"Your Majesty is just going south to rebel, and it will only be a few months back and forth, so I can just take charge of the government on our behalf, so why do we need to choose someone who will oversee the country?" Jia Zhongmei, the current left minister, asked.

"After the rebellion, I want to return to Chang'an to live forever, so in addition to handing over this court to the eight adults, I also plan to choose one person to oversee the country on my behalf."

The ministers below looked at each other, but they didn't expect that their Majesty didn't plan to live in their own capital.

But this time, the eight ministers were surprisingly unified, and none of them stood up to react immediately.

Tang Ping secretly sneered in his heart, of course these people would not object, the post of supervising the country is greater than the six Shangshu and the left and right ministers.

There are eight of them, but why don't they have any further thoughts in their hearts?

Therefore, Wang Qingluan was persuaded to go to Nanyang, saying that he would choose one person to supervise the country, but no one persuaded him.

However, a few people did not tear their faces, and after the final discussion, the post of prisoner still fell on Jia Zhongmei.

"In the future, I will worry about the left minister, big and small matters, the left minister can make decisions on his behalf, but if the left minister and other adults have different opinions, then the matter has to be reported to Chang'an."

Zuo Prime Minister Jia Zhongmei's authority is so great, it will naturally be restricted, as long as the other seven people oppose it at the same time, then it is necessary to report to Chang'an and let her decide.

And they have to go to Chang'an once a year to report on their work, and Wang Qingluan will also come to Fuyang from time to time.

Anyway, the traffic is much more developed than in the past, and the one-way journey on the road is only about ten days, and it will be faster in the future.

After taking care of the affairs of the court, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan left at the same time.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the Duke of Pingguo!"

"Hey, I'm tired!" Walking to a place outside the hall where the ministers couldn't see, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan collapsed their shoulders at the same time, and then said in unison.

Then the two looked at each other and laughed.

"I think I was quite diligent back then, King Zheng of Dongyue, all followed you, and even I became lazy."

"Yes, yes, my responsibility, my responsibility!" Tang Ping took Wang Qingluan's hand: "Let's go, hurry up and go back to video with Tang Tang, I don't know if she is well-behaved in the store today."

The two stayed in Dongyue for a few more days before finally planning to leave, and before leaving, the two came to Wang Xuanying's tomb, but they didn't expect that Empress Dowager Liu was also there.

"Anyway, he treated me well in the past, and I was sorry for him, so before leaving, I came to kowtow to him, and if there is an afterlife, I hope to repay everything I owe him in this life."

After the Empress Dowager Liu finished speaking, she turned around and left.

In a few days, Empress Dowager Liu seemed to be twenty years old, and there was even a lot more gray hair on her head.

After the city was broken, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan did not restrict the freedom of her mother and son, as long as they did not leave the sight of the people they sent.

Of course, she and her children can't stay in Fuyang for a long time, according to the agreement, the two will be sent to Chang'an, and then imprisoned.

Wang Qingluan and Tang Ping also went up to put on a stick of incense, and then Tang Ping also walked out, leaving Wang Qingluan alone, thinking that she also had something to say to Wang Xuanying.

When she arrived at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum, Empress Dowager Liu was still there, and when she saw Tang Ping coming out, she bowed slightly.

Tang Ping also hurriedly returned the salute.

"That day, Ping Guogong said that Yang Zhengdao, the grandson of the former Empress Dowager Xiao of Sui, was in your Shanghe Village?"

"But so!"

"Then I don't know if Ping Guogong is willing to teach my son in the future?"

"This ......" Tang Ping hesitated, the relationship between Empress Dowager Liu and Wang Xuanying was too complicated, and it was difficult for him to judge right and wrong in the affairs of the previous generation, but he had to consider Wang Qingluan's feelings.

"I know what Ping Guogong is worried about, but there is actually one thing that everyone doesn't know." Empress Dowager Liu opened the curtain of the carriage she was riding, and there was a child sleeping in it, which should be her son.

"You and Your Majesty both think that this is Zhen Xiong's child and me, right? Actually, no, he is me and the emperor, the emperor's hidden disease was indeed cured, although I hate him, but in addition to him, there is no second man. So he is actually His Majesty's half-brother

Brother."

"And it was precisely with this child that Zhen Xiong felt that the emperor had a real heir, so he hid it from me and poisoned the emperor. I'm not telling you this today to clear my name of guilt, but later I did go along with Zhen Xiong and seized power in Dongyue. I just want to tell you the true story of this kid, and he's not wrong."

Tang Ping was shocked, he really didn't expect that there was such a big melon waiting for him.

"I heard that Ping Guogong has a means to tell whether the two are related by blood, so if Ping Guogong doesn't believe it, you can test this child and Your Majesty."

Tang Ping nodded a little mechanically, there are really too many secrets in this palace, if it weren't for his personal experience, he wouldn't have thought that this would be much more responsible than in those film and television dramas.

Everyone has 800 hearts.

Thinking about it now, it's no wonder that Zhen Xiong fled to Nanyang and didn't take the child away, and at first Tang Ping thought that he was leaving this puppet emperor in Dongyue to control the government.

Zhen Xiong naturally knew that this child was not his species, and since he was no longer in Dongyue, Empress Dowager Liu and this child had no use value, so he left the two in Dongyue.

It turned out that there were still some things that I couldn't figure out, but now I figured it out, although Empress Dowager Liu may be tricking herself now, but after I go back, I will know if I have to test my DNA, and from Tang Ping's point of view, there is a high probability that what she is saying now is true.

And the only reason why she is saying it now is that she began to ask for her own thing, so that this child can learn from her in the future.

Although he may not be able to learn anything, and he may not be able to find a position in the Chang'an Dynasty in the future, with his identity in Datang, as long as he has the identity of his own disciple and the identity of Wang Qingluan's younger brother, then he will at least be able to live a smooth life in Datang in the future.

For the sake of her own children, this Empress Dowager Liu can be said to have taken great pains, it seems that meeting her here today may not be a coincidence.

"Although I can't promise you now, I will tell Qingluan the truth about this."

Although Tang Ping didn't agree, Empress Dowager Liu still smiled with satisfaction.

"I have long heard that Ping Guogong and His Majesty have a deep relationship, and when I saw it today, I was a little envious of Your Majesty, not that I was envious of anything else, but that she could meet such a good person as Ping Guogong, I am afraid that this is also the wish of women in the world."

"Also, do you know why the emperor always asked His Majesty to wear men's clothes?" Empress Dowager Liu asked.

Tang Ping thought for a while and said, "Isn't it for Qingluan to inherit the unification?"

"Naturally, she is going to inherit it, but after all, she is a daughter, if she is in her original identity, she is the only daughter of the emperor, and she will also guard all kinds of controversies, in fact, as a parent, where can anyone not want their children to be happy? That's why the emperor has always asked her to pretend to be a man, so that when she fulfills her responsibilities, he can also protect her from some criticism."

Tang Ping really didn't expect that there would be such a reason, but thinking about it, it was really like this, so he said that now the Tang Dynasty is extremely open, but there are still almost no women as officials, and there is only one red-whisk girl who follows Li Jing as a general.

Seeing Wang Qingluan walking out from afar, Empress Dowager Liu arched her hand and said, "Your Majesty shouldn't like to see me, so I'll go back first, and I'll see you in Chang'an in the future."

Wang Qingluan looked at the car driver in the distance and asked, "What did she say to you?"

"Big melon...... Ah, no, that's the case......" Tang Ping told Wang Qingluan what he had just heard.

"Is that really my father's blood?" Wang Qingluan's eyes widened in disbelief. "I think what she should say is true, and you also know that as long as we have a few hairs with hair follicles on you and that kid there, we can test whether the two of you are related by blood, and we will know if we return to Chang'an."

Wang Qingluan took a deep breath, she had always thought that the child was from Empress Dowager Liu and Zhen Xiong, but she didn't expect that in the end it was still her younger brother.

After she finally digested the information, she sighed and said, "If what she said is true, then the child is really me

Then please teach him carefully in the future."

"You and I'm polite, as long as you want, I'm sure I'll have no opinion." Tang Ping took Wang Qingluan's hand and patted it lightly on the back of his hand: "I promised my father-in-law just now that I will treat you well, otherwise I am afraid that he will come to me."

"It's not in shape!" Wang Qingluan took a bite out of him, and then leaned on his shoulder: "Tang Ping, it's good to have you."

Three days later, Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan set off again to leave Fuyang.

They still left by water and then headed south from the East China Sea.

Because it is not clear the specific situation of Zhen Xiong in Nanyang now, but this time Tang Ping decided that he could no longer let the tiger return to the mountain, and he must completely disintegrate Zhen Xiong's forces.

On the Taihao ship, the former pirate leaders Luo Siye and Qian Laosan both knelt on the deck.

It's not because the two of them made any mistakes, but because Chang'an's holy decree has arrived.

In the past, the pirate group of the two was officially merged into the First Fleet of the East China Sea.

Qian Laosan and Luo Siye served as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the First Fleet in the East China Sea respectively, and held two official positions above and under the fifth rank.

The pirate group still has some family members, and the Tang Dynasty has given them a piece of land along the coast of East Vietnam, where a new military port will be built.

In the future, they can all live there, and when the officers and men of the First Fleet in the East China Sea are repaired, they can also reunite with their families.

East Vietnam completely relinquished its military power, and only the yamen at all levels in the country had officials responsible for local security, and there was no longer an army.

The border between Dongyue and the Tang Dynasty has now been completely liberalized, and there are no garrisons or tariffs, and the people of the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty can travel freely.

As for the borders of East Vietnam and other countries, they were garrisoned by troops sent by the Tang Dynasty.

The entire Dongyue can be regarded as basically included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty and has become a relatively special country within a country.

"Thank you for your grace, Xie Pingguo Gong!"

Qian Laosan and Luo Siye stood up with some excitement, and grabbed the holy decree sent from Chang'an with both hands.

From now on, the two of them are not only Datang people, but also the commanders of the Datang Navy fleet, directly responsible to Tang Ping.

Tang Ping said that the addition of officials to the knighthood was as if it was still yesterday, but he didn't expect it to be realized so quickly.

"Don't thank me, you deserve it."

During the attack on East Vietnam, although Liu Datong persuaded the state capital near Shencheng Port to surrender in the early stage, there were still several battles later, and these pirates in the past were indeed brave in battle, and they were also meticulous in the implementation of military discipline.

This made Tang Ping very satisfied, so he wrote to Chang'an and gave them the official status as soon as possible.

"After we resupply in Taizhou, we will go directly to Ryukyu, and then go south." Tang Ping pointed to the chart and said.

Although Qian Laosan and Luo Laosi didn't know why Tang Ping didn't follow the coastline route, it would be safer and easier to get supplies.

But now the two of them are only looking forward to Tang Ping, so what Tang Ping says is what he says, not to mention that he wants to go directly to the Ryukyu Island, even now Tang Ping points to the east and says that he wants to go to the new world, and the two of them definitely do not hesitate.

"Subordinates obey!"