The Queen of the Prairie and I

King Lu did not stay in Lianhua City, but led the main force of the Hexi Army to the south and stayed in Danning Mansion.

Although it didn't take too much energy to break the Danning Mansion, it was still full of smoke and chaos.Thinking back to Li Xing, the magistrate in Danning Mansion, who was originally his best friend, and later, after he was promoted to Grand Master, he advised him that it was not a good thing to be promoted suddenly, and he was given a full sentence of death soon after.Now that he led the army to destroy the Danning Mansion, he immediately ordered his subordinates to drive away the people who occupied the former residence of the Li family, and set up a spiritual seat in the house, and sacrificed to the Li family with a big funeral.

Although he fulfilled his wish, King Lu was still unhappy.Originally, he thought that by sending Bugude the envoy, Drunatia, who had an enmity with Da Lu, who had been captured and humiliated, could join his camp, but when he thought of the mighty Hexi Army, part of the Northwest Frontier Army, as well as the foreign Anzu mercenaries and The Yellow-headed Army of the Central Plains who wrote letters proclaiming their vassals are all on their side, and the throne of the capital has become within reach.Unexpectedly, Zhuonatia secretly reached an agreement with Dalu instead, and she went south with her front foot, and she led an army of 15 to besiege Lianhua City with her back foot.

He looked at the spiritual seats placed in the ancestral hall of Li Zhai, including Li Xing, including the next two sons and one daughter.Li Weiguan, Li Weizhen, Li Ningsheng, and Li Xing's elder brother Li Fu's spiritual tablets, and Li Fu's only daughter, Li Yisheng, who is said to have died young.

"If Li Fu hadn't left Yuanwei alone, and later Kaiyuanwei rebelled, Wang Zhan wouldn't have added this article in his ginseng." King Lu sighed.

"Even if it's not unfounded, Li Fu plotted to rebel, and the punishment for extermination is heavy." King Lu's counselor also said.

"Mr. I don't know about this matter. Li Fu was beaten by a neighborhood gangster when he was young, so that he was disabled and unable to have children. This matter was only me and my brother Wang back then... Now that fool knows that Li Fuzhi's only daughter is actually Li Xing For the step-daughter, so Li Fu's incident, although it is a small part of Wang Zhan's ginseng book, it greatly aroused my stupid brother's suspicion, thinking that I, brother Li, used my sons and daughters to provoke Yuanwei." Said this , King Lu sighed deeply, "Happiness and death are really rehabilitating." He bowed again, startling the counselors.King Lu said again: "Brother Li lost his eldest daughter because of the helplessness of his succession. The death of the eldest daughter is a mistake. But it is my fault to have a younger daughter and lose a younger daughter in his later years. If he hadn't defeated the bandits in the Western Regions back then, Why is it difficult for the Danning Mansion?"

"I have something to say... I don't know if I should say it or not." The counselor said suddenly.

"But it doesn't matter."

"According to reports from the yard of Li Xing's second son, Li Weiyi, Li Xing's youngest daughter, Li Ningsheng, is not dead."

"Alive?!" King Lu turned around, "Why doesn't everyone know!?"

"According to the report from the courtyard, the battle is tense. Li Weiyi ordered to keep silent, fearing that the emperor will order to kill him again. But it seems that Li Ningsheng was working as a servant girl for Queen Zhuonatia of Bugude. At that time, when Zhuonatia was captured, she was alone. He went back to the outside of the Great Wall, and after the defeat in the Battle of Weiliao, there was no news."

King Lu closed his eyes deeply and remained silent for a long time.Then he stepped forward and grabbed Li Ningsheng's seat, threw it hard, and threw it outside the door.

"Zonatia, Zhuonatia, why didn't Wen Liangyu Wang Zhan just kill that Zhuonatia!"

King Lu trembled angrily, and the loose flesh on his face trembled like waves.

Although there are only less than 4 defenders in Lianhua City, but thinking of the defense around Lianhua, and the good general Qian Da and two powerful generals of the An clan—General Anmu and General Antes, who are staying in the city, King Lu felt that things would not be too bad.He has two generals of the An clan under his command. Has anyone been able to hire two generals of the An clan at the same time before?Thinking of this, King Lu also felt that Lianhua and Bugude might not be forced to fight, but evenly matched.At least after he cleaned up the Central Plains, he would have a chance to make a comeback.

******

The eldest sister sat in the house, put the chopsticks aside, and ate the millet in the bowl with a spoon, and there were also some small dishes of turnips, side dishes made of mustard greens, and some sliced ​​goat meat.Since the beginning of the siege, food in Lianhua City has become tense. The eldest sister herself advocates that generals, ministers, and nobles should eat lightly and eat less, so as to survive for a while, but it seems that few people except herself are willing to cut down on eating and drinking from themselves.

The eldest sister actually doesn't like to eat this chestnut rice, and she is also not used to the side dishes and meat of the Central Plains.Whenever she enters the battle and sleeps in the open air, she doesn't have too many requirements for food, but after she settles down, she will start to miss those baked pancakes and the taste of pepper noodles.Compared with corn, she hopes that there will be more wheat stored in the city, so whether it is noodle soup or noodles, pasta is always more suitable for her appetite.

After coming to Lianhua City, although she can be said to be well-clothed and well-fed, she has had countless disputes with King Lu and his subordinates.She hoped that during the Battle of Wei-Liao, she could lead a quick eastward expedition with elite soldiers to destroy the main force of Cuckoo, but was rejected by the indecisive Lianhua generals. Hurry up to contain the Cuckoo German army to support Wen Liangyu's troops, but was rejected by King Lu on the grounds of taking risks.After that, she was disappointed with King Lu and Lianhua City. In fact, King Lu and the generals of Lianhua were also disappointed with me. Even Qian Da didn't have much contact with him for self-protection, and he couldn't participate in King Lu's southern expedition.

But that doesn't matter, the eldest sister is very clear about what she is doing in Lianhua City, and her ultimate goal is always to face Zhuonatia.She is patient, as long as Zhuonatia has a grassland empire, as long as Lianhua City still stands here, there will be conflicts between them sooner or later.When the time comes, it will be your own opportunity, otherwise, one person will indeed lack the resources to contact such a powerful emperor.

There was a conversation outside the door, and the guard let the man in.Her steps were light and vigorous, and when she raised her head again, the girl in white robe sat aside with a stool.

"It's you again, Antes' sixth concubine."

The eldest sister lowered her head and mixed the rice and said.

"I prefer to be called Shanying."

"Now, is there a difference between this name and that name?" The elder sister seemed to laugh softly.

"At least Sugi Ying is shorter." Sugi Ying said.

"Or do you prefer me to call you Dronatia's sister?" The eldest sister raised her head and stared at her.

Shanying's white robe and hair accessories are not her original outfit, and she no longer carries the scimitar.But the way she sat crookedly and let the legs of the stool dangle back and forth showed no sign of fear at all.

"If I had met Dronatia, I might have killed you from Anthes at the posthouse because you looked alike," she said, "but you are really cunning."

Shanying didn't say a word, and the eldest sister asked: "Why, didn't you eat?"

"Punish me not to eat."

"How many times is this?"

"Maybe I'm not suitable to be a concubine for the An people."

The eldest sister handed Shanying her bowl and spoon, and she started to eat.

"Run here every time, and Antes will be in big trouble if he asks me to duel later."

"She should have challenged you to a duel."

"Could it be possible that you have become like the An people too?" the eldest sister laughed.

"Also? Has anyone ever done that?"

"Just thinking of a friend."

"friend?"

"A friend, a slave. A slave who's been a slave for a long time."

"This is so new." Shan Ying put down the bowl, "Don't you call even a little gentle people cowards, and you actually make friends with slaves?" She was very interested.

"I also find it strange that she is indeed a slave. We often say 'slave slaves, it is not a pity to die', but she is not like that kind of low and poor person, at least her eyes are like a free person, and she cured me horse."

"Yellow tail?"

"That's the horse."

"That might be a troubled shepherd girl or something." Shan Ying lost interest again.

"She is from the Central Plains, and I can't even remember her name. She said that her name is 'Little Lizi', and she may be the descendant of those individuals captured by tribes like Bode. This kind of slave is very common in the Western Regions."

"...People from the Central Plains?" Shan Ying's face changed, so obvious that even the elder sister noticed it.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"What happened to her after that?"

"The An Xiche I told you about..."

"No, no, no, no, don't say it, it's not right." Shanying stood up, as if she was trying to avoid something, which made the eldest sister feel even more strange. "How could such a thing happen, it must be wrong."

"what happened?"

"An Xiche was blinded by Sister Han, did she go east with a Central Plains slave?" Shan Ying finally regained her breath and asked her elder sister.

"Yes," the elder sister replied, and she also noticed something was wrong, "Could it be that you know each other?"

"Heh, 'Little Lizi'? You are such a liar. Did you even deceive Big Sister Anmu long before Sister Han?" Shan Ying seemed to be thinking, laughing, and angry.

"Shanying, do you know Xiao Lizi?" she asked.

"Little Lizi? Why can't she remember her own life experience? She hasn't even forgotten where she was born, she hasn't forgotten anything, she just didn't tell you. What little Lizi, her name is Li Ningsheng!"

"You mean the maid that Zhuonatia keeps with her all the time?" the eldest sister asked, "That Li Ningsheng is Xiao Li?"

"Li Ningsheng has been pestering my sister Han. You have seen what happened afterwards, right? Fortunately, she is gone! I still think that the Battle of Wei Liao caused me to become like this, and my mother and queen died. Now I should really thank Wei In the battle of Liao, at least except for that Li Ningsheng!"

The elder sister shook her head and stopped talking.For some reason, she began to doubt for a moment the little Li who had made her turn her head, the little Li who had done many things for her.But then she dispelled the doubt.An Xiche said that she has always misunderstood Xiao Lizi. She was the last person she saw before she fell into darkness, and she has no regrets about it.Suspecting Xiao Li is doubting An Xiche, so there is no such thing as revenge for An Xiche.

An Xiche was sent to the customs, but her eyes were stained with filth, and the doctor in the Central Plains said that it was evil spirits entering her body.This put the poor girl's life in danger.The prairie tribes like to stab the eyes of the captives of the An tribe, so as not to be retaliated against in the future. In their eyes, the An tribe people are no different from monsters.The eldest sister has seen some sisters whose eyes were not treated well. Their blind eyes continued to bleed until they pus, cracked, and finally died.It was a long and terrible torture, and perhaps the earliest grassland people left behind the custom of treating the captives of the An people was for this long torture.An Xiche might be dead, or she might be dying soon, since she and a few maids were sent to the Central Plains with the money.This kind of thing happened before, those glorious and injured sisters were killed by the escort maids on the way, embezzled silver taels and disappeared.They are all good girls who are not afraid of death, but they are as sick as a tortoise in bed with their throats cut.The An people have no solution to this problem. After all, they only care about fighting, and they only care about the strong, not the wounded or the weak.

For some reason, I suddenly figured it out.The hatred that drives him has changed from a blind and chaotic emotion to a clear obsessive will.It was at such a moment that the eldest sister realized that she had faced her own life and saw clearly the truth of her life that was regarded as a shame among the An people.

"Actually, your elder sister is more suitable to be an An tribe." The elder sister said suddenly, Shan Ying was taken aback.

"Miss Han?"

"Womanly, warlike, ruthless, ruthless, he is simply a natural An tribe." For some reason, she said it directly.This is what the An people really have in common, the real culture.They are boasted by female poets in some places as glorious female warriors, but they don't know that the dark side of the An people has nothing to do with men and women, it is the most terrifying combination that a human being can have.

She finally knew why Jonatia was the only one she hated so much.Because the White Eagle Queen is a natural An tribe.And I have always been an outlier among the An people. For the sake of love and righteousness, I have lived in the white eyes and exclusion for the rest of my life.

"No, Sister Han is not that kind of person." She was uncharacteristically, Shanying didn't have too many good things to say about all the occasions that mentioned Donatia, she seemed to have always hated her sister. "Sister Han was forced to become like that."

"That's her choice too. She has a choice, doesn't she?" As long as she chooses and does well, then there is nothing to say.She recalled the moment when An Xiche was found dying lying on the horse's back, the anger and shock.After learning about the process, she even felt terrified.Fear, as if the dark side of the An people finally became a concrete existence, hurting the most important people around them.

"But I grew up with her, so I know better." Shan Ying continued to defend.In her eyes, the real An people didn't seem to be a good description either. "You can accept me, so it must be different for Sister Han?"

"I'm not a saint, Shan Ying, I'm sorry." The eldest sister replied after a long silence. "I really want to think from your point of view, to share the burden for everyone, to understand you, and to let go. But if I can do it, I won't be the rebel fighter that everyone in the An tribe despises today. I can't let go, I I was born for this, so I can't let it go." This is also the reason she helped Li Ningsheng in the first place, the only thing she insisted on in her life. "If you tell me that you are Dronatia's sister as soon as you come, I really can't accept you. I will be hostile to you, hate you, beat you, and even kill you."

When Shan Ying first arrived, she was just a concubine in Antes' camel team with her head bowed and not speaking.Antes brought with him nearly a thousand iron cavalry and assassins from the An clan, who were hired by King Lu at a high price, and suddenly became a general in Lianhua City.In contrast, the eldest sister, who is a polished general, was compared. King Lu, who hated the eldest sister, also found a more satisfactory An tribe.Antes and the eldest sister are deadly rivals, and she gave her a slender curved knife crafted from the grassland to comfort and ridicule her.

That night, Shanying suddenly appeared in her yard, she was totally different from the daytime, and she claimed that the crescent knife was her own.The elder sister just wanted to have fun, she wanted to honor Antes' concubine and humiliate her back, so she gave Shanying the scimitar and asked her to compete with her, and if she could prove it was hers, she would take it back.

That night, the guards were so frightened that they wanted to stop them, but they dared not disobey the order of the elder sister.The eldest sister was amazed by Shan Ying's skill, she is quick but powerful.But that style of play was open and aboveboard, and it could even be said to be naive.She guessed that this person had a noble background, and she didn't seem to want to be a concubine, her skill was far beyond that of being a concubine for the An people.This changed the elder sister's mind, she admired Shanying very much, and her flame-like character.After that night of confrontation, the relationship between the two gradually approached, and even became close friends.Until one day when Antes told herself that Shan Ying was Dronatia's younger sister, she was not blinded by hatred.She has always respected all the decisions made by Sugi Ying. She is an ordinary woman, and she is willing to be a concubine for a woman for her sister, and she is also a concubine for a person like Antes. What more can I ask for?

"Maybe when you can really accept Li Ningsheng, I can let go too." She was telling the truth.If the person in front of you can do it, you can do it yourself.

"Li Ningsheng is gone and died in the rebellion. I have nothing to accept. Sister Han and I are also clean." She said it so reluctantly that the eldest sister could see it, and she felt the same way.She had said such forced words countless times.She also knew that persuasion was useless, just like no one could persuade herself back then. "I might as well worry about Fuko, whether she will be found in the hermitage of the Queen Guigil clan."

*******

When Feng Ronghua walked to Bugude's big tent, she stopped suddenly and took off her feathered helmet in the style of a woman.The guards were all very strange, until she entered after staring at and bowing to the silver white eagle sculpture on the top of the big tent, a guard said in a very low voice: "Pretentious".

Dronatia sat on the throne at the end of the big tent. After Fengronghua knelt down and bowed down, Dronatia bestowed the seat.Feng Ronghua behaved well, without saying a word, quietly waiting for Dronatia to speak first as the queen.

"Have you found the man I told you to look for?" she asked.

"No."

"So what have you been doing?"

"Rectify, Your Majesty. Many in my army are reluctant to join your empire."

"It is said that you changed your surname?"

"Yes, although I have abandoned Feng Yuliang now, my name is still Fengronghua."

"Actually I can pardon the Entai clan."

"Sorry, my majesty, the Entai clan no longer exists, its men are all dead, and only one illegitimate daughter is left." Ronghua smiled wryly, "And the illegitimate daughter feels that the Entai family's actions at the beginning harmed everyone." I am more willing to change my surname to this Feng family who has sheltered me."

"Just because it doesn't exist, it can be pardoned." Dronatia said.At that moment, Feng Ronghua couldn't tell whether she was kind or cruel.

"That may... be a bad start, and the Guijier clan may try to find a way to ask for a pardon, which will eventually lose His Majesty's prestige."

"The warriors of the Guigil clan are among the best warriors, and I really want to pardon them."

"But the eldest princess..."

"Be careful with your mouth."

As soon as Shanying was mentioned, Zhuonatia directly interrupted Fengronghua, and she had to stop mentioning it immediately.She could see that at that moment, the luster that can only be found on swords flickered in Donatia's pupils.

"Atonement, Your Majesty." She lowered her head and whispered.

"I didn't slaughter the Dada tribe that really rebelled, but I just took over the main family. Guijier clan's main family just had more people, which aroused resistance. That's all in the past, don't question my kindness,"

"Don't dare." Fengronghua replied calmly.

"Are you dissatisfied with me?" Dronatia said suddenly without warning.

"I…I didn't—"

"Are you saying I was wrong?" Dronatia's tone was still calm, almost expressionless.But at that moment, Fengronghua felt a chill down her spine.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, I was just thinking, I've been back for so long...you only called me a few times, not even a banquet."

"Banquet?" She snorted, and smiled as if disdainfully, "Does it look like we should have a banquet in our situation?"

"We defeated Da Lu..."

"How many people does Dalu have? How many people did we win? You really don't know me at all." Zhuonatia was telling the truth, because she hadn't hosted a few banquets for so many years since she took office. Chief General.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm not greedy for enjoyment, I just feel...for so many years, we...have been estranged." She said, "Can I call you sister like before?" She was cautious, and looked weak and pitiful, That's what she really wanted, the simplest things.

"No." Dronatia said firmly. "General Ronghua, or should I call you General Feng? Pay attention to our identities, as you said - my prestige, prestige is very important."

"Isn't it okay to just call out?" Feng Ronghua continued to ask.

"No," she replied, "unless you want to challenge my authority, then I welcome you to offend me by overstepping your current position."

"I didn't mean it either."

"But I mean it," she continued.Like an iron wall, Feng Ronghua felt an indescribable loss.Both of them were silent for a while, Fengronghua lowered her head, and Dronatia looked at her.Until Fengronghua suddenly opened her mouth.

"I didn't participate in that incident eight years ago, I really didn't," she said. "Isn't it enough that I atone for something I didn't do for so long?"

"Some people have suddenly become slaves for ten years from being pampered. Do you want me to comfort you? Do you think the Queen is the one who does these things?" Dronatia said slowly, frowning. "What I want to say is that I am the queen, I don't owe you anything, so don't ask me for it. Your credit has been rewarded as it should be, and I don't intend to give you anything extra, so don't hold back Any fantasy said those words to me." She picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and put it back on the table. "I am your queen, not your sister, or your kin. Same to everyone."

"I understand." Feng Ronghua said without mentioning anything.

"Let your people in Liaoxi do a thorough investigation and find the person I'm looking for. Don't hurt a single fingernail. The task I entrusted to you, it's best to complete her, otherwise-the merits and demerits will not be with me. In balance, there is only clear rewards and punishments," she said. "Go out, I don't give you a time limit, but I don't have much patience either."

"Yes." She got up and saluted. "Excuse me for asking the last question, who is she to you?"

"What do you think?" Donatia stared into her eyes, making her look away. "You're so smart, I hope you're so smart that I don't need to say it."

"understood."

Although she said she knew it, the tone was more like "I knew it earlier". No one knew whether she did it on purpose, and Dronatia seemed to have sensed it sensitively, but she didn't express it.

After Feng Ronghua finished speaking, she quit the tent.When she turned around, Donatia could no longer see her expression, and she relaxed.

She was laughing, a horrified and stern laugh that was like crying.

Dronatia sat where she was, a patch of light reflected on her face, making the other half look even darker.She looked at the back of Fengronghua leaving outside the tent door, narrowed her eyes, and stared closely.