The heavy door slowly opened, Xiao Chengjun stepped onto the jade steps step by step, and said slowly: "Father, my son is back." To their brothers, Ji Zuo is the real father.

Ji Zuo's eyes flashed with a little smile, "You did a good job."

Xu Che stood at the foot of the jade steps, staring intently at the man in gorgeous clothes and wearing a golden crown with carved phoenixes. For a moment, he couldn't move. Even though it was dark, he could still clearly picture that scene in his mind.

He looked like a human being, but he did not dare to step forward, fearing that he would see strangeness and alienation in those eagle eyes.

I feel even more timid when I'm close to home, which probably describes my mood at this time.

Lou Jing looked around, then simply pulled her second uncle up and said to Empress Ji with a smile: "Father, I'm back too."

Ji Zuo raised his hand and rubbed his head, "Thank you for your hard work this year." After saying that, he slowly glanced at Xu Che beside him, and without saying anything, he let Xiao Chengjun enter the main hall.

Those beautiful eyes did not stay on him for too long. Xu Che looked at the queen's back as she turned and walked towards the palace. He felt that his heart was being clenched fiercely, and his whole body no longer had the same high spirit as before, and he looked dejectedly.

Lowered his head.

"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you keep up?" Ji Zuo stopped and said arrogantly without looking back.

When Xu Che heard this, he suddenly raised his head, "Oh, here we come!"

The emperor passed away, and because of palace changes, there was chaos outside, and nothing was prepared.

Xiao Chengjin was on tenterhooks these days. So many things had happened this whole day, and he felt exhausted physically and mentally. He asked Huaizhong to change clothes for Emperor Chunde, while he leaned on the pillars of the outer hall and turned around suddenly when he heard the footsteps.

I saw my brother and sister-in-law walking in and hurriedly greeted them.

"Brother..." Xiao Chengjin slowly showed a smile, but suddenly his vision went dark and he fell to the side.

"Chengjin!" Xiao Chengjun ran over in three steps and caught his unconscious brother.

"Where's the imperial doctor?" Lou Jing called loudly.

The imperial doctors who were huddled in the corner and shivering came out and saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." They were all listening to Emperor Chunde reading out the imperial edict just now. This man is now the Crown Prince again.

Xiao Chengjun frowned and had no time to argue with them about the title issue, so he carried his younger brother to the side hall.

The imperial doctor and the local doctor took turns checking the pulse. Fortunately, it was just excessive fatigue. Xiao Chengjin was not in good health. Although he was much better than before this year, it was not easy to last for so many days.

Xiao Chengjun asked Lou Jing to look at his younger brother, then he went to kowtow to Emperor Chunde in the main hall, took the edict from Yang Youting, and returned.

"You go and do your work, Cheng Jin, I'll just come and take care of you." Ji Zhuo waited outside the hall for a while, and then led the second uncle of the Xu family in, who was smiling stupidly.

There is still chaos in the palace in the capital, the Chen family has not yet been arrested, and Xiao Chengjun and Lou Jing still have a lot to do.

The rebellious governor of Kyoto Prefecture was captured, and any resisting Kyoto Prefecture officers and soldiers were beheaded. The capital was under martial law and the nine gates were sealed. Lou Jing led 5,000 elite soldiers to guard the palace, and the capture of the rebels was left to the people who were eager to make up for their mistakes.

Uncle Qingyang asked him to lead the Yulin army to surround the Chen family.

The imprisoned officials in Shangshu Province were released and hurried to Panlong Hall. Yang Youting read out Emperor Chunde's edict in front of all the officials.

"...The eldest son of the emperor, Xiao Chengjun, is respectful, filial and benevolent. He is worthy of a great responsibility. He will resume his position as the crown prince. When I die, the crown prince Xiao Chengjun will inherit the throne..."

All the officials knelt down, but Xiao Chengjun did not allow them to address the new emperor directly. He only said that the enthronement ceremony had not yet been held, so he would just call him the prince. Naturally, no one had any objections, and the censor shouted that the prince was benevolent.

When the Yulin Army surrounded the Youxiang Mansion, Chen Shichang had already been captured by the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of War. Sun Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was standing in the main hall, still looking down and taciturn.

"It's you, it's you who betrayed me!" Chen Shichang looked at his proud disciple in disbelief. No wonder Xiao Chengjun's journey was so smooth. He didn't hide many of his arrangements from Sun Liang. With such an insider, Xiao Chengjun

It is equivalent to listening to his plan and then calmly dealing with him.

To be said to be a mentor, it means that when Sun Liang was admitted to the imperial examination, Chen Shichang happened to be the examiner. Accepting a mentor is destined to have a position in the officialdom, and cannot be chosen at will. However, in the final analysis, this friendship is nothing more than mutual benefit.

Sun Liang remained silent, quietly watching Qingyang Bo take Chen Shichang away, letting Chen Shichang yell and curse, slowly closing his eyes, "Wang Jian, I avenged you..."

There was chaos all night, and at dawn, the people in the capital still did not dare to go out, and the streets were quiet.

A hawker pushed a stove to sell sesame cakes and set up a stall. He was looking around nervously. At this time, a group of officers and soldiers in armor came over. The hawker was so frightened that he turned around and left.

"Wait a minute!" A strong voice sounded, scaring the vendor into softening his arms and legs.

The leading general came over. It was Zhou Song, the left commander of the Yulin Army. "Here are two sesame cakes." He said this and handed the vendor a few copper coins.

The vendor gave him the sesame seed cakes in a daze, and watched as the group of officers and soldiers gradually moved away. Then he came to his senses and set up a stall on the street with confidence.

Once there are two, the rebellious officials and traitors in the capital were captured by Uncle Qingyang, who was eager to make meritorious deeds. Xiao Chengjun issued an order not to disturb the people, and the defense of the capital was temporarily taken over by the Yulin Army. There was no major turmoil again, and shops and stalls were busy.

After opening for business, the capital quickly returned to its former prosperity.

The army was demobilized in batches and returned to their original places. The Jinzhou Army was not in a hurry to leave. They patrolled a hundred miles around the capital and found several Tatar hiding places.

However, it turned out that the right prime minister had already colluded with the Tatars when he harmed Duke Lao An. This time, he even risked the disapproval of the world and cooperated with the Tatars. It can be said to be collaborating with the enemy, treason, and committing treason.

All over.

The Chen family, as well as the side bloodlines in the capital, were all arrested, and Tao Miao, the misty person who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, was also caught. Everything in the court was waiting for help, and only waiting for Emperor Chunde to pass the first seven days,

The new emperor's enthronement ceremony was held.

There were too many things to deal with in the palace, and Xiao Chengjun was too busy to get away. Lou Jing could not stay in the palace for a long time, so she returned to Anguo Duke's Mansion first.

"Your Majesty, you are finally back." When the housekeeper in the main courtyard saw Lou Jing, he smiled flatteringly.

Lou Jing glanced at him and said, "I heard that my father is ill. Did you ask for a doctor?"

"Please, the imperial doctor said he was scared." The housekeeper looked at Lou Jing's face and said, and the other servants in the courtyard did not dare to show their anger. Now that the prince has the power of being a dragon, it is easy to rise to great heights. This is the palace of the Duke.

From now on, he will probably be the crown prince’s official voice.

Out of filial piety, Lou Jing first went to the main courtyard to greet Lou Jianyu. In the hall were sitting his uncle and aunt and Mrs. An Guogong's wife, Mrs. Wei. Mrs. Wei looked much haggard, like a woman in her thirties.

, staring at Lou Jing with unkind eyes. Yang, who was in the side room, stood behind Wei. When she saw Lou Jing coming in, she blessed her respectfully.

"Zhuo Yu is back," the second aunt quickly stood up and greeted with a smile, "Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, we are fighting and catching rebels, we must be exhausted."

"Zhuo Yu is worthy of being raised by his father himself." The second uncle smiled and nodded, and the third uncle also agreed, as if they themselves had a lot of credit for the Lou family's restoration of glory.

"If you exchange your father's life for military merit, the prince must be happy to accept it." Wei said in a strange tone.

The originally warm atmosphere in the room immediately cooled down. Lou Jing didn't want to pay attention to her and went straight to the inner room. Lou Jing was burning, with an abnormal blush on his face, and he kept talking nonsense.

, "You bastard...help..."

The two cousins ​​waited on the side very attentively. When they saw Lou Jing coming back, they quickly stood up and said, "Big cousin."

"Sorry for your trouble, two brothers." Lou Jing greeted them with a smile.

The two cousins ​​felt a little guilty. Lou Jing was in the capital, so it was natural that Lou Jing should do this kind of thing. When they did it, they felt a little presumptuous, "Uncle insisted on the two of us accompanying him. Now that the eldest cousin is back, now...

…”

Just as he was about to return this hard work to Lou Jing, he heard Lou Jing continue: "Father leaves you here because he definitely likes your company. If you need anything, just tell me."

After saying that, Lou Jing ignored the stunned two cousins, walked out of the house, and sat on the main seat, "My father is ill, so I will take care of the family affairs for the time being. There is not peace in Beijing now.

Uncle, you must not interact with others easily, otherwise you will be in trouble if you are suspected of being a traitor."

Lou Jing, who had just come off the battlefield, had a bloody aura about him that made people dare not look directly at him. The second uncle and the third uncle looked at each other and agreed. In this way, he would take over the power of the entire Anguo Palace.

Came over.

Mrs. Wei was so angry that her lungs ached, and she couldn't help but speak, "The prince has already separated his family and gone out to live alone. Why did he come to interfere in the affairs of the main courtyard again?"

"The Duke is ill, so the Crown Prince should take over." Yang advised in a gentle voice.

"Do you have the right to speak here?" Ms. Wei glared at Ms. Yang fiercely. She had never had a comfortable life since entering this side room.

Yang quickly kept silent, but was not very afraid.

Lou Jing glanced at Wei, and curled her lips coldly, "I don't care much about other things, but if anyone dares to cause trouble in the season, don't blame me for turning my back on them."

Having no time to dwell on these trivial matters, Lou Jing threw up her sleeves and returned to the Zhuque Hall, leaving behind only the pale-faced Wei family and the shrinking Lou family members.

The late emperor was buried in heaven, and the country was in mourning.

After the first seven days, people put away the silk on the streets to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne.

Xiao Chengjun wore an apricot-yellow prince's uniform and walked into Fengyi Palace. The huge palace was still as peaceful as in the past. Ji Zuo was practicing his sword in the courtyard, and each move had its own artistic conception.

Not far away stood a man in guard uniform. He was tall and handsome. He didn't look like a guard at all, but like a general who had just left the battlefield.

As if he didn't notice Xu Che's clumsy appearance, Xiao Chengjun stepped forward and saluted Ji Zui, "Father, tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony. There are some things that I need to discuss with my father."

Male empresses are different from females. After the death of the former emperor, the removal or stay of the male empress depends entirely on the will of the new emperor. Xiao Chengjun came here at this time to discuss with the emperor whether to be granted the position of empress dowager.
Chapter completed!