NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22 Winning People's Hearts
November 10, the seventh year of Hongguang.
Zhang Pan and his son were sent to Humen Pass. Zhenbei Tianwang beheaded them in front of everyone to commemorate the dead Zhenbei Gong and others.
At that moment.
This seven-foot-tall man who led 100,000 rebels and had already broken through the Xiantian realm cried like a tearful man.
In the end, Zhenbei Tianwang kept his promise and led 100,000 rebels to retreat.
The danger of Humen Pass was thus lifted.
The Great Yan Kingdom barely survived, but the weakness of the Great Yan court was once again revealed to the world.
The speed at which the three vassal kings and the rebels encroached on the Great Yan accelerated.
If it weren't for the sudden death of Zhenbei Tianwang a month later, the rebels split and entered a state of fighting each other again, I'm afraid the pressure on the Great Yan court would be even greater.
"Zhenbei Tianwang should have practiced the Seven Injury Jinjing."
When Chu Chen heard the news of the death of Zhenbei Tianwang, he couldn't help but sigh.
The Seven Injury Jinjin Sutra in his hand was obtained from Pei Zhixuan, the leader of the Wusheng Sect. The Wusheng Sect must also have the Seven Injury Jinjin Sutra passed down.
This Zhenbei Heavenly King, the former eldest son of the Zhenbei Mansion, most likely chose to join the Wusheng Sect after hearing the news of the destruction of the Zhenbei Mansion, and learned the Seven Injury Jinjin Sutra to improve his muscles and bones, and finally successfully broke through the Xiantian Realm.
The shadow of the Wusheng Sect has always been behind the rebels, and it is not surprising that they can contact the Wusheng Sect.
According to Chu Chen's speculation, when the Zhenbei Heavenly King practiced the Seven Injury Jinjin Sutra, he may not only have lost his lifespan, but also may have hurt his body.
After such a long period of practice, Chu Chen has completely understood the Seven Injury Jinjin Sutra.
When ordinary people practice the Seven Injury Jinjin Sutra to perfection and improve their muscles and bones to the top level, they will not only lose 70 years of lifespan, but also cause irreversible damage to their internal organs.
This kind of damage is difficult to cure.
Even if they break through the Xiantian Realm, they cannot make up for it.
Therefore, the innate master created by the Seven Injury Meridian will not live long.
This is also the reason why the Wusheng Sect has never used the Seven Injury Meridian to create innate masters on a large scale. It is not worth the loss to spend a lot of resources in exchange for a dying innate master.
The Zhenbei Heavenly King did not have the Longevity Dao Fruit to replenish his life span and make up for the damage to his internal organs, so he naturally could not escape this fate. After avenging his family, he died of old age.
A generation of Heavenly Kings fell!
After the death of the Zhenbei Heavenly King, Zhou Long took advantage of the situation and attacked, sweeping away several rebel forces and successively recovering several prefectures.
However, the remaining rebel forces were powerful, and the supply line of the Great Yan court also had problems. Zhou Long had no choice but to stop and lead the army back to the court.
The battle with the Zhenbei Heavenly King and the achievement of recovering several prefectures made Zhou Long's reputation soar.
Before Zhou Long returned to the imperial capital, the queen mother issued an imperial decree, rewarding him with 10,000 taels of gold, making him a marquis of 10,000 households, granting him 10 beauties in the palace, and giving him the position of Minister of War.
For a time, Zhou Long became very popular, and countless people wanted to get close to him.
"Marquis Weiyuan, the position of Minister of War, these are positions without real power."
Chu Chen shook his head.
Only through phenomena can we see the essence. Don't look at the queen mother's generous rewards to Zhou Long, gold, beauties, and the title of Marquis of 10,000 households, and even the position of Minister of War was vacated and handed over to Zhou Long.
But whether it is the Marquis of 10,000 households or the Minister of War, they are just empty positions without military power. To be honest, in the current situation, they may not be much stronger than the commander of the Imperial Guard.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the queen mother intends to suppress Zhou Long.
"In my opinion, you have no ability to tolerate others. The country is still unstable, and you start to kill the donkey after it has done its work."
Chu Chen curled his lips and sneered at the queen mother's calculations.
Regardless of the fact that the rebels had not been completely resolved, the three vassal kings were ready to make a move. At this time, they were busy suppressing capable officials. They said that she was short-sighted and praised her.
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January 12, the eighth year of Hongguang.
Today is the day when Weiyuan Hou Zhou Long returns to the court, and the streets of the imperial capital are empty.
The queen mother took the Hongguang Emperor out of the palace and greeted the return of Weiyuan Hou at the south gate of the imperial capital.
In the crowd on one side of the road, Chu Chen finally saw the true faces of the queen mother and the Hongguang Emperor.
An old woman with luxurious clothes and gray hair; one wearing a light yellow Confucian robe, with handsome eyebrows and eyes, elegant temperament, looks like a young scholar.
"Is this the demon queen?"
Chu Chen glanced at the old woman and was a little surprised.
At first glance, the queen mother was just an ordinary old woman.
However, it was such an old woman who controlled the court of Dayan for seven years. If the things during the reign of Emperor Jingzheng were counted, this time should be up to ten years.
The Great Yan Kingdom is now torn apart and the people are living in misery. She has made an indelible contribution.
Da Da!
Soon, the ground shook and the sound of horse hooves came.
Weiyuan Hou, wearing black armor, a long sword hanging from his waist, riding a warhorse, with the spirit of iron and steel, entered the imperial capital first.
On each side of him followed a white-faced, beardless, black-robed eunuch with a feminine air in his every move, and a group of imperial guards followed closely behind.
"Greetings to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty."
When Weiyuan Hou saw the Queen Mother and Emperor Hongguang, he was startled and hurriedly rode his horse to the two of them and dismounted.
A group of imperial guards knelt down in unison, and the sound shook the wild.
"Weiyuan Hou is a minister of our Great Yan Honggu. He has quelled the rebellion and made great contributions. You all should toast Weiyuan Hou with me!"
The Queen Mother raised the wine glass she had prepared in advance and raised it to indicate.
"Cheers to Weiyuan Hou!"
Emperor Hongguang and all the ministers raised their wine glasses, toasted to Marquis Weiyuan, and drank them all in one gulp.
"Thank you, Queen Mother, Your Majesty!"
Marquis Weiyuan looked excited. He took the wine from the eunuch and drank it in one gulp.
The deep anger hidden in his eyes seemed to disappear with the glass of wine.
"This demon queen is quite good at winning people's hearts."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Chu Chen sighed in his heart.
Weiyuan Hou was deceived and became lame.
Seeing the expression on Marquis Weiyuan's expression that a scholar would die to please someone who pleases him, he understood that the Queen Mother had succeeded in taking Marquis Weiyuan as her own with just a glass of wine and a show.
"interesting."
Chu Chen watched all this as an outsider. In this scene of harmony between the monarch and his ministers, everyone was smiling, except Emperor Hongguang, who looked a little gloomy.
Emperor Hongguang quickly suppressed this emotion, and no one noticed it except Chu Chen.
After drinking, there was another lengthy show.
The Queen Mother asked Weiyuan Marquis to support her personally and return to the palace.
As they walked, the two of them chatted about their family affairs, and when they mentioned that Marquis Weiyuan had no heirs, the Queen Mother immediately made the decision to marry Zhang He, the legitimate daughter of the Zhang family, to Marquis Weiyuan as his wife.
When Marquis Weiyuan heard this, he burst into tears and knelt down to thank the Queen Mother for her kindness.
Neither the Queen Mother nor Weiyuan Hou mentioned Weiyuan Hou's wife, and both seemed to have forgotten about her.
No.
It should be said that neither of them cared.
If Zhang's legitimate daughter marries, she must and can only become the wife of Marquis Weiyuan.
As for Weiyuan Hou's original wife, she had to either divorce her and leave, or become a concubine and live under Zhang's legitimate daughter. Other than that, there was no other choice.
Ten days later.
The legitimate daughter of the Zhang family officially married into the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion. The wedding was very lively and the banquet lasted for three days.