Chapter 442 The emperor leads the army in person?
"Your Majesty!" Gao Sui said cautiously, "Your Majesty has just approved the Black Armor Tiger Division's home leave... If Your Majesty wants to lead the army in person, he has to wait until all the Black Armor Tiger Division members have returned to the team."
"Then wait! Good things come to those who wait, and I have plenty of patience!" The emperor said, clutching his chest. "The Black Armor Tiger Division, even without any food or fodder, was able to capture hundreds of thousands of Northern Di troops alive! I simply don't believe such a formidable division can't handle the ragtag crowd of Black River City!"
"The Queen Mother is here!" A voice came from outside the door.
The emperor sat down and continued to draft his decree with a gloomy face.
The empress dowager walked in with red eyes, obviously she had been crying. She looked at the emperor as soon as she entered the door, but the emperor lowered his head and was busy with the things at hand, ignoring the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother had no choice but to sit down herself.
"Emperor."
The Queen Mother, who always looked down on the Emperor and loved to mock him, had no choice but to give in. "I've heard about it..."
"Isn't your Majesty coming here to plead for mercy?" The Emperor snorted. "From what I know about you, this is not your style."
The Queen Mother was speechless and could only say with a sullen face:
"My son, Du Rulin deserves death for what he did. I have no right to plead for him, but the entire Du family is implicated, and I beg the Emperor to be lenient with those who did not participate in the rebellion, for my sake."
"I'm afraid this will be difficult." The emperor didn't even glance at the empress dowager, his tone cold, "The country has its laws, and the family has its rules. The Du family, as royal relatives, openly rebelled. The extent of this act is simply unheard of. They must be dealt with severely to serve as a warning to others!"
The Queen Mother, having discarded her previous arrogance, pleaded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I'm not asking you to spare those who participated in the rebellion, I'm only asking you not to eradicate the Du family. Is that not too much of a burden for you?"
"Mother, how could you be so cruel to me?" The emperor looked up at her.
"I am your son, and I just experienced a rebellion! If it weren't for the timely arrival of the Black Armor Tiger Master, I would have been beheaded! Did the Queen Mother say a single word of concern after she entered the room?"
The Queen Mother looked embarrassed.
"But that's fine too. It's precisely because my mother is so ruthless to me that I can refuse her request without any guilt! Please don't mention the Du family's matter again, my mother. I will not show them any mercy!"
The Queen Mother exclaimed, "My son, they are your maternal grandparents after all. Do you really want to kill them all?"
The emperor's face was filled with the satisfaction of revenge. "If they want to blame someone, the person most to blame is my mother. If she had been nicer to me, perhaps there would have been room for recovery today!"
After saying that, he held his forehead with his hand and laughed out loud.
"That's enough!" The Queen Mother clutched the handkerchief tightly, her tone returning to its coldness. "I've long guessed you wouldn't agree! You say I'm heartless, but what about you? At least I haven't murdered my own flesh and blood!"
The emperor's face was gloomy, but he chuckled and said, "Well, just consider me as a disciple who has surpassed his master. Is that all right?"
The Queen Mother said, "Since you won't give me face, how about I negotiate a deal with you?"
The emperor taunted, "It turns out the Empress Dowager's ruthlessness is directed only at me! She still cares deeply about Madam Du!"
The Queen Mother ignored him and said, "If I can convince Xiao Jiuer to change her mind and return to the palace, can you agree to my request and show leniency to Mrs. Du?"
"The Queen Mother is confident that she can be persuaded?" The Emperor pursed his lips. "She has no feelings for me at all. The Imperial Palace holds no appeal to her at all. She will not return."
The Queen Mother said, "That's not necessarily true. I'm different from you. I've never looked down on Mingzhu, nor have I ever done anything to wrong Xiaojiu'er. I'm her royal grandmother. If I go to Black River City to invite her in person, she'll give me face, both emotionally and logically. Otherwise, she'll be subjected to enough gossip from the world!"
"Then I will wait for good news from my mother. However, I must first remind you that Black River City is a place of rebellion. If my mother falls into the hands of the rebels, I will not be able to save you!"
"Don't worry! That old bastard Wang Changyang still respects me. They won't do anything to me." The Queen Mother stood up and walked out. "I will leave tomorrow."
The Queen Mother left with her back straight.
The emperor sneered, "For a bunch of irrelevant people in the Du family, you are willing to risk your life. But you have no love or pity for me. Mother, you really make me confused!"
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Black River City.
Zhou Huaining and his group returned with the Zhou family.
The Zhou family had a large population, and they crowded the city gate.
"I'm so sorry, everyone!" Wu Pinghou greeted them outside the city gate with an apologetic look on his face. "I've dragged you all down!"
"You can't say that!" The Zhou clan elders laughed. "Being implicated and beheaded or exiled is considered a burden. How can coming to Black River City be considered a burden?"
"That's right!" The others echoed, "We've been wanting to come to Black River City for a long time! This is such a great opportunity, how can we call it a burden?"
Marquis Wuping was immediately relieved, as he had thought someone would complain.
"Well, am I right?" Wang Changyang said with a smile, "As long as it comes to Black River City, no one is unwilling to come! My people are happy even if they have to leave their hometown!"
The Wupinghou clansmen were arranged to stay in an inn.
The Fan family’s house has been built, and all the Fan family members have evacuated the inn.
At present, Wang Changyang’s clansmen are still in the inn.
The Wang family is also building a house.
After Zhou Huaining settled his tribesmen, he didn't care about his tiredness and wandered around the city, greeting the villagers with a cheerful face.
He really misses Heihe Village!
Yingyan has now regained her female body, but her identity as the leader of the Black Eagle Village will not change.
The only difference is that she was kicked out of the Black Eagle Village by her brothers.
"Please, Boss, please go and live in Heihe City!" The brothers of Black Eagle Village almost knelt down.
"You are a girl now, you can't hang out with a group of grown men like us anymore." The second in command tried to persuade them earnestly.
In order to prevent Yingyan from going back, they even built a courtyard for her in Heihe City.
"Boss, you will always be our top leader! But please don't come back to Black Eagle Village! Please!"
Whenever these grown men thought that their boss had a beautiful wife, they would feel embarrassed.
In the past, in front of the boss, I would fight for the toilet, poop, fart, and smell the stinky feet with my bare buttocks...
Wait, I've done a lot of embarrassing things!
"Okay, okay! I'm leaving!" Ying Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'll just move my things out, okay? You bunch of heartless people, it was me who built Black Eagle Village!"
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