chapter 2-6

The destruction of the 80,000 strong army meant that... from then on, the only person who was most honoured and noble in the Dajing dynasty was the royal family.

The history books are full of merits and demerits, and the victor is always the king and the defeated is the knave, and anyone who dares to offend the emperor's anger will have his whole family plaqued.

[It is a Chinese proverb handed down from ancient China to the present day. It used to mean that in a struggle for power the victor was the legitimate one and was called the emperor and king and the loser was the illegitimate one and was called a thief and bandits. It means that the victor has power in his hands and no one dared to blame him, while the loser has a hard time defending himself.]

For several years afterwards, all the courtiers who had been friends with the Di Family were exiled or killed. The Emperor was so iron-blooded that no one from the court to the people dared to mention the Di Family, which had made the world a prominent part of Dajing.

The people of the world are also certain of one thing. The former head of the Di Clan, Di Shengtian, who had taken over the north and was prominent as the Taizu, had long been died. Otherwise, given her temperament, she would never have watched the Di Clan die out.

The Imperial Family's orphaned daughter, Di Ziyuan, the crown prince's consort who had been announced to the world, had since then become a taboo to the entire Imperial Family of Great Jing. She was imprisoned in the Taishan State Temple and nothing remained of Crown Princess that had not yet been removed.

In this way, a decade passed.

The old Minister Gong opened his eyes and felt the holy decree in his palm vaguely sizzling.

Ziyuan, both characters meaning Empress of the Yuan.

On the promise of heaven, Steed heavy duty.

Only a very few old ministers have vaguely guessed what was really left in this decree back then. Taizu did not choose the Crown Prince Consort by the Crown Prince's choice, but....chose the next emperor only because of the youngest daughter of the Di Family.

That means that as long as Di Ziyuan is still alive. She is the only rightful head of the Central Plains for the news emperor of Dajing.

How much did Taizu think of the Di Family's daughter that he gave her this name and left her with a legacy so solemn that it was no less important than that of the emperor, so much so that the entire Dajing dynasty kept silent about the absurdity of the crown prince consort's position in the Eastern Palace remaining vacant for more than ten years after the death of Taizu and the fall of the Di Family.

Forget it. The Di Family has already declined, so it is futile to lament any more. The Di Ziyuan is now less important to his majesty than a female bandit from Anle Village.

After taking a look at the sky, Minister Gong put the decree into a box and hurried into the Imperial City to present it to Emperor Jianing.

Minister Gong has made quite a revelation.

[of course he served two decades of dynasty]