Yang Zhengdao has always lived in an environment where he was living under someone else's roof, which also made him develop a timid and cowardly character since he was a child. When encountering dangers and difficulties, his first reaction was to run away. Seeing his grandson's performance, Empress Xiao was extremely sad. Who would have thought that the emperor and nobles could only run around like a devastated dog. What made her even more painful was that they had no place to escape now, and the world was so big that their grandparents could not even find a place to live.

When she thought of the above, Queen Xiao couldn't help feeling even more sad. She enjoyed the prosperity of the world in the first half of her life, but the second half of her life was wandering and suffering all the sufferings of the world. She dreamed countless times at midnight, and even wanted to leave to avoid suffering from the world again. However, when she thought of her lonely and helpless grandson, she could not put her heart down no matter what.

"Grandma, the meal is ready, you and me should have dinner quickly!" At this moment, a short girl suddenly saw a short girl walking in with the food and whispering.

This girl is also the granddaughter of Empress Xiao. During the Jiangdu Rebellion, all her children and grandchildren were killed, leaving only Yang Zhengdao, the leftover son, to escape. Later, she was transferred by Yu Wenhua and Dou Jiande and others. All older daughters and granddaughters were stolen, leaving only some young granddaughters around her. In order to survive over the years, she even had to give her granddaughter to others as gifts, such as Yang, who married Zhao Deyan, and now there are not many relatives left by her side.

"Sister An Niang, what are you eating today?" When Yang Zhengdao heard about eating, he immediately lit up his eyes. He has lived in a displaced environment since he was a child, and sometimes he can't even eat enough. Especially after Chuluo Khan's death, their lives have become more difficult, otherwise they would not have grown so thin.

"Noodle...noodle soup!" The girl named An Niang replied at this time, and swallowed her saliva halfway through her speech, because she was still hungry.

Seeing his granddaughter's appearance, Queen Xiao couldn't help but sigh. She asked An Niang to put down the rice, and saw two bowls of noodle soup on the tray that were so clear that it could reflect the shadows. Although their lives were hard, they would not have enough to satisfy their hunger. However, when the defeated soldiers in Xiangcheng came, they collected all the food in the city as military rations. It was good that they could drink noodle soup now. Ordinary people in the city might have to drink water to satisfy their hunger.

Seeing that there was only noodle soup, Yang Zhengdao couldn't help but show a disappointed expression, but he still picked up the bowl and drank it in big gulp. Queen Xiao took a few sips himself. However, when An Niang looked at her, Queen Xiao couldn't help but sigh, and finally gave the remaining noodle soup to An Niang because she knew that the food at home was almost gone, and probably An Niang and the others couldn't even drink the noodle soup.

At the same time, Zhao Deyan and his group finally arrived at the foot of Dingxiang City. After entering the city, Kang Sumi immediately took over Dingxiang's city defense, while Zhao Deyan immediately came to the Sui Palace to meet Empress Xiao.

"Are you here to kill us or pick us up?" As soon as Empress Xiao saw Zhao Deyan, she immediately asked with a numb expression. She had seen all kinds of storms in her life, and she had a very thorough understanding of Jie Li's character. Although Zhao Deyan, the grandson-in-law, is not good to them, under this situation in front of her, she did not put any hope on Zhao Deyan at all.

"Khan asked me to take my grandmother and the King of Sui to retreat north!" Zhao Deyan said the truth.

When Queen Xiao heard that Zhao Deyan was coming to pick her up, she couldn't help but feel relieved, but then she felt something was wrong and asked again: "What do you mean by saying? Will you only pick me up and Zhengdao? What should everyone else do?"

"The Tang army is coming in full force, and the time for us to retreat is very urgent. Others cannot take it away at all, so Khan only asked me to pick up my grandmother and the King of Sui!" Zhao Deyan raised his head and looked at Queen Xiao and said.

"What if I don't leave?" Empress Xiao couldn't help but say very annoyed when she heard Jie Li, she actually took her and Yang Zhengdao away. Although they were now living under someone else's roof, at least some tribes around them would not become lonely. However, if even the people in Dingxiang City were abandoned, their grandparents would have no support, and in the end they could only become bargaining chips in Jie Li's hands. Even when they were useless to Jie Li, they would definitely be ruthlessly abandoned.

"Khan ordered me to come with a thousand cavalry, so please think twice!" Zhao Deyan said calmly again.

When Queen Xiao heard the threatening in Zhao De's words, she couldn't help but pale. After all, she was just a helpless old woman and had no bargaining chips to negotiate with Jie Li. However, when she thought of fleeing to Mobei alone with her grandson, she couldn't help but feel chilled all over. After all, not only are there people loyal to her, but also a few remaining relatives here, but now they are going to abandon them?

Seeing Queen Xiao’s expression change, Zhao Deyan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. After a while, he slowed down and said: “Grandma, in this situation, do you have any better choices besides running north?”

"Escape north? Escape to the desert in the northern desert? Instead of escaping there thousands of miles, it is better to be captured by the Tang army. If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not kill us, at least we wouldn't have to be able to eat like we are now!" Empress Xiao finally broke out at this time and shouted loudly. She was really tired of this kind of life of hiding and hiding, and she wouldn't want to escape again even if she died.

"It seems that my grandmother has a lot of resentment. When I entered the city just now, I also heard that the defeated army in Xiangcheng did some excessive things, so I asked someone to bring some food to my grandmother. After my grandmother and the King of Sui eat more, I can have a good sleep at night, and there is no need to worry about other things. I just have a grandson-in-law to decide everything!" Facing Queen Xiao's anger, Zhao Deyan smiled calmly again and said, and then stood up to say goodbye.

After leaving the Sui Palace, Zhao Deyan walked on the streets of Dingxiang City with his guards. He saw that there were low houses on both sides of the street, and many of them were sheds built with debris. Because life was difficult, Dingxiang was not a town, but a larger village. Some former Sui residents shrank timidly in dilapidated houses, carefully looking at Zhao Deyan and others on the street through the gap, but no one dared to resist because they had long accepted the fate of being ruled by the Turks.
Chapter completed!