Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

He wants to take the initiative to surrender to the God of Du'e!

After making this decision, he suddenly felt relaxed all over.

No matter how you look at it, surrendering voluntarily is much better than being forced to surrender after Huai'an is captured.

What if the Lord God sees that he has sensible ideas and has behaved well in the past six months and lets him go?

He immediately summoned all the soldiers back to the camp, then stood on the high platform in the parade ground, showed respect to the soldiers, and said loudly to everyone:

"Brothers, I have an idea that I have been thinking about for a long time!"

"The Lord of Du'e distributed land to the people and treated the soldiers well. He is truly a good lord!"

"So this general intends to lead everyone to submit to the God. Are you willing to follow?"

The soldiers below heard this, their initial shock turned into surprise, and then they shouted loudly with great joy:

"willing!"

"willing!"

"willing!"

The cheers were deafening and the crowd was excited.

The Huai'an lieutenant general ignored the shocked and disapproving looks from the thousand households below and said with a smile:

"Okay, since everyone is willing, then I will immediately submit a letter of surrender to the Lord of Du'e!"

Seeing the dissatisfied looks on the faces of the thousand households below, he felt that since he had decided to join the God, he must of course strictly follow the God's orders and punish corrupt officials.

Therefore, he immediately locked up several thousand households who had a very bad reputation among the soldiers on the charge of embezzling military pay, saying that they would be kept there to await the God's decision.

This action once again made the soldiers below the stage cheer and jump for joy, and they actually supported the Huai'an Lieutenant General very much.

Lieutenant General Huai'an felt relieved. He was now considered a good officer who loved his soldiers like his own sons. The God should not kill him.

With a nervous mood, he personally took the surrender letter to Fengyang and asked to meet General Hui'an.

*

It was a hot August day, and even though Emperor Yong'an had many ice basins in his study, he still felt restless.

The reports of military defeats from various places in recent days have left him exhausted but helpless.

Ever since the rebellion of Lord Du'e, he has not had a peaceful day. Now his hair is gray and he looks much older.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, he had no intention of celebrating at all.

Wang Zhong bowed his body and entered the imperial study, and reported respectfully in a soft voice:

"Your Majesty, Nandu has sent new intelligence."

Before hearing the specific content of the intelligence, Emperor Yong'an's brows were already twisted into knots.

The battle reports from other fronts may show wins and losses, but Nandu has never sent any good news.

"Say!"

This time, Wang Zhong actually had a bit of joy on his face:

"Your Majesty, the spies at the Nandu Palace have made a major discovery!"

"It's about the secular identity of the evil demon Du'e. I think there is a lot of potential!"

Emperor Yong'an maintained an impatient expression:

"What did they find?"

Wang Zhong told the whole story.

In order to obtain more intelligence about the enemy, he had spared no effort in the past two years to place spies in the Nandu Palace and in the residences of the trusted ministers under the Lord Du'e.

In the past six months, because Nandu occupied Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, many maids in the palace who originally served in Huangji Palace took exams to become female officials and clerks, leaving many vacancies in Huangji Palace.

Among the people he placed there was a palace maid who was extremely good at disguise and usually behaved very diligently, steadily and reliably. She was chosen to work in the Huangji Palace.

After more than a month in Huangji Palace, this person finally made a discovery.

Once, when the young master Chen Rong came to Huangji Palace and the God Du'e was not practicing, she went in to serve tea and snacks and heard the young master call the evil demon Du'e "mother".

The tone and expression were very intimate, just like a real mother and daughter.

The palace maid bravely took a peek and found that the two looked about 60% similar.

Emperor Yong'an's brows relaxed a lot, with surprise and excitement on his face.

"So... they are actually mother and daughter? Du'e Xiemo is the maidservant in Jingnan Marquis's mansion who was sent to the temple to practice?"

"That's right!"

It’s no wonder that Emperor Yong’an and others didn’t notice this.

It is true that the Lord of Du'e has a noble temperament, is untainted by the dust of the world, and is like a god. It is really impossible to associate him with a humble maid.

Her true identity was known only to the disciples and confidants of Cihang Temple in Nandu.

Out of respect for the Lord Du'e, it is impossible for everyone to talk about this matter casually.

Young Master Chen Rong always calls the God of Du'e "God" when he is outside.

As for the hostility towards the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion, everyone thought it was because the God of Du'e was very protective of his people.

Out of his love for the maidservant or the young master Chen Rong, he helped them clean up the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion.

The most important thing is that Young Master Chen Rong has a twin brother, Pei Xuan, from the same father and mother, but the Lord Du'e has never paid any attention to him.

Therefore, Emperor Yong'an and others, like Pei Xuan, believed that Chen Rong, the concubine's daughter who was sent from the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion to practice, was accepted as a disciple equivalent to an adopted daughter only because she was favored by the God Du'e.

As the young master of the Nandu regime, Chen Rong holds an extremely important position, so Emperor Yong'an naturally wanted to make a breakthrough from her.

He is well aware of his background.

He immediately remembered Pei Xuan's existence.

"So, Pei Xuan from the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion is the biological son of the evil demon Du'e?"

Wang Zhong smiled broadly: "Your Majesty, that's exactly it!"

Emperor Yong'an finally smiled:

"God is really helping me!"

That's the son who can carry on the family line!

He didn't believe that anyone could abandon his own son.

Many women in particular have extremely deep feelings for their sons and are willing to sacrifice everything for them.

The reason why the evil demon Du'e left his own son in the capital and ignored him must be that he had some compelling reason.

After a careful analysis, he felt that there were only two reasons why the Du'e Demon behaved like this:

First, she had no powerful enemy who could threaten her children.

For the safety of her son, she deliberately misled the world that she only had one daughter.

The more high-profile the daughter, who is the target, is, the safer the son, who is hiding in the dark, will be.

In addition, for a son who will take on great responsibilities in the future, it is natural to first "harden his mind and starve his body" to temper his mind.

The reason why I ignore my son at this time is just to help him become a great man in the future.

Emperor Yong'an, who thought he had seen through the evil demon Du'e's plan, felt that he had finally got an incredible trump card!

Thinking back to the information he had obtained previously, Du'e Xiemo's son seemed to know nothing about the identity of his biological mother, and he was very resentful of his biological mother and sister.

Emperor Yong'an felt that this matter could be put to good use.

"Wang Zhong, tell the queen immediately to hold a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet and make sure the second son of the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion attend!"

Wang Zhong accepted the order.

Emperor Yong'an felt that it was inappropriate and changed his words:

"Wait, tell her that officials and nobles of the fourth rank and above in the capital must bring their legitimate and illegitimate children over the age of twelve to the banquet."

He had to be on guard against the evil demon Du'e having a backup plan around her son, and his purpose could not be too obvious.