When Master Ran and Marshal Kou pacified Du Xin and Yongdong in the south, and returned to the dynasty after victory, it was already early winter.

These days have been very cold, the sky is always thick gray clouds, and the terrible north wind is carrying the yellow leaves and dust, and people cannot open their eyes.

Although the weather was bad, the extermination of the rebellious army was great news for Mu Guo. Li Sheng's Ministry of Rites prepared a grand ceremony to welcome the soldiers who returned triumphantly.

Along with the soldiers who arrived in the capital together, there was also the coffin of the former prince Li Yu. Again, this is a sad thing. Originally, Qin Ao and the others were going to transport the prince's coffin back to the capital first, but they were stopped by the master of Ran who came later. He told the crowd that having the coffin of the former prince could better motivate the soldiers, and also allowed the former prince to watch how his subjects and soldiers avenged him.

Kou Yue listened to Master Ran's words, and he understood that this time to exterminate the rebel army, Master Ran was determined to win. Moreover, he was also worried that once the coffin was transported back to the capital, it would inevitably arouse the sadness and sadness of his daughter Kou Yuniang, so he agreed.

These months of war have been very hard. Just because this is Dusin's last chance, it is inevitable that he will have to resist stubbornly, and all kinds of conspiracies and tricks emerge one after another.

Fortunately, the master is also very strategic, and Dusin always falls short.

After months of fighting, the losses on both sides were very serious. After all, Du Sin's strength is too weak, and he can't compare to Master Ran in terms of strategy. In the last battle, Du Xin and Yongdong were captured, and Mu Guo subdued Dingnan Mansion, and transported Du Xin and Yongdong, as well as their families, in a prisoner car to the capital.

Yongdong in the prison car, like a defeated rooster, hung his head and sighed constantly. He knew in his heart that he would never have a chance to turn over, and what awaited him and his family would be complete destruction.

Dusin's demeanor was very different from Yongdong's, although he was covered in wounds, his hair was disheveled, his beard was unkempt, and his clothes were covered with mud, but his face still showed a trace of arrogance and disdain.

In a prisoner car behind Du Xin were his wife Yong Meier and son Du Bao. Yong Mei'er, like Du Xin, was disheveled and covered in mud.

Master Ran found out that Du Bao was an idiot, hesitated, and put him and Yong Mei'er in a prison car. The prison car was already cramped, but now that two people are locked up, they can't move.

Du Bao kept crying in the prison car, and Yong Meier seemed to be deaf. But as Du Bao cried, Du Xin's face gradually showed pain.

Li Sheng took the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and went out of the city thirty miles to greet him. Originally, the Ministry of Rites did not agree with Li Sheng's doing, saying that there was no such thing as a king welcoming a minister.

Li Sheng was silent for a long time, and said faintly, "I am not to welcome Marshal Kou and Master Zhiran, but to welcome the coffin of Emperor Zhaoliewu. The Ministry of Rites didn't dare to say anything more.

A few days ago, hearing that the coffin of the former prince was about to arrive in the capital, Li Sheng had already issued another holy decree to posthumously crown the former prince Li Yu as Emperor Zhaoliewu.

With Li Sheng out of the city together, in addition to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, there was also the eunuch who was held, the crown prince Li Yu who had just been a few months old.

This scene is both joy and sorrow.

Li Sheng took the crown prince Li Yu and all the civil and military forces, and first knocked on Li Yu's coffin, and everyone cried bitterly. Then Marshal Kou and Master Zhiran took the generals to meet with the new monarch Li Sheng, and told them about the process of the war and the situation of several cities in the south. Everyone was full of joy again.

The group entered the city in a mighty way, and Li Sheng sat in the Jinluan Palace, and rewarded the officers and men in the army, and ordered them to rest at home for a month.

The next most important thing is how to deal with Du Xin and Yongdong, as well as their families. According to Li Sheng's original intention, he wanted to cramp and peel the skin to light the sky lantern, or cut them with a thousand knives, they were the direct murderers who killed Emperor Zhaoliewu, that is, the first prince Li Yu.

However, when Li Sheng told the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager about his thoughts, the two of them looked at me, I looked at you, and neither of them spoke.

Li Sheng wondered in his heart, because he said, "Grandmother Huang, Queen Mother, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Empress Dowager Yang looked at the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager had to say, "Your Majesty thinks so, of course, it should be." Why don't you want to do this? There's just one thing, that Dusin is...... He is the biological father of the queen. Mu governs the country with filial piety, and Du Xin deserves it, but you should still ask the queen what she means, and save her a little face. Killing heads is inevitable, just not too ugly. ”

Li Sheng said impatiently, "Imperial grandmother, what's this?" Although he was the queen's biological father, I heard that when the queen was a few years old, he drove Mrs. Yao Guo and her three daughters out of the house. Mrs. Yao Guo, mother and daughter, almost couldn't survive. In the past ten years, he has not fulfilled his duties as a father, and the father and daughter have never met, where is there any affection? I don't need to worry that he is the Queen's father. Besides, a mound dive that came out of nowhere hurt the emperor, and after checking for half a year, he didn't find any clues, and his grandson couldn't get out of his chest with a breath in his chest; Now that the murderer who killed his brother is released, don't you let your grandson vent his evil anger? If you don't cut this person with a thousand knives, it will be difficult to eliminate the anger in your grandson's chest! ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head and sighed, "My grandson, you are still young and have no children, you don't know the nature of father and daughter, and the relationship between flesh and blood is constantly cut." Du Xin is naturally a capital crime, and you should also ask the queen if she wants to meet her father, so as not to make the queen unhappy in the future. ”

"This ......" Li Sheng hesitated, "It's nothing to see each other." It's just that the queen is the softest-hearted, what if he begs the queen bitterly? ”

"No," Empress Dowager Yang said busily, "Qiong'er, that child, I know, the most knowledgeable, she also knows her father's serious crimes, how can she intercede for her father and make it difficult for the emperor to be a man?" You can rest assured of this emperor. ”

Li Sheng thought about it again, and had to say, "Since this is the case, wait for my son to ask the queen, that's it." ”

As he spoke, he saluted the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Yang, and said goodbye.

When he arrived in the palace courtyard, Li Sheng looked at the few chrysanthemums that had withered in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and finally ordered, "Drive Kunning Palace!" ”

Just when Li Sheng, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager Yang were discussing how to deal with Du Xin, there was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, wearing a blue and white plain dress, riding a jujube red horse, came out of the palace of Mrs. Yao Guo, beat the horse and whipped, and went straight to the palace.

When she came to the gate of the palace, the girl got off the horse and told the eunuch guarding the door impatiently, "I am the queen's own sister, and I am tired of my father-in-law to report that I want to see the queen!" ”

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