Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 6
"Your Majesty, this servant wants to say that no matter how hard life is, there is only hope if you live. This servant has very small wishes. Firstly, I hope to repay Your Majesty's kindness, and secondly, I hope that Your Majesty can live a better life." Aunt Wanhui was silent for a long time, With inexplicable determination, he kowtowed again and again.

"Madam please decide!"

decision? !There was a sneer of incongruity at the corner of her elegant and soft mouth, and she looked at the kneeling person on the ground, but the mist of tears could not help filling her eyes.

She was silent, and suddenly said one word at a time: "Don't come to help me change clothes yet." After saying that, tears flowed down the corners of her eyes, winding coldly on her face.

Chu Huotian tidied up and went straight out of Lingyun Pavilion. When he walked out of the gate, he looked back and saw that the pavilions and pavilions were exquisite and unparalleled, and the white clouds in the sky were sparse and elegant. Gentle as a lingering painting.Sure enough, what kind of people are raised in what kind of place, he looked at it, and there was a strange look in his usually cold eyes unconsciously.

"Master Hou, the generals in front have already arrived..." At some point, Li Jing sneaked up to him and reminded him softly.

When Chu Huotian came back to his senses and saw him, the corner of his mouth twitched, showing a half-smile expression.Li Jingcai only felt his scalp go numb, and was about to salivate to please him.Unexpectedly, Chu Huotian flicked his sleeves and strode forward.

"Hey, Lord Hou, don't go so fast, listen to the servant girl... hey..."

Chu Huotian didn't stop on his feet, so he didn't have time to listen to his nonsense.Now that the country of Hua has just been destroyed, a myriad of problems are waiting for him to deal with.He walked like the wind, and was led by his attendants to the side hall of Qinzheng Hall, where a group of counselors and generals had been waiting for a long time.

"I want to report to Lord Hou that several rebellions in Huacheng Haoyi have been suppressed by my subordinates. King Jing of Huaguo, Uncle Ning fled westward with the remnants of his troops. His subordinates have already sent people to pursue them. Within three days, We will definitely encircle and wipe out Hanjiazhuang in one fell swoop." General Li went out to report that there was especially dust on the armor, presumably because he had gone to the enemy overnight and hadn't cleaned it up yet.

Chu Huotian rarely showed a satisfied expression, and nodded: "General Li has worked hard. I didn't see the general at the banquet last night. I must hold a banquet for the general to make up for the general."

General Li's eyes were bright, and he said loudly: "The last general will not work hard. It's better that Lord Hou made a good plan. This time, the last general's four thousand soldiers and horses suffered very little loss, so he killed them to death. Hehe, the general dare not take credit for it."

Everyone present couldn't help smiling, and Chu Huotian also had a rare smile in his eyes. His handsome brows became vivid, like the spring breeze in March melting away the usual coldness.Li Jingcai looked at his expression secretly, seeing that he was different from before, he couldn't help but relax, thinking that he had finally arranged things well yesterday.Look, today Hou Ye smiled for the second time, and he still smiled sincerely.The more I think about it, the more complacent I am.

Chu Huotian spread out the map made of sheepskin, his slender fingers slid across the place names, and finally landed on a red circle point.

"Look, my Chu army crossed the river. Now the army's food and grass line is too long. It crosses the Yuanjiang River to Huaguo. The journey is thousands of miles. Especially in three routes, General Cheng is in charge of escorting Along the way, I passed Dahui Mountain at the border with Qin State. This place is not peaceful. I'm afraid..."

He paused and looked at a Confucian scholar who looked like a counselor beside him.The Confucian scholar was about 25 or [-] years old. He was handsome and suave, with a white face and green clothes.He is Chu Huo Tianxia's number one adviser - Zhao Qingling.His literary talent is brilliant, and his appearance is even more handsome.Known by Chu people as a "Jade Face Scholar", he has no intention of official career, and writes articles in his spare time, either pinpointing current maladies, or reciting poems and prose.A few years ago, he joined Chu Huotian's sect as a retainer, but few people knew that he was responsible for all the sources of intelligence under Chu Huotian.

Seeing Master Hou looking at each other, he pondered, and said, "Recently, the state of Qin has been doing well. The spies under his command have not found any soldiers from Qin state to be mobilized. However, our state of Chu has strengthened our guards at Dahui Mountain. But it is not ruled out that Qin soldiers will take advantage of the chaos and secretly turn into bandits, rob food and grass, and take advantage of the fire to loot."

Chu Huotian nodded and said: "Mr. Zhao has worked hard." There was a sneering smile on his face: "The new emperor of Qin has just sat in the emperor's seat, and there are many pairs of wolf-like tiger eyes watching him, so he naturally dare not move rashly." However, it is also necessary to guard against changes, and let some people in the capital make excuses for trouble. Fei Ge sent down an order to the army and ordered the army to return to the capital of Chu to stand by. Order him to sit in the capital to prevent changes in the capital."

The guards on standby hurriedly said yes, and flew away to deliver the order.

Not long after, the guards came and went, and the orders were passed down like water.

"The jewels in the Hua Palace are counted into a book and will be transported back to Chu State in a few days. From now on, those who have private possessions will have a staff of fifty."

"The books of the Ministry of Households of Hua State are specially escorted to the Ministry of Households of Chu, and ordered to be specially registered and sorted out. Those who are damaged will be given fifty sticks."

"Women below the third grade in the Hua Kingdom will all get rid of their hairpins and clothes, and they will be escorted back to Beijing immediately."

"Officials below the fifth rank of the Hua Kingdom will be escorted to Beijing in addition to their uniforms."

...

A series of orders as strict as iron were passed down heavily.Hua Gong, who had been quiet all night, suddenly started to jump up and down again.Crying and cursing came and went.

In a corner of the Hua Palace, Ling Yunxuan was as quiet as an immortal home.In the bustling and extravagant hall, three or five court ladies walked cautiously, while the servants stood respectfully aside, expressionless, tick-tocking, and unaware of changes in the world.

After washing and washing, Ouyang Ruo put on a garnet-red robe, which was loosely tied, and her long hair was loose. She leaned against the beauty's bed, held a small ice bag in her hand, and gently applied the cold to her forehead.The cold touch relieved the hot swelling and pain.

She frowned slightly, and Aunt Wanhui who was beside her hurriedly stepped forward to take it, and gently applied her with a cold compress.

"Your Majesty, do you want to ask the imperial physician to come and see?" She asked cautiously.

Cigarettes were exhaled from the mouth of the copper beast, and the entire inner hall became ethereal.Ouyang Ruo was silent, and said after a long time, "This little injury won't hurt anyone."

"But..." Aunt Wan Hui hesitated for a while but didn't know what to say. She was the only one taking care of her when she was taking a bath just now. of.She sighed in her heart, a woman is too beautiful to escape such a fate, and the woman in front of her is so enchanting, thinking about the first time she saw her back then, as a court lady who is used to seeing beautiful women in the palace, she could see the magic , Now that I have received the "favor" I didn't deserve, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.She was lost in thought, when suddenly she heard Ouyang Ruo sighing faintly.

"Auntie..." Her sigh was like a pebble falling into a deep pool of tranquility, disrupting the tranquility of the room: "I said that to you just now, Auntie, don't take it to heart." She used my words in an indescribable tone. peace.

"In the current chaos, I don't know who is trustworthy and who is not. If my aunt is willing, she will take the trouble to give me some pointers in the future."

She turned her head, her clear eyes were full of impenetrable expressions, like a deep pool of water, almost drowning people.

Aunt Wan Hui didn't dare to think too much, and quickly bowed down: "Don't dare, your mother taught you the right thing. I don't dare."

Ouyang Ruo helped her up, but her eyes drifted out of the window. In just one day and one night, the hatred in her heart became a thread, tightly entangled in her heart, and every movement was a pain in the heart.But to live on, these hatreds can only be kept in the heart, in a place that even oneself does not know.She closed her eyes, and the hatred in her eyes had completely disappeared when she opened them again.

She almost forgot that she was the best at hiding her thoughts.

"Auntie, please change your clothes for me." Just as the words were out of her mouth, she faintly heard the loud cries outside.Ouyang Ruo's complexion changed, Wan Hui's mind was flexible, and she hurriedly sent a little maid out to investigate.

Not long after, the little palace maid came in with a pale face: "My Majesty, yes... It was the order of the Marquis of Chu that all women below the third rank should get rid of their hairpins and clothes, and be escorted to the Kingdom of Chu immediately. They, they are all crying..."

Ouyang Ruo and Wan Hui looked at each other.The two saw shock in each other's eyes.

"Why so fast!" Wan Hui, who was always calm, couldn't help but blurt out.Ouyang Ruo forced himself to calm down, touched the edge of the collapse, sat down firmly, and suddenly smiled coldly: "He is afraid."

"Afraid of what?" Wan Hui asked curiously.

"What is he afraid of?" Ouyang Ruo's tone could not conceal the sharpness, "The capital Haoyi has been besieged for more than half a year, and the food in the city has long been scarce. Once they come in like a group of tigers and wolves, how can there be old and weak women and children waiting for me?" Naturally, it would be better if they were taken back to Chu State early, maybe a group of them would die on the way." Ouyang Ruo's cold words lingered in the empty inner hall.

Yes, it would be better to die the last batch, so that you can eat a lot less food, a lot...

The cold and heartless words made the little maid who was kneeling on the ground cry.They, the palace ladies of the Hua Kingdom, do not leave the palace all day long, but now they have to move to a foreign country step by step. After traveling thousands of miles, they will die or have half their lives left. Real people are worthless than grass.The desolate cry woke up Ouyang Ruo, who was in a daze.

"Why are you crying?" She couldn't help but ask because she was so disturbed by the crying.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to die. I don't want to leave here." The little maid sobbed, and it seemed that someone outside the hall also followed suit.

The dark cloud of destroying the country has not dissipated at all, and this is just the beginning.

Ouyang Ruo sat on the slum with a blank face.

I don't want to die, I don't want to leave here.Who wants to die, who wants to leave here?

(End of this chapter)