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This is just a feeling. There are some women whose beauty can be recognized without seeing their faces. Her every move maintains a pleasing elegance even in the most difficult moments. At such a moment, in such a turbulent place on the battlefield, the appearance of such an elegant woman is itself an incredible sight. Even a knowledgeable person like Tang Tong could not help but be attracted by the figure of this woman.
Such a night is very beautiful. If it were not a place shrouded in dark clouds of war, if it were not a moment when the two armies were on the verge of a tense confrontation, such a night would be a very romantic night, the most romantic time between lovers. In such a night, a woman in white standing on the top of the city, her clothes fluttering like snow, is like a kind of ethereal beauty. People come and go under the firelight, and almost everyone's eyes are looking at the white figure.
Tang Tong looked quietly at the city wall of the capital, wondering what the woman in white was doing appearing in such a place at this moment. After a while, the defenders on the wall finally used a hanging basket to hang the woman in white and another woman down from the wall. After the two women in white got down from the wall, they walked towards Tang Tong's military camp.
When the woman approached, before Tang Tong could figure out who she was, Yuan'er and Xiangjun had already recognized her. Yuan'er was a little surprised and stepped forward to greet her, "Princess, why are you here?"
When the Princess Chang'e was sent as an envoy to Daming City in Nanyang, Yuan'er, Xiangjun and others were still very close to her. The two sides did not become estranged because of their hostile relationship. As early as when Tang Tong ordered his army to besiege the capital, Yuan'er and the other girls asked Tang Tong not to harm the Princess Chang'e and others. When they saw the Princess Chang'e running towards them, although they were surprised, they were also very happy at the same time. Heroes sometimes appreciate each other, and beautiful women sometimes appreciate each other as well.
"Sister Yuan'er..." Princess Changyi's panic calmed down a little when she saw Yuan'er and other girls coming to greet her warmly. She came to Tang Tong's camp with the determination to die, but she was just a little girl after all. No matter how much she had seen the world, this kind of scene between two armies was not something a little girl like her could face calmly. So after seeing Yuan'er and other familiar girls, her uneasy mood finally calmed down.
When Tang Tong saw that it was the eldest princess coming over at such a time, he couldn't help but admire the princess in his heart. A girl who grew up in the deep palace like her could have such courage, which was stronger than most men. At the same time, he felt that the princess was a little stupid. Such a delicate and beautiful girl ran to the enemy camp. If it weren't for someone like him, if it was any other enemy, the delicate princess would probably have ended up miserably. She was simply a delicacy delivered to those men's mouths. I was afraid that except for him, how could other men let her go.
Yuan'er brought the eldest princess and the palace maid who accompanied her to Tang Tong. Under the dim starlight, Tang Tong saw that the eldest princess had grown up a lot compared to the last time he saw her. The charm of a beautiful woman began to reveal itself. This beauty was tinged with a noble temperament, which reminded Tang Tong of the adjective "lady from a noble family". Perhaps, only a woman who came from a wealthy family for generations could have such a natural air of nobility.
Tang Tong thought to himself that although the women around him were all stunningly beautiful, and some were of high status, in Tang Tong's mind, women from other places besides the Ming Dynasty, no matter how noble their status, could not be that high. For the Han Chinese, a princess was the only status Tang Tong recognized. When Tang Tong was sizing up the eldest princess, he heard her say after bowing, "Your Highness, Prince Tang, your concubine Zhu Huichu greets Your Highness, Prince Tang."
Princess Changyi didn't put on airs in front of Tang Tong. Tang Tong smiled and nodded. "Your Highness, you've come here to offer your advice. Speaking of which, Your Highness is also a friend of Yuan'er and the others. If there's anything you can help me with, I'd consider it. But Your Highness, you're being a bit too reckless. Don't you think about your own safety at all?"
"Your Highness Prince Tang... I am facing the destruction of my country and myself, and I am no longer worthy of the title of princess. Your Highness Prince Tang, just call me Zhu Huixuan." Princess Changyi hesitated for a moment and sighed slightly.
"In my heart, you are a genuine Han Chinese princess. Even if you are recorded in history books hundreds of years later as a descendant of the Han Chinese, no one would dare to say that you are not a princess. Therefore, when I call you Your Highness Princess, it is not out of courtesy, but the truth. This is an unchangeable fact. Even if your father abdicates, he is still the Han Chinese emperor, and you are still a Han Chinese princess..." At this time, Yuan'er wanted to ask someone to light torches to illuminate Tang Tong, but Tang Tong waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to the camp and talk. It's not safe to light torches here. If Your Highness has anything to say, why not discuss it in the camp?"
The group returned to Tang Tong's camp. Princess Changyi explained her purpose and expressed her willingness to be Tang Tong's concubine. She only hoped that Tang Tong could let her family go. The conditions that Princess Changyi could offer could not be considered as conditions. As the victor, Tang Tong could only capture Princess Changyi and force her to be his woman. However, at this point, Princess Changyi no longer had any conditions to offer. Her only hope was that Tang Tong would be attracted by her beauty and let Emperor Chongzhen and his family go for her sake.
After hearing the request made by Princess Changyi, Tang Tong could only smile bitterly. Although Princess Changyi was very beautiful, Tang Tong was surrounded by many beautiful women, so Princess Changyi's beauty was not very attractive to Tang Tong. What's more, Tang Tong now had a clear understanding of the character of Emperor Chongzhen. This emperor was too stubborn. It was impossible to ask him to surrender and become a submissive citizen, or to say, to ask Emperor Chongzhen to be a puppet without any power. Emperor Chongzhen would never accept such an arrangement, and Tang Tong was ultimately uneasy about such an emperor having too much freedom.
In any case, even if Tang Tong continued to use the banner of the Ming Dynasty and established the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty as a constitutional monarchy, Tang Tong would not give the Zhu family members freedom. Emperor Chongzhen would definitely not be able to accept a life without freedom and power. Therefore, Tang Tong now knew very well that unless he left the capital city and did not attack it, leaving the capital city to Emperor Chongzhen to continue to be his emperor, otherwise, once the city was broken, Emperor Chongzhen would probably not survive.
Therefore, Tang Tong could only apologize for Princess Changyi's request. He explained the character of Emperor Chongzhen to Princess Changyi and his subordinates, and finally sighed: "It's not that I am unwilling to let him go, but that the emperor himself is unwilling to let himself go. For him, if the Ming Dynasty falls, he will have no face to see his ancestors. With his personality, he can only repay his ancestors with death. "I apologize to you, and I, the war has reached this point, it is impossible to leave this capital city here unconquered. In fact, this world is no longer the world of one person, but the world of all the people. Princess, I can only do nothing to help you with what you said. If you can persuade your father not to commit suicide on the day the city is captured, I will definitely meet your request and let you and your family live in peace."
"Is it really like this? Father... " The eldest princess murmured, her face pale. In the firelight of the camp, there was a kind of pity and helplessness. Even women like Yuan'er couldn't help but feel a little pity for the eldest princess in their hearts.
"There is no need for me to lie to you, Your Highness. If possible, I will try my best to delay the siege. As for your father, Your Highness, I respect him very much. As an emperor, no one in history has worked harder than him. No matter from which aspect, he is also a wise emperor. It's just that he came at the wrong time." Tang Tong thought of Emperor Chongzhen in history, this extremely tragic emperor, and the tragedy of the Han people he represented in history. It can be said that in that period of history, Emperor Chongzhen was probably the most shining figure in that period of history.
Although it was an extremely sad tragedy, and although a series of historical twists and turns made an emperor like Emperor Chongzhen bear an eternal infamy, Emperor Chongzhen was undoubtedly one of the most heroic and moving heroes among the Han people. When Tang Tong thought of Emperor Chongzhen, he couldn't help but think of his subordinate, General Dingguo. This peerless general also came at the wrong time. With his military talent, if he could have been born into an official family, perhaps the Jiannu would not have been able to rise at all. Perhaps, in turn, clowns like Zhang Xianzhong would not have been able to achieve anything. Thinking of this, Tang Tong couldn't help but sigh.
Now he was living a good life with Tang Tongzhi and Dingguo, but Emperor Chongzhen's life did not seem to change. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen already knew that his daughter, the eldest princess, had left the capital and was staying in Tang Tongzhi's military camp. When he heard the news, Emperor Chongzhen did not show any expression of happiness or anger. He no longer had the energy and strength to be happy or angry. He even knew in his heart what his daughter was doing outside the capital, but he could not feel any emotion in his heart. Perhaps, he was already heartbroken. How could a person who was heartbroken feel any emotion? However, the general who reported that the eldest princess had left the city was very happy when he waited for a long time and was not punished.
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