Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 57 The plan to defeat the enemy
The queen mother paused, looked around, and said: "While it is still safe now, Lingxi, Qianyu, Hehe, Huaishu, and Xie, you all followed these Habayashi troops to the Jinghu side. There is a beamless hall, because it is the residence of concubines who fell out of favor, it has been abandoned for a long time, and the thieves who want to come don’t know about it. Go there and hide first.”

It was only then that I discovered that the concubines of the emperor's brother, including the pregnant Xie Jieyu, had already arrived in the Fengguangyue Palace, but the place is big and not so crowded.

The Empress Dowager has always been the backbone of the female family members in the harem, and her words have faintly implied that she will be defeated and retired.Not to mention others, Concubine Jing couldn't sit still first, hugged the little Emperor Ji and knelt down, pulled the queen mother's skirt with one hand, and cried: "Queen Dowager, even if the death of slaves is not a pity, the emperor's concubine is also the emperor's flesh and blood, your granddaughter , don’t you want to find a way out for her? Why can only the late emperor’s daughter survive.”

With such an attitude, she naturally scared and cried the still immature Empress Qingfu.The mother and daughter cried miserably, which made the mood in the hall much more uneasy.I can't stand it, even if you are motherly, it depends on when?
Sure enough, the empress dowager also looked disgusted, if she wasn't afraid of hurting Di Ji, I'm afraid she would kick Concubine Jing away.But the queen mother still held back her anger and said: "Why didn't the Ai family know that Qingfu was my granddaughter, when did they say that they would leave her alone? It's just that the water was empty, and the children cried for no reason to find the enemy. In this way, you and Chengyi, Suling hid together in the cellar of Shuilv Nanxun Hall, where there is water and food all year round. Remember, you are a concubine, if one of the other three has a mistake, the Ai family will want you to die."

I understand that the queen mother is too lazy to reason with her and directly suppress her by force.

Concubine Jing didn't dare to say anything more, but Xue Po still said: "Queen Mother, you can go with us, you are the mother of Great Zhou, with a body of ten thousand gold, how can you be in danger?"

The queen mother said: "Don't say any more, you go quickly, the Ai family naturally has what the Ai family should do."

After thinking for a while, he said to Hehe: "The Wuliang Temple is surrounded by water. In the past, you used small boats. Once you crossed the river, all boats must be destroyed immediately. You have always thought about it. You must take the responsibility of the eldest sister in this matter. Although the Taiping Palace is far away from the capital, the Xishan Camp is not for nothing, even if the thieves take it down, they will not dare to stay for long, so keep going until your brother's army comes."

He He didn't say much, and saluted as a promise.

And I couldn't help looking at my concubine at this time, I understand that the queen mother pointed out a way out for me, after all, the current state of the palace is really dangerous, but my mother, forgive me for being like Xue Po at this time, I can't bear to kiss Mother stayed in this dangerous place, even if she died with her.

Thinking of this, my tears flowed down my cheeks.

Mother and daughter are heart-to-heart, mother and concubine don't understand what I mean, even though her face is still pale from excessive panic, she still doesn't forget to say to Hehe: "Hehe Diji, Lingxi Diji, this child Huai Shu is inexperienced, For the sake of the late emperor, please take care of me."

Before we were escorted away, Master Habayashi came back, this time he was even more impatient, and said: "Queen Mother, the thief is very arrogant, and he will not let the empresses go. He said that within a quarter of an hour, if you don't see your People are going out and they're going to keep shooting."

The Empress Dowager said: "Don't say any more, take people to the Wuliang Hall quickly, quickly."

But there was a woman who said bluntly: "Hold on, Empress Dowager. The daughter of the people has a plan to offer."

Everyone was shocked, they couldn't help but looked over together, only to see a pretty girl with cardamom collar, green shirt and yellow skirt.Although the childishness on her delicate face is still intact, she has a calmness that doesn't match her age.

I took a closer look, and it turned out that Mrs. Chengyi's cousin and niece were named Xiao Peiying.It is said that she is also a descendant of an official family, and her father was the magistrate of Fuyang. Unfortunately, although she is a descendant, her biological mother is a house-filler, and she is the daughter of a local tea merchant, with a low family background and a rich dowry.After her father died, the eldest son left by the former wife took over the family. He was a greedy and shameless person who bullied the stepmother without a son to seize other people's private property, even the dowry left by his father to his sister.

But Mrs. Xiao is easy to bully, her daughter is not.Even though he is only twelve or thirteen years old, the food delivered by his brother and sister-in-law is chilly, so bear with it.A maid was sent over to monitor, and she tried to pull it out.In winter, they didn't give enough firewood, so they split the furniture in the main house and set fire to it. It was a day for the whole family to worship their ancestors, which directly shamed the entire Xiao family.The old lady Xiao had no choice, the palms of her hands and the backs of her hands were full of flesh. She couldn't watch the family break up. In desperation, she wrote a letter to her niece in the capital, the Lord Chengyi, and in the name of seeing the world, she married her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law. The granddaughter packed up and sent to the capital.

Mrs. Chengyi is also an heir, and things hurt her kind, but she takes pity on taking care of their mother and daughter. What's more, Miss Xiao can earn a living from her brother and sister-in-law. Naturally, she has some skills, a firm heart, and knows how to please her. This cousin's favor.Therefore, Lord Chengyi often took her out to make friends, and she also came in the Forbidden Palace, and had a few encounters with me.

Questioning the Queen Mother's decision is not just for fun, let alone a rank and gradeless servant girl, even Princess Di Ji wouldn't dare!Immediately, some palace servants came out and yelled at him.Although Xiao Peiying is young, her experience is enough to show that she is not a weak woman intimidated by difficulties.She took two steps towards her face, knelt down in front of the Queen Mother, and said, "Your Majesty, I told you that when I was a child, I used to travel with my father in Liaodong, and I saw with my own eyes the devastation of the Tiele people after they plundered them. I know how cruel the Tiele people are. The empress is a loving mother." With a heart, the safety of the imperial concubines and the emperor's heirs is the most important thing. But once the palace is breached, with the cunning of the Tiele people, coupled with weak-minded slaves, it is really difficult to guarantee the safety of the nobles. Instead of this, how about Resist with all your strength, this is the most important place in the suburbs of Beijing, not to mention the Xishan camp, even if the imperial guards in the inner city are on the go, it will only take a few hours to feel it. Don't worry about not being able to catch all the culprits, otherwise, if the Queen Mother loses everything, Your Majesty is also in trouble in this life?"

The empress dowager was slightly displeased when she heard her presumptuousness, but as she analyzed more and more, her expression calmed down.On the contrary, I couldn't help being shocked. This is just an orphan girl from a foreign official's family. It is absolutely impossible for her to have contact with the country's military and political affairs. Where did she get such insight? And every sentence makes sense, so it's no wonder that she dared to interrupt the Queen Mother's words.

He He sneered and said: "What a big tone, what a brat, why are you talking about forming an army? What good idea do you have, can you withstand thousands of Tie Le elite soldiers?"

(End of this chapter)