Jinghong Tower

The current Zhou Cangyue is no longer the little black girl of the past.

Not only does he have hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers behind him, he is also the leader of the largest gang in the world.

Soon, he found out and analyzed He Ran's whereabouts.

He Ran is in Yangzhou!
However, now that He Xiulong has reached Zhenjiang, He Ran may have left Yangzhou and gone to Zhenjiang.

Looking at the map in front of him, Zhou Cangyue's heart was filled with emotion. His sister Ran was about to reach Jinling.

Yangzhou is very close to Jinling City, but Sister Ran refused to attack it and instead went to attack Zhenjiang.

why?
Of course it’s deterrence!
Zhou Cangyue suddenly wanted to know what the people in Jinling City were like now.

Is the emperor going to move the capital again?
By the way, there is no emperor now.

In fact, Zhou Cangyue guessed wrong. He Ran did not go to Zhenjiang, she was in Yangzhou.

Jinling City is right in front of her, so she is not in a hurry.

A few days later, Zhong Yi secretly appeared in the Yangzhou government office.

He Ran told him two things. One was Jing Laosan's life experience, and the second was to ask him to check the rumors about He Xiulong.

If a rumor is spread about He Xiulong today, it will be directed at her tomorrow, and it will also be written into unofficial history and passed down through the ages.

He Pan’s life experience has made Zhong Yi feel uncomfortable all over.

His granddaughter actually gave birth to a daughter with Liu Shanhe for unknown reasons.

And now, another Jing Lao San has come.

He Pan's father is Liu Shanhe, and no one knows who Jing Laosan's biological father is.

There is also the attitude of Duke Dingguo. If he rebelled just for Jing Lao San, Zhong Yi would not believe it. It was obvious that Jing Lao San was spoiled by Duke Dingguo.

Seeing Zhong Yi's frown getting tighter and tighter, He Ran felt refreshed. It was great. She could leave all these messy things to Zhong Yi and be a hands-off boss, feeling happy.

Just as everyone had guessed, the city of Jinling was in chaos at this time.

Yangzhou City was broken and Nanjing was in danger.

When the news reached Jinling, it was still dark and horse-drawn carriages had quietly driven out towards the city gate.

The city gates were closed at night, but people could leave the city with an official pass. Therefore, by daybreak, half of the houses in Jinling were empty.

In the mansion of Duke Dingguo, the wife of the Duke was sitting alone in the room.

A few days ago, the Duke's wife divided the family property.

As early as the day Duke Dingguo left Jinling, the Duke's wife had already thought about dividing the family property. This was also the last thing she could do for her children.

She persuaded Old Lady Meng and finally put the division of the family on the formal agenda.

These days, she has been checking the account books and selling off her property. Everything that can be sold has been quietly converted into gold.

However, those houses and properties were difficult to sell, so she had to change hands several times, so that at least on the surface they seemed to have no connection with the Jing family.

After all this was done, the Duke's wife invited the official from the government office to her home and asked him to temporarily stop

In order to publicize the division of the Duke's Mansion and fearing that the official might not keep it secret, the Duke's wife invited the official's daughter to the mansion to "keep her company" as her own daughter.

Therefore, such a big event as the division of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion happened silently and did not cause any waves in the city of Jinling.

The Duke's wife also prepared a generous dowry for her daughter Jing Shanshan, and even gave a valuable dowry to the daughter of the official who came to accompany her.

The eldest son has the title of prince, and he must stay in the capital to face everything, but one of his sons will leave Jinling with his uncles, hide his identity, and start a new life.

As for her daughter Jing Shanshan, the Lady of the Duke had originally arranged a marriage for her with her own nephew. But now, apart from her own family, the Lady of the Duke had no place to entrust her daughter.

But Jing Shanshan disagreed. She didn't want to marry her cousin. Her eyes sparkled: "Mom, I want to join the army, Ran Jun!"

The Duke's wife was shocked: "Are you crazy? No!"

Jing Shanshan shook her head: "Mom, I've thought about it for a long time. No matter which family I marry into, no matter how much dowry I have, in their eyes, I am a person without a family to rely on. Rather than that, it's better not to marry, but I can't stand the old Buddha, so I thought about it and decided that joining the army is the best for me."

The Duchess’s head was buzzing. How could her daughter join the army?
"But the army is not safe either. Once your identity is discovered, you..."

The Duke's wife couldn't even imagine such a situation.

Jing Shanshan's eyes were firm: "If I can't find out, it's my luck. If I can find out, it's my fate. I accept it."

The Duke's wife burst into tears. The man was only somewhat happy when his eldest son was born, and he didn't even glance at his subsequent children.

Now that he's in trouble, the children are going to be implicated by him.

The Duke's wife became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. Suddenly she said, "Break off the relationship, break off the relationship with him!"

Although Duke Dingguo is no longer here, Old Lady Meng is still here.

The wife of the Duke took her daughter to see Old Lady Meng. Old Lady Meng was over 90 years old and had always been in good health. However, ever since Duke Ding placed the emperor under house arrest, Old Lady Meng fell ill. Until now, she has been in a daze for seven or eight hours a day.

"Grandfather, I beg you, please sign the severance agreement for my husband and let my daughter leave the Jing family!"

Old Lady Meng was stunned. She looked at her great-granddaughter, then at the Duke's wife, and asked, "Broken engagement? What kind of relationship do you want to break with, young lady?"

"Grandfather, I want to join the army. Ran Jun, I want to serve under the command of Master He."

Old Lady Meng smiled and said, "Master He, yes, yes, and Lady Jinxiu, I will write you a letter. You take the letter and go to Lady Jinxiu to ask her to teach you how to shoot. When your shooting skills are better than hers, you can go to see Master He. Master He loves to drink and can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk."

Jing Shanshan's eyes lit up. Did the ancestor agree?

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Old Lady Meng said, "Take the ruby ​​headpiece from my storeroom. This is what I prepared for Lady Jinxiu. That Lu Zhong has no merits except his good looks. Why did Lady Jinxiu fall for him?"

Jing Shanshan swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth with difficulty. Madam Jinxiu, Li Jinxiu, already had a great-grandson.

The ancestor is confused again.

"Grandfather, now that my great-granddaughter has severed her marriage, she can go find Madam Jinxiu."

Old Lady Meng asked, "Who do you want to break off the relationship with?"

"My father, Jing Chongguang." Jing Shanshan said.

Old Lady Meng looked puzzled: "Who is Jing Chongguang? I don't know him."

Jing Shanshan followed her mother and walked out of Old Lady Meng's yard dejectedly.

That night, the news of the fall of Yangzhou reached Jinling. Only Yangzhou had been lost, but there was no news about Duke Dingguo. The Duke's wife sneered, "He abandoned the city. He became a deserter!"

The children stayed by her side. The Duke's wife said, "He may have returned to Jinling by now. You should leave tonight, right away!"

"Mom, please come with us," said the sons.

The Duke's wife's gaze fell on Jing Shanshan. What she was most worried about was her youngest daughter.

"I will go out of the city with you. After we leave the city, Shanshan and I will go to Nanny Chen's house in Suzhou to take shelter temporarily. After you settle down, write a letter to Nanny Chen to let her know that you are safe."

Nanny Chen was the maid who came with the Duke's wife as a dowry and had been with her for decades. A few days ago, the Duke's wife transferred one of her private properties in Suzhou to Nanny Chen's son.

Of the four sons, except for the eldest son who stayed in Jinling to take care of Madam Meng, the other three sons went their separate ways.

That night, the wife of Duke Dingguo and her three children quietly left Jinling City, mixed in with a group of carriages leaving the city.

Even if they had not severed their relationship, they would no longer be members of the Jing family after this departure.

They have a new identity.

The wife of the Duke, no, now she is the widowed woman named Li who has come to live with her relatives. Jing Shanshan's new name is Shen Yao. Her late father was a scholar who had failed in the imperial examinations many times. Although the family has some wealth, the war has left the widow and orphan with nowhere to go, so they can only come to live with their relatives.

Li was not wrong. When the news of the fall of Yangzhou City reached Jinling, Duke Dingguo was already sitting in the temporary imperial palace.

There was a young man beside him. If Jing Laosan were here, he would be shocked.

Because this young man is almost exactly like him.

Duke Dingguo looked at him lovingly and said, "I will let him pass the throne to you. You can ascend the throne tomorrow."

Undoubtedly, the "he" mentioned by Duke Dingguo was the imprisoned emperor.

Although the emperor's origin and character were full of blemishes, he was still the emperor as long as he was on the throne.

He is different from Min Man. Min Man was deposed, as evidenced by the royal family.

The emperor was not deposed, he was just imprisoned.

The young man was surprised: "But now the Ran army is about to attack Jinling, what's the point of me ascending the throne at this time?"

Duke Dingguo smiled and said, "Why is it useless? We still have hundreds of thousands of troops and can support a court for you."

Stars flickered in the young man's eyes. After a long moment, he slowly nodded.

The next day, Duke Dingguo sent someone to notify all royal relatives, nobles, and officials above the third rank in Nanjing to attend the court.

But what Duke Dingguo did not expect was that less than half of the people came. However, Duke Dingguo soon learned that many carriages left the city last night.

Duke Dingguo suppressed his anger and decided that now was not the time to fall out with these people.

Fortunately, all his team members arrived, even the Earl of Yan'an, who he had used and thrown aside.

The Earl of Yan'an is still stupid.

What Duke Dingguo didn't know was that although the Earl of Yan'an had come, his wife had already left Jinling with her adopted grandson a few days ago, boarded a ship in Zhenjiang, and crossed the river to the north.

The reason why I chose to go north was because of the good relationship that Lady Yan'an had established in the past.

Ever since Jinghong Tower helped her find her enemy, she and Lu Chang have become close friends regardless of their age difference.

This time, the wife of the Earl of Yan'an insisted on taking her grandson to the capital, and the Earl of Yan'an did not stop her. He had been played for a fool by the Duke of Dingguo, so what was there for him to be upset about? Although this grandson was not his biological son, he was registered under his name, so he was his grandson. He had already been a fool, so couldn't he leave a descendant for himself?
So now, the Earl of Yan'an is standing in the court, and he looks like a big fool who can be used by others at any time.

Several members of the royal family who had some status also came, and Duke Dingguo was very satisfied.

He waved his hand, and a eunuch stepped forward and presented the emperor's abdication edict.

When Duke Dingguo finished reading the imperial edict, there was total silence in the hall, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

The Earl of Yan'an could not help but ask loudly, "Who will the throne be passed to?"

If it were any other time, someone would have definitely criticized the Earl of Yan'an for being disrespectful, but now, except for those who already knew the inside story, most people were like him, wanting to ask who to pass the throne to.

Duke Dingguo smiled slightly and looked towards the door.

A young man in a dragon robe walked in, surrounded by a dozen guards.

Duke Dingguo stepped forward, lifted his robe and knelt down: "Long live the emperor!"

This is the new emperor, Zhou Kun!

Facing the court officials, Zhou Kun was calm and composed: "My grandfather was the former crown prince Zhou Dong, and my biological father was a posthumous child. I am the only descendant of the former crown prince, and Xiao Zhao Wang Zhou Jian is a fake."

The whole hall was in an uproar.

The Earl of Yan'an laughed loudly and said, "We have long guessed that Zhou Jian is a fake, but Zhou Jian is a fake, so are you the real one?

How could the former crown prince have a posthumous child given his situation? Are you here for fun?
Lord, why do I think this new emperor looks exactly like your Jing Lao San? Could this be Jing Lao San? Are you letting your illegitimate son pretend to be a descendant of the royal family?

"My Lord, you are really smart. You can even think of this method?"

Before the Earl of Yan'an finished speaking, the guards following Zhou Kun surrounded him. The Earl of Yan'an shrank his neck and said, "What? Are you trying to kill a chicken to scare the monkey? Lord, you don't think that by killing me, you can shut up the world?

Tsk tsk tsk, even if all the civil and military officials in the court shut up, there is still He Ran. Do you think He Ran will believe it?"

Of course I wouldn’t believe it, He Ran still has the little Prince Zhao in her hands.

Duke Dingguo narrowed his eyes, his murderous intent immediately apparent.

Earl Yan'an stood there carelessly, with his arms folded and his legs crossed, looking very carefree.

What am I afraid of?

I don’t even have a biological son, and my only grandson has been sent to the capital. I’m penniless and a bachelor now. What can you do to me?
"If you have the guts, just chop me up. I've left a scar the size of a bowl on my head. I'm just putting my words here, Duke Dingguo, you're so bold that you let your bastard pretend to be a descendant of the royal family and even let him be the emperor. Bah!
Royal relatives present here, you all have the surname Zhou after all. Are you just going to watch the royal bloodline being mixed up?
This is not as good as the previous one. Although that person is a descendant of Zhou Tong, his surname is also Zhou. But this kid named Zhou Kun in front of him has nothing to do with the surname Zhou.

His surname is Jing, he is the third son of Jing, the illegitimate son of Duke Dingguo and some wild woman."

Before he could finish his words, a long sword pierced into Earl Yan'an's chest!

Duke Dingguo drew out his sword, and blood splattered on his robe. Earl Yan'an opened his eyes wide, as if he would never believe until his death that Duke Dingguo would really kill him.

Suddenly, a member of the royal family said loudly: "Your Majesty, I, Zhou Jinglong, beg you to ascend the throne. Long live the emperor!"

After a brief silence, all the civil and military officials in the court shouted "Long live the dragon", and Duke Dingguo personally helped Zhou Kun sit on the dragon throne.

Who could have known that Princess Huishan gave birth to twins. (End of this chapter)