Because of Lu Shiyan's superb medical skills, there are more and more rumors about him circulating outside.
There were even rumors that he was a deity descended to earth.
When Jiang Tangtang heard this statement, she was truly shocked.
Actually, at the beginning, the rumors that Lu Shiyan was a savior sent by heaven to save the people from suffering were spread by Liu Chengfeng.
But the story became increasingly fantastical, and it actually had nothing to do with him anymore.
Many of the subsequent rumors were simply the people's hopes and aspirations. They were formed based on the statements he spread, and were further refined and perfected by people.
She hadn't expected that the public's artistic embellishment would bring the rumor closer to the truth. Fortunately, however, the rumor didn't harm them in any way.
On the contrary, because of this rumor, she and Lu Shiyan were particularly successful in integrating resources, arranging for the people, and implementing new policies.
Now, people completely believe that Lu Shiyan is the savior and hope that he can become emperor as soon as possible and lead them to a better life.
Lu Shiyan also wanted to unify the country as soon as possible and let the people live a peaceful and good life.
After subduing all of Duan Wang's troops, they immediately launched an attack on the Western Rong army.
Now, Lu Shiyan commands hundreds of thousands of troops, along with newly developed weapons. The Western Rong soldiers suffered extremely heavy losses in this battle.
The ever-arrogant Helian Heng was captured alive by Lu Shiyan, who then sent a letter to the Western Rong Emperor, demanding that the emperor send money and grain to ransom him.
Helian Heng felt extremely humiliated and wished he could commit suicide on the spot. However, as a hostage, Lu Shiyan had already arranged for people to guard him for twelve hours a day, so even if he wanted to commit suicide, he would not find an opportunity.
Helian Heng felt humiliated, but the people of Great Zhou felt relieved.
In the past, they were always the ones who lost battles, bullied by the Western Rong, and had to pay reparations, provide grain, and send women—it was incredibly frustrating. But now, they had utterly defeated the Western Rong, and it was the Western Rong's turn to pay them reparations and provide grain.
Not to mention ordinary people, Lu Shiyan's officials and soldiers felt relieved. Even many ministers in the capital and the young emperor felt relieved.
As for the great hero who destroyed the three kings, defeated the Western Rong, and made the Great Zhou proud, the young emperor had mixed feelings.
From the perspective of interests and rights, he should have disliked Lu Shiyan. But he couldn't dislike him at all; on the contrary, he admired him from the bottom of his heart.
Because Lu Shiyan did what he wanted to do but couldn't. After pondering for two days and two nights, he wrote a letter of abdication and had it sent to Lu Shiyan.
However, Lu Shiyan had no intention of declaring himself emperor at this time.
He didn't know when, but suddenly many memories flooded his mind. He finally understood why he had traveled to this unfamiliar time and space, and why he felt heartbroken because a strange woman was crying.
It turns out that he had hurt a woman because of his cultivation and his sense of national duty, causing her to shed countless tears.
He had begged for this time travel.
Now that he has finally returned to her side, he will never ignore her feelings and leave her to weep alone, as he did before.
Therefore, he did not immediately accept the young emperor's abdication letter, but decided to meet him first. If he was of good character and capable of becoming emperor, he would keep him and nurture him. If not, he would choose another to support.
His decision stunned Jiang Tangtang and the generals who followed him.
Lu Shiyan didn't care about the generals' opinions at all. He only cared about Jiang Tangtang's thoughts.
"Do you want to be the empress?" He looked at Jiang Tangtang and said seriously, "If you want to be the empress, I will be the emperor. If you don't want to, I won't be."
Jiang Tangtang blinked.
She wasn't particularly attached to the Empress.
but……
“If you don’t want to be the emperor, but rather want to cultivate a qualified successor, then I think there is someone more suitable than the young emperor in the capital.”
Lu Shiyan looked into Jiang Tangtang's eyes and smiled, saying, "I was oversimplifying things."
He wanted to spend more time with Jiang Tangtang to make up for their past regrets. But in this world, they also had a son.
To prevent their son from being persecuted after they went on their private time together, Lu Shiyan eventually ascended the throne and changed the name of the Great Zhou Dynasty to Great Feng.
However, from the first day of his ascension to the throne, he began to groom a successor in preparation for a future life together as a couple.
Although the Crown Prince Lu Chenyan was young, he was very intelligent, which amazed the teachers who came to teach him.
Jiang Tangtang was originally a very laid-back person, but after Da Feng was established, she suddenly became very motivated.
Busy with reforms and new policies every day, stimulating industry and agriculture...
To improve efficiency, she simply founded a school. The school's curriculum consisted of various technical books that she redeemed using points from the system.
These books revolutionized the students' world and brought about earth-shattering changes to the industry and agriculture of Dafeng.
Watching the country change day by day through her efforts and develop in the direction she had hoped for, Jiang Tangtang felt an unprecedented sense of pride, and her energy increased even more.
She was busy with state affairs every day and wouldn't think of him for days on end, which made Lu Shiyan feel uneasy. So when Lu Chenyan turned ten, he couldn't wait to kidnap Jiang Tangtang.
"Can he handle it?" Jiang Tangtang asked with some worry on the boat.
Lu Shiyan said, "Why not? He's already ten years old." He had waited for him for seven whole years.
"You know, he's only ten years old." Jiang Tangtang looked at the beautiful scenery, enjoying it but also complaining a bit, "Aren't we exploiting child labor?"
Seeing her genuine worry, Lu Shiyan put his arm around her waist and said, "Don't worry, I've left someone in the capital. If he really can't handle it, someone will send us a message. We can always go back then. Let's just treat it as training that brat."
Jiang Tangtang's brows finally relaxed.
Lu Shiyan leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, then whispered, "Would you like to go to the valley?"
After the establishment of Dafeng, the villagers in the valley were reluctant to move out. However, for convenience, a road was built connecting the valley to the outside world.
Jiang Tangtang was just too busy to go see it.
When Lu Shiyan brought it up, Jiang Tangtang immediately became interested. "Can we just take a look without disturbing the people in the valley?"
"What's so difficult about that?" Over the years, although he had become the emperor of the mortal realm, he had not neglected his cultivation.
Besides improving his own skills, he would often infuse the spiritual energy he had gained from cultivation into fruits for Jiang Tangtang to eat, or into flowers for her.
More than seven years have passed, but Jiang Tangtang doesn't look old at all; her appearance is even more beautiful than when she first transmigrated.
She laughed and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
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