The Kingdom of Marriage: My Stunning Empress

At the same time, at Li Mansion.

Li Rongdun hurried back to his mansion.

As soon as I arrived in the living room, I saw Li Chongze and Lian Manjin sitting opposite each other, sipping tea and chatting.

Seeing Li Rongdun coming in, Li Chongze, as a father, didn't care about the life or death of his son Li Yujun at all. He didn't even ask a question, but told Li Rongdun a piece of news directly.

"Father, news just came from the palace. The Queen Mother and the Empress have discussed and decided that the Crown Princess will ascend the throne as Emperor in three days."

Although Li Rongdun was surprised by the news, he was not shocked. After all, it was about time.

The old emperor's body had long been sealed in an ice coffin, and he was deader than dead.

In order to consolidate the current situation, the two most powerful women in the Xuanyuan Kingdom in the palace must push the crown princess they jointly promoted to the throne!

Li Rongdun said in a calm voice, "If the Crown Princess ascends the throne now, our plans will be greatly compromised."

"Father will call the master and go to the palace to make trouble."

Li Chongze reached out to stop him and said to Li Rongdun, "Father, it's useless to just stop the government order."

"Also, Mr. Lian also brought a piece of news from Daqian Country."

After saying that, Li Rongdun and Li Chongze looked at Lian Manjin at the same time.

Lian Manjin did not show any sign of restraint in front of the most powerful and wealthy family of Xuanyuan Country. Instead, he exuded the air of a person in a high position.

He took a sip of his tea and continued, "To be honest with Minister Li, when Yang Pan'er was canonized as the Crown Princess, Minister Li sent a skilled painter to draw a portrait of Yang Pan'er and sent it to Luoyang City."

"When the Third Prince saw this portrait, he was astonished."

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince has consulted with the Queen Regent and has received her approval to allow him to come personally to Xuanyuan Country and propose marriage to your Crown Princess!"

When these words came out, Li Rongdun was really shocked.

His eyes suddenly widened, not with horror, but with ecstasy.

Li Aojun, the third prince of the Daqian Kingdom, is the most talented and poetic among the seven princes.

At the same time, he was also one of the disciples of the Regent Queen and was quite trusted by the Queen.

Now that the Third Prince has come and proposed to the Crown Princess, it means that he may become the ruler of Xuanyuan Kingdom!

Moreover, such things have happened before. It is recorded in history books that more than two hundred years ago, a prince from the Daqian Kingdom came to the Xuanyuan Kingdom to propose marriage and married the empress at that time.

For more than two hundred years thereafter, the Xuanyuan Kingdom was firmly tied to the big ship of the Daqian Kingdom!

Now that the third prince La Jiao has arrived, it means that the Daqian Kingdom is going to attack the Xuanyuan Kingdom again.

Li Rongdun and the entire Li family were originally a branch of the Li family of the Daqian Kingdom.

If the third prince could come, it would mean that Li Rongdun and his family's power would expand further, and even completely swallow up all his opponents!

Upon hearing this, Li Rongdun hurriedly asked, "Mr. Lian, are you saying that we shouldn't stop the Crown Princess from doing anything?"

Lian Manjin shook his head and said with a smile, "No, no, on the contrary, you must stop Yang Pan'er from doing this, and the longer the better!"

"If the Third Prince marries the Crown Princess instead of the Empress, then Xuanyuan Kingdom will no longer be a country, but will slowly become one of the seven states of our Daqian Kingdom!"

While Li Rongdun was still digesting Lian Manjin's words, Li Chongze pointed out bluntly: "Father, don't wait any longer."

"Let's attack immediately, lead all the officials, and force the palace!"

"It's time to release the news that the old emperor is dead."

"Once the old emperor dies, Crown Princess Yang Pan'er will never be able to ascend the throne. She must observe three years of mourning."

"Within three years, our Li family, with the support of the Third Prince, will be able to completely devour these seven states and then pledge allegiance to the Third Prince!"

Li Rongdun clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Alright, I will lead all the officials to force the emperor to abdicate!"

……

The Queen Mother's palace.

Han Zhuo and Yang Pan'er entered the side hall under the guidance of the eunuch.

At this time, the Queen Mother and the Empress were sitting quietly in elegant attire.

As the two came in, their eyes fell on different people.

The Empress Dowager was naturally looking at Yang Pan'er.

And there was a hint of concern in the queen's eyes as she looked at Han Zhuo.

It was only more than an hour ago that she learned that Han Zhuo was assassinated by thieves last night.

Now that he saw Han Zhuo could walk and smile, with only a white cloth wrapped around his shoulders, he felt a little relieved.

However, there was still a hint of worry in her eyes. Obviously, Murong Yanran was still a little worried about Han Zhuo's assassination.

But now, with outsiders present, Murong Yanran could only maintain the dignified demeanor of a queen.

As soon as the two entered, the Queen Mother went straight to the point and said to Yang Pan'er, "Pan'er, you have been studying hard and treating others with kindness these days. The Grand Tutor and all the officials in the court have a very good impression of you and are quite complimentary."

"For this reason, I have discussed this with the Emperor, and he has decided to abdicate the throne to you."

"The coronation ceremony will be held in three days."

Oh my god, so fast!

Han Zhuo's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. Most people would be overjoyed to hear his sister-in-law ascend the throne as empress.

But Han Zhuo's conditioned reflex was that he sensed a hint of unease in the Queen Mother's words.

Generally speaking, it has not been long since Yang Pan'er was canonized as the Crown Princess. No matter how smart she is, it is impossible for her to catch up with the knowledge accumulated by others in ten or twenty years in such a short period of time.

To Han Zhuo, the Queen Mother's words were clearly forcing him to do something he was not prepared for. There must be some huge crisis hidden behind them!

However, Han Zhuo did not object. Firstly, his objection would definitely be ineffective, and secondly, responding to each move with its own countermeasures has always been Han Zhuo's principle of action.

Moreover, if my sister-in-law ascends the throne as empress as soon as possible, Han Zhuo can let loose!

Right now, he has the Donggong Shenwu Army's 2,000 heavily armored troops who are training day and night.

Secretly, Black Wind Village has been recruiting refugees with good character and fighting ability according to Han Zhuo's requirements.

We all follow the same principle.

Keep the elderly from dying of illness and let the children have food to eat!

Start a small-scale cleanup of some surrounding strongholds!

Han Zhuo only has three requirements for these cottages.

Burn it all!

Sold out!

Capture the light!

All those who resisted in these mountain villages were killed!

Those who surrendered were all given signs labelled as prisoners of labour reform.

All of them will receive a brand-new ideological education and labor reform! Based on the principle of not supporting idle people, let these prisoners participate in the construction of the entire Black Wind Village!

Han Zhuo decided to carry forward this strategic idea.

Whether it is now or in the future, he will make his subordinates carry out the order resolutely!

Moreover, the positioning of Black Wind Village is a "self-sufficient special force"!

Internally, it will play a key deterrent role in the domestic situation of the entire Xuanyuan Kingdom.

Externally, harassment, sneak attacks, disruption, and even plunder!

They can do anything that cannot be done on the front battlefield!