So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

The person who was most stimulated by Gao Mao's "affectionate interpretation" was Chu Changning.

What beloved one, what burial in the same place, this is simply a slap in the face of her, the eldest princess!

Chu Changning's eyes widened. She could never have imagined that Gao Wei was the one who manipulated everything behind her complete failure.

"Why? Why are you doing this?" Chu Changning hissed.

Gao Wei smiled, and his smile was cold: "Why else? Because I hate you."

Chu Changning's heart was completely chilled. She once thought that she had found true love, but she didn't expect that she had been used all the time. Later, she thought that even if there was no love, their common son and common interests could tie them together.

But she never expected that she still underestimated Gao Wei's friendship with He Wu. She didn't expect that he would sacrifice his entire family for a young maid who died young. This man's love was so crazy and stubborn, but not for herself. Chu Changning felt that her heart was filled with dull pain.

"You despicable villain! If you hadn't deliberately seduced me, how could I have fallen in love with you! I helped you kill your biological mother and elder brother, helped your mother win the position of co-wife, and let you, the son of a dancer, inherit the title!" Chu Changning cursed angrily.

When talking about the past, Gao Wei lost his previous calculations and was furious: "You only believe what you want to believe! As early as when I was young, I confessed to you that I was of humble status and did not dare to marry a princess. But you thought that I wanted to have a very high family background to match you, and you disregarded human ethics and killed my stepmother.

You know, my stepmother, the Duke, is a fair and generous person. She raised and loved us, her illegitimate children, just like her own children. I regard her as my own mother and my brother as my own sibling. But you don't want to listen to me at all. You insist on having my brother die tragically in a foreign land while serving in the frontier war, and even my mother died of heart palpitations at an early age.

Also, I met He Wu, the maidservant of the princess, at a palace banquet. I was young and ignorant of etiquette and broke Empress Yang's things. He Wu covered for me and saved me from punishment. She was gentle, kind, smart and beautiful. I fell in love with her and asked the princess to help me. But what about you? You still didn't listen to a word and insisted on marrying me. You tortured her and her child to death!

As for the Gao family members, it was the time when Duke Hong asked to be stripped of his title. In order to keep his title, they wanted to cling to you, the apple of Emperor Taizong's eye. They blamed my stepmother and asked her to leave the house, causing her to be deserted by everyone.

You also forced me to marry you, otherwise my mother and brother would have no one to worship them and their souls would be restless. I remember every single thing in my heart! Chu Changning! How cruel are you? Do you still want me to tell you everything?"

Every word Gao Wei said was heart-wrenching. Chu Yuanming had never heard of this secret before, so he just ate the melon quietly.

At the same time, in the prison, Chu Changning gradually calmed down. "I'm not... I didn't... I don't know... Gao Wei, I didn't..."

Chu Changning's voice was filled with a hint of fatigue and despair. She looked at Gao Wei, only to see that his eyes were cold and resolute, and he looked at her as if he was looking at his lifelong enemy.

Chu Changning felt a sharp pain in her heart, and she suddenly realized that the man in front of her was no longer the husband she once loved deeply.

In this game of power, he chose to betray, and she became the loser.

"Let's forget about the grudge between you and me. The child is innocent. Subaru is your biological son..." Chu Changning's pride was completely crushed. Her love and confidence were all crushed at once. She rarely showed her vulnerable side.

"If I have a choice, I would rather not have a child with you." Gao Wei turned his head away indifferently and ignored Chu Changning.

Chu Changning was stunned as if struck by lightning. This was really too shocking. She didn't expect that after so many years and so many things, she didn't even get a little love from Gao Wei. She originally wanted to ask Gao Wei if he loved her at all, but now there was really no need.

She was old, how could she withstand such a series of blows? Chu Changning held his chest and sat on the ground dejectedly to calm down. Today's conversation turned the arrogant Princess Changying into a defeated rooster.

It seems that this farce of Emperor Taiyi was purely performed by the madman Gao Wei for the fool Chu Changning. Chu Yuanming, Song Pu, Zhao Lingji, and even Xiao Yueshan saw it clearly, but for their own purposes, everyone contributed superb acting skills to this play.

After finding out Gao Wei's motive for betraying Chu Changning, Chu Yuanming finally felt relieved and could concentrate on dealing with the rebels in the court.

The first to be sentenced was of course the hereditary Duke of Yiguo. According to the Zhao Law, treason must be punished by beheading in public. All 191 members of the Gao family in Beijing were sentenced to beheading, and the rest of the grandparents, grandchildren and brothers, regardless of whether they were from the same or different nationality, were all exiled 2,000 miles away.

Duke Rong Liu Chongshan, Duke Qing Wei Xun, Prefect of Yueyun Teng Daisheng and all those who conspired with Chu Changning were beheaded regardless of whether they were the leader or the follower. Their wives, concubines and children were taken into the inner court as slaves and later given to the families of meritorious officials, and all their property was confiscated into the public treasury.

However, Lian Xing, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, and Wu Jing, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Administration, who knew about the situation and allowed those who hid to be executed by hanging, and their children and relatives were all forced to serve in the border areas as slaves.

Chu Yuanming showed leniency to his aunt Chu Changning. Considering her old age and dementia, he stripped her of her title, demoted her to a commoner, and imprisoned her in the Western Hills Imperial Mausoleum, where she was ordered to reflect on her sins in front of the tomb of her late grandfather and was not allowed to take a single step out of her body ever again.

The Shou family of the Dingguo Duke's Mansion received many rewards for their meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion. The eldest son Shou Junchou was originally going to inherit the title, and now the second son Shou Junzhong has made meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion and has been promoted to the title of Wu'an Earl. Now that the Dingguo Duke Shou family is the only one left among the eight founding dukes, and with the new title, the Shou family's power has become more stable.

Everything seemed to be flourishing, but Duke Dingguo Shou Yueheng knew that a big tree attracts the wind. Now that all seven dukes were dead, his family was the only one left, and his two sons held military power. Whether Chu Yuanming became emperor or Chu Zhaoxing took power, they would regard him as a serious threat.

The Shou family decided to temporarily restrain their efforts and wait for a better opportunity to retreat while the going gets tough. They must not destroy their family and clan like the Gao family did.

As the focus of the impeachment, the Xiao family and Zhou Yao were also at the center of the storm, but the cabinet did not respond to the impeachment memorials, nor did it take any action against Xiao Zheng and Zhou Yao. Those impeachment memorials disappeared silently like autumn water without a trace.

Chu Yuanming and the cabinet handled the matter quickly, but the turmoil did not subside. The court officials did not know the grudges between Chu Changning and Gao Wei, and only felt that there were many doubts about Chu Changning's rebellion and capture.

Why did Chu Yuanming have such comprehensive and thorough intelligence? Some court officials secretly speculated and began to suspect whether Chu Yuanming was intentionally provoking trouble, hoping to use Chu Changning to kill Chu Zhaoxing in order to achieve the goal of killing someone with one stone.

Chu Yuanming also guessed everyone's suspicion. Although he temporarily avoided the limelight, he did not forget to cultivate his own power. He also had to free up his hands to take care of the activities of the Shen family behind Wangyue Mountain and prepare for future struggles.

The situation in the court becomes increasingly complicated, and various forces are competing secretly. In this turbulent court, whether Chu Yuanming can finally reach the pinnacle of power is still unknown...