The palace was hung in white.
With the emperor's last will, Zhou Canglan legitimately inherited the throne.
In addition, he went to Xiliang to deliver supplies to King Rui and received King Rui's support. Even if the Queen's mother's family did not support him, there was nothing they could do.
It had been half a month since the eldest prince returned from Northern Liao, and he was unable to change the situation at all.
The Queen Mother, already in poor health due to the Emperor's death, fell ill again.
Qin Honghao's entire family was thrown into jail.
All nine clans were arrested and imprisoned.
As for other officials, all those who were close to Qin Honghao were sentenced to death.
Those who did not do it voluntarily and did not commit serious mistakes were exiled or demoted.
Except for most of the military officers, there were only a few civil officials left in the capital.
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However, Shangjing had no shortage of talented people and talented students from poor families, so Zhou Canglan ordered the opening of imperial examinations, which he personally supervised.
"Qin Sushui was kidnapped." Zhou Canglan, who was dressed in a yellow robe, saw Qin Wu coming, got down from the desk in the imperial study, and walked quickly to her.
Just as Qin Wu was about to salute, he held her arm and said, "No need to be polite."
With a calm expression, Qin Wu pulled her arm out of his grasp without leaving a trace, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Why are you being polite to me?"
"You are the emperor now, not the third prince."
"If it weren't for your help, how could I have become the emperor so smoothly?" Zhou Canglan smiled and looked at her with burning eyes, "I said, if you are willing, I will make you the queen."
"Your Majesty, don't joke with me." Qin Wu's tone was distant, and she didn't want to talk about feelings with Zhou Canglan.
What's more, he was able to ascend the throne so smoothly because he arranged Li Niang as a chess piece, and it was she who helped him seize the throne.
If Li Niang had not asked the emperor to issue a will, the queen would have definitely let the eldest prince fight for the throne.
Besides, the queen has power, and the power Zhou Canglan has established himself has no way to oppose the queen, so the throne is not stable.
She changed a lot of things that happened in her previous life and wanted to support Zhou Canglan, but she never thought that Qin Honghao would choose to rebel.
She also asked Ye You to investigate the fact that Concubine Yun said in the previous life that the eldest prince was not the emperor's biological son, intending to help Zhou Canglan get hold of the queen's handle so that she would be honest and not have any unrealistic dreams.
However, the eldest prince is the emperor’s biological son, but the second prince is not the emperor’s, but Concubine Yun and Qin Honghao’s!
This is also the reason why Qin Honghao is willing to stand on the side of Concubine Yun and support the second prince.
Qin Wu could never have imagined that Prime Minister Qin, who had always loved the Prime Minister's wife all his life and had never taken a concubine, and even did not remarry after the Prime Minister's wife died, would be having an affair with Concubine Yun.
And she had a son, the Second Prince.
Of course, maybe Qin Honghao was really devoted to his wife and was tricked by Concubine Yun.
But so what? He still felt sorry for his beloved wife.
Without any evidence against the Queen, Qin Wu could only ask Zhou Canglan to be more careful about the Queen.
"Okay, let's get down to business." Zhou Canglan didn't tease her anymore and handed her an apple from the table. "Try it, it's very sweet."
"Qin Sushui was robbed from prison. We have found out that he was kidnapped by people from Southern Xinjiang." Zhou Canglan frowned slightly and said, "I guess the people from Southern Xinjiang want Qin Sushui's border city map."
At that time, Qin Sushui was guarding the border town of Southern Xinjiang. If Qin Sushui revealed the map of the border town of Southern Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang would soon take over Nanling Pass, and by then all the people on the border would die at the hands of the people of Southern Xinjiang.
Being an emperor is so tiring. If it weren't for protecting Qin Wu, he really wouldn't want to be an emperor. Wouldn't it be better to be a free and easy king?
But there was no way out. He had been forced onto the ship, and as the emperor, he had to be responsible for the people of the Great Zhou.
"I understand. I will send people to hunt down Qin Sushui immediately." After all, she is now in charge of Xie Chenyan's dark web and Qiansha Pavilion.
The main reason was that she also asked Ye You to go to southern Xinjiang to find her master, and she had connections in southern Xinjiang.
It is useless for Qin Sushui to escape to southern Xinjiang. As long as he is killed before he reveals the border defense map, future troubles can be eliminated.
After Qin Wu finished speaking, she took a big bite of the apple Zhou Canglan gave her and chewed it.
Suddenly thinking of something, Qin Wu asked Zhou Canglan again, "Why does the emperor like to eat apples so much?"
"Is it sweet?" Zhou Canglan asked with a gentle smile.
“It’s pretty sweet.”
The pupils in his eyes reflected Qin Wu's figure. He said slowly, "When I was a child, I almost starved to death. A little girl gave me the only food she had and saved my life."
"She said she loved eating apples the most, and she gave me her favorite apple and asked me to live well."
"In order to be able to see her, I have been waiting for her and trying hard to live."
"I want to find the sweetest and best apple to give to her to thank her for saving me."
Qin Wu asked, "Have you waited for her? Have you given her the sweetest apple?"
"I've waited until now." He walked out with a trace of sadness in his eyes, "But, she forgot."
A picture emerged in Qin Wu’s mind.
Before she was taken back to Shangjing by the Qin family, she met a handsome young man on the road.
She had picked the apple from the tree with great difficulty. The fruit looked very big, but when she ate one, it was not sweet at all, but sour and astringent.
She couldn't actually eat it.
After all, she used to be a princess, living a life of luxury, and had never eaten anything so bad.
But she was so hungry that she took only one bite.
When she saw the little boy curled up on the ground, almost starving to death, she gave him all the apples in her hand that were not very delicious.
She thought he was good-looking and didn't want him to starve to death.
She asked him to wait for her while she went to find him something to eat.
But when he met Qin Honghao, he was taken away.
Because of the strangers and the unfamiliar environment, she was very scared at the time and had long forgotten about the little boy.
So, the young man she met at the beginning was him?
No wonder he gave her apples whenever he saw her.
But that apple is really not tasty...
Qin Wu remembered it, but it was a trivial matter to her, and she even really forgot it.
Forget it, then forget it...
Qin Wu still pretended that she didn't remember, "Since she forgot, she must not have taken it seriously. Why do you have to keep it in your mind?"
"Now that you are the emperor, you can give her something as a reward to repay her for her kindness."
"Qin Wu." Zhou Canglan's voice was low and hoarse, "If the Imperial Master treats you badly, you must tell me."
"good."
"General Yang was stationed at the southern border before. He has a deep understanding of the habits of the people in southern Xinjiang. I plan to return the military power to him and let him continue to go back to the southern border." Zhou Canglan said in embarrassment, "But Madam Yang is pregnant now. If General Yang goes to the southern border, it will not be good."
"Nanjiang's ambitions are obvious. Why bother defending it? Let's attack Nanjiang." Qin Wu suggested with determination, "I'll go too..."
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