On the northern line of Bo Ku, the sky was densely covered with clouds, and the breeze was lingering.
After receiving Ji Yaoguang's message, Leng Qingtang immediately assembled the army. Before dawn, he led 150,000 imperial armies and 30,000 Lang Armies to reach Xuede City.
From far away, the sentinels of Bo Ku Army saw thick dust rolling on the whitening skyline, like a beacon smoke or a sea of dark clouds, covering the sky amazingly.
Getting closer, they suddenly found that at the front of the army, the neatly organized team was actually hundreds of buffaloes covered in red cloth, with sharp knives on their horns. The scene was impressive but strangely funny.
The Bo Ku people on the tower looked at each other, wondering what they wanted to do with these buffaloes.
Since the enemy army came, they couldn't care about other matters. The commander in chief gave the order to open the gate to face the enemy immediat
The sound of waves woke Gu Yunxi from her deep sleep.The bed curtain was exquisite, and the faint sunlight fell on the purple silk. The dappled light and shadow highlighted the figures of a few carved hibiscus flowers on the window frames faintly.Gu Yunxi got out of bed in doubt, looked around, and found that the furnishings in the small room were luxurious.Where was she? What happened before?The girl closed her eyes, furrowed her brows, and hit her groggy head with her fists, searching every memory segment in her brain quickly.The door opened. Someone walked in in dark black clothes, followed by a damp and fresh cool breeze flowing into the small room.Gu Yunxi was stunned, staring blankly at the facial features of the visitor."...Master?"When she exclaimed in surprise, she suddenly remembered all the past.Didn't the man in front of her have already be
Gu Yunxi fell into the soft silk quilt embroidered with pine branches, and her whole body was instantly surrounded by chilly air.She looked at the cold face close to her with disconcerting eyes."What's wrong?"The man rubbed the girl's cheek with his fingertips playfully. His hand was as cold as porcelain, moving towards her delicate collarbone slowly.Her youthful and delicate skin was facing the morning sunshine. Because of the irresistible coldness, the soft hairs wrapped around her skin stood upright in an instant.He watched intently and asked,"Are you afraid of me?"Gu Yunxi wrapped her upper body tightly with the quilt and looked at his eyes in silence.The gentleness in his handsome eyes was gone, replaced by deep and endless coldness.The man lowered his eyes, trying to lift the front of the girl's upper garment with his fingertips. Seeing her tremb
"Open the door. Open the door!"A rapid knock on the door broke the silence of the night. The assistant of the inn rubbed his sleepy eyes and headed to the outer residence. The moment he opened the door, he was awakened by the crowd of torches."Sir, what's going on?"An officer rushed in with his subordinates, pushing and shoving at the assistant."Who are the people living in your inn? I was ordered to apprehend the criminals of the imperial court. Call out all the guests quickly and let me check them one by one!"The officer pointed his thumb at the bridge of his nose with an arrogant attitude.The assistant smiled flatteringly, bowed, and scraped."Okay. Okay. Sir, I will lead you the way."Soon, the guests in the front residence were awakened from their sleep. After careful inspection, they were found not to be the young man and woman the soldiers wanted.
Gu Yunyao fell sideways with trembling limbs, staring at Imperial Mother Xiao in amazement. She looked sullen and startled. Her fingers trembled and she couldn't say a word anymore.Several eunuchs walked over. One of them carried the Seventh Prince, turned around, and left."I want Her Grace Yu. I want Her Grace Yu..."The Seventh Prince was frightened and started making noise. He raised his bloodshot face on the eunuch's shoulder and his little legs kept kicking. He kept beckoning to Gu Yunyao with his little hands, crying heartbreakingly."Lin'er... Give Lin'er back to me!"Gu Yunyao burst into tears on the spot, struggling to get up, but she was stopped by those eunuchs.Song Qin was shocked. Fearing that her master might get hurt, she stretched out her arms to protect her but was pushed out of the encirclement by a eunuch.Those eunuchs acted rudely and unscrupulously. They pressed
In the backyard of Funeral Palace—Five connecting rooms on the east side were filled with dozens of simple quad tables and backless benches.The eunuchs brought all the concubines here and forced them to sit down in wooden chairs.In front of each person were a set of green porcelain bowls, spoons, and glazed wooden chopsticks.On the table were chicken, duck, fish, and meat, which was a feast of fat things. However, most of the food was so cold that people had no appetite at all.At an important juncture of life and death, who could be carefree to enjoy the cold send-off meal?Gu Yunyao clung to the edge of the table with her fingers with tears on her long eyelashes.With incessant crying in her ears, her brain was also like a mess of cotton.In her life, she didn't know what death was like but she would experience it soon.She recalled that at the age of sev
Escorted by eunuchs and maidservants, Imperial Mother Xiao entered the hall. She glanced at the kneeling people with her phoenix eyes, and then looked at her son."I issue the imperial decree to kill Concubine Yu so that she can be buried alive with the deceased emperor."The woman said simply with fierce in her eyes in an aggressive manner,"When His Majesty was alive, he loved Concubine Yu most. Now His Majesty has gone, she, as a concubine, should do her duty and die for His Majesty."Prince Chen turned a little sullen and helpless.Chuckling and slightly lowering his head, he scratched his inner brows to cleverly conceal his emotions.Putting his hands down, the man calmed himself and gave a wee smile. He held his fists and bowed,"I pay my respects to Mother. What you just said makes sense. However, this time, during the south crusade to appease the chaos of An Guo, Imperial Mother
"Sure enough. Just as I expected..."Princess Anhe stood under the floating white silks in the wind, squinting her eyes. She felt a little stressed, but in appearance she still kept calm,"What a malicious woman! I will not let you achieve your scheme! Get ready! Let's come back to the post house!"She turned around with her garment whirling. Then Princess Anhe walked with the honor guards, getting to the Front Hall.In front of the memorial tablets, wisps of blue smoke were curling. There were 20 priests in a row on each side of the coffin which was made of Phoebe sitting on white futons with crossed legs and reciting Taoist scriptures.Princess Anhe stopped and stared at the coffin in deep eyes.Different from the gold coffin placed on the Rear Hall, the coffin made of Gold Phoebe really contained the remains of Emperor Jingxiao and Empress Qian.They were dead on the same day. Accord
Southern Jiang.After successfully recapturing the four cities on the north of Bo Ku, Leng Qingtang led the imperial army to settle in the Qingche City and joined the teams of Ji Yaoguang and Lang Huan.In the next five days, Leng Qingtang brought messengers proficient in Boku language to negotiate with the country's envoys many times. Taking the captured commander in chief and soldiers of the Bo Ku army as hostages, he asked them to clearly write down the number of prisoners redeemed and the amount of silver paid to Da Yi in the capitulation.At the same time, Leng Qingtang rewarded the generals and Ji Yaoguang's team with enough treasure deducted from the war trophies and money in Qingche City.Ji Yaoguang declined the reward of 100000 liang money. She only hoped that Master Leng could provide her with a convenient and unimpeded shipping line by virtue of his connections when transporting goods by sea in the future.