Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Deep inside the Zhenbei Palace.

The daytime reception is over.

But tonight, King Zhenbei did not rest as usual, but waited quietly in the inner courtyard alone.

Crunch!

It was not until the tightly closed door was pushed open that Xiao Mu suddenly opened his eyes!

It's Zhou Zheng!

At this time, Zhou Zheng, with Zhou Ping, Yun Yun and Gan Mo, quietly appeared in the inner courtyard of the Zhenbei Palace.

Looking at the much older Zhenbei King in front of him, Zhou Zheng felt a sudden shock in his heart.

He suppressed the fluctuations in his heart, stood in front of King Zhenbei, and bowed deeply: "Grandpa!"

In just two words, Zhou Zheng expressed his respect and love for King Zhenbei.

The person in front of him is not only the backbone of the northern border, but also a pillar of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also Zhou Zheng's grandfather and one of the most important people to Zhou Zheng.

Who could have thought that in just a few months, the once powerful King of Zhenbei would be sidelined in the northern border!

You know, this is the northern border that the King of Zhenbei has painstakingly managed for decades.

Almost all the generals here were brought up by King Zhenbei.

"Your Majesty, I am sorry for you!"

Seeing Zhou Zheng's appearance, King Zhenbei could no longer hold back the fluctuations in his heart, and his voice choked with sobs.

His eyes were wet with tears and his body was shaking constantly.

When Zhou Zheng appeared during the day, he didn't even dare to show any abnormality.

He could only hurriedly explain a few things so that he could see Zhou Zheng in person late at night.

The Xiao family was overjoyed and hosted a banquet for the whole world.

This kind of thing is indeed something that King Zhenbei cannot do.

Not to mention that the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty was empty at that time, even under normal circumstances, the King of Zhenbei would never do such a thing.

However, this time, King Zhenbei had no choice!

Because, only in this way could he see Zhou Zheng quietly and unknowingly.

Otherwise, once Zhou Zheng showed up in the Zhenbei Palace with great fanfare, the situation would become extremely serious, and he might even die in the northern border.

Only if Zhou Zheng notices the abnormality will there be a glimmer of hope.

As expected, everything was just as King Zhenbei had expected.

The huge commotion caused by the entire Zhenbei Palace made Zhou Zheng feel something was wrong, and he was able to contact the Zhenbei King without anyone noticing.

"Grandpa, what happened?"

Soon, Zhou Zheng calmed down.

He looked solemn, and there was a hint of cold murderous intent in his eyes!

The King of Zhenbei was sidelined, and the magnitude of the incident was beyond imagination.

This is not just about the prestige of the King of Zhenbei in the northern border, but also involves the safety of the imperial court and the stability of the Great Zhou.

Once something happens in the northern border, the Great Zhou will have nowhere to defend.

The imperial court will lose its greatest power and will be in danger.

By then, I'm afraid the dynasty will change.

The danger involved was so great that even Zhou Zheng was sweating profusely when he thought about it now.

"Aristocratic family!"

"It was those aristocratic families who took action."

At this time, King Zhenbei did not dare to hide anything.

It turned out that Zhou Zheng had finally turned his knife towards the aristocratic families.

As long as the aristocratic families are still deeply rooted in the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou will never be truly strong, and the people of the Great Zhou will never be truly prosperous. It is even more impossible for the Great Zhou to have any chance of winning the subsequent battles with the Far West.

Therefore, Zhou Zheng made up his mind to carry out a purge of the aristocratic families.

This purge was also because Zhou Zheng had already noticed that there would be movement from the aristocratic families.

However, Zhou Zheng's decision will never be changed easily.

However, what Zhou Zheng never expected was that he thought he had overestimated the aristocratic families, but now it seems that it is far from enough.

I still greatly underestimated the power of the aristocratic families.

"The aristocratic families are very capable, but why did they affect the northern border?!"

"Those generals have followed you, Your Majesty, through thick and thin."

Zhou Ping gritted his teeth, his eyes full of disbelief.

Even life and death can be entrusted to him, why would he betray the King of Zhenbei at this time? !

Besides, what methods did King Zhenbei use?

Why is it that they are totally unaware of it, or even completely ignored? !

"Throughout the Great Zhou, the real dignitaries and the real border generals all have one identity: they are descendants of aristocratic families."

"Your Highness, do you really think that you are an ordinary commoner and qualified to be a general?"

With a bitter smile, King Zhenbei no longer concealed it.

For so many years, the Great Zhou had always used the Zhongzheng system to elect officials and generals.

Although soldiers can become generals by constantly fighting in battles and killing enemies, the probability is very small after all. Even after becoming a general, they may be secretly controlled and bribed by aristocratic families.

Therefore, in essence, this world has always been the world of aristocratic families.

The difference is that the power of the aristocratic families is different in different eras.

Therefore, there is the saying of changing dynasties.

The royal family took advantage of the grievances and struggles between the aristocratic families to gradually make the imperial power independent.

Gradually, the imperial power began to grow, and at some point in time it was even able to suppress the aristocratic families.

But the premise of this is that the aristocratic families are constantly fighting with each other.

But this time it's different.

This time, all the noble families in the world seemed to have discussed it beforehand, and they actually joined forces.

This kind of alliance is not an ordinary alliance, it involves all the noble families!

Regardless of their strength or influence, they united together.

When he said this, Xiao Mu's voice began to tremble.

This situation is unprecedented and unheard of!

Ever since the emergence of aristocratic families on this continent, there has never been such a shocking scene.

Perhaps, a single aristocratic family cannot threaten the imperial power.

But if all the aristocratic families join forces, it would be enough to completely rewrite the imperial power.

The power contained in it is something that even the King of Zhenbei dare not easily imagine.

At this time, Gan Mo and Zhou Ping also took a deep breath. They looked at each other and lowered their heads in silence.

I thought that Zhou Zheng's move this time might be aimed at those powerful aristocratic families, but who would have thought that it would be the aristocratic families in the world.

This means that they can mobilize people from all over the world, which means they can mobilize countless resources.

This also means that they have countless messages and clues.

As long as they take action, not to mention the current weakness of the imperial court, even in its heyday, it would have no chance of winning.

This point can be explained by the fact that King Zhenbei was sidelined.

The influence of the aristocratic families was enough to completely undermine the King of Zhenbei, who had controlled the northern border for twenty years, without any soldiers.

So, what about the imperial court?!

Has the current imperial court also been sidelined? !

Are Gong Tan and Mu Yun safe?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zheng felt his heart skip a beat and began to panic a little.