Although An Lan was wearing beautiful princess costume.

But she has the temperament of a superior person in her bones.

After all, she had been hiding her identity for many years, dressing up as the Sixth Prince in front of everyone, so she still had the aura of an emperor.

"Weren't you extremely opposed to my ascending the throne before?"

An Lan's voice was like a sharp knife, piercing everyone's heart.

He swept his eyes over the ministers coldly. His eyes, filled with murderous intent, seemed out of place with his delicate and fair face.

An Lan asked again: "Why do you support me now?"

She knew that these courtiers were doomed.

There's not much use in keeping it.

What's more, she now has control of the military power, and almost half of the Royal Guards have turned to the light and become a powerful weapon in her hands.

Especially the death of the imperial teacher made the Imperial Guards stand firmly on her side.

A minister knelt on the ground tremblingly, swallowed his saliva, and flattered the emperor, "Because your majesty is wise, your majesty was able to convince Qingluan Valley and Xinyue Pavilion to support you, which is something that the North Yue Kingdom cannot achieve. Your majesty is a man of great strategy. If you don't ascend the throne, who will take the throne?"

Seeing this, another minister also performed the same etiquette between the emperor and his subject and knelt on both knees.

"If Your Majesty does not ascend the throne, who in the world can sit on that position? Is it a puppet controlled by the traitor Gu Tianshou?"

The other ministers nodded one after another, and began to flatter him as well: "Your Majesty, your ascension to the throne is what the people want! Nowadays, people are still thinking about the good times when Your Majesty was still a prince. With Your Majesty around, politics is clear and the people have a way to survive."

An Qintian's expression froze when he heard this.

The words of these ministers were undoubtedly a slap in her face, saying that she had no qualifications and no ability to sit on the throne of empress.

Listening to the tone, it was like she was accusing her of being an emperor but running the country in a mess.

Especially saying it to her face, showing no concern for her feelings.

An Qintian had been the empress for so many years, but this was the first time she felt deeply powerless.

Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that An Lan is her daughter.

Therefore, Xu Qiu and Qin Jianjia did not take her life.

After all, Xu Qiu can even collect people's three souls and six spirits. This is already a godly method. Why would he care about the emperor of a dynasty?

I looked up at the distance and saw a figure gradually disappearing into the distance.

"The son-in-law of the Qin family... I really did commit a sin to offend such a person..."

An Qintian muttered these words to himself, tears streaming down his face unconsciously.

It's like the younger daughter was wronged.

He was previously manipulated by the imperial teacher and the prime minister, becoming a veritable puppet.

Now, Xu Qiu and Qin Jianjia, one is a junior elder and the other is a saint, plus the head of the Crescent Pavilion is Qin Hyun-ya, who was ruthlessly driven out of office.

After taking a few deep breaths, An Qintian said to the eunuch next to him: "Abdicate..."

The voice was weak.

“Your Majesty…”

Eunuch Zhang looked at the empress's lost eyes and didn't know how to comfort her.

"I am no longer your Majesty." An Qintian replied, slowly stood up from the dragon throne, and left in a daze.

However, no one cared about her departure, and the ministers' eyes were all on An Lan.

And he kept flattering people.

But no matter how beautiful their words were, they still couldn't move An Lan's heart.

After all, she was truly betrayed, and she also knew the nature of these people: they were completely fence-sitters.

Those civil officials with backbone have long been suppressed by them, and the entire officialdom is left with only good-for-nothings.

An Lan sneered, "Well, since you support me so much, you have to show your sincerity..."

She was halfway through her words when she suddenly turned her head and glanced at the two dried corpses on the ground.

The devil-like voice sounded again, "Otherwise, like Minister Zhang and Minister Li, they will not only become corpses, but I will also personally visit their mansions to see how much they have taken from the court."

This is a naked threat and intimidation.

Although she is a weak woman, there is a ferocious beast in her heart. Now that she is in power and has bared her fangs, all the ministers present will be skinned alive if they don't die.

An Lan felt that she was already merciful, and compared to Xu Qiu, she was still quite kind.

At this time, a courtier with cold sweat on his forehead and trembling mouth finally took a deep breath and said like a deflated ball: "I am willing to return 40,000 taels of silver, more than 260 million acres of land, and 150 shops to Your Majesty."

After he said this, he looked up at An Lan nervously.

Unfortunately, An Lan didn't even look at him. "Minister Tang, how long have you been sitting in this position?"

Minister Tang, who was willing to return the silver and land, shuddered again.

He understood what An Lan meant. He simply disliked the fact that he had been in this position for too long. Of course, An Lan also felt resentful because of his previous stance.

Tang Shangshu knelt down and kowtowed again, "I am old, I beg Your Majesty to let me retire and return home!"

"Considering that Minister Tang has devoted all his energy to Daqian for many years and is very old, I agree. Let him enjoy his remaining years in peace." An Lan nodded without hesitation.

Only then did he look at him straight in the eye.

Minister Tang slumped to the ground, as if all the strength in his body had been drained away. He even had difficulty lifting his tablet.

The court officials around all had strange expressions. An Lan was going to empty their families' assets!

It started with the first person.

At this moment, all the court officials knelt on the floor again, "Your humble servant is willing to return 35,000 taels of silver and 22,000 acres of land..."

"Your Majesty, I am willing..."

Such voices are heard constantly. They are all old foxes of the Daqian Dynasty and have been sucking blood from the court for many years.

Already rich.

When the ministers and assistant ministers all retired and returned to their hometowns, they vomited out all they had embezzled and left the hall in a daze.

An Lan looked at the remaining officials.

Basically, they are all from the fifth or sixth rank, either junior ministers or scholars. Many of them have no real power or are unimportant court officials, all of whom are just there to make up the numbers.

She waved her hand and said:

"Okay, I will forgive you for what you did in the past and even promote you. However, I have one request: obey me. If you dare to betray me, I will kill you without mercy!"

Although An Lan's voice was not loud, it was like thunder in everyone's mind.

Their new Majesty is a man of his words.

Everyone knelt down and kowtowed immediately, saying, "I will do my best to assist Your Majesty and will be loyal to Your Majesty. I will never have two masters!"

The sound was deafening in the hall.

An Lan nodded with great satisfaction. One last thing.

She needed to win over the army, so she said to the imperial guards outside the palace with full righteousness: "Listen, all soldiers, every soldier who serves me will be rewarded with ten acres of land and ten taels of silver!"

When the Royal Guards heard An Lan's reward.

Just widen your eyes.

Immediately, they broke out into excited laughter. Unexpectedly, the new emperor did not pursue the matter and instead rewarded them.

For a moment, their loyalty soared, and they had already regarded An Lan as their new emperor!

All the soldiers of the Imperial Guards knelt on one knee, clasped their hands together, and shouted loudly:

"The Royal Guards swear to follow His Majesty till death!!!"

The sound resounded throughout the entire palace, and the eaves were almost shaken down by the deafening sound.

Even the North Vietnamese envoys living in the imperial palace could hear it clearly.

Not to mention Xu Qiu who had just stepped out of the gate of the imperial city. He looked back and said, "This guy is really smart. He is born to be an emperor."

Xu Qiu simply sighed.

At this time, Youqin Hyun-ya, who had been following behind Xu Qiu, couldn't help but speak up, "Master Xu, Hyun-ya, can I ask you what method is used to bind souls?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qiu's eyes fell on her, "You want to learn?"

(End of this chapter)