Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 448 You are the emperor during the day, and I am the...

"say no more!"

Zhan Doudou said with determination: "I am the emperor of Qi. I will bear the responsibility for the crimes committed by the Zhan family against the northern barbarians. As long as you can spare my sisters and my mother's family, you can do anything to me."

"Beanie!"

Just as the Queen Mother was about to reprimand her, Chu Pingsheng slapped her in the face, and pulled his future mother-in-law off the couch.

"you you……"

Chu Pingsheng walked over, stepped on her shoulders, and said like a mountain king: "I what? Do you still think you are the Queen Mother of Qi? I killed the old lady of Qing with one sword, and Li Yunqian dared not even fart. Killing you... do you think I will be soft-hearted? Ha, you don't know, the old thing was so white when he climbed naked from the bedroom to the steps outside the palace... I wonder if you are whiter than her."

Uesugi Tiger, Shen Zhong, Zhan Doudou...

These people all had shocked expressions, as they were very angry because Qing had previously accused Ku He of killing the Queen Mother and sending troops to Northern Qi, saying that this was a false accusation. It turned out...the Queen Mother of Qing was killed by Master Bai Feng and his apprentice, and Li Yunqian even used his mother's death to stir up public anger and send troops to Northern Qi.

"Queen Mother!"

Shen Zhong let out a tragic roar and was about to rush forward to fight, but Chu Pingsheng swung his palm knife and a human head flew up into the sky. The bleeding headless corpse fell in front of the Empress Dowager, scaring her so much that her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Zhan Doudou quickly stepped forward, pushed Chu Pingsheng away, helped her mother up from the ground, and looked at her with tears in her eyes.

Chu Pingsheng bent slightly and cut off the crown on her head with one palm. Her black hair fell down and hung in front of her chest.

"Li Li didn't lie to me. The foundation is really good."

He pinched her chin and lifted it up: "From now on, you, Haitang, and Lili are still sisters. Haha, I actually took care of you all."

After saying that, he turned around and left with his hands behind his back.

"From now on, the treatment of the Zhan family's royal family and relatives will remain unchanged. In front of the ministers and in the court, you are still the emperor and she is still the empress dowager. As for whether I will take action against your sisters, it depends on whether you, a woman who is used to being an emperor, know how to serve a man. If you don't, you can learn from your good sister Si Lili."

The person left, but the voice was clearly heard by everyone in the hall.

This was very domineering, but no one could say anything because he had the capital to be domineering. He could chop off heads with a wave of his sword and was invincible under the Grand Master. And his master Bai Feng had just killed Si Gu Jian and Ku He, one dead and one injured.

puff!
There was a sound of a sharp object entering flesh.

Zhan Doudou looked in the direction of the sound and saw the chief eunuch Wang Youen take out a dagger from Shen Zhong's hand and stab it into his heart. Then he leaned back and died happily.

He was neither Chu Pingsheng's servant nor Shang Shanhu's confidant. How could he survive knowing the secret that Zhan Doudou was a girl? So he might as well just send himself off.

Haitang Duoduo looked up at the sky and sighed heavily.

Si Lili blindfolded her brother and prevented him from looking at the bodies of Shen Zhong and Wang Youen, even though he was already sixteen or seventeen years old and old enough to start a family.

……

In the southeast of Shangjing City, the traces left by Si Gu Jian's sword energy are still clearly visible. The crown of a six or seven meter high boxwood tree on the south side was cut off, and the cut was smooth and flat without a single burr.

Taoist He walked around the fallen branches that were blocking his steps and walked forward less than ten feet. He retracted his foot, slowly turned around, and looked to the right. He saw a man standing behind a boxwood tree covered with scars. He had a sturdy build, a square face, and a pair of very bright eyes.

"Sean..."

"good."

Sand, sand, sand.

Sean walked forward step by step, his black shoes trampling the dead leaves.

"I heard that you are Chen Pingping's man."

Clang.

He Daoren drew his sword and said, "Do you think you can be my opponent with your current strength?"

Seeing Shangshan Hu and Chu Pingsheng leading their troops into the city, Bai Feng drifted away, and Haitang Duoduo also left the tower. He knew that his identity as a spy had been exposed, and there was no point in staying in Shangjing. He whispered a few words to Fan Xian and then left the city gate, ready to avoid the limelight. Who knew...

Sean paused and slowly took out the machete behind him. A branch as thick as a thumb exploded under his feet.

"Then you can try it." Whoosh!
A strong wind blew, fallen leaves flew everywhere, and Sean turned into a gray shadow and approached Taoist He. The light and shadow of the machete in his hand were flying everywhere, and the wind from the knife swept up countless broken leaves and dirt, which collided continuously with Taoist He's sword.

The tinkling sounds are endless.

About half an incense stick later.

With a loud roar, He Daoren, who had a shoulder injury, was hit on the inside of his knee by the machete that he had just used to cut down a tree as thick as a bowl. Blood spurted out immediately, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Sean used his backhand to pick up the weapon that He Daoren was sweeping back with, and with a ding, the long sword turned a few times and sank into the black soil with a rotten smell with a hiss, half a foot deep.

huh... huh... huh...

Even though he was seriously injured, sweating profusely, and gasping for breath, He Daoren still had that deathly face.

"Your power has actually returned?"

"Yes."

Sean raised his knife and slashed, and a head rolled to the ground.

"This is my first gift to Chen Pingping. I hope he will like it."

Sean walked over, grabbed He Daoren's hair, lifted up the bloody head and walked towards Shangjingcheng.

……

Fan Xian didn't know what happened in the palace. Wang Qinian relied on his lightness skills to sneak in from the Zhongwu Gate in the north, but before he got close to the palace, he was discovered by a white ape, who broke his right leg with a palm. Fortunately, the ape showed mercy at the last moment and did not kill him. The eunuchs sent him back to the post station. From then on, the members of the delegation did not dare to act rashly.

At the same time, a fire broke out in the Zhangjiadian Oil Mill, and everything was burned to ashes - Yan Bingyun asked Gao Da to set it loose in Shangjing City.

The four gates in the east, south, west and north were opened for about half a cup of tea. At most a few hundred people escaped, and then they were taken over by the soldiers under Uesugi Tiger and closed again.

The people on the streets also returned home under the soft and hard tactics of the Wucheng Bingmasi and Jinyiwei.

If we were to say who was the calmest in the entire Shangjing City before and after the incident, it would be Zhuang Mohan. After his marriage proposal failed, he returned home and buried his head in the book left to him by Chu Pingsheng. As for who would win or lose the battle between the grandmasters, or whether the Northern Qi Dynasty would change, it had nothing to do with him. At sunset, the book boy Xu told him that a man named Sean was visiting, and only then did he force himself to shift his attention away from the "Analects of Confucius".

After a day of turmoil, the situation in Shangjing City returned to stability.

The next morning, the ministers who had been visited by the new eunuch the night before, as well as the commanders of the three major camps of the East, West and North Imperial Guards stationed outside the capital, also attended the court meeting.

The empress dowager is still the empress dowager, and the emperor is still the emperor. However, since the end of the war with Qing Kingdom, Uesugi Tora was transferred back to Shangjing and appointed to a casual position. He was not only given the title of Special Advancement Ronglu Doctor, but also was appointed as the Grand Commander of Qi State, in charge of the Five Military Commandery. All the garrisons in the capital are under his jurisdiction, and his authority is even greater than when he was in the border army sequence.

Shen Zhong died, the eunuch Wang Youen died, and the guest official He Daoren died. To use Zhan Doudou's description, they were "executed". The reason why Northern Qi failed in the battle with Southern Qing was because Shen Zhong and He Daoren, who was highly regarded by her and the Queen Mother, sold out the intelligence of Qi's border troops. The eunuch Wang Youen also played an important role in it, and often slandered them to him and the Queen Mother, causing the two of them to wrongly blame the general Shangshan Hu who was loyal to the country. These three people can be said to have disrupted the government and committed heinous crimes.

These three people also formed an alliance with the second prince of Nanqing Kingdom. After Lang Tao's death, they even planned to kidnap the empress dowager and the emperor, control the palace from inside, control the capital from outside, and command the army. Fortunately, General Uesugi Tiger and his adoptive father Sean, who was good at intelligence analysis, saw through the conspiracy of Shen Zhong and others, and launched an action to defend the king at a critical moment. They smashed the evil alliance of the three people in one fell swoop, saved the empress dowager and the emperor from danger, and saved the Qi court from collapse. They can be said to have devoted their lives to the cause and made great contributions.

Considering that Sean was a powerful man who was as famous as Chen Pingping of the Qing State Supervisory Council, Zhan Doudou suggested that he replace Shen Zhong and take the position of the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei.

Although it was against the rules for him to go from a Nanqing prisoner to a second-rank official, no one objected because everyone knew that whoever objected at this moment would have his entire family exterminated.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that with Uesugi Tora in charge of the army and Sean in charge of the secret service, no one in the entire Qi State could challenge the father and son.

Finally, Zhan Doudou issued a self-criticism edict, admitting in court his mistake of failing to supervise the personnel he employed, which almost destroyed the foundation laid by his ancestors. After that, he appeased the officials with kind words and announced his withdrawal from court.

There was no change in the situation, except that the people sitting in two key positions moved, and three dogs died. Everything in Shangjing City was normal. The person who sold buns yesterday was still selling buns today, the person who carried manure yesterday was still carrying manure today, and the person who sold smiles in the brothel last night was still selling smiles in the brothel today.

Of course, although life goes on as usual, everyone knows that some things have changed, but they have become smoother and there has been no turbulence.

Come to think of it, Shangshanhu was originally the god of war of Northern Qi, a great general, and had a high prestige in the army. Who would dare to disobey him as the Grand Commander? Xiao En was even more notorious as the head of the former dynasty's secret service. Some old Jinyiwei had worked under him, so it was easy for him to take over Jinyiwei.

As for the civil officials, they were all quite contented. After all, Zhan Doudou still sat on the throne and the Queen Mother was still the Queen Mother. For these people, whether they were really full of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism or just shouted them as slogans, as long as the sky did not change, they could live on.

At that time, Chu Pingsheng was shouting that he wanted the mother and son of the Zhan family to get out. Why didn't he say so? The answer to this question was soon revealed, because the Queen Mother announced that a wedding would be held for the Emperor and Si Lili in three days, and a wedding would be held for Chu Pingsheng and the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi in seven days.

"Rumor" claims that it was the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi who was kind-hearted and magnanimous. She plotted against Chu Pingsheng in front of him. It was the brothers Zhan Qingfeng and Zhan Mingyue who committed atrocities against the northern barbarians. Now Zhan Qingfeng is dead and Zhan Mingyue was killed by Bai Feng. This hatred can be said to have been avenged. The Queen Mother and the Emperor were usually very kind to her. As a human being, she should be grateful and repay kindness. She hoped that he would not cause turmoil in Qi and spare the descendants of the Zhan family for the sake of his fiancée and the well-being of the people.

Finally, Master Bai Feng and his apprentice agreed to her request, and the Zhan family was able to maintain their rule and the State of Qi was saved from collapse.

(End of this chapter)