The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

"This Ye Feng is really amazing. I underestimated him after all."

Zhao Pengju pondered for a moment, sitting in the recliner, thinking back to everything Ye Feng had done since he came to the Song Dynasty. Every step was to consolidate the rule of the entire Song Dynasty.

The thunderous means of Jinling City, exterminating the three clans of the three major officials, was to shock the court and intimidate all officials. The subsequent Enfeoffment Order was to divide the four major princes.

He then led 5,000 cavalrymen and not only recaptured the Eighteen Cities of Yanyun, but also seized Tianyun City of the Jin Dynasty and Dongyun City of the Wei Dynasty for the Song Dynasty.

On the way to triumph, with lightning speed, without giving Ye Wang Zhao Xiong any time to react, he destroyed Zhao Xiong and took back Ye County. The many soldiers and generals that Zhao Xiong had trained for more than 20 years seemed to be making wedding clothes for Ye Feng.

Passing by Nanyue Temple, the group of monks claimed that they could save the people and persuade people to be good, but they plundered the people's wealth and weakened the ruling power of the Song Dynasty.

The Nanyue Temple, which was said to be a temple that no emperor of the Song Dynasty dared to provoke, was razed to the ground by Ye Feng, who led an army of more than 100,000.

After Ye Feng returned to Jinling City, the more than 100,000 troops he obtained from Zhao Xiong became the biggest bargaining chip in the hands of General Yue Teng to defend Jinling City.

When Ye Feng had a powerful military force in his hands, he began to clean up the romantic places in the entire Jinling City. While increasing tax revenue for the Song Dynasty, he was also able to crack down on spies stationed in Jinling City from all over the country.

There were only a few officials left under the control of the powerful minister Li Linpu. Most of the powerful officials in the court were replaced by Ye Feng.

The power controlled by Li Linpu was getting smaller and smaller. If he dared to act rashly in Jinling City, Yue Teng, the former military god of the Song Dynasty, would take him down in an instant.

Ye Feng began to tour the country on behalf of Zhao Qiuyan. Along the way, anyone who did not surrender was obviously a traitor or rebel, and he killed them almost everywhere he went.

Such killings were justified. You have to know that there were many scholars in the Song Dynasty, and they valued loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. They always looked down on those who rebelled and betrayed.

If Ye Feng captures Nanyu County this time, it means that the entire southern and eastern parts of the Song Dynasty will be under Ye Feng's control.

Zhao Huan was standing nearby. Seeing Zhao Pengju sitting there with a gloomy face, he did not dare to ask any more questions, for fear that he would be scolded by Zhao Pengju again like before.

"Let's go to the Parliament Hall."

Zhao Pengju kept thinking about what happened to Ye Feng in the past few months, and he paid more attention to Ye Feng in his heart. But he also knew that although Minghua Pass was breached by Ye Feng, it was indeed a big blow to him.

However, he had carefully arranged three lines of defense for the entire Nanyu County over the years. Even if Ye Feng took Minghua Pass, he would not be able to take the second line of defense.

Zhao Huan followed closely behind Zhao Pengju. As he walked, he heard Zhao Pengju in front of him ask, "Huan'er, if you inherit the throne of King Nanyu in the future, what are your plans?"

Zhao Huan was stunned by Zhao Pengju's sudden question. He could only answer, "Father, I want to expand the territory of Nanyu County. I want to train soldiers and expand the military. When the time is right, I will replace you and compete for the throne."

"Ha ha……"

Zhao Pengju laughed, but his eyes were filled with disappointment. He could tell that Zhao Huan's words were all empty clichés, which were obviously forced and had no practical meaning.

He had asked the same question to Zhao Chenchen and Zhao Hui before, and their answers were very specific. They explained clearly how to implement it, how to deal with the problems in Nanyu County, and how to develop Nanyu County.

Zhao Pengju couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He only thought that Zhao Huan was loyal and honest, and if he inherited the throne, at least there would not be a situation of brothers killing each other as in history.

However, he did not expect that he would meet the genius Ye Feng, the King of the State, who forced his sons to fall apart with just two simple imperial edicts.

Zhao Huan's eyes flickered. He didn't quite understand what his father meant by his sudden laughter, and whether he was satisfied with his answer or not.

Hua Hua Hua...

Inside the parliament hall, Zhu Hua, Li Deng and others had been there for nearly four hours, from the time when the sky was just getting light until now when the sun was high in the sky. It was almost noon, but the King of Nanyu still hadn't appeared. They couldn't help but feel a little agitated, and the sound of constant arguments echoed throughout the hall.

Da da da……

Footsteps were heard, and Nanyu King Zhao Pengju walked from the side of the parliament hall to the wide chair in the middle and sat down directly. The originally noisy discussion came to an abrupt end.

They all raised their heads and looked at King Nanyu, and could not help but be shocked. The prince looked almost ten years older today than he did yesterday, with a few strands of white hair appearing at his temples.

"I am really sorry for making you wait for so long. Please forgive me!" Zhao Pengju stood up and bowed slightly to everyone.

Li Deng, Zhu Hua and others saw this scene, their faces changed drastically, and they quickly knelt on the ground: "As the prince's subjects, we are waiting for the prince. It is natural and right, and we dare not have any thoughts."

Zhao Pengju sat back in his chair and looked at the kneeling people: "All of you who are able to be in this meeting hall have followed me for at least ten years. You all know my temper. Hurry up and stand up. No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone stood up, but did not dare to sit down.

Zhao Pengju looked at everyone, stretched out his hands, and gestured downward, indicating that everyone should sit down. Only then did Li Deng, Zhu Hua and others sit down.

"The reason why I made you wait for so long this morning is that I have been waiting for the true situation of Minghua Pass. Now I will tell you." Zhao Pengju looked at everyone and said slowly: "The outside world must be full of rumors that the state guardian Ye Feng is a god descended from heaven and is extremely powerful. In just a few days, he broke through Minghua Pass, the first pass in Nanyu County that I worked so hard to build for decades."

"The truth is that I feel extremely guilty now. In my early years, I was young and hot-tempered, and I was affectionate with many people, which led to the birth of many children. With the issuance of the Enfeoffment Order and the Conferment Order, and the different titles and rewards given to them, they are all in a state of panic."

"I don't know when my fourth son Zhao Mu was turned against me by Ye Feng. I clearly sent him to assist General Nie Yan and guard Minghua Pass, but I didn't expect that he helped Ye Feng instead. He and Ye Feng worked together, which led to the surprise attack on the defenders of Minghua Pass. They were caught off guard and defeated the enemy, resulting in the death of General Nie and his son. It was my fault."

Zhao Pengju's voice was sincere. He did not push the decision-making mistake onto anyone else. Instead, he took the blame first.

"Your Highness, as a military advisor, I failed to detect Zhao Mu's ambition. It is my fault and has nothing to do with Your Highness." Li Deng knelt down quickly and said.

Zhao Pengju motioned Li Deng to stand up and continued, "After what happened at Minghua Pass, it was proven that Ye Feng is not invincible, but he is good at manipulating people's hearts."

"And, we still have two lines of defense in Nanyu County. As for the second line of defense, as long as he dares to lead his troops to attack, I will make him come without return, and we will definitely be invincible."

There was a sharp light in the depths of Zhao Pengju's eyes, and he remained strong despite his age.