"Your Highness loves me, and I appreciate it, but your body is precious, and you don't have as much strength as a man. If we continue like this, it will delay the time, and the Emperor will be anxious and worried. You should leave your Highness to me."
Now that things have come to this, Shen Qingwan couldn't refuse anymore. She was indeed a burden.
"I was distracted. Please continue. Let's get to the emperor as soon as possible and stop causing any more trouble."
After passing through a corridor, one can see a large group of armored soldiers standing in an open space in front of them. Fu Yuheng, dressed in iron-gray battlefield attire, stands among the crowd, standing tall and conspicuous.
"Your Majesty, the Empress is coming over there!"
A sharp-eyed guard saw it and reported it hurriedly. Fu Yuheng turned around quickly, and the moment he saw Shen Qingwan, his cold face softened immediately.
“Wan Wan!”
When he saw the person on Ye Feng's back, his smile faded, and he turned to Shen Qingwan and returned to normal.
"Go and take good care of the prince. Zhao Qian, you are responsible for taking care of him."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
A man stepped out from the crowd and stood there to receive orders.
Shen Qingwan walked up to Fu Yuheng, also dressed in a refreshing manner.
"Your Majesty, you have worked hard. I have brought the prince here safely. When both sides have killed almost all of them, I will lead the troops in and capture the remaining rebels in one fell swoop."
Fu Yuheng put his arm around her waist and let her lean on his shoulder.
In a deep voice, he said, "Come to my side. You don't have to worry about these things. Just stay by my side and wait for me to make you the Queen of Daliang."
Shen Qingwan was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and felt relaxed.
"I'll be the queen, after all, I'll be the most honorable woman by your side, I'm very happy."
Fu Yuheng suddenly picked her up, looked up and said to her: "Before you came, I didn't know there were such pure and innocent women in the world. I only regarded women as dispensable objects. But when you came, all my emotions were affected by you, and in the end I couldn't escape the word love. But you were heartbroken by me. Today, I promised in front of the soldiers that from now on, you will be the only one in my harem, and there will be no more troubles to worry you. Wanwan, you believe me."
Shen Qingwan didn't pursue the rules at this time. She would be stupid if she really said those nonsense at this moment.
She gently stroked Fu Yuheng's forehead, her heart shocked.
After a long while, he chuckled and nodded.
"I am waiting for the day when the emperor will fulfill his promise."
Early morning on the first day of March in the thirty-seventh year of Daliang.
Fu Yuheng led hundreds of thousands of troops, together with Huo Langqi's support, and quickly attacked into the inner city from the eight main gates of the Daliang Palace. By then, all the remnants of Ouduo's scattered soldiers had been annihilated by the Queen's troops, and they could no longer hold out.
Xiao Shushen was worried for a long time. Holding her arm that was cut by a knife, she turned around and saw Fu Yuheng and the woman beside him standing in the corridor.
His son had run behind Shen Qingwan at some point and was now awake, watching the scene sadly.
The soldiers who had just survived a fierce battle could not fail to see that this was their "former emperor" who had never failed in his decisive killing. They all felt a sense of despair at the end of their rope.
Hsiao Shu-shen is even worse.
Looking at the troops that outnumbered her by several times, she suddenly smiled. This smile took away all her fatigue, leaving only relief, as if something that had been expected long ago had finally come to pass. She had already thought of this when the people she sent found that the prince and Chen Juanzhi were missing.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Poor oriole, it doesn't know that the mountain eagle has been lying in wait for a long time, and if it moves, there will be bloody disaster.
What else are you fighting for
"Put down your weapons, your late emperor has returned. Even if we can't defeat him, we can still die in a satisfying way."
Xiao Shushen straightened her messy hair, trying to maintain her final demeanor in front of Fu Yuheng. She walked forward gracefully and went straight to Fu Mochen.
"Let my son go, I will go with you. He is your own flesh and blood after all. I hope that my son will be treated well after I leave. This is all my fault and has nothing to do with him."
"You know it's wrong, but you still do it?! He is my beloved prince. Without your ambitious instigation, how could Daliang have a day of complaints?! You even didn't let the Queen Mother go!"
"Why should I let her go? She has disliked me since I entered the palace, ever since that bitch entered the palace!"
Xiao Shushen pointed her finger at Shen Qingwan standing next to her: "She has never cared about my life or death. You have so many women, how much love do you have for me? Your Majesty, please ask yourself with your conscience, what do you think of us women? In your eyes, she is the most noble and pure, and we are all stones in the mud, not worthy of your glance?"
Tears flowed down the queen's face, it was a pity that she could not maintain her final dignity in front of her children.
"I was young once, too. I met you when I was in love with young men. I put my heart into you, but you never showed any mercy. In that case, don't blame me for wanting to replace you. In this world of Daliang, no one says women can't do anything! Winners take it all, and since I lost, I have no complaints. I admit everything I did, but if it wasn't me, don't even think of putting the blame on me! Killing ministers, Fu Yuheng, they were all your good ministers. Being clear-minded and benevolent, ha ha ha ha, it's all nonsense!"
Fu Yuheng let her vent. After all, the royal family still had to maintain their reputation. He glanced at the people around him who were trembling with anxiety and showed mercy for a rare moment.
"Bring the people to the inner palace. I will personally interrogate them. As for the remaining rebels, the leader will be killed without mercy. The rest who show any intention of surrendering will be incorporated into the army and sent to garrison in the south!"
As soon as these words were spoken, those who were spared burst into tears of gratitude and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Fu Yuheng.
No matter how great wealth and glory are, you must be alive to enjoy them.
After giving the order, the palace returned to peace. The mess and broken limbs on the ground would be cleaned up by someone soon.
Fu Yuheng put his arm around Shen Qingwan's waist and walked slowly into the palace. He asked someone to take Xiao Shushen in to talk, while he had his men go find other concubines, princesses, and princes and take them under control.
In the main hall, Xiao Shushen knelt on the ground, carefully counting the crimes she had committed over the years. When she spoke of her responsibility to execute the crime, she seemed very proud and had no regrets for anything she had done. The only thing was that she was worried about Fu Mochen.
"You were the one who robbed and killed the Queen Mother. You were also responsible for the deaths of Concubine De, the Princess, and Concubine Qi's child?"
Fu Yuheng's words were as cold as ice chips in the snow, which gave Xiao Shushen goosebumps.
But she still refused to admit defeat, and said with all her might: "It was my fault. They were disrespectful to me, and I didn't like them, so I had to get rid of them."
Fu Yuheng had nothing to say to her.