Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 562 Final Chapter
The snow in the northwest has not melted yet, and the spring is still chilly. You still need to wear a cloak when going out, and there is a chill in the air.

"Mom, are you cold?"

Lin Zhaoxia smiled and shook her head, tightening the collar of Changzhi's cloak.

"Mom, I'm not cold." Chang Zhi said as he took Lin Zhaoxia's hand, held it in his palm and rubbed it.

Lin Zhaoxia smiled sweetly. In the blink of an eye, her son had grown into a big boy, able to help his father keep him warm. He had grown into a filial and considerate person.

"I don't know how your father is doing, whether he is doing well or not."

"It will definitely go smoothly. My father has planned it long ago and has been preparing for it for so long, so it can't be wrong. I'm afraid my father has already arrived in the capital." Maybe the capital has already been captured. The head of the army was excited.

"You have confidence in your father."

Chang Zhi raised his head, tilted his head and smiled, looking a little proud. Of course he had confidence in his father.

Lin Zhaoxia touched his head and smiled. Hearing footsteps, she looked behind Changzhi and saw the King of Yue "Zhao Guangyuan" walking towards them. She smiled and greeted him, "Your Majesty, you have worked hard."

Zhao Guangyuan smiled and said, "It's not hard." He put his arm around Changzhi and said, "Son, let's go back home."

Chang Zhi looked at his father's double, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he was. Apart from him and his mother, few people could tell the difference. This was more powerful than modern makeup and plastic surgery.

The three of them came down from the city wall and headed towards the temporary commander's residence. From behind, they looked like a family of three in a warm and loving relationship.

The army on the south bank of the Wei River saw from afar that the King of Yue and his wife and their prince were all on the city wall. The King of Yue and his wife had a very good relationship. At this time, the King of Yue’s wife was still accompanying the King of Yue on the front line.

Seeing that the three of them were there, I felt even more relieved.

They guarded the Wei River but did not take a step forward. Without the imperial court's order to attack, they would not move forward. Moreover, they themselves did not want to confront the Northwest Army.

We are all family, why fight?

Moreover, the Northwest Army had previously fought fiercely with the Western Rong and Fanjue, and those who survived were all true heroes and real men. They admired them very much and would never admit that they could not defeat the Northwest Army.

We are all compatriots, there is no need to fight.

Yes, that is not necessary.

The people on both sides of the Wei River were in harmony, but the capital was in turmoil.

In the palace, the prince was furious when he heard that Duke Dingguo had been rescued. If Duke Dingguo was sent out of the palace and contacted the subordinates of the Nine Camps in the capital and surrounded the palace, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?
He hurriedly ordered people to search the entire Eastern Palace and the Imperial Palace for the person.

At the same time, he ordered the imperial guards to rush to the palace gate to guard it.

Just as he was about to rush to the front palace gate to check the situation, various news came in again... "Prince, it's bad, the Jingjiao Camp was attacked last night! The King of Yue personally led an army of 100,000 to seize the Jingjiao Camp!"

"My prince, this is bad. The King of Yue is personally leading his army towards the palace gate!"

The prince thought he had heard wrongly, "King of Yue? Zhao Guangyuan? He led his troops to attack the camp outside the capital at night?" Wasn't he in the northwest? And where did he get the 100,000 troops?
The eunuchs and palace maids serving beside them were trembling with fear. The King of Yue was leading his troops to rush into the palace!
"Prince, what should we do? The King of Yue is leading his army towards the palace. You must make a decision quickly!" The general who was delivering the message ran into the palace at all costs to report the news. If he was any late, he might lose his head, but the prince was still confused.

The prince came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, close the palace gates! Order the archers to be ready, and shoot anyone who comes close!"

"Yes."

As soon as the man left, shouts and cries of killing were heard outside the palace gate.

The palace servants surrounding the prince were so frightened that they almost peed themselves. Their legs felt weak and they wanted to kneel down.

The staff of the East Palace heard the news and came over with anxious expressions, "Your Highness, go and bring the emperor here quickly! As long as the emperor is in our hands, we will have a chance to fight back."

At that time, we will directly obtain the emperor's decree of succession to the throne, and the prince will be the legitimate heir. If the King of Yue dares to go further, he will be considered as treason and should be executed.

As for the rest of the followers, if they continue to follow the King of Yue, it depends on whether their heads are safe and whether their families are not afraid of being chopped off.

"Yes, yes, yes, you stay here, I will go find my father!" He must get the imperial edict to pass on the throne. He cannot lose, and he dare not lose!

Only Zhao Guangyuan can die!
The staff looked at the prince's hurriedly leaving back with complicated expressions.

I have long advised the Crown Prince to act quickly and decisively. If the Emperor had died suddenly before the New Year, the Crown Prince would have ascended the throne and the reign title would have been discussed at the court meeting on the first day of the New Year.

Now, I'm afraid it's too late.

Everyone thought that the King of Yue was trapped on the north bank of the Wei River, but it turned out that the King of Yue led his troops outside.

Time is also destiny.

The light in the staff's eyes dimmed. But they refused to admit defeat. Everything could still be saved. The emperor was still alive, and the overall situation was still undecided. All the staff looked towards the harem with hope.

"Prince, the Emperor is missing!"

The prince had only walked halfway when a eunuch from Fengzao Palace came running over to report.

"What? What do you mean the emperor is missing? Isn't the emperor in Fengzao Palace? Where's the queen mother? Where's Concubine Liu? Concubine Liu is missing too?"

"Concubine Liu is missing too!"

And they didn't even know when the emperor and Concubine Liu disappeared.

Everyone in Fengzao Palace felt insecure.

Father? Father is missing? Why is Father missing? Has Father woken up? Fengzao Palace is heavily guarded, who rescued Father? If Father is awake, how can I stamp the imperial seal on the imperial edict?
No, no, don't panic.

The emperor must be gone. He disappeared only because he was gone.

At this moment, the prince hoped that the emperor had passed away. Only those who passed away would disappear.

Just when I was in such a mess that I couldn't think straight, I heard the maid from the Queen's Palace running over crying, "Your Highness, the Queen, the Queen has collapsed!"

The queen knew that the situation was hopeless, so she used a three-foot-long white silk to kill herself, leaving herself with dignity. However, this frightened the palace servants who served her.

"Empress!" Everyone around knelt down crying.

The prince's head was buzzing. Did his mother collapse? Did his mother not want him anymore?

Outside the palace, the imperial guards were guarding the numerous gates of the imperial palace, ready for battle. Zhao Guangyuan led his troops without encountering much hindrance along the way and headed straight for the last palace gate, the Danfeng Gate.

"The King of Yue has been ordered to come to the capital to defend the emperor. Do not resist and surrender immediately!"

Zhang Zhi held a scroll of imperial edict high in his hand, rode on a divine horse, shouted loudly all the way, and rushed straight to the palace gates, and finally stood at the gate of Danfeng Palace.

The guards looked at each other.

Didn't they say that the King of Yue was plotting treason and wanted to go to the capital to rebel while the emperor was seriously ill, and that he would be shot dead on sight? Why did he go to the capital to defend the king with the emperor's edict?

What king? Wasn't the emperor seriously ill, and yet he ordered the crown prince to be regent? To the king? Was the emperor being...

"Why don't you put down your arrogance immediately? Have you had enough of living? Or do you want to be charged with treason? Or do you want your entire clan to be executed?" Fang Erxiong stood beside the King of Yue and roared loudly.

Kill the nine tribes?
The Imperial Guards couldn't help but shudder. Not only would they die, but their entire clan would also be exterminated?
Some people were afraid and wanted to throw away their weapons, but some people kept staring at the King of Yue and others. I don't know if the imperial edict that person took was real or fake. If the rebellious King of Yue really broke into the palace, the prince would not forgive them.

By then, they won't be able to survive.

Zhao Guangyuan didn't want to kill them, nor did he want to force his way in, so the two sides confronted each other at the palace gate, and each other's archers aimed at each other.

"Put down your weapons immediately! Do you really want your entire clan to be exterminated?!" A weak voice came from inside the palace gate.

The leader of the Imperial Guard turned around and asked, "Duke Dingguo?"

Why is he like this? He looks like a living dead. Who beat him so badly?
"The crown prince has plotted treason and imprisoned the emperor. We invite the King of Yue to come to the palace to defend the king and restore order in the court." Duke Dingguo was supported by Yan Jingzhe and Guan Run, and he bent his knees and was about to kneel down to the King of Yue.

Zhao Guangyuan stepped forward and supported him, "Duke Dingguo has suffered."

"It's not hard, I finally waited for the King of Yue." Duke Dingguo's eyes were filled with tears, he had walked through the gates of hell and came back to life. "Father!" Zhan Qian walked forward with tears in his eyes and held Duke Dingguo tightly. Duke Dingguo leaned weakly on his son, his face was more relaxed than ever before.

What is there to be confused about? The crown prince imprisoned the emperor and the Duke of Dingguo, who was in charge of the nine military camps in the capital. The emperor pretended to be unconscious and secretly ordered the King of Yue to come to the capital to defend the king.

There was a clang of weapons hitting the floor tiles. The guards understood the situation and surrendered one after another.

In the Fengtian Hall, the crown prince sat high on the dragon throne, looking straight into the eyes of Zhao Guangyuan who was standing in the hall.

"I am the regent under the order of the emperor. What is the purpose of the King of Yue leading his troops into the palace?"

"What is your intention? Your Highness, don't you know?" Zhao Guangyuan glanced at the seat under the prince. "That is not the seat for the regent prince to sit."

"I am the crown prince of the Great Qi State. This position will belong to me sooner or later."

"The crown prince of the Great Qi?" Zhao Guangyuan smiled. "Before you, my brother was also the crown prince of the Great Qi."

He never got that position in the end.

"That's his bad luck."

"He was unlucky." Zhao Guangyuan nodded, as if to express his approval, "but he went in a dignified way."

"Are you cursing me?!"

The prince jumped up in anger. "I will not die like Zhao Guangcong! I am appointed by heaven, and I will live forever!"

"Long live your life? I'm afraid your death is imminent." After saying that, Zhao Guangyuan sat down in the hall.

He has been traveling all day these days and has slept less than an hour a day. He is so tired that he looks old.

Xia'er should dislike him.

As soon as he sat down, the cold floor tiles in the hall startled him. He glanced at the floor tiles and thought that laying a carpet here in autumn and winter should be able to block out the cold.

When the prince saw that he was still leisurely treating the Fengtian Palace as his own home, he became so angry that his chest heaved.

Saying that you are about to die? How outrageous. It is not certain who will die.

"Zhao Guangyuan, you must have planned all this a long time ago. You are a traitor! You have brought shame to our ancestors. You must have been waiting for the day when you can come to the Fengtian Palace and sit in this position, right?"

What a pity. I won't let him succeed.

Zhao Guangyuan wearily propped his forehead with his hand, resting his elbows on his crossed thighs, not wanting to argue with him about who brought more shame to the ancestors. "That's you. I never thought of sitting in that position."

Before he met Xia'er, he just wanted to ride a horse and parade in the streets, and have fun. After he met Xia'er, he just wanted to spend three meals a day with her, four seasons a year, and travel together to mountains and rivers he had never seen, and all kinds of miracles.

Xia'er doesn't like being trapped in one place, and neither does he.

But the prince didn't believe his words.

There was no one who didn't want to be in this position. The King of Qin must have been so eager that his eyes turned green.

"Whether you believe it or not, I don't care. At first, I just wanted to seek justice for my brother. It hurts me to see him alone in the suburbs of Beijing. Besides that, I just want my father and you in the future to overturn the case and redress the Lu family."

The prince was stunned.

Looking at the King of Yue like this, he wondered if there was any truth in his words. The King of Yue like this made him feel dazed. The King of Yue from more than ten years ago seemed to flash in his mind at this moment...

"You used to be a carefree person."

Not only Zhao Guangyuan, but also he and the King of Qin and others had never had any other ideas. Because Zhao Guangcong was too outstanding, when the previous emperor was still alive, he was canonized as the crown prince. Their brothers had no chance.

At that time, he and his brothers such as the King of Qin were very friendly and harmonious, and they would not even glance at each other when passing by the Fengtian Hall.

When did it change?

"In that case, I can satisfy you. When I ascend the throne, I will posthumously confer the title of the eldest brother, give him a posthumous title, and move his tomb to the imperial mausoleum. Sacrifices to him will be offered at all times of the year. As for the Lu family, I will vindicate them. I can posthumously confer him the title of King of Loyalty, and you can choose an heir to carry on the Lu family's legacy."

Zhao Guangyuan didn't even open his eyes, but smiled.

Zhao Guanghuan wanted to kill him as soon as possible, but now he was negotiating terms with him. With so many of his men surrounding him, was Zhao Guanghuan afraid?
"Are you afraid?"

"How dare you!" How could he be afraid?

Zhao Guangyuan didn't care. "If you hadn't sent people to hunt me down before, maybe I would have agreed."

After completing these two major tasks and fulfilling his wish, he and Xia'er will go to her place and live their little life happily.

He missed the air conditioning in their house, the airplane that could take him abroad in a flash to visit Yubang, and all kinds of fruits and delicacies.

After listening to Zhao Guangyuan's words, the prince understood some of his true meaning. Maybe the Seventh Brother really didn't like the position under him. He couldn't help but regret why he wanted to kill the Seventh Brother in the first place.

"As long as you are willing, I will grant you the title of King and the territory north of the Wei River. I will also grant you Changzhou and Yuezhou as your fiefdom."

Just don't compete with him for this position.

"It's too late." Zhao Guangyuan opened his eyes and looked at him steadily, "Even if I agree, the emperor probably won't agree."

He glanced at the entrance of the hall, wondering how long his good father had been listening there. If he didn't say anything, he was afraid he would faint again.

Father? The prince stood up in fear and looked towards the entrance of the hall.

"Rebellious son!" Not only did he drug him, he hoped that he would die soon so that he could seize the throne, and he also tore the territory of the Great Qi into pieces. The Zhao family did not have such an unfilial descendant!

"Come here, pass on my decree. The Crown Prince has been plotting something illegal. He is to be removed from his position as Crown Prince and taken to the Dali Temple for trial!"

Outside the Fengtian Hall, the thick dark clouds dissipated and the warm spring sun shone across the earth.

A few days later, after being treated by the Imperial Hospital, Emperor Zhizheng again attended court and issued several decrees...

The empress died suddenly and was allowed to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but officials and ladies of honor were not allowed to enter the palace to mourn, and the funeral was not held in a grand manner, and she was not buried in the shrine of Emperor Zhizheng and Empress Zhenshun.

The crown prince was sentenced to death for misconduct and treason, and his children and concubines were demoted to commoners.

The prince of Wei and the prince of Wei conspired with the crown prince and were all demoted to commoners. The prince of Wei was sent to the imperial mausoleum to guard it, and the prince of Wei was sent to the imperial temple.

The former crown prince Zhao Guangcong was posthumously named "Emperor Zhao Jingren" and his tomb was moved to the imperial mausoleum. A shrine was immediately built for Emperor Zhao Jingren.

The former Duke of Lu was posthumously named "Prince of Dingping" and given the posthumous title "Zhongwu". The heir of Xuyue, Lin Changyu, adopted a son to carry on the Lu family line.

The name of the Crown Prince of Yue, Lin Changyu, was changed to Zhao Changyu, and he was recorded in the royal imperial book and canonized as the Crown Prince.

He also rewarded the generals and individuals who came to Beijing to serve the king.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-seventh year of Zhizheng, Emperor Zhizheng issued another decree at a court meeting...

He told all the civil and military officials that he had not recovered well this year and could not bear the burden of the country, so he abdicated the throne to the King of Yue. He ordered the King of Yue to ascend the throne in Fengtian Hall on New Year's Day the following year, and appointed the regents, and ordered the rest of the officials to assist the new emperor and create a prosperous era together.

After the new year, a grand court meeting was held on New Year's Day, and all civil and military officials in Beijing gathered in the Fengtian Hall to celebrate the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

Zhao Guangyuan, surrounded by a group of attendants, put on the imperial robe and announced that he would become the 19th emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, with the reign title of Kaiping. He also appointed Lin Zhaoxia as the empress and gave her a golden seal and seal. He appointed Zhao Changyu as the crown prince.

And rewarded the meritorious officials one by one.

According to later records, in the first year of Kaiping, Emperor Shizu ascended the throne and ushered in the Kaiping Prosperity. For more than 200 years thereafter, the Great Qi Dynasty was strong, the people were prosperous, the barbarians were submissive, and all nations came to it.

This is the end of the main text. I spent a whole night revising this chapter~
There are two or three chapters after that and then the extra story ends.

Thank you for accompanying Basho till now, I am grateful and love you~