The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

For the people in the capital, this day was not a peaceful day either.

The sound of horse hooves on the street never stopped, and their solemn appearance made people at home feel nervous when they saw them, especially since among these people there were not only guards but also royal guards.

It’s obvious that this is no small matter as it has caused such a big commotion.

It can't be that the barbarians are attacking us, right?

Some people couldn't help but speculate, but this speculation was dispelled the moment they saw the flags with the Dingyuan Army's emblem. With the Dingyuan Army around, it was impossible for the barbarians to attack the capital.

With such feelings in mind, they saw His Majesty's edict of repentance the next day.

In addition to this edict of repentance, there was also an edict stating that he was seriously ill in bed and voluntarily offered to abdicate and become the emperor emeritus.

The two edicts were posted on every bulletin board in the city.

The news spread throughout the city at an extremely fast speed and was still spreading outside. Everyone who heard the contents of the edict wondered if they were hallucinating. Otherwise, how could they hear such an outrageous thing?

Ha, what does it mean that Your Majesty is suspicious of Marquis Dingyuan? No, it was the King of Dingyuan who was more powerful than you back then.

So, Your Majesty secretly cooperated with the barbarians in order to suppress King Dingyuan and divide the military power in his hands? ?

"...This is simply impossible. The Dingyuan Kings have been guarding the northern border for many years. How come the previous emperors did not suspect anything, but now it is our Majesty's turn to be suspicious?"

"What happened next is even more outrageous. Your Majesty gave the barbarians hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in exchange for cooperation?"

The scholars standing in front of the bulletin board all found it unbelievable.

However, this edict was written by His Majesty himself, and even had the imperial seal stamped on it, which shows that there is absolutely no possibility that this edict was forged.

The crowd in front of the bulletin board fell silent.

After a long while, someone scratched his head in confusion and anger, and asked what everyone was thinking: "What does he want?"

Yes, Your Majesty, what does he want?

This cooperation not only caused the death of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but also caused the death of King Dingyuan and most of the Dingyuan soldiers on the border, so that the city was almost lost and was trampled by the barbarian cavalry?

Aren’t the barbarians the biggest beneficiaries of this incident?

They had food, they had won battles, and they even had the ability to launch wars against the Jin Dynasty again in the next few years. This was the result of Emperor Jingping's operations.

If that's the case, then he was right to abdicate.

Many people were attracted by these two edicts.

But few people think about what happened behind the edict.

For example, why did Emperor Jingping issue such an edict at this time?

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At the same time, in addition to the residences of generals who could lead troops, the residence of the Marquis of Changning was also under strict control.

When the Earl's Mansion was surrounded by the Dingyuan Army, Earl Changning immediately realized that something was wrong, but he could not send any information out, and he had no idea what was happening outside.

After everything was settled, he received the decree from Queen Lu summoning him to the palace.

…It was at this time that he learned that a palace coup had occurred!

His Majesty has abdicated and is now seriously ill and in a coma. He has issued an abdication edict and also wrote a letter of apology by hand, writing down everything that happened ten years ago and abdicating!

Earl Changning was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He didn't calm down until he met Queen Lu. He pulled her to ask what was going on, but what awaited him was Queen Lu's cold question: "Brother, you have always known the truth about Yao'er's death, right?"

Lord Changning's eyes suddenly widened and his whole body froze.

His voice trembled a little: "Madam..."

Perhaps it was because she had been too busy these days, Queen Lu's eyes were full of fatigue. When she saw her brother's reaction, although she had already guessed it in her heart, she still couldn't control her heartache and disappointment.

Her brother actually hid it from her for so many years.

Queen Lu closed her eyes lazily, her hands tightly grasping the armrests of the chair, and the past events all appeared before her eyes bit by bit.

It turned out that she thought her brother sent Lu Fang into the palace to accompany her because he saw her immersed in the grief of losing her son, so he did this; it was because he cared about her as a sister that he did this.

Even if you are rarely with your children and the relationship between them is not deep, you should still do this.

Now that he thought about it, it was probably not to comfort her, but because he didn't dare to see Lu Fang's face which looked quite similar to Yao'er.

Seeing her behavior, Earl Changning finally panicked and explained hurriedly: "Your Majesty... No, sister, please listen to my explanation. Those things were all asked by His Majesty to do..."

"Brother, take care of yourself."

Queen Lu interrupted what he was going to say next.

In this incident, not only she was hurt, but also Xie Lang.

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Earl Changning left Qiwu Palace in a daze.

After he left, Xiao Yu slowly walked out from behind. He walked to Queen Lu in small steps, looked at her tired appearance, and whispered, "Mother."

"Yu'er."

Hearing the voice, Queen Lu opened her eyes and concealed her emotions.

She waved at him, and Xiao Yu walked up to her obediently, snuggled in her arms, raised his head and asked softly, "Mother, did you call my uncle into the palace because of the prince's brother?"

Queen Lu did not answer his question directly.

Instead, she looked down at him and asked, "Yu'er, do you think what father and uncle did is right?"

Xiao Yu was stunned and looked at her in confusion.

After a while, he pursed his lips tightly, lowered his head and shook his head dejectedly, "Mother, I don't know." There was some crying in his voice, and he clutched her robe helplessly, "Mother, I'm scared..."

He already knew what happened in the palace.

No one in Qiwu Palace hid anything from him, perhaps because there was no master in the palace, or perhaps for other reasons, so he knew everything that Dingyuan Hou Xie Lang and his mother had done, but he felt a little scared.

He didn't know what he was afraid of.

It could be something that happened in the past, or it could be the change in his father’s image… or it could be something else. In any case, he felt a little scared. Xiao Yu hugged Queen Lu tightly and buried his head in her.

"Don't be afraid, Yu'er."

Empress Lu touched his head and said softly, "Yu'er, you must understand that if you do something wrong, you will be punished. This is true whether you are a commoner or an emperor."

"Your father and uncle did something wrong. They made a big mistake and harmed many people, including your brother the Crown Prince."

Her voice echoed in the hall.

Xiao Yu raised his head and looked at her with slightly red eyes.

"So they will all pay a price, even though it comes a little late. Yu'er, you must remember the mistakes they made. In the future, you can do better than your father, right?"

Queen Lu lowered her eyes and looked at him.

Xiao Yu suddenly understood something and opened his mouth in confusion.

After an unknown amount of time, he pursed his lips and nodded seriously.