In the end, those women who returned home under pressure because they couldn't leave their families, with tears in their eyes, facing the disgust of their families, the whispers and pointing of their neighbors, left directly with Yu Zizhen's subordinates.
There were even some who were so disheartened and hopeless that they chose to commit suicide shortly after leaving home.
Yu Zizhen's subordinates rescued those who discovered the situation in time, but they were powerless to do anything about the very few who tried to commit suicide in the dead of night.
They could only sigh and bury the person, and then take the others to continue to their destination.
Just as they were busy settling the slaves on the island, counting the property and reporting to Yu Zizhen, and asking her how to deal with the islands and the property on the islands, the local officials who had done nothing when facing the pirates and Japanese pirates quickly united with each other and submitted a memorial to the court, requesting the court to recruit these "righteous armies".
They were afraid that there was such a large group of "righteous troops" in their own territory who could drive away pirates and Japanese pirates. They couldn't even sleep well.
However, the court officials at this time were simply unable to deal with this matter. Those bigwigs who had a say in the court were busy fighting among themselves, and they had no time to care whether there were some so-called "rebel forces" in the small southeast coast.
Today, the second prince has grown up, and little Lu, who feels that she has suffered many years of grievances, can no longer suppress her desire to rule the country from behind the scenes and be as powerful as big Lu.
Coincidentally, her father Lu Tong could no longer suppress his desire to become emperor.
Little Lu was eager to become the empress dowager, and Lu Tong was also eager to replace the emperor with a more obedient one, so that he could ascend the throne through abdication.
Little Lu, who was ambitious but shrewd, had no idea that her father, whom she relied on wholeheartedly, actually had his own plans in mind that only he knew about.
Although the father and daughter, who are eager to get to the top, have their own ideas, they currently have the same interests.
In order to achieve their goal, they began to work together to remove obstacles. These obstacles included not only many officials from Yang Zhengde's faction and Fan Ting's faction, but also the Great Lu family, who had single-handedly supported the Lu family and made great contributions to their family.
Although Xiao Lu was not very smart, she had already seen one thing clearly over the years, that is, as long as Da Lu was alive, she would have to continue to be a frustrated little wife.
Her father Lu Tong knew very well that the eldest Lu would not agree with him changing the emperor, because the eldest Lu was a person who wanted power even more than Lu Tong. She would never allow Lu Tong to replace her as the real leader of the Lu family while she was alive.
But the problem is that after being a puppet of the Lu family for so many years, Lu Tong has long lost the heartache and gratitude he once felt for her.
He wanted to sit on the throne during his lifetime, but Mrs. Lu was in very good health and did not give him the opportunity to inherit all her power after her death.
Lu Tong was unwilling to accept this. Every time he woke up in the middle of the night, he hoped that Mrs. Lu would die soon. However, after so many years of waiting, Mrs. Lu was still very energetic.
Just when he was about to lose control of himself, Little Lu started crying to him about how much injustice she had suffered at the hands of Big Lu over the years.
With Little Lu's IQ and EQ, she simply couldn't hint to her father subtly without leaving any trace, so when she was halfway through her crying, Lu Tong had already realized that Little Lu was planning to kill Big Lu.
Of course, he would not be as naive as Xiao Lu, so he frowned and scolded Xiao Lu.
Little Lu felt aggrieved and burst into tears in front of her father.
Lu Tong took the opportunity to pretend that he had to compromise because he felt sorry for her.
The father and daughter had a secret discussion and quickly came up with a vicious plan.
After convincing Lu Tong, Xiao Lu felt that she had won the battle, but to be on the safe side, she decided to add a little more weight to her side.
After much thought, she set her sights on the eldest princess Xiao Yuanjiu.
She wanted to use the eldest princess's marriage to win over the military generals. This was nothing special. Throughout the dynasties of the Great Qi Dynasty, there was basically no princess who married for anything other than profit. The eldest princess herself did not actually expect to marry someone who loved her.
If the person she chose was really good, the eldest princess would have married him obediently, but she deliberately chose a man who was not up to the standard for the eldest princess out of malicious intent.
The man's name was Cui Cheng. He was the only son of Cui Yuan, the Earl of Anyuan and the co-governor of the Right Army of the Five Military Commands.
It is said that with Xiao Lu's great ambition, she should not be interested in a mere vice-governor. However, the situation of the Right Army of the Five Military Governors' Office is different from that of the other four armies. Mo Huaiyang, the consort of Princess Anqing and the commander-in-chief of the Right Army, has been staying at home on the pretext of illness all year round, and has neither gone to the government office nor taken care of military affairs.
In addition, the two deputy governors of the Right Army were not full. In this case, the deputy governor surnamed Cui was already the actual controller of the Right Army.
As for this governor surnamed Cui, the reason why he had the title of Earl was because his grandfather had made great contributions in saving the emperor, and was granted the title of Earl of Anyuan by the emperor at that time, which lasted for three generations.
Cui Yuan was the last of three generations of the hereditary family, but he was also the most promising generation of the Cui family.
As the only member of the Cui family who served in the court based on his real ability and was promoted smoothly all the way, Cui Yuan has been very popular since he was young.
If there was any shortcoming in his life, it was probably that Cui Yuan had been married for many years, but his wives and concubines had only given birth to daughters and no sons.
The only thing he should be thankful for is probably that his one night stand many years ago actually gave him, by chance, the son he had been longing for but never had.
His only surviving son was born to the daughter of a postman with whom he had an affair many years ago.
The postmen of the Great Qi Dynasty, also known as postmen, refer to ordinary people who work in the post stations. Some of these people will live in the post stations with their families. If their families have the opportunity to help the post stations, the post stations will also pay them a very meager salary.
It had been so long that Anyuan Bo Cui Yuan could no longer remember what the daughter of the postman looked like. However, because Cui Cheng really looked like him, a friend of Anyuan Bo Cui Yuan immediately sent someone to convey a message to Anyuan Bo Cui Yuan the moment he saw him.
His friend knew about the affair between Anyuan Bo Cui Yuan and the daughter of the postman. If Cui Yuan's wives and concubines had given birth to a son for him, then the other party would definitely not be so nosy as to tell Cui Yuan that the daughter of the postman had given birth to his child. But the problem was, was it Cui Yuan's fault that he had no son?
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