For thousands of years, there are only a handful of emperors who love beauty rather than country.

When the choice between beauty and country becomes a multiple-choice question, most emperors will choose country, and the people around the emperor don't think there is anything wrong with this choice.

Tears streamed down Li Longji's face. This time he was really sad. He was sad about the pressing steps of the Forbidden Army soldiers, and also sad about this difficult multiple-choice question in life.

"The whole Yang family can be put to death, but can I spare my wife's life? I can let my wife become a monk and become a Taoist priest, and I will never see her again." Li Longji looked at Chen Xuanli, his eyes full of pleading.

Chen Xuanli's expression remained unchanged and he whispered: "I am just passing a message between Your Majesty and the Forbidden Army. Your Majesty forgives me."

The words were very euphemistic, but the meaning was very clear.

Concubine Yang must die.

Li Longji looked up to the sky and sighed in despair, waving his hands as if he was exhausted: "You go out first, I will think about it."

Chen Xuanli stood up and left. Before leaving, he said softly: "Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible. I may not be able to comfort you for too long."

After Chen Xuanli left, Gao Lishi knelt in front of Li Longji and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, forgive the sin of this old slave. This old slave is for your Majesty's country and country. These old slaves serve the queen with their own hands. How can there be a better master-servant relationship?"

If possible, I am willing to die on behalf of my empress. But everything can be thrown away in front of the country. The Li family has more than a hundred years of foundation, and I really can't bear to lose myself in this night for my empress."

Li Longji seemed as if his soul had been taken away, and said absently: "I don't blame you, I don't blame you."

Gao Lishi wiped away his tears and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, are you..."

Li Longji shook his head, remained silent for a long time, then stood up and said, "Come with me to the backyard to see my wife."

In an instant, Gao Lishi seemed to understand something, and his tears flowed more quickly, but he still got up and followed Li Longji.

In the backyard of the inn, hundreds of Yulin Guard soldiers stood vigilantly in the courtyard and looked around. There were many people standing on the roof, and there was an air of chilling in the silence.

Concubine Yang was crying bitterly in her room. She had just learned that her brother Yang Guozhong had died in the rebellion, and his body had been cut into pieces by the imperial army. The other Yang family members were also put under guard. I don't know if it was Li Longji's idea or the courtiers' idea.

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While feeling sad about her brother's death, Yang Guifei also realized that she herself would not be spared tonight.

She also heard the roar of the Forbidden Army during the mutiny, and she knew that Li Longji had now become the emperor who was being held hostage everywhere. The Forbidden Army had no choice but to agree, and Yang Guozhong was the first thing he promised to the Forbidden Army.

,he did it.

She knew that Li Longji would also agree to the second and third things of the Imperial Army...

Everything tonight is aimed at the Yang family. As the most prominent person in the Yang family, how can Concubine Yang be spared?

The sound of footsteps was heard outside the house, and the palace maid whispered that the emperor had arrived.

Concubine Yang smiled sadly, stood up, wiped her tears, and applied a thin layer of rouge on her face.

If the Imperial Army wanted her to die, she knew exactly what choice Li Longji would make.

Li Longji dragged his heavy body slowly into the house, and Concubine Yang saluted calmly.

The two looked at each other, their eyes still as affectionate as before.

"Madam, I'm sorry for you. The imperial army mutinied and I couldn't suppress it. My brother Yang Guozhong has already..." Li Longji sighed sadly.

Concubine Yang couldn't help but shed tears again: "Misfortune and fortune are determined by fate, I don't blame your majesty."

Li Longji said solemnly: "But I will protect you. If the imperial army dares to hurt you, they will have to step over my bones."

Concubine Yang said sadly: "Your Majesty's son of thousands of dollars must not say such unlucky words."

The two were silent again, not saying a word for a long time, but the shouts of killing from the forbidden troops outside became more and more intense, each of them urging Li Longji.

Concubine Yang smiled sadly and said: "Your Majesty, I suddenly want to drink. Can you drink with me?"

Li Longji forced a smile: "I will accompany you."

Gao Lishi hurriedly brought the wine and handed it to the two of them with tears streaming down his face. Concubine Yang glanced at Gao Lishi, held the pot and filled the glasses, but handed the first cup to Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi looked at her in astonishment, and Concubine Yang smiled sweetly and said: "General Gao has worked hard to serve me these years. He has worked hard and suffered for a long time. I must give you a toast to reward you for your years of service."

Gao Lishi held the cup in both hands, glanced at Li Longji quickly, then hurriedly bowed and drank it in one gulp respectfully.

Putting down the wine glass, Gao Lishi turned around and went out. Before he could get out of the door, Gao Lishi could no longer suppress his sadness and cried involuntarily.

Li Longji couldn't help but feel sad when he saw her calm expression and her behavior as if she was saying goodbye to the people around her. They had been married for many years and had a tacit understanding with each other. She understood his choice and he also understood her ice and snow intelligence.

Concubine Yang poured two more glasses of wine, handed one to Li Longji, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I would also like to thank you for your favor over the years. I have lived a very satisfied life these years. I am already over thirty years old. Under your Majesty's care, I would like to express my gratitude to you."

In front of me, I am still as carefree as a child. Your Majesty protects me from the wind and rain. I thank you very much."

Li Longji didn't drink. He suddenly hugged Concubine Yang's waist and burst into tears: "Madam, don't say these words. I feel uneasy. I will protect you, I will protect you!"

Concubine Yang stroked Li Longji's hair with one hand and sighed quietly: "Unknowingly, Your Majesty has aged a lot, and the white hair on his head is thicker than before. From now on, Your Majesty must take care of the dragon body and don't worry too much. It is a crime that harms the country.

I am willing to bear it. Your Majesty has favored me for many years, so please let me bear more infamy. With this honor and favor in this life, I will have no regrets even if I suffer retribution in ten lives."

Li Longji said sternly: "You don't have to say anything anymore. I said that if they want to hurt you, they have to step over my bones!"

Concubine Yang said sadly: "Your Majesty, we have been husband and wife for many years, why bother to put on a show when we say goodbye? What is more important is the country or my body, don't I know how your majesty will choose? I have been carefree and like a child these years, but I

If you are not a child, you have already understood the things you should understand."

Li Longji was shaken all over, and his face turned white and blue. After a long time, he sat down slumped, as if his soul had been taken away from his body, staring blankly at the candlestick in the room without saying a word.

Concubine Yang raised her wine glass and gazed lovingly at the man in front of her whom she once loved deeply. Her tears couldn't stop streaming down her face, but a sweet smile appeared on her face: "Your Majesty, say goodbye to me. It's our fate in this life."

Let’s stop here, if there is an afterlife…”

Concubine Yang's eyes were filled with mist, and she murmured: "If there is an afterlife... please forgive me for not wanting to meet you again. In the next life, I would rather be a poor farmer's wife than a noble concubine of the Emperor of Heaven."

Li Longji covered his face and cried bitterly, but he refused to drink the glass of wine offered by Concubine Yang.

Concubine Yang sighed and said: "I still remember the poem Gu Qing wrote for His Majesty and me, 'There are three thousand beauties in the harem, three thousand people love each other', 'I wish to be a winged bird in the sky, and a twig in the earth'

...The poem is so well written. I'm afraid Gu Qing never imagined that you and I would end up like this today. It's a pity that this excellent poem is a pity."

Tears streamed down Li Longji's face, and he kept shaking his head and said: "I am not a heartless person, I am not a heartless person, my wife has misjudged me..."

Outside the house, a burst of rapid footsteps came, and then Chen Xuanli's voice said in a deep voice outside the house: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army are restless, and I can no longer suppress them. Please make a quick decision, Your Majesty."

Li Longji exploded, stood up and shouted loudly outside the house: "Get out! Get out of here! They are all traitors and traitors, why don't you take my head!"

Outside the house, Chen Xuanli did not dare to say anything.

Concubine Yang smiled sadly and said: "Your Majesty, when you are in poverty, don't forget the emperor's manners, and don't hurt the hearts of the Imperial Army soldiers again because of concubines. I hope that your majesty can suppress the rebellion as soon as possible, return power to the capital, and restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Glory, even if I die ten thousand times, I will still be happy for Your Majesty."

Li Longji cried: "If there is no wife, how can the prosperous age be called a prosperous age?"

"I am just a speck of dust in the prosperous age. Your Majesty thinks highly of me..." Yang Guifei drank a glass of wine alone and said quietly: "Your Majesty, I am very afraid of pain. Can you let me die more decently and not be so painful?"

A painful departure, okay?"

Li Longji's heart ached like needles pricking him, and he cried: "I promise you, I promise you..."

"Will they... cut off my concubine's head and show it to the public like they did to their brother?" Yang Guifei was already cold at this time. She was afraid of death after all. She had given up on love, but that didn't mean she was unafraid of death.

Li Longji hurriedly shook his head: "No, no! I swear, I will never let anyone taint a single hair of my wife."

Concubine Yang smiled, as if she didn't hear the twist in Li Longji's tone.

From the time he swore to protect her when he entered the house, to the moment he swore not to let anyone defile her body, the nature of the two oaths was completely different.

In fact, she knew that when Li Longji entered the door, he had already made a decision, and this decision would not change.

Concubine Yang looked at Li Longji's face affectionately. She had truly loved this man. Those carefree years were as if they were soaked in a honeypot, and every moment was sweet.

At this time tonight, all the love and hate have dissipated like the wind. I don't love anymore. It's so good. It seems that a heavy burden has been lifted. It is not a joy in life to die easily.

"General Gao." Concubine Yang called out to the house.

Gao Lishi opened the door and stood at the door with his head bowed.

Concubine Yang smiled and said: "Thank you, General Gao, please help me get a three-foot white silk ribbon."

Gao Lishi looked at Li Longji with painful eyes. Li Longji lowered his head and wiped his tears, as if he had not heard anything.

Concubine Yang smiled at Li Longji and said, "Your Majesty, I will allow you to be willful again. I want to keep my whole body, okay?"

Li Longji said nothing, Gao Lishi bowed out respectfully, and quickly fetched a piece of white silk. The snow-white silk satin was like a ray of moonlight left in the world, so white that it was desolate and dazzling.

Concubine Yang took the white silk, gently stroked it with her delicate hands, and murmured in a low voice: "This satin is so good..."

Standing up and bowing to Li Longji Yingying, Concubine Yang said calmly: "I bid farewell to Your Majesty. The relationship between husband and wife is over. I hope you and I will never see each other again in the rest of our lives."

Li Longji just kept crying, but Gao Lishi on the side couldn't bear it anymore. He knelt down and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, is there any way to be accommodating? Let's change the palace maid who looks and has a similar figure to the imperial concubine.

He granted death and pretended to be the imperial concubine to Chen Xuanli, Your Majesty..."

Concubine Yang quickly said: "No, why should the palace maid die for me?"

At the same time, Li Longji also said quickly: "No."
Chapter completed!