How can a thousand crematoriums be enough?

As night fell, all the imperial guards in the city flocked to the palace, and even the imperial guards in the palace listened to Yu Mao's mobilization.

Yu Mao walked towards the Palace of Compassion and Ning step by step. With every step, the hatred in his heart doubled, and finally he was furious.

In the room, the queen mother just lay quietly on the bed.Yu Mao walked to the side, not daring to vent his breath.

Obviously, Grandma Huang just fell asleep, as long as she wakes up, she will be fine.

The tears that had been borne for a long time in Xuanhua Temple finally fell when Yu Mao was alone, and big drops fell onto the sleeves and quilt.

"Grandma Huang, Royal Father, Big Brother..."

There were still people guarding outside, so Yu Mao could only call the three of them over and over in a low voice.

Looking forward to the next second, the queen mother can get up and rub his head, smiling and saying it's all right.

But it was impossible, his relatives were all gone, all gone...

Gently holding the Queen Mother's cold hand, Yu Mao rubbed his face and said slowly, "Don't worry, Grandma Huang, Zhong Yunde, Zhong Yunwen, Zhao Anchao, as long as they are traitors, Xiao Jiu will not let them go!"

The innocence and kindness of the past are no longer in the big cat's eyes, and they are as deep as an abyss, with no end in sight.

Carefully tidying up the Empress Dowager's appearance, Yu Mao wiped off the wet tears and opened the door.

The soldiers kneeling outside were waiting for Yu Mao's order.

Yu Mao glanced around, and took out the imperial edict in his arms, saying loudly and clearly, "I declare to the world that the emperor is dead. I will succeed to the throne immediately, and the enthronement ceremony will be held soon!"

Don't you want the throne of emperor? I won't let you succeed.Even if I lose this battle, you are still seeking power and usurping the throne, and you will only end up infamous for the rest of your life!

———Seven days later

"Today is the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor, and the new emperor wants to pardon the world."

"Not only that, the new emperor said that he will reduce taxes for a year, so we can relax now."

"Yeah yeah."

"I just didn't expect that the Ninth Prince would succeed to the throne."

"Who can guess what the late emperor meant, anyway, it has nothing to do with us."

"Too."

"Yuzhu, it's time to go." The abbot called Yuzhu back to his senses.

"......it is good."

Yu Zhu lowered her expression and followed behind the abbot.Today's enthronement ceremony, they will go to the palace to burn incense and pray for the new emperor.

The loud and powerful sound of bells and drums broke the tranquility of the imperial city, and all the officials dressed in court clothes knelt down on the white jade steps leading to the court hall, waiting for their young emperor.

On the sacrificial altar not far away, court ladies burned incense, eunuchs held dew, eminent monks recited scriptures, and Qin Tianjian was divination for the emperor.

Yu Mao stood in the middle, with nine five-clawed golden dragons on the bright yellow dragon robe, and the belt was blown high by the wind.On the crown on the head, the twelve horns collide from time to time, making a slight sound.

Her eyebrows are picturesque, her pupils as black as black jade are bottomless, her fair face reflects the morning sun, and her body is full of innate dignity and majesty.

Yu Zhu stood under the stage, looking at the young man on stage.I don't know when it started, the cute boy who always smiled shyly disappeared, and was replaced by this aloof emperor.

He was born noble, and he was supposed to stand in this place and accept the surrender of thousands of people.

For some reason, Yu Zhu suddenly had such an idea.

"Your Majesty, the blessing has been completed, please move to the Golden Temple."

Yu Mao didn't move. Under the doubtful gaze of the crowd, he chuckled, "The biggest sacrifice hasn't started yet."

Yu Zhu frowned slightly, the words seemed to have other meanings.

"call out!"

Before everyone could react, a sharp arrow shot at Yu Mao, directly hitting his heart.

Yu Mao stood still on the spot, when a group of men in black suddenly appeared, cut off the arrow, and protected Yu Mao in the middle.

Teams of soldiers rushed in, surrounded the sacrificial altar, and pointed their swords at Yu Mao.

"Ah-ah!"

The maids and eunuchs screamed in fright, and they all squatted on the ground with their heads covered, and the things in their hands fell to the ground.

Yu Mao glanced at the troops, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Zhong Yunwen, don't you plan to come out, do you like being a turtle so much?"

After the words fell, a man walked out from the army, followed by Zhao Anchao.

Zhong Yunwen smiled sternly, "Yu Mao, you can only keep your mouth shut when you are about to die."

"So what if the talisman is with you, if I don't bring the half of the troops, you won't be able to give orders. And Yang Jian was caught up by the people at the border and couldn't make it in time."

As he said that, Zhong Yunwen glanced at the Imperial Forest Army surrounded by troops, and smiled disdainfully, "Can the Imperial Forest Army be compared to my army?"

Yu Mao didn't answer, but instead asked, "Where are Zhong Yunde and Li Dongcheng?"

Li Dongcheng used to be the head of the big house, because the father had been taken care of by him since he was a child, so he was a little more at ease with him than with other people.

But it was this person who overheard their words and told Zhong Yunde the secret of the embedded talisman.

Yu Mao's eyes flashed fiercely, all traitors deserve to die!

"careful!"

The dark guard guarded Yu Mao behind him and started fighting with the visitor.

Yu Mao looked over and found that it was Zhao's guard, who looked like a dead man.

Seeing this, Yu Mao almost guessed it.Zhong Yunde was killed by the two after he had done everything he could, and Li Dongcheng might not be spared either.

What a cunning rabbit and dead dog, so these two people are the only ones he has to deal with.

In this case, there is no need to waste any more time.

Yu Mao moved his fingers lightly, and just about to speak, his body tilted.

Yu Zhu swung down the arrow and held Yu Mao firmly in his arms.

Seeing Yu Mao lost his mind just now, and the dark guard fighting with the dead man again, there was a momentary omission in protection.The archer released an arrow to take Yu Mao's life.

Before he had time to think, he had already arrived on the stage and embraced this vulnerable young man in his arms.

Yu Mao turned his head and met Yu Zhu's eyes, which were full of worry and tension.

"Ah......"

Yu Mao chuckled, and broke away from Yu Zhu, "You have meritorious service in escorting, and I will reward you heavily in the future."

"..." Yuzhu pursed her lips tightly, and said softly after a while, "I'm not here for the reward."

Yu Mao didn't hear it, and he turned his attention back to the battle situation.

Zhong Yunwen seemed impatient to wait, and shouted, "Take it!"

But with this sound, the army did not advance but retreated.

Because suddenly, a large number of soldiers and horses poured into the passages everywhere, and they swung their swords to kill without mercy.

Under the disbelieving gazes of Zhong Yunwen and Zhao Anchao, Yu Mao put down the hand that had just been clapped, laughed, and said lightly in a soft, non-threatening voice, "Let me guess, you promised to give Hu people have a million shi of grain, right?"

Zhao Anchao's body froze, and suddenly a chill came from his spine. How could this Yumao know?

The hidden guards dealt with the dead, and then protected Yu Mao again.The archers in the dark couldn't find a chance, and the arrows lost their effect.

"There is indeed a lot of food in a million stones." Yu Mao looked at the nervous two people under the stage, his cat's eyes were half-closed, and his face was full of smiles, "But what if I can give more?"

- seven days ago

Yu Mao announced the imperial edict, and after the ministers checked that it was not a fake, they began to prepare for the enthronement ceremony.

And during this time, Yu Mao let a hidden guard who was good at disguise stay in the palace pretending to be him.He went to the border by himself.

barbarian territory

"Ninth Prince... Oh no, Emperor Tianyuan." Hu Ren Khan looked at Yu Mao with a half-smile, "What do you mean?"

Yu Mao took a sip of tea, with a sincere smile on his face, "I know that what the barbarians lack most is food, so I came here to offer a plan, hoping to help."

Chimu Wude stared at Yu Mao with wolf-like eyes, and kept changing the position of a sharp machete in his hand, "Could Emperor Tianyuan be joking."

The bloodthirsty murderous aura rushes towards his face, which can make people's hairs stand on end.But Yu Mao was still unhurried, "Khan, you should be very clear that this is a win-win solution."

"As long as you agree with my ideas, the Hu people will no longer have to worry about food. Moreover, the two countries can maintain good relations, and the people will no longer have to suffer from wars."

"I don't ask too much, Khan, you are a smart person, you should know how to choose."

"You want me not to agree to help that Zhong Yunwen?"

Yu Mao chuckled, "No, you have to help."

"..." Chimu Wude glanced at Yu Mao.

"Khan, what do you think?"

Chimu Wude's eyes cut Yu Mao back and forth several times, and finally,

"it is good."

After reaching a consensus, Yu Mao got up to leave, Chimu Wude suddenly said, "Ninth Prince, you are smarter than all your brothers, and you are also very courageous. I admire you."

The corner of Yu Mao's mouth curled up, "Thank you for the compliment."

But it was forced out.

The soldiers and horses pouring in far surpassed Zhong Yunwen's men, not only the army led by Yang Jian, but also the other third of the army left behind by Zhong Yunwen. It was Yu Mao who had a secret talk with the general on the way back to Beijing.

The original situation was reversed in an instant, Zhong Yunwen and Zhao Anchao who were full of confidence became prisoners, but everyone who thought they would lose completely planned everything from the beginning to the end.

What a terrible plan!

Could this be the reason why the first emperor passed on the throne? It turned out that the most harmless nine princes in the past were truly the most unfathomable.

Those ministers were all thankful that they had never disrespected Yu Mao before, otherwise they would have been dealt with badly.

And the ministers who were originally the third and fourth princes began to worry that the new emperor would not attack them in the future, right?

Yu Mao raised his hand to signal, and the two dark guards flew up, their sharp blades resting on Zhong Yunwen's neck.

"Yunwen!" Zhao Anchao became very nervous when he saw Zhong Yunwen being stabbed around the neck with a knife.

"Yunwen? You bark so kindly." Yu Mao looked at Zhong Yunwen and sneered disdainfully, "Things born of wild dogs dare to dream of a place that doesn't belong to me, what a fool's dream!"

"You... When did you know..." Zhong Yunwen glared at Yu Mao, but he didn't dare to move because of the sword on his neck.

Yu Mao actually knew his biggest secret!

"It's obviously your amorous biological mother who had an affair with Zhao Anchao, but in the end you still want to wrong my mother and concubine. The whole family is really vicious."

In the past few days, Yu Mao read many books recording the events in the palace, and finally found clues in them.

A strange man's clothes were found in the harem, and soon Houyu Mao's mother and concubine committed suicide by taking poison.Everyone said that the concubine mother committed suicide in fear of crime, but Yu Mao didn't think so.

As he read more and more books, and he asked the secret guard to investigate secretly, he finally had a guess.

In fact, the emperor had doubts back then, and the royal family's lineage should not be confused, so he secretly placed the child-mother gu on the elder brother, in order to verify whether the elder brother was his own child.

Of course the result is certain, otherwise the emperor would not have preferred the position of the crown prince to the elder brother.

It's just that the emperor didn't expect that the affair was real, but he found the wrong person.The real wild species is Zhong Yunwen.

Now that Zhong Yunwen personally admitted, the series of guesses in Yu Mao's mind finally came together.

"It doesn't matter when or how I knew it." Yu Mao said slowly and stepped off the stage.

"Your Majesty, it's dangerous." Yang Jian couldn't help making a sound as he saw Yu Mao getting closer to Zhong Yunwen.

Yu Mao shook his head, "It's okay." These people were firmly held by the soldiers, and there was nothing wrong with them.

"Shh!"

Pulling out the sword, Yu Mao pressed the tip of the sword against Zhong Yunwen's neck.Slowly piercing, the blood overflowed little by little, forming a thin line.

When the stabbing pain came from his neck, Zhong Yunwen was terrified, looking into Shangyu Mao's eyes, he was frightened by the murderous intent that was so thick that it almost turned into substance.

Yu Mao raised his sword high and slashed down quickly.

"Don't! Don't kill me, please don't kill me!" As death approached, Zhong Yunwen yelled, with tears and snot running down his face.

Yu Mao's hand stopped in mid-air, looked at the limp Zhong Yunwen sarcastically, and smiled lightly, "I'll give you a chance now."

"Tell me all the things you have done to usurp the throne, and I will let you go."

In order to survive, Zhong Yunwen couldn't care less about anything else, so he hurriedly said everything tremblingly.

Yu Mao knew most of the things, but when Zhong Yunwen said that the queen mother was pissed off, Yu Mao's anger boiled again.

"You guys... are so-so-good!"

Just thinking about how sad Grandma Huang would be if she knew the real cause of death of her mother and concubine, her father's death, and the death of her elder brother.In the end, he even died of anger because of his stagnation.

Seeing Yu Mao's murderous intent getting stronger and stronger, Zhong Yunwen yelled, "I've already said it, you can't kill me! Besides, Zhong Yunde did what happened to the Queen Mother, it's none of my business!"

"Zhong Yunde..."

Yu Mao stared at Zhong Yunwen, and smiled angrily, "But he's already dead, so if I don't look for you, who will I look for?"

"No, no." Zhong Yunwen struggled frantically, "You said you wouldn't kill me!"

"When did I say that? I just said that I would let you go. Originally, I wanted to cut you into pieces, but now I just need to chop off your head."

Under Zhong Yunwen's despairing gaze, Yu Mao raised the sword in his hand again, this time it was not a threat, but a real slash.

Bright red blood splattered all over the ground, and a headless corpse fell to the ground after the soldier let go.

"Yunwen!!!" Zhao Anchao's eyes were tearing apart, "You dog, you're going to die!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

The soldier on the side punched Zhao Anchao heavily in the stomach, "You insult the emperor, damn it!"

Zhao Anchao was so beaten up that he couldn't speak for a while, staring blankly into a pair of red eyes.

Yu Mao walked up to Zhao Anchao, holding a bloody head in his hand.

Lifting the head up to Zhao Anchao's eye level, Yu Mao grinned jokingly, "How about it, does it look good? This is my sacrificial offering."

Ignoring Zhao Anchao's expression of wanting to eat his flesh and drink his blood, Yu Mao thrust his sword into Zhao Anchao's body.

"Ah-ah!!" Zhao Anchao's face turned pale for a moment.

"This sword was stabbed for my concubine."

second sword

"This sword was stabbed for my father."

third sword

"This sword was stabbed for Grandma Huang."

fourth sword

"This sword was stabbed for the eldest brother."

fifth sword

"This last sword was stabbed for myself!"

After the five swords came down, Zhao Anchao was dying and fell to the ground, only his limbs were still twitching with pain.

Stepping on the opponent's head, Yu Mao looked at the muddy person on the ground, and suddenly felt boring.

Cut off the opponent's head with a sword, and hold it together with Zhong Yunwen's head in his hand.

He murmured in a low voice, "Concubine Mother, Emperor Father, Grandma Huang, Brother Da Huang, Xiao Jiu has already avenged you, you can rest in peace in heaven."

Suppressing the soreness in his heart, he turned around slowly, and Yu Mao said loudly to Zhao Anchao's soldiers, "The rebels have been eliminated, and the rest will be free from the crime of treason if they surrender!"

After a burst of noise, all the soldiers fell to their knees in a short while, "Meet my emperor!"

----

"Follow the sky to carry the goods, the emperor decreed:

It has been forty-three years since I ascended the throne, Haiyan and Heqing, and all nations have surrendered.Today's Ninth Prince, Yu Mao, has excellent moral character, outstanding talent and learning, and is even more humble than me.I pass it on to Yumao, the Ninth Prince, and I hope all the ministers will assist and help the society together.

Appreciate this! "

The new chief executive read out the imperial decree, and as the words fell, everyone knelt down and worshiped.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The voice resounded through the sky, and after this battle, everyone was completely convinced by the young emperor who had strategized.

"Li - success!"

--------------------

The author has something to say:

Yu Mao: It's too unchallenging. It's so easy to win.

Zhong Yunwen/Zhao Anchao: ......

Yu Zhu: I have so few roles.