Chapter 344: Settling Chaos

Just as Lu Mingchao had expected, on the seventh day after Gu Huai took control of the Western Border Army, all the people from the Gu family of Zhenguogong Mansion and the Wuxing Shen family, regardless of gender, age or status, were thrown into prison.

The charge: treason.

The emperor sent envoys to negotiate with Gu Huai, declaring that as long as Gu Huai was willing to return to the court, the past could be wiped out and the Gu and Shen clans could be forgiven.

Give Gu Huai three days to consider. If he still has no reply after three days, his mother will be beheaded first.

Gu Huai scoffed at the promise of letting bygones be bygones.

If the current emperor was a benevolent ruler who kept his word, he would not have thought of rebelling so many times.

Therefore, Gu Huai no longer supported Qiao and completely supported Prince Heng.

Among the four border armies of Daqian, the Northern Army is the strongest, followed by the Western Army. Now the two armies have joined forces to crush the enemy with unstoppable force.

The continuous supply of food and fodder, including refined rice, white flour steamed bread, beef, mutton and fresh vegetables every day, boosted the morale of the troops.

Go to Beijing.

The emperor was really panicked.

Can't stop it.

It can't be stopped at all.

The Marquis of Yongning, whom he had high hopes for, became Xiao Heng's captive.

The so-called Qiao Song, his real identity is Xie Yan, the fourth son of the Xie family.

Lu Mingchao did not die.

He didn't die even after jumping off a thousand-foot cliff.

Xiao Yao even believed that the success of Xie Yan and Xiao Heng was influenced by the great fortune of the Lu Ming Dynasty.

If he had known earlier the weirdness of Lu Mingchao, and the hiding place of Xiao Heng and the remnants of the Xie family whom he had been unable to find, he would not have ended up like this.

Yes, rebirth.

As long as he could be reborn with the memories of this life like Lu Minghui, he would have the ability to completely eliminate those rebellious ministers and treacherous people without leaving any future troubles.

When the army was approaching the capital, Xiao Yao once again tortured the half-dead Lu Minghui.

"say!"

"What is the way to be reborn?"

Lu Minghui sometimes looked at Xiao Yao in a daze as he called out to Xie Yan, Gu Huai, and Lu Mingchao.

It was as if there were only these three people in her world.

Sometimes, he would act like a madman, holding his messy hair and shouting hysterically, "Don't kill me."

Ren Xiaoyao tried everything he could but still couldn't get any useful information out of him.

"Your Majesty, please follow me."

"As long as the mountains remain green, there will be no shortage of firewood."

"I am willing to escort Your Majesty to leave Shangjing and head to Jiangnan. There, the Yangtze River serves as a natural barrier, and Your Majesty can regroup his strength there for the future."

I don't know when Xiao Yao's temples turned gray.

"Cross the river?"

"Xiao Heng is the orthodox one, and I am a traitor. How can the people of Jiangnan follow me?"

"It's better not to cross this river."

"Master Qin, what do you think?"

Xiao Yao turned his gaze to the haggard Grand Tutor Qin.

Ever since he cut off Qin Yuanqing's head with his own hands, Master Qin has been tormented by nightmares every night, witnessing illusions day after day, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. He seems to have been drained of his vitality, and is rapidly aging and decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I will obey your majesty."

"Wherever your majesty is, there I am."

The moment he killed the Xie family, there was no turning back.

The Qin family and Your Majesty, live together and die together.

There is no other way.

"Then let's have a fierce fight."

"It is my bad luck that has brought me to ruin, not the fault of war."

"Qin Qing, let me take care of the household affairs first."

Xiao Yao held the Emperor's Sword, the symbol of the emperor's power, and pushed open the palace gates one by one.

The secret guards protected him closely from front to back.

The Emperor's Sword was stained red bit by bit.

Xiao Yao slaughtered all the concubines, including the empress who always put him first in everything, and Concubine Chu who was a mother for the first time.

Only he could kill his people, and he could never beg for mercy or kowtow to Xiao Heng or the Xie family.

In the end, of the huge palace and all the masters, big and small, only Empress Dowager Xie of Changning Palace, Princess Qingyu, and the second prince Xiao Fu were left.

As for Prince Duan, he went to the northern border in accordance with his orders and never returned.

He is truly an ungrateful person who can never be tamed.

"Father, please don't kill your daughter. I will ask Gu Huai to make him submit to you."

"Father, my daughter is still engaged to Gu Huai."

"Even if he doesn't like his daughter, he should still consider that people's words are powerful. In the future, his daughter and his children will also have their father's blood in them."

"Father, please forgive my daughter."

Princess Qingyu kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, with blood dripping from her forehead.

"Qingyu, Gu Huai will not marry you." The Emperor's Sword slashed across the ground, and with a harsh friction sound, sparks flew from the ground.

"Gu Huai's wife is Lu Mingchao, according to destiny."

Empress Dowager Xie turned her rosary beads and glanced at Xiao Yao calmly, "It is destiny that Lu Mingchao's husband is Xie Yan."

When she learned that Lu Mingchao was not dead, Empress Dowager Xie breathed a sigh of relief, as if a drowning person had floated to the surface again.

"Empress Dowager, please save Qingyu."

Princess Qingyu turned to the Empress Dowager Xie and kowtowed, "Save Qingyu, Qingyu doesn't want to die."

"Qingyu, be a good boy from now on."

"Please, Queen Mother."

"Qingyu didn't do anything treacherous or evil. She just kept some concubines. But Qingyu didn't let them suffer any injustice. She kept them well-dressed and well-fed."

"I can't even save myself, how can I save you?" Empress Dowager Xie's voice was flat.

Suddenly, Xiao Yao laughed like a madman, "Sister-in-law, I won't kill you."

"My brother loves you so much, and you loved me so much in the past. I would never kill you even if I had to kill everyone in the world."

"If my brother were alive, I would never seize the throne."

Then he looked at Qingyu again and said, "Qingyu, saving you will only dirty the hands of the Xie family."

"What do you mean by just keeping some concubines?"

"You should know how many of those concubines are scholars you have robbed."

"Wouldn't it be nice to die with my father?"

"Don't waste any more time. Father still has to lead the remaining troops in a desperate battle."

The Emperor's Sword pierced Qingyu's chest.

The pleading stopped abruptly.

As for the second prince Xiao Fu, he had fainted from fright.

Another sound of a sword piercing flesh.

The floor of the hall was stained red with blood.

Xiao Yao threw the Emperor's Sword aside and knelt on the ground. "Sister-in-law, Yao'er asks you for a favor."

"Joint burial is impossible!" Empress Dowager Xie said bluntly.

In the book, the original owner was naturally not killed.

If "Dong Lu" were in power, he would naturally have thousands of ways to achieve his wishes.

But now he is a drowned dog.

"Yaoer betrayed the kindness of his brother and sister-in-law in raising him, and he killed his nephew to seize the throne. He killed loyal and honest people, disregarded human lives, favored treacherous people and distanced himself from virtuous people. Every one of these is a heinous crime that will be remembered for thousands of years."

"So, after Yao'er dies, please make a kneeling stone statue of him and place it in front of my brother's tomb."

“That’s all I want.”

"I will spare you this wish in exchange for not setting fire to the palace."

"The emperor's sister-in-law is not at a disadvantage."

Xiao Yao kowtowed heavily.

"I agree."

Xiao Yao stood up and waved to the secret guards, "Come on, follow me for the final battle."

When he was young, he also went to the battlefield with his elder brother.

However, Xiao Yao did not fight the final battle.

Standing at the city gate, looking at the young man riding on the black horse, he was in a trance.

Why didn't he realize before that Xiao Heng looked so much like his royal brother when he was sullen and silent?

It would be better if we don't fight.

Defeat is inevitable.

It doesn't matter whether the death is honorable or not.

Xiao Yao jumped down from the battlefield.

Emperor Zhenning, who killed his nephew to seize the throne, died.

Emperor Jingxiang's only son, Xiao Heng, ascended the throne.

Re-examine the numerous unjust cases that occurred after the palace coup, give justice to the dead, and give hope to the living.

Reorganize the northern border defense and protect the people of the north.

The Xie family, which had few members, became a first-rank duke.

During the Ming Dynasty, he was granted the title of Superior First Rank.

It was winter and snowing heavily. The baby in Lu Mingchao's belly was born, a cute little girl.

Her skin is as white as snow and her lips are as red as plum blossoms.

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