Chapter 543: The Thousand-Year-Old (64)

In this way, sometimes Wen Wan would run away and the emperor would take her place, and sometimes the emperor would run away and Wen Wan would come to work. The main strategy was to have Wen Wan come to work in shifts. As a result, the emperor became less and less willing to work, and Wen Wan became less and less willing to read memorials. The two of them mainly used a push-pull tactic.

However, Wen Wan couldn't fight against the powerful, and in the end, she still spent more time at the office herself.

Wen Wan not only had to manage the affairs of the court, but also the emperor's princes and princesses. So Wen Wan simply opened a kindergarten in the palace, which focused on centralized management. Even the emperor's grandsons and granddaughters were all allowed to stay there.

We grow vegetables and raise chickens every day, and play games together.

Anyway, the most important thing for a child is to have a happy childhood. As for the period after starting kindergarten, Wen Wan directly made the Grand Tutor train like crazy to try to become an adult who can stand on his own, so that she could retire.

The emperor's health was getting better and better. After all, most of his illnesses were mental, and once those mental illnesses were gone, his physical injuries were no longer a threat.

Wen Wan also began to act according to her own ideas. Although she always wanted to shirk responsibility, she would not be perfunctory when it came to actually doing things, since every decision she made had an impact on the people.

She wouldn't be so capricious as to joke about ordinary people.

Women's colleges flourished, and the number of female officials increased from three to five. A few years later, Wen Wan even allowed women to participate in the imperial examinations.

This was naturally not easy at first, but after a series of preparations, it changed some people's minds to some extent.

Then, in that year, the first female champion actually emerged, which was a historic event. That female champion was the girl who won the competition against Mingde Academy. Afterwards, the Grand Tutor took her as his student, and she did not disappoint him. When the policy changed, she directly won the championship.

This time, she was no longer just a female official without real power or official rank, but a legitimate female official who received a salary from the imperial court and was able to exercise certain rights.

In the seventh year, the emperor abdicated.

Wen Wan became the emperor. She was truly pushed step by step to this final position. The emperor was able to enjoy his later years in peace, while Wen Wan became a full-time "corporate slave." Yes, for Wen Wan, attending court was equivalent to going to work.

She's never worked this hard in modern times, but here she's started working an eight-hour day. It's almost self-inflicted.

Wen Wan isn't just a simple victim; she has modern ideas, a cheat code like the system, and the help of a smart person like Gu Li. It's not like Wen Wan would be exhausted to death.

At least she managed to allocate many tasks reasonably.

Occasionally, he would even have time to spend some alone time with Gu Li.

The emperor had considered having a child with Wen Wan, but he did what he wanted, and Wen Wan did what she wanted; neither could do anything about the other.

Wen Wan originally wanted to bring the Empress into the palace, but the Empress refused. She had already gotten used to the life of quiet cultivation and was even enjoying her peaceful life. She did not want to change her current lifestyle.

Wen Wan did not insist.

Even the emperor would occasionally take the initiative to visit her, but the empress was ill and did not like to see him, so her attitude was always indifferent.

After all, she could understand an emperor's decision, but deep down, it was impossible for her not to feel hatred.

They can never go back to the way things were before anything happened.

The best outcome might be to stop seeing each other, stop interacting, and simply ignore each other.

...

Time flies, and Wen Wan has been in this world for nearly twenty years. She has also selected a suitable successor from among the emperor's sons and grandsons, who is the next great traitor: Qi Jiu.

Xiao Jiu'er has grown up now, and is handsome. He was raised by the Grand Tutor and has been taught to be exceptionally sensible. Because he grew up by Wen Wan's side, Wen Wan treats Xiao Jiu'er differently and raises him as her own son.

He also possessed excellent governing abilities, and most importantly, he was kind and intelligent.

After Wen Wan abdicated, she took Gu Li and began traveling around the world.

Xiao Cui also got married, and to a wealthy businessman. He pursued her for three years before winning her over. The biggest obstacle was Wen Wan herself, because Xiao Cui didn't want to leave her, so she kept refusing to agree.

She later had a daughter, and they lived a very happy life.

What shocked Wen Wan the most was Qi Mingzhu, who never married and devoted herself to her career, earning praise from the people for her ability and talent.

If she had actually gone to marry into a foreign power, the outcome would have been very different.

If she had been taken under the wing of Consort Rong, the outcome would certainly have been different.

She thanked Wen Wan for pulling her back at a crucial moment, and Wen Wan did not regret correcting her misguided growth.

As for the female lead, Wen Wan took good care of her offspring and arranged for her children to visit her regularly. When she was free from the temptation of power, the female lead finally broke free from her constraints and ultimately understood what was most important to her.

It's not just about power and status, but also about one's children.

She didn't abandon the Third Prince, even though he was now insane and didn't even recognize people anymore, the female lead still stayed with him.

The eldest prince was no different. His wife wasn't so heartless after all, and she would bring the children to see him regularly. However, the eldest prince's wife of today was not the same as before. She raised her children very well and started her own business, opening a restaurant that was thriving.

She even enjoys her current life as a restaurant owner more than being the Crown Prince's consort.

Everything is going for the best. Although she always dressed as a man during her reign, no one knew her true identity, and there was no need for it.

Gu Li, on the other hand, is his empress.

Many secrets don't need to be revealed to the world. She sacrificed herself and was confined to her own harem. Wen Wan did not break his wings. With Gu Li's help, the country was peaceful and the people lived in peace and prosperity.

When she abdicated, she even gained the reputation of a wise emperor.

After retiring from the palace, Wen Wan was finally free of worries and could finally shed her disguise, put on beautiful women's clothing, style her hair in her favorite pretty updo, and wear a beautiful jade hairpin.

Gu Li also reverted to wearing men's clothing.

They lived an ordinary yet happy life. Sometimes, looking at the people who were living well because of her, Wen Wan felt a little proud, even though many unexpected things had happened. She had never regretted it.

Wen Wan and Gu Li stayed together until the very last moment of Gu Li's life.

In fact, Gu Li did not live long, nor did he live to be a hundred years old. He died on his seventieth birthday, holding Wen Wan's hand. His features still showed the handsomeness of his youth, and his expression was full of deep love.

"Ah Yuan, in the next life... in the next life I will definitely find you, don't... forget me."

Wen Wan: "Mm."

After Gu Li left, Wen Wan also departed from this world. Later, Xiao Jiu'er buried them together in the imperial mausoleum. In fact, Xiao Jiu'er had known their identities for a long time, but she chose to take this secret to the grave.