Wan Ge sat on the dragon throne, listening to the arguments of the officials standing in front of her, without saying a word.

"Ruanruan and the others were arguing quite fiercely."

"Of course, with the male lead stirring things up, how could their argument not be intense?"

Wan Ge then looked at the female lead, who was also silent, and a hint of hesitation seemed to flash across her face.

Just then, Wan Ge finally gave her father-in-law a look. He immediately understood: "Shut up, stop arguing."

After the eunuch's voice came out, the civil and military officials finally fell silent and returned to their original positions.

Wan Ge propped her head up with one hand and looked at the Regent, who had been watching the drama unfold from the beginning: "What does Your Majesty think about this matter?"

The regent bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, I will obey your every command."

The others finally realized what was happening and all spoke up, saying, "Your Majesty's will is ours."

Wan Ge glanced at the male lead again before turning all her attention to the female lead: "I believe that Miss Xu is exceptionally talented in both literature and martial arts. Her design drawings are capable of producing weapons that are rare in the world. She is well-deserved to serve in the Ministry of War."

The female protagonist, Ling Xiangyi, was still somewhat incredulous upon hearing Wan Ge's words. Although she was very confident in what she had developed, she also knew that under the current feudal system, it was almost impossible for a woman to serve as an official in the court.

The emperor actually agreed, which was truly surprising.

Although the others were somewhat dissatisfied, since His Majesty had spoken, they couldn't say anything more and all knelt down, agreeing with what Wange had said.

The only ones who didn't kneel were the Regent, who was sitting in a chair, and the male protagonist, Jiang Chuluo, who was standing in front of the civil officials.

The other party seemed surprised that Wan Ge would agree, and was caught off guard.

Wan Ge narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Jiang Chuluo in front of her, and said in a deep voice, "What, does Minister Jiang have any objections?"

After realizing what was happening, Jiang Chuluo immediately knelt down as well: "Your Majesty, I did not."

Wan Ge spoke again: "I remember you were the one who brought this up, weren't you? You wouldn't be saying you don't want to support Lord Ling again, would you?"

"Of course not!" Jiang Chuluo quickly denied.

Wan Ge smiled and nodded: "Since there are no objections, then starting tomorrow, Lord Ling will attend court with you."

After Wan Ge finished speaking, she gave the eunuch a look, and only then did the eunuch speak, ordering everyone to leave the court.

As Wan Ge turned to leave, the others exchanged glances. For some reason, they had felt a sense of pressure when His Majesty questioned Lord Chu.

The young emperor ascended the throne at the age of eight. To them, he was more like a puppet emperor, a puppet of the regent. In reality, they listened to the regent more than anyone else.

The reason why the regent was willing to listen to the emperor was because the regent was willing to listen to the emperor.

They hadn't expected that the emperor, whom they had always thought was cautious and timid, would suddenly display such a commanding presence.

The other ministers also left after the court session, but the regent slowly stood up from his chair.

“Your Highness…” The guard beside the Regent stood beside him, seemingly hesitant as he watched the emperor leave.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that His Majesty seems a bit off today."

The Regent smiled: "You think so too? But this is a good thing."

"Good news?"

"Being too weak and incompetent is boring, so I'm starting to have some expectations for him."

"But in his current state, won't it be detrimental to what Your Highness wants to do?"

"It doesn't matter. If he can also bring me down, what's wrong with returning the kingdom to him?" Yan Yunjing withdrew his gaze and left.

…

After the morning court session, Wan Ge went straight back to her palace. A short while later, a group of palace maids brought in breakfast.

Looking at the exquisite and beautiful breakfast, Wan Ge finally realized she was hungry.

So after having breakfast, I finally got a good feel for the plot of this world.

In this storyline, the original owner was a puppet emperor, and a woman disguised as a man.

Initially, the late emperor made her pretend to be a man in order to consolidate his throne. Although she was made crown prince early on, the emperor planned to find a reason to depose her as crown prince when he had other sons, give her a fiefdom, and let her hide her identity for the rest of her life.

Unexpectedly, before the emperor could even have his son, he was poisoned by a concubine who harbored hatred out of love, leading to his untimely death.

So, at the age of eight, she ascended to the throne.

Before she turned eight, the emperor had no intention of carefully cultivating her, because he knew she was a woman and thought that she would be replaced sooner or later, so there was no need to train her properly.

So the original owner didn't really know anything. Although he had learned some things from the Crown Prince's tutor, he hadn't even started learning anything about governing a country.

After the late emperor passed away, she was still young and there was no empress dowager to control the government, so the sixteen-year-old crown prince who had just inherited his position as a prince of a different surname became the regent.

Now, ten years have passed, and everyone knows that although no one in the palace dares to disrespect His Majesty, the Regent actually controls the harem and holds power in the court.

The other party had no intention of nurturing the original owner, so the original owner remained a puppet.

The original owner had no objection to this, after all, she knew her identity. In the past, she felt that it was fine to just live a life of leisure and wait to die, since the Regent would take care of everything.

But after seeing many examples of people rebelling to seize power, she began to worry about her own head and started thinking about how to fake her death and leave the palace.

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