Great Han Empire

Chapter 732
In mid-June, Fu Wan, the emperor's patriarch, rushed to Jinyang from Xuzhou with his family.

Fu Wan is a native of Dongwu in Langya, after Fu Zhan (zhan), a famous minister of ZTE.The Fu family is a family of Confucianism, famous for studying the "Book of Songs".Since Emperor Xiaowu, famous Confucianists and officials in the family have emerged in endlessly.Fu Zhan's father, Fu Li, was once the teacher of Emperor Xiaocheng.Fu Zhan used to be the Grand Situ of Emperor Guangwu, Marquis of Yangdu, and was very much relied on by Emperor Guangwu.

Fu Wuji, the fifth grandson of Fu Zhan, was a master of Confucianism in this dynasty.In the first year of Yonghe, he and Yilang Huang Jing collated the "Five Classics", various schools of thought and arts.Later, he co-authored "Han Ji" with Huang Jing, Cui Shi (read shi. Cui Shi is Cui Lie's cousin) and others.His daughter is a noble person who is filial to the emperor.His son, Fu Zhi, was once an official to Da Si Nong.

Fu Wan is the grandson of Fu Wuji, and his wife is Princess Yang'an, the daughter of the filial emperor.His daughter is today's queen.

The Fu family is not only a famous Confucianist for generations, but also a high-ranking official for generations, and they are also relatives of the emperor, and their family status is extremely prominent.

When Fu Wan and his wife arrived in Jinyang, the eldest princess rushed to meet her aunt and uncle in person outside Jinyang city, and the emperor and queen also came out of Jinyang Palace to meet them, with very generous etiquette.

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As early as when Emperor Xiaoling was about to kill He Jin, Fu Wan felt that the situation was not right, so he took his wife back to his hometown to avoid disaster.

After Fude arrived in Jinyang, he knew that sooner or later the imperial army would cross the south of the river to fight the rebellion, and the war in the Central Plains would continue for many years, and his family was a relative of the emperor, so he could easily be taken hostage by a traitor, so he hurriedly dispatched his cronies to Langya with letters, Please father move his family to Hebei as soon as possible to avoid any accidents.

At this time, Tian Kai was attacking Kong Rong in Beihai, and Liu Bei's army in Xuzhou was also gathering in Langya County, and there were flames of war in the Qing and Xu areas.Dongwu City is at the junction of Beihai and Langya counties. Once Kong Rong is defeated, Dongwu will suffer, and Fu Wan is worried about this.The death of the former Taiwei Cao Song is a bloody lesson.

Just in time, Volde's letter arrived.Fu Wan was overjoyed, and immediately moved to Hebei with his family without hesitation.Instead of going by land, he took a boat to Bohai County by sea, and then from Bohai County to Jinyang.

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Fu Wan saw many familiar faces and met many friends in Jizhou and Jinyang, and he was in a very good mood. However, after eating a meal in Jinyang Palace, he was in a very bad mood.

On that day, the emperor entertained Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an in the palace.Princess Changping was not present because she was not fit.In front of Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an, the Son of Heaven recounted his situation, "My words didn't count in the past because the rebellion controlled the government. Now my words don't count because my sister controls the government. I think Restoring the system of five-class titles, so as to appease the officials of various states and counties as soon as possible to stabilize the world, but my sister disagrees. My sister insists on fighting, killing rebels, and killing people. I want to send troops to rescue Kong Rong, but my sister also disagrees. Kong Rong is defeated, and I have lost faith in the world, how can I build up my prestige?"

The emperor grumbled for a while, and then said: "My sister is doing it for my own good, and she wants to keep my country. I know this, but my sister is too domineering. She treats me like a three-year-old child, and beats me as soon as she raises her hand. I just can't bear to scold. I'm already 15 years old, I've been crowned, and I'm an adult. Why can't I do a few things I want to do? I don't even have the right to save a minister now. What is the meaning of my being the emperor?"

"In the past, I misunderstood the generals, thinking that the generals would control the government like those rebels in Chang'an, but in the end I was wrong. As soon as the court was rebuilt, the generals revised the military system, handed over the army to the court, and recalled many generals to Jin Dynasty. Yang, he simply ran to the desert. Father is right. The general is a loyal minister. It is right for father to entrust the important task of revitalizing the great man to the general before his death. Father is indeed wise, but father probably is not. He would think that his favorite daughter would kick me away and take over the power by herself."

Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an were dumbfounded.The two had heard about the Jinyang court along the way, but they did not expect that the conflict between siblings had developed to such an extent.

"I know that behind the eldest princess, there is a general to support her. The eldest princess came to northern Xinjiang when she was ten years old. She has been growing up under the care of the general. No matter what she did wrong, the general will protect her. Doting on her will not make her suffer a little bit of grievance, but what about me? To whom can I confide my grievances?" The emperor smiled bitterly, "I want to rejuvenate the great man, and I want to keep my ancestors. I am not a faint king. When I arrived in Jinyang, I knew I know the benefits of the New Deal, I know that the generals in northern Xinjiang are loyal ministers, and the officials in Hebei are all virtuous, but what is the use of knowing? In the eyes of my sister, I don’t understand anything, I don’t know anything, I am a subjugated country Little Hunjun. Who knows my suffering?"

Seeing the emperor's tears rolling in her eyes, Princess Yang'an felt sore and wanted to persuade her, but was stopped by Fu Wan's stern gaze.

"I want to take back my own things." The emperor calmed down and said very resolutely, "I want to marry my sister. My sister is 17 years old. If she doesn't get married, I will be laughed at. My sister will marry her." If it is over, she will no longer be able to take charge of state affairs on behalf of Shang Shushi."

The emperor looked at Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an, and said, "My aunt is the elder. I will leave this matter to my aunt."

After Fu Fu's face changed drastically, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, so don't be reckless. The role of the eldest princess in the court is not just as simple as being in charge of state affairs, she is a buffer between the court and Hebei. Her Fate will be directly related to the fate of the country. Even if His Majesty sacrifices the eldest princess's marriage, you must keep the eldest princess in the court."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and his face suddenly showed anger, "You mean, the general is not trustworthy?"

"The loyalty of the general is of course trustworthy, but the loyalty of the general is not the loyalty to your majesty, but the loyalty to the great Han society. Once the power checks and balances in the court are broken, and once the life and power of the general are threatened, The general is bound to fight back, to rebuild the check and balance of power, and even simply follow the example of 'Yi Yin and Huo Guang' and monopolize the power, so what guarantees His Majesty's life and power?"

The emperor sneered, "Is there any power check and balance in the court now? How can I see that my sister is the only one who keeps her word? My sister said that I can't save Kong Rong. My imperial decree is a beautiful piece of satin. Is this what the general wants to see?" Power checks and balances? I am now a waste, the court is a decoration, only my sister is powerful, how do you explain it?"

Fu Wan was speechless.He really couldn't explain what happened to the Jinyang court.

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Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an dared not disobey the emperor's oral order.Fu Wan couldn't stop regretting it. If he had known this before, he might as well have stayed in Handan. This is asking for trouble.

He cursed at Volde.Fude said that the ministers of the court and the generals of northern Xinjiang are also very dissatisfied with the eldest princess.

Official titles and feudal titles are things that everyone dreams of.After all, the official position of the imperial court is limited, and the wealth is very scarce. Many people have made meritorious deeds, but they have neither been promoted nor rewarded, and they are very dissatisfied.Everyone was very happy when they heard that the imperial court wanted to increase the title, but the eldest princess said a word, and the joy was in vain.

There is also the matter of sending troops.What do generals rely on to build meritorious deeds?fight.The eldest princess refused to send troops on the pretext of poor wealth in Hebei, which cut off the chance for the generals in northern Xinjiang to make contributions. Of course, everyone has opinions.

Fu Wan is dubious.Don't lie to me.Once this kind of thing is not handled well, it will be a disaster for the extermination of the clan.Do you know how many royal relatives and relatives have been buried in random graves during the hundreds of years of this dynasty?
Volde patted his chest to assure that nothing would happen.The general's reputation in northern Xinjiang is very good. Apart from being merciless towards corrupt officials, there is no precedent for killing a minister by using his authority.In addition, everyone in Hebei knows that the eldest princess likes the general, and this is not a good thing for the general.If the emperor can marry the eldest princess and relieve the danger of the general, the general must be grateful.

Although Fu Wan is old, decades of political experience told him that this matter is not as simple as his son said.

Now the power of the great Han is not controlled by the emperor, but by the emperor, the imperial court, and Hebei respectively, and the eldest princess is the one who plays a mediating and buffering role.

The eldest princess is the elder sister of the emperor.The eldest princess and many ministers in the court are in teacher-student relationship or affiliation relationship, and they have deep feelings for each other.The eldest princess grew up gradually under the care of the generals in northern Xinjiang.The great cause of ZTE requires strength, and the integration of strength requires the eldest princess.If the power in the hands of the eldest princess is deprived, the incident in Chang'an will surely repeat itself.At that time, even if the general does not want to monopolize the power.Dong Zhuo and his subordinates now have no bones left, this is a bloody lesson.A general may not care about his own life or death, but his subordinates must care about their own lives.As soon as the eldest princess fell, the Jinyang court collapsed.

The Son of Heaven was used by others. Although this 15-year-old boy survived the chaos in Chang'an for many years, his mind is still that of a 15-year-old boy. His understanding of the community and power is far from mature.

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Fu Wan didn't tell any of the ministers about it. He and Princess Yang'an were thinking hard at home.

A family worthy of Princess Changping must be an extremely prominent family.There are currently only five such families in Hebei.One is the Ma family in Guanzhong, a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan, who is related to the royal family by marriage, but the Tai Fu Ma Rizun has just died, and there is a big funeral in the family, so it is not suitable to propose a marriage.One is the Yang family of Hongnong, the descendant of the former Taiwei Yang Zhen, four generations and four princes, but the Yang family is related to the rebellious Yuan clan for generations, and the wife of the current Da Sikong Yang Biao is the sister of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, which is of course inappropriate .One is the Xu family from Runan, descendants of Xu Shen, a master of Confucian classics, but since the Luoyang mutiny, Situ Xu Xiang was killed, the Xu family has lost its former status.Xu Shao's descendants are not worthy of the eldest princess.One is the Cui family in Jizhou, the descendants of Cui Yi, a master scholar. Although the Cui family has a long history and many disciples, except for Cui Lie from Zengguan to Taiwei, there has never been a senior official above the three princes in the family.The descendants of the Cui family are also not worthy of the eldest princess.

The last family is the Wang family of Jinyang, the descendants of Wang Ba, a famous minister of ZTE.The royal family has been a noble family for generations.The former Lord Situ Wang Yun was extremely loyal and fierce. He once planned to kill the rebellious Dong Zhuo, which was a great favor to the current emperor.The Wang family is the number one clan in northern Xinjiang, they have helped the general a lot, and they are regarded as the heroes of northern Xinjiang.The wives of several civil and military officials in northern Xinjiang are all from the royal family.Today, there are descendants of the Wang family in the court and in the Sangong Mansion.

If the eldest princess married into the royal family, the emperor would of course agree, and the general would not have any objections. It is estimated that the ministers of the court and the former officials of northern Xinjiang would also accept it. It should be a happy thing for everyone.

"Doing this may harm the Wang family." Princess Yang'an frowned and said anxiously.The eldest princess is over 40 years old, graceful and luxurious, with still charming charm, and she speaks softly and slowly.

"The relationship between the Wang family and the general is extraordinary." Fu Wan was also worried, not sure at all, "Whether the eldest princess can marry or not, the decision does not rest with your majesty, nor with the eldest princess, but with the general. In my opinion, only The Wang family, the general will reluctantly agree."

"You mean..." Princess Yang'an hesitated to speak.

"The Son of Heaven has no foundation in Hebei, so he has to rely on the Eldest Princess, but the conflict between the Son of Heaven and the Eldest Princess is getting deeper and deeper. At this time, the only way to ease the conflict between them is to marry the Eldest Princess, and force the Eldest Princess to give up part of it. Authority." Fu Wan explained, "In this way, the Son of Heaven can be the master. He has achieved his goal, of course he is satisfied, and the court can also benefit from it. The power of the Han Dynasty is still in check and balance, and it has not violated the original intention of the General. As for Princess Eldest, because she married a force in Northern Xinjiang, the power still exists, so it will not threaten the interests of the general and Hebei."

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Wang Rou was like a thunderbolt, she was dumbfounded on the spot.

The current head of the Wang family is Wang Chen, the son of former Situ Wang Yun.The two elders of the Wang family, Wang Rou and Wang Ze, served as the leveling order of the Dasinong Mansion in the court, and the other served as the governor of Youzhou.Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an invited Wang Rou to the mansion to discuss the matter with him quietly.Fu Wan meant to marry the eldest princess to Wang Chen.

Wang Rou knelt down on the ground, kowtowed, and cried bitterly, "Your Highness, my lord, the Wang family is so poor that I can't afford it. For the sake of my brother Wang Yun's death for the country, you will spare us." Wang family, leave a way out for our Wang family."

Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an were taken aback, one left and one right rushed to help him.Wang Rou was really in a hurry, her forehead was dripping with blood, and she refused to get up.

"Brother Shuyou, aren't we discussing with you?" After Fu Wan patted Wang Rou's shoulder, he said heartbrokenly, "Get up quickly. What are you doing?"

Wang Rou lay on the ground and cried in despair: "Since you have proposed marriage, of course you have already discussed it with His Majesty. Brother, I am sorry for your loyalty to Your Majesty, and you swore to serve the country to the death, but in the end you ended up with a broken family. The Wang family is over, it's over... ..."

"Shu You, what are you howling?" Fu Wan got angry, and gave him a smack on the head, "Your Majesty doesn't know about this yet."

"Really?" Wang Rou rolled over and got up, ecstatic, "You didn't lie to me?"

"I didn't lie to you. Your Majesty really doesn't know about this." Princess Yang'an smiled wryly, "You are so impatient at this age. If you want to cry, you have to wait for us to finish talking."

"Okay, okay, okay..." Wang Rou took a long breath and shouted with lingering fear, "False alarm, false alarm."

"What are you afraid of?" Fu Wan scolded angrily, "I just said a word, and you made a fuss for a long time."

"My lord, it's fine if the Son of Heaven doesn't change things. Why did you meddle in this matter when you first arrived in Jinyang?" Wang Rou plopped down on the ground and wiped the blood from her forehead with her sleeve, "You haven't been to Chang'an, if you go After passing through Chang'an, you will know why people in Northern Xinjiang, including me, believe in the General. Although the General is a good man, he is also a ferocious leopard. If you push him into a hurry, he will tear you to pieces."

"You think I'm willing to get involved in this matter?" Fu Wan said angrily, "I can't wait to fly far away now."

Wang Rou shook her head and sighed in a low voice: "The Son of Heaven has gone too far. The situation in Jinyang today was deliberately formed by the general after a lot of effort. It can be said that it is the only way to calm the world as soon as possible. Once it is destroyed, The consequences would be disastrous." Then he forced the emperor to change the official system and take back part of the power that belonged to the three princes. The general had no choice but to push the eldest princess to the middle court to explain the story of the minister.

"The reason is the Son of Heaven. If he can understand Hebei, trust the generals and officials of Hebei, and the monarch and ministers are united, how could this situation happen today." Wang Rou respectfully kowtowed and bid farewell to Princess Yang'an and Fu Wan. , and then rushed out like flying.

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Wang Chen took the post of Dongcao in Da Situ's Mansion.

When Wang Rou found him, he was discussing with Da Situ Zhang Wen and Chang Shi Sangyang.Seeing Wang Rou running in with a pale face, Zhang Wen couldn't help laughing and said, "Uncle, what's the matter? Did you fall off your horse?"

Wang Rou ignored him, and grabbed Wang Chen who was about to ask, "Kneel down quickly and kowtow to Da Situ..." Then he lifted his clothes and knelt down, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.

Zhang Wen and Sang Yang were startled, and hurriedly stood up to help each other.

"Shuyou, what are you doing? What happened?"

"My lord, the Wang family is going to be wiped out, it's going to be wiped out." Wang Rou gritted her teeth and scolded, "After Fu Wan, that old bastard will kill our Wang family as soon as he arrives in Jinyang. The emperor wants to marry the eldest princess, Fu Wan and Yang Anchang The princess actually fell in love with Wang Chen."

"What did you say?" Zhang Wen cried out, "Wang Chen?"

Sangyang looked at Wang Chen in horror.Wang Chen looked terrified, his body trembled involuntarily, and he sat crookedly on the ground.

"My lord, save us quickly, save us quickly..." Wang Rou knelt down a few steps and hugged Zhang Wen's thigh, "No one can save us now except you."

Zhang Wen took a step back, sat heavily on the table, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Oh my God, how could such a thing happen?"

"Hurry up, our Wang family will be doomed if it's too late." Wang Rou said, pointing at Wang Chen with tears streaming down her face, "My elder brother is just such a flesh and blood, you can't just leave him alone."

"My lord, let Wang Chen leave Jinyang and go to the desert." Sangyang rushed to the back of another table, picked up a piece of silk and quickly wrote a few lines, "My lord, stamp the letter and let Wang Chen leaves, leave immediately, otherwise, the Wang family will really be doomed."

Zhang Wen shook his head repeatedly, leaned over and pulled Wang Rou up, "Shuyou, whether the Wang family can be saved depends on whether the general can return to Jinyang in time."

"I know." Wang Rou bowed and said in thanks, "Only the Wang family can leave one, and I will die without regret."

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Impatiently, the emperor called Fu Wan and Princess Yang'an into the palace, and asked if there was a suitable family.

Fu Wan couldn't be forced, so he had no choice but to tell the five prominent families in Hebei, "I don't dare to make a random decision, it's better for your majesty to make a decision."

"Let's go to Jinyang Wang's family." The emperor thought for a while and said, "Back then, if Lord Situ hadn't strategized and killed Dong Zhuo, I might have died. I owe him the kindness I owe him, and I will return it to him."

After Fu Wan's heart sank, he bowed his head and remained silent.Princess Yang'an sighed secretly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, let's ask the princess first. After all, she is old..."

"I am the Son of Heaven of a big man, so it's fine if I can't take charge of state affairs, can't I also be the master of family affairs?" The Son of Heaven said angrily, "I have decided to marry my sister to the Wang family, and to Mr. Wang's son Wang Chen. "

"Your Majesty..." Princess Yang'an fell to her knees and begged in a low voice, "Your Majesty, once the imperial decree is made, it cannot be changed. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

The emperor was helpless, "Auntie, get up quickly, I will invite my sister right away."

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July of the first year of Jian'an (AD 196) of the Han Dynasty.

On the seventh day of July, the emperor held a banquet in the palace to celebrate "Qixi".

The Son of Heaven, Empress Fu, Dong Guiren, Princess Changping, Fu Wan, Princess Yang'an, Fude's family and Dong Cheng's family gathered together for a reunion dinner, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

When the wine was half full, the emperor said with a flushed face, "Today, I have two happy events to announce." Then he stood up and said excitedly, "I have a child."

Empress Fu blushed, extremely shy.Surprised and delighted, everyone knelt down to congratulate each other.

Princess Yang'an and Princess Changping surrounded Empress Fu, asking questions with concern.

"How many months?" Princess Yang'an asked with a smile, "Why haven't I heard from you?"

"It's been more than two months." Empress Fu said in a low voice, "I didn't pay attention to it before, but later I didn't want to eat, so Your Majesty asked the imperial physician to order Mr. Huang Da to come and have a look, and found out that she was pregnant with a child."

"It would be great if it was a boy." Princess Yang'an said happily.

"Girls are also good." The emperor looked at Changping Princess and smiled, "Like my sister, who can be civilized and martial, whoever gets married is a blessing."

"I don't marry, so don't worry about it." Princess Changping laughed.

"How can I do that?" Princess Yang'an patted her shoulders lovingly, "When a girl grows up, she will marry and have children. If you don't marry, where will you put the face of the emperor's younger brother? what?"

The emperor laughed, touched his face and said: "I married my sister, my face looks better.

"What's so good about it? Isn't it still a small face, can it grow up suddenly?" Princess Changping pursed her lips and smiled.

"Hmm..." the emperor shook his head and said, "I will know the result when I marry my sister." Then he said loudly: "The second happy event I want to announce is that my sister is getting married."

The house was instantly silent.Everyone looked at Princess Changping in unison.

Princess Changping frowned, although there was still a smile on her face, there was anger in her eyes.She looked at the emperor intently, and the emperor looked at her with a smile, and said it again word by word, "I have decided, I can't delay my sister's happiness, I plan to marry my sister to the Jinyang Wang family, former Master Situ Wang Yun Son Wang Chen."

The silence in the house was breathless.

Princess Changping's eyes became more and more fierce, and the emperor showed no sign of weakness, his small eyes were almost narrowed, "Sister, I have already drawn up the imperial decree, and it will be delivered to the Wang family tomorrow."

Princess Changping slowly closed her eyes, her face turned red, and suddenly she snorted coquettishly and laughed, "You all know?"

No one in the room made a sound, even Princess Yang'an lowered her head to avoid Princess Changping's eyes.

"Everyone knows except you." The Son of Heaven smiled triumphantly, "This matchmaker, in my opinion, should be done by Da Sima, Da Situ, and Da Sikong. Sister, what do you think?"

"Okay." Princess Changping smiled, "My sister listens to you."

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Late at night, Longshan Camp.

Zhang Yan, the leader of the right general, Jinwu, was awakened by a rush of horseshoes.

The curtain was lifted, and the eldest princess walked in with a long sword in her hand.

Zhang Yan was taken aback, and without waiting to put on her clothes, she turned over and fell to her knees, "Your Highness, forgive me for being rude..."

"What time is it now?" The eldest princess asked in a cold voice with a frosty face.

Zhang Yan replied in a daze, "Your Highness, it's about midnight."

"How long will it take for the iron cavalry in the assembly camp to reach Jinyang?"

"An hour."

"How many cavalry are there in the camp?"

"The general took away the two battalions of Changshui and Huqi, and there are no iron cavalry in the camp."

"What if I want an iron cavalry now?"

Zhang Yan was shocked and didn't speak for a long time.

"What did the general say before he left?"

"I will resolutely obey His Highness's order, and I will never hesitate to die." Zhang Yan said loudly without thinking.

"How many cavalry are there in the camp?"

"The soldiers of the Huben and Yueqi Battalions can mount their horses immediately and follow the princess to kill the enemy."

"Okay, take the two battalions of Huben and Yueqi, and follow me to Jinyang.

Zhang Yan knelt on the ground and did not move, "Your Highness, what happened? Aren't there [-] southern soldiers under Xu Rong in the city?"

"I don't believe them." The eldest princess felt pain in her heart, and she couldn't hold back the tears anymore, "I don't believe them."

Zhang Yan was shocked, and exclaimed loudly: "Your Highness, what happened? Is 1 people enough?"

"Enough." The eldest princess choked with sobs in a low voice, "Arrest all the members of the Jinyang Wang family and Qixian Wang family."

"The Wang family?" Zhang Yan was confused for a while, "Wang Rou, Wang Ze, Wang Chen, Wang Ling, Wang Chang (chang)'s family?"

The Wang family is the number one clan in Northern Xinjiang, and many generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army are inextricably linked to the Wang family.

"Your Highness, what crime did the Wang family commit?" Zhang Yan was very hesitant. If he didn't ask clearly about this matter, if something bad happened, Hebei would be in trouble.

"The Wang family proposed marriage to His Majesty, asking me to marry Wang Chen." The eldest princess said angrily, "What crime do you think the Wang family committed?"

Zhang Yan's soul flew into the sky, "Your Majesty agreed?"

"The imperial decree will be delivered to the Wang family tomorrow morning."

"It's the other way around..." Zhang Yan jumped up in anger, rushed out of the tent a few steps, and roared, "Beat the drum for me..."

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(End of this chapter)