Chapter 119: Dark Room Memorial Tablet, Survival in Adversity
The empress remained silent and patted Zhao Qinglian's shoulder with a smile.
"Go ahead."
Zhao Qinglian was stunned. "What?"
The Empress's eyes softened as she said, "Our General Zhao prioritizes the country and cannot lend a helping hand to future enemies."
"But Zhao Qinglian can. Lian'er, your sister needs you."
The empress handed a token to Zhao Qinglian and said, "Go and call those people back."
She knew how powerful the Langjiang killer she trained was, and deep down, she didn't want to kill Shang Yuwan.
The child was the daughter of her benefactor. She had no choice but to persecute Shang Junhu at first, but she also tried secretly to postpone the time for sending the military report to Kyoto to after Shang Yuwan got married, so that Shang Yuwan could become a royal wife and avoid the disaster of having her entire family executed.
However, Dayu was ultimately Emperor Chengming's territory, and the empress made a mistake, allowing Emperor Chengming to seize the initiative, which happened to be on the day of Shang Yuwan's wedding.
"Your Majesty, minister..."
Zhao Qinglian's mood changed several times, but in the end, he held the token and said, "I obey your command."
She took a few steps outside, but couldn't help but turned back and asked, "Why?"
It is very likely that the Fifth Princess and Baijialou discovered that Xiao Tong and Xiao Qingji were secretly stockpiling soldiers and weapons in Yanmen. That is why all the people from Yanmen that the empress gave to Xiao Tong came out in full force, not only to kill Shi Kun to silence him, but also to keep Shang Yuwan and the owner of Baijialou, the two most critical figures to Xiao Qinggu.
If someone escapes again this time, it will be a disaster.
The Empress spread her hands and said, "Emperor Chengming is watching them. His Dragon Warrior Commander is also with them. Are you going to kill that man too?"
Zhao Qinglian fell silent.
If Yue Zhu was also killed, it would really give Emperor Chengming a reason to attack Langjiang. Aside from the private disputes, Langjiang was currently thriving under the empress's rule, but it was not to the point of going to war with Dayu. The odds of winning were 40-60.
but.
Zhao Qinglian looked at the empress deeply.
She let Shang Yuwan and his group go time and time again, and even tacitly allowed Zhao Qinglian to give half of the Nine Revolutions Pill to Shang Yuwan. Was it really just to protect Langjiang from the covetous eyes of Emperor Chengming?
When Zhao Qinglian rode off to chase after Twelve, the empress put away her smile and returned to the palace with a few attendants.
When she arrived at the bedroom, she didn't even look at the pile of memorials on the desk. She dismissed all the palace servants, dimmed the copper candle, and opened the door of the dark room with a "boom".
As soon as the empress stepped into the dark room, the door closed behind her.
There was nothing special in the dark room. There was a square table placed against the wall in front. A memorial tablet was placed respectfully on the table. Fresh fruits were placed in front of the tablet. There was a cushion under the table. The surrounding area was filled with eternal lamps, as bright as daylight.
"Xuxu."
The empress knelt on the cushion, with her palms pressed together, staring straight at the tablet engraved with "The seat of my friend Lu Xu".
After a while, she closed her eyes and bowed her head.
"Now that she's still alive, I'm sure your spirit in heaven must be spinning with joy."
"Xu Xu, I won't kill her. If she threatens me and Xiao Tong in the future, I will do my best to protect her."
The empress's voice echoed faintly in the dark room.
"Please also bless me so that I can fight for a good future for all the women in this world."
If Xiao Qinggu can do better than Xiao Tong, she doesn't mind being an empress who breaks her oath.
"The abandoned baby tower, the Mother-Child River, selling wives to bear children, eating girls in the tent to boost morale..."
The Empress' voice trembled as memories of the past flooded back to her mind. Her father had treated his first wife like a worn-out shoe, and her mother's three-foot-long white silk was like a leech attached to her bones, tormenting her to the point of wanting to die.
"...Really, there can't be any more."
[I wasn't born into the same family as a man, but my heart is stronger than a man's! How can a woman be inferior to a man? What they can do, we can do too!]
The Empress remembered these words all the time, as if they were branded on the tip of her heart. She suddenly smiled, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, and her mind flashed back to the memories of Lu Xu.
"Xuxu."
"After you died, did you return to your hometown?"
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"Run!!! Take the official road!!" Lu Heying was fighting with the Langjiang people with weapons in hand, and it seemed a little strenuous.
Langjiang's killers were even faster than the Dayu people stationed by Xiao Tong in Yanmen. Xiao Qingxu and others had just caught up with Ji Suxian who was driving the carriage when they were attacked by densely packed moon poison needles.
"Owner! Get in the carriage!"
Xiao Qingxu galloped on his horse, protected by many guests and Cheng Yishui and Bai Xiaoye.
Ji Suxian caught a glimpse of Xiao Qingxu's almost exhausted strength, so she immediately wrapped her newly bought whip around his waist, pulled him hard, and pulled him to her side. Then, without waiting for Xiao Qingxu to get up, she kicked him in.
"Keep an eye on Shang Yuwan and don't let him come out!"
Xiao Qingxu rolled into the carriage with a grunt. Shang Yuwan's eyes were covered with gauze and he could not see anything. He could only identify the position by listening to the sound. He took a step forward, grabbed Xiao Qingxu's clothes in front of his chest, pulled him back hard, and protected him behind him like a hen protecting her chicks.
"Ugh!" Xiao Qingxu's back was hit by the sharp part of the seat in the carriage, and he groaned in pain.
Shang Yuwan thought he was injured, turned around and asked: "What happened to you..."
Before he could finish his words, Shang Yuwan's ears twitched and he threw Xiao Qingxu to the ground.
She fiercely protected the person beneath her, not even thinking about the intimacy between men and women. Xiao Qingxu didn't even have time to blush. Ji Suxian felt a stinging cold breeze on the back of her neck. She barely lowered her head before the scimitar cut her neck, but still lost a few strands of her hair.
The next second, the carriage wall was broken by two scimitars. The handles of the scimitars were attached with iron chains. The scimitars swung in a circle inside the carriage, splitting the carriage into two without any effort.
The scimitar was pulled back by the Langjiang people at the fastest speed. Before people had a chance to catch their breath, the upper part of the carriage was directly pulled away by two clawed iron chains. Without the shelter of the carriage, Shang Yuwan was left exposed while holding Xiao Qingxu.
The attack just now almost cut the two of them in half at the chest!
Yuan Ji drove over in a carriage and shouted to the secret guards who were protecting him and several people in the carriage, "Bring them here!"
Xiao Qingxu flatly refused: "You guys run! Remember to run to the official road!"
They had deliberately left traces and went to a remote place to let Ju Gongcheng and Yao Lao take Lou Ke to set up traps and poisons, but they didn't expect that this group of people were very resourceful, and the traps and poisons didn't trap many people at all, nor did they stop them for long.
Now these Dayu people who were stationed in Yanmen by Xiao Tong are no longer here. They are all killers from Langjiang. They killed Shi Kun and are still pursuing him. It really makes people hate them!
Ji Suxian spanked the horse's butt hard, and the horse neighed and ran faster.
The Langjiang people behind them kept on biting them, "Except Yue Zhu and Xiao Qinggu, leave no one alive!"
They still knew that Yue Zhu and Xiao Qinggu could not be killed.
Xiao Qinggu hugged Liu Mengyao and Zhu Hao tightly in the car, and shouted in fear: "If you like rough guys, go find them in Qu Qi, why are you chasing us!!!"
Yi Buyuan, protected by Yuan Feng and four guards, fled while retorting, "Men in Qu Qiguo don't like such powerful women!"
Bailipu, with a pale face, protecting Xiaotao in his arms: "..." Is this the princess recommended by Heng'er?
The conversation between Xiao Qinggu and Yi Buyuan seemed to have angered the people of Langjiang. They immediately gave an order and shouted fiercely: "Kill!!!!"
Yue Zhu remained silent and just focused on protecting the carriage where Yuan Ji and Shang Yuwan were.
Yang Qianmo suffered a lot of injuries in order to protect Shang Yuwan, but she also gritted her teeth and persevered. Shang Yuwan's ears kept shaking, and she even wanted to take off the annoying gauze, but was stopped by Xiao Qingxu.
"How are you now?"
"I'm fine! I can do it!" Although Shang Yuwan couldn't see, she could sense that most of the firepower of these Langjiang people was on her and Xiao Qingxu's side, otherwise she would not have heard the heavy breathing of Yang Qianmo and others around them.
She understood his implication and grabbed Xiao Qingxu's hand, "Do you have a solution?!"
Xiao Qingxu held her and dodged the weapons thrown by the Langjiang people. Seeing Shang Yuwan's clothes gradually stained with blood due to the rupture of the wound, he felt sorry for her, but for the sake of everyone, he could only let her hold on a little longer.
"Don't worry, just follow me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qingxu shouted to Ji Suxian: "Turn left!"
Ji Suxian didn't even turn around, "Are you crazy?!"
They turned left from where they were now, and there was a cliff!
"Trust me! Turn left!!!"
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