MTL - Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child-Chapter 621 The only choice

   Seven days later, the emperor went to the funeral.

  The crown prince led all the civil and military officials to the funeral, and the people of the city bowed down along the street.

  The white flag fluttered with the wind, and the paper money fell like snowflakes.

  Among the cries of the crowd, a dynasty came to an end.

  The next day, Prince Shen Zhuo held a grand enthronement ceremony in Yujing and officially ascended the throne. Empress Dowager Deng was honored as Empress Dowager Tai, and Empress Wen was honored as Empress Dowager.

  However, before Shen Zhuo could secure the throne, Prince Jia's Mansion, far in the north of the river, suddenly launched a mutiny.

   King Jia was killed on the way back to the fief, and his family guessed that the emperor should have done it.

  For both self-protection and revenge, King Jia's eldest son took the letter left by his father and summoned his soldiers and horses. First, he killed the local governor, and then took the governor's head to force the rest of the officials to surrender.

   When this matter spread to Yujing, it immediately caused an uproar.

  Shen Zhuo sent troops to suppress it, but the household department said that Liaodong County was still fighting, and the money and food in the treasury were not enough to support two wars at the same time.

  So Shen Zhuo ordered again to suspend the reinforcements to Liaodong County.

   Together with the grain and grass that had been sent to Liaodong County before, they were all recalled.

Empress Dowager Wen was very worried: "This is tantamount to giving away Liaodong County to others. This will not only damage the prestige of our wild geese, but also make those malicious people make a fuss about this matter. You have to think twice .”

  Shen Zhuo had long been hesitant about this matter, and only smiled slightly when faced with his mother's persuasion.

   "Mother, don't worry, this is just a stopgap measure. After the rebellion in the Jiangbei area is put down, I will send troops to take back Liaodong County. It belongs to our wild goose territory and will not let outsiders take advantage of it."

  Empress Dowager Wen still hesitated: "But in this case, what will happen to the 300,000 troops of the Eastern Expeditionary Army?"

  Shen Zhuo expressed his considerations without haste.

"Those 300,000 horses are indeed very important to us wild geese, but most of them look forward to Tang Guixi's leadership. No matter how much money and food I send over, it's just to support Tang Guixi. Taking advantage of this opportunity to ask Chen Guo to help us get rid of part of the Eastern Expedition Army, it can be regarded as helping us clean up the house, and when the people of Chen State kill Tang Guixi later, I will send someone to take over the Eastern Expedition Army, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

  Empress Dowager Wen thought about it carefully, and felt that his consideration was quite thoughtful, so she nodded slightly.

   "Since you know what's in your mind, then Aijia won't talk too much."

  Seeing Shen Zhuo's increasingly calm appearance, she sighed softly.

"Now that you are the emperor, you have become more organized, but you look thinner. You must have not had a good rest, right? Aijia has to take care of the Empress Dowager every day during this period, and has no time to take care of you. I can only wrong you for a while, and when the Ai family is free, I will choose a queen for you, and you will be much more relaxed if the queen takes care of you in the future."

  Shen Zhuo: "I'm fine now, the queen mother doesn't need to worry about me, as for the appointment of a queen, it's still early, let's discuss it later."

  Empress Dowager Wen looked at him deeply: "Are you still thinking about Yu Niaoyao?"

  Shen Zhuo neither admitted nor denied it.

  Empress Dowager Wen frowned slightly, and tried to persuade: "You know that she is not suitable to be a queen, but her thoughts are not on you at all. The melon that is twisted is not sweet, so just let it go."

   Shen Zhuo lowered his eyes, his appearance was very submissive, but what he said was very stubborn.

   "She was just blinded for a while. I have a way to make her realize that I am her only choice in this world."

  Empress Dowager Wen wants to say something more.

  But Shen Zhuo opened the mouth first: "The mother is tired these days, it's better to go back and rest earlier, I still have some memorials to review, so I won't send you off."

   Empress Dowager Wen showed helplessness in the back, so she could only leave silently.

  As soon as the Queen Mother left, Shen Zhuo called the commander of the imperial guards and gave orders in a deep voice.

   "Take two hundred elite soldiers and search along the route from Yujing to Liaodong. Once you find Xiao Juan, you will be shot!"

  Although he has issued a sea arrest document to arrest Xiao Juan, it has been eight days and there is still no news.

  Now Xiao Juan is like a mouse crossing the street, and Dayan Chao has no place for him in the court.

  If he doesn't want to leave Dayan, he can only go and join Tang Guixi.

  Since Tang Guixi is in Liaodong, Xiao Juan will most likely go to Liaodong County on this trip.

  The commander of the imperial guard hesitated a bit: "The duty of the general is to protect and guard the palace and protect the safety of your majesty. If the general leaves Yujing, what will happen to your majesty's safety?"

  In fact, what he is more worried about is that once he leaves Yujing, his original official position will be replaced by others.

   After all, the emperor has just ascended the throne, and it is the time when people are needed. Many people have sharpened their heads and want to get in front of the emperor.

Shen Zhuo understood what he was thinking, and said in a low voice: "You don't need to worry about this, I will let someone temporarily take over your work, if you can successfully complete the task, the position of commander of the Imperial Guard is still yours, but if you If you can't complete the task, you don't have to come back."

  The commander of the imperial guards was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down to show his loyalty.

   "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, even if the final general goes up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, he will definitely take Xiao Juan's head!"

  Shen Zhuo didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly reminded him.

   "If you meet Yu Niaoyao, tell her for me that as long as she comes back obediently, I will let the past go."

   "Here."

  The commander of the imperial guards took the order to leave.

   Shen Zhuo looked at the scenery outside the window, his eyes became deeper and deeper.

  He knew that with her curvaceous personality, even if Xiao Juan became a traitor that everyone would punish, she would not abandon Xiao Juan and leave alone.

  But he also knew that with Xiao Juan's personality, he would definitely not let Niao Niao suffer with him.

  Shen Zhuo put one hand on the window lattice, and tapped lightly with his index finger.

   "You love her so much, you must know what's best for her, right?"

  …

  Yu Niaoyou and Xiao Juan have successfully escaped from Yujing, but the court's arrest of them has never stopped.

  In order to cover up their whereabouts, they changed their appearance and dressed up as a young couple who eloped.

  Seeing that the night was approaching, the two found a local guesthouse for lodging.

  The proprietress of the inn has a sharp eye. When she saw Yu Niaoyao and Xiao Juan's cautious appearance, she showed an ambiguous smile.

   "Are you two hiding from someone?"

  Yu Niaoyou blushed, pretended to be ashamed, and defended without confidence.

   "How can we hide from anyone? We just went out to join relatives, please open a guest room for us."

  The proprietress smiled more ambiguously: "Open a guest room, it seems that the two of you are husband and wife."

  Yu Niaoyou's little face immediately turned redder.

  Xiao Juan took out a piece of broken silver and threw it on the counter: "Please burn some hot water, my wife wants to take a bath."

The proprietress took the money and looked Xiao Juan up and down. She saw that he was born with broad shoulders and narrow waist. This person's appearance and temperament are excellent.