Zhu Houzhao entered the Meridian Gate and stepped onto the Nine Dragon Jade Wall!
The imperial robe of the Nine-clawed Golden Dragon, the Heavenly Crown, and the Emperor's Sword!
The Emperor's Cloak was held up by 20 imperial guards. Zhu Houzhao walked up the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity step by step and ascended the Golden Palace!
All the officials were lined up in the White Jade Square.
The cabinet chief assistant Liu Jian and the cabinet second assistant Li Dongyang were in tears.
Tian Zi had finally returned to the palace!
Moreover, His Majesty's return this time was completely different!
The might of an emperor was undoubtedly displayed!
This was the Great Ming Emperor!
Zhu Houzhao walked to the front of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and turned to look at the huge and empty white jade square. He was not looking at the civil and military officials, but at the world!
He was looking at the Great Ming Empire that belonged to him!
……
Forbidden City.
Clang!
The Son of Heaven Sword was unsheathed!
All the officials could feel the killing intent!
Zhu Houzhao was wearing the auspicious cloud clogs and the Nine Dragon Robe of Destiny. He held the Emperor's Sword in one hand and the scabbard of the Emperor's Sword in the other!
Step by step, he walked into the Golden Palace!
The Son of Heaven Sword was unsheathed!
Murderous intent!
Zhu Houzhao was going to kill today!
He wanted to let the world see what the wrath of an emperor was like, with millions of corpses and thousands of miles of blood!
That Emperor's Sword was the Emperor's Sword that Zhu Yuanzhang used to expel Yuan Meng. There was still blood on the blade!
All the civil and military officials in the court knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times to pay their respects.
"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
In the Golden Palace, the wind and the crane were trembling!
All the civil and military officials knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
Zhu Houzhao held the Emperor's Sword, which was stained with Yuan Meng's blood, in one hand and the scabbard in the other, and walked to the throne on the Dragon Platform!
Phew--
Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned around and sat on the dragon throne.
Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the East Chamber, stood beside Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao held the Emperor's Sword with both hands and stared at all the officials in the court with his fierce eyes!
Zhu Houzhao had returned, and the people under the emperor had submitted to him. The emperor's might was revealed at this moment.
All the civil and military officials knelt in the main hall, not daring to raise their heads.
"I want to kill someone today!"
"Men, bring Liu Jin to the palace!”
"Here!"
The Jinyiwei wearing flying fish clothes embroidered with spring knives captured Liu Jin and went to the palace.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the sound of a needle falling could be heard, and no one dared to respond!
"Liu Jin! You've disappointed me!"
Zhu Houzhao's dragon and tiger roars reverberated in the Palace of Heavenly Purity!
Zhu Houzhao walked down from the throne with the Emperor's Sword.
He walked to the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and looked down at Liu Jin, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling all over.
"Your Majesty! I've been wronged! This subject is wronged!"
Liu Jin raised his head and shouted that he was wronged!
The civil and military officials in the court stood on both sides. They had already understood.
Liu Jin must have angered the Emperor. Today, the Emperor returned to the palace to attack Liu Jin.
Zhu Houzhao turned to look outside the hall and said,"Xuan Yu Hua Tian!"
"Governor Yu Huatian!"
Yu Huatian entered the main hall. After kowtowing to the Emperor, he raised a memorial high above his head."Your Majesty, I have collected the ten crimes of Liu Jin. The three crimes of corruption, the four crimes of deceiving the emperor, the two crimes of plotting to usurp the throne, and the one crime of bullying the good!”
" Your Majesty, the investigation of Liu Jin's mansion has a total of 1,350,000 taels of silver, 30,000 taels of gold, more than 1,000 pieces of jewelry and corals, 3,000 mu of land, and 13 shops…"
……
Late last night, Yu Huatian secretly entered the Leopard House and reported to Zhu Houzhao that the Empress had asked him to investigate Liu Jin in secret. Zhu Houzhao agreed.
Yu Huatian was ordered to secretly investigate Liu Jin's mansion and farmland.
Originally, Zhu Houzhao had planned to wait for Yu Huatian to investigate Liu Jin before punishing this group of eunuchs.
However, Cao Zhengchun's secret letter from the East Chamber made Zhu Houzhao change his mind.
If he didn't kill Liu Jin when he returned to the palace, what prestige would the Ming Emperor have?
Liu Jin had already collapsed in the main hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang left behind an imperial edict.
Greedy for ten taels of silver, skinned and filled with grass…
At this moment, he finally understood that His Majesty wanted to kill him.
The East Chamber's Supervisor Cao Zhengchun and the West Chamber's Supervisor Yu Huatian had already appeared.
Liu Jin knew that the situation was hopeless!
"Your Majesty! I! He had let down His Majesty! I only hope that Your Majesty will leave me an intact corpse!”
"Good! Seeing that you have served Zhen for so many years, I will leave your corpse intact, reward you with a white silk, and confiscate your family property!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin knelt on the ground and kowtowed deeply. The imperial guards came forward and dragged Liu Jin out of the hall...
The hall was completely silent.
All the officials hated Liu Jin, but at this moment, Liu Jin's execution scared them so much that they didn't dare to make a sound.
Who was Liu Jin?
The eunuch who had power in the court.
He was known as the leader of the Eight Tigers of Zhengde.
Such a powerful figure was killed so easily.
This moved all the officials in the court!
Zhu Houzhao returned to his throne. The Emperor's Sword had already returned to its sheath. He looked around at all the civil and military officials in the court…
Forbidden City.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon throne while Liu Jin was dragged out of the hall by the Brocade Guard.
The civil and military officials in the court were terrified and somewhat bewildered.
His Majesty had been on the throne for two years. In these two years, His Majesty had lived in the leopard's room and favored eunuchs. He was a veritable fatuous ruler.
The ministers in the court had already given up.
However, in the midst of despair, Emperor Zheng De lit a torch of hope for them.
The greedy Liu Jin, who had the title of the leader of the Eight Tigers of Zhengde, was actually ordered to die by His Majesty.
This was truly unprecedented.
Could it be that His Majesty had suddenly been enlightened?
He was no longer muddle-headed, but had suddenly become a wise emperor?
……
Forbidden City.
Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager frowned." The Emperor is still having fun in the Leopard's room. Is he unwilling to return to the palace?"”
" Reporting to the Empress Dowager, His Majesty has decreed that all government affairs will be handled by the Leopard House…"
"Nonsense, the dignified emperor is always having fun in the leopard room and not dealing with government affairs in the palace. Go and call Empress Xia over. This widow wants to discuss with Empress Xia that it is time to properly restrain the unruly Emperor!”
The Empress Dowager was really helpless against her son. Every time she thought of Zhu Houzhao's unruly behavior after he ascended the throne, she would tremble with anger.
He mourned his misfortune and was angry that he did not fight for it.
"As you wish."
The head eunuch of Cining Palace went to Kunning Palace to announce the Empress Dowager's decree.
……
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility.
Xia Wanqing was the Empress. Before Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Xia Wanqing was the Crown Princess. After Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Xia Wanqing was conferred the title of Empress. She presided over the harem and was the mother of the world.
However, Zhu Houzhao didn't like Xia Wanqing. He thought that Xia Wanqing and the Empress Dowager were working together to restrain him. On the day of the wedding, Zhu Houzhao didn't go to the Palace of Earth Tranquility…
In the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, it was a little bleak and cold.
Xia Wanqing didn't like noise, so there were very few palace maids and eunuchs in Kun Ning Palace…
Empress Xia looked at the secret letter of the West Hall that the chief eunuch of the Palace of Earthly Tranquility had handed over and felt as if a knife was twisting in her heart. The secret letter of the West Hall reported," Three days ago, the eunuch Liu Jin chose a singer from Jinling to enter the leopard's room to flatter the Emperor…
Jinling singer…
Why?
Why do you prefer those brothel singers to Earth Peace Palace?
Am I worse than them?
Xia Wanqing's hands and feet were cold, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. She really couldn't understand why he would rather like those brothel singers than come to Earth Peace Palace.
Xia Wanqing stood up. Her thin figure made her look even more delicate. She walked past Yu Huatian and said dejectedly,""Why doesn't he like me?!"
Xia Wanqing's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. No matter how muddle-headed the Emperor was, he was still her husband. She loved him deeply!
Xia Wanqing walked to the front of the Palace of Earthly Tranquility and looked around the huge Forbidden City. Her gaze was still soft, but her weak expression was filled with killing intent.
Xia Wanqing didn't hate her husband, but she hated those who bewitched her husband!
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