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Shunzhou City.
Li Qiao looked at the rebels who were pouring in in front of him, his brows slightly furrowed and his chest heaving violently as he gasped.
The deputy general was also covered in blood and sweating profusely. He cursed fiercely: "When will King Wei's reinforcements arrive?!"
The subordinate said sadly: "We have sent people out several times to urge us. We will send people out again soon -"
Li Qiao said: "That's not necessary."
He held his hand on the long tree and said with an indifferent expression: "There will be no reinforcements coming."
Everyone on the left and right changed their expressions: "General!"
The lieutenant general wanted to smile, but he couldn't do it: "How could it be? The emperor has secretly ordered that this time it is pretending to conquer the king of Wei, but in fact it is a false way to destroy Guo and attack the thieves. We have entangled the main force of the rebels. Already..."
There was a trace of ridicule in Li Qiao's eyes: "The Emperor... I thought that at least he would not break his own wings. Unexpectedly, I thought too highly of him."
He ordered: "Light the smoke."
The deputy general said: "If there really are no reinforcements, even if the smoke is lit at this moment, no one will come..."
Li Qiao said, "No, someone will come."
Before he sent out the army, he had prepared a backup plan in advance. If the smoke was ignited in Shunzhou City, and there were his people in Pingcheng, sixty miles away, the smoke warning would naturally be lit, and this was passed on layer by layer. At Wu Cuicui's place, it can last no more than five hours.
It's totally possible.
He doesn't need to defeat this group of rebels, he just needs to jointly open an exit with both internal and external forces. When the sky is high, birds can fly, and the sea is as wide as fish can leap, so why go to the Dog Emperor and suffer from these birds' anger again!
Thinking of this, Li Qiao couldn't help but turn his eyes to the east, with a faint smile on his face.
When the time comes, he may be able to take his wife to Texas to join his brother.
This time he set out to march eastward, and on the way he met people who moved their families to Texas. He heard that his brother was in Texas to encourage mulberry farming and eliminate bandits. Compared with the emperor who fled west, he looked more like a British emperor. !
Li Qiao thought so.
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Wu Cuicui welcomed an unexpected guest.
Ninth Princess.
This woman indirectly killed her mother, the Qin family, and the Wu family almost fell apart.
But can you blame her for everything?
It doesn't even look like it.
Wu Cuicui didn't know how to face her.
The Ninth Princess was much calmer: "I'm going to the palace."
Wu Cuicui raised her eyebrows in confusion: "So?"
The Ninth Princess said: "I will tell my father that there have been many funerals in the Wu family recently, and I was really scared, so I took my children to stay with him for a while. I have no threat to him, and he does not He will harm me for no reason."
Wu Cuicui still didn't understand why she said this.
The Ninth Princess simply made it clear: "In this life, I am responsible for not living in the Wu family, so before I leave, I want to come and see you."
It was obviously early summer, but she hugged her arms tightly, as if she was cold: "I'm very scared."
Princess Ninth said: "After meeting my second uncle a few days ago, I have been having nightmares these past few nights. I can feel danger approaching, but I don't know where the danger comes from."
"So I decided to take the child into the palace and go to the father."
There was a hint of fear between her eyebrows, as if there was some demon in the dark looking at her with malicious intent: "I know he has no humanity, but I also Know that when there is no threat to him, he is harmless."
When leaving, Princess Ninth looked at her deeply and said, "Be more careful."
It was still a sunny day outside, but Wu Cuicui felt cold in her bones.
There was no news after the second brother left. Hidden in the dark, the venomous snake-like Supreme Emperor, and unknown dangers are approaching...
She quickly calmed down and sent a message to her confidant: "The weather is getting hot. Call a few children and we will go live in a manor outside the city for a while."
Compared with this house that once belonged to state and county officials, the walls of the manor outside the city are much taller, more grain is stored, and the location is advantageous.
The bigger advantage is that there, she can openly settle down the three thousand cavalry that Li Qiao left for her.
That was the fundamental reason why she could sleep peacefully.
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The emperor travels to the palace.
The Supreme Emperor was gently caressing the heartbroken Ninth Princess.
"It's all over. What do you still want to do with so much?"
He said with regret: "Speaking of which, your mother-in-law is so much younger than me, and she also left early..."
The Ninth Princess shed tears and said: "Maybe the feng shui is really bad. My daughter is fine alone. But she still has two children. I really don't dare to live there any longer."
The Supreme Emperor smiled and said: "You kid, why are you being polite to my father? Even if you are eighty years old, you are still my father's heart!"
He then greeted his two grandchildren kindly: "Come here and ask grandpa to take a look. Oh, he looks so handsome, especially this little girl. She is exactly the same as you when you were a child..."
The Ninth Princess was accompanying her with a smile, and she seemed to be a bit like a family. However, even when she was being basked in the sunshine coming in from outside, she still had a cold feeling of being in the gloom.
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When the emperor heard that the ninth princess had brought her child to live in the palace, he just raised his eyebrows with regret and said, "I guess she was lucky enough to escape."
The close minister was nearby and whispered: "The previous plan..."
The emperor sneered, malice almost flowing out of his brows: "Proceed as usual!"
He turned to look at the main courtyard where the Supreme Emperor lived, with a look of resentment on his face - Father, you are truly my good father!
When a person gets old, he should obey his age, and when a person loses, he should leave the game. Why are you still doing this? !
They ordered me to launch a mutiny, but I still clung to power to the death. Seeing that I had survived the disaster, they asked me to bear the responsibility of cooperating with the rebels in order to eradicate dissidents. They deposed me as the emperor and let me Are you on the throne again? !
So who am I?
A clown? !
It’s just that, Father, you think of yourself too great!
You are not God!
In fact, you are just an ugly "person" among all living beings!
Do you think that the reason for the four sea views in the past was because of you?
No, because once upon a time, you were the emperor!
But now, I am also the emperor!
And he is the emperor who was helped up by your own hands to bring order out of chaos!
Why can't anyone respect me as a god? !
Chapter 132
Wu Cuicui took her family to live in Zhuangzi. The reason was that it was hot recently and the house was agitated and she wanted to go out for some fresh air.
At that time, Wu Erlang said to the outside world that he was leaving home to relax, and Li Qiao led his army on an expedition. Whether it was the Wu family or the Li family, it could be said that it was Wu Cuicui's decision. Of course, no one would make the decision she made. Raise objections.
Wu Erlang and Qin's several children suddenly lost their mothers, and Qin's death was more or less related to Mrs. Wu's death. No one said anything in front of them, but the children were not ignorant after all. I feel that my formerly lively personality has become a bit shrinking recently.
They are like this, let alone Wu Cuicui's two concubines and the aunts in the house.
Those children lost their mother, but they still had their father. Wu Cuicui was always their biological aunt, but what about them?
It’s even more important to keep your tail between your legs.
At this point, Wu Cuicui has no intention of distinguishing who is superior and who is inferior. Regardless of nephews, nieces, or concubines, they are all taken care of very properly. They have the three thousand cavalry on duty in the manor, and also have the house guard the courtyard. Several people form a team and patrol several times a day.
People who depend on others for food are often very observant. Seeing that Wu Cuicui went out to the city to relax and escape the summer heat, but when she got there, she stayed behind closed doors and took strict precautions. Everyone understood this and did not ask to go out, but settled down. People around her try not to cause any additional annoyance to Wu Cuicui.
But even so, the sadness lingering in Wu Cuicui's heart has not disappeared at all.
How is the second brother?
Find Li Qiao and tell him the news that the Emperor and the Emperor seem to be at odds, but are actually one and the same?
There are also recent changes in the old and new factions in the city...
For several days in a row, Wu Cuicui had trouble sleeping at night, staying up until dawn with her eyes open. It was only when it was almost dark and she was extremely sleepy that she could barely sleep for a while.
After a few days of being on tenterhooks, Wu Cuicui still had insomnia that night. She vaguely heard a faint murderous cry coming from outside, and thought it was an illusion caused by her mental trance.
The maid who had never wanted to keep vigil knocked on the door at this moment, her voice a little urgent: "Madam, are you asleep?"
Wu Cuicui immediately sat up, put on her clothes and went to bed: "No, what happened?"
The maid opened the door and entered in a low voice: "Zheng Shenjun sent someone to send a message. There seems to be something wrong with the movement in the city..."
The boot that had been hanging in the air finally fell to the ground.
Wu Cuicui's heart "thumped", she hurriedly tightened her clothes, stepped out of the door, and looked into the distance, she could see the city where the Emperor's residence was, the fire was raging, illuminating the night brightly. The killing cry heard came from the city.
Wu Cuicui frowned, took a few attendants, and walked to the front yard. When Zheng Shenjun saw her coming out, he clasped his fists in greeting and looked worried: "Madam, I'm afraid there will be a big change in the city tonight!"
Before Wu Cuicui could say anything, she heard the soldiers on the corner tower not far away shouting: "Join the army, someone is leaving the city!"
Wu Cuicui and Zheng Canjun looked over together, and sure enough they saw the firelight at the city gate. It looked like a short dragon, but it was not slow, and it was moving rapidly along the official road.
Zheng Shenjun narrowed his eyes slightly: "It doesn't look like an official army, but more like... a flow of people fleeing."
Then he looked at Wu Cuicui: "This place is so bright and conspicuous, I'm afraid they will come this way."
Wu Cuicui made a decision immediately: "Send a small team to greet him, but don't take him into the house. He is asked to put him in a patrol house outside for the time being, and let the person who can make the decision come to see me!"
Zheng Canjun responded happily: "Yes!"
The short dragon they saw was just the beginning. After that, several waves of people came out of the city one after another. Wu Cuicui watched from a distance, and her heart couldn't help but get higher and higher.
