Gu Jiangli asked, "Then completing this must take a very long time, right?"

Cheng Yun said, "My teacher said that with my current painting skills, it would probably take a long time to paint such a large scene. My brother's wood carving would take even longer, several years."

Gu Jiangli clicked her tongue slightly.

However, since this is something the two little ones want to do, she won't stop them.

"Okay, Mother will wait to see your great work one day."

The two smiled, their small fists brimming with fighting spirit.

"Don't worry, Mother, we will definitely make sure you and your elder brother see our gifts!"

Gu Jiangli was proud of her children's outstanding achievements.

At the end of the year, the emperor abdicated in favor of Heng'er.

When Heng'er ascended the throne, the whole country celebrated.

They were overjoyed that the prince who had saved the country and its people had become emperor.

Even though he was only ten years old and still a very young child, the people saw his contributions and remembered them.

They even raised money themselves to build a temple and placed Heng'er's image in it for the people to worship and admire.

Meanwhile, to express their gratitude to the Prince's Mansion for providing a large sum of money to treat the disaster victims, they also placed a statue of Gu Jiangli and the Prince as a couple in the temple.

The emperor and his ilk were not left out either.

After the temple was built, they went to the temple to pray almost every day. It wasn't to ask for protection, but to hope that God would bless the people depicted in the temple so that they could live a peaceful, healthy, and happy life.

Heng'er was very kind. Starting from the year he ascended the throne, he began to economize on palace expenses and used the remaining money for disaster victims.

It was also proposed that the people of the capital affected by the disaster be exempt from taxes for three years.

Gu Jiangli felt very gratified after hearing this.

Only those emperors who truly love their people like their own children will be remembered as good emperors by posterity.

After Heng'er ascended the throne, the prince no longer served as regent. In his words, since his son had become emperor, there was no need for him, as the father, to continue serving as regent.

He voluntarily relinquished his position as regent, giving all power to Heng'er, and reverted to being Prince Yu.

In the third year of Heng'er's reign, Gu Jiangli became pregnant.

Just as the divination had predicted when Heng'er was a child, he would have four younger siblings in his life, and this was indeed fulfilled by Gu Jiangli.

The youngest child was born on the Lantern Festival, a time for family reunions.

Her arrival brought the whole family together in happiness, hence the name Zhao Yueying.