The hero fell for the cannon fodder maid.

Prince Rui took the will, cleaned up the mess around him, dragged Concubine Shu, Zhao Hong, and Qin Shou away, and then began to announce the decree.

He Jingming also took off the mask on his face, and a face that was extremely similar to the late emperor appeared in front of everyone. He was still as beautiful as jade and a gentleman without peer in the world.

This is the Prince Bai Yueguang in their hearts, but they don’t know that the Prince Bai Yueguang has now turned into a black sesame dumpling.

Everyone knelt on the ground devoutly waiting for the late emperor to hear their words.

Everyone knelt on the ground and listened respectfully to the will: "By the will of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: My eldest son, Zhao Chengyi, has been intelligent since childhood, studious and diligent, both civil and military, caring for his brothers and sisters, and respecting his teachers. I ask all ministers to work together and be loyal to the new emperor. I now pass the throne to my eldest son, Zhao Chengyi. I hope he will live up to the trust entrusted to him by Heaven. This is announced to the world and known to all. I decree it!"

After the imperial edict was read, Prince Rui said, "The new emperor receives the edict!"

He Jingming bowed deeply again, accepted the imperial edict and said, "Your son accepts the order!"

That day, Da Chu welcomed its new master, Zhao Chengyi.

He Jingming walked to the front of the dragon throne and stood there. The civil and military officials below all knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live the throne!"

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!!"

He Jingming: "Everyone, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

Prince Rui kept crying while watching this scene. He never thought that he would see his favorite nephew again one day. His own son did not have much prospects. He liked the smart and clever prince since he was a child and doted on him very much. If he had any good things, he would ask his servants to send them to the East Palace.

He didn't have any special skills, but his martial arts skills were among the best in the court, so he became his martial arts master. Whenever they met, they would exchange martial arts, play chess, and drink.

Although they were uncle and nephew, they were more like close friends. When he learned that Zhao Chengyi had died, he was unable to recover for a long time and immediately fainted. He fell seriously ill and almost died with his brother. Fortunately, he was lucky and was unwilling to give in, so he saved his life.

Now that he is still alive and has got his things back, I can say that all the hard work has paid off.

He Jingming became the emperor of Da Chu, and the coronation ceremony will be held in three months.

During these three months, we must deal with the affairs of Zhao Hong's followers and Qin Shou, purge the court, and rectify the officialdom in order to better restore the country.

The evidence of the crimes of Concubine Zhao Hongshu, Qin Shou and others had been collected in advance, and the evidence was conclusive.

He Jingming executed anyone who wanted to plead for them. Those who wanted to plead had secrets with unreliable people and were afraid that their allies would betray them.

All of a sudden, those who were corrupt, those who held office but did nothing, those who increased taxes and labor service, and those who acted arrogantly in the name of others were all convicted according to the law.

The whole country is praising the new emperor for his contribution to the country and the people, and he is the people's choice. The previous situation of disintegration is gone, and instead, the people are united. There are also those who wanted to split the country and take the opportunity to cause trouble, but they are no longer there under He Jingming's strong suppression.

At the same time, exciting news came from the border. The foreign enemy was defeated, and the letter of surrender from Yihe was delivered. General Zheng Bailu and his family were about to return to the court to receive rewards.

Everyone in the capital couldn't help but sigh: "General Zheng's family can be said to have made a comeback! The Zheng family's glory remains, and its honor is even more dazzling."

Zheng Bailu and others have already dealt with the affairs at the border and are just waiting to return to Beijing after a few things are settled. His useless granddaughter has not been found yet and no one knows where she went. Everyone has been looking for her for a long time but there is no trace of her.

The whole family was extremely worried, all they knew was that he was heading towards the capital.

It seems that I can only go to Beijing to look for her. My little granddaughter finally stopped being stupid, but now she is gone after all the hard work.

And the person they were looking for was in the hands of human traffickers.

I saw a dirty woman squatting in the corner like a beggar. There were scary black spots on her face. She looked dull and no one knew what she was thinking.

This person was Zheng Tiaodi. Fortunately, she was a little smart and knew medicine. She made herself ugly and no one wanted to buy her for a while.

Zheng Tiaodi was heartbroken. She was really miserable. She had been drifting in Yunzhou for several months. She didn't have enough to eat or sleep well every day. It was worse than fleeing. She had become so thin that she looked unrecognizable.

She couldn't be sold for a long time, and the human trafficker planned to sell her to a rough man in the village who couldn't find a wife.

I don’t know when her grandfather and the others will be able to find her. Xiao Wanyue, it’s all your fault, you pig. If that person was really you, I would definitely beat you up to avenge being sold.

Just when Xiao Wanyue was in Yunzhou Village, she suddenly sneezed and felt a chill on her back. What happened to her lately? Why did she keep sneezing? Was someone talking about her? She didn't know who it was.

Xiao Wanyue didn't know that her good roommate had already taken a heavy grudge against her.

At this time, He Jingming was sitting in the imperial study in a bright yellow dragon robe, handling government affairs. His aura was intimidating. All of Concubine Shu's party were imprisoned, the masterminds involved in the case that year were executed immediately, all their families were exiled, three generations of males were not allowed to enter the officialdom, all their property was confiscated, and the slaves were sold. All those who hid were punished with the same crime.

The court officials have been replaced, and the imperial examination is about to begin in full swing. It just so happens that this year is the one held every three years.

After dealing with most of the urgent government affairs, he rubbed his brows, his head aching a little. He stood up and walked to a painting, which showed a stunningly beautiful woman. He looked at the person in the painting for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses. A storm gathered in his eyes. He had been looking for so long but still couldn't find any trace of her. Yue'er, don't you miss me at all?

It’s okay if I don’t want to think about you, as long as I think about you, but why did you run away?

You never appear in my dreams at night, you just lie to me. You said you would wait for me, but I didn't expect you to be so cruel and leave me. Have you ever thought that there was someone who regarded you as salvation in countless lonely nights.

Yue'er, my Yue'er, the golden house has been built for you. I wonder when you will come back to share your life with me...

After standing there for an unknown amount of time, He Jingming returned to his desk to continue reviewing memorials.

I’m tired of reviewing and want to know if there is any news about Yue’er.

"Dark one."

In an instant, An Yi descended from the sky, knelt on the ground, saluted respectfully and said, "Master."

He Jingming: "Is there any news about her?"

An Yi knew that "she" was Miss Xiao, but Miss Xiao hid too secretly, and a long time had passed, so all the traces in between had long disappeared, making it difficult to find her whereabouts.

He also asked his brothers to search everywhere but there was no news. It seemed that some master was helping them and was always obstructing their search.

"My lord, no, not yet. There are other people trying to stop us from looking for her. Some people are also looking for Miss Xiao. I don't know the identities of these people." He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at He Jingming.

He Jingming remained silent, his eyes dark, the paranoia in his heart continued to accumulate, wanting to break through his bottom line, a terrible thought filled his mind.

Catch her, imprison her by his side, never leave her side, and give birth to many children, so that she will not think of leaving him.

Xiao Wanyue, who was far away in Yunzhou, had no idea that her future life had been clearly arranged by He Jingming.

He Jingming: "Send more people to look for her. Didn't we ask people to investigate her background? Why is there still no news?"

An Yi: "An San has already gone to check and should be back soon. I'll go and urge him."

He Jingming: "Go down."

An Yi: "Yes." Then he left the imperial study.

He was the only one left, so he called He Chuan and went to Qin'an Hall, where emperors of all dynasties lived.

He Jingming went into the hall alone, while He Chuan patrolled outside the hall.

The air in the palace was filled with the scent of ambergris, giving people a feeling of security and comfort. Such a magnificent palace should be solemn and dignified, but next to the dragon bed there was a very conspicuous and exquisite cage, which was out of tune with the configuration here.