What do you mean by "unimportant"? Aren't the lives of servants also lives?
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo disagreed with the guards' ideas and were struggling with what to do when suddenly Ye Ling'er screamed, "Die, ah..."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found that Ming Wang had an iron hairpin stuck in his chest. It was clear that Ye Ling'er had suddenly tried to stab him to death, but unfortunately, she was too weak and failed to kill Ming Wang in one go. Instead, Ming Wang slashed her face with his knife.
Ye Ling'er's body collapsed to the ground with a thud like a broken bellows. After falling, her body convulsed violently a few times. Her beautiful eyes were wide open, filled with resentment. One hand was slightly raised, as if she was pleading for help.
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo felt very uncomfortable looking at Ye Ling'er's hands that finally fell limply and her eyes that refused to close even in death. Although Ye Ling'er had done wrong things in the past, she also had her reasons. She was just a child back then, and she is only fifteen years old now.
Alas, she ultimately met a bad end, dying with her eyes wide open in disbelief. Perhaps that was fate.
At the same time, both Guigu Xi and Yokoyama Eiko were startled by the sudden situation on Ming Wang's side. It was at this moment that the secret guards seized the opportunity and threw several darts at the two of them. In order to avoid the darts, Guigu Xi and her mother had no choice but to let go of the old woman and dodge to the side.
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo quickly reacted and immediately stepped forward to pick up the two old women and throw them to a safe location, so that the archers could then perform their duties.
Keiya Nishi and Yokoyama Eiko were killed by a hail of arrows, but Yokoyama Chiyo escaped because she had shielded her mother and sister, giving herself a chance to escape.
As she left, she only said one sentence to her mother and sister, "Mother, Yingzi, go in peace. I will avenge you."
Guigu Xi: Why don't you just die? I can avenge you too!
Eiko Yokoyama: She knew that this older sister was heartless and ruthless, and that she and her mother would indeed die because of her.
"This subordinate will lead men to pursue them," the guard ordered.
"Send others to chase after him. You come with us to escort Ming Wang back first. Yokoyama Chiyo is now all alone and can't cause any trouble." Zhu Changge wasn't just saying this casually. The masked man and his group of subordinates had all been killed by the imperial soldiers. Yokoyama Chiyo had no one left to rely on. Could she possibly fly to the sky by herself?
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo quickly escorted the Ming King back to the city. The Ming King was eventually sent to the Dali Temple dungeon for imprisonment. The two senior sisters returned to the palace to report the situation to the princess.
"Yang Pu wasn't caught? What if he ran into Yokoyama Chiyo on the road? If the two of them teamed up, wouldn't that create even more trouble?" Xingxing said solemnly, her eyes lowered.
“Yang Pu’s men are all dead. Only he escaped, and he was injured. Even if he encounters Hengshan on the road, he won’t be able to cause any trouble for a while, since there are still government troops chasing him,” Zhu Changge replied.
"Princess, what should we do about Ye Ling'er?" Zhu Changge asked tentatively.
Xingxing sighed softly, "That girl was a pitiful person too. She came from a poor background and never had a good life growing up. I suppose her best period was when she was impersonating me, but unfortunately, she was being used then too."
She was resilient and longed to live, but tragically died in her teens. So be it. I will not hold her past mistakes against her. Let her be given a proper burial, and I hope she will be reborn into a good family.
The rebellion is now over, but there are still four villains in the martial arts world who have not been dealt with. So Zhu Qiuyu and his group are still out there chasing after them. It is unknown when they will be able to capture them and bring them back to the palace.
The Emperor and Empress have been dead for nearly a month, and it's about time they were buried in the imperial mausoleum. They had a deep bond during their lives, so they should definitely be buried together.
Over the next few days, the princess and her husband took care of the emperor and empress's funeral arrangements in the palace. Since the emperor's death, they had not attended the morning court session. There was a backlog of political affairs in the court. The country could not be without a ruler for a day. Now, more than a month had passed without a monarch to preside over the affairs of state. If a new monarch was not established soon, there would be great chaos.
The officials had previously opposed the princess's ascension to the throne, but now they had no choice but to agree, since the rebellion outside the city was quelled by the princess and her husband, and they were also in charge of maintaining order in the palace.
The royal family had no suitable prince to ascend the throne. Most importantly, the late emperor had left an edict to establish the princess as emperor, making the princess's ascension to the throne inevitable.
After the emperor and empress's funeral, the princess's ascension to the throne was put on the agenda.
In the 126th year of the Great Jin Dynasty, Princess Wang Linglong ascended the throne, adopting the reign title 'Yongping', meaning eternal peace.
After becoming emperor, Xingxing devoted himself to state affairs every day. Except for his evening rest time, he spent all his other time reviewing memorials and stayed in the Hall of Diligent Governance.
Zhu Lin, understanding her pregnancy, had no choice but to resign himself to helping her review the memorials. Who said the empress dowager couldn't interfere in politics? What could he, as the imperial son-in-law, do if he wanted to meddle?
"What do you think the civil and military officials will do? This is my will. Are you trying to kill me by not letting the imperial son-in-law review memorials?" Xingxing, dressed in a dragon robe and wearing a crown, leaned lazily against the dragon throne.
She knew long ago that being an emperor wasn't easy, unless she became a tyrant. But how could she possibly be a tyrant? If she did, how could she live with herself? How could she face her father, mother, and the people of the world? How could she live up to the reputation of this empire?
"I'm destined to be a hard worker," Xingxing thought to herself, glancing at the young man in a crescent-colored white robe who was diligently reviewing memorials at his desk. She felt a sense of relief; thankfully, she had a consort to command, and any extra work would be much easier if the two of them shared it.
"Are you thinking about how to enslave me again?" Zhu Lin didn't turn around to look at her, but she could tell from the corner of her eye that Zhu Lin was up to something again.
“I am benevolent and kind, how could I enslave anyone? I am sharing. My husband and I are husband and wife, and husband and wife should help and support each other. How can this be called scheming?” After saying this, Xingxing suddenly realized that the title 'husband and wife' was no longer appropriate. She was now the emperor, so what should she call her husband?
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