Chapter 2: Emptying the Palace and Going into Exile

Soon, Qi Yunzhou knew what Shen Xun meant.

A deliberately disguised voice rang out: "Hurry up! Qi Yunzhou is here!"

After shouting this, Shen Xun slipped away.

"Son, hold on, Mom will be back soon!"

Qi Yunzhou: “!”

A minute later, Qi Yunzhou was captured by Prince Su and his men with a wooden face.

Prince Su laughed heartily, "My dear nephew, you still can't escape from the clutches of your uncle!"

Qi Yunzhou ignored him.

Laugh, laugh, I bet you won’t be able to laugh anymore.

What is Shen Xun doing at this time?

She was quickly touring the entire palace.

Qi Yunzhou said that the national treasury was empty and there was nothing valuable. The most valuable things in the palace were the furnishings in each palace and the emperor's private treasury.

After completing the system task, Shen Xun not only got the plot, but the space where she completed the task was still there. This must be the system's compensation to her.

After all, she was supposed to be gone for only fifteen minutes, but for her family, she disappeared for fifteen years!

What she needs to do is to use the space to empty the palace!

Gold, silver, jewelry, rice, flour, oil, grain...even the glazed tiles on the roof, the flowers, plants and rockery in the yard, she didn't let go!

If she hadn't been short of time, she would have scraped off a layer of the ground.

Prince Su gathered all those to be exiled at the gate of the palace. There were not many people left to guard the palace, so Shen Xun's actions did not alarm the guards.

When Qi Yunzhou was taken to the gate of the palace, he saw Zhong Danyue among the crowd of people.

"Yue'er, why are you here too?"

Qi Yunzhou rushed over and grabbed Zhong Danyue's hand, nervously asking her if she was hurt.

Zhong Danyue angrily pushed him away, "Qi Yunzhou, it's all because of you that I was captured by them. Why are you pretending to be a good person now?"

Qi Yunzhou was at a loss, "Yue'er, I..."

Prince Su smiled and said, "Nephew, it seems that you have deep feelings for this girl. Fortunately, the emperor's uncle sent people to capture her, otherwise you two would have been separated."

He originally wanted to use Zhong Danyue to force Qi Yunzhou out, but now, Zhong Danyue is his bargaining chip to threaten Qi Yunzhou to hand over the jade seal.

Qi Yunzhou sneered, "If I hand over the jade seal to you, will you let us go?"

That's impossible.

Prince Su frowned and asked, "What do you want?"

Qi Yunzhou walked to the opposite side of Prince Su and said, "Send all of us to Youzhou safely."

Prince Su was originally going to exile Qi Yunzhou to Youzhou, but he didn't want anyone else to go as well. The team was full of royal relatives, and he was afraid that Qi Yunzhou would join them in rebellion.

He tried to threaten Qi Yunzhou with Zhong Danyue, but Qi Yunzhou remained unmoved.

"I have placed the jade seal in a place known only to me. I will let you know when I get to Youzhou."

Under the dragon throne in the imperial study, Shen Xun opened the secret compartment and took out the jade seal.

She whispered, "This thing is important, take it with you!"

Prince Su agreed.

There was no other way. In order to make his throne legitimate, he could only follow Qi Yunzhou.

Although they are royal relatives, they are just a group of old, weak, women and children, and should not cause any trouble.

After Shen Xun collected his things, he found an opportunity to sneak into the exile team.

After Qi Yunzhou saw the signal Chen Xun gave him, he stopped chatting with Prince Su.

Prince Su didn't want to see Qi Yunzhou again, so he immediately ordered his men to escort the exile team on their journey.

"etc--"

A man's voice came from the corner. Shen Xun, who was mixed in the team, looked over and was stunned at first sight.

The man was dressed in dark clothes. He walked slowly to the front of Prince Su and said, "I am going to Youzhou too."

Prince Su waved his hand, "Whatever."

Qi Yunzhou's face darkened: "I refuse, Prince Su, you leave him in the capital, and then I will give you the Phoenix Seal as well."

One sentence was enough to show Qi Yunzhou's disdain for the visitor.

Prince Su pretended not to hear.

Compared to the useless Phoenix Seal, he wanted to cause trouble for Qi Yunzhou.

He said hypocritically, "The Regent's legs are not on my body, so I can't control where he goes."

Qi Yunzhou: “…”

Through discussions among the people around him, Shen Xun knew the whole story.

The man in black is Regent Xie Lan, Qi Yunzhou's mortal enemy.

But this regent was weak and illiterate, and he became regent only because of the imperial edict of the late emperor.

Before the late emperor passed away, he wrote an imperial decree, appointing the man in black as regent.

The only purpose of the Regent's existence is to stop Qi Yunzhou when he wants to kill people and exterminate their entire clan.

Qi Yunzhou is a tyrant. If he doesn't like someone, he will chop them down with a knife, no matter who they are.

Strangely enough, when Qi Yunzhou wanted to kill the treacherous minister, the regent remained unmoved. However, when he wronged the loyal minister, the regent took out the imperial edict of the previous emperor to pressure Qi Yunzhou.

So, to be precise, the Regent is the mascot of the Great Xia court, the protective umbrella of loyal officials, and the death warrant of treacherous officials.

Shen Xun was puzzled. Even in this situation, the throne could still be usurped by Prince Su. She didn't know whether Prince Su was too powerful or her son was too tyrannical.

The team walked slowly towards the city gate. Prince Su kindly provided a carriage, and Qi Yunzhou let Zhong Danyue ride in it.

Zhong Danyue got into the carriage reluctantly, and soon, a suppressed cry was heard from the carriage.

Qi Yunzhou asked the eunuch Chen Dexi, who had served him before, to drive the carriage, and he followed beside the carriage.

Chen Dexi glanced at Qi Yunzhou with a distressed look, "Your Highness, please get in the carriage as well."

Qi Yunzhou shook his head and said, "Let Yue'er stay in there for a while."

Besides, his mother is still out there, how can a son enjoy it alone?

There are too many people here and too many eyes. Once we leave the capital, I can let my mother get in the carriage and rest.

The exile team slowly walked towards the city gate. The people hiding at home looked at this group of people, their hearts filled with confusion about the future.

Although the deposed emperor was tyrannical, he didn't waste much money and resources. I wonder what the new ruler of Daxia will be like...

After leaving the city gate, Shen Xun saw another group of exiles, which included civil officials, military generals and their families. They were going to be exiled to another place.

A new emperor appoints his own ministers. Naturally, the new emperor will promote his own confidants. As for the old ministers occupying positions, he will either promote them in name only or demote them in reality, or even behead them and exile them.

When the two teams met, Shen Xun only took a few glances, and then a big rat jumped out of that team!

Shen Xun subconsciously took two steps back, but bumped into someone.

Xie Lan held her shoulders and asked, "Girl, are you okay?"

The man's body temperature came through the thin clothes, and Shen Xun stiffened for a moment, "Thank you."

She distanced herself from Xie Lan and looked at the big rat.

To be precise, he is a man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks.

The man hugged Qi Yunzhou's legs, cried and called him brother-in-law, and said that he wanted to follow Qi Yunzhou.

Qi Yunzhou kicked the man away and said to the officer in the team, "Why don't you take him back?"

The officer suddenly woke up from his dream and brutally dragged the man back to the team.

Qi Yunzhou said to Zhong Danyue in the carriage, "Yue'er, don't worry, they won't bother you anymore."

Zhong Danyue didn't say anything, Qi Yunzhou looked lonely, and this scene was seen by Chen Xun.

As expected, he is Qi Lan's biological son. The way he kicks people is exactly the same.

Thinking back to the time, all of her top-notch relatives were kicked out in the same way.

The only thing he doesn't like is the ability to pursue girls. She will teach him in person someday!

When they arrived at the Ten-Li Pavilion, the two teams had to separate, heading south and north respectively. Big Haozi cried out for his sister. Zhong Danyue in the carriage didn't say anything, but her crying could be heard again.

Qi Yunzhou didn't bother to comfort her, he found Shen Xun and saw Xie Lan standing behind him.

He glared at Xie Lan and pulled Shen Xun to a less crowded place.

Qi Yunzhou glanced at her nervously.

Shen Xun sighed, "Tell me, who is he."