The following day, in the imperial court.
Sitting on the dragon throne, perhaps because of last night's dream, the new emperor of Great Xia, Zhao Shu, was unusually pale.
In fact, he hadn't slept since last night. He tossed and turned in bed during the second half of the night, but every time he closed his eyes, he would dream that Lin Mo had sent people to kill him.
After the news of Huo Minggao's arrest came, Zhao Shu never slept well again.
He was originally a playboy who was idle and had no ideals, only wanting to live a life of leisure and idleness.
Was he suddenly thrust into the role of emperor without any preparation?
The approaching Northern Barbarian army terrified him, causing him to lose his appetite and become emaciated in just a few days.
He was made emperor, the most capable regent in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, who was said to be trapped in Jidong, surrounded by over 300,000 Dongpan troops. And the one who created this situation was none other than Huo Minggao, the King of Xiliang who guarded Liangzhou.
This King of Xiliang even allied with the Northern Barbarians and advanced towards the capital.
Inside the Golden Palace, most of the court officials were filled with anxiety, and their faces were extremely pale.
The newly appointed Minister of War still had sweat on his fat face, and he was also very anxious about Huo Minggao's fierce momentum.
Even worse, Yao Guangxiao, whom Lin Mo left behind, as well as Qiao Shan, Sun Yang, and their tens of thousands of soldiers, all ran away overnight and disappeared without a trace!
The capital of the Great Xia Kingdom has become a completely undefended ghost town!
How can he continue to be emperor?
At this moment, his cousin, who was also a descendant of the Zhao family, ran over to tell him that Lin Mo had been defeated, utterly defeated.
This presents the Zhao family with their best chance to regain power, a chance that, once lost, will be hard to come by again.
For this reason, several of his cousins advised him to remove all of Regent Lin Mo's titles.
Zhao Shu hesitated. He knew that Lin Mo was a skilled and capable general, and that all of his generals were like Lin Wenzhong.
Moreover, from the moment I was born until now, I have dreamed of eating, drinking, having fun, having women on both sides, and living a happy life.
Lin Mo gave him everything he wanted!
All kinds of fried chicken, fries, burgers, and all sorts of delicious food!
There's also Moutai liquor, XO, Remy Martin, and vodka.
Not to mention those dozen or so ridiculously beautiful girls.
One must not forget one's roots; this is the way of the sages. How could one betray the Regent?
Therefore, he refused to agree no matter what, firmly believing that Regent Lin Mo would return victorious from Jidong.
But then Huo Minggao arrived, leading a large army.
At that time, the capital only had a few hundred palace guards and the yamen runners who maintained order. How could they possibly stand up to Huo Minggao's army?
Zhao Shu desperately wanted to resist, but his strength wouldn't allow it.
With no other option, he had to surrender, open the city gates, and let the Liangzhou troops in.
But this side is suffering a huge loss!
Zhao Shu was prepared that the fine wine and food would no longer be available.
Even the once-in-four-thousand-years beauty is gone; it's still barely acceptable.
However, Huo Minggao wanted to depose Zhao Shu on the grounds that he had condoned the traitor Lin Mo and caused chaos in the court.
Not only that, Huo Minggao also killed more than a dozen beautiful women in front of Zhao Shu and placed all of Zhao Shu's children under house arrest...
They even planned to kill them.
Unless Zhao Shu issues an edict to abdicate in favor of Huo Minggao and proclaims to the world that Lin Mo is a traitor!
For the sake of his children and his own life, Zhao Shu gave in.
And then, something even more tragic happened.
Less than three days later, on the third day after Zhao Shu surrendered, Regent Lin Mo's army returned to the capital.
A few days later, Huo Minggao's troops were completely annihilated, and his sons in the capital were either arrested or killed.
Regent Lin Mo has recaptured the capital!
The past ten days or so felt like an eternity to Zhao Shu!
Let's rewind to the present, inside the Golden Palace.
Zhao Shu couldn't help but ask, "My beloved ministers, I intend to go to the Regent's Palace to explain everything! I will say that all of this was forced upon me by that traitor Huo Minggao!"
"Gentlemen, please come with me then!"
Everyone was astonished by these words.
“Your Majesty, you mustn’t!” a minister surnamed Zhang advised. “A ruler is a ruler, and a subject is a subject. How can you lower yourself to go to the Regent’s residence? Doing so would violate the proper relationship between ruler and subject.”
Even a fool would know that Zhao Shu was going to personally go to Lin Mo's residence to apologize.
As the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, why did he go to his ministers' residences to apologize with thorns on his back, accompanied by the entire court of officials?
This is absolutely unprecedented; it's going to completely disgrace our ancestors.
"Yes, Your Majesty, you mustn't!"
Zhao Shu frowned. "But I really did something wrong! Of course I should apologize for doing something wrong!"
Upon hearing this, the entire court nearly fainted from anxiety.
Admit your mistake? You, the so-called ruler of a nation, utter such a thing?
"Your Majesty, everything you did was forced upon you by that traitor Huo Minggao. I'm sure His Highness the Regent is aware of this. You don't need to..."
“That’s right. Even if His Highness the Regent doesn’t know, an explanation is needed. Your Majesty, you can send a minister to the Regent’s residence to explain everything. If that doesn’t work, you can issue a secret decree to inform His Highness the Regent!”
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Everyone echoed in agreement.
Zhao Shu thought for a long time before finally refusing, "No, what if the Regent blames us?"
"Your Majesty..." The minister surnamed Zhang knelt down abruptly, "You absolutely cannot..."
"My mind is made up, no need for further words!" Zhao Shu said sternly. "Tomorrow morning, all of you will come with me to the Regent's Palace to apologize!"
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