This year's annual festival seemed extraordinarily cold because of the Ronin siege.

Due to the emperor and the queen still have to observe the mourning, plus in order to save the grain storage, New Year's Eve palace did not have a banquet, only to the imperial capital in the fourth grade or above officials rewarded some things. This reward is almost the same as before, mainly clothes, gold and silk, but at this moment it is like reminding people of the problem of food storage.

It is a rare night for a large family to have a reunion at home, but right now this reunion seems to be surrounded by sadness because of the uncertainty of the future. However, because the provisions in the city are still enough at the moment, and may not wake up, will find that the king's forces to come, so do not know how to worry about the children made a fuss for a while, the atmosphere is also warm up.

Wei Changying had to cope with her two naughty and energetic sons, as well as observe the New Year's Eve, and remember her husband, who was far away in Yanzhou or had already left Yanzhou by now....... Therefore, when everything was over and she returned to Jintong Courtyard, she held on to the last of her strength to pacify her two sons and settle them down. After returning to the Jintong courtyard, she held on to her last bit of strength to pacify her two sons, and fell asleep when she was so tired that she didn't remove her hairpin and dress, and collapsed on the couch.

...... She was shaken awake by Huang in a panic.

In fact, Wei Changying had never seen Huang in such a frightened and confused state before. Her dress was not in order and her hair was in a messy bun, she did not have any of the demeanor and calmness that should be expected of an aunt with a winning face, and she grabbed Wei Changying's shoulder with both of her hands, for the first time, without the slightest concern that it would hurt her, and she even splashed her tears on her face as she spoke, "The grain and grass have been burnt! "

"What did you say?!" Wei Changying was woken up at this moment because he was too tired, and when he heard the words at first, he was still a bit confused and mumbled a question in return.

Huang almost bawled as she told the story ''About two hours ago, the storehouse caught fire! Because it was daytime, it burned for a while before being discovered by patrolling soldiers! Rush over but do not know when a small group of elite Rong people to take advantage of last night's New Year's Eve, the soldiers are slack, touched into the city! They found the storehouse, killed the guards, threw oil on the grain, and set it on fire! Now the whole city is rushing to put out the fire, but the Rong people outside are also attacking the city, so up to now, the fire has not been extinguished! It is rumored that 70% to 80% of the grain inside will not be saved!"

Wei Changying only felt that the blood in her whole body froze for a split second and then boiled like a furious wave, surging into the top of her head and leaping back to her feet she gripped the brocade quilt on her body with all her might to suppress her screams, "Then now?!"

"The valve master went to the palace to go to the court." Huang choked and said, "It is said that the situation at the west gate is very bad the lady has just sent a message to the people in the house not to walk ...... freely, but privately sent Mantang over to ask us to pack things for the two young daughters! "

The imperial capital now has no elite troops at all, no Xuanjia guards of the imperial forest army to say is a rabble is not excessive! Previously because let everyone see the food stock is sufficient, and also claimed that the diligent king's division will definitely arrive before the food stock is eaten up to relieve the siege. Military discipline lax for many years of the imperial army plus private soldiers, guards, and the city's young and strong to be able to work together, which can be held.

Now that seventy to eighty percent of the grain stocks have been burned the key is still burned in full view of the public the blow to the hearts of the people in the city can be said to be fatal! At this moment, Ximen is not well, under such a fluctuation of people's hearts, God knows how long it can still hold out and whether it can still hold out? Even if we make it through today, what about the next? Even though the high gates hadn't handed over all their grain stocks before, because of the Taishi's lead the big head was handed over! What will the people in the city do when there is an emergency?

Anyone should think of eating each other when they are hungry! So that the Rong people do not even fight, as long as no one diligently king, they just siege but not attack, since they can wait until the time when the imperial capital is not attacked and broken!

At this point, the imperial capital basically could not be defended unless the diligent king's troops arrived immediately and could be seen on the city.

In this case, each family since to consider the preservation of the bloodline ...... Wei Chang Ying did not even have time to cry for the separation of mother and son as well as their own next destiny, so he put on his clothes and got up, rushed to the side house where the two sons lived to pack their bags for them.

She was anxious to find out the winter clothes that she must wear at this season, while she gathered up the fine things that were easy to carry, and told her nurse to wake up the two children and dress them.

Because of the New Year's Eve vigil until dawn, the two children played for most of the night, and at this time is sleeping in the dark. Nursing mother how to shout can not wake up, had to so dress them.

After putting on the clothes, the maid twisted a cold handkerchief over to wipe their faces, hard to make the two children open their eyes, confused to see their mother squatting in front of them to straighten their lapels and the wind hair on their small fur coats, Shen Shuguang ah, subconsciously looked out of the window at the light of the day, muttered "Mother, so early to get up? Didn't grandmother say that she would allow my child to sleep until after noon today?"

"Guang'er, take good care of your brother from now on, understand?" Wei Chang Ying put her hands on her eldest son's shoulders, a thousand words, but at this juncture, in addition to this sentence, actually can't think of anything can't say anything trembling voice said this sentence, she turned her head to look at still rubbing his eyes ignorant second son Shen Shuxie, said in a low voice, "Xie'er, you have to listen to his brother in the future. brother's ...... no, brother told you to fool around, so don't listen to him."

Although Shen Shuguang was only six years old, he was extremely intelligent, and at this moment, sensitively sensing that the situation was not right, he stood up from the edge of the couch and asked, "Why did mother say this to us?"

"Be good in the future." Wei Changying gently touched his cheek, greedily looked at his little face full of doubts it is very likely that mother and son this goodbye, will never see again! She was unwilling from the bottom of her heart, coming from a famous family, marrying a good son-in-law, a loving couple, two sons ...... on her knees If she hadn't stumbled upon this damned world, her whole life, her family, would have begun and ended in the midst of the beautiful and rich!

The two children are still so small, even if there are dead soldiers to escort them to break out, but the forest of swords and arrows, so small and so fragile children are slightly rubbed by the edge of the blade that will be ...... And in this chaos of war, who knows if they can be sent safely to her husband Shen Zangfeng side? If something happens to the husband, the two children can only be sent back to Xiliang, following the uncle to live.

Will you be aggravated at that point?

Even if they are successfully reunited with Shen Zangfeng's father and son, the husband is young and has a high status, so how can he not renew his marriage in the future? The second mother has entered the door, the son of the first match is the most eye-catching, and still two ...... Wei Chang Ying has not been in the backyard of the aggression, but from the grandmother, Mrs. Song and the married aunt Huang's place, also heard a lot of private things in the house, not to mention, the former Crown Princess Liu Ruoyu's stepmother, Zhang Shaoguang, but it is a ready-made example?

If his own flesh and blood were to meet a stepmother like Zhang Shaoguang, Wei Changying would die without peace of mind even if he thought about it!

She was a hundred thousand percent!

But what could be done about it? The fact that her mother-in-law had only allowed the packing of the two children's belongings was tantamount to telling her that once the city was broken, or forced to break out, the dead soldiers would only be responsible for taking the two children out, without her.

This can't be said that Granny is heartless, if Wei Changying guessed correctly, even Granny herself is ready to stay ...... After all, outside the city are two hundred thousand Rongmen! After all, there are 200,000 Rongmen outside the city! And they are all the elite Rongmen, which is not comparable to the Imperial Forestry Army in the city, which also claims to have 200,000 soldiers, but actually has more than 100,000 soldiers.

Although it is said to be scattered to the four gates, outside each gate is also 50,000 Rong soldiers, but the imperial capital can be said to be a horse near the river is completely undefended, once you leave the protection of the city walls, it will have to face the naturally good at riding and shooting Rong people's pursuit!

In this situation, it was simply impossible for the existing dead soldiers of the Shen family to protect all the people of the Shen family to escape. Because even in the beacon fire of the yearly war with the Di people sharpened out of the elite of the Xilang army, in this terrain with the Rong, Di fighting, unless the other side first beat the morale of the morale of the big drop, necessarily also have to equal numbers of full strength, simply do not allow any tiredness!

Can t protect everyone, then of course we have to make a choice ...... This clan is about to usher in a catastrophe, when this time, the priority is of course to protect the male heir who can inherit the bloodline.

Shen Xuan and Shen Zhou are still in their prime, the future of the clan's status to maintain also need them to hold the scene, the situation after the breakout but also they to clean up, certainly will not be abandoned.

And among the heirs of their knees, the sons will be able to get riding and shooting, and will not drag the back leg of the dead soldiers, like Shen Zang Li and Shen Jingshi even outstanding martial arts, but also can reduce the pressure for the dead soldiers.

But the grandchildren are all very small if it were not for the fact that the Shen family has a small number of male heirs, and that the grandparents and uncles are all in their prime and have no one in particular to look after except the grandchildren, I am afraid that this time all the children would have been left behind as well!

In her heart, she told herself over and over again that the two children were blessed with a long life, and with the protection of many elders and dead soldiers, they would be able to escape from life, and that it would be better than staying in the imperial capital and letting herself watch them die prematurely....... Even if they would be aggrieved by the fact that they would not have the care of their birth mother, wouldn't Liu Ruoyu grow up just the same? Besides, my husband is not the kind of father that Liu Hai is Wei Changying tried her best to hold back her tears and softly urged, "Guang'er is the older brother, so you have to protect your younger brother in the future."

"Mother?" Shen Shuguang looked at her in confusion, "Why later?"

"You guys go to your grandmother's side." Wei Chang Ying suddenly leaned down and hugged the two children tightly on the left and right!

She hugged so tightly and so tightly, using almost all of her strength, itching to rub the two children back into herself the young Shen Shuxie even screamed in discomfort ......

A moment later, she violently let go of her hand, stood up, and turned her head decisively, asking Huang, "Has Zhu Lei come yet? Tell him to come in and quickly send Guang'er and Xie'er to the upper room!"

"Mother, why do you want to go to grandmother's place now?" Shen Shuxie is still young, nominally four years old, in fact, he is only three years old, before being held by his mother, because of the pain, but also took the opportunity to make a bad, reach out to the mother's temples side of the long hairpin loose a little bit, at this moment is tugging at Wei Changying's skirt to play, completely unaware of the goodbye is imminent. Shen Shuguang, who was two years older than him, had already heard the suspicion, and tugged at his mother's sleeve in fear, asking repeatedly, "Didn't we just come back from Grandma's place? Grandmother said we could sleep more today, why do we have to go over now? Why is Uncle Zhu sending us instead of mother accompanying us?"

Wei Changying looked down at him, her eldest son's dark and bright pupils clearly reflecting her own image, his childishly beautiful face was a mixture of confusion, and at the moment there was more instinctive fear than she knew why. After that, she went to Xiliang to be with her husband, and after returning to the imperial capital, she thought she could finally make up for this child, but who would have thought that in less than three years, she would have to leave him again?

And this time, it may be forever.

She pinched her palm to stop the urge to bawl, smiled, gently raised her hand, as usual, as if nothing had happened, touched Shen Shuguang's head, with the softest, kneaded into the most unrequited emotions in this life, said "Good boy, you go over first, for my mother still have some things to do,...... a little while later to go to your grandmother, you and your brother go first. You and your brother, go first!"

"...... "Shen Shuguang is usually used to pleasing his mother, see his mother said so, habitually agreed, but after agreeing, the boy's heart felt suddenly empty, like losing something, the age is too small he can't accurately describe this feeling, but there is A kind of instinct, let him suddenly tug on the train of his mother who was about to turn around and leave, called out "No! I want to go there with my mother!"

Wei Chang Ying blinked away her tears quickly the moment she turned her head, and she looked down at her eldest son with a smile, "You have to be obedient!"

Shen Shuguang was still insisting that his mother accompany his brother to his grandmother's place, but he didn't want Wei Changying's hand, which was arranging his lapel for him, to flick on his sleeping point, and he fell down softly. Only then did Shen Shuxie realize that something was wrong, and he tugged at Wei Changying's skirt in a bewildered manner, saying in a milky voice, "Mother, what's wrong with second brother?"

"Second brother is asleep, Xie'er is good, after you go to grandmother's place with uncle Zhu, you have to listen to grandmother in everything, understand?" Wei Chang Ying said with extreme gentleness, she hugged her eldest son, bent down, gently kissed her second son's pink cheeks, pressed her forehead against his, touched it, her voice turned flat, and commanded in a tone that did not carry any emotion, "Call Zhu Lei to come in!"