The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 557 Family Decline
The personal guards behind him caught the messenger.

The messenger panted and said: "My dear, the King of Hejian is dead!"

"Who?" Jingli didn't react for a moment.

The messenger said again: "The King of Hejian, the King of Hejian who has just established himself as emperor in Youzhou!"

Tantai Yulie is dead?Jing Li was shocked by the news: "How could it be so sudden?"

You must know that Tantai Yulie and Tantai Lin are similar in age. Unlike Emperor Longxin, Tantai Yulie was born strong and powerful, so why did he die so suddenly.

"How did you die?"

The messenger took a few sips of water before continuing to reply: "The news circulating in King Hejian's palace is that he suffered from sudden heart palpitations. The specific cause is still under investigation."

Jing Li told the guards around her: "Go and tell the prince about this!"

Tantai Yulie died, and many things had to be readjusted.

Zhang Xiong is not far from Youzhou. If he takes this opportunity to annex Youzhou, it will not be easy to deal with the situation in the future.

It is not known who is in charge of the land of Youzhou, and it is not known whether this person can block Zhang Xiong's offensive.

Xiao Zhizong didn't care at all about what Jingli was worried about.

With great power in his hands, he is now ambitiously trying to conquer the entire world.

"Father, the White Lotus Army is coming fiercely, how can we withstand it?" Miss Xiao, who had been promoted to Queen Mother Xiao, asked Xiao Zhizong worriedly.

Xiao Zhizong said disapprovingly: "They are just a bunch of rabble, nothing to worry about."

"I have already negotiated with the princes of Linbian and Linbian to capture the rebels like the White Lotus Army in one fell swoop, and then we can attack Chang'an with great force!"

Empress Dowager Xiao was not optimistic about this. The White Lotus Army was strong in Qingzhou, and Zhang Xiong was good at leading troops in battle. It was not that easy.

The personal nun beside me hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother, Li Meiren has run away!"

Empress Dowager Xiao was shocked when she heard this: "Didn't someone have her executed? How could she escape?"

Mammy looked panicked and said: "I was really good at seeing her, but when the two guards saw that she was a weak woman, they didn't take it seriously. After taking her out, they found a place to drink, intending to entertain Li Meiren! "

"Unexpectedly, for some reason, I fell asleep in the middle of the journey. When I woke up, I was nowhere to be seen!"

Xiao Zhizong was furious: "It's just too much success and more failure than failure. Even a single woman was let go. Hurry up and have people seal off all the city gates and checkpoints. We must find Li Meiren."

Empress Dowager Xiao said uneasily: "Father, if Li Meiren runs away, will our affairs be publicized?"

"So what can we do? The King of Hejian is cruel and unkind, and the people under his rule are miserable. We hate him deeply. If we knew that we were the ones who killed him, we would just applaud him. Who would feel unfair for him? ?" Xiao Zhizong said angrily.

Their family was forced by the King of Hejian and Eucommia ulmoides, and they had no choice but to defect to the King of Hejian with their pregnant daughter.

Unexpectedly, this beast didn't show any sympathy for the hard work he had to do to escape with his family, Xiao Qianli, and actually played tricks on him as his father-in-law. He even caused the child in Xiao Lianxin's belly to be aborted, and tortured Xiao Lianxin until he was half crazy and half stupid.

When people say that Tantai Lin is cruel, he is referring to his enemies. How have you ever seen people and relatives treated like this? But this King of Hejian has absolutely no humanity at all. He can even kick his own son to death without showing any regrets. None, they are simply inferior to animals.

The Xiao family, who were tortured by Tantai Yulie and were worse than death, teamed up with Li Meiren in the palace to secretly look for opportunities.Tantai Yulie was drunk that day, and was told by Li Mei that he took away the knife under the pillow and drugged the water.

It was a good plan, but I never thought that Tantai Yulie was a very skilled martial artist, but he woke up midway.

Mei Li and Empress Dowager Xiao were so frightened that they wanted to cover him with a pillow, but the woman was weak and the two women were unable to control Tantai Yulie.

Xiao Zhizong, who was waiting outside, saw that something was wrong, so he entered the room with two women and strangled Tantai Yulie to death.

After killing Tantai Yulie, Xiao Zhizong did not send Li Meiren out of the palace to reunite her with her lover as he had promised.

Instead, she was sent out and then executed. Even though Tantai Yulie was a tyrant who was in charge of his own affairs, Xiao Zhizong, as a human minister, must not commit the crime.

The father and daughter were busy dealing with various affairs in the palace. They had to clean up the palace servants and everything. Only after finishing all this could they send a message to inform the world of the death of Tantai Yulie.

After all this is sorted out, preparations will still be made to support the young emperor to ascend to the throne.

Although the King of Hejian came to the throne on his own initiative, the Xiao family had no way to go. They refused to let go of all this and turned around to acknowledge Emperor Longxin's principles. Besides, sooner or later, Sichuan would be dominated by Eucommia ulmoides.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. It is impossible for the Xiao family to exist at the same time as the Du family, not to mention the growing power of King Changling on one side. Xiao Zhizong is eager to seize the power in his hands.

Unexpectedly, Li Meiren ran away at this moment, which was beyond the father and daughter's plans.

Empress Dowager Xiao hesitated and said: "Father, Li Meiren is a weak woman, even if she is somewhat scheming, it is not easy to escape."

"My daughter is worried that there will be someone outside to help her?"

"Don't worry too much. After all, she is just a weak woman and cannot make waves." Xiao Zhizong comforted his daughter like this, but he was a little worried in his heart.

If someone colludes with Li Meiren, the story of their father and daughter's murder of the King of Hejian will soon spread throughout the world, and the officials and aristocratic families in Youzhou will not recognize it. What will happen to the Xiao family?

However, things eventually developed in the worst direction. Li Meiren was nowhere to be seen. After the news of King Hejian's death spread, it aroused all kinds of speculation and criticism from the Youzhou family.

Rumors spread rapidly, and various bloody stories began to spread in Chang'an and Shu about the Xiao family's father and daughter conspiring to conspire against Dafeng.

In a small alley in Chang'an City, a young man pushed the door open and entered the courtyard. Inside, a young woman was struggling to fetch water.

Seeing the young man coming in in a panic, the woman immediately asked nervously: "Brother, are all the rumors true?"

"Could it be that my father and eldest sister really killed the King of Hejian?"

Xiao Yifeng took off his bamboo hat and helped his sister to fetch water from the well. Inadvertently, she saw her sister's hands like dead trees.

He felt a little sour in his heart for a moment, thinking that his sister, as the eldest daughter of the Xiao family in Qingzhou, had worked like this before, but now she has to work so hard.

Xiao Yifeng was silent for a long time before saying: "Nine times out of ten, this is true. The King of Hejian is cruel and unkind. My second uncle has always been ambitious and unwilling to be subordinated to others. It is not unusual for something like this to happen."

After Xiao Yifeng finished speaking, the brother and sister were silent for a while.

After a long time, Xiao Lianyun said bitterly: "Why did our Xiao family, a powerful family, end up in this situation today?"

"Second uncle behaves like this. I wonder what happened to my father in Shu?"

(End of this chapter)