Prince Zhenguo was obviously particularly kind to Empress Cao and asked her to testify that before the emperor "died of illness", he said he would abdicate the throne to him.
Queen Cao was also a person who could change with the situation. She knew that the situation was hopeless, but she still wanted to fight for her son. After all, her son was still the crown prince.
So, she said to Prince Zhenguo, why don’t you ask the Queen Mother to be a witness, as she will be more convincing.
Prince Zhenguo was persuaded by her and went to see the Queen Mother.
But the Empress Dowager had hanged herself in the palace, her body was still soft, and the Prince Zhenguo arrived a step too late.
The imperial guards gave up resistance, dropped their weapons, patted their chests righteously, and said that they had long disliked the emperor, but no wise leader had appeared.
Now that a wise leader has appeared, of course they will abandon darkness and join the light.
They later told Prince Chu Yue about this.
Now let’s talk about the second thing, which is that after Qin Zhou brought people into the palace, Prince Chuyue rescued Queen Cao from the hands of Prince Zhenguo.
At that time, Prince Zhenguo's people and Qin Zhou's people were fighting to the death for territory. No one knew whether intentionally or unintentionally, but Queen Cao was always in the battle circle and was stabbed a few times accidentally.
Upon seeing this, Prince Chu Yue felt sorry for his stepmother and immediately stepped forward to rescue her. When they heard that he had bruised the soft tissue of his finger as a result, the people of Qin Zhou were amazed, saying that the prince was truly a filial person.
In this way, Queen Cao was sent back to the palace by Prince Chuyue, and the imperial physician was summoned to treat her.
Under the gaze of Prince Chu Yue, the imperial physician bandaged Empress Cao's wound.
After a life-and-death experience, Queen Cao was finally rescued. Seeing that the one who came to rescue her was the concubine's son who had always been bullied by her, she immediately acted like a legitimate mother and asked him to go and welcome the prince back to the court.
Queen Cao has controlled the government in recent years and has a certain amount of power in her hands. She is wary of Prince Zhenguo and Qin Zhou, but she is not wary of this little bastard.
This is true. It is just like you raise a dog, and this dog has to wag its tail at you every day to beg for food. Will you look up to this dog in the future
No, you will still treat him as a dog, because once a dog, always a dog.
You are used to being bossy, so even if the dog sits on the throne, you will not respect him at all.
When Prince Chu Yue took out a will and asked her to give it to him in front of many people, Queen Cao cursed and said, "You are so ungrateful. I gave you food and raised you like a decent person, and now you turn around and bite your master?"
Prince Chu Yue was not angry either. He listened to her scolding with a smile. After she finished scolding, he asked, "How did my mother die?"
Zi'an heard from the people present that after Prince Chu Yue asked this question, Queen Cao's face changed, and the temperature must have dropped sharply because Queen Cao began to shiver.
However, Prince Chu Yue was a kind-hearted man. He said to Queen Cao, "Don't worry, mother. I won't kill you. At most, I will chop off your hands and feet. I will provide you with three meals a day as usual, and the maids and palace servants around you should be given to you according to the queen's etiquette. You must take good care of your body and live a long life to watch your bastard ascend the throne. By the way, I wonder where my brother is now? Since mother is blessed, my brother must come back to share the blessing with mother."
Queen Cao trembled a few times and then fainted.
Queen Cao woke up soon. Qin Zhou felt that he had something to explain to her, so he asked someone to pour cold water on her to wake her up.
Qin Zhou's words were relatively simple and his language was relatively concise. He basically said that the brothers of the Cao family killed many civilians, and all of you in the Cao family deserve to die. Therefore, you and the prince can live according to Prince Chu Yue's wishes, but the people of the Cao family will go to jail or be executed.
Queen Cao was furious and spat at Qin Zhou, "I really trusted you wrongly."
"You didn't trust me wrongly," Qin Zhou wiped it with his hand and said lightly, "You trusted yourself wrongly. You thought you were powerful enough to control a general with hundreds of thousands of troops."
Queen Cao collapsed!
After hearing this, Zi'an held his chin with both hands and sighed, "This all sounds like a child's play."
"It's not a joke. If an emperor wants to be strong externally, then he must not be strict in defense internally." Murong Jie concluded.
"So, although the military power of the Great Zhou seems to be dispersed, it is actually firmly in the hands of the emperor," said Zi'an.
"The Emperor of Beimo puts a lot of trust in military commanders, which has led to a strange phenomenon in Beimo, that is, the status of military commanders is almost equal to the imperial power. The Emperor of Beimo probably knows that this is dangerous, but his ambition is more important than anything else. He wants to continuously expand his territory and become the greatest emperor of all time. Nothing is more important than this. He also thought that Qin Zhou was just a woman and easy to control, but he didn't know that this woman's character is much stronger than a man's."
"If he hadn't violated Qin Zhou's bottom line, Qin Zhou might not have rebelled against him." Zi'an said.
This is because, since Emperor Xian of Beimo, the status of military generals has always been very high, but there has never been an incident of seizing power.
This was mainly because the generals and the emperor had the same goal, which was to expand the territory of the Northern Desert. When it came to Qin Zhou's generation, Qin Zhou was unusually low-key, which made the emperor and Empress Cao feel that they could use Qin Zhou to the point of exhaustion.
Who knew that this woman who looked like a little lamb could be so vicious.
However, Murong Jie said hesitantly at the end: "Everything is going too smoothly. I think there must be something fishy going on."
Zi'an's expression was startled, and he also felt that there was something going on.
What happened next was a natural progression.
The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the country's name to "Kangping", which means that from this year on, everything in the northern desert will be healthy and peaceful.
After the new emperor ascends the throne, the first thing he will do is to bestow rewards and implement policies that benefit the people.
One year of tax reduction and exemption is a cause for celebration throughout the country.
Qin Zhou was conferred the title of Prince of Ying and Grand Marshal of the Army, and was rewarded with numerous gold, silver, and fiefs.
However, because the national treasury is empty now, the reward of gold and silver will be made into an IOU first, and will be paid back with interest in the future when the national treasury is full.
The other generals were also rewarded one by one. As for General Long, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Protectorate the Nation. This reward of the highest rank was what he deserved.
Zi'an, who cured the epidemic, was from the Great Zhou, so it was naturally difficult to give her a title. She was already the Regent Princess, so what could you, Beimo, reward her with? However, there was a way. The Emperor of Beimo issued an edict to the whole country in the name of the miracle doctor, saying that the Miracle Doctor Regent Princess Xia Zi'an was a great benefactor of Beimo, and the people of Beimo could build a monument to praise her.
As for Murong Jie, he received a document.
This document is very heavy; it carries the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Prince Chuyue was a sensible man. When he signed the peace document, he invited the princes of Daliang and Dayue to be witnesses.
Will the Northern Desert be at peace from now on? No, once the external turmoil ends, internal turmoil will arise.
The prince was taken to Java by King Qi. Not long after, the prince came back with a group of rabble under the pretext of entering the palace to save his mother. At the same time, Prince Chu Yue's decision to disperse the military power led to the official civil strife in the Northern Desert. After that, Qin Zhou...
And all this is not far away.
The only bad thing among all the good things is that Rouyao and Ajing have not been found yet.
(End of this chapter)