"What did you say? Qingzhou prefect Xie Tianzhang surrendered without a fight?" Inside the Taiji Hall, Chu Han, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sat upright on the dragon throne with a gloomy expression.

Li Zixing was terrified and knelt on the ground, not daring to look up.

The new Minister of War, Li Zixing, is Chu Han's confidant. Now, officials in the cabinet and the six ministries have either retired or died. In a short period of time, most of the court has been replaced.

Every day when attending court, the ministers would discover the appearance of new faces, and these new faces, without exception, were Chu Han’s staff or confidants.

In other words, the entire previous dynasty is now under Chu Han's control.

"Speak!" Seeing Li Zixing's timid and cowardly appearance, Chu Han suddenly became furious.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed so. Li Zixing said with difficulty: "King Ye... no, it is the Rebel King Chu Xuan. When the troops arrived outside Qingzhou City, the Qingzhou prefect Xie Tianzhang personally opened the city gate and welcomed the Rebel King into the city. Then Xie Tianzhang took off his black gauze hat and led a group of people to Tianque Pass."

"Asshole!" Chu Han was so angry that he overturned the hot tea that the eunuch had just brought to him.

The scalding tea spilled on his hands, making him even angrier.

"Whoever served me the hot tea dared to let me drink it? Take him out and beat him to death!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" The eunuchs and palace maids in the hall quickly knelt on the ground, trembling and begging for mercy.

The young eunuch who was serving tea was dragged out. His screams and the dull sound of sticks hitting his body made Chu Han feel much better.

Li Zixing knelt on the ground, his face pale with fear, and his bean-sized eyeballs slid down from his forehead.

Chu Han, who was sitting on the dragon chair, snorted coldly and asked, "Where is the rebel king now?"

Li Zixing wanted to die. He knew where he was. After Qingzhou, there was Tongzhou. Think about who was acting as the prefect of Tongzhou now. It was Prince Su Chuchen!

Prince Su and Prince Ye have always had a close relationship, so how could Prince Su use military force against Prince Ye? Therefore, Tongzhou was effectively given to Prince Ye for nothing.

"This... If nothing unexpected happens, the King of Ni should have arrived in Tongzhou by now." Li Zixing said stiffly, not daring to say another word, and quickly shut up.

Obviously Chu Han had also thought of this, and his mood, which had just improved, collapsed again in an instant: "A bunch of trash! What use do I have for you! Send troops, send troops immediately, and make sure to block the Rebel King north of Fengping. If he takes another step forward, you will come to see me with your heads raised!"

Li Zixing was complaining in his heart, the Night King had an army of 300,000, not 30,000. Even if you sent all the soldiers in the capital, you would not be able to shake the Night King at all, and it would only cause unnecessary losses.

But Chu Han didn't care at all and kept asking the Ministry of War to send troops. Li Zixing had no choice but to do as he was told and sent 30,000 imperial guards to block Fengping City.

As expected, as soon as Chu Xuan arrived in Fengping City, he surrounded and wiped out all the 30,000 troops sent by Chu Han, captured Fengping City in one fell swoop, and headed straight for Yongcheng behind Fengping.

After receiving the news, the prefect of Yongcheng had no intention of resisting at all. When Chu Xuan's army arrived, the city gates of Yongcheng were opened, and the prefect personally went out to welcome Chu Xuan into the city.

Once there is a first, there will be a second. From Tianque Pass to the capital, all the provincial government offices he passed along the way, without exception, seemed to have discussed it beforehand and offered no resistance at all. Chu Xuan was unstoppable all the way and originally planned to take half a year to return to the capital, but in just two months, Chu Xuan had already seen the shadow of the capital.

Qianzhou.

As soon as Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo arrived in the capital, they headed straight for Qianzhou. The two children, Chu Yuan and Chu Yao, were currently at Cheng Mansion in Qianzhou.

On that day Lu Yanluo left Beijing and secretly sent someone to move the two children there. Looking back today, it seems that the original decision was right.

"Mom! Dad!" The two children hadn't seen their mother and father for a long time. Chu Yao didn't say anything, but Chu Yuan cried with tears and snot, and hugged Lu Yanluo tightly without letting go.

"Mom, Yuanyuan misses you so much."

Lu Yanluo was so heartbroken that she hugged the two children and tried to comfort them.

"Mom, are you still leaving? When can we go home? Yuanyuan wants to go home." The two children didn't know why they were suddenly sent to Cheng's house. There were strangers everywhere around them. Chu Yuan began to get very scared. If Chu Yao hadn't been caressing and taking care of her, she would have rolled on the ground crying.

Lu Yanluo felt sorry for the two children, but due to circumstances, she had to settle them here temporarily.

"Yuanyuan, Yaoyao." Lu Yanluo looked at the two children and smiled. "Mom and Dad still have some things to do, so you have to stay here for a few more days. When everything is over, Mom will come to pick you up as soon as possible, okay?"

Chu Yuan frowned, looking like he was about to cry again, but Chu Yao suddenly said, "Mom, don't worry, Dad. I will take care of my sister."

It was not until this moment that Lu Yanluo realized that her son had actually grown into a little man and a young adult who could stand on his own.

In an instant, Lu Yanluo was filled with infinite emotion.

Having been here for so long, she has long treated the two children as her own. Now that the children have grown up, she actually feels the satisfaction of an old mother.

After having dinner with the two children, it was getting late, so Lu Yanluo had to leave with Chu Xuan.

The two men rode away on horseback. At the gate of Cheng Mansion, Chu Yuan leaned in Chu Yao's arms and burst into tears.

The strong man Lu Yanluo felt sorry for him and left with a hard heart.

Two days later, Chu Xuan's army finally stood at the foot of the imperial city. The four gates of the capital were under martial law, and the people were blocked outside the city, unable to advance or retreat.

Someone suddenly shouted, "His Highness the Night King is back!"

When the people around heard the words, they immediately looked in the direction and saw a man with a strong physique, dressed in mighty armor. Beside him was a woman in white, who looked heroic and had a firm look in her eyes. They were Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo.

The two men stood side by side, looking at the tightly closed city gate in front of them. They had been advancing like a hot knife through butter, and every government office they passed had its gates wide open. This was the first time they were blocked outside.

Beijing, they are back again.

In the Taiji Palace, the eunuch Defu ran in in a panic and whispered in Chu Han's ear, "It's bad, Your Majesty. The Night King's troops are at the gates of the city and I'm afraid they will attack us soon!"

It happened too fast. Chu Han looked at everything in the Tai Chi Hall with a somewhat unreal look, stroking the dragon throne beneath him. It happened too fast, so fast that it was over before he could realize his lofty ambitions.

At this moment, Consort Xian, now the Queen Mother, came in from outside the palace with disorderly steps. It was obvious that she had known that Chu Xuan's troops were at the gate of the city.

"Han'er, Chu Xuan is here, they are back!" Concubine Xian said viciously with a ferocious look on her face, "Send someone out to chase them away immediately. I won't allow them to set foot in the capital!"

Chu Han looked at Concubine Xian blankly. Send someone? Where would he find someone?