Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Take out my golden armor!" Meng Chang shouted when he returned to the harem.

The concubines who were kneeling on both sides quickly stood up and advised him not to touch the murderous creature in the harem, chattering loudly. Meng Chang sent eunuchs to carry it from the warehouse to see how his golden armor has changed.

The concubine grabbed Mrs. Huarui again: "Sister, please persuade Your Majesty."

Mrs. Huarui asked: "Does Your Majesty still believe in Wang Zhaoyuan's words and become an enemy of Zhou Jun?"

"We've come to the gate of the capital, and I want to fight in person!" Meng Chang looked ambitious.

Mrs. Huarui carefully asked: "Now...is there still time?"

"What's the meaning of Aifei's words?" Meng Chang frowned.

Mrs. Hua Rui muttered softly for a while, and said kindly: "The concubine risked her life to speak out, not to persuade His Majesty to surrender. However, a man can bend and stretch, so why don't Your Majesty find a way out while finding a way out?"

Meng Chang said: "What is the way to retreat? Chengdu is the capital of the Great Shu. Where will I retreat?"

Mrs. Huarui said: "Zhou Jun has already broken through the gate of the country, and entering Suizhou is like entering an uninhabited territory. Your Majesty should understand...But Zhou Jun's North Road has not yet broken through the sword gate, and the East Road will not be able to take Chengdu if there are fewer people. At this time, if Your Majesty...talks to them, maybe you can negotiate some conditions. In the future, the Zhou court will consider His Majesty's deeds, and may be more lenient..."

"Hmph! A woman's opinion, weakness can be deceived!" Meng Chang said angrily, "I treat you well, don't tell me you have two hearts?"

Mrs. Huarui was surprised, she quickly fell to her knees, and her skirt was immediately dragged on the carpet. She pursed her lips and said: "If Your Majesty really wants to conquest in person, the ministers and concubines will wait in the palace. Once they hear bad news, they will judge themselves."

Meng Chang shook his head, but he didn't know what he meant.

The look in Madam Huarui's eyes was very serious, and her tone was full of sadness: "The concubine had a very difficult life before, but life has passed...Maybe people like us, singing girls..."

Hearing this, the ladies around were all sad, Mrs. Huarui is a noble concubine, and now she actually calls herself a singing girl.

She choked up and said: "People like us are just living with difficulty, so we look very weak and immoral. But if Your Majesty refuses to listen to my advice and is determined to go to battle, the concubine will never live in an ignoble way, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness over the years."

At this moment, several eunuchs brought over a pair of golden armor hanging on a shelf. The armor is made of pieces of gold connected together, it looks golden, very precious and gorgeous.

Meng Chang was also very happy to see it, so he asked the eunuchs to help him put on the armor, wanting to try on his prestige. The eunuchs hurriedly dressed him and brought the helmet over. Unexpectedly, Meng Chang suddenly fell to the ground and struggled a few times before getting up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." All the eunuchs and maids hurried up to help him. Standing up with great difficulty, Meng Chang's body was shining with gold, but his face turned pale and his legs trembled, "I took it off...it's too heavy, this armor is not practical..."

At this moment, an eunuch hurried in, bowed his waist and said: "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Zhou's army rushed northward along the Fujiang River and approached Mianzhou (Mianyang). The governor of Mianzhou stated that all the soldiers and horses were transferred to Chengdu. There were no soldiers to defend. He said that he would sacrifice the city and surrender... I am afraid that he has surrendered at this moment."

"It's a surprise, it's not that they have come to Chengdu, what's wrong?" Meng Chang said angrily. Because a while ago, the Kai, Wan, Zhong, Fu, Yu, He, Chang, and Sui prefectures reported their surrender. So many places have been lost, and now another prefecture has been lost. Meng Chang has not yet realized it.

Mrs. Huarui whispered: "Mianzhou is the only way for soldiers, horses, food and grass to go north to Jianmen Pass from the capital. The Zhou army's goal is Jianmen Pass, right?"

Meng Chang slapped his forehead, and said to the eunuch who just came in: "Go and call the ministers to discuss matters!" After saying that, he wanted to leave.

"Your Majesty." Mrs. Huarui hurriedly said, "My concubine dares to say something. If Your Majesty is really determined to fight for the last time, you can lead the forbidden army to attack Mianzhou. One hundred thousand forbidden troops will face more than 10,000 Zhou army, at least the morale will be higher; if the Zhou army takes the sword gate and the two armies join forces to besiege the isolated city of Chengdu, the situation is over and no one wants to fight again..."

Meng Chang didn't say anything, turned around and wanted to leave again.

Mrs. Huarui hurriedly said: "If Your Majesty is unwilling to fight, send someone to talk to Zhou Jun as soon as possible!"

After Meng Chang left, a group of women surrounded Mrs. Huarui, calling her the imperial concubine and right sister, and regarded her as the backbone. Someone said: "Is there really such a thing? The army of the Zhou Dynasty is going to attack Chengdu?" "What should we do?"

In the past, Mrs. Huarui couldn't decide whether the Zhou army could break through the Kingdom of Shu, after all, the mountains were thick and the roads were difficult; but now, she has already decided that the situation of the Kingdom of Shu is over. No matter whether Meng Chang wants to fight or beg for surrender, the result is the same.

That's why Mrs. Huarui persuaded Meng Chang to be more obedient to please the generals of the Zhou Dynasty. After all, he was a monarch with a noble status. As long as he showed sincerity and obedience, he might really survive... Like Liu Chan of the Three Kingdoms, it is wise to not think about Shu. There is no other way, if you still act ambitious, isn't it suicide?

As long as Meng Chang can be let go and survive, his life will not be too bad. No matter how mean the Zhou Dynasty is, at least he will give a salary and a knighthood, so as to be in line with the status of a person who was once a monarch... Such an end, in the eyes of Mrs. Huarui, is already very good. Being able to live comfortably and maintain a noble status for life is much better than the low-level people she has seen before.

Mrs. Huarui also hopes to see that kind of result, and even more hopes that Meng Chang will take her with her. She is willing to live a carefree life with Meng Chang. She used to be a singing prostitute, but the bustard saw that she was beautiful and sold her for a price, so she kept her innocence. Later, the eunuch went to Qingcheng Mountain to find beauty for the emperor, so the bustard dressed her up as an orchid in an empty valley, a beautiful woman who lived in seclusion in a Taoist temple. However, Mrs. Huarui didn't want to live in a lie and told her life experience; but she was innocent before, and Meng Chang still loved her very much.

She thought for a while and said, "Let's have a look again. Find a chance, and I will beg His Majesty for you to see if you can go back to your mother's house."

But she herself doesn't know what to do... A singing girl, Jiaofang has already sold it with money from the eunuch, so what else is her mother's family? Unless she goes back to that kind of place by herself, she has nowhere to go.

Only rely on Meng Chang, she wants to help Meng Chang tide over this difficulty.

At this moment, an eunuch walked in, but stood there silently. Mrs. Huarui was careful, she saw it at a glance, and immediately said: "I'm a little tired, you go and bring some hot water into my bedroom."

"Here." The eunuch hurriedly turned and went out.

Mrs. Huarui got rid of a group of women and returned to her bedroom. After a while, the eunuch came in with hot water. The nearby maid hurriedly knelt on the ground to take off Mrs. Huarui's socks and wash her feet. At the beginning, the skin on the feet is like white jade, the soles of the feet are slender, and the toes are small and cute.

Mrs. Huarui did not make a sound. The eunuch took the initiative to bend down and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Grandma Wushan?"

Mrs. Huarui thought for a moment: "Remember, didn't you send someone to find her to give her the medicinal materials last time? I remember rewarding her."

The eunuch said: "My family found out that she is in the camp of the Zhou army, and she is very well received by the Zhou army leader Guo Shao."

Mrs. Huarui raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing this.

The eunuch said again: "Your Majesty, do you remember Daoist Yuzhen?"

Mrs. Huarui thought about it for a while, it's been too long, but she finally remembered, and suddenly said: "Is it that... miraculous woman, who wants to build a Taoist temple to respect the Queen Mother, and ask me to help accumulate good deeds?"

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty has indeed accumulated virtue. Daoist Yuzhen is now called Jingniang, and she is Guo Shao's confidant."

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