Xiao Moyan had to say many nice things to appease Consort Yu.
Consort Yu looked at him and said, "You must know that everything your mother has done is for you. If you ascend the throne in the future, you must never forget your mother's kindness."
Xiao Moyan quickly assured her, "Mother, don't worry. If I become the emperor, you will be the Empress Dowager."
"Then you'll be in charge of the entire harem, and you can even keep a few male concubines if you want."
Xiao Moyan has no bottom line in his pursuit of becoming emperor.
However, Consort Yu was quite pleased with his words.
So he nodded and smiled, "At least you have some conscience. Spend some time privately winning over the court officials and see how many people are on your side."
I have already instructed your uncle that the garrison troops in the capital can be mobilized by us at any time.
"I'll take care of everything else. You just wait to become emperor."
Hearing Consort Yu's words stirred up a storm in Xiao Moyan's heart.
His mother is practically plotting a coup.
Although Xiao Moyan had also had this thought, he was a person with little talent but lofty ambitions, and only dared to think about it in his heart.
So he looked at Consort Yu with some hesitation and asked, "Mother, are you... are you planning to force the palace and rebel? Are you sure you can succeed?"
"If, just if we fail, this is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of our family."
Consort Yu looked at the eldest prince and sneered, saying, "If you don't even have this much courage, how can you be the emperor?"
Don't worry, Mother has made all the arrangements.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, you will become emperor by the end of the year at the latest.
Seeing that Xiao Moyan still looked incredulous, Consort Yu suddenly felt like she was hopelessly hopeless.
If she didn't only have Xiao Moyan as her son, she would never have recommended him to be emperor.
Over the years, Consort Yu has always felt that Empress Pei raised Xiao Moyan to be the stupid, brainless, arrogant and domineering person he is.
Although everyone knows that the late Empress Dowager was very accommodating to Xiao Moyan and treated him even better than Xiao Mochen, there is another tactic called "praising to death".
Otherwise, why would Xiao Mochen be so outstanding, while Xiao Moyan is such a useless piece of trash?
If she hadn't been secretly poisoning Xiao Mochen, his brilliance would have been exposed long ago.
Therefore, over the years, Consort Yu has harbored deep hatred for Empress Pei, but she dared not reveal the true reason to Xiao Moyan.
Consort Yu composed herself, took a deep breath, and said, "Don't worry, Mother Consort still has a trump card up her sleeve."
In her earlier years, my mother had some connections with the King of Andu in Northern Liang.
A few days ago I wrote to him, and out of consideration for our past relationship, he agreed to help my son and me.
He will soon bring his men to our Great Yan.
So no matter what happens during this time, you must stay calm.
Xiao Moyan then understood; it turned out that his mother's trump card was actually the An Du King of Beiliang.
Although Beiliang lost three cities in its battle with Da Yan, Xiao Moyan didn't think it was a big deal.
The Northern Liang army was strong and well-equipped, and they had always bullied the Great Yan in the past. This victory was purely by chance.
The An Du King of Beiliang held immense power; with his help, wouldn't the throne be within easy reach?
So Xiao Moyan assured Consort Yu, "Mother, please rest assured, I will definitely keep things stable."
Consort Yu nodded, realizing that it was truly not easy to appease her foolish son.
Meanwhile, in the imperial court, Xiao Mochen presented the emperor with more than a dozen pieces of evidence he had collected against the Qian family, including selling official positions, accepting bribes, illegally printing money, and engaging in smuggling.
Moreover, each of these points is supported by both witnesses and physical evidence, making it impossible to deny.
The emperor was about to order the entire Qian family to be imprisoned, but the Qian family was, after all, an old and powerful family in the capital with many branches, and it would not be easy to eradicate them all at once.
Xiao Mochen was also very clever. He even pleaded for the Qian family's collateral branches. This would prevent them from forming a group together, and secondly, it would solidify the Qian family's guilt in order to distance themselves from the situation.
With these direct descendants gone, and the remaining collateral branches further suppressed by other families, they basically can't cause any trouble anymore.
Xiao Mochen was in a great mood after dealing with the Qian family.
I took some time to relax at Yan Qingqing's place.
Yan Qingqing was happy for Xiao Mochen, seeing the smile on his face.
Aside from the Qian family, such a major cancer, he will also be able to establish considerable prestige in the court in the future.
After Xiao Mochen finished sharing his satisfaction with eliminating the Qian family with Yan Qingqing, Yan Qingqing straightened her expression and said, "Mochen, although you are now the Crown Prince and have eliminated the Qian family, it is a time for you to be proud."
However, recently Prince Ping and Consort Yu have been a bit too quiet, which is not like their personalities.
Something unusual is bound to happen; you should be extra careful.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mochen straightened his expression and replied, "Auntie is right. Just a few days ago, Xiao Moyan was still running rampant and tyrannical in the mansion, but after being summoned to the palace by Consort Yu, the mother and son talked about something, and Xiao Moyan came out as if he were a completely different person."
Not only did he stop mistreating the servants in the mansion, but he even treated them with kindness and gentleness.
I also suspect something's fishy, but lately Xihua Garden is heavily guarded, and Consort Yu is being very careful, so I really can't find anything wrong."
Yan Qingqing thought of the child that Xiao Moyan had taken out of the capital and said, "Could it be that he is preparing to force the emperor to abdicate and rebel?"
The military power of the garrison in the capital is still in the hands of the Yu family.
Consort Yu has been cultivating her influence in the palace for so long, what if…
As soon as Yan Qingqing finished speaking, Xiao Mochen stood up and said, "Aunt is right. I need to discuss this with Uncle. At the very least, there can be no mistakes in the Imperial Guard."
Yan Qingqing nodded upon hearing this. If Xiao Moyan and his group were to actually force the emperor to abdicate and rebel, and if the Imperial Guards made a mistake, the Pei family would probably be finished.
Meanwhile, in Beiliang, because King Andu lost three cities in succession, he took the initiative to write a letter to the King of Beiliang to apologize.
He said that because of his poor command, Beiliang lost the city, and he was willing to make amends by personally going to Da Yan to seek peace.
The King of Beiliang saw that he was sincere, and that Beiliang had indeed been defeated by the Great Yan without any ability to resist.
Therefore, the King of Northern Liang personally wrote a letter to the Emperor of Great Yan, saying that they were willing to bear the losses caused by the war between the two countries and hoped that the Emperor of Yan would show leniency.
To demonstrate their sincerity, they even sent the King of Ando to apologize, showing their utmost sincerity.
The Emperor of Great Yan was overjoyed upon receiving the letter from Northern Liang.
After all these years, their Great Yan has finally had a chance to hold its head high.
It was twenty years ago when King Andu came to their Great Yan. At that time, King Andu, as the victor, was extremely arrogant. Now, he actually came to their Great Yan to sue for peace.
The emperor was pleased and naturally agreed.
With peace talks between the two countries, a truce at the border is naturally required.
Taking advantage of this break, Li Xiangjian asked Marshal Huang for leave to go home and visit his family.
Li Xiangjian has made a great contribution this time, and Marshal Huang immediately agreed.
However, before he left, he was called into the tent and given some secret instructions.
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