When I was in the capital, I received the imperial edict from the empress. It was just a few simple sentences and did not explain what happened at Yanmen Pass.
After arriving, after talking about the battle at Yanmen Pass, Di Luoxi asked the empress about her will.
This time, Long Chen did not speak, but let the empress do the talking.
The empress said: "A few days ago, I got news about your grandmother."
The two princesses asked in surprise at the same time: "Didn't my grandmother pass away?"
Master Ziyun was the same generation as the empress. When the emperor's spirit disappeared, the empress was very depressed. Master Ziyun always encouraged the empress and even helped lead the troops to fight against the invasion of Xixia.
Hearing the news about Emperor Ling, Master Ziyun was shocked and asked: "Is the late Emperor still there?"
The empress looked at Master Ziyun, her voice was a little excited, and she said: "He was captured by ghost fetuses and imprisoned in the ice fields and snowy mountains."
Master Ziyun asked in shock: "Is the news true? Is it confirmed?"
The empress nodded and said: "It's confirmed. King Wu captured three ghost clans and conducted detailed interrogations."
Di Luoxi straightened up, half-kneeling and asked: "But...but didn't my grandmother pass away? We still go to offer sacrifices every year."
Since childhood, the news they have known is that the emperor's spirit has passed away, and his mausoleum is a hundred miles east of the capital city, where sacrifices must be made every year.
The empress shook her head and said: "No, my mother suddenly disappeared back then. I searched all over the world and found no trace."
"Later, I thought he might have been assassinated by a thief and his body could not be found."
"I never expected that the queen mother would be captured by a ghost fetus."
The ghost fetus has always been in the Central Plains, but has never appeared. The empress could not think of the ghost fetus.
So I searched all over the world and found nothing.
It wasn't until Long Chen returned from Holy Snow Peak that the ghost fetus officially came into view.
"Then...then...who is in the tomb?"
Di Lingyi felt incredible. The things he had known since childhood had turned out to be fake. It felt so magical.
The empress said: "That is the tomb of clothes. The queen mother is not in the mausoleum."
The two princesses fell into a brief silence, they didn't know how to evaluate this matter.
Master Ziyun sighed and said: "Who could have thought of it? Who could have thought of it... At that time, we didn't even know that ghost fetuses existed, and..."
And, fortunately, they don't know the existence of ghost fetuses.
In other words, fortunately, the ghost fetus was not planning to show up at that time.
Otherwise, with the true level of cultivation, it would be easy for Gui Fei to kill the Empress and Ziyun.
At that time, the Empress was only in the mid- to mid-term of the Martial Emperor, and Ziyun was about the same.
The disappearance of the Emperor's spirit stimulated the Empress, who asked her to practice hard and break through to the Emperor in one fell swoop.
When the emperor's spirit disappeared suddenly, Nanliang and Xixia saw the political turmoil in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and their subjects were at a loss as to what to do, so they invaded with troops.
At that time, Jing Tianlie paid a lot and worked hard to defend the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. From that time on, Jing Tianlie completely became a powerful minister of the warlord and despised the imperial court.
The empress knew what Master Ziyun meant and said, "Fortunately, we were weak enough at the time and the ghost fetus didn't take us seriously, otherwise we wouldn't be alive today."
"But now that I have broken through the real realm and know where my mother is, I must go there!"
It was impossible for the empress to just watch her mother fall into the hands of a ghost.
If left unchecked, the empress would feel guilty for the rest of her life as she watched the emperor's spirit die.
After saying this, no one answered again and fell into a brief silence.
Master Ziyun continued: "But...has the Holy One ever thought of a possibility?"
The empress said very clearly: "I thought about it, this is a trap, the queen mother is not there at all."
Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi didn't think too much. After Master Ziyun reminded them, they both said, "Yes, Queen Mother, what if grandma is not here? What if this is a trap?"
In fact, they don't want the Empress to take risks. For them, the Empress is their biological mother, and the Emperor's spirit is just a relative whom the Empress calls her. They have never seen her, let alone have any feelings for her.
The empress took a long breath, exhaled slowly, and said firmly: "Even if it is a trap, I must go there to make sure it is a trap!"
Just as Long Chen expected, the empress couldn't let go and took the risk even though she knew it was a trap. This was a dead end.
Long Chen had set so many traps and made so many dead ends, and this time he finally got into the dead ends set by others.
Even though I know the dangers involved, even though I know it's a trap, I still have to dig in.
Emperor Lingyi looked at Long Chen anxiously and said, "Since the Queen Mother knew it was a trap, why did she insist on going?"
Di Luoxi also said: "The queen mother left Yanmen Pass with her front foot, and the ghost fetus led the troops with her back foot to attack in a sneak attack. We cannot resist it."
"When the time comes, the people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and all the people in the world will suffer. Queen Mother... think twice, Queen Mother."
The empress lowered her eyes and said, "I know everything, but I must go!"
The empress looked very determined and could not be persuaded.
Di Luoxi looked at Long Chen and said, "Speak, please advise the Queen Mother!"
Emperor Lingyi also said: "You must go with us, do you want to watch your mother fall into a trap?"
Long Chen pondered for a moment and said: "The attachment to your loved ones is a knot in your heart that cannot be untied."
"My hatred for Li Chengdao can only be finally eliminated by killing him. Even destroying Nanliang is not enough."
"The same is true for His Majesty's attachment to the late Emperor. Without a trip to the snowy mountains, His Majesty's knot in his heart will never be resolved!"
Di Luoxi was speechless by Long Chen. She wanted to argue but didn't know what to say.
Master Ziyun said: "I'll go together."
Miaoyin also said: "I will go too."
The empress shook her head and said: "I called you three here because I want you to help guard Yanmen Pass. If we fall into a trap, you must guard it."
Di Luoxi immediately said: "The queen has gone, and the sons and ministers must go too. The queen has gone to save her grandmother, and the sons and ministers must protect the queen!"
Emperor Lingyi also immediately said: "My sons and ministers will also go together."
The two princesses played tricks to stop the empress.
"You two, stop making trouble, this is the order, don't resist it."
"Stay safe here, I'll be back soon."
The empress could see through their little thoughts at a glance.
Di Luoxi still wanted to say something, but Long Chen said: "Stop trying to persuade her. It's useless. I've been trying to persuade her for a long time."
In fact, Long Chen didn't persuade her because he knew it was useless. He said this to persuade the two princesses not to persist.
The two sat down, looking very worried.
"It's true that the queen is rescuing grandma, but at least we have to wait until we break through the real realm before going there, otherwise we won't be able to hold on."
Di Luoxi suddenly had an idea and found a good reason.
The empress looked at Long Chen and said: "You only have the last step to go. Let him accompany you tonight. Maybe you can break through tomorrow."
Well...
Long Chen looked at the empress speechlessly, how could there be a mother like her in the world?
What about inciting your daughter and son-in-law in public? Do you have no sense of shame?
Di Luoxi was embarrassed and Di Lingyi stopped talking.
Miaoyin and Ziyun smiled but said nothing.
"Okay, it's getting late, you all can go."
The empress looked at the gradually darkening sky outside, and began to think about the Emperor Ling again.
Long Chen got up and went down, and the two princesses also came down slowly.
Ziyun stayed in the room to talk to the empress, while Long Chen and the others left the room.
"Why didn't you join us in trying to dissuade the Queen Mother just now?"
