An Ape of Divine Power

Chapter 2

A few months ago, the Emperor heard from Ruoshui that he was to abolish his military power and gave him a post. A few days later, the Emperor sent Shang and Yang two beauties to the Emperor and won Yang Song's favor, so he advised him to kill Pan Qiang. Yang Xian thought for three times and decided to give up his job because he thought it was better not to kill him. He would be demoted to a seventh-grade minister and downgraded to a seventh-grade assistant minister. Yang Xuan ordered him to have a rest at home before he was summoned, so that he could enter the court without permission.

Pan Qiang felt bitter but had nowhere to complain. He was in a state of depression all day. Now that he was nearly fifty years old and had no children, he felt ashamed to see his ancestors. Although he had a large family fortune, he had no successor. He didn't eat or drink every day and his body was getting better. These days, he had caught a cold and was lying in bed.

On this day, Pan Qiang was forced to eat a bowl of millet congee by his wife Wang. He put on his clothes and lay down to read while resting. Suddenly, he heard that his slave came to report that the Prime Minister of Censor-in-chief asked for an interview, so he quickly put on his clothes and got out of bed to welcome him.

He had a good relationship with Pan Qiang in normal days. Knowing that Pan Qiang was a man of integrity and heroic spirit, the two inevitably cherished each other. Now, after not seeing him for a few days and seeing that he was thin and his white hair was added a lot, they felt very uneasy. Thinking of the famous generals of each generation in their later years, they couldn't help but shed tears. They looked at each other and felt a burst of sadness.

After a while, his bag took out an imperial edict. Pan Qiang hurriedly took the imperial edict. He felt so uneasy that he did not know how difficult it would be to surrender to him.

After listening to the imperial edict, Pan Qiang thought that he was once in the armor of the army and had countless soldiers and generals under his command. It was so disgraceful. He didn't expect that he would be hurt by traitors today. Now he could only lead a hundred people to the 21st country to wipe out the nonexistent demon. He couldn't help but feel sad. Unfortunately, the emperor's grace was mighty and he couldn't disobey the imperial edict, so he had to take the imperial edict with tears and shout "Long live!".

He knew how difficult it was for him, but he didn't say anything else. He comforted her, got up and bade her farewell. He entered the palace to see the Empress Dowager.

At this time, the Great Song Emperor's adopted mother, Yang Song, was eating melon seeds in the bedchamber. Listening to the music, she heard a eunuch say that the bag was ready for a visit, so she hurried to announce.

Baowei had met Empress Dowager Yang and called her three thousand years. After sitting down, he first asked about the Empress Dowager's recent health condition. They talked about the relationship between the emperor and the ministers for a while, and finally Baowei reported everything that he had heard last night truthfully.

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Yang was very angry. As expected, she was really angry and quickly ordered Eunuch Wang to come over and ask.

Eunuch Wang had been frightened for an entire night ever since he left with the bag. Even though the Emperor had not blamed him, he had been so terrified. Now that the Empress Dowager had summoned him, he ran over hurriedly. When he saw that the bag was there, he understood most of it. However, he saw that the Empress Dowager's expression was not looking right. He did not wait for her reply and he pointed out what happened last night. Then, he kept kowtowing to the Empress Dowager, begging for her mercy. He kept kowtowing so loudly that the blood in his forehead flowed out without stopping.

When Empress Dowager Yang heard that the Emperor had done such a immoral and immoral thing last night, she immediately flew into a rage. She issued an edict and caught the beauty Shang and the beauty Yang. Without saying a word, they were both punished 30 times. The slaps were so hard that the two of them were torn apart. They still couldn't understand the hatred and wanted to kill the two demon bitches who had bewitched the Emperor and confused the emperor.

Zhao Yuan had been fighting for an entire night and was fast asleep. Suddenly, he heard a eunuch come over to hug him. The eunuch told him that the Empress Dowager had captured Shang and Honored Consort Yang and asked them questions. The eunuch then hurriedly came over to plead for them, his clothes in disarray.

Empress Dowager Yang was angry, and now the Emperor was angry. She wanted to kill the second concubine, but she couldn't be merciful to the Emperor. So she had to change the imperial edict and issue a decree to send the beauty to the Dongzhen Palace as a Taoist nun. She regretted it and couldn't return to the secular world for the rest of her life.

Beauty Yang had been banished to the bedchamber and could no longer see Heaven's light.

In less than 15 minutes, the two beauties had already been beaten to a pulp with only one breath left. When they heard the Empress Dowager's edict, they fainted immediately. It was too late for regret. They did not even have the strength to call for help before they were carried by a few eunuchs and sent to their own places.

Eunuch Wang had reported this matter to the Empress Dowager in time. As such, he fell in love with the Empress Dowager and was punished 100 times over. However, he happened to meet the eunuch who held the sentence and had a grudge against him. He died because of the punishment.

In the end, the Empress Dowager didn't seem to understand the hatred and caught the imperial physician who sent the emperor's medicine. The physician said that he deliberately murdered the emperor and had plotted against him. He executed his whole family of more than 50 members. As a result, one of the imperial physician's family members was executed because the imperial concubine had pleaded for mercy on him. The rest of his family were exiled to the Southeast Province and they were not allowed to return to their ancestral records.

When the Emperor saw that things had come to this, he felt sorry for her. He hated her for being competent, but he was afraid of Empress Dowager Yang. He could only suppress his anger, hoping that she would die soon, so that he could take charge of the court and not be trampled upon by her.

From then on, he would not dare to do such a thing again.

###Chapter3,Eliminating The Evils for the People

Ever since Pan Qiang received the imperial edict, he had a million doubts in his heart, but he couldn't figure them out. He still couldn't figure out the purpose of the emperor's actions. He hurriedly called in his former trusted aides and came to discuss the matter. After everyone heard this, they were all confused and had no choice but to act according to the orders.

In the evening, Wang family invited Pan Qiang to have dinner. He pushed it straight to the point that his heart ached and he had no appetite so he couldn't eat.

Madame Wang was ten years younger than Pan Qiang. She was gentle, kind, and knowledgeable. She was originally a noble young lady who had read a lot since young and was omniscient in the arts of poetry, chess, literature, and painting. When she was sixteen, she married Pan Qiang. Their relationship was deep, but they were unable to give birth to a son and a daughter because they were inherently unstable. Whenever she thought of these things, she felt very guilty. Afraid of ruining the Pan family's reputation, she repeatedly advised Pan Qiang to build another wife and fulfill his filial piety. Pan Qiang had always delayed the feelings between husband and wife when he thought about this.

That night, Mrs. Wang heard about the news and the two sighed for another half of the night before Pan Qiang fell asleep.

Madame Wang ordered the maidservant to clean up the mess. She didn't dare to sleep too deeply. After closing her eyes for a while, she got up again and prepared porridge and food for Pan Qiang, waiting for him to get up and eat.

On the second day, Pan Qiang ate breakfast and personally ordered 100 elite soldiers. These were all good brothers who had been following him since the early years. They had been born and gone through thick and thin for many years. They did not dare to disobey the will of the Saint and dragged their sick bodies. They immediately set out on their way.

Madame Wang saw him off with tears in her eyes, hoping that he could return to court as soon as possible and the whole family could reunite.

Pan Qiang and his men mounted their fast horses and galloped all the way to the northern region of the lake.

On this day, they traveled through Jinghe to the desert town and arrived at Xin Ye County. Along the way, they saw many refugees who had fled the desert in twos and threes. Some of them took their families with them, while some went half by half. There were countless people who were injured or sick. Everyone was skinny, and the cries of children were endless. There were countless people who were either lying on the ground or dying. Seeing this, Pan Qiang and the soldiers were all sad. They remembered that the emperor had issued a decree before, telling people to open warehouses and distribute food to relieve the refugees. Why was this place still full of refugees? They were very confused at the moment. The team was thirsty and hungry at the moment. It was a good time to go to the county government to take care of the food problem. Besides, they also wanted to ask the County Magistrate why they did not release food to relieve the refugees.

When they arrived at the county government office, they went straight to the county office without waiting for a notice from the county magistrate.

Speaking of which, this Noob County Magistrate was named Ding Yuan. He was originally a butcher who lived on slaughtering pigs and cows. He did not know a single person. He was violent, romantic and lecherous. He used to be a distant relative of the Minister of War Ding. Later, with the money he had saved for many years, he begged him to kill a Magistrate. He did not work at all every day. He only sent officers and soldiers to collect money and food everywhere. He robbed ordinary women and did all kinds of bad things, causing people to complain. However, he dared not speak out.

On this day, Dingyuan had just told the chef to prepare a table with pig head, lamb leg, big fish, big meat and other delicious dishes on it. On the table, two madams were drinking with each other.

Ding Yuan had already drunk a lot of wine at this time, and he was feeling dizzy. He was very angry when he saw Pan Qiang directly broke in after being informed by his servant. However, he didn't know where he came from. When he was about to lose his temper, he saw a large number of armed and strong soldiers standing behind him. He was so scared that he didn't know what to do. He quickly got up and asked, "Your Excellency, what do you want to know when you came to this remote county?"