My subjects are too rebellious!

"Zhang Rang, if there really comes a day when my army is defeated, will you accompany me and die for our country?"

Zhang Rang didn't know why His Majesty asked this, but he knelt down without thinking and spoke in an earnest voice.

"Your Majesty, if that day ever comes, I will never live in vain."

Looking at Zhang Rang with a loyalty of 91, Qin Chuan had no doubts, but he did not expect that there was such a dynasty.

When the country was destroyed, the only person accompanying the emperor was a eunuch.

However, the civil servants knelt down and surrendered to the invaders.

But they themselves probably didn't expect that the first sentence the country guy said to this group of people was...

"I don't care about that. I just want money. I want both women and money."

After plundering the money, the guy called himself King Shun and named his country Dashun.

However, he lacked knowledge after all, and although he had brute force, he could not control his subordinates.

Because the internal conflicts were not handled properly, a fight broke out between the last few generals.

Then, they were surrounded and suppressed by several forces.

However, in Qin Chuan's opinion, if he had not forced Sanfan into that situation at the time, but tried his best to win him over, his final ending would not have been so miserable.

While Zhang Rang was lying on the ground in fear, Qin Chuan's mind was already full of thoughts.

Qin Chuan came to his senses after thinking of something, glanced at Zhang Rang on the ground, and gave instructions.

"Change clothes, I want to leave the palace."

Hearing that Qin Chuan was leaving the palace again, Zhang Rang thought that His Majesty was craving for the braised pork, so he smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, do you want to eat some delicious food outside the palace? I will go and prepare some plain clothes for you."

Unexpectedly, Qin Chuan said, "This time, I am going to the Zhengbei General's Mansion."

Zhang Rang was confused. He didn't know why His Majesty was going to Zhu Di's residence.

Zhu Di is not in the capital, and Xu Miaoyun is the only one in the mansion. Could it be that...

Looking at Zhang Rang's strange eyes, Qin Chuan had no idea what he was thinking. If he knew, Zhang Rang would probably be whipped at least ten times.

...

After Zhu Di left, the General's Mansion was placed under strict surveillance, but it was not stated explicitly.

The people didn’t know, not even Zhu Di’s three sons.

The guards outside the door had long been replaced by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Although Xu Miaoyun knew this, what could she do?

Zhu Gaochi was reading a book on a stone chair in the front yard. He was concentrating on reading and looked a little naive.

He didn't even notice that Qin Chuan was standing behind him.

It wasn't until the maid beside him knelt down in panic that he reacted.

After taking a look at Qin Chuan's face, I felt that he looked somewhat familiar, and kept searching in my mind to figure out who this person was.

It was not until this face overlapped with the face in his memory that he remembered who it was.

"Your Majesty, I, Zhu Gaochi, pay my respects to you!"

"Long live your majesty!"

"I didn't know Your Majesty was coming. I failed to greet you. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Zhu Gaochi knelt on the ground with some difficulty and lowered his head, but there was a gleam of excitement in his eyes.

For no other reason than that he met the emperor.

Now he can brag in front of his two younger brothers.

Thinking of the envious eyes of Gao Xu and Gao Sui, he became very excited.

Qin Chuan looked at the little fat boy kneeling on the ground in front of him and thought he was very likable, so he decided to tease him.

"Little Fatty, your father is rebelling."

"what?"

When Zhu Gaochi heard the first words His Majesty said to him, he was stunned for a moment.

Looking at his chubby little face, Qin Chuan laughed and pinched it.

Then he walked straight to the backyard.

However, Zhang Rang and Yu Huatian, who had been following behind him, did not speak.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw a woman standing on a corridor among the flowers.

She has a slim figure, giving people a sense of fragility.

Her once pretty face now looked pale and thin.

There seems to be a lingering sadness in the slightly dim eyes.

Is this the legendary woman of her generation, Xu Miaoyun, known as the female scholar?

As if she had noticed something, Xu Miaoyun turned around and met Qin Chuan's gaze.

"I didn't know Your Majesty was coming. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. Your Majesty, I am Xu's concubine.

"Long live your majesty."

Looking at Xu Miaoyun who was prostrating herself, Qin Chuan said with a gentle smile: "Get up, you should know why I came to visit you today."

Xu Miaoyun naturally knew it, but she couldn't say it.

"I hope Your Majesty will forgive my ignorance. I don't know."

Qin Chuan didn't care and said meaningfully.

"I know what you think, and I also know what Zhu Di thinks."

"He is not an ambitious person. He just doesn't want to see the people displaced and the foreigners do whatever they want on the border."

"He just wants to make the grassland a horse ranch for our Dawu Dynasty."

"I also know that he is loyal to the late emperor, not to me."

"Do you think I'm right?"

The sadness in Xu Miaoyun's eyes intensified, and the dagger in her sleeve tightened even more.

Naturally, this action did not escape Yu Huatian's eyes, nor did it escape Qin Chuan's eyes.

He raised his hand to stop Yu Huatian, then waved his hand: "You two go down first."

At this moment, at the door of the backyard, three small figures were secretly looking at something.

Suddenly, a figure appeared behind me. He leaned forward and stretched out two big hands, which were like eagle claws.

He picked up Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu one by one.

Zhang Rang was also busy, and he also detained the youngest, Zhu Gaosui.

Unlike Zhu Gaochi's elegance, Zhu Gaoxu was born with a fiery temper, just like Zhu Di.

The moment he was lifted up by Yu Huatian, he turned around and punched Yu Huatian in the abdomen.

However, for Yu Huatian, it was just like tickling.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Yu Huatian and felt that his gaze was extremely cold. There was no trace of the kind and loving look that the emperor had just shown.

"Why did you catch me! Let me go! My father is a great general. If my father comes back, you will be finished!"

Zhu Gaoxu used his hands and feet and shouted loudly, but he could not break free from Yu Huatian's grip.

After a round of ineffective protests, they were dragged to the front yard.

At this time, only Qin Chuan and Xu Miaoyun were left in the backyard.

Looking at Qin Chuan walking towards her step by step, Xu Miaoyun tightened his grip on the dagger.

But who would have thought that Qin Chuan would just walk to the chair next to her and sit down, sitting sideways without paying any attention to his image.

"I can let you go find him, and let you take Gao Chi and the others with you."

"You just need to help me convey some words to Zhu Di."

Xu Miaoyun was already holding the dagger tightly and pursing her lips.

Qin Chuan spoke to himself without caring about Xu Miaoyun's attitude at all.

"I don't know where to start. I can only tell you that the me before is not me anymore."

“I am who I am now.”

"The me who didn't care about government, was incompetent and appointed treacherous ministers, was not me."

"And now, I am the one who works hard to govern, knows how to assign people to the right positions, and does everything myself. This is who I am."

"And, in the near future, my goal is for the country to be peaceful and the people to live and work in peace."

"I don't know, can you understand?"

Xu Miaoyun lowered her head slightly and pondered for a while.

He said uncertainly, "Your Majesty means that the you before was not you, and the you today is you."

"The you before was just a means of self-slander. The you who is now decisive and ruthless is the real you."

She is worthy of being called Empress Xu, who was chaste since childhood, loved reading, and was known as a female scholar.

He is really quick-witted.