Everywhere in the Northwest, fertile fields yield abundant harvests, and farmers toil hard without showing any signs of hardship. Children play and behave with manners and etiquette, truly a scene of peaceful and prosperous life. Passing through the city, one sees bustling streets, throngs of merchants, and towering buildings standing side by side—a scene of unparalleled prosperity.
Seeing the prosperity and flourishing, the emperor was pleased and sighed that this was the Great Zhou Dynasty that should be under his rule.
The desolation and bleakness he had experienced along the way were all the work of those damned treacherous officials. He was extremely grateful that he had listened to the advice of his concubines and abandoned his feud with the Xie family to come to the Northwest. Otherwise, how would he have known that there was such a paradise in the Great Zhou?
He wanted to move the capital; he wanted to enjoy the prosperity and glory of the Northwest.
The emperor, lost in his dreams, entered the Northwest Prefectural Governor's Mansion amidst the cheers of the people lining the streets.
Unbeknownst to him, a man who looked exactly like him was waiting for his identity in the mansion, and he also did not know that his feud with the Xie family would be completely settled in that mansion.
postscript
Summer of the fifteenth year of Deguang
After Emperor Guang of the Great Zhou Dynasty entered the Northwest, he praised the Xie family's sons and personally wrote a commendation for their loyalty to the country.
Three months later, the rebels captured the imperial city and engaged in burning, killing, and looting. All three sons of Emperor Guang were killed in battle.
Upon hearing the news in the Northwest, the Emperor fainted on the spot and appointed Xie Teng of the Xie family as Grand Marshal of the Army, in charge of the armies in the Northwest and Southwest, and ordered him to immediately lead the army back to the capital to suppress the rebels.
Two years later, Xie Teng purged the treacherous officials and rebels of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the capital city returned to the hands of the Great Zhou emperor.
When Emperor Guang returned to the capital, he discovered that the royal bloodline had been severed and immediately saw through the illusions of the world.
Before shaving his head, he recognized Xie Teng, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, as his goddaughter and passed the throne to her.
The news shocked the entire nation; the Xie family's valiant and resourceful general, who was known for his undefeated record, was actually a woman.
Civil and military officials alike submitted memorials, arguing that yin and yang should not be reversed, and the sun and moon should not be obscured, and so on...
Upon hearing this, Emperor Guang immediately rebuked his court officials, saying that they could neither protect the royal bloodline nor safeguard the common people, and that their petty and despicable behavior was not even half as good as that of a common woman in the marketplace.
The officials still wanted to remonstrate with their lives, but the emperor immediately ordered the extermination of 28 of their clans. Under such iron-fisted measures, the entire court became tight-lipped and dared not provoke the mad emperor again.
The following year, Xie Teng ascended the throne as emperor in accordance with the will of Heaven, and changed the country's name to "Tengen".
Apart from the two generals who returned to the capital, the entire Xie family received official titles.
Xie Ming was granted the title of Duke of Dingguo and commanded the Northwest Army, while Xie Manman was granted the title of Duke of Huguo and managed the merchants of the world.
With this, the Great Zhou Dynasty came to a complete end, and Xie Teng began her glorious life as Empress Tianyuan.
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