The whole world is waiting for my deposed empress

Huaijin picked up the paintbrush and carefully outlined the details of Ming Feiqing's flowers.

The eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, Grand Master Qin is asking to see you."

Huaijin didn't raise her eyes: "Let him come into the palace."

When Qin Zhao entered the inner hall, he was already familiar with these portraits. He honestly bowed to the fake monarch sitting on the seat.

Huai Ziyu didn't even look at him, but focused on the painting: "When will Chu Lan hand over the other half of the tiger talisman?"

Qin Zhao still knelt and said worriedly: "I'm afraid Chu Lan has noticed something, and he doesn't want to return to the court. Now that the 20 army is in his hands, if he has a different heart, I'm afraid..."

Up to now, only Chu Lan in the Southern Kingdom caused Huaijin a headache.

This person is extremely loyal to the royal family, courageous and strategic, and has military power in his hands, so it is extremely difficult to control.

In the past three years, Huaijin has won most of the hearts of the government and the public in the Southern Kingdom. Now, as long as he takes back the half of the tiger charm in Chu Lan's hand, the entire Southern Kingdom will be applauded by Huai Ziyu.

Huaijin traced Ming Feiqing's eyebrows and eyes, and said in a calm tone, "Since he has become suspicious, he can't stay any longer."

Qin Zhao hesitated and said, "But he is a rare general, if you kill him..."

Huai Jin interrupted him: "The premise of being a general is that he can be used by Gu. Now that he has two hearts, he is just a stumbling block that should be eradicated. There is no reason for Gu to tolerate and raise a rebellious minister and hinder the great cause of reunification."

Qin Zhao bowed his head: "I...understood."

The northern border of the southern country.

The deputy general grabbed a ragged young man from the outskirts of the barracks, and the young man showed his pass token in the palace, proving himself to be a palace resident of Nangong Qinde Palace.

The eunuch was sent to the commander's tent, spread out a book of the emperor's daily life, and told Chu Lan: "The one who is in power in the palace now is not Yelu Nanzhi at all, he is a counterfeit! This slave has served in the Qinde Palace for many years, Your Majesty There are slaves who are very clear about what they like, but the current one is completely upside down."

Chu Lan spread out the daily life record, and found that there are indeed many differences between the current "Yelu Nanzhi" and the one three years ago. He served him closely and never took off his silver mask in front of others. The imperial physicians and concubines who had been close to him were all silenced for various reasons in the past three years, and the members of the Yelu royal family were almost killed by him.

Chu Lan has long been suspicious. In the past three years, Yelu Nanzhi seems to have changed his temperament due to poisoning, but in fact everything is wrong.

The twin brothers standing together can still be seen by people who are familiar with the difference at a glance, not to mention that this person pretending to be a monarch is only relying on a mask to deceive everyone?

With this daily record, Chu Lan confirmed her guess.

The eunuch said again: "Slave can be sure that the real monarch is imprisoned in the palace by the fake monarch! The general must return to Beijing to save His Majesty from the fire!"

Before that, Chu Lan had planned to raise troops to force the palace to expose the fake monarch.

Now that he has personal and physical evidence in hand, he believes that the time has come, and immediately uses the Tiger Talisman to send troops to the capital.

In the early morning of the next day, the army surrounded Nangong tightly.

Under the watchful eyes of civil and military officials, Chu Lan stepped into the court hall, looking directly at "Yelu Nanzhi" on the dragon chair.

Huaijin remained calm, as if watching a play.

Seeing that Chu Lan had brought his weapons to the palace and was still not polite, Qin Zhao took a step forward and accused him, "General Chu has been at the border for a long time, have you even forgotten the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers?"

Chu Lan sneered: "The gift of the monarch and minister? The dragon chair is not the real monarch, so I don't have to be a fake minister!"

All the officials rustled and stirred.

"Yelu Nanzhi" held the dragon head on the armrest of the dragon chair, and said condescendingly: "It seems that the general doesn't want to be a subject, but wants to usurp the throne and become a monarch?"

Chu Lan laughed back angrily: "You are still distorting the facts, you are not Yelu at all... eh!"

Suddenly his throat tightened, his mind roared, and what he saw became blurred.

The monarch on the dragon chair sneered, and asked, "What isn't it? Isn't it the Mingjun in your heart? In the past three years, under the rule of Gu, the southern kingdom has been peaceful all over the world, the plague has been eliminated, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Who is not satisfied with the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty?"

All the officials knelt and bowed their heads, and no one dared to refute.

They could probably guess that the monarch on the dragon chair was not Yelu Nanzhi himself.

However, when Yelu Nanzhi was in power in the past, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued in the southern kingdom. After Yelu Nanzhi was poisoned, his temperament changed drastically.

Today, this monarch who is hard to distinguish between the real and the fake has never killed and punished rashly, never coveted beauty and robbed his ministers' wives, never regarded killing as a pastime game, and never killed innocent ministers as he wished.

What the Southern Kingdom needs is a reasonable and benevolent king.

As long as this person is a benevolent monarch, it doesn't matter whether he is Yelu Nanzhi or not.

On the contrary, if this was really Yelu Nanzhi, half of the people in the court would have lost their lives in the past three years.

Even though he is uncertain, he will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and can achieve a delicate balance between justice and people's hearts.

Everyone in the Southern Kingdom is greedy for this kind of comfort, and no one is willing to stand on Chu Lan's side and be loyal to "Yelu Nanzhi" whose life and death are unknown.

Chu Lan covered her neck, struggling to breathe.

He realized he was poisoned.

The scene before the dispatch of troops flashed in his mind, and his lieutenant handed over a bowl of wine.

Chu Lan's eyes darkened, and even his confidant who had been with him through life and death betrayed him.

He had a severe sore throat and was unable to make a sound. He could vaguely hear the king convicting him through the severe tinnitus:

"The general is not allowed to return to Beijing without a summons. Chu Lan, you led troops to force the palace without authorization today. You have conspired against the criminals, deceived the people in the court hall, and slandered the monarch. You should punish the nine clans."

"I just hope that you have made great contributions to the southern country, and you will be punished lightly. You will be stripped of the position of Lord Chu, and the whole family will be exiled to the northern land!"

The oracle was loud and loud, and no one complained about General Chu.

Chu Lan lost her strength due to poisoning and fell to her knees.

He watched helplessly as the other half of the Tiger Talisman was presented to the monarch by his most trusted lieutenant general.

And the eunuch who ran to the border to file a complaint transformed himself into a close attendant of the monarch.

He suddenly realized that all this was a trap to cut down his military power!

On the day of exile, it snowed heavily.

Chu Lan's hands and feet were put in heavy shackles. When passing by the pavilion on the outskirts of the imperial city, he saw the monarch wearing a silver mask personally coming to see him off.

Chu Lan stared at his mask, her voice was weak and hoarse: "The victory or defeat is decided, can you let me see who I lost to."

The monarch curled his lips into a smile, raised his hand and took off the silver mask.

Chu Lan's eyes gradually widened, and at the end they were full of disbelief.

"You... you are not dead?!! How is it possible!?"

Chu Lan always thought that the person who seized the throne and usurped power should at least be a member of the royal family of the Southern Kingdom. He never imagined that it would be Huaijin!

That Huai Ziyu who should have died under the cliff, or buried in the beast's mouth!

"It seems that Gu scared General Chu quite a lot." Huai Jin raised her hand to straighten Chu Lan's lapel, regretting endlessly, "It's a pity, it's a pity that you don't want to be loyal to Gu, otherwise how could Gu be willing to poison a general like you?" Is it half useless?"

Chu Lan's chest was stagnant, and her back felt cold.

The palace of the Southern Kingdom was occupied by the monarch of the enemy country for three years. No one realized that it was actually the monarch of Xiqin who ruled them for these three years. What was even more frightening was that all the people in the Southern Kingdom felt love and loyalty towards this false monarch. Heart!

No wonder that in the past three years, all decrees have been tightening power to the central government.

All of this was done deliberately by Huai Ziyu, and now, all the military hubs that matter to the life and death of the Southern Kingdom are in the hands of the monarch of the enemy country!

Realizing this desperate fact, Chu Lan was struck by a bolt from the blue.

He looked around, he saw all Huaijin's confidantes, the leader of which was Qin Taishi, who was respected by the people of the southern country!

And behind him, only the Chu family who are about to be exiled.

Mrs. Chu was pregnant with Liujia, and her feet were still shackled.

The poison on Chu Lan's body was not fatal, but it was enough to make him half useless. In addition, his military power and title were stripped, even if he knew that it was Huai Ziyu who occupied Li Daitao's nest, he was powerless to recover!

Huai Jin glanced at Mrs. Chu, and said to Chu Lan: "Actually, I wanted to kill your nine clans so as to avoid future troubles. But six or seven years ago, someone made a fortune telling that the Huai clan would prosper for a long time in the future, and it would be different from your southern Chu family." The family is closely related, I don’t know how the relationship is, the children and grandchildren have their own blessings, what I can do is not to kill them all, maybe I can get married in the future?”

This hexagram was calculated by Zhang Qi.

Chu Lan just thought it was ridiculous: "You still believe this?!"

Huaijin smiled and said: "Why don't you believe it? The destiny tells Gu that in the future Qin and Earth will be unified in my hands. If Gu wants you to live to see this day, it's like you still want to watch them while you know that the whole of the South Kingdom is being played around by Gu. It's the same as shouting long live to Gushan!"

Chu Lan was angry and powerless, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Huai Jin stared at Chu Lan's distressed and pitiful state, just like when he killed Yelu Nanzhi back then.