Ten years of dormancy: Starting as a martial arts master at the pinnacle

A great battle took place in the palace, and a section of the palace collapsed.

Two or three of the ten palaces had collapsed.

Although the people in the palace were evacuated, some were unable to escape in time, and hundreds died.

These are all minor matters.

For the Great Zhou royal family, successfully eliminating their greatest threat, Yang Bo, meant avenging the deaths of over a hundred members of the imperial clan.

Undoubtedly, it is more important.

Not to mention successfully killing Yang Bo, and also subjugating his forces and seizing his supplies and money.

Li Zheng will be very busy for the next period of time.

Busy familiarizing himself with the national treasure sword, busy repairing the palace, busy appeasing the palace staff. Busy sending people to seize power, treasures, and wealth...

The Crown Prince and the King of Qin were both assigned numerous tasks, each leading their own men to carry them out.

Even the fourth prince, the Prince of Yan, was assigned to lead the Ministry of Works to rebuild the palace.

Fortunately, with the money plundered from Yang Bo, the imperial court didn't need to pay for the palace repairs.

Besides that, the most important thing was the funeral of the King of Wu.

The King of Wu died in battle.

The matter was quickly investigated and found out that the escaped Heavenly Demon Elder was rescued by King Wu during the Beggars' Sect's martial arts tournament.

Li Changqing had already caught up with him, and if it weren't for the intervention of the King of Wu, Li Changqing would have killed the demon beforehand.

Even without Li Changqing's intervention, the commander of the Golden Guard at the time could have accomplished this.

Although the King of Wu deserved his punishment.

It's true that he was bewitched by the Heavenly Demon Elder when he tried to assassinate Li Zheng, but it wasn't necessarily his own intention.

But by taking in the Heavenly Demon Elder, he chose to seek revenge against a dangerous opponent. Therefore, he should naturally bear the consequences.

Out of consideration for his father-son relationship, Li Zheng did not expose the King of Wu's mistakes.

But it didn't say he died in battle.

It was only said that he was caught in the aftermath of the battle and unfortunately passed away.

He was neither accomplished nor deserving of any major demerit, and was buried according to the standards for an ordinary prince.

His eldest son inherited the title of King of Wu, but his title was reduced by one rank.

He was initially granted the title of Prince of the County, but was later enfeoffed as Prince of Liushan County.

This illustrious prince, who once participated in the struggle for the throne, has now officially come to an end.

The civil officials who had originally sided with him began to choose to serve other people.

There's no way around it; officials like them who have already taken sides don't qualify to remain neutral.

If they don't find themselves a new patron, they will soon be replaced.

The Prince of Qin's mansion became the biggest beneficiary, with officials in several key positions all siding with the Prince of Qin's mansion.

As for the reason?

Although everyone was tight-lipped about it, there were quite a few people who witnessed that battle.

The eunuchs and maids in the palace, the guards of the Imperial Guard, and the martial artists in the Great Zhou Armory.

With so many eyes watching, even if the Emperor of Great Zhou issued a gag order, no one was allowed to divulge the matter.

They only told the outside world that the palace had been robbed.

As for the thieves, why were hundreds of palaces damaged?

None of that matters.

But those who needed to know the news still found out.

The three supreme rulers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, including the former crown prince Yang Bo, who had been hiding in the shadows of the Great Zhou for hundreds of years, died in the Great Zhou palace.

One of the most precious treasures in his possession also became a spoil of war for the Great Zhou royal family.

The era of the Dark Emperor Yang Bo has ended, and now the entire Great Zhou Dynasty is firmly in the hands of the royal Li family.

Besides.

Yang Bo was accompanied by three other Supreme Beings.

The Black Demon Cult Leader was seriously injured, and his arm was cut off by the patriarch of the Qi State Duke's Mansion.

The Heavenly Demon Elder fled in defeat, while the Archer God Lü Liang sustained minor injuries.

A total of four supreme beings attacked the Great Zhou Imperial Palace together.

Without Xiaoyao Hou present, of the four, one died, one was seriously injured, one was slightly injured, and one fled.

The Zhou royal family has won a great victory.

As for why such remarkable results were achieved?

That's because a new supreme being has suddenly appeared.

This supreme ruler is the former Prince of Qinghe, now the newly appointed Prince of Yong, who was originally to accept the abdication of the throne as the future emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Li Changqing!

of course.

The abdication ceremony has now been cancelled, after all, the palace was robbed, and the thieves destroyed hundreds of palaces.

The Great Zhou court couldn't afford to worry about these things for the time being.

The abdication was thus postponed indefinitely.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the so-called abdication ceremony is nothing but a facade.

The purpose was to kill Yang Bo.

As it turns out, the current emperor Li Zheng was quite capable, and he actually managed to accomplish this task.

The malignant tumor hidden in the shadows of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been completely eradicated.

With the rise of Li Changqing, the Great Zhou Dynasty was thriving.

Although Li Changqing did not participate in the struggle for the throne.

But as news of his ascension to the throne was revealed, Crown Prince Li Yuanqian spent the entire night drinking in silence.

Prince Yan, Li Yuanfang, locked himself in a meditation room and did not come out for three days.

In stark contrast is Qin King Li Yuanhao.

Li Yuanhao entered the palace that very night, but unfortunately the emperor did not see him.

"Tell the old man, I will be back! He can run away one day, but he can't hide the next."

Li Yuanhao's power, especially his influence in the imperial court, increased several times over.

Some neutral generals and officials who held real power took the initiative to extend olive branches to Prince Qin, Li Yuanhao.

Princess Nangong Ya of Qin received numerous invitations to flower-viewing banquets.

They cannot possibly be worthy of Prince Yong.

Aren't there also Princess Chang Le and so many imperial grandsons and granddaughters in the Prince's Mansion?

If all else fails, taking Bai Wushuang as a foster son is also an option.

As long as we can establish a connection with the Prince of Qin's mansion, won't we be able to do whatever we want in the Great Zhou Dynasty?

Nangong Ya was extremely annoyed.

Just dealing with Li Changqing's three wives and four concubines made Nangong Ya feel like her head was about to explode.

None of these seven companies are easy to deal with.

The easiest one to control is actually Luo Qingqing, the future Princess Consort of Prince Yong.

Unfortunately, Luo Qingqing was still the future princess consort chosen by Li Changqing, even though the Minister's mansion couldn't hold on.

With Li Changqing around, no one can get past her.

Unlike the melancholy Nangong Ya, Luo Qingqing has been having a wonderful time these past few days.

Because she was a constable in the Six Doors, many young ladies in the capital disliked her.

Moreover, these young ladies from noble families were of high social standing.

After all, Luo Qingqing's status is undeniable; her father is a master of the Great Freedom Sect and the head of the Six Doors.

My maternal grandfather was the Minister of Justice.

Although she couldn't squeeze into the top tier of princesses and noblewomen, she was definitely in the second tier among the noble ladies of Kyoto.

Those who could strike up a conversation with her were naturally from this second tier.

Even after Luo Qingqing became the Princess Consort of Qinghe, these people didn't treat her with much courtesy.

Anyway, they never thought of benefiting from Luo Qingqing's fame.

What reason is there to fawn over her?

As a princess consort, given their status, they don't need to have too many scruples.

But that's no longer possible; their fathers have given them strict orders.

From now on, you must be respectful when you see Luo Qingqing. Even if you can't befriend her, you must never offend her.

If you see Luo Qingqing suffering a loss, you must help her, whether it's with words or actions.

We absolutely cannot stand idly by.

Luo Qingqing herself was completely bewildered. She didn't know how she had become the most prominent figure in the circle of noble ladies.

Even princesses and noblewomen treated her with utmost respect.

She didn't know how her fiancé had become the Supreme Being.

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