I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

After Luo Kun, the Minister of War, also resigned after receiving the order, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian was the only one left in the huge imperial study.

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At this time, he finally had the opportunity to stand up and gently stroke the golden armor that was still lying quietly in the tray, carefully examining the rusty armor surface.

In his mind, he recalled images of his younger brother Chen Longxiang uncontrollably.

From the time when he was still a baby waiting to be fed, to his figure as a toddler, to the time when he came to seek help from him after he was naughty and got into trouble as a child, before being beaten by the late emperor;

Later, he returned to the fiefdom of Dragon City from Longhu Mountain alone, and happened to meet with his own army to suppress the disaster. In the bloody battle of Dragon City that day, Chen Longxiang, who was only fourteen years old, defended the last line of Dragon City with two hammers. line of defense;

The memories of Chen Longxiang in Chen Huai'an's mind went all the way to the image he imagined of Chen Longxiang, who was raising a hammer in the sky outside the royal city of Goguryeo, being taken away by a bolt of lightning that appeared out of thin air.

Eh——

When he thought of this, Chen Huaian couldn't help but sigh.

Although he is a time traveler and is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the most respected person in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he is also a person of flesh and blood and emotions.

After a while, Chen Huaian arranged the golden armor in the tray neatly, and his expression returned to calm.

The fate of his younger brother Chen Longxiang was determined by his own destiny and he brought it upon himself. He should regard it as atonement for the souls who died tragically under his pair of drums, urns and golden hammers.

hehe!

Chen Huaian smiled helplessly: "Old monk, old monk, I didn't expect that you really made a prophecy!"

The old monk he was talking about was naturally the black-robed old monk Dongfang Xiao from Qixia Temple on Fengming Mountain outside Longcheng, the fiefdom of King Jin. He was also the one who had warned the late Emperor in front of Chen Polu since the day Chen Longxiang was born. I want my younger brother Chen Longxiang to do more good deeds and commit less murderous crimes in his life;

But he never thought that his younger brother Chen Longxiang could not escape his fate in the end.

All I can say is that everything is fate and nothing is up to you!

"Come here, get up and go to Cining Palace!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, Chen Huaian, surrounded by a large group of Jinwu guards and palace eunuchs, boarded the thirty-two carriages used by the emperor to travel, and headed from the royal study to Cining Palace.

He wanted to go to Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun's palace in person to tell the Queen Mother about the death of his younger brother Chen Longxiang.

After an hour of burning incense.

In the Cining Palace, Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, was holding a small water bottle and personally watering the flowers and plants in the Cining Palace garden.

"The Emperor has arrived——"

Suddenly, there was a long and sharp announcement outside the palace, which made Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun in the small garden of Cining Palace pause in expression and stop her movements.

The other maids and eunuchs serving the Queen Mother knelt down one after another, waiting for the Emperor's arrival.

After a while, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian walked into Cining Palace with sonorous and powerful steps, and then there was a chorus of shouts of long live.

Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun frowned slightly, looked at Chen Huaian who came over and took the watering can from her hand, and asked with a puzzled face: "Hey, what kind of wind is it today, it actually blew the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who was busy with everything, to the Aijia Come to Cining Palace?”

Chen Huaian did not answer his mother, but directly ordered the maids, eunuchs, and servants in Cining Palace: "You all, please retreat;"

"No one is allowed to come in without my will!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, Chen Huaian and her son were the only ones left in the huge garden of Cining Palace.

Chen Huaian did not hide anything, nor did he express it in an implicit way. He went straight to the point and said to his mother, Xu Ruoyun: "Mother, the dragon elephant is gone!"

Um?

"Son, what did you say?"

Hearing this, Xu Ruoyun's expression froze, and he obviously didn't realize what was going on.

Chen Huaian repeated again: "Queen Mother, Dragon Elephant, is gone!"

At this moment, Xu Ruoyun finally reacted, feeling that her eyes were darkened and her whole body went limp. If Chen Huai'an hadn't quickly caught her with quick eyes and hands, Xu Ruoyun would have fallen in the small garden outside the palace.

Seeing this scene, Chen Huaian calmly helped his mother to sit down on a chair in the garden.

In my mind, I recalled that five years ago, when the news of the late emperor's death was returned to the Jin Palace, the queen mother's reaction was the same as now.

Within five years, she lost her husband and her son one after another, and the black-haired man was sent away before her hair was gone. Such a blow would be difficult for any woman to accept in a short period of time.

Chen Huaian just stayed with his mother quietly, waiting quietly for his lost mother Xu Ruoyun to come back to her senses and cheer up.

a long time.

Xu Ruoyun's pale face finally regained a trace of color. She held Chen Huaian tightly with both hands, looked at her eldest son with tears in her eyes, and asked with the last trace of luck: "Son, what do you mean? The dragon elephant is gone?”

Um!

Chen Huaian nodded and said: "Queen Mother, Dragon Elephant, is gone!"

"My son has also just received the news that Longxiang died outside the Goguryeo Royal City on February 27th in the second year of Zhaowu!"

Buzz!

After receiving a positive reply from his eldest son, Xu Ruoyun's mind suddenly exploded, and he fainted again.

Obviously, the news of her youngest son Chen Longxiang's death dealt her a very heavy blow.

Chen Huaian still quietly stayed by his mother's side. Before he decided to leave the Imperial Study and go to the Cining Palace to tell his mother about his brother Chen Longxiang's death, he had already anticipated all this.

At this time, the only thing he could do was to stay by his mother's side and give her enough time to accept and digest the news of his brother Chen Longxiang's death.

After a while, Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun woke up from her coma again.

This time, her eyes were still filled with tears, but her eyes had become much firmer.

Xu Ruoyun asked: "Son, did Longxiang suffer when he passed away?"

Chen Huaian shook his head and said: "Mother, Longxiang passed away peacefully and did not suffer at all."

Yes!

Xu Ruoyun nodded, and then asked the second question: "Where is Long Xiang's body?"

Chen Huaian said: "Mother, Long Xiang's body was hidden by Chen Qingzhi, the Duke of Korea, and he should have buried it somewhere in Goguryeo;"

"But, the Duke of Korea did not reveal the location of Long Xiang's mausoleum to anyone, and even risked everything he had to preserve Long Xiang's body."

Hmm!

Xu Ruoyun nodded again, and said to himself: "It seems that this Duke of Korea is still a man of affection and righteousness!"

Then, Xu Ruoyun asked the third question: "Son, how are you going to deal with the Duke of Korea?"

Uh——

Chen Huaian hesitated for a moment, and finally replied word by word: "According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, deprive him of his title and exile him to the border!"