When Concubine Yu returned from Yong'an Palace, her eyes were shining brightly.
After a heated debate, she finally persuaded the Queen Mother to change her mind.
She formally represents the Yu family in an alliance with the Wang family!
"The Queen Mother is truly an old fox. She actually started investigating the Wen Clan a long time ago!"
"But I'm not bad either! I have the magical power of 'precognition'."
After a process of testing, confrontation, and honesty, the two sides finally reached a consensus.
Together they overthrew Min Huang and established a new king.
Concubine Yu had no desire to be the empress dowager. She would fake her death, leave the palace, and return to the northwest to live a free and easy life.
As for their Yu Family Army, they will never rebel and will continue to guard the border for the Dajing Dynasty!
In this way, Concubine Yu could both take revenge and save the Yu family.
The Queen Mother appointed another obedient little emperor and returned to the court to rule the country from behind the scenes.
Both sides benefited, and the cooperation between Concubine Yu and Queen Mother Wang was very smooth.
"Your Majesty, the Major General has returned to the capital!"
As soon as she returned to Baiji Palace, Concubine Yu received another piece of good news.
"What? Big Brother is back?"
That’s great, that’s really great!
After being reborn, the people she wanted to see most were her relatives.
Unfortunately, they are all in the northwest.
Now, her eldest brother who loved her the most has returned to Beijing, and she, she finally——
Concubine Yu cried with joy, wiping her tears while saying, "I haven't seen my brother for a long, long time!"
"By the way, he shouldn't be coming back alone this time."
"Eagle Slave is back too! Oh, he's only five years old this year——"
Yingnu is the eldest son of Concubine Yu's elder brother, and also her nephew whom she misses very much.
Although Concubine Yu only met him a few times, blood relationship is so magical.
Concubine Yu didn't like children and felt annoyed when she saw them crying.
But every time she sees her nephew, she feels happy from the bottom of her heart.
Even if the child cries or makes a fuss, she will just think the little guy is cute.
The little nephew in her memory was fair, chubby, smart and clever. He had both the bravery of the Yu family and the elegance of his sister-in-law. Concubine Yu was happy just thinking about it.
However, two years later, this lovely nephew...
He was only seven years old. Although he was not beheaded, he was reduced to a slave. He would be a slave for the rest of his life, no, for generations to come!
"Min Huang! You're so cruel!"
"In my previous life, I wrongly trusted you, which led to myself and the Yu family falling into this state. This time, I will never be stupid again!"
…
Major General Yu came to Beijing, but he was not in a hurry to enter the city.
He and his family lived in an inn outside the capital.
According to the rules of the Jing Dynasty, he first wrote a memorial to pay his respects to the emperor and report his situation.
Only with the emperor's permission would Major General Yu bring his two hundred troops, his wife, children, and attendants into the capital in an orderly manner.
After completing the procedures, it was already noon. General Yu followed the eunuchs to Taiji Palace.
Min Huang summoned Major General Yu to Ganlu Palace. Well, this was a way to show closeness.
"Is General Yu all right? Last winter, the barbarians invaded our borders again. General Yu personally led his troops to meet the enemy and was injured. When I heard about it, I was deeply worried—"
Min Huang sat high up, looking down at Major General Yu who was kneeling respectfully.
He spoke with a hint of worry, looking like a wise monarch who cared about his beloved generals.
But his eyes were fixed on General Yu's mouth, waiting for his "inner voice" to emerge.
Major General Yu quickly bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. My father is doing well!"
"I was indeed injured in the battle with the barbarians last year, but the emperor was so gracious that he sent a royal physician from afar, along with so many medicinal herbs. My father and I are deeply grateful!"
When Major General Yu said these words, there was no sound in his heart.
Just when Min Huang mistakenly thought that General Yu was also an "exception", Min Huang finally heard the long-awaited voice -
[Your Majesty seems to truly care about my father, unlike what some military advisors claim.]
[Humph, they're just exaggerating! What's that about His Majesty being afraid of the Yu family army? His Majesty is my brother-in-law!]
"Besides, the Yu family has been entrenched in the northwest for decades, and three or four generations of people have been there. Our Yu family has made great contributions to the Great Jing Dynasty!"
[Your Majesty has just taken power and still needs the support of the Yu family. How could he cut off his own support?]
Min Huang: ...It's quite a surprise!
Unexpectedly, a brave and decisive General Yu would have such an "innocent and naive" eldest son!
Does General Yu know the true nature of this Major General Yu?
If General Yu really lets Junior General Yu inherit the Yu family, haha, Min Huang won’t even have to take action personally, the Yu family will be finished on their own.
"Could it be that Yu Jue is playing some kind of deception? Deliberately creating a foolish appearance in public, while secretly grooming a true heir?"
"But, that's not right! The Embroidered Uniform Guards in the northwest sent a message saying that Yu Jue attaches great importance to the eldest son."
Not only did he arrange for a noble lady from a prominent family in the capital to be a wife for General Yu, he also gave him his trusted lieutenant generals.
This clearly means that Major General Yu is being trained as the successor.
Moreover, before today, Min Huang had also met Major General Yu.
Major General Yu followed his father to the battlefield when he was a teenager and made many military achievements.
If Min Huang had not activated his mind-reading ability, he would have had no idea that the young and heroic young general, who was standing on his horse with his sword in hand, was actually such a stupid person.
"Could it be that Yu Jue hasn't noticed his son's duplicity?"
"Or perhaps, this was Yu Jue's 'strategy'? He knew the court was wary of him, and that the royal family had intended to take back military power since my father, so he deliberately created a foolish heir?"
The successor of the Yu family army was too naive and stupid to accomplish anything great.
In this way, the imperial court can be assured and the Yu family's military power can be preserved!
"It's a pity that Yu Jue won't come to the capital so easily, otherwise, I must have a face-to-face talk with him——"
Min Huang felt very sorry that his mind-reading skills could only be used in person.
Only by meeting Yu Jue in person can he know what this old fox is thinking!
However, meeting Major General Yu was not entirely without gain.
In the following time, Min Huang pretended to be very interested in the Northwest and asked questions bit by bit.
In addition to his inner thoughts, Major General Yu would reveal a lot of information when he replied.
Min Huang: ...If the Yu family is really inherited by this idiot, I can tolerate it.
Min Huang had a very pleasant conversation with Major General Yu. Gu Qingcheng also met Major General Yu's wife, Wang.
Wang was also a girl from a noble family, but she was not from the Taiyuan Wang family of Queen Mother Wang, but from the Langya Wang family.
However, in the setting of this novel, the Wang family of Langya declined during the Dajing Dynasty and was kicked out of the first-class families.
It is probably because of the family's decline that Wang, who came from a noble family, married Yu, a vulgar and meritorious military hero.
Concubine Yu was very close to her elder brother and loved her younger nephew, but she disliked her elder sister-in-law, Wang.
The reason is simple: jealousy!
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