Volume 1 Chapter 1 Puppet Emperor

"Your Majesty, this is the list of official personnel changes in the new dynasty. Please take a look."

Liu Bu took out a golden book with dragon pattern and unfolded it, then spread it on the jade table in front of Xiang Yun.

Liu Bu, a eunuch who looked to be in his fifties, had no beard, pale complexion and feminine manner.

Although he was a eunuch, he held the position of assistant minister of the state. He wore a robe with a four-clawed golden dragon inlaid with gold and jade, a golden dragon crown with a pearl on his head, a gold belt inlaid with emerald jade and pearls around his waist, and a glazed yin-yang fish jade pendant.

The whole person looks extremely luxurious, dignified and majestic, and one can tell at a glance that he is a noble person with high power and status.

In front of Liu Fuguo was a two-meter-high, one-meter-wide, five-clawed golden dragon chair made of pure gold.

This dragon throne is a symbol of authority, and only one person in the world can sit on it.

The person sitting on the dragon throne now is the newly enthroned emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty, Xiang Yun!

At this moment, Xiang Yun was looking at the list on the jade table, his mind was blank and he was completely confused.

What’s going on? Why don’t I find myself in my own messy and smelly little bedroom after waking up?

Where is this and why am I dressed so extravagantly?

The chair below is made of pure gold, right?

Suddenly, Xiang Yun felt a stabbing pain in his head. He couldn't help but frown, and a lot of unfamiliar memories flooded into his mind.

As he sorted out these memories, Xiang Yun's brows furrowed deeper and his eyes became complicated.

As an outstanding young man of the 21st century, Xiang Yun, who is at the age when the flowers of the motherland bloom, has to admit the fact that he has traveled through time.

His current identity is the emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty. In terms of identity, he is the master of the entire Great Sun world and a person respected by the world.

However, through sorting out his memories, Xiang Yun discovered that although his current identity was noble and powerful, it was only a superficial phenomenon. In essence, he was like a puppet and had no imperial power at all.

The late Emperor Xiang Lie, his half brother, succeeded to the throne after his father's death. However, he was unwilling to be controlled by the aristocratic families, nobles and the minister Liu Bu who was beside him, so he was assassinated by the chief of Liu Bu.

Although it was an assassination, everyone in the world who was not a fool knew the truth about it.

For a time, people all over the world were in panic, fearing that there would be chaos.

At this time, the only remaining heir of the Xiang royal family, Xiang Yun, who was only eighteen years old, was supported by the eunuch Liu Bu and ascended the throne to become emperor!

Xiang Yun now had waist-length hair and was wearing a bright red brocade robe with a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on it. He wore a golden dragon pearl crown on his head, a golden belt with dragon carvings on it around his waist, and a dragon-shaped jade pendant as big as a millstone.

Although this dragon robe and court dress are majestic and domineering, it is too low-key compared to the clothing of the eunuch Liu Bu beside him.

The clothes worn by Liu Bu standing aside make him look more like an emperor!

At this moment, Xiang Yun's mind finally calmed down. His heart was filled with infinite fear and his whole body was trembling. Then he forced himself to suppress the fear and tried to stay calm.

Turning his head to look at the high-sounding Liu Bu, he thought to himself: "If this man is not a eunuch, I am afraid he would have already usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor!"

Xiang Yun looked at all the civil and military officials in the court. They all lowered their heads and kept silent, as if they were afraid of the authority of Liu Bu alone.

His eyes shifted to the two ministers who headed the civil and military officials, Assistant State Qin Yu and Assistant State Wang Teng.

The Great Sun Dynasty established three assistant ministers to assist the emperor in handling government affairs. They held high positions and had great power, and were the "pillars" of the Great Sun Dynasty.

However, because of their enormous power, they are also suppressed by the imperial power. If the current emperor's political views favor one person, then he can become the sole ruler and have power over the government and the country.

Qin Yu and Wang Teng also lowered their heads and remained silent at this time, but Xiang Yun was still quite relaxed. As a young man in the 21st century, he knew a lot about the history of feudal dynasties. He was quite comforted with his current situation of concentrated imperial power. It seemed that he had something to do.

But now I don’t know what Qin Yu and Wang Teng are thinking, and whether they have any ambitions!

Seeing that Xiang Yun had been silent for a long time, Liu Bu stepped forward, took the imperial brush, applied the imperial ink, and then handed it to Xiang Yun, smiling and saying, "Your Majesty, please!"

Just these three words made Xiang Yun feel cold all over, and his heart, which had just calmed down, became restless again.

Killing intent. Xiang Yun saw a strong killing intent in Liu Bu's eyes. If he didn't do as he said, he would definitely not have much time to live.

Perhaps the next emperor to die tragically in the palace will be me!

To be honest, this was Xiang Yun’s first time as an emperor and he didn’t have much experience, but he had watched a lot of TV dramas. How could an emperor be scared by a eunuch?

Xiang Yun didn't agree!

Forcing himself to calm down, Xiang Yun mustered up the courage not to take the imperial pen. Instead, he closed the list without even looking at the contents on it and put it aside.

This move made Liu Bu's eyelids jump, and Xiang Yun's next words made him even more angry.

Xiang Yun said coldly, "Liu Fuguo is old. Now that I have ascended the throne and am in charge of the government, you don't need to worry about government affairs in the future."

"Your Majesty, this..."

Xiang Yun continued, "From now on, with me, Qin Yu and Wang Teng as the two ministers, Liu Fuguo can go home and rest in peace and take good care of his body!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the palace raised their heads and looked at Xiang Yun and Liu Bu with confusion on their faces.

All the officials were shocked. What did His Majesty mean? Was the emperor, who was personally supported by Liu Bu, going to break with him?

This is such a joke!

Minister Liu sensed that something was wrong, so he took the list and wrote Xiang Yun's name on it, smiling and saying, "Since your majesty is not feeling well today and has been talking nonsense in court, I will write for you and you must not delay government affairs."

Xiang Yun was furious. This old man didn't even mention a word of what he had just said!

Now the other party was actually bullying him so blatantly, and all the civil and military officials in the palace were just watching quietly. No one stood up to speak for him, not even the two ministers Qin Yu and Wang Teng.

When Xiang Yun was still angry, his right hand was unexpectedly grabbed by Liu Bu, and he reached for the imperial seal on the jade table in front of him.

Xiang Yun was controlled to pick up the jade seal and stamp it on the list. Xiang Yun wanted to resist, but when he exerted force, a stronger force came from his right hand, causing him great pain.

Finally, the jade seal was pressed under Xiang Yun's humiliated gaze, and Liu Bu let go of Xiang Yun's right hand.

Xiang Yun quickly pulled his hand back, and saw through his sleeves that the place where Liu Bu had been holding tightly was actually purple and red. One could imagine the strength of Liu Bu's attack!

Xiang Yun could no longer bear it, and he slammed the table, pointed at the civil and military officials of the palace and cursed: "Good! Good! Good!"

Then Xiang Yun abandoned Liu's troops and all the civil and military officials and left angrily.

When Xiang Yun returned to the imperial study in the palace according to his memory, his eyes were red with anger, and he cursed in his heart: "I never thought that there was no one with backbone in the whole court!

Alas, if either Qin Yu or Wang Teng supported me, I would never allow myself to be bullied by this eunuch!"

"I just don't believe it. An emperor can't defeat a eunuch!"

Just when Xiang Yun was angry and thinking about how to deal with Liu Bu, a gorgeously dressed woman hurriedly walked into the imperial study, accompanied by palace maids and eunuchs.

Although this girl is a woman, she looks to be in her early twenties, with skin as white as jade and eyes as charming as silk. She is truly a beauty.

When Xiang Yun saw her, he was shocked at first, but then he became indifferent. From his memory, he knew that this person was his wife, the queen of the Great Sun Dynasty, named Meiruer.

Mei Ruer looked anxious. As soon as she entered the room, she threw herself on Xiang Yun and cried, "Your Majesty, you angered Liu Fuguo in the court today, and I was frightened. If Liu's army gets angry and comes to seek revenge, how will you and I deal with it?"

Mei Ruer's words were discouraging, but with the beauty in his arms and crying like this, how could Xiang Yun not feel soft-hearted? Although he was upset, he didn't take it to heart for the time being.

He just consoled her by saying, "He's just a eunuch. I'm not afraid of him!"

At this moment, a young eunuch rushed into the imperial study in a panic and shouted, "Your Majesty, Liu Fuguo rushed in!"

Mei Ruer screamed in fear, and Xiang Yun quickly stood up and blocked her way, shouting, "How dare you! Where are the palace guards? Capture him!"

After saying this, Xiang Yun immediately realized how childish he was.

I saw Liu Bu walking quickly towards the imperial study with a gloomy face and a menacing look, followed by dozens of people like lackeys, all of whom were palace guards.

When Liu Bu arrived at the imperial study, Xiang Yun was not afraid of the retaliation and was the first to mock: "How funny, each of you is my subject, but you are not protecting me, the emperor, but a eunuch!"

Minister Liu's expression became even gloomier. He waved his hand and all the guards behind him automatically left the imperial study and closed the door.

At this time, only Mei Ruer, Xiang Yun and Liu Bu were left in the imperial study, and the atmosphere became a little subtle.

Liu Bu's gloomy face suddenly turned into a playful smile. Looking at Mei Ru'er in Xiang Yun's arms, he said coldly: "I was just wondering why Your Majesty was so abnormal in the court today. Now that I see the Queen is here, I feel relieved."

Liu Bu walked over slowly and said, "It turns out that everything was instigated by this witch. She deceived Your Majesty with her sweet words!"

Mei Ruer screamed and was grabbed by Liu Bu and kicked in the abdomen. She immediately fell to the ground whimpering and screaming in pain.

The palace maids and eunuchs outside the imperial study heard the noise and trembled with fear, and no one dared to say a word.

All this overturned Xiang Yun's cognition. How dare Liu Bu treat a queen like this?

Xiang Yun greatly underestimated Liu Bu's courage. Liu Bu took out a silk scarf from his arms, wrapped it around Mei Ruer's neck, and then slowly tightened it, looking at Xiang Yun with a playful look on his face.

Mei Ruer turned pale with fear and screamed in panic: "Your Majesty, save me~!"

Xiang Yunqi's teeth were bared as he cursed, "What do you want to do, you little dog slave? Let the queen go!"

"Your Majesty is young and ignorant, and does not know how powerful this vicious woman is. This old minister is doing this for your Majesty's own good!" Liu Bu said, increasing the strength in his hands.

Meiruer was suffering from severe lack of oxygen, her body began to twitch, her eyes turned white, and she was about to die. Liu's army had already made up its mind to make an example of her.

The emperor was out of his control, which was something Liu Bu could never accept. If Xiang Yun had not ascended the throne yesterday, it would not have been appropriate to establish a new emperor, otherwise Xiang Yun would have died at this moment.

"Someone come, protect the emperor! Someone come, protect the queen!" Xiang Yun shouted towards the outside of the imperial study, but there was no response.

Xiang Yun couldn't bear it any longer. He looked around and found his target. He pulled out a sword that was used as an accessory in the imperial study.

Xiang Yun stepped forward with a sword in hand, pointed at Liu Bu and shouted, "You little slave, let the queen go!"

Upon seeing this, Liu Bu suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, my little emperor has grown up and actually dares to point a sword at me!

You've become several times bolder the day I haven't seen you. Do you really think you can be a lawless emperor just because you sit on the throne?"

Liu Bu suddenly exerted force in his hands, and the queen of the Great Sun Dynasty was strangled to death today!

Xiang Yun, who witnessed this scene, was completely enraged. He rushed forward with a sword and pretended to chop Liu Bu.

Liu Bu dodged by leaning to the side, and slapped Xiang Yun to the ground, saying coldly: "Your Majesty, you are so bold, are you going to rebel against me?"