Chengqian Palace.
Zhao Jun sat silently where Zhao Ming used to sit, looking at the jade pendant in his hand in a daze.
This is a three-clawed dragon pendant that is completely white and hollowed out with a three-clawed dragon with fangs and claws. It was placed in the hands of the emperor's brother before he died.
Zhao Jun clearly remembered that this jade pendant was handed over to him by his father personally on the day when his brother was crowned prince. It was said that every prince in Zhao and Song Dynasties would inherit this three-clawed dragon pendant after becoming a prince.
The purpose of the emperor's brother giving this jade pendant to him before his death is self-evident.
It is already the second day after Zhao Jun entered Bianjing.
After Zhao Ming died yesterday, the crazy Zhao Jun rushed into the black-armored infantry and killed them randomly. The last black-armored infantry did not escape, and they all died on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jun ordered the Yunzhou Army to quickly blockade the entire Bianjing City and investigate all information about people related to this black-armored army.
Although most of the people escaped, there were still many people who stayed in the city with the idea that they had a cooperative relationship with the Huns. After being investigated, they were escorted to the market entrance and beheaded on the spot.
Yesterday, Zhao Jun was almost crazy. He didn't follow the procedures at all and would kill him if he found out!
Caishikou, who was directly killed, was bleeding like a river. A total of 357 people were killed in the street!
It happened that there was an old coffin maker in the city who did not evacuate with his son because of his old age. Instead, he guarded the store alone and quietly waited for death to come.
Except for the imperial guards who guarded the city, everyone else in the palace had already fled, so Zhao Jun finally had no choice but to find this old coffin maker. He dismantled a golden nanmu used as the main beam in the palace and made two sets for the father and son. The coffin did not let the old man and the emperor's brother expose their bodies to the wilderness.
After almost controlling the city, Zhao Jun divided the Yunzhou Army into two.
Zhao Jun led 50,000 people to stay in Bianjing, while Guan Ning led the remaining 140,000 people to pursue the Xiongnu.
And Zhao Jun immediately sent people to catch up with the fleeing queen and her party after they left, and brought them back.
At first, the queen and her party were very happy when they heard from the people sent by Zhao Jun that Zhao Jun had returned with his troops and had defeated the Huns.
I thought there was no need to flee!
However, when they came back, they saw two coffins in the Long Live Hall. They stepped forward and saw with their own eyes that the prince lying inside one of them was actually the prince. The queen fainted on the spot and has not woken up until now.
Asked the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor said that he was too sad and could not accept the reality for a while, so his body fainted on its own.
Although the Crown Princess Li Qingning was also sad, she was still strong and never left. She stayed in front of the hall.
The best way to recover is to let her sleep for a while and she will wake up soon.
Zhao Jun stayed in front of the mourning hall until midnight, and finally came to rest under Wang Huaien's persuasion, but he never fell asleep, holding the jade pendant in his hand and looking at it all night.
Yesterday, before the prince died, he said that he would send people to help him deal with the fourth and fifth children. After Zhao Jun had his hands free, he also sent people to the houses of these two people.
Both houses were empty.
The fourth child couldn't find anyone and didn't know where he had gone.
But Lao Wu, although he was not found alive, his body was put into the coffin.
When the people sent by Zhao Jun saw it and immediately passed the news back, Zhao Jun rushed over immediately and saw with his own eyes that the low-key Lao Wu in the past could only lie quietly there.
There was still a smile on his lips and makeup on his face. Even though he was just a corpse now, he was still as handsome as when he was alive.
"The people who work are so skilled..."
Zhao Jun said something subconsciously, and the officers and soldiers of the Yunzhou Army who were busy around them all looked back at their prince in astonishment.
The fifth child is dead, but the whereabouts of the fourth child are still unknown.
The secret guards searched for a long time, but there was no trace of the fourth child. Zhao Jun was not too obsessed with this point. After letting them continue searching, he came to the Chengqian Hall alone and led him quietly all night.
suddenly!
Tuk Tuk! Tuk-tuk-tuk!
A regular knock on the door pulled Zhao Jun out of his thoughts.
Zhao Jun looked up and saw that it was Cao Shuang and eunuch Li Wenli who were beside the emperor knocking on the door of the store.
"What's going on? Come in!"
Zhao Jun looked up and then let the two people in.
As soon as the two came in, Cao Shuang clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "King Yun, the Queen is awake. Please go to Kunning Palace."
"Is the queen awake?"
Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently, and immediately stood up to go.
Cao Shuang and his two men immediately walked ahead to lead the way.
Soon the two of them came to Kunning Palace from Chengqian Palace in the East Palace, and saw Queen Zhang who was holding a small dress blankly.
"My son, I pay homage to my mother and wish my mother well!"
Zhao Jun saluted according to etiquette.
Queen Zhang ignored him, still looking at the small clothes in her hands in a daze.
After a while, Queen Zhang murmured: "Why Ming'er and not you?
Why wasn't you the one who died?
Why did you come so late?
Why! Why! Why do we have to come back tomorrow after we have clearly left!
This is why! woo woo woo woo……"
Queen Zhang couldn't help crying.
Zhao Jun stood silently in the palace. He knew that the queen did not want him to give an answer or answer at this time.
She just wanted to find a channel to vent her emotions.
So Zhao Jun understood that he could just endure it quietly.
After all, he was also brought up by Queen Zhang.
After an unknown amount of time, Queen Zhang's cries gradually stopped, and the palace became quiet again.
Empress Zhang sounded with a trembling voice: "What did Ming'er say before she died?"
Zhao Jun replied: "Before leaving, the queen said that she was unfilial, sorry for her mother, and could no longer be filial to her."
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”
After saying this, Empress Zhang burst into tears again.
The crying stopped for a long time, and by this time Queen Zhang's voice was full of exhaustion.
"Lao Liu, what are you going to do?"
Zhao Zheng was stunned for a while and then said: "After guarding the funeral of my father and brother, I will return to Yunzhou County."
"Then what?"
The queen continued to ask.
Zhao Jun was silent.
The queen continued:
"Are you going to give the fourth son all the things your father and Ming'er have left behind?
I heard that the fourth child’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Could it be that you want to give up the throne to the fourth child, and then watch the fourth child bully me and Qing Ning, two weak women?
Do you have to watch helplessly as the country that your father has guarded all his life is harmed by some ambitious fellow from the fourth brother? "
"I don't dare!"
Zhao Jun bowed his head and didn't even dare to say a word.
Empress Zhang burst out laughing at this moment, smiling, but tears quietly slipped from the corners of her eyes.
"What are you afraid of? You are the majestic King of Clouds!
There are hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, and even the entire Tatar grassland is your sphere of influence.
The Song Dynasty could only defend against the Huns, but when they faced you, King Yun, the Huns could only flee in confusion. What else do you dare not do?
How different are you from the person sitting on which throne? "
Queen Zhang suddenly stood up, wiped away the tears that fell from the corners of her eyes, stared at Zhao Jun, and said coldly: "Either you inherit the position and help Ming'er protect us.
Or, go back to your Yunzhou, and I and Qingning will hang up their three-foot white silk ribbons and go with Ming'er and the others, so as not to be humiliated!
How do you choose? Take your pick! "
Zhao Jun looked at Queen Zhang, thought for a long time, and finally sighed softly and nodded slowly.
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(End of chapter)
