Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 3 Hosta Broken (1)
The world was turned upside down outside, and the situation changed, but inside the Wenqing Palace, there was a dead silence.Ouyang Ruo stayed quietly in Wenqing Palace, pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.As expected, General Su kept his word, and soon sent several people to bury the nanny's body.

In the early morning of the second day, the concubines, maids, and servants from the nearby palaces who had no time to escape in the future went to Qianyuan Hall to count the number of people and register them in the book.When the army returns to Chu State, they will be the captives of Chu State, and they will be rewarded by the emperor of Chu State, and the rest will be picked by the dignitaries of Chu State like animals.

Ouyang Ruo was pushed and shoved by rude soldiers, and walked among a group of weeping court ladies. Some of them had scars on their bodies, and some had disheveled clothes.All the court ladies and concubines wept and staggered while helping each other.Ouyang Ruo swept across the faces of the maids, some were numb, some were sad, and her heart was throbbing.There was a sudden cramping in her stomach after two meals, and the pain was so painful that she could hardly walk.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Someone suddenly supported her from behind her in time.Ouyang Ruo looked back, and saw a handsome little eunuch lowering his eyebrows in concern.

Ouyang Ruo endured the pain, took another look, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you dressed up like this?" The little eunuch quickly looked up and looked around, and when no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, Mingying It’s also a matter of helplessness. The sisters all…” The voice contained deep pain, and then he couldn’t say a word.

Ouyang Ruo understood.There was a burst of soreness in my heart.Even their own innocence is almost at risk, let alone their inferior court ladies.The two looked at each other in silence.Mingying is the second-class maid of the Concubine De in Yanfu Palace, and she is also a clever person on weekdays. The two of them have seen each other several times, but she has always been at odds with Concubine De, so she doesn't have much contact with her. It's just familiar.

"How is your empress?" Ouyang Ruo asked abruptly, although she was not used to Concubine De's arrogance and arrogance, and had fought with her several times overtly and secretly, she felt sympathetic to her in the face of the catastrophe.Concubine De had a son and a daughter. The prince was only a few months old and died of illness years ago. There was only one concubine, Xiao Lingyu, who was six months old.Now that this is a catastrophe, with Concubine De's flamboyant and proud temperament, it is hard not to suffer a little bit, but I don't know how she is doing now.

Ming Ying shook her head in a daze when she heard the words: "I don't know, a group of Chu soldiers rushed to the palace gate, and the servant jumped over the wall to hide in fright. The servant usually has a good relationship with Mr. Xia who is the chef in Yanfu Palace. He happened to meet him. Seeing that the palace was full of people who could not escape, he took off his clothes and gave them to the slaves to pretend to be eunuchs. The slaves changed their clothes in the rockery at the back of the palace and were arrested. A group of servants have been locked in the miscellaneous room at the back of the palace until now."

Ouyang Ruo saw that she was articulate, speaking quickly and clearly, even in the midst of chaos, she was surprised by her calmness and wit.Normally, she would try her best to get it into her own palace, but now that she is in danger, how can she have such thoughts.After being slightly surprised, he fell into depression again.

Ming Ying saw that she was silent, and she was not crying like other concubines, she was slightly surprised, and at the same time had a strange feeling, but she couldn't say anything.She didn't know that Ouyang Ruo had already died once, and with her temperament, she couldn't die once, so naturally she wouldn't waste her energy doing such stupid things again.

Ouyang Ruo's heart was in a state of confusion and fuss, with all kinds of fear and trepidation rushing into his mind, but his body mechanically followed the group of people forward.The paved cobblestone road made the soles of her feet ache, as expected, she was used to sitting on her shoulders.Ouyang Ruo smiled wryly, and walked forward silently. The road in front of him was the closest one to the Qianyuan Hall, which was too familiar. Normally, it would take only a meal to ride on the shoulder, but now he walked on it and measured it with his feet. , so far.

A group of people squeezed past the side door of Yanfu Palace, and suddenly a woman inside suddenly raised her voice, screaming: "You bloody thieves! What are you, you dare to touch this palace, this palace... "She continued to speak later, as if her mouth was gagged suddenly, and she couldn't speak.

Ouyang Ruo's heart skipped a beat and she knew it was Concubine De's voice, so she hurriedly pulled Mingying, the two of them looked at each other, and quietly stepped back a few steps, slowly approaching the side door.When he got to the door, Ouyang Ruo looked up quickly, and saw that Concubine De was held by several soldiers and tied up with ropes. also no.The beautiful face was pale, but the sharp knife-like eyes were even worse than before, she couldn't speak but stared fiercely at the soldiers who were tying her up, almost poking blood holes in them.

Several maids stood aside tremblingly and weeping, one of them was holding a little girl in a crimson palace dress in her arms.Ouyang Ruo's heart was pounding, if she guessed right, it would be Lingxiang Diji.She was looking at the back and was pushed violently. If Mingying didn't grab her, she would almost fall to the ground.There was a rude voice yelling and cursing: "Hurry up and go, I'll pick out your eyeballs later, hey, this girl is quite beautiful."

Ouyang Ruo was in a bad mood, and saw a soldier suddenly saw his face, with wolf-like lust in his eyes.She hurriedly lowered her head and walked quickly into the crowd.The soldier was about to step forward and grab her, but Mingying hurriedly stopped him with a smile: "This military master is very heroic, little one..."

Ouyang Ruo's heart was pounding, and she couldn't hear what Mingying risked her life to stop the soldier. She walked forward quickly, but there were shouts and curses behind her, and she staggered forward.It wasn't until a group of people were driven to the front of the Qianyuan Hall that Ouyang Ruo calmed down a bit, and looked around, where could he see Mingying?Surrounded by groups of maids and concubines with mournful faces, she looked around, Li Guifei and Wang Meiren hugged each other and cried mournfully, while Zhao Jieyu and Sun Guiren stood there holding hands.Eyes full of sadness, Ouyang Ruo wanted to cry but couldn't cry out.

Suddenly caught a glimpse of the familiar bright yellow, looked up, it turned out that it was Vantage standing on the steps, next to the always gentle and virtuous Queen Zhou Wen.The two were full of panic, but they were neatly dressed. It seemed that the Chu army did not embarrass them.Ouyang Ruo looked at Huadi's pale and thin face, and felt completely strange in a trance, as if he was a stranger who had nothing to do with him, and had nothing to do with him.From a distance, it seemed that a group of soldiers ran over neatly, and there was another commotion in the crowd.

"Master Chu is coming."

"Which one?..."

"It is Chu Dinghou who leads the army this time."

Ouyang Ruo dumbfoundedly heard someone whispering beside him, talking about that Chu Dinghou who is known as the "God of War" of Chu State in fear and awe.

"You Chu thieves, you will die!" There was another scream from the crowd, mixed with the cry of a child.Ouyang Ruo was startled, and the people around gradually walked towards the source of the sound.Ouyang Ruo couldn't help walking forward.Concubine De's clothes were messy, holding the petite Emperor Ji Lingxiang in her arms, and angrily scolded a Chu soldier beside her.

It turned out that Concubine De was tied up here, but Chu Bing quickly untied her because she was a concubine and was afraid of being blamed by her superiors.Concubine De had been tossing and tossing for a while and had realized what was good and what was wrong, so she stopped making noise and just took Di Ji firmly from the hand of the mother.Unexpectedly, a soldier at the side saw Di Ji wearing a huge piece of Lantian Nuanyu, which was invaluable, and Concubine Chengde accidentally snatched it.Di Ji cried a lot when she was young.Concubine De was out of breath, and yelled at her regardless of the current situation.The Chu soldier who snatched the jade was flushed and his eyes were as wide as a bull's. He thought that Lord Hou would come later. Mouth gagged firmly.

"Stinky bitch, shut up. I'll reward you with a knife!"

The Chu soldier showed his fierce face, he flashed the big knife behind him and gestured in front of Concubine De, but he looked around, seeing other colleagues just pursed their lips and smiled and did not come forward, they became more and more arrogant.He didn't know that Concubine De's temper was the most soft-tempered, and seeing him wielding a knife made her even more angry, crying and making noises.The maids and concubines next to her are used to being bullied by her, so no one dares to pull her.Ouyang Ruo screamed in her heart that it was not good, if this continues, how can she get it right?Just about to move forward, but there are too many people in front of me, and I can't squeeze in for a while.Over there, Di Ji cried even louder, and Ouyang Ruo felt a faint pain in her heart when she heard it. She thought of her Ling Yu Di Ji, and wondered if she had escaped now...

There was a trance in my heart, and tears began to slowly blur the scene in front of me.

Concubine De was anxious and angry, no one dared to be so disrespectful to her in the past when she was high above her.Now that the city is broken, even a small soldier can be unreasonable to him.Di Ji's crying in her arms made her even more annoyed.Raising his plain hand, he couldn't help but slap the Chu soldier across the face.The Chu soldier was taken aback by the beating, subconsciously swiped down the big knife in his hand, and actually inserted it into Concubine De's belly.

Scarlet blood spilled all over the ground.The crowd screamed.Concubine De looked at the gleaming knife in disbelief, her face twitched, she suddenly poked through the sandbag, and fell heavily on the ground, Di Ji in her arms was so frightened that she didn't dare to cry anymore.Concubine De only felt that her eyes began to blur, and she wanted to speak, but she spat out a mouthful of blood.He had no choice but to hug Ling Xiang tightly in his arms.I shouldn't be so anxious... This thought flashed through my mind quickly, and it was too late to regret.

All of a sudden, he felt a white shadow passing by in front of him, and as soon as his arms were loosened, Di Ji had already been hugged.

"My child, Ling Xiang..." Concubine De murmured weakly, but her tone became more and more anxious.

"Sister, here. Don't worry." A voice sounded softly next to her ear, which seemed extremely familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Concubine De tried to open her eyes wide to see who was coming.

Ouyang Ruo?Concubine De recognized her.

Concubine De panted heavily, with a sudden realization on her face.Suddenly he laughed miserably: "It turned out to be you, haha... I, Zhao Qiansi, have reached this point, and you are the only one who dares to stand up. Sure enough, not bad." He spat out another mouthful of blood.Seeing that she looked like a madman, Ouyang Ruo hated Chu Jun even more.

Concubine De looked around, and saw all the court ladies and concubines looking at her with fear, looking at her like a monster, her heart became colder, she suddenly grabbed Ouyang Ruo with all her strength and said: "I can't help you, I will fight with you." I have never been kind to you in the past. Can you promise me one thing now?"

Ouyang Ruo saw that her eyes were starting to loosen, knowing that she had not passed away soon, she felt sour and said, "Sister, tell me, if it's for your Emperor Ji, I will agree. Sister, don't worry."

Concubine De was taken aback, then suddenly smiled and said: "That's right, she is indeed a sister in the same rank as me. You call me elder sister, and I have the audacity to agree. After I die, you...you want to help me take care of my Empress Dowager, Treat her like my own child, if I can do it, I, Zhao Qiansi, will remember your kindness in the underworld if I become a ghost, and I will definitely repay you in the next life."

Hearing this, Ouyang Ruo looked at the Lingxiang Emperor Ji in her arms, and in a trance, she felt that the facial features were exactly the same as Ling Yudi Ji.The soft maternal love can't help but radiate in the eyes.That expression fell into the eyes of Concubine De, and half of her body slid down as soon as she loosened her heart.

Ouyang Ruo was startled and quickly supported her.Concubine De's eyes were scattered, and she suddenly asked, "Where's your Empress?" Ouyang Ruo looked back at her with complicated eyes, and suddenly whispered something in her ear very quickly.Concubine De was taken aback, and suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay! I've been fighting with you for so long and I still can't get anything cheap. It turns out that you are stronger than me. You can come up with such an idea. Haha, Ling Xiang for you , I am also relieved." After speaking, he tilted his head, lost all breath, and was actually dead.

Ouyang Ruo hugged Ling Xiang tightly in his arms, feeling cold all over his body.The blood on the ground spread to her feet, giving off a pungent bloody smell, making her want to vomit.The people around have already stepped back, leaving an open space.Ouyang Ruo raised his head slightly, only to feel that the sky was too dazzling, and his eyes were blood red, but no more tears flowed out.

"Let's go, look at everything, stand still, Lord Chu is coming." Chu soldiers yelled from the side, and the crowd pushed and crowded each other again, mixed with timid maids screaming.

Ouyang Ruo quietly looked at Concubine De's eyes that could not rest in peace until she died, and following her line of sight, it turned out to be Huadi standing on the steps not far away.Her silent eyes seemed to be accusing something, but the only man in the harem just pinched the corner of his robe anxiously, whispering a few words to the queen from time to time.Ouyang Ruo just felt that his heart had never been so boiling and clamoring at this moment.She wished she could step forward and slap him a few more times on his thin and pale face.

If it weren't for him, how could Hua Guo be destroyed?If he hadn't listened to the slander of the queen party's cronies and changed generals, how could he have lost so badly?The Chu army worked hard to make an expedition, Huaguo has a source of rivers and natural dangers to rely on, and it is also a famous land of fish and rice. How could it be defeated so quickly? …

Too much hatred accumulated in her chest, making her breathe violently.

"Mother Concubine...Mother Concubine..." The little person in his arms cried like a cat.

Ouyang Ruo withdrew his gaze, calmed down, and coaxed softly: "Ling Xiang, don't cry, I will be your concubine mother from now on, remember, I will be your concubine mother!"

The little man in his arms choked a few times, stared straight at her with big black eyes, but stopped making noise.Ouyang Ruo hugged her tightly, Ling Xiang, Ling Yu... They are all children, they are all children...

"Fight!" The knife on Concubine De's body was pulled out, and uncoagulated blood sprayed all over the ground again. The Chu soldier wiped the knife on the bottom of his feet a few times, and when he turned his head, he saw Ouyang Ruo staring at him with big eyes. , could not help becoming angry from embarrassment.He stepped forward and shouted: "What are you looking at, believe it or not, I also chopped you up with a knife?"

(End of this chapter)