eurekapd Chapter 625 The Queen’s Thoughts
Chapter 625 The Queen’s Thoughts
Hearing this, all the ministers were shocked.
A minister said,
"The Yan army is so overbearing that they don't even bother to talk and just want to kill people. We haven't even surrendered yet, and they're acting like this. If we surrender, won't we be treated worse than pigs and dogs?"
"But we no longer have the capital to negotiate. We have already made two envoys, and Shen Changgong has made it very clear that we will no longer accept negotiations. If we send more people, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
It would be better to be more obedient and make the other party happy, and maybe they will treat us better."
"Humph, relying on the mercy of your enemies for your own fate is the most foolish thing to do."
"Oh, you're awesome, you're smart, go ahead and fight! There's the Yan army outside the city, go ahead!"
"You... hum!"
Among these ministers, the capitulationists only wanted to obey, and the hardliners were only good at talking, and none of them could come up with any ideas.
Emperor Cao De of Wei was overwhelmed by what he heard. He waved his hand and said,
"Let's stop here for today. Dismiss the court and continue tomorrow!"
Anyway, the Yan army won’t be able to attack us in the next two or three days, so we might as well enjoy ourselves for two or three days first.
This is the only thing Cao De is thinking about now.
He is like an ostrich that encounters danger in the desert and buries its head in the sand so that the danger seems to no longer exist.
The ministers wanted to say something else, but Cao De had already turned and walked to the back.
He wanted to go to the harem, find his beautiful mature concubines, and have some good time.
Cao Xiang also sighed and walked towards the military camp.
Cao De came to the harem and walked into the imperial garden, wandering aimlessly, not knowing where to go.
Suddenly, a large group of people came over. The leader was a beautiful mature woman in her forties who still had some charm. She was wearing a phoenix robe, and behind her were a group of ceremonial guards holding fans and a group of palace maids and eunuchs.
This woman was the Queen of Wei.
Although the queen was old, she gave birth to a prince early and never gave birth again, so she always maintained a good figure.
At this time, she walked over slowly, full of charm.
As the saying goes, if a middle-aged couple holds hands, they will have nightmares for several nights.
Although the queen still had charm, Cao De had long been tired of her. He was fickle and liked other people's young wives the most.
At this moment, he felt sympathetic when he saw his first wife, and recalled the excitement and throbbing when he met her when he was young, and the love he had for her when he first fell in love with her.
He sighed and walked towards the queen.
The two walked in front of each other. The queen raised her head, frowned slightly, and asked,
"Your Majesty, what happened outside? I heard that Your Majesty has been very worried these past few days. Please don't let yourself get hurt."
Cao De sighed, waved to the palace maids and eunuchs, asking them to leave, and then he took the queen's hand and strolled in the imperial garden.
He hadn't favored the queen for a long time. When the queen's hand was pulled up, she looked at him in surprise.
"Queen, we are going to lose."
"Are we going to...lose? Can't we defeat the Yan people?"
The Queen asked calmly.
"Yes."
"Alas, if I can't defeat you, then so be it. On the road to the underworld, I will accompany Your Majesty. In the underworld, we will be husband and wife, and I will serve the Emperor."
Hearing this, Cao De looked at his queen with emotion. There was no insincereness in the flattery and flattery on her face every day. It was full of sincerity and love between husband and wife.
"Queen, I... am sorry."
Cao De sighed sincerely.
"Your Majesty, please do not say such things. You are busy with state affairs, and I, a concubine, have nothing to worry about in the harem, nor can I help Your Majesty in any way.
Why don't you tell me about the situation outside, Your Majesty? Even if I can't help, I can still let Your Majesty know about your worries. It will make things better."
"Okay, then I'll tell you."
Cao De sighed and spoke slowly.
"Originally, we didn't provoke anyone, but the Yan people, without any reason, invaded our country from the south.
The Chu army has not yet reached the border, and the Qian army is said to be still crossing the Yangtze River.
You can't count on them.
Our 500,000-strong border army was burned to death by the Yan people, and hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men in the north were directly surrendered and dismissed by the Yan army.
The Yan army of 150,000 secretly crossed the river from the west and attacked the 200,000-strong army in the riverside camp. They were completely wiped out and many were captured alive.
I ordered Cao Xiang to lead an army of 150,000 to rescue the riverside camp. However, he was defeated in a night attack, and only 50,000 of the 150,000 troops returned.
Now, there are only 200,000 people left in the whole of Luoyang.
The cavalry of the Yan army blocked the gate of Luoyang and were not allowed to enter or leave.
The main force of the Yan people was crossing the river.
I sent people to negotiate peace twice, and the result was the same. The Yan people only promised not to kill the families of me, my clan members, and the nobles, but did not mention any preferential treatment.
He only agreed to put me under house arrest in Shengjing.
Now all the civil and military officials in the court are discussing whether to surrender.
Queen, tell me, should we surrender or continue to resist?"
The Queen thought for a moment and asked,
"If we continue to resist, how long can we hold out?"
"I'm afraid we can't resist for even a day. The Yan army has artillery and divine thunder. It won't take them more than a day to break any city.
When attacking Linzi, Qi, the Queen of Qi blocked the city gates with huge rocks, so the Yan army simply blew down the city walls and marched in.
The Queen nodded and said,
"That is to say, if we resist, the Yan army will rush in and kill all the soldiers and civilians, all the nobles and royal family members, and us as well.
If we surrender, we can avoid war, but after surrendering, we are still uncertain whether we will be thrown into prison, enslaved, or released to fend for ourselves, right?"
"That's what I mean. So now the whole court, civil and military officials, are considering what to do."
The Queen pouted and said,
"It's very simple, it's just a matter of whether they want to live or die. We can't defeat them now, and if we continue to resist, we will surely die. But they want to live and preserve their wealth and glory.
There is no such good thing in this world. At that time, it will not be our royal family that is in charge, but the State of Yan.
They are of no use to the State of Yan, so why should they be nice to them? This is just wishful thinking.
Now it depends on whether they want to die with glory or live a miserable life."
"So, Queen, what do you think?"
"I will leave it entirely to the Emperor."
The Queen said seriously,
"If Your Majesty is determined to die, I will definitely die before you and will never live in vain.
If Your Majesty decides to surrender, I will follow You to Shengjing, wash clothes, boil water, chop wood, and cook, and be Your Majesty's wife through thick and thin."