Above the Humble Administrator's Palace, Xiao Luan was dressed in a dragon robe with a crown on his head, and sat upright on the dragon chair that symbolized infinite imperial power.

At this time, Xiao Luan really realized what it means to be alone, the palace was empty, looking at the empty hall, Xiao Luan's heart could be described as having mixed feelings.

Four months ago, he was still the emperor of all nations, and now he is already a dying man, he wants to commit suicide on the dragon chair countless times, but he can't do it anyway, even if he knows that he will fall into the hands of Xiao Ju, he may not escape death.

Wei Ran led his cronies to rush into the Humble Administrator's Hall at this time, and saw Xiao Luan sitting at the top at a glance, Wei Ran glanced at Xiao Luan coldly, and then raised his right hand and waved it forward.

Gao Xiaoshun understood, so he led all the guards to rush up, wanting to pull Xiao Luan down from the dragon chair. Xiao Luan raised his sword and shouted, "I am the Son of Heaven, how dare you do this to me." ”

"My father didn't see the Son of Heaven here, only the thief." Wei Ran said coldly: "Xiao Luan is a traitor, if you don't want to harm your family, you can be arrested obediently." ”

Xiao Luan's suppressed emotions finally broke out at this time, and shouted loudly: "I am the Son of Heaven, this is my country, no one can take him away from me!" With that, he swung his sword and slashed at the sergeant who met him.

Wei Ran shook his head, quickly stepped forward and struck the sword in Xiao Luan's hand away, and then ordered: "Suppress this person and hand it over to His Majesty to deal with personally." ”

Outside of Taicheng, in Jiankang City, the common people locked themselves in the door in panic, and the news of the army's invasion of Jiankang made panic spread in Jiankang City, and no one knew whether the soldiers entering the city would plunder them.

Under Xiao Ju's strict orders, the soldiers who entered the city strictly abided by military discipline, but soldiers could be seen everywhere on the streets of Jiankang guarding every traffic artery, and on the road from Xuanyang Gate to Taicheng, they were strictly controlled at the commanding heights, so as not to encounter accidents when Xiao Ju entered the city.

Finally, after everything was ready, Xiao Ju entered Jiankang City by royal horse, and hundreds of people at this time have left their homes to cheer for Xiao Ju with the warmest cheers, this gentle and elegant prince, now returned to Jiankang City in this manner, and many people who had received Xiao Ju's favor couldn't help but burst into tears.

There are even many parents in the family who pointed to Xiao Ju on the royal throne and said to their children: "This is His Majesty the Emperor, and he will be the best emperor of our Great Qi in the future." ”

Xiao Ju looked at the smiles on the faces of the people left and right, and laughed happily, and then with Xiao Yanran's support, he slowly walked out of the palace, and when he saw the emperor appear, the crowd burst into cheers.

Soon Xiao Ju entered Taicheng, Wei Ran had already controlled all the Taicheng Imperial Forest at this moment, and drove Xiao Luan's concubine to Yuhan Palace, Princess Zhaoyang was temporarily placed in Yuqiong Tower, and Xiao Luan was placed under house arrest in Menxia Province.

Xiao Ju learned that Xiao Luan was in Menxia Province, so he decided to go to see this younger brother for the last time. At this time, Xiao Luan, who was imprisoned in Menxia Province, no longer had any trace of imperial majesty, and the dragon robe on his body had been forcibly taken off by Wei Ran, and only gave Xiao Luan a coat.

"Xiao Luan, why are you so troubled? Even if I ascend the throne, I will ensure that you will be a free prince for a lifetime. Xiao Ju sat opposite Xiao Luan, looked at Xiao Luan with a dirty face, and couldn't help but say regretfully.

"Win or lose, now that you have won, what do I have to say. As I said before, you were only a few years earlier than me, so why can't I sit on this throne? ”

"If my father is dying, then even if you are overbearing, I will let you go, but if you kill your father and usurp the throne, and kill my wife and children, I will not allow you. What is your last wish can now be said, I will do my best to satisfy you, to comfort you and my brotherhood. After thinking about it, Xiao Ju still wanted to give Xiao Luan a little face.

"I know that I will die, I only wish you would spare my concubine and children." Xiao Luan raised his head at this moment and said to Xiao Ju: "I know that you want to kill my wife and children, but they are all innocent. ”

"It turns out that you also know that your wife and children are innocent, so why did you kill my wife and daughter in the first place!" Xiao Ju drank suddenly, and then Xiao Ju seemed to think of something again, so he asked, "Where is King Zhao now?" ”

King Zhao is Xiao Heng's third son, Xiao Yin, who is Hengzhi's daughter. Hearing Xiao Ju ask about this, Xiao Luan replied: "I was under house arrest in the house. ”

Xiao Ju nodded slightly, Xiao Luan hadn't killed Xiao Yin at least yet. Xiao Ju got up slowly, then coughed violently, and only came back to his breath after knowing it for a long time, and then looked at Xiao Luan and said: "Princess Zhaoyang I can be released back to Northern Qin, and your concubine I will be dismissed from the palace, and the pseudo-prince Xiao Ziyin you set up." ”

Xiao Ju thought of Xiao Ziyin, and he was also very entangled in his heart, this son should be removed, but now that Xiao's direct bloodline is withering, and his son is young, the kind-hearted Xiao Ju doesn't want to implicate such a child, so he can't make up his mind for a while.

Wei Ran, who had been listening silently on the side, said out loud at this time: "Your Majesty, Xiao Luan's daughter can enjoy the treatment of the county lord and be raised in the palace, but Xiao Ziyin can't stay. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Luan looked at Wei Ran with wide eyes, he never expected that Wei Ran would persuade Xiao Ju to kill Xiao Ziyin, and shouted: "Wei Ran, Ziyin is just an ignorant child, why are you like this." ”

"Your Majesty's beloved daughter is just an ignorant child, and even more so, a woman who is no threat to you, won't you kill her too? Xiao Ziyin is a pseudo-prince, if someone makes trouble in his name in the future, can the country be stable? ”

Xiao Ju's heart turned a thousand times at the moment, but in the end, he sighed silently and said, "Xiao Ziyin can follow Princess Zhaoyang back to Northern Qin, and we will never see each other again in this life." ”

Hearing Xiao Ju's words, Wei Ran couldn't wait to scold in his heart, but he still stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, how can you let the royal blood flow into the hands of Northern Qin, he will make a fuss about Northern Qin in the future." ”

"Aiqing even said that it was royal blood, so you can't slaughter it." Xiao Ju said along with Wei Ran's words.

Wei Ran understood Xiao Ju's trick at this time, and he had nothing to say at the moment, so he had to say: "Xiao Ziyin can be raised in the palace, and he will not have authority for life, nor can he divide his fiefdom, let him be a worry-free person for the rest of his life." ”

Xiao Luan also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then looked at Xiao Ju. Xiao Ju took one last look at Xiao Luan, sighed deeply, and then said to Wei Ran: "Let Wei Di handle the matter here." ”

Wei Ran looked at Xiao Luan, and then ordered the soldiers to bring a quilt: "The first emperor was killed by a quilt in Shangyuan Palace, and he will also give you a quilt today." ”

The soldiers rushed up, restrained Xiao Luan's limbs, and then covered Xiao Luan's face with a quilt, and as Xiao Luan's struggle sounded from strong to weak, until he lost his movement. Wei Ran stepped forward and threw away the quilt, and when he saw Xiao Luan's hideous expression before he died, he also sighed, and then walked out of the province. So far, a quilt has won a double kill in the Southern Dynasty in just half a year.

Xiao Ju had already left Taicheng at this time and came to the former Prince's Mansion, looking at the now dilapidated Prince's Mansion, thinking of the voices of the two side concubines who had been with him for many years, and thinking of his daughter who had not yet learned to walk, he couldn't help crying bitterly.

Seeing this, the guards on the left and right turned their backs and didn't look at it, at this time Yuan Muzhi also came to the prince's mansion, seeing Xiao Ju in pain, his heart was naturally full of mixed feelings, he stood quietly beside Xiao Ju, until Xiao Ju finished crying, he didn't make a sound.

Xiao Ju raised his head and found Yuan Muzhi, and then said in surprise: "Why did Muzhi come here?" ”

"Your Majesty, Duke Wei has already ordered Weichen to investigate, after His Majesty's wife and daughter were killed by the thief Xiao Luan, no one dared to collect the corpse, and Houhuangmen Zhou Pu took advantage of the night to collect the corpse for His Majesty, and was hastily buried in Zhongshan outside the city."

"Wei Di and Mu Zhi have a heart." Xiao Ju nodded when he heard this: "Zhou Pu collected his wife and children for me, and he should be rewarded." ”

"Your Majesty, please also mourn, now that Jiankang is determined, Your Majesty still has many things to deal with, and you can't break your body anymore. Now the top priority is to worship the heavens in the southern suburbs of Jiankang, and then perform the enthronement ceremony in Jiankang, reward and punish the ministers, and revitalize the dynasty. ”

In the next half month, Nanqi was still turbulent and complicated. How to deal with the ministers of Xiao Luan's period was even more of a headache for Xiao Ju, who could have used this opportunity to sweep away the ruling clan, but after Xiao Luan personally killed Lu Ke, Xie Meng and others, the rest of the clan defected when Jiankang City was broken, making Xiao Ju unable to do it at all.

Wei Ran also lamented that the great opportunity was missed, and at the same time, Hengzhi also played a key role in it, but Hengzhi himself was already a great Sima, a first-class duke, and he could only be crowned king at the top.

The Northern Qin captives are still all imprisoned outside Jiankang City, which has already made people believe that it is difficult to deal with these prisoners.

The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens was being prepared in an orderly manner under Yuan Muzhi's arrangement.

Yang Hu's daughter Yang Lan was also taken from Wu County to Taicheng, and then Yang Lan was accepted as a righteous daughter by Li Yuwan. Yang Lan's daughter Hui Zhilan has a heart, although she is not as gentle as the ladies in Jiangnan, but she has a heroic spirit and a beautiful appearance, and then Li Yuwan personally acted as a matchmaker, and Xiao Ju agreed to make Yang Lan the queen.

On the eighth day of the first month of March, Xiao Ju officially ascended the throne as emperor in the southern suburbs of Jiankang City, and changed the year name to Chiayi, amnesty the world, and at the same time established Yang Lan as the queen, Zhou Lingyun, the daughter of Zhou Pu of the southern Shi clan, and Kou Mingli, the daughter of Kou Jingming, the daughter of the Northern Shi clan, as the concubine.

This is also Xiao Ju's helpless move, now in order to maintain the balance of the court, Yang Lan is behind the military headed by Wei Ran, Kou Mingli represents the Northern Party headed by Hengzhi, and Zhou Lingyun represents the Southern Party headed by the upstart Zhou Pu, Southern Qi did not completely concentrate imperial power as Wei Ran and Xiao Ju expected, but fortunately, through this counterinsurgency, Wei Ran has mastered the elite troops of Southern Qi, including the Huainan Army, the Jiangling Army and the Jiangzhou Army.

Xiao Ju then retained official positions for the ministers of the Xiao Luan era, who did not participate in the rebellion, and the officials who responded to the battle in the attack on Jiankang City were increased one after another, although Xiao Ju was reluctant, but now that the overall situation has just been decided, it has to be done temporarily.

At the same time, Xiao Ju is a great hero, mainly as follows:

Feng Hengzhi is Yan Gong, Da Sima, Yangzhou Mu, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions.

Feng Weiran was the Duke of Qin, the general, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and the opening of the palace with the three divisions.

Feng Heng is now Shangshu Zuocheng, and Kaifu Yi is the same as the three divisions

Feng Song Wuwei was the assassin of Yongzhou, the governor of Yongzhou, and the prince of Xiangyang County. (Yongzhou in the Southern Dynasty, Xiangfan to Yiyang generation.) ）

Feng Hengxuan is the general of Long Xiang, the assassin of Southern Xuzhou, and the prince of Guangling County.

Feng Zhang Gui was the general of the Fu army, the prince of Huiji County, and the governor of the three Wu Zhu military.

Xiao Yi, the king of Changsha, added the history of Xiangzhou and supervised the military in the south.

Finally, Xiao Ju's brother, Xiao Yin, the king of Zhao, sought Yang on the domain, and the history of Renjiang Prefecture, but because the land of Jiangzhou was from Xiakou all the way to Huangkou, it was extremely important, so Xiao Ju divided Jiangzhou into two, and Xiakou Wuchang set up Yingzhou, and Xiao Wang, the king of Chu, returned to Yingzhou and was named the history of Yingzhou.

Later, he rewarded the vassal kings in various places, trying to use the vassal kings to fight against the local wealthy clans, but Yuan Muzhi was keenly aware that the power of the vassal king was too great, so he suggested that the pawn be set up next to the vassal king, and the pawn was directly appointed by the emperor to assist the vassal king, which was actually to monitor the kings, and Xiao Ju readily agreed.

So in the first year of Chiayi in Southern Qi and five years in Changzhi in Northern Qin.

Southern Qi and Northern Qin have entered a new chapter.