It's too hard to chase after the demon concubine

Chapter 866 You Go First!
Seeing the look in the Empress Dowager's eyes, Ruyi paused slightly, "The Empress Dowager..."

"Ruyi, you don't need to say anything, the Ai family has made up their minds."

"But you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted softly by the queen mother, "If the city is destroyed and the country is destroyed, Ai's family will not survive. Just do as I tell you."

Ruyi's heart suffocated, the corners of her mouth moved, but she didn't say anything in the end.

At this moment, I hope Yunhua can defeat the rebellious army and return to save the capital already.Let's hope that everything does not fall into an irreparable situation.

After Ruyi left, the Empress Dowager stood in front of the window for a long time, looking at the distant sky, where the clouds were vast and the sky was endless, and her eyes were slightly dazed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The entire palace was surprisingly quiet, everyone was anxious and terrified, worried that the rebel army would attack the capital, worried that relatives who were still at home would suffer misfortune, and worried that they would eventually become the souls of the rebel army.

The magnificent imperial palace in the past, the paradise on earth that the world has envied, is now shrouded in a thick layer of haze.

Yunqing Palace.

This place is probably the darkest place in the whole palace!

The palace servants who served in Yunqing Palace were extremely trembling, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.In the past few months, they have been suffering in dire straits, serving a temperamental master all day long, and if they are a little careless in their words and deeds, they will make her furious, and they will be beaten at least, or killed at worst.Moreover, there were countless punishments for torture, and all the maids in Yunqing Palace were worried and lived in fear.

Coupled with the current situation outside... it is simply a hellish life on earth.

"Snapped--"

A muffled sound resounded in the dead silent hall, a white jade pot full of hot tea hit a court lady's feet, the hot tea splashed her, but she didn't dare to cry out, she just frowned Enduring it stubbornly, "Your Majesty, please calm down... This servant deserves to die... This servant made a slip of the tongue..."

Yun Yanran huddled in the imperial concubine's chair, wearing gorgeous palace clothes, and delicate makeup on her face, but a pair of eyes full of darkness and viciousness stared at the little palace lady kneeling on the ground, " Drag this little slut out to Ben Gong and beat him to death with sticks!"

How dare you say that the emperor won't favor her anymore!It's just courting death!
The emperor just forgot about her temporarily, but he will definitely remember her!He will think of her kindness, he will think of their happy time, and he will definitely change his mind again...

The little maid turned pale with fright, begging for mercy, and the others couldn't bear it, and looked at her with some hesitation.However, Yun Yanran was furious, she picked up a teacup and smashed it viciously, "Are they all cripples? Didn't you hear what I said?"

"……Yes!"

Not daring to hesitate any longer, the two of them stepped forward and carried the pale little palace maid out of the gate.The others stayed in the hall tremblingly, with their heads buried deep, their bodies trembling undetectably, for fear that they would accidentally offend that moody person and follow in the footsteps of that little maid.

The hall was dead silent, and even the faint sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

"Ahhh-"

Suddenly, a sharp scream resounded through the entire palace, frightening the palace people so that their whole bodies trembled, their hearts almost jumped out of their throats.

Looking up in panic, she saw Yun Yanran covering her chest with both hands, rolling on the chaise longue, her face full of pain.

Everyone was slightly startled...the empress fell ill again...

Every time after the onset of the disease, the empress seemed to be a different person, cruel and tyrannical, terrifying and frightening, and she liked to use extremely bloody methods to torture people to death...

Thinking of this, everyone trembled involuntarily, their feet retreated subconsciously, as if they couldn't help the fear in their hearts, and wanted to escape from this hell on earth.

However, before they had time to step out of the door, a black storm swept across the hall with a gloomy and cold aura. Those palace people, before they could even utter a scream, their eyes went dark, His body fell limply, and for a moment, he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Yun Yanran, who was being tortured by the pain, also noticed something strange in the palace, resisted the pain and raised her head to look, the dark aura made her hair stand on end, what's wrong?
The doubts in my heart were dispelled when I saw the black smoke shrouded in the temple, replaced by boundless fear and horror, "Ah——come—help——"

What the hell are these ghost-like black mist...

Terrified in her heart, Yun Yanran actually forgot the pain on her body, and ran towards the door in a nonchalant footstep, "Come on quickly—"

"No one will come."

A dark, hoarse, unrecognizable voice came from the black mist, like a basin of ice water poured on Yun Yanran's body, drenching her from head to toe, she felt the chill piercing her bones and her whole body !This is a fear that cannot be described in words!
"You... who are you... a human or a ghost..."

Yun Yanran's body was weak, as if she had been drained of all her strength, and she felt exhausted even escaping from the room, so she could only back away slowly, looking at the black mist with terrified eyes, trying to find a way out of it. out of the speaker, but afraid to see.

If it wasn't human at all...if it was something ghastly...if...

There was endless speculation in her heart, and some hideous things flashed in her mind from time to time, those with green faces and long fangs... those with big mouths... headless and feet... Uncontrollably thinking, Yun Yanran felt even more frightened in her heart, and she couldn't care less about many images , crawling towards the door with both hands and feet.

"Why are you afraid? I'm here to save you."

It was that dry, hoarse and dark voice that made it impossible to recognize a man and a woman, and Yun Yanran was so frightened that her legs gave way and she lay on the ground, her body trembling slightly with fear, "You... who are you... How do I know? What you said...is it true..."

"You don't need to know who I am." The dark voice sounded, as if right next to her ear, startled Yun Yanran, and suddenly looked up, but there was nothing in front of her, only a thick black mist surrounded she.

She was trembling, but she couldn't escape, and her fear almost overwhelmed her.

Fortunately, that person's voice slowly sounded again in the darkness, "You just need to know that I can keep you alive."

"Live...to survive?" Yun Yanran was taken aback for a moment, her eyes were dull for a while, and then she suddenly brightened, "You...you are telling the truth? Can you dissolve the heartbroken Gu in my body?"

She couldn't believe it was true, so much so that even her voice trembled a little, her eyes were full of expectations looking at the darkness, although she couldn't see anything, she looked at it stubbornly, as if she wanted to Find the one who talks!
However, no one answered her, she just felt a bright light in front of her eyes, the black mist seemed to be split by something, and there was a dazzling white light, which made her close her eyes instinctively.

"what--"

It was at this very moment that someone grabbed her wrist, and suddenly, a biting chill spread from her wrist, almost freezing her hand to the bone!

That... that is... the hand of that black shadow who doesn't know if it's a human or a ghost? !

hand?Do you have such cold hands?

A cold current flowed through the bottom of her heart, and quickly swept across her whole body. Yun Yanran's eyes widened in horror, and she struggled hard to shake off that hand, "Ah... let me go... let go..."

Before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly, and the black mist disappeared along with the exclamation.

The main hall once again regained its previous clarity. It is now afternoon, and the sun is shining brightly outside the door, as if the previous black mist was just an illusion.

……

No matter how the world changes, time still moves forward and never stops.The moon rises and the sun sets, the stars move, and three days pass in the blink of an eye.

The people of the imperial capital also spent three days in anxiety and fear.

Yunhua went out of the city to wipe out the rebels and hadn't returned yet. Outside the imperial capital, the army that appeared out of nowhere smashed the imperial city's military strength in just three days. Even though the royal guards had already been dispatched, it was still... outperformed.

Those people possessed strange skills, unfathomable martial arts, and even a lot of sorcery. Even if all the elite royal guards confronted them, they didn't take advantage of them.

At noon that day, that powerful and weird army finally broke through the gate of the imperial capital!
When the billowing smoke rose from the city gate, the dazzling fire illuminated the sky of the imperial capital, and the people fell into complete panic and horror.

Although, they live at the feet of the emperor, and they are in this peaceful and prosperous age, and they have hardly experienced any changes in the city!However, there are a lot of hearsay, and I have read many records of the previous dynasty in the book.

If a city is breached, the people in the city will be the most unlucky!
The massacre of the city was not uncommon in the past dynasties. Even through the history books, they could still feel the strong smell of blood, the desolate and sad atmosphere.

How many times did they sympathize with those people whose country was ruined and their families were ruined, how many times they hated those animals who were devoid of conscience and slaughtered wantonly... But today, they are facing the same situation.

The capital was captured by the rebels!

So these common people...are they going to be massacred?Together with their families, all doomed?
……

It's not just the people in the city who are terrified?
Those imperial officials are even more anxious like ants on a hot pot. On the one hand, they are worried about their own lives, and on the other hand, they are also worried about their small coffers!

When the rebellious army enters the city, there is no guarantee that they will not loot excessively. Where is the safest place to put their so much wealth?That is their wealth and life!If it was snatched by those rebels, this...

……

However, the massacre of the city that everyone was worried about did not happen. After the army entered the city, it did not kill a few people as everyone imagined. like picture.However, the fact that the people are safe and sound does not mean that all officials are safe and sound.

After the rebellious army entered the city, they almost swept through dozens of mansions and mansions with the speed of the autumn wind, and killed more than a dozen court officials, including the second-rank Dayuan of the court!
For a moment, the people in the city were all in an uproar, because, as ordinary people, they knew the true faces of those officials best.Among the dozen or so officials who were killed, there was not a single good official!
Which one is not greedy and domineering?To lie to the top and the bottom, to seek the favor of the people, to do all kinds of bad things, but because of the high position, the people are wronged and wronged, but there is no way to redress their grievances?

It's just that they never expected that it would be the rebels who cleaned them up!
The rebels...these are rebels and traitors who committed rebellion!Even the emperor wants to rebel, it is lawless at all!However, as soon as they entered the city, they killed those dog officials who made people hate to the bone!This is too unbelievable!
For a while, the common people couldn't help but wonder about the origin of those rebellious troops. They didn't slaughter the city or hurt innocent people. Such a rebellious army is really...

After the rebel army broke through the imperial capital, they headed straight for the palace, traveling almost unimpeded along the way.It's not that no one wants to stop it, but it can't be stopped.

When the news was sent back to the palace, it caused an uproar again.

The maids and servants are all terrified, maybe they will become funeral objects in this magnificent palace in the next moment...

Chu Tianyao was silent for a long time after receiving the report, and then he went to Lanxin Palace.

At this time, the thing he couldn't let go of the most was Lan Zhen'er.He didn't know what the rebels would do to him as the emperor if they broke through the palace gate. However, there were too many such precedents in the previous dynasties. Those emperors who broke the country, if they didn't die generously, they just dragged their lives .Offer the jade seal with both hands, kneel down on the ground, bow your head and proclaim yourself a minister, so maybe you can linger on for a while.

However, those concubines in the harem...

Others don't care, but he definitely can't hand over Zhen'er to others!
"emperor……"

At that time, Lan Zhen'er was being hugged tightly by Chu Tianyao, the force of the restraint almost strangled her.

It's been a long time, but he didn't say a word, just hugged her tightly, silent for a while.

"emperor?"

Lan Zhen'er spoke again, her tone was a little worried, but there was an unpredictable gleam in her water-colored eyes.

"Zhen'er... I can't give you up to others..."

Chu Tianyao finally spoke, but his voice was so hoarse that even Lan Zhen'er was slightly startled, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but his tone was full of concern, "Your Majesty? Are you okay?"

Chu Tianyao shook his head lightly, pushed her away a little, lowered his head and stared at her beautiful face, his eyes were deep and full of reluctance, "Zhen'er...you are mine! I don't allow anyone to take you away." you!"

Lan Zhen'er's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked up at him gently, her eyes were full of tenderness and brilliance, "Your Majesty, my concubine will never leave the emperor... I will always be with the emperor..."

As she said that, she raised her hand lightly, caressing his cheek with her soft and boneless fingers, and the fingertips lingered, all of which were full of true feelings.

Chu Tianyao's heart was moved, but his eyes became darker and darker, like a deep pool, holding Lan Zhen'er's figure tightly in it.

"Zhen'er...if...if the palace gate is broken and I die, you..."

However, before he finished speaking, Lan Zhen'er suddenly reached out to cover his lips, looked at him tenderly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you will be fine! You are the Ninth Five-Year King, the real dragon emperor, you must God will bless you! Those rebellious officials and thieves will never hurt you!"

But Chu Tianyao grabbed her hand, kissed her lightly on the lips, looked at her weak and graceful face, a smear of pain flashed in his eyes, but he was firm in an instant, "Zhen'er, you don't need to comfort me anymore, the outside I know the situation very well, they can't keep it..."

It is only a matter of time before the palace gate is broken, and he, as the king of a country, will definitely not live on mediocrity!The woman he loves most must not fall into the hands of others!
and so……

"Zhen'er, you take a step first, and I will accompany you after I have a decisive battle with the rebels!"

(End of this chapter)