Quickly wear a life of peace

The first thing to do is to go to the palace to meet the emperor.

After being emperor for a long time, Dongfang Yunzheng has also changed a lot. Although Duoduo was helped up by her before he could even do the greetings, their conversation was no longer as intimate as before. Instead, it was more like the conversation between superiors and subordinates.

As expected, the emperor's throne is cursed. Whoever sits on it becomes a lonely person without any relatives or friends.

Duoduo found it boring, so he chatted about matters at the border and was about to hand over the military token to her.

Dongfang Yunzheng confiscated it and said, "If you are tired, take a rest. You still have to keep the military token. If there is a war in the future, you will need it! You are my sister, and I trust you the most."

"What you said is nonsense, Imperial sister. Now that you are the ruler of the world, and you are about to resign as the people wish, who would dare to have any bad thoughts?" Duoduo was unwilling to take on this hot potato. Now that the relationship between the two was good, naturally everything was fine.

But she would eventually grow old, and the old emperor was the most suspicious, and he did not want to compete with her for power. What was the purpose of the military token?

Our ancestors have long left us a message: to retire while the going gets tough and to return to the countryside is the secret recipe for longevity for meritorious officials.

Duoduo was determined and put the military token on the small table in front of him without any hesitation. He was about to leave and go to see his father.

Dongfang Ye didn't say anything more this time. She still had some memorials to review, so she didn't go with him. "You go first. I'll go to dinner with you in the evening."

Duoduo nodded and agreed, "Okay, sister, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go first."

Inside Changle Palace, Queen Mother Wu Xuan, who had received the news, was waiting inside the palace gate. As soon as Duoduo walked in, she was hugged by him and burst into tears.

While crying, he beat Duoduo, "How can you be so cruel? You haven't come back to see me for so many years. What's the point of you working so hard? You are so old, but you don't even have someone who understands you. The world you have conquered is not yours."

Duoduo quickly broke free, covered his mouth, and looked at the people serving nearby. They all lowered their heads and knelt down to express their loyalty.

Duoduo pulled his father back into the house and asked, "Father, are you not living well in the palace? Has the emperor treated you badly?"

Wu Xuan wiped her tears and said, "That's not the case. It's just that you know that she and I are not close. Sigh! Forget it. After all, it was me who was unfair to her back then."

Duoduo agreed with this, but she would not say it out loud. "Since you are not happy living in the palace, why don't you go outside with your daughter? Your daughter will take you to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of our Dongwu Kingdom."

Wu Xuan was happy to hear this, and felt that her daughter still cared about her, but now her status was different, so she had to consider her younger daughter more.

"Father knows your feelings, but if I follow you out, it will affect the emperor's reputation. I'm afraid she will do something bad to you. Besides, I've lived here for so many years, I'm used to it."

In Duoduo's opinion, these were not a problem, but Wu Xuan insisted, so Duoduo had to make other plans.

In the evening, the father and his two daughters had dinner together and chatted.

Dongfang Yunzheng allowed Duoduo to live in the palace, but Duoduo insisted on leaving. The change in status made them no longer close and they became more cautious.

After Duoduo returned to the capital, he had nothing to do all day and enjoyed the prosperity and bustle of the capital to his heart's content.

Every day he either visited brothels to drink wine and listen to folk songs, or went to theaters to listen to operas.

Then, we chat about poetry and songs with literati and share each other's creative experiences.

During his time in the capital, Duoduo lived a carefree and happy life. He forgot all his worries and pressures and enjoyed the fun of life to the fullest.

Wu Xuan continued to look for a suitable candidate for her as the first wife, and she would occasionally visit the palace to give some advice.

However, such days did not last long.

Ever since Duoduo returned to the capital, the emperor often summoned her to the palace to drink tea and chat.

It was just another ordinary day, and Duoduo went to the palace to chat with the emperor as usual.

This time, Duoduo discovered that there was something wrong with the tea.

At first, I thought the emperor was having a seizure and wanted to attack me.

But soon he realized something was wrong. There was also problematic tea in the emperor's cup.

And the emperor picked it up and drank it very naturally.

Duoduo didn't think that she would make such a big sacrifice to get rid of herself. If something went wrong, she would be implicated as well.

He quietly put the antidote into the teapot and poured her a cup of tea to detoxify her.

It's not a strong poison, but a drug that causes people to faint. If you learn more about the medical skills of this world, it will be easy to detoxify.

The tea with problems was delivered to the emperor. I think the person behind it has great power. It should be easy to find out whether the two of them were poisoned.

Duoduo picked up the teacup and drank it.

Now that both of them have drunk the problematic tea, the person behind the scenes should be revealed.

Sure enough, not long after, a group of people came into the hall.

The leader was Song Zhaoci.

Duoduo was not surprised. This man was an ambitious man and his purpose of coming to Dongwu Kingdom was not simple.

It was no secret among the top leaders of Dongwu State that Yunze State was destroyed by himself.

Then it is normal for Song Zhaoci to hate himself.

I didn't expect that he was so powerful that he could actually take action against the emperor, and if it weren't for me, he would have succeeded.

Dongfang Yunzheng looked at them in disbelief. Because she didn't know that she had been drugged, she hadn't yet realized that these people were here to force her to abdicate.

But he also sensitively realized that something was wrong. Now that the enemy outnumbered us, Dongfang Yunzheng did not act rashly.

Song Zhaoci laughed like a madman, and finally stopped laughing after a while. He said to the two of them, "You never thought that one day you would fall into my hands. You destroyed my country and killed my people. You deserve to die! Today, I will send you to the underworld to make amends for my people."

Then he waved his hand and ordered to kill Duoduo and the other two, but he didn't realize that they had been surrounded and there were guards outside.

The moment Song Zhaoci gave the order, two more secret guards appeared in front of the emperor to protect her.

Dongfang Yunzheng said to the people outside the palace, "Kill!"

The guards outside the palace immediately moved, raising their swords and slashing. Duoduo also stood up and captured Song Zhaoci and other leaders.

Song Zhaoci was shocked to see that Duoduo was fine. His eyes widened. "You...you are fine?"

After saying this, as if wanting to confirm, he turned to look at the emperor and found that the emperor was fine and was standing there well.

Song Zhaoci's last hope was shattered, and he collapsed and yelled, "Impossible, how is this possible? I put the medicine in the tea myself, and you drank it, so how come you are fine?"

Duoduo didn't say much, because the more he said, the more mistakes he would make. He just needed to pretend that he didn't know and let the emperor investigate it himself.