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Looking at the corpse with eyes wide open at his feet, Lu Changqing drew out a dagger and held it in his hand, shouting outside the house, "Go and call the two commanders of the North and South Yamen to see me."

When the others arrived, Lu Changqing had already changed into a light riding outfit. Looking at Yan Shan lying motionless on the ground, Bei Ya army soldier Sun Tong was so scared that he subconsciously drew the sword from his waist, but it was empty. Then he remembered that the sword was taken away by the palace servants before he entered the imperial study.

Sun Tong looked at Lu Changqing, who was sitting at the desk and wiping a big knife with a handkerchief, swallowed his saliva, and knelt on the ground with a plop.

Lu Changqing stopped wiping his knife, looked at Sun Tong and said with great satisfaction: "I like people who know the times. Commander Sun, please don't let me down."

Lu Changqing looked at Wang Shousong, the commander of the Southern Court, and ordered, "Take people to surround the General's Mansion, search for the military tokens, and then take all the people in the General's Mansion to the prison for custody. Do not torture them. If anyone dies or is injured, have the people from the Ministry of Justice come to see me with their heads."

Wang Shousong took the order and retreated. Lu Changqing stood up and walked to Sun Tong with a knife in hand. "Let's go, Commander Sun. Follow me and lead the people to seal off the palace."

In broad daylight, the gate of the imperial palace was suddenly locked. Chaotic footsteps were heard on the palace road, even accompanied by the sound of horse hooves. Upon hearing the noise, all the ministers ran out of the yamen to check what was going on.

Lu Changqing, wearing armor and holding a broadsword, sat on the dragon throne in the Jiying Hall. Soldiers holding spears and carrying crossbows stood on both sides of the hall. A bloody corpse lay in the middle of the hall.

When the ministers were driven into the hall like ducks, this was the solemn scene they saw.

Everyone looked at each other, totally confused as to what was going on. A brave person went forward to check the body, and was shocked when he saw it.

"It's General Yan!"

Cheng Zhi looked up at Lu Changqing in astonishment. She had stuck the cold, shining sword into the ground. She folded her hands on the hilt and looked at everyone in the hall with a cold face.

He had a bad guess in his mind.

"What does this mean, Toffee?"

Lu Changqing said coldly: "The traitor Yan Shan had evil ambitions and was plotting against my Qi family. He committed treason and attempted to harm me, so I executed him."

The three words "executed" were said lightly by Lu Changqing, which made Cheng Zhi's heart alarmed.

"Is the Concubine really trying to protect the Qi family's kingdom?"

"Of course, I am the concubine of the previous emperor and the adoptive mother of the current emperor. Everything I did today is naturally for the sake of Dasheng. Otherwise, what do you think I did it for?"

Cheng Zhi bowed and saluted, "I hope the Concubine will remember what I said today in the future."

"It's natural."

After Lu Changqing finished speaking, he looked at the trembling ministers in the hall, many of whom were Yan Shan's men. After thinking for a while, he took the initiative to give them a clear way out.

"You all don't have to be afraid of me. When Cao Yanqing plotted to murder the late emperor, I never made things difficult for others. In the future, as long as you assist His Majesty wholeheartedly, I will naturally not make things difficult for you. But if you dare to have other intentions, don't blame me for being rude."

After Lu Changqing finished speaking, he raised his chin and pointed at Yan Shan's body in the hall. His meaning was very clear: she even dared to kill her own father, so who are those present here?

The palace gates were not opened until the evening, and the ministers were escorted out of the palace one by one by people arranged by Lu Changqing. It was not yet dark, and there were few pedestrians on the usually bustling streets, but there were always patrolling soldiers walking back and forth.

Lu Changqing went to the prison to see Yan Weixiu's mother. Zhang Zhao was very excited when he saw Lu Changqing. He stood up from the ground, ran over, grabbed the prison door, and asked excitedly: "Madam, where is your father? Is he okay? What happened? Why did you lock us up?"

Zhang Zhao was originally just a country girl, who was kidnapped to the mountains when Yan Shan was still a bandit. Because of her humble background, she was not valued by Yan Shan, and she did not have her own son. Before Yan Weixiu entered the palace, Zhang Zhao's life in the Yan family was not easy. Although everyone in the mansion called her the mistress, few people truly respected her, and sometimes even the servants dared to neglect her.

"Sister, where is Dad? Why didn't he come with you?" Yan Weixiu's older brother in the cell next door slammed the cell door.

Lu Changqing turned his head and looked at this fat and big-eared good-for-nothing. He was in his twenties, but relying on his father being a general, he dared to do anything except personnel matters.

"Dead." Afraid that these people couldn't hear clearly, Lu Changqing repeated it again, "Our father is dead. He was hacked to death for treason."

"Impossible!" Yan Dadi shouted, "My father is a powerful general, who dares to kill him!"

Lu Changqing didn't bother to pay attention to him. She turned to look at the distraught Zhang Zhao and said, "Mom, I'm here to take you away. Dad is dead. You will stay in the palace with me from now on. Your daughter will take care of you in your old age."

"Sure enough, something happened. In fact, I had already guessed it when I was caught here." Zhang Zhao cried, "I knew your father would have such a day. I tried to persuade him at that time, but he refused to listen and even scolded me for being a woman with long hair and short knowledge."

Lu Changqing had Zhang Zhao's cell door opened, helped him out, and comforted him: "He wasn't necessarily very kind to you when he was alive. Now that he's dead, don't be too sad for him. Be careful not to cry yourself to hurt yourself."

Zhang Zhao turned his head to look at the other people in the cell and asked, "What about your brothers and sisters?"

Almost all of the daughters of the Yan family have married in the past few years. Zhang Zhao was afraid that Yan Shan’s rebellion would implicate his married daughters.

Lu Changqing first sent Qian Wei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, to the front line as a pacification envoy to supervise the battle, and then quickly arranged a way out for the Yan family.

First, she called all the daughters of the Yan family to the palace and asked them whether any of their husbands dared to neglect them.

If there were any who wanted to divorce, she would immediately ask someone to draft an edict. They wouldn't have to worry about having nowhere to go after the divorce, as she could just set up a female household. As long as she was around, no one in the entire capital would dare to mess with them.

As for the three sons of the Yan family, she planned to choose three houses from the Yan family, one for each family, and let them take their wives, children and mothers back home to raise them. As for the concubines who had no sons, Lu Changqing also divided houses and some silver money among them.

Before letting these people go, Lu Changqing went to the prison again to warn them that if they dared to use her name to bully others and do evil things, she would make examples of them to let the court know what it meant for a prince to be punished the same as a commoner when he breaks the law.

The three brothers of the Yan family left with their respective families. Lu Changqing sent someone to see them off. Knowing that a dog will always eat shit, she also specially arranged people to guard around them. If anyone dared to bully men or women, they would be beaten to death if they couldn't be killed.

As the Yan family affairs came to an end, Cao Ruqiong was also taken care of by Lu Changqing.

Cheng Zhi was puzzled by Lu Changqing's behavior. By releasing the emperor's biological mother from the cold palace, wasn't he afraid that the other party would compete with her for power?

Lu Changqing said: "Cao Yanqing is guilty, but Cao Ruqiong is innocent. She didn't know her father was going to assassinate the late emperor. When she was the queen, she managed the harem diligently. Later, she lived in the cold palace and never made trouble. Besides, didn't my father have the intention of usurping the throne before? As the daughter of a guilty minister, I am still the dowager concubine now, so why not release Cao Ruqiong from the cold palace?"

Cheng Zhi sighed, "The Queen Mother is so virtuous and broad-minded that I am overwhelmed by her."

Cao Ruqiong didn't think Lu Changqing was so kind as to let her out of the cold palace for no reason. When Lu Changqing brought the child to see her, she held her daughter and asked Lu Changqing: "You let me out at this time, what do you want me to do for you?"

Lu Changqing said: "The imperial guards in the capital have been withdrawn now, but the Northwest Army is still named Yan. I want to go to the front line."