoarse when he said those words.

Dacheng Dynasty is the "home" she recognizes, where there are relatives and friends she misses, as well as careers that she has devoted her energy and painstaking efforts to.

"It's not very good. The Empress Dowager is in dire straits now. She has ordered countless times that the palace reduce the expenses so that it can be used for disaster relief in various places, but it still doesn't work. The victims in various places need too much money and food. I'm here Before the Liao Kingdom, it was said that there was an uprising in the western region, which had already occupied several counties and counties, and it was all caused by natural disasters."

Xue Zhijing has an impulse now, she wants to go back to Dacheng with Su Mingcha immediately, with her ability, she can't quell the uprising, but it should be possible to help the empress dowager solve the financial problem, she already has one or two in her mind , Three, four plans.

It's just that she knows that impulse is just impulse.

Taking a deep breath, Xue Zhijing said, "Go back to Dacheng first, and pass on my news to Yuan Jin and the Empress Dowager, so that they don't let people look around for me anymore."

Su Mingcha said hastily, "I'll ask General Yuan to rescue you, at worst, let her lead the troops here."

Xue Zhijing pressed Su Mingcha's hand, smiled gently, and calmed down the little girl's impatience, "No, the safety of Xiongzhou is important, and I can handle my own affairs. Do you have a foothold in Nanjing City? I need a place where I can be in regular contact."

"Yes, I'm not here, and I have a buddy here."

Going back to the bookstore, I bought a set of books produced by Lichunyuan and brought them back to Wangting. Along the way, Xue Zhijing was thinking about what she was going to do.

It was already dark when we arrived at Xiao Liege's tent, Xiao Liege smiled when he saw her come in, "I came back so late, I have been waiting for you for a long time, come quickly, let's have dinner~"

Xue Zhijing's chaotic thoughts were calmed down by Xiao Liege's smile again, she temporarily put those arguments behind her, and had dinner with her.

"What books did you buy at the book shop today?" Xiao Liege asked her while eating.

Xue Zhijing said, "There is a Lichun Academy in Yangzhou City of Dacheng, which produced many artists and rehearsed many repertoires, and they wrote these repertoires into books."

If he hadn't seen Su Mingcha, hadn't talked to her so much, and didn't have so many mixed thoughts, Xue Zhijing would have wanted to share with Xiao Liege what she did in Yangzhou City back then, and would also tell her about her Why on earth are the artists of Lichun Academy rehearsing those plays.

It's just that at this time, she actually hid all these words, not going to tell Xiao Liege any more.

"What plays are they all?"

"Very naive!" Xue Zhijing laughed, "Tell a story about a woman who dreams of becoming a hero, punishing evil and promoting good."

Hearing this introduction, Xiao Liege was also a little surprised, "There is such a story."

"That's not it~" Xue Zhijing finally said a little bit, "I gave them a little bit back then."

Xiao Liege's gaze showed some complicated expressions, her eyes stayed on Xue Zhijing's face for a while, and then she said with a smile, "Your girls' school can also print some books, but there are some craftsmen in engraving and printing." , that is, the books written by us Liao people always seem to be less interesting, so everyone loves to read Dacheng's books."

Xue Zhijing didn't answer Xiao Liege's words, "Heh! Let's take a look."

At night, Xue Zhijing felt a little insomnia, and his mind was still full of thoughts.

She yearns for Dacheng. In Dacheng, she has a free and independent identity, and is respected everywhere. She can do whatever she wants within her authority.She has the Empress Dowager who is like a family member, oh no, she is the Empress Dowager now, and she also has close friends like Yuan Jin, Li Jing, and Chen Tang, and new friends like Ting Lan, Ayila, and Su Mingcha, I believe she will have more friends in the future.She can spread her footprints all over the Dacheng Dynasty, and she can even go to the Mesopotamian Plains in Mesopotamia with Ayla on a big boat of [-] materials, and visit the ancestral home of Ayla's father's line. See, in theory, her world is infinitely vast.

But she is also greedy for this relationship with Xiao Liege. A pure and extreme relationship is also a rare gift in life. How many people search for a lifetime just to find such a lover who suits them. How lucky is she to be with him? He walked together with him when he was a teenager, and occupied the other party's heart before the other party experienced the turbulent chaos in the world.However, she still lacks a little sense of security in this relationship. At this time, she is like a parasitic flower attached to the big tree Xiao Liege, without her own foundation, a little crisis is enough to make the two of them feel insecure. relationship was completely broken.

Xiao Liege came from behind and hugged her, and asked in a drowsy sleep, "What's wrong with you? Can't sleep?"

Xue Zhijing's thoughts were interrupted by Xiao Liege's embrace, and the balance in her heart fell back to Xiao Liege's again. She shrank back into Xiao Liege's embrace, completely nestling herself in.

"It's okay, go to sleep~"

Love is one of the things that can kill reason most.

Winter is coming to an end, and the royal courts of the entire Liao Kingdom will move to the Yazi River area in the center of the Northeast as a whole, open the ice river for fishing, and then wait for the river to open up to let Hai Dongqing hunt.

Xue Zhijing met Yeluyan by accident.

Yeluyan is the fiancee of the little emperor Xiao Derui, and their wedding date is set in the summer of next year.

More than a year ago, because Yeluyan did not want to marry the little emperor, she took advantage of her status as a nobleman to bully the little emperor, and even vented her anger on Xue Zhijing, and because she liked Xiao Liege, she hated Xue Zhijing so much .Later, when the disturbance became lawless, Xiao Liege asked her father, Yelu Hongyi, to restrain her and educate her well, until today.

It seems that she has been relaxed from discipline.

Yeluyan also seemed to have matured a bit, and she no longer used her hands at every turn, but her verbal skill was developed.

"Yo~ who is this, Mr. Jing, who is well known in Wang Ting~"

Xue Zhijing saluted her politely, "Miss Yelu~"

"Why, now you're strong? Princess Raging Fire's little lover?" Yeluyan was indeed the same Yeluyan, with a bad temper and a direct personality.

"Miss Yelu was joking~" Xue Zhijing didn't want to talk to her any more, and hurried away if he wanted to say hello.

No, Yeluyan said behind her back, "Oh, do you know? My father just went to the princess's tent and said he wanted to discuss important state affairs. Guess what?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Yelu, I don't participate in state affairs~"

Yeluyan approached, and said with a smirk, "I just received the news that the Xia Kingdom in the west, together with your Dacheng Dukes Qin and Jin, entered the Central Plains. It is said that they are going to Bianliang. This time, the princess will consider, Do you want to bring troops into the country from the east and take a share~"

what?

Xue Zhijing immediately managed it with no expression, and was shocked.

Last time, Su Mingcha mentioned that some clans of the Dacheng Dynasty were dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager, but why, now they are all starting to join forces with foreign enemies to enter the country?

But looking at Yeluyan's appearance, it doesn't look like he deliberately lied to her, but more like using this information to stimulate her.

Seeing Xue Zhijing's shocked face, Yeluyan was as happy as if he was drunk, "Why, your heart is still for Dacheng? Haha, it's okay. When we go to Liao Kingdom and occupy half of Dacheng, we will become one .”