You died to save me, I promise you a lifetime

The nanny whispered a few words into the eldest princess's ear.

The maid knelt in front of the hall, holding two letters in her hands: "Your Highness, the Queen and Madam Xiao committed suicide. These are the suicide notes they left behind."

After saying that, he stood up and handed one suicide note to the nanny and the other to Zhao Jingchen.

Zhao Jingchen took the letter with trembling hands, turned around and ran out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and rushed towards the Cining Palace.

The eldest princess took out the letter, glanced at it quickly, and looked at the court officials.

"Things have come to this point, and you all still have something to say. I don't want to use extreme means to force you, so I can only announce one more piece of news.

Just now, the Empress Dowager hanged herself in the Cining Palace." She raised the letter in her hand.

"This is the suicide note left by the Empress Dowager. It says that the Emperor, Zhao Jingtian, is her child with Zhao Qingyan. Now that the truth has been revealed, she has no face to live in this world any longer. She is going down to confess to the late Emperor."

The court officials were shocked: "What's going on? How did the emperor become the child of the late Zhao Qingyan?"

“I originally wanted to handle this matter privately, but I didn’t expect it to come to this.

The truth is that before the Queen Mother entered the palace, she had a relationship with Zhao Qingyan, and her parents forced her into the palace and separated them."

"Since the Emperor is not of the late Emperor's bloodline, the Empress Dowager is confusing the late Emperor's legitimacy, making the Emperor a usurper."

"How dare they, the Xiao family?"

"Since the Emperor is not of the late Emperor's bloodline, he has no right to inherit the throne. Now only the Prince is the late Emperor's legitimate heir. I beg Her Royal Highness the Princess to restore order!"

"I reconsider and ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to restore order!"

"Please, Her Royal Highness, the Princess..."

Now, there was no more objection, and the court officials unanimously asked the eldest princess to take charge of the situation and restore everything to normal.

At this point, the matter has finally come to an end.

The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief and sighed in her heart, thinking that this matter really took a lot of effort. She had to go back and rest and accompany her grandson.

Thinking of Anbei, she spoke to the court officials in a good mood.

"I have another piece of good news to share with you all.

As everyone knows, my daughter, Chen Yuyue, went missing when she was just over a year old. I searched for her for years without success, but a few days ago, I unexpectedly found her, my granddaughter. I will introduce her to you all another day."

All the court officials congratulated in unison: "Congratulations, Princess! Congratulations, Princess!"

"Well, thank you all! Currently, the new emperor's ascension to the throne is the top priority for Dayan. The Ministry of Rites is working on the enthronement arrangements, while the Ministry of Justice is handling the case of the Xiao family confusing the bloodline of the previous emperor.

If you don't want to become slaves of a conquered nation, I hope you will all work together to allow the new emperor to sort out the government affairs as soon as possible and devote his energy to dealing with the invading enemies in the surrounding areas.

If anyone dares to pretend to obey while facing external and internal troubles, don't blame me for being merciless."

The court officials responded in unison.

A new emperor has new ministers. When dynasties change, who has enough heads to chop off and dares to stand out and sing a different tune?

The court officials who had been lazy for eight years suddenly became diligent and busy with various discussions and preparations.

After glancing at everyone, the eldest princess quietly left the Hall of Supreme Harmony and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When Eunuch Yao saw her, he immediately knelt on the ground.

"Your Highness, I was assigned by the late Emperor to follow the Emperor. Over the years, I have never done anything against my conscience. I beg Your Highness to show some mercy."

The princess looked at him and said, "You followed Zhao Jingtian and did a lot of harm to the War King. How can you show mercy?"

"It's unfair. Everything I did was ordered by the Emperor."

The princess turned her head and said seriously, "If you don't want to die, I can point you to a place. Stay in Yeyou Court. When the new emperor ascends the throne, maybe I can give you a job."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, Princess!"

Eunuch Yao kowtowed hurriedly.

The princess didn't bother to pay attention to him. She walked straight to the bed and said to Zhao Jingtian, "No wonder I didn't get close to you when you were little. After all, you are a bastard born to your mother Xiao Yuzhu and Zhao Qingyan.

In order to uphold orthodoxy, I, in my capacity as the Princess Protector of the Nation, abolish your throne as the Emperor of Great Yan. Effective immediately, you will be demoted to a commoner and handed over to the Ministry of Justice for sentencing.

Your mother, Xiao Yuzhu, hanged herself in the Cining Palace to avoid legal punishment after the incident."

The deposed emperor Zhao Jingtian was stunned.

He kept screaming "Ahhhh".

The princess looked at him disdainfully, "What? You can't accept it? Your mother mixed up your brother's bloodline and threatened death to allow you to sit on the throne. This is tantamount to usurping the throne.

Isn't that ridiculous? You, a bastard, are still not satisfied with your position on the throne. You have no tolerance for others and are trying to get rid of Chen'er by any means.

If you treat him well, and treat him with brotherly love, perhaps your dirty identity will not be exposed.

Your grandmother, Zhao Qingyan's mother, did all sorts of evil things. She caused the premature birth of my mother's baby and my brother to die at birth. My brother and I were also framed by her many times and almost lost our lives.

The disappearance of my daughter Yue'er is most likely related to them and their mother.

I didn't expect that after all these twists and turns, her descendants would end up in my hands. Go to your prison in the Ministry of Justice and stay there. This is all retribution, hahaha... retribution!"

The eldest princess laughed heartily.

When she turned around to leave, Zhao Jingtian suddenly turned over and rolled off the bed.

There was a "dong" sound, accompanied by Eunuch Yao's instinctive cry.

This time, Zhao Jingtian was thrown hard, but he endured the pain and begged: "Relive, Bo'er!"

The princess turned around and squatted down: "Do you want me to spare Zhao Hongbo?"

Zhao Jingtian nodded repeatedly and kept begging.

"I leave this matter entirely to Chen'er to decide. After all, he is the victim and the decision maker."

After saying that, he walked out of the Yangxin Palace without turning back. As he walked out of the palace, he was still thinking about asking Zhao Jingchen to renovate the Yangxin Palace, otherwise it would be really uncomfortable to live in.

Cining Palace.

Zhao Jingchen ran to the Cining Palace, where the bodies of the Empress Dowager and Nanny Xiao had been taken down and laid flat on the ground.

He knelt down beside the empress dowager's body with a plop and did not get up for a long time.

"Mother, you finally abandoned me and no longer wanted me.

Ever since I can remember, you have been lukewarm towards me, and I am inferior to your good eldest son in every way.

When I was little, I always thought that I was not doing well enough, so I tried my best to do everything well in the hope of winning your smile and recognition.

But every time you told me to be a good boy and not to argue with you about everything, I would give everything to you first.

When I grew up, you asked me to give the throne to my elder brother.

At that time, on one hand, there were the instructions of the Emperor and my ambitions, and on the other hand, you threatened to die, saying that I should learn to be humble and yield. To please you, I also yielded..."

Zhao Jingchen expressed his sorrow, touched the empress dowager's still warm hand, and couldn't help crying.

"Since you feel guilty towards me, why don't you live and make amends? Why don't you ask me what I want? I also want to be loved by my mother like other children..."

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Jingchen finally stood up.

"Mother, I will bury you on a hill outside the city, where you can overlook the hustle and bustle of the capital and listen to the wind blowing freely from north to south.

From now on, you are free and no one can force you to do anything.

Mother, you are free..."