Early the next morning, the elite of the thousands of Heavenly Heroes set out from Dongfu, entered Jiankang City from Xuanyang Gate, and surrounded Situ Wenzhao's mansion in an instant.

Wen Zhao's clansmen were frightened, everyone didn't know what was going on, Wei Ran naturally didn't want to say more, just wanted to take down Wen Zhao first.

Wen Zhao heard that Wei Ran had come to the door, and knew that the matter had been completely revealed, so in order to protect himself, he pushed away the crowd and walked in front of Wei Ran and said: "King Qin is here, I don't know what crime the lower officials have committed, and it is necessary for King Qin to mobilize the army so much, even the Tianxiong army stationed in the satellite city has been transferred to Jiankang City?"

Wei Ran looked at Wen Zhao, who was playing sloppy, and couldn't help but feel angry at the moment, he was sure that Wei Ran would not dare to tell the truth in front of everyone, so he dealt with Wei Ran in this way in front of the public.

But Wei Ran is not the kind of person who is manipulated at will, so he took advantage of Wen Zhao's inattention, pulled Wen Zhao to his side, and then threw him against the wall, kicking Wen Zhao directly.

Wen Zhao suddenly felt pain, his face turned red, and he collapsed to the ground holding his lower body in pain.

Wei Ran leaned into Wen Zhao's ear at this time and whispered, "This king knows that you think this king cares about the royal family's face, so you can't tell the truth. This king tells you the truth, not only do you have to die, but Yang Lan also has to die. If you don't want to harm your family, just accept your fate, otherwise I will not only punish your whole family, but also completely remove the Jinling Wen family. ”

At this time, Wen Zhao's face was like ashes, he knew that Wei Ran would do what he said, and he also knew Wei Ran's ruthlessness, so he gave up the fearless struggle at the moment and let Wei Ran drag him away.

Wei Ran then asked people to announce to the world in Jiankang that Situ Wen Zhao had betrayed the enemy and leaked Wei Ran's marching route to the two Qins, which led to the defeat of the Southern Qi army.

Wei Ran and the Southern Dynasty family have always been at odds, and Wen Zhao is the new leader of the Southern Dynasty family, if he conveys Wei Ran's marching route to the two Qins, so as to want Wei Ran to die on the battlefield, it is indeed reasonable, so everyone also believes seven or eight points.

At this time, Yang Lan didn't know anything about the situation outside the palace, but today she found that the garrison of Taicheng had suddenly changed, and she didn't see her brother come to Taicheng.

Yang Lan waited until the sun was up, but she still didn't see any trace of Yang Chen, and she couldn't help but feel a bad feeling in her heart, and immediately called her personal eunuch and ordered: "Go and invite Commander Yang." ”

After the personal eunuch left, Yang Lan asked the personal female official again, "What about Your Majesty?" Why don't you see him say goodbye? ”

Seeing that the female official didn't know it, Yang Lan complained: "After Wei Ran returned to Beijing, why did the palace feel so panicked? ”

The female official was also fully aware of Yang Lan's affairs, so she immediately said: "The Queen Mother doesn't need to be so alarmed, after all, you are Your Majesty's biological mother, and you are the wife of the first emperor, the righteous sister of King Qin, and this matter is about the face of the royal family, no matter how bold King Qin is, at most he will be angry with Wen Situ, and he will not implicate the Queen Mother." ”

Speaking of Wen Zhao, Yang Lan was reluctant in her heart for a while, and said complainingly: "Wen Situ is such a good person, wouldn't it be a pity if he was executed by Wei Ran?" ”

The female official saw that the queen mother, who lacked experience in the struggle of the imperial court, was also helpless, so she had to say again: "The queen mother, this matter has happened, and the slave and maid persuaded the queen mother not to move the king of Linhai that day, and let the lord of the red makeup go to persuade her, and find a way to cover up the past, the queen mother has to execute the king of Linhai, and it is also known to Lord Cui. ”

Yang Lan suddenly said in horror: "Wei Ran won't be angry with this palace, right?"

The female official felt that it was impossible, after all, Yang Lan's status was placed here, and since ancient times, there was no precedent for ministers to force the queen mother to death, at most it was just a grounding.

But he was afraid of something, at this time, after Wei Ran imprisoned Wen Zhao in the Qin Palace, he immediately led his troops into Taicheng.

At this time, Wei Ran had already changed the defense of Taicheng, replaced all Yang Chen's cronies and generals with his henchmen, and then went directly to Fu'an Palace.

As soon as the personal eunuch sent out by Yang Lan wanted to return, he found that Wei Ran had already entered the palace, so he was discouraged in his heart, thinking that only His Majesty could save the Queen Mother at this time, so he hurriedly went to Shangyuan Palace.

But as soon as he arrived outside the Shangyuan Palace, he saw a forest of armor soldiers outside the Shangyuan Palace, and immediately judged that Wei Ran had controlled the entire Taicheng, and immediately wailed in his heart: "King Qin acts like this, he can rebel at any time." ”

Wei Ran rushed into the Fu'an Palace at this time, and when he saw Yang Lan, who was still holding the queen mother's shelf, he suddenly became angry, and directly slapped Yang Lan to the ground.

Yang Lan was scared and angry, covered her face that was red by Wei Ran and said, "This palace is the queen mother, King Qin, are you going to make trouble?" ”

After Wei Ran heard this, he said angrily: "You are morally corrupt, and you still have the face to say that you are the queen mother?" If you behave like this, what will be the face of this king to meet the emperor in the future? Your Majesty is so reckless and reckless by you, you can't educate Your Majesty as a mother, and you can't abide by human ethics as a wife, what is the use of me wanting such a queen mother? ”

Yang Lan was already very scared in her heart at this time, so she had to shout: "Huang'er, where is Huang'er?" I want to see the Emperor!"

Wei Ran said coldly: "You can't see Your Majesty anymore, and I won't let Your Majesty see you again." If you do such a bad thing, if this king has three longs and two shorts in the future, and let you be a woman in power, I am afraid that I will die in the fourth life. ”

Then Wei Ran waved his hand, only to see two soldiers bring a pot of wine, Wei Ran personally poured the wine full, and then said to Yang Lan: "Congratulations to the Queen Mother to return to heaven!" ”

Yang Lan saw that Wei Ran wanted to poison herself, and her whole person couldn't help but tremble, and she wanted to run outside the palace in a panic, but at this time, Fu'an Palace had been blocked by soldiers, and even a bird couldn't fly out.

Yang Lan became more and more desperate at the moment, knelt down and said: "King Qin, brother, just let me go this time, I don't dare anymore." ”

Seeing the Queen Mother like this, Wei Ran couldn't help sighing in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't be soft-hearted, so he couldn't bear it, turned his head and said, "Congratulations to the Queen Mother to heaven!" ”

The soldiers understood, one person held Yang Lan's mouth with his hand, and the other poured poisonous wine into Yang Lan's mouth, Yang Lan still wanted to struggle, but how to struggle the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army, it didn't take long for there to be no movement behind him.

At this time, the soldier replied: "Back to King Qin, the Queen Mother has passed away." ”

Wei Ran turned his head, looked at Yang Lan with a good face, widened his eyes and lay on the ground unwillingly, Wei Ran sighed and said: "The Queen Mother suddenly fell ill and unfortunately died, which is really the misfortune of our dynasty, but now in extraordinary times, everything is simple, the Queen Mother and the first emperor are not allowed to be buried together, and they can be buried in the tomb next to the first emperor's tomb." ”

Wei Ran suddenly felt that it was a great insult to Xiao Ju to let this person be buried with Xiao Ju.

At this time, Xiao Ye in the Shangyuan Palace didn't know what was going on, but he was curious about the armor outside the palace, and suddenly found that his palace was full of soldiers, Xiao Ye didn't feel afraid, just confused.

Not long after, Wei Ran came to Shangyuan Palace in person, looked at Xiao Ye condescendingly and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has passed away, you should go and see the last journey." ”

Xiao Ye didn't believe it at first, but when he saw Wei Ran's categorical eyes, he confirmed that his queen mother was dead.

No one knew Xiao Ye's inner thoughts, but he could only see that Xiao Ye's eyes were full of fear when he looked at Wei Ran, and he shouted: "It's you, it's you who killed the queen mother?" ”

Wei Ran was noncommittal, shrugged his shoulders casually, and then left Shangyuan Palace with red makeup and went to the court.

The ministers waited for several hours, but they didn't see Xiao Ye coming to the court, but without Wei Ran's order, the palace royal forest army did not let the ministers leave, and everyone was panicked in their hearts.

All the chaos quieted down as Wei Ran returned to the court, and everyone looked at Wei Ran with a solemn expression, and couldn't help but be shocked.

Wei Ran pulled the red makeup and walked into the edge of the dragon chair, his position is now under the dragon chair, Wei Ran sat down and said: "In the days when the king is not in Jiankang, the ministers are in peace, and the king is very pleased, but I am Chao Situ, but secretly send intelligence to the Eastern Qin, and it is quite unfavorable to collect grain and grass, this king decided to behead him on Vermilion Bird Street to show the public, originally this crime should implicate the three clans, but the Wen family has been doing their best for the court in Jinling, so only Wen Zhao was punished, do you have any objections?" ”

The ministers who know the inside story and those who don't know the inside story are now silent, and some people even think that Wei Ran kills people and kills, and they still need to make up a reason, which can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

Since there was no objection, the matter was settled. Let Lord Yuan handle this matter. ”

Then Wei Ran changed his words and said: "The reason why this king is late today is because the queen mother is seriously ill, and when this king arrives, the queen mother has already returned to heaven, and now it is an extraordinary period, everything is simple, and there will be no national funeral." ”

When everyone heard that the Empress Dowager Yang died suddenly, they were all shocked, no one believed that Yang Lan would die of illness, but everyone looked at Wei Ran with frightened eyes, and unconsciously this person was already so bold and killed the Empress Dowager, which was an unprecedented thing.

Wei Ran ignored everyone's gaze at the moment, and issued an order to himself: "The commander of the Imperial Forest Army, the commander of Jiankang, has made Yang Chen sick, I have allowed him to return to the fiefdom of Jinling to be raised, Gao Xiaoshun will take over his position, and the selection of the Jingkou guard general will be arranged by this king." ”

Then Wei Ran lightly concentrated the defense of Jiankang and Taicheng into his own hands, which is also a lesson he learned, Xiao Ye already has a grudge against himself, he must monitor every move of Jiankang and Taicheng at any time, and when Xiao Ye has the ability to wrestle with himself, he should have surveyed the north.

Wei Ran then cleaned the Taicheng harem, executed all Yang Lan's henchmen and eunuchs, and arranged all the daily palace maids to the miscellaneous service warehouse, and could not leave for life.

Then Wei Ran remembered the sour Confucianism that the southern ministers found for Xiao Ye, and scolded on the spot: "What this king wants is a monarch who can survey the world, not a son of heaven who can only speak poetry and songs. ”

Everyone in the dignified Southern Dynasty was actually sour by Wei Ran, which made the ministers under the court look at each other, just someone wanted to speak out, but was immediately pulled by the people on the side, at this time Wei Ran was in full swing, and no one should be bored with themselves.

After solving the affairs in the palace, Wei Ran left Taicheng without looking back, and from then on, Xiao Ye began an eight-year career under house arrest and officially became a puppet emperor.

However, a little better than the puppet emperor is that Wei Ran did not relax his education of Xiao Ye, he wanted to realize all the political ideals of the peaceful and prosperous era in Xiao Ye, in Wei Ran's view, he is a knife, destined to kill the world's blood, and Xiao Ye only needs to enjoy the peace and use benevolent government to influence this era of strife.

But can the truth really be as Wei Ran expected?

At least one person doesn't think so, this person is Xiao Yin, the king of Zhao, Xiao Yin, who was lucky to survive and was later arranged by Wei Ran as Shang Shuling, has been silently cultivating his own power, Wei Ran's unauthorized killing of the Queen Mother has aroused the disgust of many people, and the part of the people who used to think that although Wei Ran was in power, he would not usurp the throne, but also changed his neutral attitude under the influence of this matter.

Coupled with the Jiangnan Gate Valve, who had long been at odds with Wei Ran, Wei Ran's situation would not become clear with these things, but would make him imprisoned in Jiankang City for a few years, watching the ups and downs in the north, and he could only watch from the sidelines.

After returning to the palace, Wei Ran handed over Wei Hong's makeup to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu naturally knew about today's events, and said worriedly: "Although the husband is in the public heart, everyone will not think so, especially Your Majesty, the seeds of hatred are bound to be planted, how will it be good in the future?" ”

Wei Ran glanced at Yuan Shu, and then said softly, "What does Madam think?" ”

Yuan Shu then said: "First, when Your Majesty is older, she will marry Your Majesty with red makeup as the queen, and at the same time gradually return some of the rights to Your Majesty, indicating the center of the imperial court. ”

Wei Ran didn't reply, but just asked, "What else?" ”

Yuan Shu perfectly showed the heart of the most poisonous woman at this time, and said the most ruthless words in the most gentle tone: "From now on, your majesty will be in your own hands, and until your husband completes his great cause, your majesty can only be a symbol forever." ”

Wei Ran suddenly laughed: "What if Your Majesty is unwilling?" ”

Yuan Shu said helplessly at this time: "Isn't there still Xiao Ziyin?" ”

Wei Ran was silent for a long time, and finally sighed in a low voice: "But after all, he is the only son of the first emperor. ”