Brother Shen was a slow-witted person. He didn't even think deeply about the fact that a little girl named Lianyun came all the way to the military camp. It was obvious that all of General Shen's intelligence and wisdom were reserved for the girl beside him who was as gentle as the breeze and bright moon.
When the person was brought over, Lianyun's eyes suddenly turned red.
"Miss!"
She threw herself into Qingwan's arms emotionally. After Xiaoman's death, Qingwan became Lianyun's closest person. At that time, the master was arrested and imprisoned. Lianyun firmly believed that the young lady was still alive, otherwise she would not have followed the old general's advice, abandoned him, and came here alone to seek a glimmer of hope.
What if the young lady comes here for help
At the critical moment, Lianyun finally showed her intelligence and chose the right path.
Qingwan was also very excited to see that she was safe.
She held Lianyun's hand and whispered many things to her until General Chang came to pay his respects. Only then did Qingwan solemnly accept his half-bow.
"I am here to see you, young lady. I am guilty, please punish me, young lady and young master."
He had no choice but to conceal the truth.
Qing Wan stepped forward and helped him up with her own hands, her expression moved: "General Chang, we all understand your painstaking efforts. Before everything is clear, it is better to retain your strength than to expose it casually. You have done a good job."
General Chang's eyes were red.
This was the solution he and Lianyun came up with after discussing it. Although it went against his previous principles, as long as it was good for General Shen, General Chang would choose to do it without hesitation.
While things here were being dealt with, the coronation ceremony in the palace was also in full swing.
In the main hall, the empress actually pulled a curtain made of pearls and jade in the back room when the emperor was attending the morning court, to help the new emperor ascend the throne. The small body sat rigidly on the high place, looking out of place in any way.
But the queen felt proud.
She had waited for so many years, and her only hope was this matter. Now that she had finally achieved her wish, her desire for power had reached its peak, but she had not realized it.
Fu Mochen sat in his seat, feeling a little nervous.
From time to time, he would look back at his mother who was always behind the curtain to see if she had abandoned him alone and fled.
Few people knew that the Queen Mother had passed away, and the Queen certainly would not cause trouble for herself and the Crown Prince on such an important occasion.
"See the new emperor and kowtow!"
It was not easy for the eunuch Sun Ning to survive during the period when the crown prince and the queen controlled the government and to keep his position as the chief eunuch.
Just looking at his servile appearance gave the queen a sense of pleasure in torture. Keeping him might not be a humiliation to the former emperor.
"Fu Yuheng, you made me suffer so much when you were alive. Now that you have finally passed away, I, as your only and supreme pillow-side companion, will leave the vast territory of Daliang to me for safekeeping."
This is the queen's truest inner monologue.
After the three kowtows were completed, the new emperor's ascension to the throne was considered preliminary, with the only thing left being the construction of a grand hall for offering sacrifices to heaven.
When Fu Mochen was walking out of the hall with the help of Sun Ning, a man suddenly rushed out from the side, holding a sharp knife, and said incoherently: "He didn't wear mourning for his father's death. Such a rebellious son is not worthy of being the king of Daliang! I want to enforce justice on behalf of heaven! Ah..."
He rushed over shouting.
The queen reacted faster than the guards. She stood up from her seat and ran towards the prince in three or two steps.
"Stop! Don't you want to live? You dare to assassinate the new emperor. What are you guards doing for a living? Why don't you protect the emperor quickly?!"
The men around, holding spears and swords on their waists, rushed forward, but it was too late.
The sharp blade pierced Fu Mochen's arm, and blood flowed down the corner of his clothes.
The prince was completely frightened and had no idea how to react. He just stupidly covered his wound and looked at his mother who was rushing towards him in panic, asking for help.
Although the queen was mostly thinking about using Fu Mochen as a tool to win favor and status, he was, after all, her own flesh and blood, which she had carried for ten months with great difficulty. The pain was felt not only in the child but also in her heart.
"Catch that damn assassin for me!"
At this moment, everyone saw his face clearly and couldn't help but gasp in shock.
That person was the highest-ranking official in the Censorate. In addition to supervising the private lives of court officials every day, he also had to take into account the actions of the royal family in order to facilitate the writing of records.
He has been unhappy ever since Fu Yuheng passed away.
Perhaps he was the only minister who was still concerned about Fu Yuheng after he got into trouble.
When he was caught by the guards, the Censor was still shouting.
"Empress, you are a vicious woman who is fighting for power! You might have killed the emperor!"
This one sentence revealed the secret, but not everyone believed that person's "nonsense".
The queen held the prince in her arms and shouted, "Take him away!"
"Yes, Queen Mother!"
The guards don’t care who the current emperor is. As long as they can have food to eat, they will be slaves of whoever pays them.
Having seen blood, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven could no longer be continued. The queen gnashed her teeth in hatred, and after returning to her bedroom, she first handed the prince over to the care of the palace maids, and summoned the minister who had ruined her plans.
"Bitch, you will get retribution for ruining the government like this!"
The queen looked at her coldly without any hesitation.
"Come here, doesn't he like to talk nonsense? Then cut off his tongue so that he can never speak again!"
The Censor became frightened now. Everything that had just happened seemed like a dream. When he came to his senses, his face was as pale as paper.
He held his head and begged for mercy, "Empress, please forgive me! I... I was just too worried and went crazy thinking about the late emperor. You are a kind and benevolent person, you will definitely not hold it against me!"
The queen even tore off the last of her mask, looked at him viciously and said, "How dare you, a stinky clerk who holds a pen for the royal family, speak nonsense in front of me! Bitch? Today I will teach you the lesson of being a bitch! Come on, execute me!"
Seeing that the queen was unmoved, the Censor also revealed his true nature.
"Queen, you will not have a good death! You killed the emperor of the royal family, disregarded the moral principles for your own selfish desires, and took the little prince to rule the country behind the curtain. You will not have a good end! Ah..."
Before he could say anything, he couldn't speak anymore.
"Drag him away and throw him into the prison. No one is allowed to touch him without my order!"
"Yes, Queen Mother!"
The queen narrowed her eyes and thought to herself, "If I let that old man go, wouldn't that be too easy for him? If I ruin her good deeds, I will have to pay the price with my body."
From then on, there would be screams every night.