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Chapter 66: Wen Xin's Life Experience

"This... what's going on? Why do you call me a princess? Who is my father?" Wen Xin showed a confused look on her face. When she asked the last sentence, a look of sadness and anger turned on her face. With her intelligence, she could naturally hear a lot of information from the conversation between Li Yan and Lu Hong, but this information was undoubtedly a huge impact for Wen Xin, which made her thin body tremble slightly, and even felt like she was shaking.

Seeing Wen Xin's delicate appearance, Li Yan felt pity, and turned to her sideways and held her in her arms, and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid of Wen Xin, everything is there. No matter what happens, you are my Li Yan's wife and my lifelong woman!"

Feeling the warmth in her husband's arms, Wen Xin finally stopped trembling, but tears could not stop. Big ones surged out of her eyes, crossed her delicate and beautiful face, and dripped onto Li Yan's clothes. In fact, she already had an answer in her heart. Aunt Hu and his wife would never lie to her, but in this way, her father was actually Xiao Xian, the last emperor of the Xiao family in Lanling. However, the Liang Kingdom was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago, and Xiao Xian was also killed by Li Yan's grandfather Li Yuan. In short, her husband was actually the grandson of the enemy who killed her father. It was precisely because of this that Wen Xin could not accept it for a moment.

"You guys retreat first. The princess feels a little uncomfortable today. Let's talk about this issue another day!" Li Yan stroked Wen Xin in her arms and waved her hand to Lu Hong and the others. He could naturally think of what Wen Xin could think of. But he was shocked, but he smiled bitterly. If he had known this, Wen Xin shouldn't have stayed. But who would have thought that her life experience was so bizarre?

Lu Hong and the others were also a little worried about Wen Xin's body. After hearing Li Yan's words, they looked at each other and stood up and were about to leave, intending to give the princess more time to adapt. However, Wen Xin suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

Wen Xin said, sat up from Li Yan's arms. Wiped the tears on his face and said to Lu Hong with red eyes: "Uncle Lu, tell me about my life experience in detail. I want to know what's going on?"

"This..." Lu Hong hesitated. He was a little worried that Wen Xin would not be able to bear the spirit after listening to what happened back then. However, when Li Yan saw Wen Xin's strong performance, he felt love in his heart. Although Wen Xin seemed to be a weak girl, she had stubbornness and pride in her bones. At critical moments, she could also be stronger than anyone else. This is also one of the things that Li Yan likes her the most.

"Miss, I'll talk about this matter. I know the most about it back then!" At this moment, Aunt Hu suddenly spoke. Compared to her husband Lu Hong, she knew Wen Xin's temper better and knew that her lady was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. To explain these things to her clearly is a good thing, so that she would not guess randomly.

Wen Xin nodded to her when she heard Aunt Hu's words, and then Aunt Hu sighed, starting with the old story of Liang Kingdom, and slowly uncovering the dusty past.

The Xiao family of Lanling was originally the descendant of the Southern Liang royal family. For example, Xiao Yu's father and brother were both emperors. It was only during the Sui Dynasty that Hou Liang was incorporated into the Sui Dynasty and the Liang Dynasty was officially destroyed. Xiao Xian's grandfather was named Xiao Yan, the younger brother of Emperor Ming of the Later Liang Dynasty, Xiao Kui was Xiao Yu's father, so Xiao Xian was considered Xiao Yu's son and nephew.

Although the Later Liang Dynasty was nominally a country, it had become a vassal during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui and had no freedom at all. Later it was merged directly. The Xiao family had a large population and no privileges, so many of them did not live well. Xiao Xian is an example. He was poor since childhood and depended on his mother for life. He once made a living by copying books for others. However, later Yang Guang ascended the throne, Xiao Yu's sister Empress Xiao, the nominal grandmother of Li Yan, was favored, and the Xiao family also received a lot of attention. Xiao Xian was appointed as the magistrate of Luo County because of Empress Xiao, the aunt.

Although Yang Guang's uncle took care of Xiao Xian so much, Xiao Xian later did something very sorry for Yang Guang. Because the heroes of the end of the Sui Dynasty, Xiao Xian also raised an army to rebel and provoked the country's name of Liang. He followed for a long time. Later, during the Wude period, Xiao Xian proclaimed himself emperor in Yueyang and later moved the capital to Jiangling. His sphere of influence reached Jiujiang in the east, Sanxia in the west, Jiaozhi in the south (now Hanoi, Vietnam), and the Hanshui in the north, with 400,000 elite soldiers, especially the navy's extremely elite, and became the overlord of the south for a time.

After Xiao Xian became emperor, everything followed the old system of the Liang Dynasty and the management of military generals was not strict, which also caused the arrogance of military generals in China, and illegal things would be reported from time to time. Xiao Xian quickly discovered this problem, so he reduced the military power of military generals in the name of quitting and farming. As a result, this caused dissatisfaction among many people. From time to time, some people raised troops to rebel, while Xiao Xian quickly wiped out with thunder means.

Originally, with Xiao Xian's talent, if he was asked to wipe out the country and develop for a few more years, he would have fought with Li Tang to compete for the world. Unfortunately, it was ruined by Li Jing and Li Xiaogong. At that time, both of them saw the turmoil in Liang, and Li Yuan's brain was not sucked dry by women, so they agreed to this matter. As a result, with the cooperation of the two most outstanding military generals of the Tang Dynasty, and many people in Liang were dissatisfied with Xiao Xian, they surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, allowing the Tang army to march straight into and attack the city of Jiangling, the capital of Liang.

Xiao Xian is also a decisive person. Seeing that he was isolated from inside and outside, there were no reinforcements outside, and it was difficult to support the city. He was desperate and did not want the people of Jiangling to suffer the war. So he asked Li Xiaogong to agree not to disturb the people and ordered the door to surrender. At that time, the people of Jiangling and the soldiers guarding the city cried bitterly. Li Xiaogong also kept his promise, allowing the subjects of Liang to feel the benevolence and righteousness of the Tang army. Later, more than 100,000 reinforcements of Liang State arrived. After hearing the benevolence and righteousness of the Tang army, he also surrendered. Therefore, after a brief revival, Liang State was destroyed by Li Tang.

Later, Xiao Xian was escorted to Chang'an. He was originally Xiao Xian's identity, and he was extremely popular in the south, and he had no grudges with Li Tang, so he could at least be a free and carefree Duke. However, when Xiao Xian faced Li Yuan's face to ask Li Yuan's face torture, he answered neither humble nor arrogantly, and every word was reasonable. As a result, Li Yuan was angry and ordered Xiao Xian to be beheaded despite everyone's opposition. As a result, a riot in the south was triggered, and it finally calmed down.

Wen Xin, as the daughter of the Xiao family, was naturally very clear about the history of the Liang State. At the same time, he also heard from the old people in the clan that when Xiao Xian was established, the Xiao family of Lanling regarded him as the hope for the revival of his homeland. Although he was defeated later, the children of the clan also looked proud when they mentioned Xiao Xian. After all, there were only a few people who could compete with the Tang Dynasty at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Xiao Xian was one of them. At the same time, this also proved that the talents of the Xiao family of Lanling emerged in many talents.

Although Li Yan knew that there was a figure named Xiao Xian in history, he was not very clear about his deeds. Therefore, after hearing the detailed explanations above, his face was moved. Although Xiao Xian was defeated and died, he established a separatist force of 400,000 troops in just a few years, and he was indeed a hero. Unexpectedly, Wen Xin's father was such a person?

After talking about the old story of Liang State, Aunt Hu began to talk about Wen Xin's life experience. It turned out that when Xiao Xian surrendered, he also left a way out for himself. Wen Xin's mother, Zhou, was also from a large clan in Jiangnan, was named Virtuous Concubine, and was pregnant. Xiao Xian was also worried about his fate at that time, so he let Aunt Hu, who was the commander of the Hutou Army at the time, as well as Hu Li and Zhou Long, who were deputys, and Lu Hong and Lu Qing, two talented people, lead two thousand Hutou Army to protect Wen Xin's mother from Jiangling City.

They originally planned to hide for a while, and if Xiao Xian was fine, it would not be too late to surrender again. However, after the news of Xiao Xian being killed came, Lu Hong and the others were sad and angry, but they did not have the strength to resist. Moreover, Xiao Xian had already given instructions before that if he had an accident, let Lu Hong and the others wait until the child was born. If it was a boy, they would let them help with all their strength. If there was a chance, it would not be too late to make a comeback. If it was a girl, then find a safe place for the Zhou family and daughter to spend their lives safely.

As a result, Wen Xin's birth broke all the hopes of Lu Hong and others, but they were all loyal to Xiao Xian. Although Wen Xin was a girl, they still did not give up and prepared to take over the old subordinates of Luo Liang Kingdom, develop their power overseas, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack the Tang Dynasty. However, this incident was opposed by the Zhou family. First, as a mother, she naturally did not want her newly born daughter to wander overseas. Second, she felt that as a woman, she should not bear the hatred of the country. She just wanted her daughter to live her life safely and had no interest in the matter of restoring the country.

Although the Zhou family was just a woman, they were from a noble family and were very talented. Lu Hong and the others were also very convinced of this virtuous concubine, so they respected her opinions very much. Later, after discussion, Lu Hong and Aunt Hu decided to follow Wen Xin and her daughter, while Lu Qing and the other two took Luo's loyal soldiers to Xiao Xian and went to sea on a boat. After all, for them, they really disdained to live in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The matter behind was very simple. Lu Hong and his wife protected Wen Xin and his daughter and secretly found Xiao Yu. As an elder, Xiao Yu also attached great importance to Wen Xin and his daughter, so he protected them. In order to cover up, he asked his second son Xiao Rui to help cover up and make Zhou the nominal concubine of Xiao Rui. Therefore, only Xiao Yu and Xiao Rui and Xiao Rui and his son knew about the identity of Wen Xin and his daughter.

After listening to his life experience, Wen Xin was already lying in Li Yan's arms and crying. Li Yan was also saddened by Wen Xin's miserable life experience, and he felt infinite pity in his heart. He hugged her tightly and comforted her softly. However, in this tenderness, there was a hint of worry on his face. Wen Xin's father was killed by his bastard grandfather. Will this affect the relationship between the couple?
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