Chapter 481; Confession

Yes, it is true that the Duke of Zhenguo has military power, and he also has many close generals under his command.

But the reason why these people followed him was just to rest against the big tree, enjoy the shade, and live a peaceful and prosperous life.

If the Duke of Zhen wants to rebel, he must ensure the basic interests of these people. If you can't even guarantee the basic interests, why should they sacrifice their lives for you?

Raising an army of hundreds of thousands is not an easy task. Even if the government has money, how long can it last?

A few days later, the Duke of Zhen returned to the capital.

Many people were waiting for Duke Zhen to compete with the emperor, but they were all disappointed.

After the Duke of Zhen came back, there was no sound and it was very quiet.

As Mr. Zhou analyzed, what Zhen Guogong has to do now is to prevent others from criticizing his mistakes.

However, it's not like he arrived without doing anything.

It is said that he begged Emperor Hongwen alone, hoping that he could spare Empress Wang.

However, Emperor Hongwen did not agree immediately, and of course he did not refuse. It is said that he temporarily lifted the blockade of Fengqi Palace, but replaced all the useful people around the Queen.

This means that although Empress Wang is out of confinement, she is surrounded by people who are monitoring her. It is impossible for her to be as unscrupulous as before.

On the first day that Queen Wang came into contact with the house arrest, Mrs. Zhen Guo went into the palace to pay her respects.

Emperor Hongwen did not stop this.

She is just a woman, and there is no one around her to help her, so it is impossible for her to make waves.

When Mrs. Zhenguo came to the palace to pay her respects, she did not shy away from the spies arranged by Emperor Hongwen. She bluntly told Queen Wang that she had made a mistake this time and must not do it again in the future.

And don't play with your temper anymore.

Although Empress Wang was angry about this, she was also helpless. After all, she had no one around her who could be useful, and she was fed up with the days of confinement.

No matter how dissatisfied she is, she can only endure it and only hope that her son will come to Dabao in the future. By then, she will still be the best woman in the world in the Wia harem.

After Mrs. Zhenguo left, Prince Ning also entered the palace.

In the past few months, Prince Ning had been very confused. If Mr. Zhou hadn't been there to help him, he probably wouldn't have known what trouble he would have gotten into.

Now that Queen Wang was released, he seemed to have found his backbone in an instant.

He hurriedly entered the palace to pay his respects.

Seeing her son again, Queen Wang's eyes were red, and she pulled Prince Ning to talk about her grievances during this period.

Prince Ning also felt heartbroken when he heard this, but now Prince Ning has become a lot smarter under Mr. Zhou's training.

"Mother, everything will get better in the future. Your temper must also change. The current situation is very delicate. We can't rely on anyone but ourselves."

Regarding King Ning's words, Queen Wang nodded heartily.

After experiencing this incident, Queen Wang finally understood that what her brother only cared about was the Zhenguo Palace and himself.

For her married sister, she had the thought that she could give up at any time.

"Your Majesty is right, we can't rely on anyone but ourselves."

"You should also tell your mother what happened recently."

Hearing this, Prince Ning smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he saw so many maids standing around him and waved his hand in dissatisfaction.

But none of the palace maids moved.

Seeing this, King Ning was furious and just about to get angry, Queen Wang stopped him.

"They are all your father's people. If they want to stay, they can stay."

Hearing this, King Ning nodded and began to tell Queen Wang about some of his life situations recently.

As for the plans he and Mr. Zhou had, he didn't mention a word.

Queen Wang didn't ask, she just told him to pay more attention when he was alone outside.

She was not in a hurry at all. After all, she had just come into contact with the confinement, and Emperor Hongwen's people were still keeping a close eye on her. After waiting for a while, she could only figure out some things.

There was nothing unusual about the conversation between mother and son.

"The Duke of Zhen is really difficult to deal with. I originally thought that he would make a big fuss over the military power issue in Gyeonggi when he came back, but I didn't expect that he would act like a normal person."

"What's the fuss? No matter how much trouble there is, the military power will not be returned to him. Not to mention that the emperor will not give it to him, even Prince Ning will not be able to hand it over."

"If you can't get anything from the left or the right, how can you send some mistakes to the emperor?"

Lu Yaoyao smiled and shook his head.

"You are right. In fact, the emperor and I don't have much hope that he will cause trouble. On the contrary, it is a good thing for us that he has fallen silent like this."

Duke Zhen Guo was an old fox. Emperor Hongwen and King Jin both wanted him to make trouble, but they also didn't want him to make trouble.

They could seize the opportunity to continue to weaken the military power in the hands of Duke Zhen Guo, but if he really started to cause trouble without any scruples, Emperor Hongwen would have a headache again. If the punishment was harsh, lying down would cause a backlash. If he took it lightly, he would be afraid of civil servants.

What is dissatisfying?

It was a good thing not to make trouble. He wanted to figure it out slowly, which would give them a chance to continue the arrangement.

"I heard that Queen Wang was released. Do you plan to start with Queen Wang and dismantle the power of Duke Zhenguo bit by bit?"

"Well, this is indeed the plan. Although Queen Wang was released this time because of Duke Zhen Guo, it is said that Queen Wang is not grateful at all for this. On the contrary, she has a lot of resentment towards Duke Zhen Guo."

"I heard that Prince Ning has been coming to the palace every day in the past few days. The most common thing that mother and son say is that they have to rely on themselves in the future."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao smiled and nodded.

"This is a separation. I'm glad you are good. From now on, Prince Ning will have a person beside him who can make suggestions."

"Is there no news from the Han family yet?"

Lu Yaoyao shook his head.

"I'm probably still thinking about it, and I recently received news that when the Han family approached Duke Zhen Guo, they offered one million taels of silver and 10% of the salt mine resources in the hope of forming an alliance with him."

"Oh? Is there anything else?"

"After the Han family instigated the marriage of the Three Kingdoms, I arranged for Gu Jian to go to Hedong. I always wanted to create some trouble for the Han family, or to seize some of the Han family's mistakes and provoke a civil uprising, so that the Han family would be like the Gao family.

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"The Gao family?"

King Jin was startled and immediately remembered the incident when the Gao family caused a civil uprising and tens of thousands of people were killed by the angry victims.

However, he didn't know that the driving force behind this was actually Lu Yaoyao, and he always thought it was Gao's own fault.

"I did that thing. He is obviously my enemy. There is a deep blood feud. Unless his family is destroyed, I will only hate him."

After saying that, Lu Yaoyao turned to look at King Jin and asked with a smile: "How is it? Do you think I'm too cruel?"

Upon hearing this, King Jin shook his head with a smile and said, "Although I don't know what the blood feud you are talking about is, I believe you."

"You are not the kind of person who is hard-pressed to kill innocent people. To make you so angry, it must be because you have done something unforgivable."

"Wait a minute, if you destroyed the Gao family, then the Ming family will be killed."

"Me too."
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