cpa300_4(); King Lian withdrew his troops and the huge ice that blocked the city gate. She turned around, facing the thousands of soldiers, waved her hand and said, "I am leaving. Yaya, remember that Duanmu Anguo is old and will not live for many days. He is not to be feared. What is really scary is his descendants who are scattered outside. God knows how many offspring the old stallion has left over the past few decades, and no one knows where he sent those offspring. This mystery, I am afraid even he himself does not know the answer."
Shedding her usual unrefined demeanor, the Lotus Queen now had a bit of a royal demeanor. Her bright red dress was blown up by the wind, and she looked very majestic.
"The entire Songzhou city has been hollowed out." King Lian said, "Back then, under the pretext of helping Qian Zhou secretly dig for the dragon vein, he used Qian Zhou's money to dig a mausoleum for himself under Songzhou city. Now, I'm afraid that old guy has already run away without a trace!"
As she spoke, she waved her hand again, and her tone became more relaxed: "Okay, brothers, let's go home! Yaya, see you next week!"
She is a red dot amidst the green, a unique one among the crowd, with her charming and proud figure, so unique that people can't help but take a few more glances at her.
Xuan Tianming turned someone's face back and stopped her from looking there. Feng Yuheng said, "Don't be so stingy. Although she is from Qianzhou, she has indeed helped me several times. The most important thing is... she is really beautiful!"
"There are many beautiful women. If you like, I will give you more concubines in the future, and you can look at them every day. But there is one thing I want to make clear. Those people cannot be called my concubines. They can only be considered as your playmates."
Feng Yuheng snorted coldly, "If you really want to, just recruit some male concubines. This princess will be happier." She rolled her eyes, too lazy to argue with him anymore, and hurried back towards the city gate.
Xuan Tianming followed behind with a raised corner of his lips, and discussed with her as they walked: "At worst, we can recruit more good-looking eunuchs, so that you can enjoy your eyes at least."
The two of them walked to the city gate while arguing, and worked together to open the gate. Then Xuan Tianming shot a signal firework into the sky to notify the garrison outside the city to enter the city.
However, just as all this was done, suddenly, the rumbling sound of the earth that had been felt once before sounded again. The ground trembled slightly, and the "boom boom" sound came from a distance, deafening.
The two were startled and looked in the direction where the sound came from. Feng Yuheng subconsciously said, "Could it be an avalanche?"
Xuan Tianming shook his head, "Not likely. The source of the sound is not far away, it must be in the city. Although the Northern Territory is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, this Songzhou City is a plain area, it is impossible for an avalanche to occur. Let's go over and take a look."
The earthquake ended quickly, and the loud noise did not last long. The two ran in the direction of the sound, and the more they ran, the more familiar the route became. "This is the way to the Winter Palace." Xuan Tianming calculated the distance of the sound and the location of the Winter Palace, and soon came to the conclusion, "Something must have happened in the Winter Palace."
"Yeah." Feng Yuheng nodded, but she couldn't think of what could have happened to cause such a big commotion. If this happened in the future, her first reaction would definitely be that the Winter Palace was blown up, but in this era there were only fireworks, no explosives, so blowing up the Winter Palace was definitely impossible, so what could it be?
The distance from the city gate to the Winter Palace was not short. The two of them were running directly in the open, not using space to hide like before. After being exposed for a long time, coupled with the large-scale military movement in the city that day, the people who were hiding at home and dared not even open the curtains could not help but be curious. They secretly opened a corner of the window and looked out tentatively. Some of the brave ones even walked out of their homes and stood on the roadside looking around. What's more, they even ran towards the direction of the Winter Palace, but those who ran over were all panicked, and some women even wiped their tears.
It was not until everyone gathered in front of the Winter Palace that Feng Yuheng understood why those people were crying. To be precise, the Winter Palace had disappeared at this time, and in its place was a deep pit. The pit was so big that you couldn't see the end at a glance in such a heavy snowstorm. The entire Winter Palace sank into the ground. When it shook, the snow around it rolled into it, burying the Winter Palace again.
There was a loud bang, the whole building was sinking, causing the earth to tremble, and no one inside the Winter Palace was spared.
Countless people fell down crying in front of the huge pit, and everyone cried out the same words: "My daughter!"
Feng Yuheng told Xuan Tianming: "The Winter Palace selects Winter Consorts every day, just like the imperial palace's beauty pageant. What's too much is that the girls who participate in the selection must not be over thirteen years old. Only after they are eliminated can they get married on their own. Once they are selected, they have to serve that old man Duanmu Anguo and waste their lives in the Winter Palace."
Some people jumped into the huge pit out of control, crying and digging the snow with their hands, trying to dig people out from underneath.
This was a stupid idea, but there was no other way. Xuan Tianming made a prompt decision and said loudly to all the people: "Everyone go back and take out all the things you can use at home. There must be people alive down there. Let's save as many as we can!"
Some people listened to him and ran back to get tools, but some people did not move. They just looked at them vigilantly with a guarded look on their faces.
He didn't want to argue with these fools, so he picked up the saber Feng Yuheng gave him, and the two of them jumped into the pit, each holding a saber, and followed the people. At the same time, he shouted while digging: "The Dashun garrison will enter the city soon, don't panic, Songzhou is the territory of Dashun, you are the people of Dashun, and it is the duty of the Dashun garrison to protect the people of their country. Only when the army enters the city, the people buried below can be dug out."
He kept reassuring the people as he dug, and gradually, the originally vigilant people joined in and dug with them. Soon, more and more people in the city gathered here and devoted themselves to the rescue work.
Feng Yuheng told Xuan Tianming: "The Winter Palace was restored in a scaled-down manner according to the proportions of the Imperial Palace. The area under our feet is where the harem is located."
Xuan Tianming nodded and immediately called on people to concentrate on digging here.
Two hours later, the Dashun troops entered Songzhou City. Some people spontaneously organized themselves to welcome them at the city gate and led the soldiers directly to the Winter Palace.
With the addition of soldiers, the speed of excavation began to increase significantly. During this period, Feng Yuheng saw that people from the Illusion House had also arrived at the scene, but there was no woman surnamed Qi, only Shen Yuning and Zhang Lingxi and a group of little girls came here.
When Shen Yuning saw Feng Yuheng, she was slightly startled and nodded at her, but she didn't know what to say. Zhang Lingxi pulled her and whispered, "Whether she is Xiaoya or not, we have to fulfill our obligations as Songzhou people."
The two came to Feng Yuheng, and Zhang Lingxi took the lead and said, "There is a dungeon in the Winter Palace. After your incident became public, all the officials who came to Songzhou to celebrate the birthday were detained here, including Xiaoya's family and the governor of Songzhou City."
Shen Yuning took a deep breath and looked at Feng Yuheng again. She still felt that the girl in front of her was very similar to Fu Ya. Apart from her temperament, there was almost no flaw in her face. She calmed down, sighed softly, and then said, "Please save them. Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu are very pitiful."
Feng Yuheng knew what she was thinking. Shen Yuning had the closest relationship with Fu Ya, so she was naturally more familiar with the Fu family. Ultimately, this matter was caused by her poor planning, and she had to take responsibility for it.
"Don't worry," she patted Shen Yuning's shoulder, "I'll do my best and try my best."
As they were talking, someone suddenly shouted, "Dig one out! Dig one out!"
Everyone rushed over to see, and saw two soldiers carrying a woman from the snow. The woman was very young, and looked about the same age as Feng Yuheng, but she had a big belly. The belly looked like it was full-term. The woman was still conscious, but her face was in great pain. She held her belly with both hands, and even in such a snowy day, sweat was still visible on her forehead.
Feng Yuheng strode forward, put one hand on the woman's wrist pulse, and gently touched her belly with the other hand, while half bending over and whispering in her ear: "Don't be afraid, I'm a doctor, everything will be fine with me here."
The woman felt relieved, but she continued to feel abdominal pain and more and more cold sweat on her forehead.
Feng Yuheng saw that this was not going to work, so he quickly ordered people to carry the pregnant woman indoors. But as soon as he said this, the people of Songzhou immediately said, "The area around the Winter Palace is all Duanmu's territory, there are no other houses. If the girl is carried far away, I'm afraid the baby will be born before she even gets to the house!"
Only then did she realize that she was so anxious that she forgot about the environment around the Winter Palace.
Just as they were getting worried, Xuan Tianming came forward and made a prompt order: "Carry her up to the flat ground!" He then ordered the soldiers: "Back to back, form a circle, take off your armor and lay on the ground." After that, he pulled off the cloak behind him and covered the woman with it, then patted Feng Yuheng's upper arm and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."
She smiled bitterly, waved her hand, and followed the soldiers to the top of the pit. What was the point of talking about hardship? From the day she decided to come to the Northern Territory, she had already prepared to endure all the hardships, even getting injured and dying. Compared to those, this little bit of hardship was worth it.
The spontaneous rescue actions of Xuan Tianming and his soldiers moved the people of Songzhou. Some people who had more clothes on took off their outer robes and spread them on their armor. With so many clothes, they made a temporary bed.
Feng Yuheng commanded the soldiers to put the pregnant woman on the clothes, and then everyone except her turned their backs and formed a circle, creating a space. There were even soldiers in the inner circle who pulled a large cloak and held it up above, so that Feng Yuheng and the pregnant woman could be covered underneath.
The pregnant woman is about to give birth, but she is not an obstetrician, and there is no oxytocin injection in the space. The conditions are not enough to perform a caesarean section. Everything depends on this woman herself. The most she can do is to lend a helping hand at the critical moment.
In ancient times, childbirth was a difficult task for women. Even in later times, there were still various accidents. It was unknown whether a 13 or 14-year-old girl could give birth safely under such conditions.
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