Re-embroidering life

Chapter 136 Complete Victory

In the hall, two people had extremely complicated expressions.

One was the emperor. He looked at the frost on Ji Zimo's temples and was shocked by the cruelty of time. He and he were both so old.

The other was Ji Zimo. He suppressed his emotions and clenched his fists, but tears still flowed out of his eyes. He didn't care even if it was a misconduct in front of the emperor.

For the past ten years, why his elder brother was dismissed from office and his family's property was confiscated was a forbidden area in the family. No one could ask or talk about it. He just thought it was to save his elder brother's face. After his elder brother came home, he went to the fields to plant vegetables and water them every day. He just thought that his elder brother was depressed and had nowhere to vent. It turned out that all this was his elder brother's active choice.

But that was ten years, how many decades can one have in a lifetime? Others may not know how difficult the Ji family was in these ten years, but he knew it best. Fortunately, all the family members were safe and sound. How much effort did the eldest brother put into it?

On the throne, the emperor spoke: "Order the Supervisory Office and the Dali Temple to jointly examine this case and determine whether what Ji Zixuan said is true. If it is true, the traitor must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others. The good minister should also be cleared of his stigma and his innocence!"

At this time, everyone was shocked to realize that Marquis Zhenyuan had not appeared for many days. They wanted to investigate the traitor, but where was the traitor?

"Urgent news!" A guard ran into the hall, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhenyuan has escaped!"

It was as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth, and his family and staff were all gone without a trace.

The emperor didn't seem surprised. If Zhang Yao didn't take any action after causing such a big commotion, he would not be worthy of being the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

But if the emperor could not foresee that he would run away, he would be even less worthy of being the emperor.

The emperor ordered: "Chase according to the plan!"

After the court was dismissed, the Inspectorate and the Dali Temple asked Ji Zixuan to go back with them to investigate. Ji Zixuan said, "Please wait a moment, my brothers and I will talk a few words."

Seeing Ji Zixuan slowly walking towards Ji Zimo, the court officials finally realized that this Ji Zixuan was actually the brother of Ji Zimo, the star of literature!

"Brother!" Ji Zimo called out with red eyes.

Ji Zixuan smiled lovingly: "Look at you, you are so old, why are you still crying? Big brother will be fine."

Ji Zimo nodded. Big brother is so smart, naturally nothing will happen. At this moment, he figured out many things that he couldn't figure out.

"Brother, you have known His Majesty for a long time, right?" Ji Zimo asked.

Ji Zixuan didn't say anything, but looked at his brother with a smile on his face and pride in his eyes.

"Not only have you known His Majesty for a long time, you have also been in contact with him. I thought the person who paid 10,000 taels of silver to buy my painting was someone from the Third Prince, but it turns out I was wrong, it was someone from His Majesty. I also thought that it was me who won the imperial commendation order for the Ji family, but it wasn't me, it was you." Ji Zimo choked up when he said this: "Brother, you have worked hard."

Ji Zixuan patted Ji Zimo on the shoulder: "All this is in the past. You have done a good job all along. I am very pleased."

Ji Zixuan turned around and strode away with several court officials. Ji Zimo looked at his determined back and felt a sore nose. Yes, it was all over.

What followed was naturally an unprecedented political storm sweeping the court.

Concubine Zhang was banished to the cold palace, and the eldest prince was imprisoned in the prince's mansion.

The relatives and friends of Marquis Zhenyuan in the court were violently purged, and countless officials had their homes confiscated and were imprisoned.

The nobles were already intertwined and huddled together for warmth. The liquidation of the Zhenyuan Marquis family really shocked most of the nobles. However, the families with closer ties felt that the court would liquidate them sooner or later, so they gritted their teeth and decided to rebel!

Since the beginning of autumn, a large part of the Zhenbei Army has rebelled, and there are also rebels in the west and south. The court was attacked from all sides.

The atmosphere in the capital was getting more and more tense. Shui Qinghua no longer paid attention to the court affairs, but had to take action. She began to stockpile food and daily necessities, and also thought about finding someone to reinforce the gate and wall of the courtyard. Not only at home, but also in Furong Garden, there were women everywhere, and they needed to ensure safety. She hurriedly planned to go out to discuss with Ye Jincheng.

"Just be patient, there won't be any chaos in the capital." Ji Zimo held her tightly and said calmly.

"How do you know?" Shui Qinghua looked at her suspiciously.

"Your Majesty has been preparing for this battle for at least ten years. He would not have taken action if he had not been sure of victory. Rather than saying that the nobles rebelled, it would be better to say that Your Majesty forced them to rebel."

My eldest brother had evidence that the Marquis of Zhenyuan was planning a rebellion ten years ago. The emperor and his ministers had been lying in wait for the most appropriate time to launch an attack. It can be said that this was a gamble, betting on whether the nobles would grow full wings first, or the court would grow sharp claws first. Fortunately, the Marquis of Zhenyuan didn't know that the emperor had already known that he wanted to rebel. The emperor finally got the upper hand.

Sure enough, news soon came that Marquis Zhenyuan fled all the way to Cangzhou, but was intercepted by the imperial army. The two sides fought fiercely for many days. Marquis Zhenyuan's personal soldiers were all killed or wounded. Marquis Zhenyuan abandoned his family and fled to the Zhenbei Army camp with his two sons.

The imperial court naturally had no arrangements in the Zhenbei Army. The emperor assembled an army of 300,000 to suppress the rebellion. The two sides were in a stalemate for not long before the Zhenbei Army began to mutiniate. It started on a small scale, but later more and more troops mutinied and they could not be stopped no matter how many people were killed.

The army was demoralized and naturally suffered a crushing defeat. The battle was over in just a few months. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Marquis of Zhenyuan committed suicide along with his sons. The title of Marquis of Zhenyuan, which had been hereditary since the founding of the country, finally came to an end.

Now that Marquis Zhenyuan was defeated, the other scattered rebels were naturally no problem and the imperial court dealt with them with almost no effort.

In order to completely change the situation where the nobles were self-reliant and could not be eliminated, the emperor made great efforts to support young military generals. After this battle, a group of generals emerged, and one of the shining names was Shen Yi. Only then did people know that he had served in the Zhenbei Army for a year, planted a nail in the army, and secretly instigated many low-ranking military officers to rebel. Later, he was transferred to the Gongwei Division and made great contributions in the battle of attacking Jiangxinzhou. After the war, he was rewarded for his merits and was named the Earl of Yongwu by the court.

At this moment, the newly appointed Earl of Bravery was riding his horse into the city. After being away from the capital for several months, he was rushing back to the court to report.

After entering the city, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased. Shen Yi dismounted and led the horse. He took big steps and left the people around him far behind in a few steps. There was a woman in front of him blocking his way. She walked very slowly. He was getting impatient. Then he looked again. She had waist-length hair and a wide robe. When the wind blew, her long hair and skirt flew together. He only knew one person who was so free and easy.

Lady Water!

Shen Yi shouted in his heart, his eyes stained with a few traces of excitement that he himself could not detect. Just as he was about to shout out loud, he suddenly realized that Mrs. Shui was not alone. She was pushing a strange-looking wooden chair with wheels on both sides.

Looking at the jade-like man in the wooden chair, even if it was just his back, Shen Yi knew who he was. He was struck by lightning and couldn't help but take a half step back.