As time passed by little by little, the sun slowly approached the west horizon. It was almost dusk, and the Tang army outside the city had been waiting for too long. Some war horses began to stand still from time to time. The soldiers on the horse did not dare to move due to military orders, but each of them had impatient expressions, wishing to immediately enter the city and let the steel knife in their hands drink blood.

Li Jing also looked up at the sky, and the sun was about to set. According to Zhao Deyan's agreement with them, if he did not appear before dark, it would mean that Zhao Deyan's plan to persuade Kang Sumi to surrender failed. Although Li Jing was confident that he could quickly occupy Dingxiang City, Zhao Deyan's safety might not be guaranteed.

After a while, the sun had set nearly half, which made Li Jing frown. Did Zhao Deyan really fail?

"Look at General, the city gate is open!" But at this moment, I suddenly heard Zhang Gongjin shouting excitedly, which made Li Jing look up immediately. Sure enough, he saw the gate of Dingxiang City in the distance being opened. Then a team of people walked out, with the leader in a shirt, tall and thin figure, and Zhao Deyan.

The Tang army captured Dingxiang without bloodshed, and Kang Sumi also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Then Li Jing commanded the army to garrison Dingxiang and took over the defense in the city. Dingxiang was different from Xiangcheng because the previous Xiangcheng was just a simple military town, with no one else except the army, but there were more than 20,000 former Sui remnants in Dingxiang City. Therefore, Li Jing immediately sent someone to notify Li Xiu in the rear and asked him to send officials to take over Dingxiang.

After Li Jing's army entered the city, the first thing was to surround the so-called Sui Palace and strictly prohibit anyone from entering and leaving. Empress Xiao and his family were all blocked into the palace. Even now they still don't know what happened?

"Ancestor...Grandmother, how could there be a Tang army outside? Did the Tang army break in so easily?" Yang Zhengdao crawled through the crack in the door and looked out, but he ran back with fear that his whole body was trembling. Although he had never seen Tang army before, he still knew the big word "Tang" on the banner on the city.

"Has this day finally come?" Empress Xiao seemed very calm when she heard the news. Compared to their grandparents and grandchildren who were captured to Mobei, being captured by the Tang army might not be worse. Even as long as Li Shimin did not kill them, life in the future might be easier than now.

"Grandmother, what should we do? Will the Tang army kill us?" Yang Zhengdao said in a panic at this time. He knew that when the world was in chaos, an uncle was made emperor by Li Yuan, but later he died inexplicably, which made him even more worried about his destiny.

"Dao'er, show your backbone as a descendant of the Yang family. Even if you die, you can't lose the face of the Yang family!" Seeing that his grandson was incompetent, Empress Xiao couldn't help but scold him angrily, which also scared Yang Zhengdao. Then he stood aside timidly and did not dare to speak. This also made Empress Xiao sigh again. Yang Zhengdao could no longer see the pride that the prince and grandson should have. All that was left was cowardly and cowardly. Even if such a person was made emperor, he would not be able to be long.

"Mu 可可~" At this moment, suddenly, there was a huge knock on the door outside, which made Yang Zhengdao tremble. Then he heard someone outside shouting loudly, "Grandma, please open the door, and grandson-in-law Zhao Deyan ask for a meeting!"

When Queen Xiao heard Zhao Deyan's voice coming from outside, she couldn't help but be stunned, because in her opinion, Zhao Deyan had either escaped or had been caught by Tang Jun, and shouldn't have appeared outside her door?

"Open the door!" Although I couldn't understand why Zhao Deyan appeared here, Queen Xiao finally ordered that after all, they were surrounded by the Tang army, and most of the guards in the mansion had escaped before, and the rest were all in panic and could not defend the Sui Palace at all, so it would be better to open the door directly. Anyway, those who should come will come.

After hearing Queen Xiao’s orders, several brave guards finally came forward to open the door. As a result, Zhao Deyan stood outside the door with a smile on his face, followed by many Tang army soldiers, but no one dared to go side by side with Zhao Deyan. This made Queen Xiao even more strange, because she felt that these Tang soldiers seemed to respect Zhao Deyan very much.

"Who are you, why are you with Tang Jun again?" Queen Xiao stared at Zhao Deyan and asked. Although she felt that Zhao Deyan was very scheming in the past, in her opinion, the other party was just a ungrateful scholar who betrayed his ancestors for blessings and honor. But today she suddenly felt that she had never seen Zhao Deyan clearly.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that grandmother, you don't have to be as scared as you are now. General Li Jing will soon send you to Chang'an, and maybe you will be personally received by His Majesty!" Zhao Deyan smiled again at this time. He did not explain his identity, not to keep it secret, but just felt that it was a little troublesome.

Zhao Deyan said as he went straight into the mansion, and then took out two canned bottles of fruit from his wide sleeves, opened them and delivered them to Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao and smiled: "Grandma, please try Zhengdao. This is a canned food produced in the Tang Dynasty. It can store the fruit for a year, and the taste is quite good."

Yang Zhengdao looked at the canned food in front of him and his whole body trembled. He didn't dare to eat it because he was worried that it would be poisonous, which made Zhao Deyan feel helpless. He was about to demonstrate it to him in person, but Empress Xiao took the canned food very generously. After tasting a piece, she couldn't help but praise: "It tastes really good. Tang Jun is really luxurious to be able to eat such sweet fruits at this time."

After Queen Xiao finished speaking, she saw that Zhao Deyan did not seem to be malicious, and even Tang Jun outside the door did not break in, so she asked Zhao Deyan to enter the living room and asked the others to retreat. In the end, only she, Zhao Deyan and Yang Zhengdao were left in the living room. Then she said again: "Son-in-law, we are all a family. Now you give me a solid idea. Who are you? What are you going to deal with our grandparents and grandchildren?"

"Grandma, don't worry, you will know my identity in the future. As for the Tang Dynasty to place you in this way, I have to depend on the emperor's intentions. But in my opinion, the Tang Dynasty should not make things too difficult for you grandmother!" Zhao Deyan pondered for a moment and said again. The reason why he came to see Empress Xiao was actually to comfort them so that they would not do anything extreme in panic.

"Sister...brother-in-law, will the Tang Dynasty really not kill us?" As soon as Zhao Deyan finished speaking, Yang Zhengdao asked excitedly. While speaking, he was still holding the canned fruits that Zhao Deyan gave him before, with half of them left. In his memory, this was simply the best food he had ever eaten, so he was reluctant to finish it for a while.

"It shouldn't be. Although the power of heaven is unpredictable, I received a news that a very important figure asked me to tell my grandmother that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would never make things difficult for you, grandmother, so let you go back to Chang'an with peace of mind!" Zhao Deyan also said solemnly at this time.

"An important big shot? Who is it?" Empress Xiao asked with suspicion at this time. She had developed a very cautious personality for so many years of wandering life, and it was difficult for outsiders to believe in her. She even didn't believe in Zhao Deyan's grandson-in-law. After all, she married her granddaughter to him only for the sake of benefit.

Seeing that Empress Xiao was asking questions in a thorough manner, Zhao Deyan couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, but finally said, "Since my grandmother asked, I won't hide it. This person is the son-in-law of Princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiu, Duke of Yan. He is one of the most trusted people around His Majesty, so his words should also represent His Majesty's meaning!"

Zhao Deyan did not lie. Before, Li Xiu knew that he had arrived in Dingxiang and was preparing to present Empress Xiao and others to the Tang Dynasty. He secretly sent a message to Zhao Deyan through Feinusi, so that he could persuade Empress Xiao to obey the arrangements of the Tang Dynasty. After all, in the original history, Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao were not killed, and now Li Shimin has no reason to kill their grandparents and grandchildren. Not to mention anything else, one of the most beloved concubines in Li Shimin's harem was Yang Guang's daughter.

"Li Xiu? Is Li Xiu who invented gunpowder and thus caused Jie Li to defeat in the Wei River?" Although Empress Xiao has lived outside the Great Wall for a long time, she has also heard of Li Xiu's name. After all, Jie Li was defeated so miserably that he almost couldn't even keep the position of Khan. Therefore, Li Xiu's reputation on the grassland is even greater than that of Li Shimin. However, it is precisely because too many grassland people died under firearms that countless grassland people want to kill Li Xiu quickly.

"Not bad, it's him!" Zhao Deyan nodded.

"I have also heard of this Tang Dynasty prince consort. If even he said that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would not kill us, it would be fine!" Yang Zhengdao shouted happily again at this time. After all, he was still a child, and compared to the fear of death, he would rather live in the happiness of hope. Even if this hope is a lie, it is still hundreds of times stronger than the pain of waiting for death.

In contrast, Queen Xiao showed a thoughtful expression. After a while, she sighed. Although she was still a little suspicious, she was just a slaughter and I was a fish, so everything was left to fate.

"By the way, you have defected to the Tang Dynasty now, but what should I do if Ping Niang?" But at this moment, Empress Xiao suddenly thought of someone and asked anxiously that Ping Niang was the name of Zhao Deyan's wife Yang.

"Don't worry, grandma. When I left the royal court, I had already arranged for someone to take Ping Niang away quietly. But they needed to go a little further. It was estimated that it would take a few days to get here!" Zhao Deyan smiled again at this time, but even Queen Xiao did not notice it. There was a little bit of force in his smile, because according to the agreed time, Yang and the others should have arrived in Dingxiang, but now they have not found any traces of them, which made him feel anxious.
Chapter completed!