don't fight the general

The sound of siege horns and the sound of killing came from all directions, even through the deep palace walls, they passed through the palaces to the remote Yongshou Palace.

Yan Jing stood on the high steps in front of the palace gate, staring into the distance. From his position, he could even see the firelight outside the Dongcheng Gate, which dyed the gradually darkening sky red—as if The fire outside that remote village a few months ago reappeared in front of my eyes, but this time, no boy would step forward to turn the tide and save everyone in the crisis.

Yan Jing suddenly couldn't remember how long he hadn't seen Cui Wei.

I don't know if there is still a chance in this life, even if it is a little bit, to see the pair of eternally clear eyes of that young man again.

Footsteps sounded from behind, Yan Jing gathered the cloak on her body, and then slowly turned her head, and saw Cui Qiao also coming out of the inner hall. It outlines a good figure, and also makes the whole person thin and haggard, but exudes a heroic spirit that Yan Jing has never seen before.But her face was as calm as before, as if neither the biting cold wind nor the increasingly violent attacks outside the imperial city had any effect on her.

Yan Jing couldn't even imagine what could break her calmness.

This is probably the reason why his mother and concubine have never been as good as Cui Qiao. Only such a person is worthy of this position and can sustain the current situation at this time.

Yan Jing leaned slightly as a salute, raised his eyes slightly, paused on Cui Qiao, and then turned to the deep night: "At this point, it is impossible to save the crisis by one person alone, and the mother and concubine don't have to. Put yourself at risk."

Cui Qiao lowered his eyes slightly, as if looking down at his clothes, and then replied: "I just feel more comfortable wearing this clothes."

Yan Jing pursed his lips slightly, before he could speak again, suddenly a soft sedan chair appeared in his line of sight under the escort of several people, he watched the soft sedan getting closer and closer, and recognized that the person sitting in it was Yan Jue Looking into her arms again, she saw Yan Jue who was wrapped up.

Yan Jing was slightly stunned, and couldn't help looking sideways at Cui Qiao: "Third brother..." After speaking halfway, it suddenly occurred to him that Yan Cheng in the Yongshou Palace behind him... was probably holding his last breath. Jue was infected with sickness when he was young, and he has never been brought here. Now that he has reached this point, their father and son should meet again.

Even if this side will not leave any traces in Yan Jue's memory when he was young.

Cui Qiao's gaze softened a lot when she saw Yan Jue. She nodded towards the wet nurse, motioning for her to take Yan Jue into the hall, but she didn't follow, but turned to look at Yan Jue beside her. Jing, his eyes fell on him, but drifted away again, as if he was making a decision. After a long time, he suddenly said: "His Royal Highness should already know by now that the Holy Majesty moved the bedroom to this Yongshou Palace at the beginning. To avoid people's eyes and ears, it is convenient for those Taoist priests to refine the so-called elixir for him."

When mentioning this matter, Yan Jing still couldn't help frowning, but he knew that Cui Qiao would not mention this matter for no reason, so he nodded patiently: "Yes."

Cui Qiao turned around, looked at the majestic palace behind him through the lanterns on the outside of the main hall, and said softly: "Because of this, when building this Yongshou Palace, Your Majesty spent a lot of thought and did a lot of things he thought A preparation that will never come in handy." She turned her head and smiled slightly at Yan Jing, "For example, there is a secret passage in the sleeping hall, which leads directly to the outside of the imperial city."

Yan Jing widened his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and various thoughts surged in his mind. Before he could figure out how this secret passage could be useful in resolving the situation in front of him, he heard Cui Qiao He continued: "Ju'er has already been brought, Concubine Shu is also in the bedroom, and now it is probably packed, and the four reliable guards I picked are already waiting in the hall. The exit of the secret road is in the imperial city A relatively remote place outside, but, after all, the situation outside the city is not under our control, so even if you go out smoothly, it is not safe. Therefore, after you go out, I hope His Highness can look at it for the sake of the palace and the Holy Majesty Take care of the younger brother, as long as you get out of the capital smoothly, you will go all the way to the northwest."

She lowered her eyes slightly, and her voice was very light in the night: "Even if something happened to Awei, the Northwest Garrison and my Cui family still have some prestige in Yunzhou. In the end, it was King Kang or Yan Cong who had the upper hand and had no time to take care of the Northwest for a while. Therefore, when I faintly sensed the crisis in the capital, I sent people to send the young and old of the Cui Mansion to Yunzhou. When you arrive, you should It has been settled properly. At that time, His Highness only needs to entrust Ju'er to A Wei's mother, and it will be considered as fulfilling my entrustment. At that time, the sky will be high and the sea will be wide, so you can do whatever your Highness wants."

She turned her head and glanced at Yan Jing: "Of course, if His Highness is still a little bit unwilling, according to the will of the sage just now, he can justifiably succeed to the throne. But, can you order the world? Whether we can take back the land of the Great Wei depends on His Highness to fight for it."

Yan Jing stared blankly at Cui Qiao, she probably had been planning for a long time to arrange all of this so properly and meticulously.It's just... She left a retreat for almost everyone, but she didn't mention herself alone.

Yan Jing slowly clenched his lower lip, his complexion was a bit ugly under the dim light, and then he said slowly: "No."

The voice was not high, but it was very firm: "Since there is a secret way, why doesn't the queen mother follow it?"

"There must always be someone who shows up on the city wall to attract the attention of the rebels." Cui Qiao said lightly, "There must always be someone to sit in this imperial city."

"Since that's the case, it was me that day, and it's still me today."

Cui Qiao smiled softly, as if he heard Yan Jing say something funny, then he slightly bent his eyes and looked at him seriously: "Your Highness, do you want to give up the hope of meeting A Wei for the last time? If you can escape, maybe Awei can too, only if you are alive, can you have a chance to meet each other."

Hearing Cui Wei's name, Yan Jing's eyelashes trembled slightly, his throat trembled slightly, revealing his emotions, but he still insisted: "If this is the case, it will be even worse. Leave his elder sister and run away, even if he Unscathed, what face do I have to meet him again?"

"Your Highness can say such a thing, this palace is very happy, and Ah Wei should be very grateful for knowing it." Cui Qiao slightly bent her lips, showing a little smile, and then shook her head. She raised her hand and gently smoothed the lapel Then she slowly came back to her senses: "Didn't Your Highness always wonder why I abandoned my long-cherished wish of protecting the world and insisted on marrying into this secluded and deep palace?" , but with a particularly gentle smile, "Because I met...someone I want to protect more. I gave up all the past for him, and gave up the persistence of many years. Now that the wind and rain are precarious and the imperial city is at stake, how can I leave him alone? it's here?"

Yan Jing widened her eyes and couldn't believe what she heard, but Cui Qiao had restrained her smile, and said seriously: "When it comes to marching and fighting, and leading the guards to inflict heavy losses on the rebels, Your Highness is not as good as me. I am Cui Qiao From the moment she stepped into the imperial city, the rest of her life has been firmly tied to the Holy Majesty. If this is his destiny, it is also mine. And all this will not It will be the fate of Great Wei, but you can still rely on His Highness."

"The road ahead is in front of us, and it's up to His Highness to decide."

The sound of killing and cutting has not stopped, and it is constantly drifting into the ears. Yan Jing stared at the deep night sky like water for a long time, and closed his eyes slightly.Cui Qiao didn't urge him, but reached out and patted him on the shoulder lightly: "I'll go and see Ju'er." Then, he left without looking back.

The sky is getting brighter, the night is gradually dissipating, and the morning star is looming in the sky.After a night of resistance, the Suwei army could barely withstand the offensive of the rebels, and the two sides stopped fighting and rested.But the rebels did not retreat, and remained behind the city, ready to go.

Anyway, for the people in the imperial city, they finally got a little respite, at least they could barely sleep for a while.

There was silence inside and outside Yongshou Palace, the courtiers waiting in the outer hall dispersed, and the palace people were also pushed back. Only Cui Qiao was sitting in front of the desk, writing something on the silk cloth with a pen.

Yan Cheng was lying on the sickbed, staring at Cui Qiao intently, as if he wanted to see her every movement, until Cui Qiao finished writing the last stroke and looked back at him, Yan Cheng slowly said: " alright?"

"En." Cui Qiao responded softly, "Do you want to take a look, Your Majesty?"

"It's come to this point, why do I still worry about it?" Yan Cheng covered his lips, coughed a few times, and then continued, "If I could trust the queen earlier... Forget it, I have no regrets chance."

Cui Qiao's eyelashes trembled slightly, covering the emotions in her eyes. She reached out and put away the sealed imperial edict, got up and came to the side of the bed, sat down next to Yan Cheng, and said lightly: "I'm here In this world, everything has its own destiny, even if you do it all over again, it may not be able to change anything. The matter has come to this point, Your Majesty does not need to worry anymore. "

Yan Cheng stretched out his hand and pulled Cui Qiao's hand over. His fingertips ran across her palm, and he could still feel the callus marks left by martial arts practice, which hadn't dissipated even after years of being pampered and pampered in the palace.Yan Cheng raised his eyes slowly, and his eyes fell on Cui Qiao, which was the tenderness and nostalgia he hadn't seen for many years. He looked at the bright red riding outfit, and couldn't help but curl his lips: "After all these years, I still I like the way you look in riding clothes the most, but since you entered the palace, it is very difficult to have such an opportunity again."

Cui Qiao curled his fingers slightly, and then slowly said: "Since the concubine is the master of the harem, she should set an example, abide by the palace rules, and abide by the law of etiquette."

Yan Cheng patted the back of her hand lightly, shook his head, and let out a very soft sigh: "Ah Qiao!"

Cui Qiao hadn't heard this title for a long time, and felt her heart tremble with this sigh, she slowly raised her head, her eyes fixed on Yan Cheng's face, she closed her eyes slightly, and then replied: "Chen Qie exist."

"You should have gone with Jing'er and the others just now."

"Your Majesty knows that my concubine will not leave."

"Yes, I know." Yan Cheng murmured, "I have always known what kind of person you are, but I have always been unwilling to believe it."

Cui Qiao's other hand slowly clenched into a fist, and then stretched out, she said softly: "It's all over, it doesn't matter anymore."

"Yeah, it's all over," Yan Cheng's eyes drifted away, something slowly engulfed in it, his voice became lower and lower, as if the strength in his body was passing away bit by bit, but he still persisted Said, "I still remember that day when I went to inspect the army, you also wore a red robe with small sleeves, your long hair was tied up high, handsome and hard to hide your heroism. I ask you, as a woman, why You want to join the army again, don't you know how much suffering you have to endure? You raised your eyebrows slightly and asked me, "Does Your Majesty also think that women are not worthy of serving in the army?" Most of them are not as good as you, if you are not worthy to serve in the army, how many people in this world are worthy?"

Cui Qiao closed his eyes slightly, shook his head with a light smile, "It turns out that my concubine was so young and ignorant."

"I saw your radiant look at that time, and suddenly decided that I want to make you queen, and I want you to stand by my side and share the world with me from now on." Yan Cheng's throat seemed to be choked, "But I still broke my promise in the end. I want to give you the best in this world, but I can't help being suspicious and defensive. I value this world and this throne more than anything else, and I put everything in the first place." Behind it, there is nothing for it in the end. This may be retribution."

He tilted his head slightly, as if he wanted to see the people beside him more clearly, and clenched Cui Qiao's hand tightly, feeling his eyelids getting heavier: "But Ah Qiao, why are you so innocent?"

Yan Cheng's eyelashes trembled slightly, and finally closed his eyes slowly: "It would be great if I hadn't married you back then."

The tightly clenched hands were finally released slowly, Yan Cheng's head was tilted to the side, and he lost his breath.

Cui Qiao's eyes were wide open. She lowered her eyes to look at her right hand, which was still tightly held just now, then her eyes slowly turned, and finally fell on Yan Cheng's unconscious face. Yan Cheng has been in a coma for a while. Countless times, each time the state was very similar to this moment, but Cui Qiao knew very well that this time, Yan Cheng would never wake up again.

She blinked slightly, and the warm liquid rolled down from her eyes, down her cheeks, and finally dripped on the back of her hands.As if Cui Qiao didn't notice it, he stretched out his hand and gently smoothed Yan Cheng's messy hair at the sideburns, then leaned over and planted a very close and gentle kiss on his forehead.

"Your Majesty." She called out slowly, but in the end she didn't say anything, but shook her head slightly.

She sat in front of the dragon couch for a long time, finally got up slowly, and called out to the closed palace door: "Where is Wang Zhong?"

The door of the palace opened, and Wang Zhong walked in quickly: "The old slave is here, your empress..." He only spoke halfway, and his eyes noticed Yan Cheng on the bed, and he couldn't help but said in surprise, "Your Majesty, he..."

"Ring the bell to announce to the world that His Majesty is coming to heaven."

Cui Qiao took the collected edict in his hand, stretched out his hand to grab the cloak beside him, got up and walked out.Wang Zhong was stunned and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you..."

Cui Qiao turned his gaze back and glanced at the bed: "I'm going to visit the tower. When His Majesty was alive, he loved the Second Prince very much. Now he should be informed of His Majesty's will."