Ye Zhen and Empress Fang had known each other for several years. If it weren't for her, Empress Fang would not have been able to conceive a child. If it weren't for what happened to Zhao Yang, Ye Zhen would still have a good impression of her.
Although Zhao Yang was framed by Li Yu and had nothing to do with Empress Fang, Ye Zhen could no longer regard Empress Fang as her confidant as before.
Empress Fang did not bring extra guards with her. Only her twin brother followed her. Dressed in plain clothes, she looked like an ordinary woman, not the mother of a country. When she came to the tent, she saw Lu Yaoyao, whom she hadn't seen for many years.
She was still the same as the impression in his memory. Lu Yaoyao, who was dressed in plain clothes, could make people feel her soul-stirring beauty even though she was just sitting there quietly. Every move she made was dazzling and breathtaking. Time really treated this girl well. So many years had passed, and she had already given birth to a child. How could she still be so beautiful and charming?
It was as if she was no different from when she was fifteen years old.
On the contrary, she had quarreled with Li Heng over the years and was too old to look in the mirror.
"Yaoyao, long time no see. How have you been?" Empress Fang looked at Ye Zhen and smiled slightly, restraining the envy in her heart. A woman like Lu Yaoyao would be envied by all the women in the world.
How did the imperial concubines of the Jin Kingdom survive? Having such an empress was probably a demon in their hearts.
Ye Zhen smiled faintly and looked at Empress Fang, who had changed a lot compared to a few years ago. She waved her hand. "Empress Fang, please sit down."
Empress Fang did not stand on ceremony. She sat down next to her and Fang Yu left the tent to wait at her signal.
"After so many years, I didn't expect to meet you in such a way." Empress Fang sighed. "I knew that you were not comparable to ordinary women. It seems that it was true."
Looking at the five countries in the Central Plains, no one had such a strong force that could encircle Dongqing in such a short time.
"I thought you should have expected it." Ye Zhen's eyes were cold. After Zhao Yang was almost killed and her father was put under house arrest, how could Li Heng be so naive to think that they would not fight back?
Empress Fang smiled bitterly. "I let you down and didn't take good care of Zhaoyang. If I hadn't only cared about my child that day, Li Yu wouldn't have had the chance."
"It's useless to regret what happened in the past," Ye Rou said calmly. "Fang Huang didn't look for me just to reminisce, did he?"
"Now, even if I want to reminisce about the past with you, I'm afraid there's nothing left to talk about." Empress Fang smiled bitterly. "I'm not here to beg you to retreat. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have a child of my own in this life. I just hope that you can give my child a way out in the future."
Ye Zhen gave her a faint look. "When did I say I was going to kill your child?"
"If you don't kill her, there will always be people who want to use her." Empress Fang said, "I know that sooner or later, you will break into the palace. At that time, there will be people who will protect the Crown Prince and leave. I don't want my child to live in hatred for the restoration of the country. I only hope that she can live her life peacefully. It doesn't matter even if she doesn't have a life of luxury."
Empress Fang's words were true. Not everyone in Dongqing would be willing to surrender. Someone would definitely rescue the Crown Prince and then use his identity to create chaos among the people under the banner of restoring the country.
"For the sake of this child, can you promise me …" Empress Fang choked with sobs at the end. Ye Zhen's silence made her think that it was a refusal.
"Are you going to accompany Li Heng to die for the country?" Ye Zhen looked up at Empress Fang indifferently. Listening to her words, she didn't plead for her, which meant that she wanted to die.
"I don't expect too much," Empress Fang said.
Ye Zhen looked at her for a while. "Is Li Heng going to fight to the death?"
"He just wants to prove that he can protect Dongqing without Your Excellency Ye." Empress Fang chuckled. Her smile was a little sad.
"Without my father, how could there be Li Heng's Dongqing? If I hadn't saved him, would he still be alive today?" Ye Zhen's eyes flashed fiercely.
Empress Fang couldn't refute because it was true.
She thought that she couldn't make Ye Zhen agree, and she felt sad and helpless.
Ye Zhen sighed softly. "I'll have someone send you and your daughter away. Don't go back to Dongqing again. I don't want to see you again."
"Yao Yao …" Empress Fang raised her head with tears in her eyes. "Are you going to let us go?"
"As you said, your daughter and I are fated," Ye Zhen said lightly. Ye Rou said calmly, "Whether or not you can leave the palace with your daughter depends on your ability."
Empress Fang stood up. "Well, I … I'll leave the palace with my daughter."
"You only have three days. After three days, I will order the attack," Ye Zhen said.
"Yao Yao, thank you." Empress Fang knelt down.
"Let's go." Ye Zhen frowned and turned her head away, not wanting to look at her.
Empress Fang looked at her with a smile and turned to walk out of the tent. Fang Yu greeted her. "Sister."
"Let's go back first." Empress Fang held Fang Yu's hand tightly. "Let's go."
Shui Yichen came in and frowned at Ye Zhen. "You …"
Ye Zhen said as soon as he opened his mouth, "I know you're going to say that I'm too soft-hearted again. I didn't intend to do anything to the empress. I let her leave with her daughter, and I didn't want someone to take the crown prince's position."
"I haven't said anything yet." Shui Yichen said expressionlessly.
"I know what you want to say even if you don't speak." Ye Zhen snorted. "Attack the city in three days."
Shui Yichen smiled. "Yes, Heavenly Consort."
Hearing Shui Yichen call her Heavenly Consort, Ye Zhen's eyebrows jumped a few times. She always felt that Mo Rongzhan would go berserk when he heard about her.
"Is there anything else?" Ye Zhen asked, raising her eyebrows.
"After the city is breached, how do you plan to settle these soldiers?" Shui Yichen asked in a low voice. "Although it's too early to say this, you should have an idea."
Ye Zhen was slightly stunned. She had forgotten that these soldiers who followed her now had no home here. She still had to settle them down so that they could bring their families here in the future.
"I'll think of something." Ye Zhen nodded. There was still a lot of money left in the 20 chests of gold she brought back from Hua Nation. When the time came to reward the three armies, she could let them settle down in Dongqing. As for how to settle them, she would have to wait until she entered the capital.
Just as Ye Zhen was about to return to her tent to accompany the children, Ye Chunnan came over with a strange look on his face. "Yao Yao, someone is looking for you."
"Who?" Ye Zhen felt that Ye Chunnan's expression was a little strange. Could it be that the person who came to see her was Empress Fang again?
"Zhao Yong." Ye Chunnan said, looking at Ye Zhen strangely.
Ye Zhen chuckled. "He's still alive."
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