Chapter 639: Madam Shen forces the emperor to abdicate!

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"Pass on my order. Xiao Fang will continue to stay in Tianjin. The rest of you will follow me back to Beijing!"

"yes!"

That night, news came from Tianjin.

"Zhou Qiwu and his family have been killed. In addition, Liu Binglin was accidentally hit by a pirate's glove during the battle and died from an arrow!"

Shen Lanxi sighed: "It's a pity that the old general has so much skills."

Che Mingyuan continued, "The pirates were so cruel that they not only killed Liu Binglin, but also slaughtered his entire family. Perhaps they were surrounded and suppressed by Lord Liu several times before, so they hold a grudge against him!"

Shen Lanxi: "Post a notice to posthumously confer the title of Admiral of the Jinmen Navy on Liu Binglin, and build a temple for his family for the people to admire and worship!"

Che Mingyuan nodded awkwardly.

"In addition, the pirates also rampantly killed many members of the Wang family, including the family of Wang Mingru, the husband of the third princess."

Shen Lanxi frowned and said, "What a pity. I remember that Wang Mingru was the dean of Qinglan Academy."

As soon as she finished speaking, she laughed out loud.

Since there are no outsiders here, she won't make it up.

"Appoint Yuan Lang as the governor of Tianjin, and Yuan Lang as the admiral of the navy. Order the two to relocate the people on the islands near Tianjin back to Tianjin within six months, and recruit the pirates into the island garrison. The resettlement of the people will be left to Yuan Lang, and the recruitment will be left to Xiao Fang."

Che Mingyuan smiled and said, "One of them is a scholar and the other is a warrior. I believe that they will be able to help Tianjin recover quickly."

There was another thing that made Che Mingyuan a little worried.

"Is Yuan Lang truly loyal to His Majesty?"

Shen Lanxi asked back: "Is Xiao Fang's knife just for show?"

The pirates can kill Liu Binglin and the aristocratic clans, so naturally they can also kill Yuan Lang.

Che Mingyuan thought to himself, if Zhou Ruyuan had His Majesty's decisiveness and ruthlessness, they would be in trouble.

"How's the capital city?"

After asking this question, Che Mingyuan fell silent.

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Capital

"Princess, there's news coming back from Tianjin." The nanny looked a little unhappy.

After Zhou Xinrou read the content, her face turned pale.

She knew that Shen Lanxi would not die so easily.

"Fortunately, we let the young master return to Beijing quietly without alerting others." Nanny said with lingering fear.

Zhou Xinrou said with a dark face: "Tell Huang Yu to go back and suppress the bandits immediately. Also... intercept the letter sent from Jinmen to the Shen family."

The nanny immediately guessed what the princess was planning and went to do it.

Shen Family

"Mother, my eldest brother still refuses to give in. What should I do?" Shen Congyi lowered his eyes, his eyes full of gloom.

Even when Madam Shen was resting in her room, she was still wearing the imperial uniform, and she did not allow the maids or servants to take off the crown weighing several kilograms on her head.

"If the eldest, second and third brothers don't want to intervene, then just ignore them. They are unwilling to strive for success, and it is their own descendants who are in trouble."

Shen Congyi's eyes flashed: "Mother, Yuan Jing and Yuan Xu have sent messages, but there has been no reply so far. I'm afraid they don't want to come back."

When Mrs. Shen heard her son say this, she became even angrier.

"A bunch of good-for-nothings, none of them has the guts."

Seeing this, Shen Congyi immediately said, “Yuankang and Yuanning are willing to come back.”

How could Old Madam Shen not know what the Fourth Prince was thinking? Now that things had come to this, it was the descendants of the Shen family who were going to benefit, and the benefits would not go to other people.

"Fourth Brother, there is no such thing as a position in our Shen family. Whoever has the ability makes the decision. Do you understand?"

Shen Congyi's face immediately showed joy: "Mother, your son listens to you. Whatever you say is what it is. Your son will follow your arrangements in the future."

Old Madam Shen was extremely pleased. She had been feeling irritated since she was exiled. She had been holding back her anger for the sake of her family, and she couldn't sleep all night. But now she was fine.

Shen Lanxi is dead!

The person who was an eyesore to her was finally gone.

Chen Lanxi was not filial, she deserved to be struck by lightning and be torn to pieces.

If she hadn't taken the blood relationship into consideration, she would have already shouted it out to the entire court to know Shen Lanxi's true identity.

After all, Chen Lanxi is dead now, and all debts are forgiven. Considering the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, she will give her a proper burial after her body is brought back.

Don't think about anything extra. She was a woman, and sitting on the throne was like a hen crowing at dawn, and even if she died, there would be no such person as her in the history books.

Just bury her at the Shen family’s farm outside the city!

After arranging everything, Madam Shen slept soundly all night. At dawn the next day, she immediately took Shen Congyi and all the servants in the family and headed towards the palace.

"Old Grand Tutor, what do people in Tianjin say? Is there any news from His Majesty?" Liu Mingxin asked anxiously.

Since the news came that His Majesty was seriously injured, the regent ministers have taken turns living in the palace.

It's not that there is an invasion by foreign enemies, but that we are wary of rebellion within the court.

Unexpectedly, instead of causing trouble, Old Madam Shen came.

"No." The old master's brows were full of fatigue, and he tried hard to cheer up.

Mr. Ruohua poured a cup of hot tea and served it.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty will be blessed by heaven."

Liu Mingxin didn't quite believe that anything would happen to His Majesty at first, but after Old Madam Shen came to make trouble, his thoughts began to waver.

"Lady Shen made some harsh remarks yesterday, and she will definitely make trouble again today."

"There's no news of His Majesty's death yet from Tianjin, yet she's in such a hurry to take the throne. It's really heartbreaking!" The old Grand Tutor shook his head and sighed.

Liu Mingxin: "When the Shen family was sentenced to exile, if it weren't for your majesty's courage and the courage of a woman to fight her way out of the siege, there would be no Shen family now."

Mr. Ruohua: "If your majesty were a man, the Shen family would definitely not be like this."

Mei Nanhua said worriedly: "Lady Shen said yesterday that the court belongs to the Shen family. If we don't let the male members of the Shen family take the throne now, it would be treason."

Having said that, he smiled bitterly.

They were wholeheartedly serving the people and the country, but they did not expect to be accused of treason by an old woman.

"Don't worry, with the national master here, the Great Zhou Dynasty will not be in chaos!" Mr. Ruohua said, and the other two agreed.

"Madam Shen is coming today. Should the palace gate be opened or not?"

After asking this question, all three of them fell silent.

No, if His Majesty is really gone, the Shen family will definitely succeed to the throne. If they don't let the Shen family enter the palace now, they will offend the Shen family.

open?

What if Your Majesty is safe and sound?

If they open it now, not to mention that His Majesty will blame them in the future, just take the Shen family as an example. If they take one step into the palace now, they will be the ones plotting treason.

Mr. Ruohua: "We have already told them the good and bad. If they don't listen, they will have to bear the consequences themselves no matter what happens in the future."

The old master said: "Wait until she comes and then we'll see!"

Every day, Old Madam Shen would scold them at the palace gate for controlling the government. To him, hearing such words was not only irritating, but also heartbreaking.

How could His Majesty have such incapable family members who could not distinguish right from wrong? No wonder during the coronation ceremony, only the young people of the Shen family were canonized, and none of these old people were canonized.