Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Queen Zhou was a little angry, and her words were a bit cold.

Ling Yiqu sighed.

In his arms, there was an edict given by the emperor, with only a few numbers on it.

But he didn't dare to use it!

He, Ling Yiqu, was a loyal minister, not a powerful minister, let alone a powerful minister.

This edict is His Majesty's trust in him, but it is also a test for him.

Because there are only eight words in the edict - "If the concubine is in trouble, kill the mother and save the son."

Ling Yiqu thought for a while, then declined politely: "Your Majesty, your majesty has entrusted you with this great responsibility. Please entrust the country to me. Please punish me. I have the heavy responsibility of the country on my shoulders, and I don't dare to make any mistakes!"

Ling Yiqu once again refused the queen's order. He was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor!

And not a woman!

Besides, no one in the government or the public knows who Zhou Kui is and who the Zhou family is!

If you pick them up, who knows whether you are picking up a noble person or a traitor?

The drama of courtiers forcing the palace is just in the morning!

Queen Zhou slapped the table and her pretty face turned pale with anger: "Ling Yiqu, are you serious about not going? Believe it or not, I will let someone take your black gauze right now?"

That was her father and her brother!

The only way to stay is to die. At this critical moment, she just wants to take away her relatives. Is Ling Yiqu even willing to do this?

Queen Zhou felt a sense of grievance in her heart and didn't know who to talk to.

Tears fell down her cheeks and she cried: "Why am I so miserable? The emperor asked you to send me away, but he didn't ask you to bully us orphans and widowed mothers, wuwu..."

"Pfft!"

Ling Yiqu knelt on the ground, clutching the edict tightly on his body.

Even if His Majesty had the order, he would not dare to kill the mother of the country!

For now only soft resistance has passed.

Ling Yiqu lowered his head and sighed.

The situation was at a stalemate, but Queen Zhang noticed something strange.

Why is the fleet so slow to move?

She made some inquiries and found out that Ling Yiqu, who was responsible for commanding the fleet to leave, had been summoned away by Queen Zhou. She immediately guessed that something was wrong with Queen Zhou.

Zhang Yan hurriedly got on the boat and rushed to Queen Zhou with the third prince.

As soon as they got on the boat, they saw Queen Zhou sobbing. Ling Yiqu's face was red from holding back, but he just knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Zhang Yan summoned a young eunuch and asked everything clearly in a few seconds.

She first asked the third prince to take the prince to her ship to avoid empress Zhou's embarrassment.

Then he stepped forward, wiping Queen Zhou's tears, and turned to Ling Yiqu and said, "Ling Qing, go and do your work. Let the fleet leave first."

Empress Zhou felt even more aggrieved when she saw that her sister-in-law was indiscriminate in taking away her son first and then sent Ling Yiqu away. She felt uncomfortable for a while and cried even more sadly.

Zhang Yan sighed and her tone became a little more serious:

"My sister always likes to read history, can't you understand this?"

When Queen Zhou heard Zhang Yan talking to her, she howled and hugged Zhang Yan and cried even harder.

"Sister-in-law, I just want my father and brothers to leave together. I..."

Zhang Yan sighed: "Sister, I also have a family. My sister lost her mother when she was young. She only has my father as a blood relative..."

When Zhang Yan said this, Queen Zhou suddenly remembered that the emperor's sister-in-law was even worse than her!

After all, she still has brothers and sisters, but Empress Zhang is the only woman in her family...

Zhang Yan touched the back of Queen Zhou's head several times and sighed:

"Sister, do you still remember what I said? After leaving this palace, state affairs are the most important, Your Majesty is the most important, and the country's foundation is the most important!

...You and I are not important anymore. Has my sister forgotten the old story of Mrs. Gou Yi of Han Dynasty? "

Mrs. Gou Yi?

Queen Zhou trembled all over and didn't care to wipe the tears on her face. She raised her head and looked at Zhang Yan in disbelief.

How dare the emperor?

How dare he imitate Emperor Wu and execute himself!

Isn't he afraid...

Zhang Yan sighed.

She understood the emperor's thoughts.

In order to keep the children alive, the emperor even adopted the third prince to himself.

Although there is a meaning to renew Tianqi's bloodline, it is not to protect the prince!

The emperor has made it this far, so what is there that cannot be abandoned?

Your Majesty has even abandoned the capital!

A mere woman disrupted the emperor's plan and made him passive...

What's the point of killing?

The concubines of the Ming Dynasty did not have the strength to resist the emperor!

Giving you a gift is the king's favor. I have favored you and can lift you to heaven. If I offend your majesty, it is nothing more than three feet of white silk and a cup of poisonous wine...

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has reached such a situation. There is not much they can do for His Majesty. Not causing trouble to His Majesty or disrupting the emperor's layout is the greatest contribution they can make to the emperor.

As long as the Ming Dynasty is still there and His Majesty is still there, they are the mothers of the country!

This silly sister, why can’t she see through this?

……

After Ling Yiqu left, he hurriedly waved the fleet to sail towards the north. He stood on the bow and let the cold wind blow away the boredom in his heart.

After thinking for a long time, Ling Yiqu waved his hand to two disciples and ordered:

"You are all old men who have followed me for decades. Today I have an errand that may cost you your lives. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

The two of them bowed silently and said in a deep voice: "But it's on my command!"

Ling Yiqu then ordered the two of them: "Your Majesty is leaving the capital, and some of the courtiers and nobles are not wrong. You wait for the fleet to leave the city, then turn back and inform them to leave."

The two nodded and waited silently for Ling Yiqu's instructions.

Ling Yiqu thought for a while and named dozens of households, and the two of them memorized them carefully.

Ling Yiqu continued: "The first person you two persuaded to leave was Empress Zhang's father, Taikang Marquis Zhang Hou."

His Majesty was short of salary and money, and Zhang Houye, who was ordered by Emperor Tianqi to go home to study, came all the way from Henan Xiangfu to the capital to give money to His Majesty. As a minister, you should remember this sentiment for Your Majesty.

The two of them wrote it down silently.

Ling Yiqu looked at the ship where Queen Zhou was on and whispered:

"Your Majesty has ordered that no matter who you notify, you are not allowed to inform the Zhou family. You two are not allowed to inform Zhou Kui!"

His Majesty said that with the character of the Zhou family, not to mention serving the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the princes will definitely be sacrificed to the intruders.

Although Ling Yiqu didn't know why His Majesty was so sure, he really couldn't believe Zhou Kui's character!

He doesn't want to save Zhou Kui's family either!

If it weren't for this guy being so shameless, refusing to say anything, and even giving the courtiers a bad start, Your Majesty wouldn't have been unable to raise enough money to recruit an army!

When the emperor was forced to reward Tang Tong, the only general who came to Beijing to serve as king, he couldn't come up with any silver and emptied his inner treasury. He could only give Tang Tong a reward of 40 taels of silver and each of Tang Tong's soldiers five taels of silver. …

This week’s old dog would be better off dead!

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Fanjiazhuang.

This is the villa of the Wu family, a family of generals in Liaodong.