On the way to Tianjin Wei, the warship left Beijing and encountered a volley from the Liukou, but the Liukou of several thousand men and horses did not pose any threat to the fleet at all, and after several rounds of artillery bombardment, the Liukou who were ready to intercept were all scared away except for those who were killed and wounded, and the fleet was able to leave the boundary of Beijing smoothly.

During a short stop on the way, Cao Yue changed ships and boarded the warship carrying the remains of Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, Princess Zhaoren, and the crown prince Zhu Cizhao, and King Ding Zhu Cijiong.

Because Emperor Chongzhen died, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting naturally let Empress Zhou and the other members of the royal family stay together.

But when Cao Yue rushed over, another unexpected thing happened.

In the process of the two team members receiving the prince Zhu Cizhao and the king Zhu Cijiong, the prince Zhu Cizhao unfortunately hit the arrow, although the medical soldiers on the warship immediately rescued, but in the end because of the injury for too long, missed the best opportunity for treatment, Zhu Ci in the arms of his mother Empress Zhou an hour after escaping Beijing, swallowed his last breath.

Lost her husband and son in one day, the palace of the Ming Dynasty was occupied by the rogues, they became "homeless", Queen Zhou almost collapsed, and after crying bitterly, she finally couldn't support it and fell into a coma.

The crown prince Zhu Cizhao was seriously injured and died, which was something that Sun Chuanting and Cao Yue did not expect, they originally thought that it was already a great luck in misfortune to be able to successfully rescue these princes. Unexpectedly, the crown prince died on a warship after fleeing Beijing. Fortunately, Empress Zhou and other members of the royal family, as well as some palace people who were lucky enough to escape with them, witnessed the whole process, otherwise Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting were really at a loss for words, and they would be mistaken for murdering His Royal Highness the Prince.

Even the death of Emperor Chongzhen, they can't escape the involvement, some people say that they took the opportunity to murder the emperor and set up a new emperor.

Empress Zhou and other members of the royal family, as well as those palace people accompanying her, must not have accidents. Otherwise, they may be stained on their backs, and Cao Yue strictly ordered his entourage to absolutely guarantee the safety of these rescued personnel.

When Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, he only had one shoe on his feet, and his body was also disheveled. Sun Chuanting asked Emperor Chongzhen to restrain his life, change into clean clothes, and clean the dirt. There is no dragon robe on the ship, so everything can only be done first, and then a grand funeral for Emperor Chongzhen will be held when he returns to Nanjing. It was also when the palace people wiped the body of Emperor Chongzhen and changed his clothes. The suicide note written by Emperor Chongzhen before his death fell out. Seeing this suicide note, Cao Yue breathed a sigh of relief, don't worry about being suspicious anymore, this blood letter written by Emperor Chongzhen before his death can prove a lot of things.

After the fleet arrived at Tianjinwei, it rested for a while, and immediately set sail and headed south by sea, preparing to rush back to Nanjing.

When Tianjin Wei was resting. Cao Yue informed Cao Jie, who was leading his army north, in several ways, to immediately stop the advance, retreat to the front line of Xuzhou, and prepare for defense. Beware of possible pursuit by the rogues.

Now Cao Yue didn't want to attack the Liukou immediately, everything had to be calmed down a little. Emperor Chongzhen is dead, and the establishment of a new monarch is the most important thing, as well as the arrangements of the officials in the new court. Only these things are done. before you can think about other things.

After thinking about it carefully, Cao Yue was pleasantly surprised to find that Emperor Chongzhen and the crown prince Zhu Cizhao died. Empress Zhou was rescued, and things became "perfect". Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong, that is the best candidate for the throne, and he is very familiar with Zhu Cijiong and has a good relationship. Zhu Cijiong is young, not yet eleven years old. He can take the opportunity of supporting Zhu Cijiong's accession to the throne to control the major affairs of the court and politics in his own hands. Cao Yue thought so, controlled Zhu Cijiong, and then let Empress Zhou fully support him, then in the major affairs of the DPRK and China, can other people have more say than him?

And the army is still in his hands. Originally, Cao Yue was worried that the hundreds of thousands of Nanjing New Army he had recruited could not be justifiably in his own hands, but now that all worries are gone, he can also use various excuses to expand the scale of the Nanjing New Army.

As long as the army is completely in their own hands, then the major affairs of the DPRK and China are not decided by themselves?

On the way back to Nanjing, Cao Yue was thinking about these things, who should be used in the court, who should be the first assistant, and so on. Sun Chuanting is now the best candidate for the first assistant, Shi Kefa, an upright minister, can continue to be retained, Gao Hongtu can also let him continue to stay in the court as long as he is obedient, He Xiongxiang, this guy, can let him return to his hometown and go home to enjoy Qingfu.

However, among the other available people, Cao Yue has not yet come up with a famous name, and he is ready to find an opportunity to chat with Sun Chuanting.

It's just that after the fleet left Tianjin Wei and sailed on the sea, he didn't stay on the same ship as Sun Chuanting, and there was no way to communicate on the way. The two did not stay on the same ship, and that was for safety reasons. If the two of them are on the same boat, and something happens and both of them lose their lives, then there is no one to command this team, and they are all messed up.

Both of them had a problem with the ship they were on, and both of them lost their lives, and this kind of thing could happen, but the chances were always much smaller.

Zhu Cijiong and the other princes did not let them stay on the same ship, also for safety reasons.

Cao Yue's warship was to transport the remains of Emperor Chongzhen, and Empress Zhou, Zhu Cijiong and Princess Zhaoren Zhu Jieyuan all stayed on this boat. The father died, and the queen mother fell asleep due to excessive sadness, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Jieyuan were very sad, they cried and cried around the queen mother, and did not dare to leave. Fortunately, not long after the warship left Tianjinwei, Empress Zhou woke up.

After hearing the news that Empress Zhou woke up, Cao Yue also immediately went over to visit.

Seeing that Queen Zhou looked too sad and desperate, Cao Yue also immediately advised: "Queen Mother, things are already like this, you don't have to be so sad." What we have to do now is to avenge the Lord of Long Live Heaven, repeat the Daming rivers and mountains, eliminate the Liukou, drive the Jiannu out of the land of the Ming Dynasty, and rebuild the Ming Dynasty very strongly. ”

When Empress Zhou heard this, she was silent.

Cao Yue continued: "Queen Mother, now you are the most honorable person in the entire Ming Dynasty. His Majesty was forced to death by the rogue, and we must avenge him. The minister felt that if the queen wanted to avenge His Majesty, she had to cheer up no matter what. Now the world is in chaos, and only Nanjing and Nanzhili are in a slightly better situation. We are now rushing to Nanjing, which is the old capital, and we can have a new king in Nanjing. But no matter which new monarch we appoint, we can't hand over the affairs of the court to him, after all, no matter which prince is too young. So, the queen mother, you have to bother, you have to ask more about state affairs!"

Listening to Cao Yue's words, Queen Zhou was touched, and couldn't help but raise her eyes and look at Cao Yue, looking like she wanted to speak and stopped...... (To be continued.) )