Seven days later, the emperor was funeral.

The prince led hundreds of civil and military officials to the funeral, and the people of the city knelt down along the street to worship.

White flags flutter in the wind, and paper money falls like snowflakes.

In the midst of everyone's cries, a dynasty came to an end.

The next day, the crown prince Shen Zhuo held an enthronement ceremony in Yujing and officially ascended the throne, with Empress Dowager Deng being honored as the Empress Dowager and Empress Wen being honored as the Empress Dowager.

However, before Shen Zhuo could secure the throne, the Jiawang Mansion in Jiangbei suddenly launched a mutiny.

King Jia was killed on his way back to his fiefdom, and his family guessed that the emperor was responsible.

In order to protect himself and avenge himself, King Jia's eldest son took the edict left by his father, summoned his soldiers and horses, first killed the local assassin, and took the head of the assassin to force the rest of the officials to surrender.

When this matter reached Yujing, it immediately caused an uproar.

Shen Zhuo ordered troops to be sent to suppress it, but the household department said that Liaodong County was still fighting, and the money and grain in the treasury were not enough to support two wars at the same time.

So Shen Zhuo issued another order and suspended the reinforcement of Liaodong County.

Together with the grain and grass that was previously sent to Liaodong County, all of them were also recalled.

Empress Dowager Wen was very worried: "You are tantamount to giving away Liaodong County to others, which will not only damage the prestige of our geese, but also make those people with bad intentions make a fuss about this matter, you have to think twice."

Shen Zhuo had already planned about this matter, and he only smiled slightly in the face of his mother's persuasion.

"Queen Mother, please rest assured, this is just an expedient measure, after the rebellion in the Jiangbei area is put down, I will send troops to take back Liaodong County, which belongs to our wild goose's territory, and will not let outsiders take advantage."

Empress Dowager Wen was still a little hesitant: "But in this case, what will happen to the 300,000 horses of the Eastern Expeditionary Army?"

Shen Zhuo said his considerations unhurriedly.

"Those 300,000 horses are really important to our wild geese, but most of them are looking forward to Tang Guixi's horses, even if I send more money and food, it is just to raise people for Tang Guixi, it is better to take this opportunity to let Chen Guo help us solve a part of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which can be regarded as helping us clean up the portal, and wait for the Chen people to kill Tang Guixi, and then I send someone to take over the Eastern Expeditionary Army, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

Empress Dowager Wen thought about it carefully, and felt that his consideration was quite thoughtful, so she bowed slightly.

"Since you know it in your heart, then the mourner won't talk much."

She looked at Shen Zhuo's increasingly calm appearance and sighed softly.

"Now that you are an emperor, you are more and more disciplined, but you look thinner, you must not have a good rest, right? The mourning family has to take care of the queen mother every day during this time, and there is no time to take care of you, so I can only temporarily grieve you for a while, and when the mourning family is free, I will choose a queen for you, and you will be much easier if the queen takes care of you in the future."

Shen Zhuo: "I'm fine now, the queen mother doesn't have to worry about me, as for the canonization of the queen, it's still too early to do so, let's think about it in the long run."

Empress Dowager Wen looked at him deeply, "Are you still thinking about Yu Xuan?"

Shen Zhuo neither admitted nor denied it.

Empress Dowager Wen frowned slightly, and persuaded bitterly: "You know that she is not suitable to be a queen, her mind is not on you at all, the twisted melon is not sweet, you just let it go."

Shen Zhuo lowered his eyes, looking very deferential, but the words he said were very stubborn.

"She's just been blinded for a moment, and I have a way of making her realize that I am the only choice in this world."

Empress Dowager Wen wanted to say something more.

But Shen Zhuo took the first step to speak: "The queen mother is tired these days, let's go back and rest early, I still have some notes to review, so I won't send them to you."

Mrs. Wen was helpless and could only leave silently.

As soon as the Queen Mother left, Shen Zhuo called the commander of the Praetorian Guard and commanded in a deep voice.

"You take 200 elite soldiers, search along the route from Yujing to Liaodong, and once you find any trace of Xiao Ti, you will be killed!"

Although he has already issued a sea fishing document to arrest Xiao Ti, it has been eight days

, there is still no news.

Now Xiao Ti is like a rat crossing the street, and there is no place for him in the wild goose court.

If he didn't want to leave Dayan, he could only go to Tang Guixi.

And Tang Guixi is in Liaodong, and nine times out of ten, Xiao Ti is going to Liaodong County.

The commander of the Praetorian Guard hesitated a little: "The duty of the last general is to protect and guard the palace and protect the safety of His Majesty, if the last general leaves Yujing, what should be done about His Majesty's safety?"

In fact, he was more worried that once he left Yujing, the official position that originally belonged to him would be replaced by someone else.

After all, now that the emperor has just ascended the throne, it is the time when it is necessary to employ people, and many people have sharpened their heads and want to drill in front of the emperor.

Shen Zhuo understood what he was thinking, and said lightly: "You don't need to worry about this, I will let someone temporarily replace your work, if you can successfully complete the task, the position of the commander of the Praetorian Guard will still be yours, but if you can't complete the task, you don't have to come back."

The Praetorian Guard commander was heartbroken, and hurriedly knelt down to show his loyalty.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, even if the last general goes up to the Sword Mountain and goes down to the sea of fire, he will definitely take Xiao Ti's head!"

Shen Zhuo didn't know what he had in mind, and suddenly reminded.

"If you meet Yu Yuan, tell her on my behalf, as long as she can come back obediently, I will not be guilty of the past."

"Why?"

The Commander of the Praetorian Guard ordered to leave.

Shen Zhuo looked at the scenery outside the window, and his eyes became deeper and deeper.

He knew that with her curvy character, even if Xiao Ti became a traitor to everyone, she would not leave Xiao Ti and leave alone.

But he also knows that with Xiao Ti's character, he will definitely not let Xuan Xuan suffer with him.

Shen Zhuo put one hand on the window lattice, and tapped his index finger lightly.

"You love her so much, you must know what's best for her, right?"

Although Yu Yuanxuan and Xiao Ti have successfully escaped from Yujing, the imperial court's wanted for them has not stopped.

In order to cover their whereabouts, they changed their appearance and dressed up as a young couple who eloped.

Seeing that night was approaching, the two found a local guest house to stay.

The proprietress of the inn was poisonous, and she showed an ambiguous smile when she saw Yu Yuanxuan and Xiao Ti's cautious looks.

"Are you two hiding from someone?"

Yu Yuan blushed, pretending to be ashamed, and defended with insufficient confidence.

"Where are we hiding? We're just going out to join our relatives, so I'm sorry you can open a room for us."

The more the proprietress smiled, the more ambiguous she became: "Open a guest room, it seems that the two of you are husband and wife."

Yu's little face suddenly turned even redder.

Xiao Ti took out a piece of broken silver and threw it on the counter: "I'm tired of boiling some hot water, my lady wants to bathe."

The proprietress accepted the silver, looked Xiao Ti up and down, and saw that he was born with broad shoulders and narrow waist, a straight posture, and a very extraordinary bearing, even if he deliberately lowered the hat and used the brim to cover most of his face, but it could still be seen that this person's appearance and temperament were excellent.