Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen was sitting on the dragon throne, slowly operating the 'Emperor's Divine Conferment Technique'.

Within Zhou Chen's body, a 'mysterious' and mysterious energy began to rise.

in all directions.

up down left right.

They were all enveloped by this 'qi'.

The sounds of dragon roars came out from Zhou Chen's body.

More than that.

The vast national destiny of the Great Zhou Dynasty coincides with Zhou Chen.

It was as if Zhou Chen's figure on the dragon chair was illusory, close in front of his eyes, but far away in the horizon.

Buzz…

Zhou Chen opened his eyes, with a trace of regret in his eyes.

"Just a little bit."

Zhou Chen sighed.

After this period of time, they dealt with the people who joined the world and took the opportunity to weaken the strength of most of the aristocratic families. The national destiny of the Great Zhou Dynasty increased in a straight line.

Zhou Chen originally thought that with his rising national fortune, he could break the barrier between heaven and man in one fell swoop and become a heavenly man.

But he didn't expect that no matter how hard Zhou Chen practiced, he could not break through the barrier and break through the heavenly beings.

"Is it really impossible to break the barrier between heaven and man in this world?"

Zhou Chen frowned slightly and thought secretly.

Previously, Zhou Chen had learned from the information given by those who were in the world that it was difficult to break through the world because of the thin spiritual energy in the world.

But what Zhou Chen practiced was the ‘Emperor’s Art of Conferring Gods’.

The special nature of the Emperor's Conferring God Technique is that it does not require spiritual energy, but the Emperor's Qi of national destiny.

But Zhou Chen still failed to break the barrier between heaven and man and achieve heaven and man.

Zhou Chen clearly felt that there seemed to be an inexplicable shackles that restricted him from breaking the barrier between heaven and man and becoming a heaven and man.

"It seems that the inability to break the barrier between heaven and man in this world and achieve heaven and man is not just because those who are worldly say that spiritual energy is thin. There are probably other reasons."

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered.

at this time.

A house guard came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Lord Xun Yu is back and is now asking for an audience outside the palace."

"oh!"

"Xun Yu is back?"

Zhou Chen was shocked.

It has been quite some time since Xun Yu left Luoyang under orders to investigate the affairs of rich families in plundering land.

Zhou Chen had asked Cao Zhengchun before about the progress of Xun Yu and the others. Unexpectedly, Xun Yu would be back just one day later.

"Xuan Xunyu comes in."

Zhou Chen put away his thoughts and said to the house guard.

"According to the order."

The house guard and factory guard bowed and retreated.

soon.

Xun Yu then walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, Xunyu, has met with you."

Xun Yu walked into the Yangxin Hall and bowed respectfully to Zhou Chen who was sitting on the dragon throne.

"No gift."

Zhou Chen waved his hand and looked at Xun Yu.

After not seeing each other for several months, Xun Yu felt quite haggard.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xun Yu stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have lived up to your Majesty's trust and have completely surveyed all the lands that the wealthy families have taken advantage of."

"This is the number that I have found out, as well as the data on the taxes paid by wealthy families."

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Xun Yu took out the prepared memorial from his sleeve and held it in his hand.

Upon seeing this, the chamberlain guard next to him immediately stepped forward, took the memorial from Xun Yu's hand, and presented it to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen opened the memorial and glanced at it.

There was a lot of content in the memorial. After Zhou Chen scanned it at a glance, he looked up at Xun Yu and said, "Wen Ruo, thank you for your hard work. I heard that you encountered an assassin in Lingnan. Are you not injured?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I was not injured."

"With Governor Cao Shaoqin here, those assassins are nothing to fear."

"Besides, although I am a civil servant, I am not powerless. How can a mere assassin hurt me?"

Xun Yu bowed and said.

really.

Whether it is Xun Yu, Fang Xuanling, Xiao He or the others, although they are all civil servants, they have considerable martial arts strength, and ordinary young people are not their opponents at all.

"It's good that it's not hurt."

Zhou Chen closed the memorial and placed it on the dragon table. He glanced at Xun Yu and said, "Tell me the detailed story!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xun Yu bowed and said.

…

Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother sat on the main seat and looked at the four figures kneeling on the ground.

"Pingyang, what are you doing?"

"If anything happens, you should get up first and talk about it later."

"Anyone who can help, the Aijia will definitely help."

The Queen Mother said helplessly.

"Royal Sister-in-law, you have to help Pingyang. The Ministry of Punishment has sentenced many people in the Song family to death. Most of the people in charge of the Song family have been arrested by Jia Xu. If the Song family is gone, how will Pingyang survive in the future! "

A woman in palace attire said with tears in her eyes.

This woman in palace attire is none other than Princess Pingyang who is married to the Song family in Lingnan.

"Queen Mother, the same is true for our husband's family. Basically, most of the principals have been arrested by Jia Xu. Please save them for the sake of the sons and ministers."

The other three kneeling women were also crying.

They are all princesses of the four most powerful families in the royal family.

The patriarchs and ancestors of the four great clans were all captured by the imperial court. The four princesses had no choice but to come to the Queen Mother, hoping that the queen mother would speak and save the lives of the four great clans.

The Queen Mother frowned slightly when she heard what the four princesses said.

Since the death of the King of Shu, the Queen Mother has been eating fast and chanting Buddha's name every day, and no longer cares about external affairs.

The Queen Mother basically didn't know what was going on outside.

Now that she heard the cries of the four princesses, the Queen Mother suddenly felt doubtful.

The four princesses are all married to the four great families, and the four great families are the top aristocratic forces in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why did Your Majesty suddenly move the four great families?

The Queen Mother glanced at the four princesses and asked calmly, "Why were they arrested?"

The Queen Mother was able to rise and fall in the harem for decades, so she was not that easy to fool.

If it were a trivial matter, the Queen Mother would be willing to help.

After all, they are all royal relatives. No matter how great the legal principles are, they are not as powerful as human feelings.

As a member of the royal family, if you don't even have this privilege, then your status will be in vain.

As the saying goes, if you have the right to use it, it will become invalid upon expiration.

But if it is not an ordinary trivial matter, then the Queen Mother is powerless.

"this……"

Princess Pingyang and the other three princesses looked at each other.

For a moment, Princess Pingyang and the four of them didn't know what to say.

They can't say that they were arrested because the patriarchs of the four great clans, Lao Zu, and others joined forces to fight against the imperial court!

The old palace maid standing next to the Queen Mother leaned over and whispered a few words in the Queen Mother's ear.

The Queen Mother looked at Pingyang and the four princesses and sighed; "Pingyang, it's not that the Ai family doesn't want to help you, it's that the Ai family is incompetent."

"If it's a normal matter, the Ai family can help you, but the clan heads and ancestors of the four great clans dare to fight against the imperial court together. It's useless for you to ask the Ai family."

The Queen Mother shook her head.

As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, Princess Pingyang immediately said: "It's useful, others are useless, but the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother speaks, Your Majesty will definitely not go against the Queen Mother's wishes."

"Please ask the emperor's sister-in-law to help Pingyang for the sake of the emperor's brother."

"Pingyang promises that the Song family will definitely obey the imperial court in the future and will not dare to disobey the imperial court's orders again."

Princess Pingyang said quickly.

Princess Pingyang looked at the Queen Mother, full of expectation.

The same goes for the other three princesses.

They all knew in their hearts that as long as the Queen Mother opened her mouth, the arrested people of the four great clans would have a chance to survive.

After all, with the status of the Queen Mother, even His Majesty would not refute the Queen Mother's face under ordinary circumstances.

"Pingyang..."

The Queen Mother's voice became a little deeper; "What you said is beyond the capabilities of the Ai family."

"Although the Ai family is the Queen Mother, the only thing the Ai family can interfere with is the harem."

"The Ai family has no way to interfere with His Majesty's treatment of the four powerful men, nor are they qualified to do so."

When the Queen Mother said this, her tone became stern.

"Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the harem has not been allowed to interfere in politics."

"If the Ai family goes to see His Majesty because of your affairs, let alone whether His Majesty will agree to it, even the Queen Mother of the Ai family will not have the nerve to see the late Emperor in the future."

"You must remember that Your Majesty is the lord of the world. No one can control His Majesty's will, not even Aijia."

"Just pretend that the Ai family didn't hear what you just said, so you can take care of yourself."

Princess Pingyang and the four of them suddenly turned gloomy when they heard the Queen Mother's words.

Originally, they thought that coming to the Queen Mother would give those who were arrested by the four powerful men a chance of survival.

But now it seems that they are going to be disappointed, their trip was in vain.

Princess Pingyang and the other four of them all understood what the Queen Mother meant.

The emperor is the emperor, and the queen mother is the queen mother.

The emperor is the supreme king in the world, and what the emperor says is a true word, representing the power of Heaven in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

If the Queen Mother can change the emperor's will at will, then is the emperor still the supreme king in the world?

Moreover, once this precedent is set, can the emperor's majesty still dominate the world in the future?

…

Luoyang City.

guillotine.

The head of the Song family, the ancestor of the Song family, and the head of the Dugu family were all led to the guillotine one by one.

The heads of the Song family, dressed in prison uniforms, were kneeling on the ground with silent expressions.

They had expected this day before.

However, they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, but now that they were led to the guillotine, that glimmer of hope in their hearts was shattered.

They knew they had no chance of living anymore, and they died to lead.

"I never thought that we people would be led to the guillotine one day."

The head of the Song family said with a self-deprecating look.

The other people kneeling next to them also looked unwilling.

Thinking about these people, as the principals of the four great clans, who can stand up and not stand at the top of the Great Zhou Pyramid?

But now, he was put on the guillotine like an ordinary prisoner, waiting to be beheaded.

This is indeed a big irony for people like them who are always arrogant.

Around the guillotine, many people were watching.

The news that members of the four powerful families were going to be beheaded was quite shocking and attracted many people to watch.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, the four gates are aloof.

This is definitely the first time in history that such a high-ranking figure has been beheaded, which is a bit incredible.

…

On the supervisory stage.

Wang Yangming, the Minister of Punishment, was dressed in official uniform and was sitting on the main seat.

Seeing the head of the Song family being led to the guillotine, Wang Yangming couldn't express his feelings, his eyes were complicated.

This is the person in charge of the four great clans. Even in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, he is still standing at the top of the pyramid.

Even if he is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, he is usually three points shorter than before.

But this kind of person is going to be beheaded by him now.

It's so unpredictable.

Wang Yangming sighed in his heart.

Wang Yangming couldn't help but glance in the direction of the palace. Wang Yangming knew that all this was because of the emperor in the palace.

Without that emperor, these four great families, as well as other aristocratic families, would not be in this situation.

That palace man may be a wise king to the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but in the eyes of wealthy families, it may be hard to say.

"My lord, the time has come."

At this time, an official next to him whispered to Wang Yangming.

Wang Yangming took a deep breath, picked up the beheading card, and threw it out.

"cut."

Speak out one word.

On the guillotine, the shining golden sword was raised.

"Puch..."

The broadsword fell.

Bloody human heads rolled to the ground.

The head of the Song family, the ancestor of the Song family, the head of the Dugu family, the main figures of the four great clans, were cut off directly and became smoke in the past.

Maybe they never thought about it until they died.

As the main figures of the four great clans, one day, their lives would end in this way.

…

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Just after Xun Yu left, Cao Zhengchun walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang and the four princesses who are married to the four powerful families have come to Luoyang. They are now entering the palace to go to Cining Palace."

Cao Zhengchun bowed to report.

As the owner of Dongchang, Princess Pingyang and their whereabouts and purposes could not be hidden from Cao Zhengchun at all.

"oh!"

Zhou Chen raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Chen naturally knew that Princess Pingyang and the others were married to four princesses from the four great families.

Two are his imperial aunts, and two are his imperial sisters.

All in all, the relationship between these four princesses and the emperor Zhou Chen is very close.

These four princesses came to Luoyang at this time and even entered the palace to visit Cining Palace. Zhou Chen could basically guess their purpose even if he didn't have to guess.

"I understand."

Zhou Chen didn't say much.

These four princesses wanted to go to the Queen Mother to intercede, and their plan was good.

Unfortunately, they may be disappointed.

Zhou Chen still knows a thing or two about the Queen Mother's character.

Confused about small things, but shrewd about big things.

It is impossible for the Queen Mother to intervene in such matters as the Four Gates.

Besides, not everyone can control the emperor's decree, not even the Queen Mother.

"Today is the day to execute the four powerful men!"

Zhou Chen glanced at Cao Zhengchun and asked.

Cao Zhengchun nodded; "Yes, Your Majesty."

"It is estimated that all the four powerful men have been killed by now."

Cao Zhengchun said.

Zhou Chen nodded, said nothing more, and continued to deal with the memorial.

Cao Zhengchun wisely withdrew from the Yangxin Hall.