Great Han Empire

Chapter 733
In the dark night, there was a sudden low roar.The sound became louder and louder, and the ground gradually began to shake.

The patrolling soldiers on the west gate of Jinyang were terrified, and they tried their best to look into the depths of the night.

Suddenly, a dazzling red star jumped out of the darkness, and then, a piece of red light rushed out of the dark night, illuminating the sky.

"Hurry up, call the police, call the police..." Xicheng Junhou turned pale with shock, "Report urgently, sir, the iron cavalry is coming, hurry..."

The violent and violent drums of war rose to the sky, patrolling soldiers rushed back and forth, thousands of soldiers swarmed out from the barracks on both sides of the city gate, and the fierce shouts were deafening.

"Calista, push the ballista up..."

"Turn on the stone cannon, prepare to throw stones, hurry... hurry..."

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Inside Jinyang Palace, the Tiger Ben and Habayashi Army roared out, protecting every palace and every palace gate.

Huben Zhonglang led Duan Xuan and Yubayashi Zhonglang led Zhang Xiao to rush into the inner palace at the fastest speed.

Huben Zuo Pu shot Yang Mi who is in charge of the inner palace of the guards today, he saw Duan Xuan dashing towards him with one arm swinging, he rushed to meet him, "My lord, what happened?"

"I don't know." Duan Xuan said sharply, "Protect the Son of Heaven, and don't allow anyone to enter or exit the forbidden area."

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The emperor hugged Empress Fu tightly and sat on the bed, his face pale.

The sound of the drums, the running of the guards, the clanging of weapons, and the hoarse shouts were all too familiar to him.

He experienced this kind of scene many times in Luoyang and Chang'an. For the first time, the Luoyang mutiny caused the death of the general and the traitor.During the second Chang'an mutiny, Dong Zhuo died.In the third Chang'an mutiny, Wang Yun died.During the fourth Chang'an mutiny, he was taken captive by Li Jue to Beiwu Camp.This is the fifth time that the place where the mutiny took place was moved from the Imperial Palace in Luoyang and Weiyang Palace in Chang'an to Jinyang Palace in northern Xinjiang.Who will die this time?What will be your own destiny?
"Your Majesty, is the general back?" Empress Fu curled up in the emperor's arms and asked in a trembling voice.

The emperor smiled bitterly, "I don't know, I don't know."

"Are we going to die?"

"I don't know, I don't know."

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City Gate Captain Xie Wu and City Gate Sima Xu Le rushed up to the West Tower panting.

The fire illuminated the night, and an army of [-] cavalry was densely arrayed under the city, with a terrifying momentum.

"What's going on here? Is the Northern Army trying to rebel? Master Zhang is crazy?" Xie Wu exclaimed in surprise.

"Something must have happened?" Xu Le wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in fear, "My lord, hurry up and invite Da Situ, Da Sikong, and Guang Luxun Xianyu lord, Wei Wei lord Xu, Sili captain Lord Lu..."

Before he could speak, a soldier shouted, "Look, the Northern Army is here."

A small group of cavalry rushed out of the array and galloped towards the city gate.

"Put down the suspension bridge, I'm going to ask, what's going on here?" Xie Wu turned and rushed down the tower.

Xu Le shook his head, hit the city wall with a fist, and shouted wildly: "Raise the arrow, prepare to shoot..."

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Xie Wu rode his horse and rushed out of the city gate.

Captain Zhang Zhen of Northern Army Huben and Captain Qin Yi of Yueqi raised their arms at the same time, and the iron cavalry slowly stopped.

Xie Wu didn't wait for the horse to stop, and shouted loudly: "Master Zhang, Master Qin, what's going on? What do you want to do?"

"Master Xie, open the city gate, we are going to enter the city." Zhang Zhen waved his horsewhip, and said with a leisurely smile, "Why are you nervous? Everyone is the Northern Frontier Army, so why would I rebel against myself?"

"Your posture, can I not be nervous?" Jie Wu pointed at the iron cavalry army on the opposite side, and cursed angrily, "You want to scare me to death? You can enter the city, and bring the imperial decree." Then he asked strangely, "It's in the middle of the night Yes, what are you doing in town? Whose order?"

"Your son is not a big official, but you are in charge of a lot of things." Zhang Zhen said with a smile, "You open the city gate, and then it will be nothing to do with you."

"Without the emperor's decree, I can't open the city gate." Jie Wu flatly refused, "Although we have been brothers for many years, this is not allowed. Don't say that you bring so many troops, even if you enter the city alone."

Zhang Zhen glared at him fiercely, "I told you to open the city gate and you opened the city gate. Why are there so many nonsense?"

"If there is no imperial decree, it is not allowed." Jie Wu shouted, "No one can come."

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"presumptuous……"

The eldest princess yelled angrily, and pulled off her helmet.The cloud-like black hair immediately flowed down like a waterfall.

Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi steered their horses to the sides.

The eldest princess looked at Jiewu angrily with a jaded face, "My command line is not working?"

Jie Wu's eyes widened, he opened his mouth in disbelief, then turned over and rolled under the horse, knelt down and saluted, "I don't know if it's His Highness..."

"Do you still want an edict?"

Knowing where the fool is, I don't know what to do.The eldest princess led the army here late at night, what was she going to do?No matter what happens in Jinyang, it seems that there is no need to use the Northern Army, right?While he was hesitating, Zhang Yan appeared behind the eldest princess and quietly gestured to him.Xie Wu understood, "I will open the city gate and welcome His Highness."

Xie Wu ran away.After a while, the violent drumming stopped suddenly.The city gate opened slowly.

The eldest princess turned to look at Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan nodded, pointed at Zhang Zhen and said, "Master Zhang, you lead the army to stand here. Without my order, you are not allowed to enter the city."

Zhang Zhen bowed and agreed.

"Lord Qin, bring two hundred elites to guard the eldest princess into the city."

Qin Yi agreed, and with a strong wave of his big hand, fifty cavalry rushed towards the gate of the city, leading the way.

The eldest princess looked up at the big flag flying high above the city tower, and sighed softly, "Will the general blame me if I do this?"

Zhang Yan smiled and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, whether it's the general or us, we live for only one purpose, that is to rejuvenate the big man, so that the people of the big man can live in peace and stability." The horsewhip poked his chest, "As long as we stick to our beliefs, we can do anything."

The eldest princess gritted her teeth, and lashed out with a whip, "Come on, let's go into the city."

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Sili Xiaowei's Mansion.

Da Situ Zhang Wen, Da Sikong Yang Biao, Taichang Caiyong, Zongzheng Cui Lie, Shaofu Yuan Pang, Guangluxun Xianyufu, Wei Wei Xu Rong, Da Sinong Li Wei, etc., knelt down at the Sili School In the lobby of the Wei Mansion, no one dared to speak.

The eldest princess was dressed in military uniform, with her long hair loose, sitting behind the table with a stern look.

Shi Liufang, the head of the eldest princess's mansion, rolled up the bamboo slips in his hand, looked at the ministers in the hall, and said slowly: "Although the ancestors of the Taiyuan royal family have made great achievements for the great man, the descendants are unworthy. It cannot be punished, so..."

"Your Highness..." Zhang Wen suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "There is no reason for this matter, the Wang family is not to blame, please think twice, the eldest princess."

"Do you know?" The princess glared angrily, and asked in a trembling voice, "Since you know, why didn't you tell me? As a Minister of the Three Dukes, you should know the seriousness of this matter, why did you hide it and not report it?"

"Your Highness, although I have heard about it, but have not confirmed it, how dare I report it to Your Highness with suspicious words?" Zhang Wen hurriedly argued.

"You..." The eldest princess turned and jumped up, pointed at Zhang Wen and all the officials in the hall, and asked angrily, "Have you all heard about it?"

Some ministers lay down on the ground and did not dare to look at the eldest princess, and some were very surprised.

Some people do know about this.After Zhang Wen sent Wang Chen away, he privately summoned Cui Lie, Yuan Pang, Ding Gong and others for an emergency discussion that night.

The emperor's move caught them off guard.Marry the eldest princess to the royal family, and the power of the eldest princess will be combined with the power of the Northern Xinjiang clan. The tide of the Northern Xinjiang clan will rise, and the power will increase sharply. This will seriously damage the interests of the general and the northern Xinjiang warriors, and will trigger a new round of court disputes. turmoil.

The big officials in northern Xinjiang fought with each other, and the ones who benefited were naturally the emperor and the old ministers of Chang'an.The generals didn't want to see this kind of situation, and the officials in Hebei didn't want to see it either, so after careful discussions with the ministers, Zhang Wenwen came up with two countermeasures.One is to immediately let the general return to Jinyang to stabilize the situation.The second is to use various relationships to persuade and obstruct the emperor as soon as possible, delaying or forcing him to temporarily give up making such an extremely unwise decision.

Zhang Wen repeatedly warned these ministers that this matter should not be leaked, especially not to the eldest princess, lest the conflict between the eldest princess and the emperor suddenly intensify, resulting in an unmanageable situation.

Since the emperor arrived in Hedong, the eldest princess has become more and more irritable, and her behavior has become more and more perverse.This may be related to her growing age, the excessive pressure on her body, and her painful love for the general.Her status and power today determine that she is not a woman, nor a simple eldest princess, but an important force in ZTE Dahan.This power belongs to the big man, the royal family, and her own. She can't give it to others, and she can't let others get it.Her fate seemed to have been doomed from the moment the first emperor sent him out of Luoyang.Although she wants to change her destiny, who can help her?Who will give her this chance?

In addition, all the people of the general family cannot reveal anything.

The eldest princess came to northern Xinjiang at the age of ten, and grew up under the care of civil and military officials in northern Xinjiang. In the eyes of these people, she is not only a beautiful eldest princess, but also an inviolable imperial power.In the past few years, Beijiang has been able to survive on thin ice, and many times it has benefited from the noble status of the eldest princess.For example, the reason why Zhang Wen, Ma Rixun, and Zheng Xuan stayed in northern Xinjiang and helped them was not because of the powerful military force of the general, but because of the imperial power of the Han Dynasty represented by the eldest princess.Zhang Wen and others did not work for the general, but for the big man.Many civil and military officials in northern Xinjiang are very clear about this. Once the eldest princess gets married, the imperial power she represents will disappear. Or because of the general's instructions, they will inform the eldest princess to help the eldest princess resolve the matter quickly.

However, Zhang Wen had thousands of calculations, but the emperor was already impatient.

Zhang Wen's miscalculation eventually caused the situation in Jinyang to get out of control.

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"Do you know why I left the city overnight and rushed to Longshan Daying?" The eldest princess pointed to Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, Lu Bu, and Li Wei and said, "Do you know why I want to go far away? Do you want to bring ten thousand cavalry Chen Bing to the west gate of the city?" ?”

Of course Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, Lu Bu and Li Wei knew about it.The eldest princess seldom enters the city, and Zhang Yan, who is in charge of Jinwu, is responsible for guarding Longquan and protecting the safety of the eldest princess and Mrs. Xiaoyu, so he has not entered Jinyang City since the general left.The eldest princess believed that Zhang Yan didn't know about it, but she didn't believe the four of them.She brought [-] troops to Jinyang to threaten the four of them.If the four of them knew that the emperor was going to marry her and deliberately concealed it, then the problem would be serious.

"I really don't know." The four of them had no way of explaining, they could only say these five words.

Zhang Yan knelt beside Li Wei, the two looked at each other and smiled wryly.

"Zhong Yuan, it seems that the four of you will be innocent only when the general returns." Zhang Yan lowered her voice and said in a low voice.

Li Wei was crying, knowing his own suffering.

"Don't tell me, I will know." The eldest princess picked up the long sword on the table and strode out of the hall, "Master Qin, follow me to the palace to arrest people."

"Master Zhang, you take these ministers to Jinyang Palace. If you are guilty, you should confess it early, otherwise, don't blame me for turning your face and denying people."

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The eldest princess left, and the ministers got up staggeringly, panicked.

"Master Zhang, why didn't you tell us about such an important matter?" Li Wei was so angry that he cupped his hands and said to Zhang Wen, "This is good, you can't escape the responsibility no matter what. Dead, Da Sima is in the desert, you, Da Situ, will also go to prison, and Da Sikong is left to support the court."

Yang Biao lowered his head, smiled wryly and was speechless.

Xian Yufu was shocked, "Master Yang, you don't know about this, do you?"

Yang Biao nodded, pointed at Cui Lie, Yuan Pang, Cai Yong, and Ding Gong, and said, "We all know about it."

Xian Yufu was so angry that he shook his hands, turned around and left.

Li Wei blushed, his neck was thick, his eyes widened and he shouted: "My lords, why are you so confused? You actually... unexpectedly..." Li Wei stomped his feet and left.

Zhang Wen sighed, "Man's calculation is not as good as the sky's calculation. There are constant disasters for the big man, and there is no hope for ZTE."

"What should come will always come. If it is God's will, how can manpower bring it back?" Cui Lie patted the ashes on his body, and said unhurriedly, "Let's go, let's all go to the prison of Ting Wei Mansion. Although The sky is falling, but I still have to sleep, and I still have to eat.”

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In order to discuss the countermeasures, several ministers did not ride a horse, but took a carriage instead.

Lu Bu sat in the corner without saying a word.Seeing his dejected expression, Li Wei reached out and patted his shoulder, "Brother Fengxian, what's wrong with you? Say something too."

"What can I say?" Lu Bu shook his head. "After so many years, I've seen too much. I'm already tired. I want to go back to Wuyuan. I can't stay here any longer."

"Fengxian..." Xian Yufu said dissatisfiedly, "When is this? Jinyang will soon be bloody, and the imperial court still depends on us to support it. Everyone must work together."

"What are you trying to do?" Lu Bu smiled wryly, "The general and you have worked hard for seven or eight years, but what is the result? What hope does the big man have? Master Qu is the most thoughtful, shrank his head, and went to sleep at home. He is happy , made me suffer. I don’t do it anymore, I want to go back to Wuyuan.”

"Stop talking nonsense." Xu Rong frowned, looked at him and said, "What is the wind and rain in Jinyang? Who did what happened in Chang'an back then? The big man can't leave without ZTE."

Lu Bu lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Feiyan, when you left the Longshan Camp, did you send out the Eight Hundred Li Kuaiqi?" Xu Rong turned his head and asked Zhang Yan.

"I have already sent out." Zhang Yan said, "I said the situation was very serious in the letter, but the general may not be able to return in time. When the general left Meiji and went north to the desert, it was the grassland rainy season, and the itinerary was sure. There will be delays. In this way, it will take at least September until he has dealt with the affairs of the Xianbei people. The stability of the desert is directly related to the future counter-insurgency war, so I guess the general will not come back before September. If He will return in October, and he will not be able to return until the end of November or the beginning of December at the earliest."

"The few of us are all in Jinyang, even if you tell him that the sky in Jinyang is falling, he won't come back." Xian Yufu shook his head helplessly, "Forget it, don't count on him, let's find a way by ourselves. "

"For the time being, there is only one way to persuade the princess as much as possible to control the storm within an appropriate range." Li Wei said, "The princess's goal is actually the emperor, but because today's incident happened to the people of northern Xinjiang , so in the end, we lost the most. In my opinion, let's turn the direction of this storm a little bit and let the eldest princess point the finger at those old ministers in Chang'an. In this way, our loss will be small. If we lose a small amount, Hebei will naturally It's safe and sound."

Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, and Zhang Yan looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

"Brother Feiyan, you should immediately send an accomplice to the palace to pass on a message to Wang Rou." After pondering for a while, Xian Yufu said in a low voice, "We can keep his royal family, but he has to sacrifice himself and save the eldest princess's family." Attention is drawn to those around the Son of Heaven."

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Wangfu.

The eldest princess walked back and forth a few steps, looked down at Wang Rou who was kneeling on the ground, and sighed sadly, "I know you are wronged, but what do you want me to do? How can I save your Wang family?"

"The guilty minister is not wronged." Wang Rou slapped herself hard, "The guilty minister is too greedy. The guilty minister thought that with his elder brother's merits and the emperor's favor, he could help some people kill His Highness." And the great general, from now on, he will flourish."

"What did you say?" The eldest princess was startled, her eyes widened suddenly, and her cherry lips trembled violently, "Say it again."

"The guilty minister was obsessed with ghosts. He listened to the lies of a certain father and son, and fell into the ghost of a certain father and son. Even though the criminal minister was hacked into pieces, he could not atone for his crime." Wang Rou slapped herself several times in a row, dripping with blood, "Your Highness, the guilty minister deserves death."

"Does he know? Does he know too?" The eldest princess rushed up suddenly and picked up Wang Rou.

Wang Rou was apprehensive, and nodded repeatedly, "His Royal Highness, think about it, if he wasn't behind the scenes, how would the guilty minister dare to make such a move? This is a catastrophe for the extermination of the clan."

"Since you know it's a catastrophe of extermination, why do you still do it? Why?" The eldest princess was furious and screamed, "Why?"

"Is it okay if the criminal minister quits? If the criminal minister does not do it, it will also be a disaster for the family." Wang Rou cried pitifully, "His Royal Highness is in Jinyang, and he is also in Jinyang. Apart from death, is there any way for the Wang family to survive?"

"You..." The eldest princess let go of Wang Rou weakly, and slowly sat down on the ground.

Suddenly, she covered her face with her hands and burst into tears, "Mother, mother... What do you want me to do? What do you want me to do?"

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Qin Yi and Chen Wei supported Wang Rou from left to right, and took him to the side room next door.

Wu Ye, Marquis of the Northern Army, walked in.Qin Yi and Chen Wei turned around and walked out, closing the door.

"Lord Wang, I won't gossip anymore." Wu Ye sat next to Wang Rou, "The adults have said that you must keep your Wang family no matter what. Please rest assured about this."

"Thank you sirs, you must thank you sirs for me." Wang Rou struggled to stand up and kneel down, Wu Ye supported him.

"Although Mr. Wang suffered an innocent disaster, the other party's purpose is not to kill your Wang family, but to hit our northern border hard."

"I know this, I will not let them go." Wang Rou said through gritted teeth, "I will not let any of them go."

Wu Ye stared at him and said word by word: "Master Wang cannot die in vain, so don't let any of you go."

"I know, I won't let any of them go, I want them all to be buried with me."

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The Jiade Hall of Jinyang Palace.

The main hall was surrounded by heavily armed Huben guards.The ministers rushed to the court one after another, standing there anxiously one by one.The atmosphere in the hall was very depressing and tense.

Holding a long sword, holding a battle helmet, and wearing long hair, the eldest princess suddenly appeared in the lobby.

The ministers hurriedly bowed down.

The princess's eyes were red and swollen, and she looked haggard.She looked at Xian Yufu who was kneeling in the front.

Xian Yufu immediately said: "Several elders have gone to Tingwei Mansion to imprison themselves."

"Bring it to me immediately." The eldest princess shouted angrily.

Not long after, Zhang Wen, Cui Lie and other ministers were brought to Jinyang Palace dressed in criminal clothes, and knelt in the court hall.

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Dawn came quietly.

Liu Fang's flat and boring voice echoed in the empty hall.

The ministers were silent.Even in this hot summer, the ministers can't feel the slightest warmth.

No one expected that Jinyang would be turned upside down overnight, and there would be a major treason case, and it was the emperor who wanted to kill the eldest princess and the general.

As soon as Liu Fang's words fell, Zhang Wen's cry shook the court, "Your Highness, Wang Rou's words are not reliable. Wang Rou knew that she would die, and before she died, she intentionally made such horrible things to avenge her personal anger. This is absolutely unbelievable.”

"Your Highness, Wang Rou is a treacherous villain. This statement is purely for the purpose of separating the emperor and His Highness, and causing disaster for the society. Your Highness, you must not believe it lightly." Cai Yong also knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

Xian Yufu, Xu Rong, Zhang Yan, and Li Wei were also secretly startled, their faces turned pale.Wang Rou was so ruthless that she dared to point the finger at the emperor before she died.Now it's in big trouble.

Xian Yufu lifted his clothes and knelt down, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, the Son of Heaven is young, and he and His Highness are close relatives. How could he do such a rebellious thing? Wang Rou must be talking nonsense."

The ministers remonstrated one after another, and the court was in chaos and chaos for a while.

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The eldest princess stood up slowly, pulled out the long sword suddenly, and chopped it off with one blow.

The case is divided into two parts.

There was an instant silence in the hall.

"Send Your Majesty to the Imperial Study Room, and ask him to think about his mistakes, and then write an edict of guilt, and tell the world." The eldest princess looked at Liu Fang, and said coldly, "Tell him, I am his sister. I only have his younger brother, and I will not compete with him for anything. If he must kill me, let him wait another five years."

Liu Fang hurriedly withdrew.

The eldest princess walked up to Zhang Wen slowly, pointed her long sword at his chest, and asked sharply, "Why did you let Wang Chen go? Are you trying to lure the general back and kill him?"

Zhang Wen smiled miserably and closed his eyes.When a 17-year-old princess loses her mind, what else can she say?
"Why did you kill the general? Why?"

Xian Yufu and Xu Rong paled in shock, kneeling on the left and right for a few steps, begging bitterly.

"The general is your subordinate. He has always trusted you and regarded you as his mentor. Why did you kill him? Why?" The princess's long sword suddenly stabbed out.

"Your Highness..." Xian Yu Fu had sharp eyes and quick hands, and grabbed the blade of the sword.Xu Rong pushed Zhang Wen away.Blood flowed from Xian Yufu's hand.The long sword continued unabated, piercing Xu Rong's shoulder, and blood spurted out.

"Your Highness..." Qu Yi, Yu Shi, Yan Liang, Li Wei and other former subordinates of Zhang Wen exclaimed, and all knelt down.

Zhang Yan, Lu Bu and other officials also knelt down and begged loudly.

The blood on the long sword was reflected in the eldest princess' eyes, piercing her heartstrings.The eldest princess felt a sharp pain in her heart, let go of the long sword with a groan, and staggered back.

"Your Highness, Mr. Zhang has been loyal to His Highness for so many years in Northern Xinjiang. How could he murder His Highness?" Li Wei opened his hands to protect Zhang Wen, and shouted wildly, "Your Highness, these are all those who have followed you for several years. Veteran, you cannot doubt their loyalty to you."

"Pull it out, pull it out, hit it, hit it..." The Eldest Princess saw the deafening pleadings of the black crowd in front of her, she was momentarily distraught and grief-stricken, "Hit me."

Zhang Wen was on the verge of dying after being severely punished by the Huben guards.At this time, Qu Yi ran out taking advantage of the chaos in the court hall, beat up several guards, and finally saved Zhang Wen's life.

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On this day, Jinyang was bloody and rainy.

The emperor was imprisoned in the imperial study, and thought about his mistakes behind closed doors.

Da Situ Zhang Wen, Da Sikong Yang Biao, Taichang Cai Yong, Zongzheng Cui Lie, Shaofu Yuan Pang, Tingwei Ding Gong, Dahong Lushi Sun Rui, and general craftsman Chen Ji eight ministers were imprisoned in the court. Weifu prison.

The royal relatives Fu Wan, Fu De and Dong Cheng were all arrested.Only Princess Yang'an survived.

All 320 members of the Wang family in Jinyang and Qi County were imprisoned.The court officials of the Ma family, Yang family, Xu family and Cui family were all arrested.

Chunyujia, Zhang Xi, Zhao Wen, Zhao Qian, Zhou Zhong, Jia Xu, Zhong Yao, Sima Fang, Feng Shuo, Yang Qi and more than 30 former ministers of Chang'an were invited into the Tingwei Mansion.

Yang Mi, Zhang Bao, Zhang Xiu, Xia Yu and more than a dozen generals of the former Chang'an Northern Army were all arrested.

Because Qu Yi ignored the law in the palace and beat the guards of Huben openly, he was dismissed from his post as General Zuo and locked up in the mansion.

Tingwei Mansion was overcrowded for a while.

The Jinyang court was paralyzed in an instant.

The eldest princess was so sad that she couldn't afford to get sick.

All government affairs were handled by Guang Luxun Xian Yufu, Da Si Nong Li Wei, and Shang Shu Ling Xun You, who were temporarily in charge of the Shang Shu.

The imperial decree was sent to the desert urgently, and General Li Hong, the Great Sima, was asked to return to Jinyang urgently.

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Going back to my hometown tomorrow for Qingming Festival, no more updates, continue the day after tomorrow, sorry sorry.

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