In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 472: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 76

The emperor and the designated crown prince died within the same day. It happened so suddenly that no one could react. By the time Prince Dun, who was well-intentioned, finally realized that this was a good opportunity and was preparing to go to the clan house to pick up his good brother, Nian Shilan had already made his move and openly united all the ministers in the family system.

So when Prince Dun brought the Eighth and Ninth Princes out of the clan house, Queen Nian Shilan's coronation ceremony was already underway.

At this time, the emperor's funeral had not yet been held. After the Eighth Master came out and learned about the situation, he immediately began to unite all the Manchu forces of Prince Dun's lineage to wipe out Nian Shilan. He also bribed the literati clans in Jiangnan to criticize Nian Shilan's behavior.

Prince Dun led the Manchu soldiers behind him and rushed to the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the coronation ceremony was being held, shouting angrily: "The treacherous queen is in power, and heaven will not tolerate it!"

"Good men of Manchuria, follow me to avenge the late emperor and take back the throne of Aisin-Gioro!"

"Kill!!!"

At this time, Nian Shilan was sitting on the dragon throne at the highest point of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, overlooking everything in front of the hall. When Prince Dun led his troops to rush forward, he did not move at all. Just when Prince Dun thought that Nian Shilan was frightened, Nian Gengyao and Zhou Ninghai, wearing armor, and led soldiers to encircle him from the left and right of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Prince Dun's subordinates were all Manchus, who usually served as guards and were okay for appearances, but when they really met the soldiers who had fought on the battlefield, they were completely powerless to fight back, and even failed to stop the civil and military officials in the court from kowtow to Nian Shilan.

Prince Guo had thought a lot but had never imagined that Nian Shilan's ultimate goal was to become the empress. At this time, he had already been besieged in the mansion by Nian Shilan's people like other royal relatives.

"So this is what Shilan wanted."

Prince Guo seemed to have glimpsed the madness in Nian Shilan's heart for the first time from her actions. No wonder the cooperation he proposed was so repulsive in Nian Shilan's eyes. Originally, Prince Guo thought that it was because Nian Shilan felt that doing so was shameless, but now he realized that she didn't want to have a child at all. It was both a handle and an opponent.

"What kind of ending do you want to give me now, Se-ran..."

Prince Guo understood that, judging from the current situation, Nian Shilan was planning to completely get rid of all the royal family members. As for himself...

Prince Dun was quickly captured, and the Eighth and Ninth Masters, who had just been released from the clan house, were captured again and thrown into jail. The one who led the troops to capture them was another border general, Yue Zhongqi. At this point, all the military power in Nian Shilan's hands had been revealed. If someone could unite the remaining military power, perhaps they could rush up and seize the throne from Nian Shilan.

But obviously no one in the dynasty could do it, so Nian Shilan's coronation ceremony was successfully completed.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, he changed the country's name to Zhou. Later historical records called it the Little Zhou Dynasty, while the period of Emperor Wu of Wu Zetian was called the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Little and Big Zhou Dynasties became dynasties longed for by thousands of women.

After Nian Shilan ascended the throne, he did not make any changes to the funeral of the late emperor. He sent him off according to the normal funeral procedures. As for the concubines of the late emperor who were left in the harem, Nian Shilan did not make it difficult for them.

Concubine Jing was conferred the title of First-Rank Lady by Nian Shilan, and her daughter Wen Yi was conferred the title of Princess Anding, and a mansion was granted as the place for Lady Jing and Princess Anding to live.

The remaining childless concubines were given a lot of gold and silver by Nian Shilan, and were sent home with great ceremony to remarry. After all, they were still young and should not be trapped by the identity of the previous emperor's concubines for the rest of their lives.

Zhen Huan and Xia Dongchun, who were still lingering in the cold palace, were also released by Nian Shilan. However, they did not have the support of Nian Shilan, the new emperor, like Shen Meiyu and others who were sent back home to remarry.

An Lingrong and Ye Lan'yi changed their identities and became female officials beside Nian Shilan and returned to the palace. However, this time, they no longer had to try hard to please men in order to live a good life. They only needed to make good use of their abilities and solve problems for Nian Shilan to get the rewards and praise she deserved.

The Fifth Prince was demoted to a commoner by Nian Shilan, and together with other royal relatives, they all became commoners of the Little Zhou Dynasty, and an area was designated as their living place.

As for the ministers and officials who were not included, Nian Shilan ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation. As long as the person was a good official who truly served the people, he would be allowed to continue to serve as an official. If it was discovered that he had abused his status to bully the people, he would be punished according to the crime and would not be let off.

As for the officials who were included later, Nian Shilan did not forget to conduct another audit investigation. Those with problems were promptly dealt with and replaced, and the officialdom was cleaned up step by step.

Immediately afterwards, Nian Shilan announced the abolition of the shaving order, issued an edict to ban house arrest, and opened orphanages and girls' colleges across the country. These things are easy to say but take a long time to do.

Nian Shilan was so busy all day that she completely forgot about her former lover, Prince Guo. Now Prince Guo has become a commoner, Yunli, so he naturally has no way to enter the palace to see Nian Shilan. Although the Dragon Guards under his command are still there, all the people who do not belong to Nian Shilan in the palace or the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been dealt with and replaced, and Yunli can't find any loopholes.

After Nian Shilan ascended the throne, he reorganized the Imperial Medical Bureau. Doctors like Wen Shichu and Zhang Taiyi, who had clear masters, were dismissed. Only those doctors who had no masters and devoted themselves to studying medicine were left.

After Zhen Huan left the palace, she had no money on her. She finally returned to the Zhen Mansion, but found that the Zhen Mansion had been taken back by the Emperor because Zhen Yuandao was exiled. Fortunately, Wen Shichu really cared about Zhen Huan.

After learning that Zhen Huan was not dead and had been released by the new emperor, Wen Shichu waited in front of the gate of Zhen Mansion hoping to see Zhen Huan. Fortunately, Wen Shichu finally got to see her.

Zhen Huan was taken home by Wen Shichu. No one knows whether she accepted Wen Shichu or not. All we know is that not long after, Wen Shichu sold his property and went to Ningguta alone to bring back Zhen Huan's sister Zhen Yurao. As for Zhen Huan's mother, Madam Zhen, she had already died of illness in Ningguta just like Zhen Yuandao after Zhen Huan was banished to the cold palace.

After Shen Meizhuang returned home, she had no intention of remarrying. However, her father and mother could not bear to see her become a widow at such a young age, and tried their best to persuade her not to.

Unable to resist her parents' persuasion, Shen Meizhuang had to explain that she was infertile due to the conspiracy of the late queen. Shen's father regretted it very much and thought that Shen Meizhuang's life was ruined because of the Shen family. Shen's mother refused to accept this result and insisted that Shen Meizhuang ask a doctor to take a look again.

"Mei Zhuang, you are only in your twenties, still so young, maybe you can cure it?"

"The imperial doctors in the palace all have masters behind them. You have to believe what they say, but you can't believe it all. Listen to mother and wait and see, okay?"

Unable to resist Shen's mother's pleading, Shen Meizhuang nodded and agreed even though she didn't want her scars to be exposed again. After taking Shen Meizhuang's pulse, the doctor said that there was nothing wrong with Shen Meizhuang's body.

"The musk in Miss Shen's body has been removed. Now if she takes good care of herself for a year or two, she will be able to have children normally."