It was already past noon, and except for Li Jiren and others, the people around the arena either ran home or crowded into several teahouses and restaurants around the arena.

Mingxianglou and Meishifang are the most lively and packed.

The guests sitting inside would occasionally ask the guests sitting by the window about what was going on.

A fast horse rushed to the gate of the palace.

"Quickly report to the Emperor that the South Gate has been breached by the rebels."

Prince Qing ran to the horse and pulled the person off it.

"Who are the rebels? Bastards! Li Zhaocai is such a disgrace, and he expects us to just accept his fate?"

The messenger was dragged off his horse. He did not dare to get angry with Prince Qing, nor did he dare to move, so he was punched several times by Prince Qing.

Soon, the city gates were opened, and the prime minister came in first, followed by the six ministers.

When Prime Minister Mu saw Prince Qing and the others, he quickly bowed and said, "Prince Qing, Crown Prince, and Second Young Master."

Then he looked at Li Chonglin who was leaning close to Li Jiren: "Young Master."

Prime Minister Mu apologized, "Today was just a misunderstanding. The archer slipped and nearly injured Prince Qing. Now they have received their retribution. I beg Prince Qing and the Crown Prince to be magnanimous and not to dwell on those short-sighted people."

"Misunderstanding? Slip of the hand? You are lying with your eyes open. I almost got shot into a hedgehog."

Prime Minister Mu was over sixty years old, and he was almost unable to hold back after being scolded by Prince Qing, but he had to endure it.

Shen Meng and Ge Wei came out, carrying whips on their backs, and knelt at the feet of King Qing.

"I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Stop playing the self-torture trick on me! You bastard, the worst that can happen is we'll both die together. Even if I die today, I'll be waiting for him, Li Zhaocai, in the underworld. And all of you, none of you can escape, damn it..."

Prime Minister Mu knew that he couldn't convince Prince Qing, so he glanced at Yang Ziliang.

Yang Ziliang came out, supporting an old woman who was nearly eighty years old and dressed gorgeously.

As soon as he saw the woman, Prince Qing stopped cursing and knelt down in front of the old woman.

Li Jiren and Li Jixin also knelt down in tears.

Li Chonglin couldn't remember who the old woman was, but seeing his father and brother's reactions, he also knelt down.

The old woman was the Empress Dowager - Tian Xiuxiu.

Seeing the child she had been longing for right in front of her, the Empress Dowager burst into tears.

She pulled up a few people, then hugged Li Jiren and Li Jixin, crying her heart out.

Not only were the ministers heartbroken by her crying, but the people hiding in the store were also sobbing.

Now they finally remembered why Li Jiren and Li Jixin had always said that they wanted to bring the Empress Dowager home.

Because the Empress Dowager was originally from Ji Yang.

More than seventy years ago, Li Hetai, the King of Qin who guarded Jiyang, was the youngest son of Emperor Xiaoxian and also his most outstanding son.

Emperor Xiaoxian doted on his legitimate son, Crown Prince Mingyi, and sent his other sons to the farthest borders early on.

Li Hetai was stationed in Jiyang at the age of fourteen.

He was brave and good at fighting, and he got along well with the soldiers. He soon gained his own power in the army.

When he was sixteen, Emperor Xiaoxian arranged marriages for Li Hetai. He had one wife, two concubines and three wives, all of whom were daughters of officials of the fifth or sixth rank who had no real power.

After the wedding, Li Hetai was named King of Qin and granted the fiefdom of Jiyang.

Li Hetai had been married for several years without having children. Later, he met the miracle doctor Ye Tianzheng and realized that he had been drugged a long time ago.

Li Hetai was angry, but he had no intention of competing for the position. He just let Ye Tianzheng treat him.

Later, the two concubines became pregnant one after another, but had inexplicable miscarriages.

As a man, Ye Tianzheng was not allowed to enter and leave the inner house, so he sent a little girl he had rescued during the war to the Prince of Qin's Mansion.

That little girl is Tian Xiuxiu.

Tian Xiuxiu is from Jiyang. Her parents and relatives were killed by the Beirong people. It was Ye Tianzheng who saved her.

Seeing that Tian Xiuxiu was very talented, Ye Tianzheng accepted her as his last disciple.

Tian Xiuxiu entered the Qin King's residence as a female doctor. She was only eleven years old at that time, but her medical skills were already extraordinary.

Under her careful care, Princess Deng and Concubine Jiang successfully gave birth to a son and a daughter.

The King of Qin was overjoyed and rewarded Tian Xiuxiu handsomely.

Tian Xiuxiu also bid farewell to the princess and concubine who treated her very well, and continued to study medicine with her master.

When the legitimate son of the King of Qin was one year old, the Qiang and Northern Rong peoples joined forces to harass Ji Yang. The King of Qin ignored his son's first birthday party and once again went into battle.

The battle was difficult, but fortunately we won in the end.

But when the King of Qin returned to his palace, he saw that his wives, concubines, two children, and all the slaves and servants in the palace had been killed.

The King of Qin was extremely sad. After much investigation, he found that all the evidence pointed to the capital.

At that time, the government was in chaos and the people were living in increasing misery.

Prince Mingyi was extravagant and cruel, and peasant uprisings broke out in many places, and Dayu was on the verge of collapse.

First, Prince Kang of Minzhou Prefecture took the lead and launched the "Ten Questions to the Prince", followed by Prince Liang and Prince De who expressed their support, but soon all three were assassinated.

Except for Prince Mingyi, the King of Qin had a very good relationship with his other brothers. After his three brothers were killed, the King of Qin rebelled.

It took five years to fight all the way from Jiyang to Luocheng. The King of Qin was so crazy with killing that the blood flowed like a river along the way.

After each battle, Ye Tianzheng, his son Ye Jinchuan, and Tian Xiuxiu were responsible for on-site medical treatment.

As a woman, Tian Xiuxiu was kind-hearted. She always risked offending the King of Qin and asked him to treat the people well.

At first, the King of Qin ignored Tian Xiuxiu, but later he was influenced by her and realized that as long as the people did not resist, he would not kill innocent people.

Women are attentive and have unique advantages in caring for the injured.

Tian Xiuxiu took in many orphans and taught them medicine and nursing. This female medical team was very prestigious in those days.

Older people in Los Angeles can still remember the scene of Tian Xiuxiu leading more than a hundred women, constantly shuttling back and forth on the battlefield to treat the wounded.

Later, the Prince of Qin killed Prince Mingyi, forced Emperor Xiaoxian to abdicate, and ascended the throne himself, becoming Emperor Yongle.

Tian Xiuxiu entered the palace as queen, and her female medical team flourished in various cities of Dayu.

Emperor Yongle was not interested in women, and Tian Xiuxiu was the only one in his entire harem.

Later, Emperor Huiren was born and was made the crown prince at birth. Emperor Yongle was worried that having too many sons would repeat the same mistake, and there were no more sons in the palace after that.

After Emperor Huiren's wedding, Emperor Yongle left a letter and ran away, saying that he had committed too many sins in his life and just wanted to live out his life in a peaceful and picturesque environment.

At that time, Emperor Huiren was only seventeen years old, and it was Tian Xiuxiu who supported the court and the harem.

Fortunately, Emperor Huiren grew very fast and managed the government well in just a few years.

Only then did Tian Xiuxiu live a peaceful life enjoying the company of her grandchildren.

Speaking of the Empress Dowager, everyone sighed. She had a very noble destiny, but her fate was not so good.

She lost her parents when she was young, her husband left home when she was middle-aged, and her son died in her old age. Only a few years later, her most beloved grandson made such a big mistake again.

This time, she was dressed luxuriously, but she looked haggard and thin. Her crying was heartbreaking. She was such a good person.

It was this Empress Dowager who proposed that women could engage in business, work, and establish female households.

The policy that slaves should not be beaten, killed or abused at will was jointly promoted by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Huiren.

Back then, the Empress Dowager and Prince Lin's mother, Concubine Qi, jointly established more than a dozen shelters, saving countless poor children.

Even though the shelter is now overrun with termites, it was once pure and kind, much like the Ji'an School today...

Prime Minister Mu tried his best to signal to the Empress Dowager, hoping that she would first ask Li Jiren to agree to withdraw his troops.

But the Empress Dowager only had eyes for Li Jiren and Li Jixin, so where was anyone else?

When the Empress Dowager left the palace, she naturally could not stand at the city gate and reminisce with her grandson and great-grandson.

What's more, the Empress Dowager was crying with the princes and grandsons outside the palace gate. If people saw them, Emperor Zhaowen's reputation would be even worse.

However, Li Jiren and his companions were absolutely not allowed to enter the palace.

The Empress Dowager could not be allowed into Prince Qing's Mansion. If Li Jiren and others took the Empress Dowager away directly, the court would be even more embarrassed than it is now.

Prime Minister Mu had the emperor's order and could only stand up with a thick face.

"My Lord, I'm sure you and the Grand Empress Dowager will have a lot to talk about. I'll have someone vacate the Qianbaiwei Food Court right now. How about you two catch up there?"

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