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But the guards around the emperor and the queen all drew their swords, and Prince Huan Zhao Ceying shouted angrily: "Your Majesty is the ruler of the world. Whoever dares to come here, I will kill him and his entire clan."

The soldiers who had surrounded the emperor all stopped in their tracks, looking hesitant. They were not afraid of capturing other people, but the emperor was still the emperor after all, and even the losing party in the fight was not someone they could easily insult.

Seeing that the soldiers were all looking at him, Zhou Chen didn't say anything. He turned his attention to the Queen Mother and showed an expression asking for instructions.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "What are you still standing there for? Capture him."

With the Queen Mother's order, they no longer hesitated and rushed forward ferociously and savagely. Amidst the angry roar of King Huan Zhao Ceying, they controlled him and killed or captured the rest of the guards.

In the end, only the official and the queen were left. Seeing that they were coming, the official roared angrily.

"Don't move me. I am the emperor. Who dares to move me?"

The emperor's deterrent power was still very strong. The soldiers dared not disobey the empress dowager's orders, but they also did not dare to really attack the emperor. If they accidentally hurt him, they could not afford to offend him.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother angrily scolded, "Useless trash."

Then she looked at the two most capable eunuchs around her and ordered, "You go."

These two eunuchs were old servants who had followed her and the late emperor for decades. They were loyal to the empress dowager but not the emperor at all. So when they heard the empress dowager's order, they stepped forward without saying a word and tied up the emperor and the queen with ropes.

"How dare you, you bunch of traitors, rebels, and traitors."

The emperor was tied up by two eunuchs with all their strength. He was so angry that he roared and struggled, but the two eunuchs also tried their best to suppress him. They were different from the soldiers, they were the empress dowager's slaves, and now it was time for them to perform in front of the empress dowager, so naturally they had to use all their strength.

In the end, the great Emperor of the Song Dynasty was tied up by two eunuchs, and even the Queen did not escape. However, the Queen was quite sensible and only had her hands tied.

From then on, the dignified emperor and empress became prisoners.

Zhou Chen watched this scene expressionlessly. Now that the Queen Mother had won, the outcome for the Emperor was self-evident.

He didn't feel uncomfortable at all. He had even rebelled to become emperor, so what was this kind of coup?

The Queen Mother ordered Zhou Chen, "Bring those outside in as well."

"Yes."

Zhou Chen walked out of the Funing Hall and came back soon, but he brought in two men and women who were also tied up.

"Empress Liu."

"Your Majesty, Queen."

The two people who were brought in were Concubine Liu and her brother. The palace coup tonight was planned by them from the beginning, and it was Concubine Liu's brother who led people to attack the Funing Palace.

But just as they were about to attack the Funing Palace and capture the emperor, empress and others, a group of imperial guards suddenly rushed in, and they were defeated and captured without any resistance.

Concubine Liu Guifei came to Funing Hall and saw the situation in the hall. She was stunned for a moment, and then reacted very quickly.

"My Queen Mother, My Queen Mother, I am on your side. Please ask them to let me go."

The Queen Mother looked at her with contempt: "You have colluded with the traitors and committed treason. You are a traitor. I am the Queen Mother. How could I be in the same group with you?"

"Queen Mother."

Concubine Liu looked at the empress dowager in disbelief. The reason she dared to launch a coup was because the empress dowager gave her private support. Otherwise, she would not have the courage.

But she never expected that now that she had accomplished her goal, the Queen Mother would turn against her and not acknowledge her.

She screamed miserably, "Queen Dowager, you said that as long as I help you, you will definitely support my Yong'er. How can you go back on your word, Queen Dowager, Queen Dowager."

The official shouted angrily, "You idiot, bitch, it's all because of you. How could you be so stupid and let others play with you like this, you bitch..."

In fact, Concubine Liu and the Empress Dowager had conspired to commit a coup, and everything was in his plan. But now something went wrong and it was irreversible. He could only vent his anger on Concubine Liu. If she hadn't been so stupid, how could he have ended up in such a situation.

"Queen Mother."

Concubine Liu ignored the emperor's roar and continued to look at the empress dowager with expectant eyes, eager to get her reply.

But the Queen Mother didn't even look at her again. She did support Concubine Liu's rebellion in private, but Concubine Liu was just a chess piece of hers. Now that she had succeeded, this chess piece was useless.

She wanted to help Concubine Liu's son Zhao Yong ascend to the throne, but she absolutely could not tolerate Zhao Yong having a mother. She wanted to be the Grand Empress Dowager, rule the country from behind the curtain, and control all power in the world. The Emperor, the Queen, and Concubine Liu were all obstacles to her, so she would not let any of them go.

"Lock them all in Funing Palace. Don't let any of them go."

Zhou Chen accepted the order and said, "Yes, Madam."

The Queen Mother nodded and ordered: "The city of Bianjing is still in turmoil. You lead your people to quickly suppress the rebellion. Word has spread that Concubine Liu and her brother rebelled and killed the emperor and empress. Prince Huan rose up in resistance but unfortunately died in battle..."

After receiving the Queen Mother's order, Zhou Chen nodded indifferently. The victors are kings and the losers are bandits. History has always been written by the victors.

Afterwards, he ordered his soldiers to stay and cooperate with the Queen Mother, while he left the Funing Palace and led his men to quell the unrest inside and outside the capital.

Although he followed the Queen Mother in launching the coup, he was still unwilling to get involved in killing the Emperor and Empress. Otherwise, if the news got out, it would be extremely disadvantageous to him.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother had no intention of letting him take action and sent him away, so he left without hesitation.

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A few hours later, the sky was getting light and the city of Bianjing, which had been in chaos all night, finally returned to peace, and many places were even quieter than usual.

In the past, all kinds of vendors would set up stalls on the streets before daybreak, but today, there was not a single vendor on the street. The noise last night was so loud that even the nobles were scared to death, let alone the common people.

Who would dare to set up a stall at this time? Even many shops dare not open early in the morning.

In order to control the court, Concubine Liu and her siblings sent people to the homes of officials. However, after Zhou Chen entered the city, he quickly put down the chaos, so except for a few unlucky officials, the rest of the officials were safe.

The grand court meeting still continued, but today's grand court meeting was different from the previous ones. The person who appeared was not the emperor, but the empress dowager who had not appeared in the previous dynasty for a long time.

Shortly after the grand court meeting, something that shocked the world happened.

A palace coup took place last night. The emperor, the empress and the eldest son, Prince Huan Zhao Ceying, were killed by the rebels, leaving only the youngest son Zhao Yong alive.

The empress dowager helped her youngest son Zhao Yong become the crown prince and chose a day for him to ascend the throne. However, because Zhao Yong was still young, the empress dowager had to rule the country from behind the curtain. From then on, the empress dowager had grown another generation older.

The Empress Dowager!

Although everyone knew about the great changes that took place in the capital last night, no one expected that the changes would be so great that even the emperor, empress and eldest prince died, leaving only the youngest prince, Zhao Yong, alive.

The empress dowager, who had already withdrawn from the throne and returned power, unexpectedly reappeared at this time, and was even more powerful than before. Several ministers contradicted her at the court meeting, and she punished them severely. Although this caused a great backlash, no one can shake her position now.

There is only one prince left, the queen is dead, and the empress dowager does not control the government. Can she still rely on a young child?

Therefore, although many officials were dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's behavior, they had to accept it reluctantly, because there was no other way except this method.

After more than a month of stalemate between the Queen Mother and the officials, they finally compromised.

With the help of the empress dowager, Prince Zhao Yong successfully became the sixth emperor of the Song Dynasty. At the age of five, he was also the youngest emperor in the history of the Song Dynasty.

The empress dowager was promoted to the title of Grand Empress Dowager, and once again ruled the country from behind the scenes.

Shortly after the new emperor ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager issued a general amnesty and promoted those who were loyal to her. The first person to be rewarded was Zhou Chen.

Because the Zhao family did not grant titles to kings of different surnames, Zhou Chen's title of Duke was already the highest level, but his position was different. Zhou Chen was named Grand Protector, Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, and Supreme Pillar of the State...

This time, as a result of the Empress Dowager's coup, Zhou Chen not only stood at the top of the military officers, but also obtained the position of Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, which was equivalent to the position of Deputy Prime Minister, so he could be said to have reached the top level in both civil and military positions.

He is the first person in the Song Dynasty to hold such a status. The most important thing is that Zhou Chen is only in his early thirties.

However, after he ascended to a high position, he inevitably aroused the envy of countless people, and many civil servants in the court attacked him.

And those who were originally loyal to the late Emperor Zhao Zongquan also had a bad ending, such as the uncle of the emperor Shen Congxing, General Geng, General Duan, etc.

Almost all the generals died that night. Even the British government, which was married to Shen Congxing, was also affected. Shen Congxing's wife Zhang Guifen returned to the Duke's Palace with her children. The British Duke was ill and never showed up. In the court room.

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Although the Jingguo Mansion has not changed, everyone in Bianjing City knows that the Jingguo Mansion is now the richest family in the Song Dynasty. Every day, there are an endless stream of people sending visiting cards to visit, but Zhou Chen has instructed to refuse the visitors.

Zhou Chen was very clear that although he had helped the Empress Dowager to successfully seize power this time, he had also become a thorn in the eyes of countless people. He didn't know how many people wanted to bring him down, either openly or secretly. Therefore, he must not make any mistakes during this period.

There are some people Zhou Chen can choose not to see, but if there are some people who come to his house, Zhou Chen has to see them.

For example, when Qi Heng and Sheng Minglan came, Zhou Chen had to entertain them.

But during this process, Qi Heng kept a stern face. Even a fool could see that he was very unhappy. He was indeed a person who could not help himself. Even though Minglan pulled him back again and again, he still could not help but explode.

"Brother-in-law, what you did is really against the way of being a minister. The Empress Dowager did this, and you actually helped her to do evil. I..."

Minglan pulled Qi Heng hard, trying to stop him, but failed, and Qi Heng said it all in one breath.

Hua Lan's face suddenly turned ugly. She didn't care what the court said or what outsiders thought of Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen was her husband, and he had led the family to the highest peak. In her heart, Zhou Chen was the most amazing man in the world.

"Sixth sister, Sixth brother-in-law is drunk, you should take him back quickly."

Minglan hurriedly apologized: "Okay, brother-in-law, please don't blame me, I will take him back now."

She was really angry in her heart. In fact, she didn't want to bring Qi Heng here at all, because she knew Qi Heng and knew Qi Heng's character.

But the parents-in-law insisted on letting them come, because Qi Heng was originally the previous emperor's man. After the previous emperor passed away, he was disliked by the Empress Dowager and was directly demoted to the sixth rank.

Qi Heng is the only son of Duke Qi's family. Duke Qi and Princess Pingning are both counting on him to become a talent, so they are very anxious during this period. Princess Pingning even wants to rely on the favor of having been raised by the Empress Dowager and go to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager.

But after going there several times, I only saw him once, and he sent me away before we could even say a few words.

Duke Qi and Princess Ning had no choice. After much deliberation, they could only ask Zhou Chen for help.

Zhou Chen is now the most popular person around the Empress Dowager, the head of the military officers of the Song Dynasty, and one of the most powerful civil officials. With his help, Qi Heng's problem will definitely be solved.

And they have a big advantage, that is, Zhou Chen and Qi Heng are brothers-in-law, so they let Minglan and Qi Heng visit the Duke Jingguo's Mansion.

But they didn't expect that Qi Heng would be so impatient. When he asked someone to do something for him, he ended up offending Zhou Chen by speaking first, and his words were so unpleasant.

"Don't hold me back, I just want to have a good talk with the eldest brother-in-law. Now everyone in the government and the public is saying that he is a sycophant. I remember that eldest brother-in-law, you were not like this before. Why did you do such a rebellious thing this time?"

Qi Heng pushed Minglan away and continued to shout at Zhou Chen indignantly.

"It was you who made me..."

"Shut up."

Zhou Chen suddenly shouted, pointing at Qi Heng and said, "Qi Heng, look at yourself, you are not a child anymore, why do you still look like a child all day long? Whenever things don't go your way, you act like this. I tell you, with your personality, if you don't change, you will never achieve anything in your life. What should you say and what shouldn't you say, go back and think about it carefully."

"Sixth sister, take him back, and tell your parents-in-law that if he continues to behave like this, tell them to just not let him out. Wait until he has figured it out, and then let him out. Otherwise, if he loses control of his mouth one day, it doesn't matter if it hurts you, but don't let the whole family suffer with you."

After saying this, Zhou Chen turned away. He really didn't want to waste words with a kid like Qi Heng who hadn't grown up yet. It was a waste of time.

Seeing that Zhou Chen was angry, Minglan didn't dare to stay any longer and dragged Qi Heng away.

When she returned to the carriage, she yelled at Qi Heng with great dissatisfaction: "What's wrong with you? I told you before I came here. Don't be angry. Brother-in-law, don't be angry. But what about you? What should you do with your parents when you go back now?" Explain?"

Qi Heng hummed, "Just tell the truth. I did nothing wrong. As subjects, we should be loyal to the emperor. But he betrayed the emperor and joined the Empress Dowager. He also caused a palace coup that changed the world. Isn't this treason?"

Minglan sighed. Qi Heng's character and simplicity really made her helpless.

After marrying Qi Heng, she felt very happy in terms of relationship, but there were always some conflicts in life. Most of the time, she had to give in because she knew that Qi Heng was just that kind of person.

"Sir, my brother-in-law is not like you think. If my brother-in-law had intervened from the beginning, the fight between the late emperor and the Empress Dowager would not have lasted so long. I think my brother-in-law must have thought of not helping either side at the beginning, but later the late emperor obviously did not trust my brother-in-law, so my brother-in-law had to go to this step. This matter is not entirely my brother-in-law's fault."

In fact, she didn't think there was anything wrong with what Zhou Chen did. Just look at Zhou Chen's current status, which proves that Zhou Chen was not wrong.

If the late emperor had succeeded, the current Jingguo Mansion would definitely not be so glorious, but might be suppressed instead. So no matter what Zhou Chen's reason was, she felt that this result was a good one.

"How can it be the same? He was the one who asked me to go to Yuzhou, but in the end he became like this."

Qi Heng was very angry. He felt that he had received guidance from Zhou Chen, had joined the late emperor, and had a smooth career. However, Zhou Chen suddenly did this, and all his efforts in the past few years were in vain.

That's why he felt that he was fooled by Zhou Chen and was so angry.

After Minglan persuaded him for a few more times, Qi Heng gradually calmed down. In fact, he also understood that although he was demoted, it was much better off than many other people, and this might not be unrelated to Zhou Chen.

Thinking of this, he sighed depressedly. Things had come to this point, and no matter how much he said, it would be useless. He just felt unhappy and wanted to vent.

Minglan rolled her eyes. Of course she knew what Qi Heng was thinking, but you have to look at who he was talking to. With her brother-in-law's temper, even if her father-in-law or biological father came, he would have to put on a smile. Qi Heng was really brave to speak so loudly today.

With the ascension of the new emperor to the throne, the Empress Dowager came to power. After a period of stalemate between the civil and military officials and the Empress Dowager, they seemed to have reached a tacit understanding and began to perform their respective duties.

Just four months after the new emperor Zhao Yong ascended the throne, the border was in crisis. The Xixia people tore up the agreement and blocked the border again. The war broke out again and the court was shocked.

The Empress Dowager urgently ordered Duke Jingguo Zhou Chen to lead a large army to support the border. Zhou Chen took the initiative to recommend the newly appointed Marquis Ningyuan Gu Tingye as deputy general to lead the army.

Gu Tingye inherited the title of Marquis of Ningyuan a few months ago, and on the day of the palace coup, the fight between Gu Tingye and Xiao Qinshi came to an end. Xiao Qinshi was no match for Gu Tingye, and in desperation, she burned down the Gu family ancestral temple and burned herself to death.

The war with the Western Xia people lasted for more than half a year. Finally, when winter came and it was no longer suitable to fight, the Western Xia army had to leave.

This time Zhou Chen did not pursue, firstly because of the Empress Dowager's order, and secondly because he did it on purpose.

Having served as both an emperor and a minister, he understood one thing very well: if one is too successful, he will frighten the ruler.

He is now at the pinnacle of power and has participated in two palace coups. Although he helped the Empress Dowager both times, people's hearts can change.

Now that the Empress Dowager has taken control of the court situation, he is no longer needed as much as in the past, so it is inevitable that there will be changes in his heart, and even if not, he has to guard against it.

Therefore, he does not need to show his talents now. Instead, he should pretend to be struggling to stop the Western Xia army and stop making great contributions, which will reassure the Empress Dowager.

So under Zhou Chen's deliberate manipulation, Xixia blocked the pass for the second consecutive year, and he "struggled" to resist.

Even during the Song-Xia War, the Liao Kingdom tore up the agreement and joined the attack on the Song Dynasty, causing chaos on the northwest border, and it was all thanks to Zhou Chen who led the Song army to resist.