Gu Tingye fought more crazily than Zimu. Zimu spared the elderly and children, but Gu Tingye did not let go of anyone who resisted the Jin Kingdom, whether they were officials or the elderly and children.

The Jin Kingdom was no match for Gu Tingye's army, and after their resistance proved futile, they surrendered early and gave up resistance. Even though the Jin people were brave and good at fighting on the grassland, they could not resist the gunpowder bombing.

Zi Mu led his troops to expand northward and joined forces with Gu Tingye's army after he had defeated the Jin Kingdom.

The last small group of royal family members of Liao Kingdom were still reorganizing their army and preparing for a desperate fight. At this time, Wanyan's former Jin royal relative, who had become a prisoner, came up with an idea that made Gu Tingye sweat.

Zi Mu listened to the man in silence and said, "Since the nobles of the Old Jin Kingdom are so creative, and our soldiers have never seen it before, how about letting the old Jin nobles demonstrate it to the Liao Kingdom prisoners of war first?"

The soldiers from the Central Plains were all silent. The guy named Wanyan was talking about the sheep-leading ceremony and military prostitutes...

After hearing this, those grown men felt a chill down their spines. Zimu also witnessed all the methods used in the Jingkang Shame incident that could only be recorded in history books.

Zimu's army treated female prisoners of war very well. Even some concubines in the old Jin court chose to seduce some young generals in order to live a better life.

However, those people were finally dealt with in public by Zimu.

Not only did Zimu recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun during his one and a half year expedition, but Gu Tingye also defeated the Jin Kingdom and took over the entire grassland.

This time, the imperial court's territory expanded by half, and it took another half a year to slowly carry the prisoners of war from the Liao and Jin dynasties back to Bianliang.

When walking back from the grassland, the original Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had changed their appearance. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and their busy and secure smiles made the former rulers of the Liao Dynasty look uneasy.

On the day Zimu and Gu Tingye returned to Beijing, officials and people greeted them outside the city gate.

The monarchs and officials of the old Jin and Liao dynasties, who had been prepared to be humiliated, did not suffer any major insults along the way.

After seeing the prosperity of the Central Plains, the prisoners of war were somewhat envious of the people of the Central Plains. When Zimu received the imperial edict outside the city of Bianjing, the monarchs of the old Jin and old Liao dynasties realized that the commander who had defeated them in the past year and a half was a princess.

The emperor watched as cartload after cartload of spoils were delivered into the imperial palace, and the already wealthy treasury was now completely filled to the brim.

The remaining part was used as military pay to reward the soldiers.

It turned out that all the male prisoners of war from the Jin and Liao dynasties were sent to the seaside and deep mountains and forests in Lingnan to engage in construction, while the female concubines and palace maids were sent to Jiangnan to weave cloth.

In the main hall, the emperor bestowed generous rewards on Zimu, Gu Tingye and other generals.

The Jinyang in Zimu's original title was changed to Huguo, and no royal family members dared to have any objection to this.

After the war, the emperor devoted his energy to the governance and development of the country.

The expanded territory kept the emperor busy, and Zimu also quietly implemented some less obvious reforms.

The national treasury was rich and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. This time, the emperor exempted the people's taxes for a full three years to encourage the development of commerce and agriculture.

At the same time, some neighboring countries sent envoys to re-establish friendly relations with the court to prevent the Central Plains from launching another war.

For a time, the court once again witnessed the heyday of the Tang Dynasty when all nations came to pay tribute, and the emperor's ambitions and aspirations were greatly exerted.

The country is becoming increasingly prosperous and the people are leading a stable and happy life.

Zimu also became a war heroine in the hearts of the people, and was loved and respected by the people.

After the celebration banquet, Zimu handed the imperial token back to the emperor, but the emperor shook his head and refused: "Zimu, you must know that even though I have a prince now, in the hearts of the queen and I, you are still the daughter we sincerely accepted at the beginning. I still say that your father's vision is not as small as you think."

Zi Mu also laughed and said, "Isn't this a common process since ancient times?"

"Go away, girl, you are still so annoying after not seeing you for two years." The emperor shook his head and continued, "Qi Heng has also been waiting for you for two years. It's time for you to marry someone."

Zimu thought about the day when Qi Heng returned to the court and held her in his arms for the first time without caring about his image. It has been several days, and all kinds of rumors about the young master Qi have never stopped in Bianjing.

Some people even bet on whether Young Master Qi could marry the Princess Protector of the Nation this year.

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Zimu had returned to the Sheng family and lived there for a few days when the betrothal gift from the Qi family was delivered. The imperial palace also received the betrothal gift at the same time. The palace and the Sheng family worked together to prepare a dowry for Zimu. The betrothal gift from the Duke of Qi's Mansion plus the dowry prepared by the Sheng family and Queen Cao and the emperor filled up several large courtyards.

Zimu and his sisters stayed together happily for several days. Rulan seemed to want to say everything she had not said to Zimu in the past two years.

Zimu held Minglan's hand and said earnestly, "Sixth sister, I am now really relieved that you will marry Gu Tingye."

Minglan tilted her head and looked at Zimu in surprise and asked, "Fourth sister? Why are you suddenly relieved?"

Rulan also came over and acted like a spectator, looking at Zimu with her sparkling eyes.

"I have seen how cruel and ruthless Gu Tingye is. As long as he is in the Gu family, those evil spirits will not dare to do anything to you."

Minglan nodded with a smile.

It had been agreed before that Zimu would leave the palace and get married. On the night before her wedding, Zimu and the sisters of the Sheng family got together and chatted for a long time.

We recalled the little things from our childhood together and laughed a lot.

The next day, Zi Mu dressed in a gorgeous wedding dress and left the palace in a graceful and elegant manner, riding on the Qingluan chariot.

The wedding was grand and solemn. When Qi Heng entered the palace to pick up the bride, he looked at Zimu affectionately, his eyes full of love.

Duke Qi and Princess Pingning were 100% satisfied with Zimu as their daughter-in-law. Gu Tingye and Liang Han helped Qi Heng block the wine in the front hall.

The main reason is to thank Qi Heng for marrying Zimu back home so quickly, so that their two brothers-in-law were able to marry Minglan and Rulan home.

The Sheng family married off three daughters in just two months. Every time Mr. Sheng got off work and went home, he felt uncomfortable and miserable.

When he went to court, he was not in a good mood towards his sons-in-law.

Even the eldest son-in-law, who had been married for many years and had three children, was implicated by his three brothers-in-law, Qi Heng, Gu Tingye, and Liang Han, and he had not seen his father-in-law's good face for a long time.

After the wedding, Zimu and Qi Heng began their new life. Just as mentioned before, the couple lived in the princess's mansion for a while and in the Duke of Qi's mansion for a while, taking turns living there. Madam Kong was left in the princess's mansion by Zimu to live in her old age.

As a female official, Madam Kong can now chat with her old sister, Madam Sheng, and go out to worship Buddha from time to time. She leads a very comfortable life.

Lin Qinshuang and Madam Wang's ranks of noble ladies were raised again and again because of their children's contributions. In the end, the person with the lowest rank in the Sheng family was the head of the Sheng family, Old Man Sheng.

Zimu and Qi Heng lived a sweet and warm life together for fifty-three years. They had only three sons and no daughter, and Qi Heng didn't feel much regret.

On the night Qi Heng died, Zi Mu also left this world.

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"Welcome back dear."

Zimu slowly opened his eyes and said, "Darling, extract the next small world."

"Okay, honey."

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