The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Your servant, Yu Zhong, pays homage to Her Majesty Imperial Noble Consort Zhaohua. May Her Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!"

Yu Zhong entered the palace very quickly and paid his respects to the guests with great ceremony and utmost respect.

Fei Wan didn't let him get up, but only asked: "Did you send your son away?"

Yu Zhong quickly replied, "Yes! Your Majesty, I sent him back to his hometown to guard the ancestral home the month before last! I even wrote a special memorial to your Majesty. I guess you were too busy to see it?"

"He escaped along the way, killed his driver and his followers, and joined the remnants of the bandits in Huzhou. Did you know?"

Yu Zhong was shocked. "This is impossible...right?"

The imperial guards entered the hall carrying a tray, opened the tray's cover, and revealed a head covered in dried blood.

It belongs to the eldest son Yu Yongnan.

Yu Zhong's face turned pale, he fell to the ground, and was unable to speak for a long time.

Fei Wan said, "Seven days ago, the Huzhou National Defense Army was clearing out the remnants of the rebels when they discovered him and beheaded him. Do you know what he did?"

"W-what?"

"The article 'An Essay to Punish the Yu Family' that went viral a while ago is so brilliant and eloquent, it thoroughly criticizes my life and the entire Yu family. Who wrote it?"

Yu Zhong was stunned, "How could it be..."

However, he knew in his heart that Fei Wan had no reason to lie. If she wanted to kill Yu Yongnan, she would have killed him. With her current power, she didn't need to make up lies to justify it.

The article criticizing the Imperial Noble Consort distorted the facts and included many details about Fei Wan's visit to her parents and the internal affairs of the Yu family. It must have been written by someone who knew the inside story.

Yu Zhong lowered his head and sighed, "Rebellious son."

In the manifesto against the Imperial Noble Consort, even the Yu family was cursed, which showed that the eldest son hated him too.

He once placed high hopes on his eldest son, but he did not expect that his eldest son had such a deep prejudice against his sister, the Imperial Concubine. It was so deep that when the enemy was at the doorstep and he was busy supplying military supplies to the front line, his eldest son secretly held him back and secretly revealed the route and time of food and grass transportation to the rebellious Prince Qing.

When the Huben Guards handed him the intercepted secret letter, he knew that this was an opportunity given to him by the Imperial Concubine and the Yu family. Otherwise, once the matter was exposed, he would have no choice but to resign and return home.

In order to save his eldest son's life, he sent him back home.

Unexpectedly, Yu Yongnan ran away halfway.

To do something even worse.

"Your Highness, I am guilty of failing to raise my son, and I willingly accept the punishment. I only ask Your Highness to consider that the war is still ongoing and that my sudden resignation could affect the war effort. Please allow me to continue in office and make meritorious contributions while I am serving you. I will serve you wholeheartedly, even until my death!"

What I want is your words.

Fei Wan then gave Yu Zhong the task of fully supporting Xie Weizhou and King Xiang's Northern Expedition.

"If this feat is accomplished, Daliang will enjoy a century of peace. Minister Yu, your chance to go down in history has now."

Yu Zhong's inner excitement overshadowed the pain of losing his son.

The current war situation is indeed favorable to Daliang. If we can defeat Beiqu in one fell swoop...

"I will definitely do my best!"

Fei Wan asked him to stand up.

Yu Sujin, who had always been with Fei Wan, brought a cup of tea and personally handed it to her father.

"Daddy, have some hot tea."

Yu Zhong bowed and took it, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yu Sujin smiled and said, "Father, why are you so polite? My eldest sister and I are concubines, but we are also your daughters. As the saying goes, a father and daughter united in purpose can cut through metal. It's also said that sisters fight tigers together, and fathers and daughters fight together in battle. We are family after all. When my eldest sister becomes the empress dowager, the Yu family will be her pillar of support. Father, although you lost your legitimate son, you still have your legitimate grandson. You are in your prime, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to marry and have children, and then focus on raising them. What do you think?"

Yu Zhong was secretly shocked.

Father and daughter are of one mind...

Of the children he had raised, three had been abandoned, and now he didn't even have a legitimate son. The illegitimate sons were still too young, and now it was his two daughters who were bringing honor to the family.

He regrets it.

If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have allowed his illegitimate daughter, Yu Tingjin, to be spoiled and willful, and shouldn't have allowed her to bully Fei Wan. If he had treated Fei Wan better from the day she was brought home, and driven away the ill-intentioned Yu Tingjin, wouldn't that be...

Will everything be different?

He exhaled heavily.

He bowed and said, "I thank you both majesties for your concern. When the world is at peace, I will definitely put my family in good order and do my utmost to assist you both majesties."

He had kept his original wife in the past for the sake of his eldest son, but now that his son was gone, Susu was right, it was time for him to consider getting a new wife.

Fei Wan is now in a high position and has great power. The Yu family is no longer what it used to be. If he were to choose a successor, he would naturally choose a noble lady from a high-class family who would be of great help to the Yu family.

He was just thinking about which family to choose when he heard Yu Sujin say, "Marquis Wucheng has an aunt who is a perfect match for you, father. She is very beautiful and has a good family background. If you haven't found someone you like yet, why don't you ask your eldest sister to find a respected member of the royal family to act as a matchmaker for you? Is that okay, father?"

Yu Zhong was stunned.

Then he remembered that Wu Chenghou's aunt was a famous divorced shrew in the capital.

Because she was driven away by her husband's family because of her jealousy, she relied on her martial arts skills and brought a group of servants and thugs to smash her husband's house and robbed a lot of money. Then she started a house renting business and would go to the streets to fight whenever she had nothing to do. She became notorious.

Before Xie Weizhou, Marquis of Wucheng, achieved great success, he was a notorious playboy in the capital, but his aunt had an even worse reputation than him.

marry her?

What’s the difference between this and inviting the plague god into your house!

"Your Majesty, I…"

Fei Wan smiled and interrupted him: "Minister Yu, with the current state affairs at hand, there's no need to discuss this family matter any further. We'll discuss your marriage after we win the war."

Yu Zhongsong breathed a sigh of relief, "I obey your command."

But still dare not relax.

He suspected that the Imperial Consort was threatening him with marriage. If he didn't make meritorious contributions, she would give him the Xie family's Hedong Lion as a concubine. This frightened him more than being demoted. Demotion could be reinstated, but marrying a violent woman who would destroy things at the drop of a hat would be a recipe for disaster.

After taking his leave, he immediately rushed to the government office and did not go home for food and shelter from that day on. He devoted all his energy to preparing food and fodder for the front line, instigating troops, collecting intelligence, improving weapons... and trying every possible way to cooperate in the battle.

After Yu Zhong left, Yu Sujin couldn't help but smile at her elder sister and said, "Look how scared Lord Yu was. He thought we were really going to let him marry the one from the Xie family. Now Lord Yu will definitely do his job well."

Fei Wan said: "I really want him to marry Miss Xie."

"Ah? Eldest sister..."

"The Yu family has a bad reputation and needs someone to take charge. Do you think Miss Xie is not worthy of Minister Yu? On the contrary, it is Yu Zhong who is not worthy of him. If Yu Zhong can make meritorious deeds, it's fine. If not, I will not ask Miss Xie for this. Even if he makes meritorious deeds, I will still have to promise Miss Xie a lot of betrothal gifts and allow her freedom after marriage. I only ask her to take good care of the Yu family and not let the Yu family become a burden to me. I don't ask her to be a real husband and wife with Yu Zhong. The Yu family is just giving her a status to prevent her from living an unhappy life under the criticism of the world. It all depends on whether she agrees. If she doesn't agree, we can't force her and don't hurt her."

Yu Sujin was silent.

Eldest sister, you are really good at considering women!

She learned a lot from her elder sister, but often felt that it was far from enough.

"Susu, is the father-daughter relationship between you and Yu Zhong deep?"

Fei Wan's question made Yu Sujin fall into deep thought.

The love between father and daughter...