At the gate of the tall mansion, Han family servants and guards, holding swords and bows and crossbows, nervously confronted more than 30 black-clad guards outside the mansion.

Different from the extremely tense atmosphere of these people, the guards led by Ding Xian and Shen Lian seemed particularly relaxed. They chatted and laughed, discussing whether they should return to their hometown after conquering the Southern Song Dynasty to meet the alien ancestors who might exist there.

Suddenly, an angry voice came from Han Mansion.

"absurd!"

Han Tuozhou slammed his palm on the table, looked at Han Lanyun who was looking a little pale in the hall, and sneered: "Yun'er, Yun'er, I have raised you for more than ten years in vain. You even believe such a clumsy lie as 'reincarnated god, heavenly soldiers and generals'?"

“…”

The sudden anger made Han Lanyun take a half step back. Although she knew that she had the support of Daxia and Dingyuan Army behind her, she still couldn't help feeling a little scared when facing her father who always had great power.

After coming to her senses, Han Lanyun calmed herself down and for the first time responded to her father with a tough attitude.

"Dad, it has already happened. Are you really unwilling to open your eyes and take a good look?"

"How dare you!" Han Tuozhou's eyes widened in anger. "Han Lanyun, who gave you the courage to call your own father blind?!"

"Oh, I see. Was it that ungrateful little bastard who taught you that?"

"Okay, okay, since you have chosen your husband, don't regret it."

"Go away, leave now, and pretend that I have never given birth to a daughter like you!"

Hearing Han Tuozhou's vicious words, Han Lanyun's face turned pale, and she said in a somewhat sad tone: "Father, my husband is your son-in-law. Don't you really want to see your son-in-law ascend the throne?"

Han Tuozhou sneered: "I am the prime minister of the Song Dynasty first, and then your father and that kid's father-in-law!"

Han Lanyun retorted: "So you want hundreds of people in the Han family to die with you?"

Han Tuozhou laughed out loud, "So what? A country is a country. You must have a country before you can have a family. In front of a country, what is a family? Do you think I can't bear to give it up? Because of me, the Han family enjoys the imperial salary, and has lived a life of luxury. Now, it's time to give it back!"

Facing Han Tuozhou's stubborn words, Han Lanyun took a deep breath and whispered again: "Dad, you think you are a Song Dynasty citizen, but do those people really regard you as a Song Dynasty citizen?"

"When the Dingyuan army mutinied, the ministers Shi Miyuan and others who advocated peace thought that the Jin army had come to Lin'an. They actually brought their wives and children to kneel in the street to welcome them, and even said that they were willing to lead the Jin army to raid your residence. What on earth is there in such a Song Dynasty that is worth your nostalgia?"

The reality spoken by Han Lanyun was like a sharp blade, piercing Han Tuozhou's psychological defenses.

Han Tuozhou's face turned pale and blue, and he slammed the table fiercely, cursing angrily: "A bunch of insects!"

"You are not worthy of being consulted!"

Han Lanyun knew that there was a chance, so she whispered again: "If you really want to live and die with the Song Dynasty, then return my mother and elder brother to me. They are my blood relatives, and they are also Xiao Zhuer's grandmother and uncle. I can't watch them die in your hands..."

Han Tuozhou was so angry that he laughed again: "Well, it seems that you really think you have found a backer, and you dare to negotiate with me - Yun'er, Yun'er, you have always been smart, can't you see the consequences of letting a wolf into the house?"

"Even if this group of so-called heavenly soldiers really push your husband to the throne, so what? With them around, your husband will be nothing more than a puppet in the future!"

Han Lanyun sighed and said, "So you still don't want to believe that your husband is the reincarnation of the God..."

"If you say he is a Taoist priest who has achieved great success in cultivation, I would naturally be willing to believe it, but is he a reincarnated god?"

Han Tuozhou sneered and shook his head, his attitude was self-evident.

At the same time, Wang Miaozhu was a little scared when she saw her mother arguing with her grandfather, so she immediately hugged her mother Han Lanyun's thighs and hid behind her.

Neither Han Lanyun nor Han Tuozhou noticed this action, as they were focused on what they thought was a big event. However, Ding Xian and Shen Lian, who were accompanying Han Lanyun to protect her, obviously did not think so.

"Master Han..."

Ding Xian suddenly spoke in a calm tone.

Han Tuozhou had been keeping an eye on the two strange guards. Upon hearing this, he slammed the table and shouted angrily, "How dare you! They are just two guards. The master is discussing matters, so how can you have a say?!"

As he spoke, Han Tuozhou looked at Han Lanyun in the hall and said sarcastically, "Han Lanyun, is this the way the female teacher I hired taught you to manage your household? You can't even control two guards?"

After hearing this, Han Lanyun thought to herself that something was wrong and quickly wanted to explain.

But before she opened her mouth, Ding Xian and Shen Lian couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Looking at Han Tuozhou with a gloomy face, Shen Lian restrained his smile and said in a light tone: "Master Han Tuozhou, you seem to have misunderstood something. We two brothers are not the guards of Madam Wang's family..."

Ding Xian stepped forward, stood beside Wang Miaozhu and said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself. I am Ding Xian, favored by His Majesty, and I am honored to be the commander of the personal guards of the Emperor of Daxia. This is my sworn brother Shen Lian, and we are both commanders of the personal guards of Daxia."

"…So it's Commander Ding and Commander Shen. I'm so sorry."

Han Tuozhou's tone slowed down a bit, as if the person who had said "just a guard" before was not him.

Is this the big shot?

The expression changes so quickly!

Shen Lian felt sad in his heart, knowing that he would never be able to become such a big shot.

Ding Xian glanced at Wang Miaozhu who was hiding behind his mother and said in a calm tone, "Lord Han, you are right about one thing. We two brothers are just two guards in front of His Majesty, but this one is Princess Miaozhu of Daxia!"

Having said this, Ding Xian paused, looked at Han Tuozhou and said calmly: "You scared our little Princess Miaozhu..."

Before he finished his words, a flash of silver light appeared and split the table in front of Han Tuozhou into two halves.

Han Tuozhou was startled and immediately fell off his chair and sat backward on the ground.

The guards nearby were all shocked and quickly drew their swords, wanting to step forward to protect Han Tuozhou.

“Back off!”

Han Tuozhou shouted loudly and stopped the guards' actions.

He got up from the ground and looked at the dagger floating in front of him with surprise.

Ding Xian raised the corner of his mouth and lightly hooked his right index finger. The flying knife floating in front of Han Tuozhou suddenly turned the blade, flew back to Ding Xian, and circled in the air above his empty palm.

This extraordinary sword-master-like skill made everyone in the hall look surprised.

Even Han Tuozhou and Han Lanyun were so shocked that they were speechless, and the atmosphere fell into an eerie stagnation for a moment.

In this atmosphere, only Wang Miaozhu opened his eyes wide, staring at the circling flying knife with curiosity.

She could feel that Ding Xian had no ill will towards her, so she was not afraid. She was just curious why the flying knife could move by itself.

Ding Xian noticed her gaze, smiled, wrapped the flying knife with a layer of soft white energy, and controlled the blade to fly in front of Wang Miaozhu.

Wang Miaozhu immediately smiled, loosened her hands that were hugging her mother's thighs, and jumped to grab the flying knife that was emitting a faint white light.

Han Lanyun was shocked when she saw this. Shen Lian also frowned and shouted, "Third brother!"

Ding Xian smiled and said, "Don't worry, second brother. I know my limits and will never hurt the princess."

Thinking of his third brother's telekinesis, Shen Lian hesitated for a moment but did not stop him.

After all, Wang Miaozhu did look very happy, and Ding Xian did have the ability to protect the princess.

Han Lanyun was still a little worried and her eyes remained on her daughter.

At the same time, Han Tuozhou heard Shen Lian and Ding Xian calling each other "Princess" and finally understood who was the real boss.

The two commanders of the Great Xia Emperor's personal guards personally escorted the mother and daughter to his house, not because of his daughter Han Lanyun, but because of his little granddaughter who was only three and a half years old.

But why is this?

Han Tuozhou actually already had the answer in his heart.

At this moment, Wang Miaozhu, who was holding the flying knife with her little hands, suddenly fell to the ground.

Han Lanyun's face changed immediately, and Ding Xian immediately used his telekinesis to try to lift her up.

But just as his mental power was exerted on Wang Miaozhu, a light blue energy shield suddenly popped out, isolating his mental power and protecting Wang Miaozhu's small body as it landed safely.

Seeing the silver bracelet emitting blue light on Wang Miaozhu's wrist, Ding Xian breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put away the flying knife, no longer allowing the princess to play around.

Shen Lian glared at him and decided to take him with him to apologize to the emperor when he returned.

Looking at Wang Miaozhu in the hall, who was curiously stroking the blue aura shield beside her with her eyes wide open, Han Lanyun was certain in her heart. She turned her head and looked at Han Tuozhou with an extremely surprised face and whispered, "Dad, don't you still believe that your husband is the reincarnation of the God?"

"Xiao Zhu'er is my husband's flesh and blood, and she is protected by divine power. When the Great Xia Emperor first saw Xiao Zhu'er, he named her Princess Miao Zhu. Commander Shen and Commander Ding followed me here to protect Xiao Zhu'er..."

"Think about it carefully. If that Majesty and my husband were not good friends in the previous life, why would he go to such lengths for Xiao Zhu'er?"

Han Tuozhou's face was gloomy and he seemed to have begun to waver.

Suddenly, Han Tuozhou said, "Commander Shen, I heard that the emperor of Daxia also has the surname Zhao?"

Shen Lian understood Han Tuozhou's thoughts instantly, and with a twitch of his lips, he tore off his fig leaf without hesitation: "Your Majesty's surname is indeed Zhao, but it has nothing to do with the Zhao of your Southern Song Dynasty. If you change your mind, just say it directly, but don't associate my Majesty with the Zhao Song Dynasty, or my Majesty will be really angry!"

“…”

Han Tuozhou's face changed. After a long silence, he raised his hand and called out tiredly, "Han Fu..."

The butler's old servant who was waiting beside the guards immediately stepped forward and said, "Master."

Han Tuozhou sighed and said, "Open the door and surrender..."

Hearing this, Han Lanyun finally smiled, but Shen Lian seemed a little disapproving.

Shen Lian had long seen that this old fox had the intention of surrendering, and was just taking advantage of the patriarchal power to make trouble. He wanted to test their Great Xia and find out whether his son-in-law was a puppet who invited a wolf into the house, or a real reincarnated god.

Now that Wang Chuyi's status has been confirmed, Han Tuozhou will naturally make this choice.

It was for this reason that he bluntly exposed the excuse Han Tuozhou had made for himself, without worrying that the other party would become angry and ashamed.

When Han Tuozhou opened the door to surrender, Shen Lian immediately told him Zhao Lihe's order and asked Han Tuozhou to meet His Majesty in front of the palace gate.

After the oral order was given, Shen Lian and Ding Xian bowed to each other, then escorted Han Lanyun and Wang Miaozhu to the backyard to meet Wang Miaozhu's grandmother.

Before leaving, Han Tuozhou stopped Shen Lian.

Looking at Shen Lian's calm face, Han Tuozhou looked at him deeply and said softly: "Commander Shen, as the saying goes, serving a monarch is like serving a tiger, let alone a founding monarch who unified the world. With your personality, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to live long in the palace!"

Shen Lian smiled faintly: "Lord Han, my Majesty is different from the Emperor of Zhao Song. You don't need to worry about this."

Han Tuozhou smiled and said, "Although I have never seen His Majesty, I think I know something about the emperor. No matter who it is, as long as they sit on the dragon throne, they will inevitably become the emperor..."

Before Han Tuozhou finished speaking, Shen Lian shook his head and said calmly: "Lord Han, I appreciate your kindness, but you really know nothing about Daxia."

After saying this, Shen Lian ignored Han Tuozhou who was in deep thought and turned around to follow the princess.

The saying "living with the emperor is like living with a tiger" is mainly because the emperor is moody and has the power of life and death. His words and actions can take the lives of people around him. The reason why emperors are moody is not only because they enjoy the pleasure brought by power, but also because they need to rely on this method to maintain their dignity and remind others that they are the masters of this country.

Ultimately, this is a conflict between excessive power in one's hands and the weak individual strength.

But Zhao Lihe is different. Regardless of his personality, the alliance of time travelers behind him and his own powerful strength are enough to make him ignore the common characteristics of these ordinary emperors.

When one man can take on an entire nation, power becomes nothing more than a byproduct of strength.

Zhao Lihe never cared about his imperial power. The main reason why he still sat in this position was that he didn't want to see his hard work go to waste. When all his children grew up, he would abdicate the throne and become a carefree emperor, following his brother to travel the heavens...

Zhao Lihe never mentioned these thoughts to anyone else.

But Shen Lian and others, as his confidants and people close to him, naturally noticed something.

This is also the reason why they were still willing to follow Zhao Lihe after witnessing the scene of Chongzhen turning against him as soon as he ascended the throne.

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On the other hand, all the areas north of the Lin'an Imperial Palace fell, and all the imperial guards were dispersed and disorganized and incorporated into the Dingyuan Army.

Under the control of Zhao Lihe and the generals of the Dingyuan Army, the mutiny hardly disturbed the people of Lin'an City.

As long as all the people obey the instructions from the loudspeakers and stay at home, they will be able to survive this disaster safely.

Afterwards, Zhao Lihe led the First Armored Division of Daxia to stop in front of the palace wall, waiting for his personal guards to bring Han Tuozhou over.

The reason why he did this was mainly for Wang Chuyi's consideration. Although he promised Wang Chuyi that he would hand over the territory of China to him later, the actual implementation could not be so simple and crude.

Especially the issue of name. Wang Chuyi himself was not around, and he had no eldest son, only an eldest daughter. This made it very difficult for Zhao Lihe to do things in the name of Wang Chuyi in this era.

Even if we conquer the entire territory of China, how to return it to him is still a problem.

After discussion, they decided to first support a puppet emperor of Zhao Song, and let Han Tuozhou, who was originally the Prime Minister of Military Affairs, take over the government. After Wang Chuyi returned from the Time Travelers' Alliance, they would let the puppet emperor of Zhao Song abdicate the throne to him.

And this plan requires the cooperation of Han Tuozhou.

It was for this reason that Zhao Lihe and Deng Yougang allowed Han Lanyun to go to the Han Mansion to persuade her father.

Before three o'clock in the afternoon, Han Tuozhou finally arrived.

He was accompanied by an old servant with white hair and beard. When he saw Zhao Lihe wearing a dragon robe, Han Tuozhou called him a foreign minister with a respectful attitude. He often mentioned his son-in-law Wang Chuyi in his words. It seemed that he had switched from being a minister of the Song Dynasty to the camp of his son-in-law.

Zhao Lihe knew that he was testing the relationship between himself and Wang Chuyi to see if Daxia really wanted to help Wang Chuyi.

Zhao Lihe has a clear conscience, and his words and actions are naturally dignified and upright.

After some conversation, Han Tuozhou felt relieved, but at the same time he felt envious, wondering why he had never met such a wise and capable ruler.

After learning about Zhao Lihe and Deng Yougang's plan, Han Tuozhou hesitated for a moment, and proposed that Zhao Lihe send a hundred personal guards to accompany him, and then took them into the palace.

Deng Yougang didn't know what happened in the palace. He only knew that in the evening, Han Tuozhou came to the gate of the palace with a large group of eunuchs and concubines. He pointed at the baby boy in the arms of the beautiful concubine behind him and said seriously, "This is the new emperor of the Song Dynasty..."

"What about Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo?"

Deng Yougang couldn't help but ask.

Han Tuozhou sighed: "The late emperor acted like Yao and Shun, and there is no regret. I have decided to meet Taizu and the previous emperors!"