Chapter 317 Cheer up

The Queen and Cao Muxue were placed in the room, covered with white cloth.

Yu Cheng approached, trembling and reaching out to uncover them.

Seeing the two familiar faces, the marks on their necks and the painful look of death, Yu Cheng's heart suddenly ached, and he fell to the ground unsteadily.

"Mother, I am an unfilial son..." Yu Cheng held the Queen's cold and stiff hand, crying bitterly.

Xie Wanruo accompanied him quietly without trying to persuade him.

After all, the Queen was Yu Cheng's biological mother. Now that she is gone like this, it is natural for Yu Cheng to feel sad, and any words are useless at this moment.

In this case, it is better to let Yu Cheng cry out directly and cry out all the depression in his heart, so that he can let it go and return to normal life in the future.

The cold palace was lonely, and Yu Cheng's crying echoed in the room, breaking people's hearts.

After crying for an unknown amount of time, Yu Cheng was so grief-stricken that he fainted.

"Your Highness!" Xie Wanruo exclaimed, and hurried to help Yu Cheng, and asked someone to come in and carry Yu Cheng back to the East Palace.

Not long after Xie Wanruo and Yu Cheng returned to the East Palace, Doctor Chen came in a hurry. After listening to Xie Wanruo's narration, he hurried to diagnose Yu Cheng.

"How is it?" Xie Wanruo clenched her hands, worried.

Doctor Chen said, "Your Highness was overly grieved and his mood was not smooth, which led to fainting. Fortunately, it did not affect the wound. I will prescribe some medicine to soothe the liver and relieve depression. Your Majesty, please persuade Your Highness more."

"Thank you for your help." Xie Wanruo's face was heavy.

Yu Cheng had already made arrangements for the funeral of the Queen and Cao Muxue before he went to the cold palace. At this time, someone had carried them out of the palace, placed them in coffins and buried them in the ancestral tomb of the Cao family.

Xie Wanruo did not stop him.

When a person dies, all things are over. There is no need to vent your anger on a corpse.

When Yu Cheng woke up, it was already afternoon.

Xie Wanruo brought the warm fish fillet porridge and scooped it to Yu Cheng's mouth with a porcelain spoon.

"I can't eat it." Yu Cheng turned away. Xie Wanruo said in a serious tone: "Your Highness's injury has not healed yet, and he is deeply

saddened. Doctor Chen has added medicine to the prescription. How can Your Highness take the medicine without eating something?" If he does not eat rice and takes the medicine on an empty stomach, he will vomit it out uncomfortably. Yu Cheng frowned heavily and said weakly: "It doesn't matter if I don't drink it for one day. I want to leave the palace to pay homage to my mother." Yu Cheng struggled to get out of bed, and fell weakly beside the bed as soon as his feet touched the ground. Xie Wanruo watched coldly and did not help him, but asked slowly: "How can Your Highness go in this state? If you go, your mother will worry. Will you not rest in peace in the underworld?" Yu Cheng shuddered when he heard this. Xie Wanruo continued, "Your Highness should know why your mother and the others committed suicide. They worked so hard, how could your Highness bear to let them down?" "The person has been laid to rest, what difference does it make if your Highness dies today or tomorrow?" "If your Highness really feels guilty, you should cheer up, eat well and take medicine, get well soon, and then take Haoyan and the others to pay tribute to them, so that they can rest in peace in the afterlife." "Your Highness did so much with all her heart, just so that your Highness could sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince. Now she is even risking her life, your Highness really shouldn't let her down..." Every word of Xie Wanruo's was like a whip that lashed into Yu Cheng's heart. Every time she said it, Yu Cheng's heart trembled. The room fell silent, and Xie Wanruo sat in front of the bed with porridge, leaving Yu Cheng sitting on the ground in a daze. About a quarter of an hour later, Yu Cheng supported himself on the edge of the bed, forced himself to get up, and sat back on the bed with difficulty. "Give it to me." Yu Cheng stretched out his hand to Xie Wanruo. Xie Wanruo looked at the slightly trembling hand, and said gently: "The porridge is cold, I will go to get another bowl for His Highness." After speaking, Xie Wanruo stood up and walked to the table, filled another bowl of hot porridge, brought it back to the bed and handed it to Yu Cheng. Yu Cheng took it, picked up the spoon and started to eat. After a bowl of porridge, Yu Cheng felt warmer inside and his body recovered some strength. After a while, Yingyue brought the freshly boiled medicine. Xie Wanruo blew it to warm it and wanted to feed it to Yu Cheng. Yu Cheng took it and drank it directly. No matter how bitter the medicine is, it is not as bitter as his heart. Xie Wanruo and Yingyue were shocked, and then breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that Yu Cheng would be well again soon. The autumn sun struggled to break through the thick clouds, casting a sparse light before dusk. The sky cleared up. Zhou Boxu worked with the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to investigate, and soon found out the evidence of the officials involved, as well as Cao Sheng's bullying of men and women, and the various dirty deeds committed by the Cao family. The most shocking charge was that the assistant minister of the Ministry of War raised private soldiers for Cao Qian. When the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court learned of this, they were shocked. No one expected that Cao Qian would be so bold. According to the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Cao Qian secretly raised 30,000 private soldiers and hid them in a barren mountain nearly a hundred miles outside the west suburbs of the city. "Bastard! He really thinks that the world belongs to his Cao family!" The emperor was furious. What do 30,000 private soldiers mean? This means that the Cao family had long been planning to rebel, and that Cao Qian could lead his troops to force the emperor to abdicate at any time. If the emperor had not been secretly clearing up the situation in recent years, and had not put all 50,000 imperial guards under the command of Zhou Boxu, and if the generals in the capital camp had not had hundreds of thousands of generals, and Yu Cheng had the military power but did not conspire with them, Cao Qian would have used his position to lead his troops to force the emperor to abdicate. His wolfish ambitions were obvious, and the whole world was shocked. After the investigation of the crimes of Cao Qian and others, notices were posted everywhere in Shangjing, shocking the people. After all, in the eyes of the people, the Cao family has been the pillar of Dazhao for so many years. It is shocking to suddenly learn the true face of the Cao family. Especially the disciples of Grand Tutor Cao, who had previously insisted that the Cao family was wronged and clamored to go to the Dali Temple to beat the drum and redress the injustice for the Cao family. Now everyone was pale and dared not say a word. On August 19, Cao Qian and others were sentenced to death. On August 21, Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu led people to search the dens where Cao Qian lent money and hid silver, which made the empty treasury a little full. On August 23, Yu Zheng, Zhou Boxu and several generals led troops to the deserted mountains west of the city and surrounded the 30,000 private soldiers that Cao Qian secretly raised.

These private soldiers were very loyal to Cao Qian. As soon as they met, they raised their swords and fought to kill Yu Zheng to avenge Cao Qian.

Yu Zheng knew that these people would not give up until they saw the truth. They needed to be beaten with blood before they would listen to him. So without hesitation, he ordered Shen Changze and others to lead the army to fight.

After all, these private soldiers were privately raised secretly. They were not as openly and strictly trained as the imperial army. Their combat capabilities were not strong. After only half an hour of fighting, they were defeated.

Yu Zheng ordered them to be surrounded and unable to fly.

After the fierce battle, the private soldiers looked at the corpses of their companions around them, and then looked at the elite iron cavalry that surrounded them, and felt panic and fear.

The two sides were too far apart in numbers and strength, and there was no possibility of victory.

They retreated step by step, their hands holding the knives began to tremble, and they looked at Yu Zheng with a look of murderous intent and fear.

Yu Zheng stood proudly on his horse, his face grim and said: "Those who surrender will not be killed, but will be accepted by the court and enjoy the same treatment as other generals."

This was already extremely lenient.

According to the law, they were Cao Qian's private soldiers, and should be included in the list of rebels and executed together.

But there were too many people. If they were all killed, they would surely be criticized by the subjects of Dazhao and be labeled as cruel. Moreover, it would be a pity to kill 30,000 people in vain.

Since they are soldiers, they should die on the battlefield, so that they can be fully utilized and die for a good cause.