From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 535

Li Yu'an seemed to be in a very low mood. She asked a lot of questions, but the core of them were almost the same.

Zhou Yuan said calmly: "It's not your fault, nor hers. I'm not wrong either. Many people are not wrong. What's wrong? It's actually the war."

"You saw her misery, you saw your misery, but have you seen the misery of others?"

"Do you know that 200,000 innocent people in Jizhou were slaughtered for no reason? What did they do wrong?"

"You only think that your and Wanyan's fate is tragic. Do you know how many women in Jizhou were insulted? Do you know how they died?"

"Did the soldiers in Shanhaiguan just... Not human? Don't they have parents and relatives? Why do they have to die? "

"You have seen the people in the Central Plains. Eating their own children is common. The bark of trees thousands of miles away has been eaten up. They eat Guanyin soil and die. Aren't they miserable?"

"Why can't they survive because of a natural disaster? Because of the anti-barbarian tax for more than 20 years!"

"Aren't the culprits of all this the Eastern Tartars?"

"Misery, there are too many tragedies in this world. All the paper in the world can't write them down!"

Li Yu'an hugged him fiercely!

Her body was shaking, and her voice was choked: "So! End it all!"

"Zhou Yuan, I'm not a child anymore. I've been in this world for more than 30 years. I know the truth of many things, I know a lot of helplessness, I know everything..."

"What the world will eventually separate, what war is the original sin, what...ah...I know everything, but I just want to end it all..."

She lay weakly in Zhou Yuan's arms, murmuring: "Only you can do it, only you..."

"Zhou Yuan, I want peace, okay? With peace, there is everything."

"If the Jurchens and the Jin Dynasty were good neighbors, why would you and Wanyan fight? You would even be blessed."

"If I no longer need to run around for my country, how could I be willing to wander around?"

"Go and end it all, I know...only you can do it."

Since knowing Li Yu'an, Zhou Yuan has actually spent a lot of time with her, but rarely saw her lose control of her emotions.

She has been in the martial arts world for many years and has experience in many things. She is skilled in martial arts and is often confident in the face of difficulties.

At this moment, she is like a child, praying that her parents will give her the best protection.

Unfortunately, this time she has a big appetite and she wants peace.

Zhou Yuan knows how precious and rare the word "peace" is.

There is only one kind of people who don't know the preciousness of "peace", and that is people who live in "peace".

But in any case, he knows that it is time to go south.

He held Li Yu'an's shoulders and gently wiped the tears from her cheeks.

He held her delicate but fragile face and whispered: "I want to go to Jiangnan to pierce the darkness of this world and make everything develop in a good direction."

"I hope to achieve everything you said within three years."

"But all this is difficult. Are you willing to accompany me?"

Li Yu'an nodded slowly and said resolutely: "Even if it is the Nine Nether Hell, I will accompany you to break through!"

"Wait for me to come back!"

Zhou Yuan turned around and left.

Li Yu'an couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going!"

"To the palace to see the emperor!"

Zhou Yuan went straight to Ziwei Palace without looking back, and saw Empress Zhaojing who was reviewing memorials.

He didn't hesitate and said directly, "Pack up tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow."

Empress Zhaojing looked up and saw that his face was stern, with only determination in his eyes, and his heart was also very calm.

"Okay, I will immediately ask the cabinet to draft an edict to appoint you as the governor of three provinces, in charge of all military and political affairs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, holding the emperor's sword, and you can kill first and report later, as you see fit."

"Another two thousand imperial guards will be dispatched to accompany you south, and any rebellion will be directly suppressed and killed."

"The commander of the Jinyiwei, Xiong Kuohai, and the chief of the inner court, Zhuang Xuansu, will go with you. You can mobilize the forces of the guards at will to investigate the case."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "No, the momentum is too big, no one can stop it. If you go south like this, all the big fish will run away, and only the small shrimps will be left for me to catch."

"I will go south incognito, quietly go to Jiangnan, start from the smallest place, and finally lift up the curtain of darkness."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan raised his head and squinted his eyes and said, "But Your Majesty... when the fish is too big, will you not dare to kill it for the sake of the overall situation?"

Empress Zhaojing raised her eyebrows and said in a serious tone, "The overall situation? The rectification of Jiangnan is the biggest overall situation, and everything must be compromised for this."

"Just investigate, as long as the evidence is conclusive, let alone the first-rank official of the dynasty, even if it is the prince of the dynasty or the prince of the royal family, I will never tolerate it!""Junior brother, this time, the senior sister is on the same front with you!"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Then there is no need for the cabinet to draft an edict. The matter must be kept secret."

"Okay!"

Empress Zhao Jing said, "I will write an edict in person to appoint you as the governor of the three provinces, in charge of all military and political affairs, and then let the inner court and the Jinyiwei cooperate with you."

Zhou Yuan said, "Jinyiwei is not necessary. I am worried that they are rotten inside and have already colluded with salt merchants. Let Master Zhuang accompany me."

"It's just that Shenjing, our country's mansion..."

"They dare!"

Empress Zhao Jing said immediately, "I will transfer three imperial eunuchs to live in your mansion to prevent assassinations by martial arts masters, and then send elite inner guards to protect your family."

"Junior brother, even if the senior sister is incompetent, she will never let your backyard catch fire."

"Don't worry about the affairs at home and the affairs in the court."

At this point, she was not at ease , whispered: "Take the Goryeo princess with you, you are the most dangerous one, we have to fight them this time."

"If she behaves well, I will not hesitate to help her."

Zhou Yuan laughed, and suddenly remembered something, frowned and said: "Then your majesty... Caixi will not go with me..."

Empress Zhao Jing was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "I can't persuade her, but I will persuade her."

Speaking of this, she paused slightly, and still said: "Forget it, let her follow you south..."

Zhou Yuan glared and said: "Hey... Senior Sister, matchmaking is not like this, I am going to do serious work, and it is quite dangerous..."

Empress Zhao Jing sighed and said: "Take her with you, not matchmaking, mainly... My family is not clean, let Caixi have a process of acceptance, I believe you can protect her."

Now Zhou Yuan really couldn't refute anything.

He believed in the determination of the senior sister. After all this time, the senior sister's family was not clean either.

As an emperor, she was going to kill her family.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said, "The day after tomorrow, take a boat from Tongzhou and go south along the canal."

Empress Zhaojing stood up, pulled Zhou Yuan's collar, and kissed him on the face.

She whispered, "This is the bone scraping and healing of the Great Jin Dynasty. Junior brother, it all depends on you."

Zhou Yuan blinked and said, "Is this the reward? I have no confidence."

Empress Zhaojing chuckled and said, "Greedy junior brother, if you can dig out the root cause of Jiangnan's disease, the eldest sister will give you a huge reward."

She leaned close to Zhou Yuan's ear and whispered a few words.

Zhou Yuan's eyes widened, and finally said seriously, "This trip to Jiangnan will definitely dig out the root cause!"

Empress Zhaojing's eyes were as charming as silk, and she whispered, "Eldest sister is waiting for your good news."