The blacksmith lady is killing people in the harem, and her son is responsible for it.

Shi Ce and Xiao Jingrui did not stop and rode out of Chang'an City at full speed.

Zhao Zhen was very busy staying in Chang'an City. In addition to repairing the Eastern Palace, he was also busy with the important matter of enfeoffment in the court.

Zhao Nanxiao has two younger brothers. Zhao Nanyan from the second house was named Duke of Anguo, and Zhao Nanzheng from the third house was named Duke of Shunguo.

Both of them only had titles but no official positions.

After all, they were Zhao Nanxiao's brothers, so Zhao Nanxiao was not stingy.

The subordinates who followed him into battle were also given titles.

Some were granted the titles of Duke of a county or county, others were granted the title of General of Huaihua, and so on.

In short, Zhao Nanxiao had no intention of killing the donkey after the rebellion. During the rebellion, those who worked hard were rewarded.

As for the ministers and meritorious families of the previous dynasty, Zhao Nanxiao dealt with those who had grudges against him.

Among these people, some had their properties confiscated and their families exterminated, while others were exiled to Lingnan.

Of course, there were more ministers who remained, and most of them still held their previous official positions.

As for the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Revenue, there was a major reshuffle, and Zhao Nanxiao replaced them with his own people.

Zhao Nanxiao used to hate people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue the most.

The Ministry of War was holding his military equipment, and the Ministry of Revenue was holding his military pay.

Besides, the Ministry of War was previously under the jurisdiction of the King of Qi, so all the people in the Ministry of War were demoted.

After Zhao Nanxiao's actions, the court was quite calm.

On April 18th, Zhao Nanxiao, who had been on the throne for two months, finally held a grand ceremony to crown Song as queen.

On that day, Mrs. Song was so excited that she shed tears twice.

After Song became the queen, she became more confident and felt that everyone around her was a good person.

The ladies in the court always sought to see her and praised her with great smiles on their faces.

Zhao Nanxiao doesn’t care what’s going on in his harem because there are only two people in his harem.

Still the same as before, very harmonious.

The former concubine Lu was given the title of Shufei, and now lives alone in Xianfu Palace.

Both Zhao Mian and Zhao Rong were conferred the title of prince.

Zhao Mian was named King Ping and Zhao Rong was named King Rong, and both of them were rewarded with houses.

Zhao Nanxiao did not grant his son any fiefdom, but only gave him a title. This was because he had few sons and wanted both of them to serve him.

In addition, he also ensured that Zhao Zhen's lineage would be able to safely inherit the throne.

At least over the years, Zhao Nanxiao discovered that as long as the prince had a fiefdom, he would have the ability to seize the world.

It really is true that the emperor is far away and the sky is high. When that time comes, it will be difficult to manage the fiefdom.

Zhao Nanxiao was taught by the old marquis since he was a child.

The old marquis also had three sons, but he only raised the eldest son and let the other two sons grow up naturally.

As a result, the second and third houses had no strength to fight against Zhao Nanxiao.

Zhao Nanxiao also raised his son in this way, and he was really partial to Zhao Zhen.

The title given to the second son Zhao Mian was "Ping", such an ordinary title.

Zhao Mian learned martial arts, not because Zhao Nanxiao intentionally cultivated him, but because Zhao Mian wanted to learn it on his own.

As for Zhao Rong, he was very pampered.

The only one who was not given a title was Zhao Zhen. He was going to be the crown prince, so he had to find an auspicious day to be given a title.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen's position is not as high as his two younger brothers and he is just a prince with a flat head.

Kong Wu saw his master pursing his lips tightly and asked, "My Lord, aren't you happy about the title?"

Zhao Mian pursed his lips tightly together, "Happy, why not happy!"

Zhao Mian stood on the high platform, looking at the imperial city from afar with a complicated look in his eyes.

At this time, Xiao Jingrui followed Shi Ce and entered Xile Mountain.

After crossing several hills, we finally saw a village with smoke rising from chimneys.

Yes, it’s a village.

There are already quite a few houses here.

Shi Ce hadn't been back for several months, so he was still a little surprised to see the extra house.

But he didn't show it in front of Xiao Jingrui.

"Master Xiao, it's just ahead."

Xiao Jingrui nodded calmly, "Okay, lead the way!"

"Yes!"

Shi Ce took the lead and walked in front, leading Xiao Jingrui and others forward.

Unexpectedly, before he had taken a few steps, several arrows flew towards him.

Shi Ce flipped over and dodged quickly.

At this time, a shout came from the woods, "Who are you?"

Shi Ce recognized the voice as Li Erniu and immediately replied, "Li Erniu, it's me, Shi Ce!"

At this time, several heads popped out from the woods.

Several of them wore wreaths made of fresh branches on their heads, which looked very strange.

Li Erniu was holding a bow and arrow. When he saw it was Shi Ce, he made a gesture and the others put away their bows and arrows.

"Guardian Shi, you're back!"

Shi Ce took a few quick steps and came to Li Erniu, gently hitting his shoulder, "Captain Li, this is a good defense, worthy of praise."

Li Erniu laughed heartily, startling the birds in the forest and making them fly into the sky.

Mu Qing, the secret guard from the palace sent by Zhao Nanxiao, looked around the place secretly and found that there were movement in the bushes in several places, and he estimated that there were people hiding in them.

He was also surprised in his heart. He had already inquired about it, and found that except for Shi Ce, who had higher martial arts skills, the others who stayed with Qin were really ordinary soldiers.

At that time, the emperor was fighting against the Hu people, who later rebelled, and all his elite troops and generals were transferred away.

There won't be any powerful people left to protect these women and children.

So where do these well-trained soldiers come from?

Mu Qing was confused.

Because the arrow just shot was very accurate, he could tell that it was just a warning to them. If it was real, someone would really get hurt.

The people brought by Mu Qing hid in the trees and watched everything on the ground secretly.

Another person who had the same doubts as Mu Qing was Xiao Jingrui. He bent down, picked up an arrow, looked at it carefully, and found that it was different from the ones in the army.

This arrow is covered with dense barbs. If it were shot into a person's body, it would probably hook out the intestines and flesh.

Xiao Jingrui twitched his lips, he already had doubts.

This was probably something that woman made.

She has always been so weird!

He took the arrow in his hand, put it behind his back, and walked forward, "Let's go, take me to see..." Thinking of Qin Wan's identity, he was troubled.

Qin's identity is awkward, she cannot be called the Crown Prince's Consort.

So he said, "Go meet my cousins!"

Xiao Jingrui's identity is that of Zhao Zhen's cousin.

Zhao Zhen’s grandmother’s surname was Xiao.

The "Xiao" in Zhao Nanxiao's name comes from his mother's surname.

Xiao Jingrui was related to the Zhao family. When the Xiao family was persecuted, they fled to the north.

He always wears a mask on his face because he was injured that year.

Shi Ce looked at Li Erniu and said, "Put away your weapons. We are here to take the eldest young master's wife back to Beijing."

Li Erniu was also very happy to hear that he could leave, "Okay, this way!"

There was an ambush in the woods, and without anyone leading the way, it would be easy to get hurt.

Xiao Jingrui had just walked to the largest house when he saw the door being pushed open, and then a furious little kid ran out.

He was not shy at all, he came right up to him, hugged his thighs, raised his little head, and said softly: "Hey, your face is so cool!"

Xiao Jingrui: “….”

cool?

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