The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

Two cold rays flashed across Queen Yan's upturned phoenix eyes.

"Sister, let's lead His Majesty out. We must work hard to return to the capital and revitalize the situation. As long as the imperial court is still there, no matter how much the border towns have lost, they can be recovered."

Fei Wan said, "To break out, we can only travel light and concentrate our elite forces to protect a small group of people."

Queen Yan was silent.

Her silence indicated that she didn't care about anyone else.

Fei Wan asked, "What if something goes wrong along the way?"

Empress Yan said resolutely: "You and I will definitely not fail."

"If something were to happen to Your Majesty on the road..."

"Then we're just starting our original plan early."

The original plan was to establish a new monarch.

Fei Wan understood that rather than escaping, Queen Yan wanted to take this opportunity to allow the emperor to die with a legitimate reason.

"Bring Concubine Shu?"

"Take her." Empress Yan gritted her teeth. "Let's see if the child in her womb is lucky enough. If it's the true dragon emperor, he will definitely be able to escape the disaster. If it's unfortunate, we can adopt the child of a royal relative."

If there is no suitable person in the capital, just look for someone in the lineage of vassal kings all over the world.

It's just a decoration anyway!

Queen Yan held Fei Wan's hand.

"Sister, wait for another half day. If the situation doesn't improve, we'll leave. We can't delay any longer."

Fei Wan patted the back of her hand gently.

She whispered, "Sister, prepare the manpower, we will wait a little longer."

She didn't tell Queen Yan.

She will never leave.

First of all, there is a city here, which can be defended. If you escape, you will easily be surrounded and killed by numerous enemy troops.

Secondly, the war situation has not completely collapsed.

It seems that disaster is imminent, but in fact, there is still a way to survive.

Fei Wan's mind flashed through the names of the people she had assigned tasks to, including Xie Weizhou and others.

You will definitely return with success!

I believe that Daliang’s national destiny will not be so bad this time!

……

Capital City, Imperial Palace.

He Qing Guifei, holding the white cat left by Empress Yan, sat quietly in the shade of a summer tree, her gaze piercing the blue sky, as if gazing towards the far north.

The trusted maid approached quietly and reported in a low voice.

"My Lady, there's news from the north. The great king has assembled his forces and is ready to go."

Concubine Heqing gently touched the cat's head, and the soft and smooth touch made her smile soften.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing?"

She looked up at the sky again.

I just hope that the east wind will blow over soon.

……

Qu State, the capital.

In a luxurious and tall mansion, a graceful woman played the erhu delicately, performing a Liang Dynasty tune.

The rich timbre of the huqin and the lingering, melodious tune of the minor key create a unique pairing, much like a woman's southern appearance and northern clothing, their distinct characteristics complementing each other perfectly, making the eye unable to look away.

If people in the Daliang court saw this, they would only be amazed.

How come the soft-spoken and gentle Lan Zhaoyi becomes so lively and radiant after arriving in the north?

No matter how she became like this.

The only thing that remains unchanged is that she will always belong to Fei Wan.

She could betray the emperor who had high hopes for her, but she didn't dare betray Fei Wan. Because the poison Fei Wan fed her before leaving required regular antidote administration, she didn't dare to gamble that she wouldn't bleed to death.

More than half a year later, she had become the favorite concubine of a powerful prince in the capital of Qu State.

The other party dotes on her, but is also wary of her.

But it doesn't matter, she didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

She just secretly followed Fei Wan's instructions and did everything she could to find out the whereabouts of a certain king's original wife and children who were held hostage. She also acted coquettishly and foolishly and asked her current man to buy the house next to the hostages' residence and give it to her as a gift.

As the king's favorite concubine, doesn't she deserve a luxurious house?

As for her secret dispatches to the south, and her covert attempts to sow discord between men and the Emperor of Beiqu...

It's all little things.

Compared with the emperor's high hopes for her, it is really not worth mentioning.

This is all she has, she can't do anything more.

……

Huzhou.

Tai Fu Shan.

Zhao Huaisheng rode on his horse, looking down at the battle situation at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing that the rebel army was as fierce as a tiger, they defeated the mob of bandits and robbers and killed them, forcing them to flee in all directions.

These bandits were originally scattered all over the place and had no power. Suddenly, more than half a month ago, they were organized and snowballed into a large force, sweeping through the surrounding prefectures and towns, and even killing several court officials.

The corrupt officials deserved to be killed, but the common people and villagers suffered terribly in the chaos. Some villages were in great trouble, with entire villages burned, killed, looted, and all the young and strong people died.

The rebellion shocked the entire Huzhou, but the imperial court did not send a large number of officers and soldiers to support it. The few local garrisons in Huzhou could not hold out and either abandoned the city and fled, or circled around the bandits instead of engaging in direct combat.

It was Zhao Huaisheng, a scholar who had settled down in a certain mountain. He started by organizing the nearby villagers to form a team to save themselves, robbing the money and food from the wealthy businessmen and gentry, recruiting soldiers and horses, and forming an army to fight back against the bandits.

In just a few days, they recaptured two towns that the government had failed to defend.

The rebel army quickly expanded to 30,000 people.

Seeing that the battle at the foot of the mountain was won again.

Zhao Huaisheng did not linger in the battle, nor did he order his army to continue killing the bandits and saving the city.

Instead, he quickly assembled his troops, divided them into two groups, and advanced northward.

An old acquaintance who had not been forgotten for many years once again sent him a handwritten letter from within the thick palace walls of the capital.

General Li Chaoying, a descendant of the Li family army who accompanied the emperor on the hunting expedition, also brought the latest news from the north - the Tartars are invading, the border is in danger, and we ask for your support!

Zhao Huaisheng extremely hated the emperor, the powerful, and the officials in the court who were just sitting there doing nothing.

I wish they were all dead.

But he loves Daliang.

Mountains, rivers, land, and fellow villagers.

Why don't men take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?

He did not hesitate, nor did he ask why Ming Guipin, who was already a concubine raising the princess, and General Li, whom he had never met, could both find his whereabouts and believe that he could lead troops to support him.

He only knew that the opportunity to realize his life ambition had come.

The summer wind blew across the wilderness of mountains and plains, across picturesque rivers and over smoke-filled city walls. North and south, the sun and moon rotated. It was as if someone was gently stirring the galaxy of Daliang's destiny.

The gears turn.

The wheel of history, once destined, slowly changed direction.