The emperor, who was still asleep, was woken up by the eunuch with courage, and when he learned the news of Ji Hong's defection in a daze, he thought that he had heard it wrong.

Wang Zhaoqi watched the secret letter of the secret guard several times, and only then did he dare to be sure that Ji Hong was really bold enough to deceive himself.

Morning upwards, the Son of Heaven looked gloomily at the hundred officials under the steps, he didn't know who else he could trust, if it wasn't for Liu Baoqing to stop him, at this moment Liu Muqing had been dragged out of the noon gate in anger and beheaded.

"Liu Shangshu, Liu Xiang, is this the talent you recommended to me?"

"Your Majesty forgives me, the minister really doesn't know that Ji Hong has colluded with the thief."

Five out of forty Confucian scholars knelt down at the bottom of the steps, it was Liu Muqing, who had been in power.

He had already noticed Wang Siheng's antipathy, and he had admonished him more than once, but the Son of Heaven always had a fluke mentality, which made King Wu able to keep his light and keep his eyes open.

Liu Baoqing glanced at Liu Muqing, stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty, now that the matter has come to an end, it is useless to ask for the guilt, and the top priority is to find another general to quell the rebellion."

"Looking for whom?"

"The chief soldier of Nanyang Mansion is a man of great loyalty, and he is cautious, so he will definitely be able to take on this important task."

"Sima Kuan can be trusted?"

"Your Majesty, the minister guarantees that unless he dies, he will never give birth to two hearts."

Wang Zhaoqi pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said:

"Since Liu Qing's family said so, then send Sima Kuan to disperse the dynasty."

The emperor walked simply, and he didn't look at Liu Muqing, who was kneeling on the ground, and the remaining hundred officials in the hall looked at each other.

After this incident, the Liu Party is bound to decline, if nothing else, the next person to dominate the court will be this favored Liu Shilang.

The official, who was still wavering, squeezed out a smile and walked towards Liu Baoqing, and asked for warmth for a while, more attentive than seeing his father.

For them, the king of Wu in the southwest is not to worry, it is important to do a good job at the moment, even if the other party can really hit the Jingshi, the Son of Heaven will give way, and with their skills, it is not difficult to find a place in the new dynasty.

The hundred officials are not all masters who are good at their bodies and tend to be inflammatory, and they have a little backbone, so they can only lament the cold state of the world, and then help Liu Muqing to walk out of the hall.

There are only a dozen steps inside and outside the hall, and the contrast between heat and coldness is particularly stark.

……

In the Imperial Garden, Wang Zhaoqi looked at a laurel tree with his eyes, and several concubines not far away were playing and playing, and they let out crisp laughter from time to time, intending to attract the attention of the Son of Heaven.

The concubines are only fourteen or fifteen years old, to be precise, they are still children, although they are from famous families, they have only learned female commandments and female training, and they have more than enough husbands and children, but they don't know how to share the emperor's worries.

Wang Zhaoqi didn't know what to think, suddenly broke the branch in his hand, frowned and said:

"The noise will send them all into the cold palace."

Several concubines had been paying attention to the movement here, and at this moment, they were suddenly frightened when they heard the words, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

The young man's brows furrowed deeper, and he was just about to speak, when a light voice came from a distance:

"Who upset Qi'er?"

Wang Zhaoqi turned his head, his face was a little complicated, the only person in the world who dared to call him that was his biological mother, the dignified Empress Dowager Liu Pheasant.

After a moment's hesitation, he bowed to the woman who came as he approached:

"The child sees the queen mother."

The woman who had not been regent for a long time had lost much of her majesty, and was replaced by the serenity and kindness that should be present at this age, and she walked past her son to the concubines and stretched out her hand to help them up.

"You men, you always like to blame women for their faults."

After speaking, he patted the back of the concubine's hand and said softly:

"It's okay, let's all go down."

"Yes."

As if they had been pardoned, the girls carefully saluted the two and left the garden quickly.

Liu Pheasant sat down in the pavilion and said in a flat tone:

"Are you worried about the affairs of King Wu?"

"The queen mother knows?"

The woman nodded, picked up the teacup and said:

"You and Qing'er joined forces to deal with me, it really broke my mother's heart, I didn't want to care about it, but you two can't fight King Wu alone."

"Will the Queen Mother help me?"

Wang Zhaoqi was a little surprised, since he seized power, the Queen Mother never gave him a good face, and every time he went to ask for peace, he was turned away, and over time, he was too lazy to go.

Liu Pheasant took a sip of tea, looked at the laurel tree that his son was staring at just now, and said calmly:

"No matter how fierce our mother fights, after all, we are a family, and there is no reason to give up the throne left by your father."

After Liu Pheasant finished speaking, he took out a few letters from his sleeve and put them on the table, Wang Zhaoqi picked them up suspiciously, took out one of them and looked at it a few times, his expression was immediately full of shock.

The Queen Mother still said slowly:

"The Sima Kuan recommended by Qing'er is quite reliable, but he can only guarantee a fifty percent chance of winning, and he is still a little short of the future troubles."

"Since the queen mother has long known that the imperial uncle will rebel, why don't you get rid of him?"

"King Wu's military achievements are outstanding, and he can't be killed easily, only after he becomes a disaster, no one dares to accuse, originally because his mother wanted to wait to get rid of him and then return to you, who knew that you were so impatient......"

Liu Pheasant stopped abruptly halfway through his words, and finally could only turn into a helpless sigh.

Wang Zhaoqi looked guilty when he heard this, bowed his head and said:

"This matter is indeed the child's impatience, and the mother's hard work is in vain."

"It's not in the way, for my mother to fiddle with flowers and plants every day, I don't have to intrigue with those people in the court anymore, it's very quiet."

"Queen Mother, what should Liu Muqing and the relatives and friends of those generals do?"

"Since those generals dare to rebel, they are well enlightened, and being ruthless will not only help, but will also anger them, it is better to keep it first, it will always come in handy."

"The child knows, I'll arrange it."

Wang Zhaoqi left with a few letters, and it was not until the figure disappeared completely that the Queen Mother Liu Pheasant sighed and sighed in a low voice:

"The child has indeed grown up, and he knows how to play tricks with his mother."

The woman looked at the laurel tree again, which had been planted by a family of three when the emperor was alive.

At that time, I was busy for a long time, and I was disgraced, but now that I think about it, I still can't help laughing - it's a pity that such a good day is gone.

……

After King Wu became the owner of Fan Xiong, he backed the entire southwest and cut off the main road at the first time, and all the money and grain personnel in it became his personal belongings.

There are only two paths in front of them, one is to do their duty, appease the people, and give the greatest support to the king of Wu, and the other is a dead end that does not need to be said.

Wang Siheng's benevolence is only useful when he is in a good mood, and after ordering the killing of more than a dozen officials with real power, the rest of the people finally know that this prince is not joking with them, and they are honest and complete the tasks assigned by the other party one by one.

There are always exceptions to everything, a Zhizhou witnessed several colleagues die in front of him, not only was he not afraid, but he jumped to his feet and scolded his mother, his words were filthy, not like a scholar at all.

Such a courageous person couldn't resist a knife after all, and the knife was stabbed by King Wu himself, and the blood gushing out stained half of his sleeve.

"What's wrong with the prince?" Someone whispered in the rear sergeant.

"As soon as I see that you are a newcomer, the old brothers all know that the prince will do it himself if he is in a bad mood."

"Because of what?"

"Eighty percent are princesses."

……