2632The Dust Has Settled

"Xiao Yuanyao, even if you captured me to see Shu Tianci, have you ever thought about the fact that at the time of our marriage, I had an alliance with you and captured Gu Xiaowan. Do you think that if Shu Tianci knew about Gu Xiaowan's disappearance, you were also involved? Will he kill you?" Shu Hao was still struggling. He knew Shu Tianci's feelings for Gu Xiaowan, so he concluded that Xiao Yuanyao would not send him to the Qing Dynasty for the sake of the alliance between Nanling and the Qing Dynasty!

But he thought wrong!

Now, Xiao Yuanyao wanted to kill Shu Min. How could he let Shu Hao go to the Qing Dynasty alive?

Xiao Yuanyao pulled up his bow and arrow, pointed it straight at Shu Hao, and said with a ferocious smile: "Shu Hao, go to hell, go and bury her with her!"

Burial?

Before Shu Hao could think of anything, he saw the arrow flying directly towards him. Shu Hao was shocked to see the arrow getting closer and closer to him. Liu Maozhu was beside him and knocked down the arrow with his sword. Shouted: "Your Majesty, please take the people and retreat quickly!"

Only then did Shu Hao react, and he immediately turned back with his men. Xiao Yuanyao fell into a melee with Liu Maozhu, and when he saw Shu Hao fleeing, his eyes were filled with hatred.

With the help of cover, Shu Hao finally broke out of the siege. The Qing Dynasty could not go, and Nanling could not go either. Where else could he go now?

Shu Hao panicked when he saw that the sky and the earth were so vast that there was no place for him to stay. Not far away, a large number of troops came with their horses and whips raised. Shu Hao, who had just escaped from danger, was intercepted again!

Seeing the person sitting on the horse, Shu Hao was startled and fell to the ground.

He stared at the heroic man on the horse with horrified eyes: "You...why aren't you dead yet?"

The army arrived and surrounded the capital. Those people were obeying Shu Hao's orders. After snatching the tiger talisman from Shu Hao's hand, the elite troops immediately put down their weapons, and the fighting stopped immediately.

There was no sound of fighting outside, and the people on the top of the city shouted to the top of the city: "Win, win... we win..."

Won?

The people in the capital were stunned for a moment. You looked at me, I looked at you, and then thunderous cheers broke out: "We won, we won! Win, win!"

"Open the city gates and welcome the army into the capital..."

"Open the city gate..."

The city, which had always been in order, now the people were standing at the gate of the city in an orderly manner, welcoming Tan Ye as he entered the city. Everyone cheered and applauded, and Qin Yizhi also smiled. After that, he could no longer hold on anymore, and his heart felt like Being hollowed out by someone, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his body's center of gravity was unstable and he was teetering.

Su Mang exclaimed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

After cleaning up the battlefield and settling the people, Shu Tianci had people start arranging many matters since he returned to the palace. From the moment he entered the palace, there was no smile on his face anymore, only a calm and thick smile. sad.

After the war caused by Shu Hao subsided, he finally took a breath. Apart from going to court, he would sit in his study all day long. The days seemed to have finally returned to peace.

But in this calm, the regent claimed to be ill and never went to court again.

The Queen Mother went to the imperial study to see Shu Tianci. Shu Tianci said politely and respectfully, "Empress..."

"Your Majesty, how are you these days?" The Queen Mother carefully considered her words, word by word, not daring to be too explicit or too demanding.

Okay?

Shu Tianci really didn’t know whether it was good or not!

Those days of suffering in waiting are not good, so bad!

However, no matter how bad it is, how can we not live with the feeling when we learned the news of her death?

It's like my red heart was dug up by the roots with a sharp blade, and then another 1,800 cuts were made on it, cutting the heart into a bloody mess. Does it hurt?

Numb.

My heart is gone and I can no longer feel the pain!

"Fortunately..." Shu Tianci thought for a long time and only uttered these two words.

However, seeing his almost despairing look, how could the Queen Mother believe it? She wanted to ask, where did Princess Anping go? Wasn't she looking for her?

Where are people?

The Queen Mother's words were stuck in her throat for many times, but in the end she still didn't ask. She sighed and said, "Have a good rest. Don't be too tired. The Regent has been fighting enemies in battle these past few days. He is probably tired. So, Let him rest for a while!"

Shu Tianci handed over his hand, said nothing, and silently agreed!

The silence in the Imperial Study Room was eerie and scary. The Queen Mother went out and looked at Eunuch Qi outside. Eunuch Qi understood the situation and secretly went to Cining Palace when no one was around.

"What's going on, Your Majesty? Why did you go out and come back like this? Where have you been?" Eunuch Qi looked at the Queen Mother who asked repeatedly, and then recounted what happened along the way.

"Princess Anping was taken away by King Nanling!" Eunuch Qi said.

"You mean...Shu Hao and Shu Min formed an alliance with Xiao Yuanyao and deliberately took away Princess Mingdu, but secretly took away Princess Anping?"

Eunuch Qi nodded and said yes.

"What about Anping? Why didn't you see Anping come back with you?" The Queen Mother asked in surprise: "Is it possible that she...she stayed in Nanling?"

"Yes, she stayed in Nanling." Eunuch Qi's voice was choked with sobs, and he almost cried.

I will never come back in this life.

The Queen Mother was shocked: "What about Ziye? What should we do about Ziye? Did Xiao Yuanyao bully her? That's why she can't come back?"

As Eunuch Qi spoke, tears fell down like broken beads. His shoulders shook and he lay on the ground and sobbed several times. Then he choked and said: "The Queen Mother, Princess Anping, she ...She is already dead!”

"What did you say? Dead...dead?" The Queen Mother staggered a little. When she mentioned the word "death", the look on her face suddenly seemed to have been drained of anger: "How could it be? How could it be? What about death? How could she die? "

Eunuch Qi wiped away tears: "Shu Min followed Xiao Yuanyao's plan and took Princess Anping away. Later, because Xiao Yuanyao was cold to Shu Min, Shu Min conspired with Xiao Yuanshan and exchanged Xiao Yuanyao. Xiao Yuanshan imprisoned Princess Anping for who knows where. Later After his true identity was discovered, he drew his sword and committed suicide. Before he died, he had Princess Anping killed. The place where Princess Anping was imprisoned was burned to nothing! Moreover, after Shu Min left Nanling, he also I once left a note saying that Princess Anping... she had been buried in the flames!"

What?

Really...really dead?