Concubine Wang is not grateful but afraid, fearful, and worried about her family.

How could she not understand that when Zhou Yu asked her to chant sutras and pray for blessings, he was relegating her to the cold palace in disguise? By asking her family to go to the Zijingguan battlefield, that was not to perform meritorious service, but to force them to die.

Faced with these two things, how could Concubine Wang be willing? But if she didn't want to, she had no other choice, and she didn't dare to further anger the man who already had the most noble status in front of her at this moment. Even though she was once Princess Xi and the royal concubine, but now

At this moment, King Xi was no longer a prince but an emperor, but as Princess Xi, she just became a noble concubine.

Moreover, in this matter, no one in the court or the court objected or spoke for her. It is conceivable that no matter what the reason was, this man who had just become the emperor had at least unified the voice of the court.

It was only then that Wang Guifei seemed to understand something. The current situation seemed to be a little different from what she thought. The words that the emperor warned her when he was still King Xi but were ignored by her were not something that could be offended at will.

Because of her own thoughts, her own self-righteousness, and because of her hatred for Zhou Yu and the Hang family, she finally took herself on the wrong path. Only then did she suddenly understand that her husband who became the emperor was different from him when he was still King Xin.

They were already two completely different people, and now she could only watch helplessly as the one who entered Prince Xin's palace before her and gave birth to a son became the new queen of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's over..."

Zhou Yu didn't know what Wang Guifei was thinking now, and he had no interest in paying attention to these unimportant things.

The former King Qi Yu pampered Wang Guifei in various ways because he felt guilty towards Wang, and eventually developed the character of Wang Guifei to go her own way. However, this would not have happened if Wang had a gentle nature. To put it bluntly, it was still in Wang's heart.

Unable to eliminate the complaints, unable to give birth to a son but could only watch helplessly as the concubine's son was favored, and was also forced to marry King Xi, who was a waste in her eyes...

Of course, Zhou Yu didn't know everything from the beginning, but Wang Shan and Ma Shun were so capable. In order to show their loyalty, as long as Zhou Yu wanted to know, anything about Zhou Yu would come first.

He was immediately presented to Zhou Yu.

In this way, Zhou Yu gradually learned a lot of things. There was no shortage of eunuchs and maids in the palace who could resell information. If Zhou Yu really wanted to know something, wouldn't it be easy?

Just like Queen Qian's intention to adopt Baozong's eldest son to the Wang family, it would really bring some trouble to Zhou Yu if they were allowed to do it.

After seeing off the two of them, they called for the Hang family. Although the family background was not good, the Hang family had a gentle personality and could take care of others. She had always been favored, and she was not the kind of coddling forced by superficial skills. This gave birth to her predecessor.

My son’s concubine was really loved by my predecessor.

Mrs. Hang may look weak and frail, but she is actually a very strong-willed person. However, her temper has never exploded in front of her husband, and she has been extremely tolerant to Mrs. Wang and has done everything she should do.

After being notified, Hang quickly came to Zhou Yu. When he saw Zhou Yu, who didn't even take off his armor, his hair was messy and he looked very tired, his eyes suddenly flashed with distress.

"Your Majesty! I have met your Majesty. I wish your Majesty the best."

"Well, you're here." Zhou Yu smiled and waved to Hang: "I'm still used to life in the palace. I heard from the eunuch that you have been taking care of the children in the courtyard during this period and have not had any contact with outsiders. What do you do?

It was very good and I was not disappointed.”

Hang shook his head gently: "This is what your Majesty ordered me to do. I naturally have to remember it firmly. Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is still fine."

"It's not good." Zhou Yu sighed, shook his head and said, "I called you here because of this matter. I'm afraid the Empress Dowager won't be able to delay it for too long. I want to stay with the Empress Dowager every day, but the national crisis is looming.

I can't get away, so I can only ask Concubine Hang to help me take care of the Empress Dowager and fulfill her filial piety."

"What!" Hang's cherry mouth opened slightly, and she couldn't believe it: "I just met the Empress Dowager a few days ago, and she obviously looks very healthy."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "You should be more careful when taking care of the Empress Dowager here, and you should also be more careful about things in the courtyard. The Empress Dowager is seriously ill, and you should take charge of the affairs of the harem to share my worries."

Hang shook his head gently: "Your Majesty, taking care of the Empress Dowager and taking care of the Emperor's worries is a matter of concubine classification. But if you are worried about managing the concubines in the harem, you should let your sister do it."

Zhou Yuhe sneered: "Ms. Wang? She has to pray and recite sutras for the Empress Dowager, so she may not have time to worry about me. Needless to say, from today on, you will be in charge of the harem as the imperial concubine."

Concubine Hang was stunned, pursed her lips and nodded lightly: "I understand, I understand."

Zhou Yu stood up and patted his thigh: "Okay, I still have some important things to deal with. You go and see the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager wakes up or there is something in the harem that cannot be handled, send someone to tell me.

, you can also ask the people in the palace of the Queen Mother, they also have experience in these things."

"I know this."

Zhou Yu waved his hand and left, and everyone in the palace came to see him off.

However, Zhou Yu did not go to the front palace immediately. Instead, he went to his bedroom first, changed out of his armor, took a shower and tidied up before hurried over in a hurry.

There is no rush because there are some new battle reports that need to be digested by the court officials. The news of the great victory at Juyongguan was brought back by Zhou Yu himself in order to return with the victory. Zhou Yu wanted to give time for the officials to digest it.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhou Yu also wanted to take advantage of this great victory to give some people a blow.

Wearing a dragon robe is more like an emperor, while wearing a battle armor is more like a commander-in-chief. The former emphasizes a royal way and a combination of grace and power, while the latter mainly emphasizes bravery and greater oppression. No matter what clothes you wear to meet the courtiers, it will be the same

There is something particular about it, especially at critical moments. It often represents a certain attitude of his. The most direct one can represent whether he is thinking of becoming a king or killing.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, even if you use the royal way, you still have to kill people. The royal way or killing are just methods and attitudes. They are tools that can be converted at will, and the different methods are different.

One of the basics of mastery is killing, and how to kill is also very important.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Following the shrill shouts of the eunuchs in the palace, all the officials and generals in the Wenhua Palace immediately ran to the entrance of the Wenhua Palace and knelt down to welcome Zhou Yu's arrival.

"Welcome Your Majesty."

Zhou Yu walked over with his hands behind his back, looked at the many ministers who suddenly became cautious and respectful, smiled a little, and nodded slowly: "Pingshen."

The Minister of Rites acted the fastest, stood up quickly, clasped his fists and bent down towards Zhou Yu, and praised loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you defeated the enemy in one night at Juyongguan, beheaded and captured the 50,000-strong Wala army, but our army did not lose a single soldier.

, the achievement of this battle is rare since the Ming Dynasty, and it is the greatest victory of the Ming Dynasty over Oara in several dynasties."

"Your Majesty went out to personally lead the victory and wiped away the shame of Baozong's defeat in the first battle. The world has your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has your Majesty, and the ministers also have your Majesty. This is the greatest blessing that heaven has given to the Ming Dynasty and us.

This war declares to the world that the spirit of the Ming Dynasty’s army is still there and the backbone of the Ming Dynasty is still there, and that the Ming Dynasty will be safe with your majesty!”

This was said with sincerity. Zhou Yu didn't react much, but courtiers one after another immediately continued to praise Zhou Yu's achievements in more sincere and enthusiastic terms, and by the way, they stepped on the Emperor Baozong tactfully and indirectly.

Zhou Yu would be praised as a saint in the world.

After he was seated, Zhou Yu spoke to stop everyone from continuing to praise him: "That's enough."

The Wenhua Hall was silent for a moment.

Zhou Yu asked: "Yu Qian, how is the battle at Zijingguan?"

Yu Qian cupped his hands and said: "Back to Your Majesty, as before, the army attacked again and again. However, because of the timely response and reinforcements, Zijingguan is still safe and there is no worry of being breached. Now our Ming Dynasty's victory in Juyongguan will definitely give us a victory."

It will bring greater pressure to Ye Xian. Being unable to attack for a long time and worrying about being flanked may demoralize Ye Xian's troops."

"But it's also possible that they are ready to sink their boats and look forward to death." Zhou Yu said calmly: "How much military power does the capital have left?"

"There are a hundred thousand troops." Yu Qian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The Japanese army will also arrive in the capital. Even if we break through Zijingguan first, we will not be able to break through the capital. Our army is fully prepared and now its morale is greatly improved.

Furthermore, the soldiers in the Juyongguan area are watching and ready to attack Ye Xian's army at any time. All things considered, Ye Xian can only lose but not win."

"Yes." Zhou Yu nodded slowly and said: "Deploy another 20,000 soldiers to Zijingguan to strengthen defense. I see that Wang Guifei is also concerned about national affairs. In this case, I asked the Wang family to send people to Zijingguan with the army.

It’s better to fight first.”

Yu Qian cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

"Well." Zhou Yu glanced at the people below and said, "I heard someone said that they saw the late emperor. Did any of you ministers hear about this? Are you sure that it is really the late emperor?"

As soon as these words came out, Wenhua Hall, which was still a bit of a discussion atmosphere, suddenly froze, and the colors on many people's faces suddenly changed.

No one spoke but Yu Qian had to say it because it was his letter that asked Zhou Yu to come back.

Yu Qian's tone was slightly harsher: "Your Majesty, it's Guangning Bo Liu An who came back from Datong without an order. I have ordered him to be taken down and imprisoned in the sky prison."

"Liu An has never been wise and acted recklessly, but as a guard of Datong, leaving without permission is a serious crime and should be punished with death. However, Empress Dowager Sun, Empress Qian, Concubine Wang and even many officials in the court interceded for him.

I have no right to deal with it, so I can only imprison him until His Majesty returns to Beijing and then deal with it."

"Oh?" Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows pretending to be surprised and said, "Then why did he come back?"

Someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, according to what Liu An said, the Baozong first appeared in Datong and invited the guard Guo Deng to go out of the city to meet him. After Guo Deng refused, Liu An went out of the city to meet the Baozong on his own. According to others,

It is said that Liu An knelt down and cried loudly not long after leaving the city, and then rushed to the capital. All the way there, he claimed that he had been ordered by His Majesty to report the enemy's situation. He also had a token from the late emperor in his hand, saying that His Majesty had granted him the title of Marquis."

"Ha." Zhou Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Why didn't I remember to give him a token and make him a marquis?"

No one spoke as soon as I said this. It was really hard to answer.

Baozong's death was the attitude of the Ming royal family and the Ming court. However, this attitude was only adopted under the influence of Zhou Yu and the decision of the Empress Dowager. But in fact everyone knew what the situation was. At least the war was not over.

Even if I had other ideas before, I couldn't express this idea.

As for whether the late Emperor Varana was driven away or not, we can discuss it slowly, and we will see what the situation will be.

No one spoke to Zhou Yu and he didn't care. He looked at the pile of folders on the table in front of him and picked up one at random: "Kill him. He will disturb the morale of the army and bring chaos to the court. What else can such a person do if he is not killed? Order the Jinyi Guards and

Dongchang strictly inspected his allies, killed them all, and then ransacked their homes."

"Also, give me a list of petitioners. This matter..."

Zhou Yu's calm eyes swept around everyone present again, and everyone seemed to be able to feel the meaning revealed the moment Zhou Yu's eyes paused on them.

"Everyone should write me a note and hand it directly into my hands. I want to see if there are more people in this court who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, more people who are loyal to me, or more people who are loyal to Wala and more people who are loyal to that fake.

Many, not just you people, but also the guards at Zijingguan and Juyongguan will write, after all, they are also involved."

Everyone wants to write a list? Another forced line-up?

And this is no longer about forcibly taking sides, this is about letting them forcibly clean up the former emperor’s party members!

If you don't clean up yourself, I'm afraid you will be cleaned up, or you may kill the former emperor's followers, or even get involved in some private work. If you don't write something, you may be killed by others as the former emperor's followers.

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For the first time, people of this era felt what involution was, and of course they certainly could not understand the word involution. This was Zhou Yu's conspiracy, a conspiracy that they could not resist at all.

As soon as this decree came out, many people felt their breathing paused. They wanted to confirm something from Zhou Yu's expression but could not see anything.

Zhou Yu took advantage of the victory to return, which clearly means that he has established a firm foothold in the army. Not to mention other people, at least Juyongguan to the north will definitely support him, and the soldiers guarding the capital will also be sure that Zhou Yu will not lose this time.

The victory of the soldiers supported him.

The soldiers thought very simply. They would listen to whoever could lead them to victory, who could lead them to charge, and who could give them more rewards. What's more, this man was still the emperor.

Not to mention others, there are now the palace guards, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, a thousand cavalry brought back from Juyongguan...

Now no one dares to ignore Zhou Yu's words.

What should I do? Just write.

Yu Qian suddenly felt a huge pressure. Looking at Zhou Yu's calm appearance, he felt fear and jealousy. Just an understatement made the courtiers fear and doubt each other, even if someone really resisted.
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