PNB Chapter 215 Concubine
Chapter 215 Concubine
The Grand Queen was stripped naked and tied to the flag platform, her body covered in blood!
Her hair was disheveled, and she seemed numb.
There were people constantly bullying her all night long.
When the news reached the Great Zhou, it was discovered that the Grand Consort had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, leaving Prince Uwei's life hanging by a thread. The Great Khan ordered the Grand Consort to be raped and then displayed naked in public.
This is for Shen Shixi.
Li Yuanke held her tightly, comforting her, "This has nothing to do with you. I'll arrange for someone to rescue her!"
Shen Shixi said, "No need, just send her to see Batel! Have someone prepare some things for me."
Killing someone is one thing, but to humiliate a woman like this, especially one's own sister-in-law and former Empress Dowager, is utterly depraved!
Shen Shixi worked through the night to make a simple cannon barrel that could be launched, and also made several cannonballs about the size of a bowl in diameter, and had them fired at the flag tower in Beisha.
The distance was about two or three miles. The wolf king deliberately made sure that the Zhou side could see it, just to provoke Shen Shixi!
Shen Shixi was indeed severely provoked.
The main reason was that the Grand Duchess tipped her off.
The maid Sarilang knelt before the Grand Consort, weeping and trying to cover her shame with her own body, but to no avail. Behind her, someone raised a riding whip and lashed it down hard.
"Sarilang!" the Grand Duchess said weakly, her face still bearing a serene smile, as if the humiliation had not befallen her.
Not far away, someone was making lewd gestures towards her, but she remained calm despite seeing it.
This was bound to happen sooner or later!
Sarilang held the Grand Consort in his arms and listened to her whisper, "If you can escape, then escape. Sarilang, tell Chenyuan about the little prince. Don't say anything else, just tell her this one thing."
Sarilang was utterly shocked. "Grand Consort!"
The Grand Consort nodded to her. "Go, don't worry about me. I only want to die. Chenyuan will grant my wish, she will!"
Sarilang ran away crying and was brought before the Wolf King of the Northern Sands. He lifted her chin and said, "Tell me, what did the Grand Consort say to you?"
Sarilang trembled, "The Grand Consort said to leave her alone, saying that Imperial Noble Consort Chenyuan will definitely avenge her!"
"Bastard!" The Wolf King of Beisha was driven almost mad by the provocation!
Just then, a guard reported, "Wolf King, something has been pushed out from the North Sands. It looks terrifying and is heading this way!"
"withdraw!"
The purple bamboo flute began to play a tune, carried by the southeast wind. It was "The Lone Wolf." The Grand Princess listened intently, and as she listened, she laughed, tears streaming down her face. She had been looking forward to this day for so long.
She wasn't afraid to die, but she couldn't die in vain.
It was intentional for her to tip off Shen Shixi, and it was also intentional for her to let the Wolf King know. She was also very clear that Shen Shixi didn't need her to tip him off at all.
She saw through Shen Shixi and realized that he was a very righteous and upright person. He seemed cold and indifferent, but in reality, the more so, the more loyal and affectionate he was.
Shen Shixi is the kind of person who has deep feelings and a strong sense of righteousness in his heart.
She dreamed of avenging her husband and children, but sending her youngest son away had exhausted all her abilities and resources. Sacrificing herself for this revenge was the best end for her.
The wolf king's men had barely withdrawn when the flute music stopped, the last note fading into the air.
Shen Shixi's voice rang out, "Sister Zhuo Yan, I've come to see you off on your final journey!"
"Chenyuan, my dear sister, thank you! In the next life, I will repay you by being your ox or horse!" Consort Zhuoyan cried out, smiling as she looked south. "Sarilang, live well!"
The Wolf King of Beisha stopped his horse, turned his head, and took one last look at the woman below the flag platform, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.
Several black objects were launched one after another, flying towards the camp in Beisha. Bombs were flying in the sky. Sarilang ran south towards the bombs. No one dared to lay a hand on her, and no one cared.
All eyes of both sides were focused on the black, round object. Even Li Yuanke stared intently at it. The purple bamboo flute was played again, and Zhuo Yan raised her head, her gaze meeting the bomb flying towards her. In the flames that shot into the sky, she seemed to see Batelhan's face.
She smiled and stretched out her arms to him. "Battle, you've finally come to pick me up?"
The heatwave swept her up and instantly turned her to ashes.
The camp was leveled by the shockwave, the flag tower disappeared, and a deep crater about half a person's height appeared in its place.
After the heatwave subsided, the Wolf King and his men rushed over, staring at the deep pit in silence for a long time.
Without a doubt, the weapon that destroyed half of the palace was this thing.
It wasn't just Beisha that was shocked, but also Da Zhou.
Inside the imperial tent, Sarilang knelt before the Empress and spoke the Grand Empress's dying words: "The Grand Empress's spirit in heaven will be extremely grateful to the Imperial Noble Consort. You are the Grand Empress's savior. From this day forward, Sarilang is willing to obey your every command!"
Sarilang was fast, but she was still knocked to the ground by the blast wave. However, she was incredibly lucky and survived.
Shen Shixi knew perfectly well that the Grand Consort was also plotting against her, but since it was an open scheme, it was understandable.
By cultivating the eldest princess's youngest son to fight against the wolf king, creating internal strife among them, the goal of splitting up the Northern Sands would be considered a brilliant move by anyone with a bit of political acumen.
The Queen Dowager instructed Sa Rilang to tell Shen Shixi about her youngest son, essentially handing her son over to Shen Shixi as a pawn.
But Shen Shixi didn't want to do such a thing. "I don't need you to obey my every command. The Grand Consort allowed you to escape, not so that you would be used by me. I understand the Grand Consort's meaning. You may go and rest now!"
Sarilang breathed a sigh of relief; she did indeed want to follow her young master.
After everyone left, Li Yuange asked, "What does Xi'er think?"
Shen Shixi nestled in his arms, "This isn't something I need to consider. What does it have to do with me? I don't care if she wants revenge or not. To put it bluntly, if the Great Zhou really wanted to annex Beisha, would they bother using a twelve-year-old child?"
Wouldn't it be better to let the child make their own choice?
If he wants revenge, he should come to the Great Zhou Dynasty himself.
She sat up abruptly, hugging Li Yuanke's shoulders. "Li Yuanke, do you want to be the ruler of both the North and the South?"
Li Yuanke had no interest. "I don't want to. Leave it to your son to do; it'll exhaust me!"
He was so fed up with being emperor that going to court every day felt like going to a funeral. He had to use his good temper from three lifetimes to suppress the urge to give each of his ministers three axe blows. And he was still the ruler of both the North and the South!
Are you going to bring over that primitive, impoverished people from Beisha to help them every day?
I'm so full I feel bloated!
Shen Shixi laughed heartily, feeling that Li Yuanke was just like those emperors of the Ming Dynasty, fighting crickets, doing carpentry, cultivating Taoism and seeking immortality... none of them had any ambition.
If Li Yuanke hadn't wanted to be a wise ruler, Shen Shixi thought his greatest desire would probably have been to become a general on the battlefield, or to live a life of leisure as a wealthy prince.
"Li Yuanke, you're so adorable!" She cupped Li Yuanke's face and kissed him several times. "This trip must have been exhausting for His Majesty; he looks so tired and has lost so much weight!"
"You heartless wretch! You only just noticed I've lost weight? Is this how you serve me? Do you even remember your place? You don't even care about your own man!"
Shen Shixi laughed so hard, "The more I listen to your tone, the more you sound like a woman resentful in her boudoir! 'She hates the warbling of orioles in the morning and envies the pair of swallows at night.' Oh dear, we've wronged His Majesty!"
Li Yuanke couldn't help but chuckle. "Shut up! This wretched mouth of yours dares to call me a lonely, resentful woman confined to her chambers. Do you really think I can't do anything with you?"
Shen Shixi hugged him and laughed, "Your Majesty, I'm the one who's truly a resentful woman in the deep palace, okay? Li Yuanke, if you stop favoring me in the future, will I become the kind of person who 'loses color on the incense burner and jade pillow, and lies listening to the long, clear drip of the water clock in the Southern Palace'?"
[I can't possibly be a complaining woman. I can't even be one for a day. If that day ever comes, I'll have to find a way to get that jerk to kill me. Sigh, maybe that's the right way! Oh my, I'm such a clever one!]
Li Yuanke seemed to see her wagging her tail again, and he felt his breath catch in his throat. He tightened his grip on her. "You bastard, can't you say something nice?"
On the seventh day of the seventh month, the Emperor of Great Zhou set off, leaving behind a bomb that he wanted to take with him. Fearing that its unstable performance might accidentally wipe them all out, Shen Shixi disarmed the bomb by pouring a cup of tea on it, which destroyed it.