After Hua Ling left, Fang Yunheng searched everywhere for her. Later, he found her, but he was also about to die. Just as the military doctor said, his lungs were injured and no medicine could cure him.

During his last few years, he established the Kingdom of Flowers and divided the Great Zhou into the north and south. Everyone thought he would pass the throne to his young son, but he did not. He passed it to Hua Ling.

Under his training, Xiaowu has become capable of standing on his own, enough to support Hua Ling to take the top position and shut up those old stubborn people.

The "Luo Hui" that Xuanyuan Mo asked the imperial physician to extract was never used.

Some people suggested that he send troops to recover the lost territory while Hanabishi's throne was unstable, but he refused. Before his death, he also passed the throne to Hanabishi, his only queen in his life.

Da Zhou and Hua Kingdom merged into Ling Kingdom, and the court was reshuffled.

Everyone who experienced this period had mixed feelings. They didn't expect that the country would be unified in such a strange way after only a few years of division. But no matter what, both the court officials and the people were happy.

Hua Ling had her own way of governing the country. The policies she implemented at the local level had excellent results. She gradually secured the throne. Those court officials who were not optimistic about her shut up and started praising her for being as capable as any man.

Of course there will still be voices of opposition, but they are not significant and are of no use other than a few shouts.

When Hua Ling became empress, her two children, Xuanyuan Ling and Fang Zhiyi, were only four years old. Perhaps because their father often talked about her, they were very close to her.

Xuanyuan Ling is active and lively, while Fang Zhiyi is gentle and reserved. He has an amazing memory, almost to the point of remembering everything he sees. He has read no less than a hundred books at a young age.

Hua Ling sometimes stared at their faces in a daze.

The forces that supported Xuanyuan Mo and Fang Yunheng changed their support to Xuanyuan Ling and Fang Zhiyi. In the end, Fang Zhiyi was superior and inherited the throne of Ling Kingdom after he came of age.

Xuanyuan Ling became a general and protected the peace of the area.

Hua Ling had five children in her life. In addition to Xuanyuan Ling and Fang Zhiyi, two were Yan Li's, and the remaining one... was Xiaowu's.

Yan Li accepted Xiao Wu's existence well. After all, Hua Ling was now the queen. Unlike ordinary women, it was normal for her to have several servants. These were not what he cared about.

If he minded, he wouldn't have wanted to snatch her away even though he knew Hua Ling and Xiao Wu were entangled.

Even though there was an extra Xiaowu, Yan Li could still feel that she loved him the most, and that was enough. He was not greedy at all.

Hua Ling's appearance is unparalleled in the world, and even time seems to be particularly kind to her, leaving no trace on her, and forever freezing her in her most beautiful years.

Because of this, many sons of princes and nobles threw aside their so-called etiquette and sense of shame and scrambled to enter the harem and become the empress's attendants or male favorites.

But Hua Ling refused to agree to any of them.

After Fang Zhiyi succeeded to the throne, she was bored and wanted to learn Qinggong from Yan Li, fantasizing that one day she would be as elusive as Yan Li. The idea was good, but the reality was that his delicate body was not suitable for practicing martial arts, and after studying for several years, he was still a half-baked one.

She learned archery from Xiaowu. Apart from her lack of arm strength, she could hit the target every time she shot within range.

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After Hanabi's death, he was surprised to find himself back at the beginning of the story.

Outside the Imperial Examination Hall, she hugged Jiang Luochuan weakly and helplessly, "Then Brother Jiang must come back soon."

When Fang Yi turned around, he met a pair of familiar eyes, which were filled with longing, surprise, and caution.