Uncle Qin no longer suppressed him. He stood up and stared at Qi Yu'an with stern eyes and said, "Don't be so hypocritical. Didn't you bring the troops here just to seize the throne? The throne belongs to me, and no one can compete with me for it!"
Qi Yuning looked up at the nearly insane Uncle Qin and said, "The Qi family has always been loyal. We are not like you who covet the throne. You are a traitor and a traitor!"
Qi Yu'an and Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning together. She was clearly persuading Qi Yu'an to seize the throne a few days ago.
Qi Yu'an ordered his men to tie up the crazy and angry Uncle Qin and drag him away.
Seeing that Lu Ze had lost a lot of weight, Emperor Shi Yuan said with a guilty look on his face, "Get up, Ze'er. I shouldn't have distrusted you. I almost killed you."
Lu Ze helped Emperor Shi Yuan sit on the throne and said, "I have never blamed my grandfather."
Seeing the skinny Emperor Shi Yuan, Lu Ze said guiltily, "I'm late."
Emperor Shi Yuan saw the incense sticks in the incense burner beside him that were extinguished by Qi Yuning with tea and said, "I have been smart all my life but I became confused at this moment. I was blinded by power and fell into their trap. I almost killed you. I am really getting old and confused."
Qi Yuning said, "Your Majesty, please don't say that. Although birth, aging, illness and death are common to all people, who among the elderly doesn't want to live longer? If you use less opium in the future, you will definitely live longer."
Emperor Shiyuan said: "I know my body well. I won't live much longer."
Queen Qin wept and cried, "My child, I was so foolish. I raised someone else's child for more than 20 years, but my own child has no remains left!"
Qi Yuning said: "Empress, your daughter is still alive, Nanny Qin is also alive, and you have seen your daughter."
Queen Qin asked, "Really? I've seen her? Is she still alive?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, she just gave birth to a son. It will be a full month in a few days. I will send her a message when I go back and ask her to come to Shengjing City after she is out of the confinement period."
Queen Qin asked hurriedly, "Who is it? Have I seen him before? How come I have no impression of him?"
Emperor Shi Yuan felt a pain in his heart and looked at Lu Ze and said, "Ze'er, is Ah Ping really the daughter of me and the Queen?"
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Madame Qin admitted it herself, it's definitely true, and you also know that she looks very similar to Aunt Qixia."
When Queen Qin heard that it was Ah Ping, she burst into tears and said, "No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when I saw her... I really feel guilty towards her!"
After Lu Ze consoled Emperor Shi Yuan and Queen Qin, he said, "Grandfather, now we have to convict the Crown Prince and the Qin family traitors, as well as Prince Ning and Prince Liao..."
When talking about the King of Liao, Lu Ze glanced at Concubine Wu.
Concubine Wu knelt down in front of Emperor Shiyuan and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Liao has no intention of rebelling. I was the one who noticed something was wrong with the opium issue and asked him to start a rebellion. He has no intention of treason and is willing to stay in Liaozhou City for the rest of his life and not participate in the fight for the royal family. I know my son, and he cannot be the emperor. I have never thought of letting him be the emperor."
Queen Qin supported Concubine Wu and said, "Your Majesty, please spare the King of Liao for Sister Wu's sake!"
Emperor Shi Yuan saw that it was almost dawn outside, so he said, "Lu Ze, I will appoint you as the Supreme Court Justice to jointly investigate the case of the Qin family's followers with the Ministry of Justice. If there are any officials in the court who are in the same camp as the Qin family, don't spare any of them!"
"The Qin family has committed treason, disrupted the royal bloodline, attempted rebellion, murdered the princess, and colluded with Beimo. Each and every one of these is enough to..." Emperor Shi Yuan glanced at Queen Qin and said, "Execute all nine clans!"
Upon hearing this, Queen Qin knelt before Emperor Shi Yuan and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, you are wise! But I hope Your Majesty can spare Chong'er's life. He doesn't know anything either. Now he has been poisoned by opium and I'm afraid he won't live long. Please give Chong'er a chance to live."
Emperor Shi Yuan thought about Zhao Chong. After all, he was the prince whom he had loved for so many years. He said, "Zhao Chong drugged me with opium. He must not be forgiven lightly. However, considering that he was used by Qin Guojiu, he will be imprisoned in the palace courtyard and cannot see the light of day!"
Lu Ze knelt down and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Shi Yuan said: "I have been seriously harmed by opium and am now terminally ill. I no longer have the energy to manage state affairs. I will appoint Lu Ze as regent. Before a crown prince is appointed, state affairs will be temporarily managed by you, Ze'er."
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Ze after hearing this. The position of regent was extremely powerful.
Lu Ze was obviously also shocked and said: "Grandfather, this is against the rules. There are three uncles in the court now, Prince Xu, Prince Jin, and Prince Shou."
Emperor Shiyuan said: "Ze'er, now the only people I can trust are you and Yu'an. Ze'er, you don't have to refuse. Before the crown prince is decided, you will handle the court affairs for me.
Yu'an, Prince Ning is still causing trouble outside. You lead your troops to surrender him. If he is willing to surrender, you can spare his life."
Qi Yu'an said, "Your Majesty, I think my subordinate Zhong Ding can also go and subdue King Ning's troops. I still want to rush back to North City as soon as possible to see Ah Ping and the child I haven't met yet."
Seeing Qi Yu'an's anxious look, Emperor Shi Yuan said, "Yes, go to North City and bring them here. I want to see my daughter and grandson... I don't want to be unable to see them for the last time."
Qi Yuning said firmly: "You can see it, you will definitely see it."
Emperor Shiyuan said: "I also look forward to seeing you... Ze'er, this messed up Shengjing City is now in your hands."
Lu Ze bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Shi Yuan relit the opium incense and said, "All of you please leave."
Qi Yuning looked at the calmness in Emperor Shiyuan's eyes, left the Taiji Hall, and said to Lu Ze, "Your Majesty seems to no longer be obsessed with longevity."
Lu Ze said: "Your Majesty has always been wise. How can you continue to be confused when you know that you are being used?"
Lu Ze whispered in Qi Yuning's ear: "I'm going to the East Palace to send Zhao Chong to the palace for detention. Do you want to go with me?"
Qi Yuning shook his head and said, "I won't go, I'm afraid Song Heqing will get angry and make me sick.
However, she is my only close friend after all, so you should treat her well and tell the guards who are guarding her in the palace to not let Song Heqing suffer in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation."
Lu Ze said, "Okay, it won't be too late for you to go visit Song Heqing later. Go back to the palace and have a good rest. There are still many things to do next."
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, I'll wait for you to come back in my palace."
Lu Ze said, "No need. I will have to attend the morning court soon. I am afraid I will not be back until night."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Okay."
Qi Yuning returned to the palace and found that nothing had changed in the palace.
When he opened the door, he saw his grandfather's tablet placed at the door. When Butler Sun saw Qi Yuning returning, his eyes were red and he said, "Princess! You are finally back."
Qi Yuning bowed to his grandfather's tablet, and thought that the housekeeper placed his grandfather's tablet here to prevent the Qin family from bringing people to attack the palace.
Qi Yuning returned to Chunjiang Courtyard and saw everything familiar, including Lingling's little clothes...
Qi Yuning held Lingling's little clothes and smelled the scent. She missed Lingling so much, but it was a pity that it would take at least more than a month to send the message and wait for Lingling to come back.
Qi Yuning thought about it and decided to go to North City to pick up Lingling. Since His Majesty asked Lu Ze to handle state affairs temporarily, he would be busy and he and she would be apart from each other less often.
Although the Qi family army still has many trivial matters that need her to deal with, it may not be impossible to hand them over to her subordinates.
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling's little clothes tightly, wanting to leave Lu Ze alone to work in Shengjing. She became more and more determined to go to Beicheng to pick up Lingling.
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In the East Palace.
Lu Ze entered the East Palace and smelled a sweet fragrance in the hall. He covered his nose and went forward to extinguish the smoke from Zhao Chong's incense burner with tea.
Zhao Chong looked at the extinguished incense burner and said, "You are not dead. I really thought you were dead. But how could you die so easily?"
Lu Ze's face was calm, and he spoke slowly: "By order of His Majesty, Zhao Chong, no, it should be Qin Chong, imprisoned in the palace courtyard, and he will never see the light of day. Let's go."
Zhao Chong stood up and sneered at Lu Ze: "I didn't expect that I could still keep my life."
Song Heqing held Zhao Chong's hand and said, "Your Highness, I will go with you."
Zhao Chong said: "I am no longer His Highness, I am just a prisoner... He Qing, I will give you a letter of release, please go. I married you just so I could see Yuning more."
Song Heqing shook her head: "No, I won't leave. I will always be with you. Once we are husband and wife, we will be husband and wife for life."
Lu Ze understood why Qi Yuning didn't want to come. If she came, she might get sick from Song Heqing's anger. (End of this chapter)
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