It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 360 Chickens and dogs are restless in Weiyang Palace

Sima Yong was very kind to Princess Pingyang. In such a chaotic situation, he gave her a tomb in the Sima royal family cemetery on the outskirts of Chang'an, and she was simply buried seven days later.

Sima Zhong refused to return to Weiyang Palace and wanted to keep vigil for the imperial sister for seven or forty-nine days.

But at this time, Sima Yue's army had already marched to a place less than 200 miles away from Chang'an City. Sima Yong refused to let Emperor Sima Zhong stay in the suburbs and refused to return, and even ordered someone to tie him back.

Sima Zhong cried and screamed, and kept smashing things to vent his dissatisfaction. The entire Weiyang Palace was in a state of restlessness. Zhang Du was pushed so hard that he couldn't straighten up. Yuan Jianshuo, Zhang Heng and Zhao Ran all stayed by his side, never leaving.

Yang Xianrong didn't take care of it. He just closed the door of Juyuan Palace and gathered all the palace attendants of Princess Pingyang together. Those who expressed their willingness to leave were given a hundred gold coins to leave. Those who were unwilling to leave could follow Yang Xianrong. , arranged to do things in the Queen's Palace.

There are not many people in Princess Pingyang's palace. There are less than thirty people in total, and they are all older.

According to Mao Hongmao, these are all embroidered garment messengers who were personally trained by the late Emperor Sima Yan.

They knelt together and kept kowtowing to Yang Xianrong to thank her for taking care of Princess Pingyang for the last time.

Yang Xianrong felt that he was at a disadvantage, so he walked among them and whispered: "Although I have taken over the Embroidered Clothes Messenger for many days, I also know that I have to rely on you for everything. It is better not to kneel down to me anymore." We will go to the tomb of Princess Pingyang someday..."

"Queen, please don't say that. There is not much left in the future. It's better to think about what to do now." The person who spoke was Princess Pingyang's personal maid Mu Tan. She is even older than Princess Pingyang. She is still three years older, but she is an extremely capable person. Judging from her appearance, she should be able to do martial arts. "With the door behind closed doors, we will all follow the Queen. It is very likely that Sima Yong will abandon the city and flee. What will the Emperor do?"

"What happened again?" Yang Xianrong's face turned dark. Things that have happened recently are beyond her control and she has become extremely passive. Their imperial army has always been trapped in Weiyang Palace, and there is no news. More importantly, Chang'an City is Sima Yong's territory, and many things cannot be done.

"The news is not conclusive, but there have been rumors in the past few days. Sima Yong felt that he could not defeat Sima Yue, and the armies of both sides were fighting fiercely in Xingyang. The situation was extremely tragic." Mu Tan looked solemn, "The Queen must make plans in advance. "

"How to plan this?" Yang Xianrong became nervous, "Follow Sima Yong? That's not good."

"You must not follow Sima Yong." Mu Tan has been with Princess Pingyang for a long time, so he naturally has some royal bearing, and because of his age and experience, he is more calm. "But Sima Yue can't believe it either."

"What should we do? We can't close the door and not go out. None of us can deal with this situation now." Yang Xianrong was extremely anxious. She couldn't lose her temper at will like Sima Zhong, but she still had to do something. prepare.

But just as they were talking, Zhang Liangxue ran in in a panic and shouted: "Queen, Sima Yong has run away with his people!"

"What?" Yang Xianrong's expression changed drastically, "Where is the emperor?"

"The Emperor is still losing his temper in Weiyang Palace. Manager Zhang asked me to come over and give you a message first, and quickly think of a countermeasure."

The weather has entered April, and there is still flying sand and rocks outside the palace gate. Even if the gate is closed, it is blown open by the strong wind and makes a clanging sound.

Compared with the chaos in Chang'an City, the Weiyang Palace was extremely quiet at this time, without any sound. Yang Xianrong clenched his hands into fists and kept thinking about what to do. What if we take the emperor and run away at this time? But where can I run?

Yang Xianyong and Yang Xiangkang have already ran in, and the news they brought is more specific.

Xingyang fell, and Sima Yue's forward general Qi Hong and others led the fierce Xianbei cavalry and drove straight into Guanzhong. Sima Yong's Hongnong prefect Peng Sui, Beidi prefect Diao Mo, and generals Ma Zhan and Guo Wei were all defeated and fled. Sima Yong was panic-stricken and abandoned Chang'an City, preparing to flee to Taibai Mountain.

"Sima Yong has already left, and he didn't say that he would take the emperor with him." Yang Xiankang was sweating as he ran, "I just checked every place in Weiyang Palace with my eldest brother, and asked the imperial guards to guard it first. To let anyone in."

"Defend?" Yang Xianrong asked, "Who are we guarding against? Sima Yue? Qi Hong?"

"Absolutely." Yang Xiankang was not sure, so he had to look at his eldest brother Yang Xianyong.

Yang Xianyong asked the imperial army to maintain the Juyuan Palace at all levels. He even patted the palace door and confirmed that the door was extremely heavy and could not be opened for a while. Then he walked up to Yang Xianrong and said, "Sima Yong It was very sudden when we left. We must have received some kind of secret report. I am afraid that Sima Yue's vanguard is about to arrive. Our imperial army only has more than 2,000 people, but it is useless to fight head-on. "

"Let them come in?" Yang Xiankang asked, "That's not good either."

"I wonder what Sima Yue is thinking? If so, let the emperor be the emperor..." These words were a bit awkward, but everyone could understand them. Yang Xianyong just paused before continuing, "I heard Sima Yue's message was to 'welcome the emperor to the west' and to invite the emperor to return to Luoyang."

"Why bother?" Yang Xianrong couldn't help but say, "Is it interesting? Is being an emperor a thing?"

"General Manager Zhang is discussing with a few veterans around the emperor, let's wait." Yang Xianyong looked at Princess Pingyang's courtiers who were kneeling on the ground, and whispered: "Why don't we let everyone clean up and gather in Juyuan Come on, if anything happens, we'll come together."

"Hey, brother..." Yang Xianrong saw this expression on his brother's face for the first time, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Then why don't we let them leave? Anyway, the gate of Chang'an City is open now, so they can leave in time." Yang Xianyong added.

"No, we have to follow Empress Ding." Mu Tan said with a serious face, "This is what Princess Pingyang ordered."

"Well, but I think it's better to take this opportunity to arrange for a few people to go out of the city to see the situation. Let's spread out everyone... I just think that in case... I mean just in case, if we run away, there will be no danger outside. Someone answered." Yang Xianrong knew that due to his identity, he could not speak at will. But at this time, she thought it was better to speak out, and she couldn't care less.

Mu Tan actually smiled and said: "That's okay, and Princess Pingyang also arranged for some people to go out before. If there really is such a day, there will be people on the road, the queen, don't worry."

"Okay, that's it, don't be afraid." Yang Xianrong calmed down, "Then let's pack up our belongings. In case we suddenly run away, we should always bring some gold and silver with us."

"Yes." Mu Tan nodded, Cui Xi nodded, Zhang Liangxue nodded, and even Zhang Du, who had just rushed in, nodded when he heard this and said, "The important thing is to pack some food."