After Yunhua left, Chen Fan immediately ran back and threw himself into Qin Ling's arms, looking up and asking, "Mother, how did Faner perform?"

"My daughter behaved very well!" Qin Ling freed one hand to touch Chen Fan's little face, and then kissed Chen Fan on the face, causing the little daughter in her arms to shout: "Kiss, kiss!"

Chen Fan held his sister's face in his hands and kissed her on the forehead, causing the little girl to giggle. Then he looked at Qin Ling and asked, "Mom, is Dad really okay?"

"Your father has never suffered any loss since he took office, and he keeps people at a distance, as if he is out of tune with everyone.

Therefore, it was impossible for anyone to defeat him on the battlefield, and it was impossible for assassins to get close to him. Mother really couldn't think of any way in which he could suddenly die.

Yunhua is very loyal to your father. If your father really passed away, Yunhua would not return to Chongqing, but should take the army to Wuchang to avenge your father. After all, everything Yunhua has was given by your father.

There is only one possible reason why Yunhua returned to Chongqing now, and that is that he received an order from your father.

So don't worry, your father will be fine. As for what he is planning and why he wants to fake his death, that is not something I can guess. "Qin Ling said.

"So that's how it is!" Chen Fan nodded, not quite understanding, "I'm glad Daddy is okay."

"Of course your father is fine!" Qin Ling smiled and couldn't help but look to the east.

The government office is a quadrangle with four entrances, and is further divided into east and west courtyards. The quadrangle faces south and north, with the main house being the most important, followed by the east. The crown prince of the imperial family also lives in the East Palace. Wu Qing'er is the eldest wife, so she naturally chooses to live in the east courtyard.

Qin Ling lived in the west wing and couldn't help but sigh as she looked towards the east. Wu Qing'er was no dumber than her and should have been able to guess Chen Gu's intention.

Unfortunately, power is dazzling, let alone supreme power.

It can be said that the Huaxia tribe was established by Chen Gu alone. At this time, it had occupied half of the world, and even occupied the area south of the Yangtze River where the population and economy were stronger than those of the north.

Although Chen Gu only regarded himself as a leader, in fact his status was no different from that of an emperor. Although he usually did not care about the affairs of various departments, as long as Chen Gu was willing, everyone had to obey every word he said.

Even though Qin Ling was a simple-minded person, it was impossible for her to say that she had no thoughts about leaving behind such a large family fortune.

But Chen Xiaoao is Chen Gu's eldest son after all, and Chen Fan is naturally in a weak position. The two little guys are too young. Although they are precocious, it is impossible to say who is more suitable to inherit the throne. The only difference is age.

As a result, when Qin Ling heard the bad news about Chen Gu, the first thing she thought of was actually self-protection. So although she was anxious, she dared not go anywhere, for fear of attracting a direct attack from Wu Qing'er.

Fortunately, Yunhua rushed back quickly and took over the new army camp, which made Qin Ling relax instantly.

It’s hard to say about others, but given Yunhua’s loyalty to Chen Ke, it is absolutely impossible for her to let anything happen to Chen Ke’s children.

With two children as amulets, Qin Ling's safety is naturally guaranteed. After all, killing the mother and keeping the children will only lead to endless troubles.

At the same time, based on Qin Ling's understanding of Yunhua, she quickly realized that Chen Gu might have faked his death, otherwise Yunhua would not have returned to Chongqing so quickly.

Thinking of this, Qin Ling couldn't help but narrow her eyes, because she could guess, and Wu Qing'er couldn't help but guess, but the various behaviors of the eldest wife gave people a feeling of fighting for the position.

This is a bit strange.

Gradually, Qin Ling's expression became strange because she thought of another possibility.

That is, Wu Qing'er also guessed that Chen Gu was faking his death, but she still wanted to help Chen Xiaoao take the position and create an established fact. "In this way, things become more interesting. Master, what choice will you make then?" Qin Ling couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Not long after, Yunhua's three thousand soldiers returned to Chongqing, and the whole of Chongqing immediately calmed down. Even the various speculations that were rampant disappeared, and the various actions in the secret became more secretive and cautious.

Half a month later, Chen's coffin returned to Chongqing, but there was only an urn inside the coffin.

The letter that Zheng Ming sent back in advance explained that Chen Gu was stabbed to death and fell into the river. Due to the deep river and fierce waves, Chen Gu's body was not salvaged ashore immediately, and was only fished out two days later.

Because the weather was too hot, when Chen's body was salvaged, it was already swollen and smelly. There was no choice but to cremate it and collect the ashes and send them back to Chongqing.

Although everyone felt this explanation was strange, they had to accept it.

After Chen Gu's funeral, the heads of various departments gathered together, together with legislative representatives from all over the country. They all discussed it together. On the grounds that the country could not be without a king for a day, they finally decided to nominate Chen Xiaoao to take the throne and become emperor in one step.

After all, the Huaxia tribe now occupies half of the country and has the upper hand over the Qing Dynasty, which is enough to make it the emperor.

After Chen Xiaoao became emperor, everyone was able to get promoted and make money more legitimately.

Wu Qing'er doesn't care about anyone's promotion or wealth, as long as she can push Chen Xiaoao to the throne, anything is fine.

To this end, Wu Qing'er not only frequently attended the Legislative Assembly Hall, but also frequently contacted the heads of various departments, and even made many promises to the original gentry and dignitaries of Jiangjin County in order to win their support.

"This is crazy!" Han Yuanxiao watched everything that had happened recently with cold eyes. He kept muttering this sentence as he came out of the government office and then rushed to the guerrilla garrison camp opposite.

After the message was passed, Han Yuanxiao met Yunhua.

In the central military tent, Han Yuanxiao looked around at Yunhua.

Yunhua's face was full of helplessness. "Minister Han, if you have something to say, just tell me directly?"

"Then tell me, what exactly does Chen Gui want to do?" Han Yuanxiao asked directly.

"Everyone is dead, what else can we do?" Yunhua just felt a headache.

"It's boring to talk like this!" Han Yuanxiao curled his lips, sat down in the chief officer's seat, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said: "You returned to Chongqing so quickly, Chen Jue can't be really dead.

You should understand this yourself, and everyone can guess it, even that greedy woman Wu Qing'er can guess it, but everyone is pretending not to know, it's really interesting!"

"Minister Han, please show some respect to the leader and the first lady!" Yunhua said with a frown.

"I respect you so much!" Han Yuanxiao was so angry that he smashed the cup on the ground and said with his neck stiff, "Can you kill me?"

"Although I won't kill you, I won't let you disrespect the leader either. Think it over carefully!"

(End of this chapter)