The Empress Dowager also left, but before leaving, she also left a reminder to Zhou Yu.

"The emperor is the most important thing. You have to understand this. I can protect you for a while but I cannot protect you forever. The only one who can protect you is yourself and the emperor."

"Yes, the Queen Mother."

After bowing to see the Queen Mother away, Zhou Yu also began to think about the words that the Queen Mother left for him.

The priority must be to save the emperor. If things cannot be violated, you must become the emperor.

Also, for a person like the Empress Dowager, who has seen a lot, the death of a grandson or an emperor is nothing compared to the Ming Dynasty.

And through these few small tests, it may be a very reckless move in the eyes of others, but in Zhou Yu's view, it is just a test. He is not afraid of death, at least he wants to die clearly, and no one can kill him.

he.

The result of the test was good. The Empress Dowager was not on the side of the Empress Dowager Sun. This was also in line with the answer Zhou Yu expected at the beginning.

After all, as the most prestigious person in the Ming Dynasty, his father-in-law, husband, son, and grandson are all emperors. How could the Empress Dowager accept the Queen Mother to be in charge of the court? In the past, when the emperor was still a child, the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, but the Emperor has grown up and is not yet the Queen Mother.

It would not be appropriate to delegate power, not to mention that the reason why the emperor has made such a big mistake now is because the Empress Dowager Sun taught the emperor to be so incompetent.

Even now, Queen Mother Sun still wants to hold the power in her hands. Does she really think that the Zhu family has no one?

If Zhou Yu was also a trash-head, then the Empress Dowager would definitely not be like this. However, the ability and scheming shown by Zhou Yu are enough to prove that he has the ability to supervise the country. Since he can supervise the country, the Queen Mother should naturally hand over the power.

, do your duty of not intervening in politics in the harem.

Moreover, what Zhou Yu did today can be said to have seized a good opportunity. He also seized the opportunity to overturn the table and let all the ministers express their opinions in public. He also put Empress Dowager Sun on the fire and even used Emperor Wu as an example to intimidate her.

Everyone even forcibly linked the Empress Dowager Sun with the orphan Jingnan, temporarily causing the Empress Dowager Sun to lose support and not dare to risk the disapproval of the world to forcefully take power at this time.

The clan, ministers, people, and the army will never allow such a thing to happen. This is the reason why the Queen Mother Sun has to retreat. At least when Zhou Yu raised Emperor Wu, the Queen Mother Sun had no choice but to retreat after the Queen Mother made a speech.

, otherwise it is disloyal and unfilial, and it is a conspiracy.

Naturally, the Empress Dowager was also worried about this. If there was a reincarnation of Emperor Wu in the Ming Dynasty, she would not be able to face her ancestors.

It would be fine if everyone in the court was united, but Zhou Yu was a restless person and broke many things at once. There were both external and internal dangers, external threats and internal conflicts, so he had to be decisive.

To solve one problem first, weighing the pros and cons, naturally it is the best choice for the Zhu family to deal with the matter of Queen Mother Sun taking power first.

Moreover, Zhou Yu was also very capable and immediately began to use the remnants of Wang Zhen’s party. What kind of people were these people? The Empress Dowager didn’t know what kind of people they were. The eunuchs in the inner palace, the royal guards, and then the Imperial Guards led by Prince Consort Jiao. As long as

If you manage these three parties, it will be equivalent to the entire palace, Zhou Yu said.

After all, the Queen Mother Sun naturally can't make any trouble. This method is a bit clumsy and her actions are a bit hasty. Therefore, the Queen Mother must also stand up and provide strong support. She really wants to let these ministers and officials understand the world again.

Whose family does this palace belong to?

Anyway, Zhou Yu's current performance is very satisfactory to the Empress Dowager.

After staying in the Wenhua Hall for a while, Zhou Yu sat in his chair and looked at the many memorials in front of him, approving them one by one. At the same time, he was constantly formulating new official documents based on the existing arrangements and the ministers' suggestions.

, as a supervisor, he has such rights.

The ministers all saw a lot, the wind direction has changed, the current supervising king Yin is not easy to fool, the power of the Queen Mother Sun is going to be gone, as long as the empress dowager is sitting there to support the king, then the king will not care.

Everything she did was justified, but Empress Dowager Sun was disloyal and unfilial no matter what she did.

Only now did these ministers suddenly realize that the former King Tan, who didn't care about anything, was actually so capable in the city government, and he was so outstanding in handling government and military affairs. He was incomparable to the previous emperor.

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The concubine Jiao who was summoned also came to the Wenhua Palace, and walked in with a clanging armor. Looking at the quiet and busy Wenhua Palace, he came directly to Zhou Yu and clasped his fists in salute.

"The last general has seen King Tan."

When Zhou Yu saw Prince Consort Jiao, a lot of past events about Prince Consort Jiao appeared in his mind. He was a very miserable guy. Emperor Baozong regarded him as a chicken that killed chickens to scare monkeys. He was punished in danger many times and suffered a lot of humiliation until Emperor Baozong went on an expedition.

Only then did he bring up the Jiao Prince Consort, who was barely one of his own, to stay in the capital and the palace.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite." Zhou Yu stood up from the chair and walked around the table to help Jiao's Prince Consort up. He clasped his fists and bent down deeply. He said sincerely: "My Prince Consort is an elder and you don't need to be too harsh on me, a junior."

Li, the eldest brother of the prince-in-law was the most trusted person of the late emperor. My aunt was with the prince-in-law during his lifetime.

I also have a very good relationship with Master Ma, but... that’s all. Anyway, everything that the Prince Consort has experienced before has passed. Now that the country is facing a national crisis, I would like to ask the Prince Consort to temporarily put aside the past to protect my capital. I will take over what happened before.

The emperor and his brother apologized to you, uncle."

Prince Consort Jiao's eyes suddenly turned red, but he was a little panicked when he faced Zhou Yu's bow to the end. He quickly raised his hand to support Zhou Yu: "Why is King Yin like this? It is the responsibility of the general to guard the capital. King Yin

Your Highness, please rest assured that the general will definitely defend the capital and will not let any of Wala's soldiers attack the city."

Zhou Yu didn't say anything more, he just bowed three times to Consort Jiao again.

This made a tough-minded man who could endure humiliation turn his eyes red and kneel on the ground: "The final general will fight to the death."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Please get up, Prince Consort." Zhou Yu helped Prince Consort Jiao up and said: "The Empress Dowager Yi ordered the Empress Dowager Sun to scold the Empress Dowager for interfering in politics in the harem, causing chaos in the country, and plotting against evil intentions to recreate the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Emperor Wu's behavior made the Empress Dowager furious.

Today, the Queen Mother Sun is being asked to reflect in the palace, and all the ministers have also heard it. I am afraid that the news is about to spread out of the palace at this time. I wonder if Prince Consort Jiao saw the Jin Yiwei coming this way on his way here. I am preparing to let them take care of themselves.

Find out who is talking nonsense."

Zhou Yu glanced coldly at the ministers in the Wenhua Palace, and his hand was shaking around the handle of Consort Jiao's sheathed sword.

The first people to realize it were the ministers who were in the royal study room. They quickly said loudly: "That's right. Empress Dowager Sun's interference in politics in the harem is the culprit that caused such chaos in the country. It's time to reflect on it."

Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction and looked at Prince Consort Jiao again, saying: "As a supervisor, the only people I can rely on now are the ministers present and you, Prince Consort Jiao."

Prince Consort Jiao said with red eyes and an moved face: "I will definitely serve the Ming Dynasty with all my heart and soul."

"It's so simple." Zhou Yu sighed in his heart, and then said: "Prince-in-law, the imperial army in the palace is now in your hands. The current situation is critical and there is no room for internal chaos. If someone disobeys the command or has second thoughts, ignore it.

The royal family ignored the supervision of the country and asked Prince Consort Jiao to give a list of names and immediately send people to capture and behead them at the Meridian Gate. Now if we want to stabilize the capital, we must kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, so that some people with different intentions will not dare to act rashly."

"Part of the Forbidden Army has already fallen into my hands." Prince Consort Jiao said without even thinking, "It's just..."

"But it doesn't matter."

Consort Jiao's eyes flashed: "It's just that there are still people from the Sun family in charge of the imperial army, and those people don't listen to my orders."

"I was wrong, this guy is not innocent either." This thought came to Zhou Yu's mind, and then he frowned: "A member of the Sun family? How could the Queen Mother Sun be a member of the Sun family since she was a child? What's more, the palace is Zhu's.

In our palace, why are people from the Sun family in charge of half of the imperial army? If you want to deal with these people, you must be careful to avoid chaos in the palace. Prince Consort Jiao has a good strategy."

Consort Jiao's eyes were filled with gleams: "We can issue a decree to let him guard the palace for the Queen Mother. In order to avoid disturbing the Queen Mother, it is not necessary to have too many people guarding the palace. It is also to ensure the Queen Mother's safety, so it is best to leave it to her and her cronies.

Do it.”

"Yes." Zhou Yu suddenly nodded, returned to the table and immediately wrote the edict, stamped it and handed it to Prince Consort Jiao: "This matter will be done by Prince Consort Jiao. It must be done cleanly and quickly without leaving any trouble.

You can ask the Jinyi Guards to assist you, and when everything is over and all the ministers and princes-in-law present have taken the lead, I will definitely report to His Majesty for a large reward."

"Yes, King Tan."

Prince Consort Jiao strode away with the decree.

Zhou Yu looked at the others and said: "I still need the ministers not to spread the matter about Empress Dowager Sun. If this matter spreads, it will not be good for Empress Dowager Sun."

Many ministers wanted to roll their eyes. Doesn't this mean that they should spread the situation quickly? Is it really okay for you to act so blatantly? Aren't you afraid that the historian will write something?

It just so happens that Zhou Yu is really not afraid of how he will be recorded in the history books. If he doesn't seize the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog now, will he still have to wait for the Empress Dowager Sun to react?

History is written by the victors. He is afraid of offending others. He has already offended others, but is he afraid of further offending?

Even if he dies, it’s not a big deal. The worst he can do is to do it all over again. Isn’t it easy to clear this dungeon?

As the day passed, the ministers also took turns to leave to rest. Zhou Yu was not so particular. He asked the imperial chef to cook the food but did not share the meal. He directly carried it in a big basin and ate the big pot of rice together. Even if someone wanted to poison, they would not find the chance.

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And at night, the consort brought the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard in front of Zhou Yu without even shouting for kill.

A burly man who looked to be in his thirties was dragged to the Wenhua Hall with a frightened face but no strength.

"Prince-in-law, this is the deputy commander in charge of the other half of the Forbidden Army? How can he be so virtuous?"

Zhou Yu left his chair and came to the palace. He looked curiously at the deputy commander who was lying on the ground and seemed unable to use any strength: "There was no fight?"

Prince Consort Jiao saluted with his hands clasped in his fists: "I'm reporting this to King Tan, we can easily capture it without using any weapons. No one including this person and his followers can escape."

Zhou Yu was curious: "How to do it?"

Prince Consort Jiao said: "It was the brothers of Jinyiwei who assisted and put medicine in their food. We waited patiently for the medicine to take effect before we captured them all."

Zhou Yu smiled and nodded: "Ma Shun?"

"It's Commander Ma Shun."

"He did a good job." Zhou Yu nodded and pointed to the person lying on the ground: "Did you ask anything?"

Prince Consort Jiao shook his head: "Not yet, everything will wait until King Xi makes the decision."

"Okay." Zhou Yu kicked the person on the ground and said, "Whose last name is that?"

A smart person will never anger someone who can control his own life now. This guy looks tall and thick, but he also has some brains. Although he doesn't have much strength, he can still get up and kneel on the ground and kowtow.

"King Yin, please spare your life. King Yin, please spare your life! The last general knows nothing and knows nothing."

"You have to ask if you know." Zhou Yu waved to Xing'an, who had come in to serve him early, and the latter quickly brought a chair for Zhou Yu to sit on.

"Tell me, what is your last name and what is your relationship to the Queen Mother?"
To be continued...