Peach Blossom.

Upon hearing this, not only Si Xiu, but also Madam Han, Shang Yun, Bai Shuo and others were surprised.

Without time to think, the group immediately rushed from Yanming Palace to Fenghua Palace. Before they reached the palace door, they heard noisy sounds coming from inside. Sometimes there was the sound of porcelain and jade being knocked over and broken, sometimes there was the sound of women shouting in panic, and more often there were multiple footsteps of varying directions that could not be distinguished.

Si Xiu ran very fast and entered Fenghua Palace in a flash, and Ge Sheng also ran madly after him.

Bai Shuo is old, and his legs and feet are inevitably not flexible enough. Bai Yang, Shang Yun and others cannot walk ahead of Bai Shuo because of the presence of their seniors.

Only Mrs. Han followed Si Xiu's steps a little faster and followed him shortly after he entered the room.

They entered the second gate and saw that all the people in Fenghua Palace had already run out of the palace and were running around the main hall.

Si Rong had disheveled hair and was swinging her sword wildly. Two maids were already injured. Wang Yu was hiding and running everywhere, screaming continuously.

Si Xiu moved closer and saw that Wang Yu was running very fast. He accidentally tripped over some broken objects on the ground and fell. In the blink of an eye, Si Rong chased after him with a sword and stabbed Wang Yu.

Without any better ideas at the moment, Si Xiu could only stand in front of Wang Yu.

When the sword tip was only an inch away from Si Xiu, Si Rong saw clearly that it was Si Xiu standing in front of her, and she hurriedly retreated, almost falling backwards.

Si Xiu quickly stepped forward to help Si Rong.

Madam Han looked around the mess in the courtyard and couldn't help but ask Si Rong, "This is a very important place in the palace. How could the princess bring a sword in?"

"Even if it was my father's bedroom back then, I would still carry a sword with me. Who does she, Wang Yu, think she is?" Si Rong pushed Si Xiu away, put the sword against the ground, and looked at Wang Yu fiercely.

Wang Yu fell to the ground and cried. His hands were scratched by the porcelain fragments on the ground, and his sleeves were stained with blood.

Si Xiu couldn't help shedding tears. He looked at Si Rong and talked about the family relationship with a melancholy look in his eyes: "Since you still remember how much our father loved you, you should also remember his last words. We swore by his bedside... We will never betray each other in this life..."

"Did I betray you? Or did you betray me?" Si Rong roared like crazy, questioning: "This bitch killed my child whom I carried for ten months and survived many deaths. You are the child's uncle, why don't you stand up for us?"

"I..." Si Xiu's eyes were blurred with tears. He bit his lip and shook his head: "Yu'er is kind-hearted. How could she harm a newborn baby?"

"She is kind-hearted? Have our hearts been eaten by dogs?" Si Rong raised the sword and approached again.

Si Xiu thought Si Rong was going to chop Wang Yu again, so without thinking, he opened his arms and blocked Wang Yu.

Unexpectedly, Si Rong raised the sword with both hands and placed it on her own neck.

Si Xiu was so frightened that he stretched out his hands tremblingly and shouted, "Sister, don't..."

"You make a decision in front of me today. Either execute her! Or execute me!" Si Rong's voice whistled in the wind, her long hair fluttered with her dress, and the sword tip was closer to her neck.

Si Xiu rubbed his hands together and cried and cried.

Bai Shuo and others finally came in and saw this scene from afar.

Bai Yang walked quickly and lightly, approaching Si Rong from behind, and swung his arm, hitting the back of Si Rong's head.

"Sister..." Si Xiu hurried forward to help her, and Si Rong fainted in Si Xiu's arms.

Xu Mu stared at Bai Yang and asked indignantly, "Why did you knock him out again?"

Bai Yang asked calmly, "If you don't knock her out, are you really going to force the emperor to execute the queen? Or are you going to watch the princess commit suicide?"

Xu Mu snorted and turned his face to the other side.

Si Xiu hurriedly called the maids who followed Si Rong to help Si Rong to lie down in the side hall, and ordered someone to summon the imperial physician.

Seeing that Si Rong had been settled, Bai Shuo stepped forward to persuade Si Xiu: "The emperor has also seen that the princess has gone to such lengths because of the loss of her beloved son. The Duke of Qiao is even worse!"

Madam Han also said, "What Situ Bai said is very true. The emperor is young and has only been on the throne for a short time. The internal and external situation is already unstable. Now something like this has happened. If he wants to stand firm in front of the ministers, he must cut the Gordian knot quickly."

Shang Yun also said, "Your Majesty, you should know that when the late emperor was alive, he trusted me the most and gave me the tiger talisman. When he was ill, he repeatedly told me that if I encountered important matters, I must wait for the approval of both the princess and you before making a decision. I also asked the late emperor what to do if the princess and you disagreed. The late emperor asked me to defend myself. If you cannot handle things impartially today, don't blame me for siding with the princess."

Si Xiu's mind was already in a mess, and after hearing these words, his brain was about to collapse. Especially Shang Yun's words, he couldn't help but be angry.

Shang Yun had just finished speaking when Si Xiu suddenly picked up the sword that Si Rong had dropped and handed it to Shang Yun: "If the Queen has made a mistake, I am also to blame. Since General Shang is so capable, why not kill me today? How do you think?"

Shang Yun didn't dare to take the sword, he immediately knelt down and knocked his head heavily on the ground: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I dare not overstep my authority. However, less than half of my soldiers are originally from Yongchang, and the rest are mostly from the Chen family. Once the people are angry, I may not be able to suppress it. I just want to remind your Majesty."

Si Xiu looked at Shang Yun for a while, then threw the sword on the ground and turned his back: "I am tired, can you guys leave?"

Shang Yun and Madam Han looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed, and had to leave. Han Jing, Shang Lei and others had no choice but to leave as well. Bai Shuo, Bai Yang and others also left.

Only Xu Mu remained here.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the courtyard began to clean up the mess, and Si Xiucai helped Wang Yu up and comforted him for his injuries.

Xu Mu walked up to the two of them and said suddenly, "Please go back to your room and rest, Queen. I have something to say to you alone."

Si Xiu looked at Xu Mu, then at Wang Yu.

Although Wang Yu has always been dissatisfied with Xu Mu's arrogance, he had no choice but to leave under the circumstances.

So Wang Yuxian took Xiuping's hand and avoided it.

Si Xiu said softly: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"I asked them to come together to persuade you." Xu Mu's voice was cold and impolite.

Si Xiu nodded, "I've already guessed it."

Xu Mu sneered and began to mock Si Xiu again: "I really didn't expect that you and Si Xiu, who have only been married for a year and are still a willful and unruly woman, could be so affectionate?"

Si Xiu wiped away the remaining tears from the corners of his eyes, lowered his head and answered: "It has nothing to do with love or not, it is the principle of being a human being. Although Yu'er has a bad temper, she is definitely not an evil person. I live with her day and night, so I know her better than you do. If I know that someone is innocent, but I disregard the life of others for the sake of self-protection, even I would look down on myself. My mother would never let me do that."

"Your mother? Do you still remember that you have a mother?" Xu Mu's expression became strange, and he laughed in frustration, with an unusual tone. "If you were in danger, wouldn't your mother and the Thirteenth Army have to run to you and risk their lives? You only cared about protecting this woman, and never thought about their lives?"

Si Xiu lowered his head and remained silent.

"We are in a weak position, but you are unwilling to avoid our attack. Do you think that emperors of all dynasties are willing to kill innocent people? But which dynasty didn't have a few victims?" Xu Mu said, tears welling up in his eyes, but he still smiled: "I am not exaggerating. Believe it or not, Chen Ji is going to rebel soon!"

Si Xiu raised his head and glanced at Xu Mu. The two of them looked at each other, both looking a little flustered.

"If you execute Wang Yu, we still have some room for maneuver, and it can also buy some time for the Thirteenth Army to enter Beijing secretly. If you insist on protecting her, then it will be too late! It will be too late for anything, do you understand?" Xu Mu slapped the back of his right hand on the palm of his left hand, analyzing the situation with great pain, and tears in his eyes could not help but fall.

After hearing what Xu Mu said, Si Xiu's tears, which had just stopped, began to flow again.

"Between Da Qi Jiang Shan and Wang Yu, which one do you choose?" Xu Mu's tone gradually became stern, staring at Si Xiu.

Si Xiu shook his head helplessly, tears streaming down his face: "I know you want to blame me, but I can only choose Yu'er. Please also quietly send someone to tell my mother that if the country cannot be saved, then don't save it, and don't make unnecessary sacrifices... Everyone's life is hard-earned..."

"You..." Xu Mu punched Si Xiu's chest fiercely, "Do you think you can save your life if you give up the throne?"

Si Xiu just stood there blankly, tears streaming down his face.

"What about me? What about me?" Xu Mu poked his chest with one hand and asked sharply, "Me and Wang Yu, who do you choose?"

Si Xiu’s eyes widened and he choked instantly.

"You choose!" Xu Mu urged.

Si Xiu buried his head, hardly daring to look at Xu Mu: "Yu'er is sincere to me, and so am I to her. Husband and wife should share weal and woe. This is what my mother taught me. What made her most angry was my father..."

"No need to say more, I know." Xu Mu said this and turned to walk out.

“Brother Xu…Brother Xu…” Si Xiu chased after him for a few steps, but in the end he didn’t take more than a few steps.

Xu Mu walked out with firm and powerful steps without looking back.

Wang Yu had been listening to the conversation between Si Xiu and Xu Mu from inside the door. Although he couldn't hear it clearly, he got the general idea.

After Xu Mu left, Wang Yu came out of the room and saw Si Xiu suddenly covering his face with his hands, squatting down and crying loudly.

"Your Majesty..." Wang Yu squatted opposite Si Xiu and hugged Si Xiu with both hands.

"Why are you forcing me? Why are you forcing me?" Si Xiu cried.

In front of the Fenghua Palace gate, the emperor and the empress hugged each other and cried bitterly. Xiuping, Gesheng and other palace maids watching felt that it was a bad sign.

The wind was freezing cold, and Wang Yu helped Si Xiu into the house to rest.

In the middle of the night, Wang Yu was sleeping in a daze. In her dream, she seemed to see her own mother smiling and waving at her.

"Mom... where are we going?" Wang Yu followed Mantangjiao as a matter of course, as if she were still a little girl of six or seven years old, jumping happily.

Suddenly, Wang Jing's voice came from the back: "Yu'er! Come back quickly! Don't go!"

Wang Yu looked back and saw Wang Jing staggering towards him with the help of crutches. He tripped over a big rock and fell down.

"Dad..." Wang Yu screamed in horror and woke up from his dream.

Si Xiu, who was sleeping soundly, was also awakened. He quickly sat up and listened carefully. He vaguely heard a dull horn sound.

"What's that sound?" Si Xiu put on his clothes, got out of bed and opened the window.

Wang Yu didn't hear any special sounds, but he quickly dressed and hurriedly walked behind Si Xiu, "What's wrong?"

It was so cold late at night that it made people shiver. A gust of cold wind blew in from the window. Si Xiu wrapped himself tightly, as if he was so cold that he could hardly open his mouth: "The sound of the horn... It's the sound of the horn... It must be Chen Ji leading the troops..."