Chapter 336 Extra: Removing the Armor (Part 1)
Ye Yunshu's life after abdicating was anything but peaceful.
The throne has been handed over to Xiao Jingjue, but that boy still comes to visit her every day, firstly to ask about matters of state, and secondly to see the little princess Ye Shiwei.
"Aunt, when will my little sister grow up?" Xiao Jingjue asked almost every day.
Ye Yunshu looked at her daughter, who could already walk and was holding a delicate little abacus, her eyes filled with love.
"She'll grow up slowly! Shiwei can already walk and talk, and she can even use an abacus. Gradually, she'll learn to do accounts. When everyone is afraid of her, she'll be all grown up." Ye Yunshu said to Xiao Jingjue with a smile.
Xiao Jingjue hummed in agreement, then walked over to Ye Shiwei's side.
Ye Shiwei, who was originally holding the abacus in both hands, immediately put the abacus under her arm and stretched out her other hand towards Xiao Jingjue.
"Brother Emperor, let's go, let's get out of here..."
Xiao Jingjue quickly picked up Ye Shiwei. Although he was still a young emperor, he had grown taller and stronger in the past few years, so he could carry Ye Shiwei.
"Come on! Your brother will take you out to play!"
Shiwei, grow up quickly. When you grow up, your brother will be your emperor. Being an emperor is so much fun, much more fun than using an abacus.
Do you think this is a good idea? Shi Wei, you'll know once you've been emperor for two days. The benefits of being emperor are immense!
You can go wherever you want, eat whatever you want, and sleep as late as you want.
How about it? Being the emperor is great!
Shi Wei, your brother has told you so much, you must really like being an emperor, right?
"Tell me, is it better to be an emperor or a planner?" Xiao Jingjue coaxed Ye Shiwei.
Without a second thought, Ye Shiwei, who was being held by Xiao Jingjue, said, "Make a plan!"
Xiao Jingjue...
"So, would you rather be an emperor or an abacus?" Xiao Jingjue asked, still unwilling to give up.
"Let's do some calculations!" Ye Shiwei firmly chose her future career.
Xiao Jingjue was a little discouraged. Ever since Ye Shiwei could speak and walk, he had been persistently instilling in her the idea that being an emperor was good, hoping that Ye Shiwei could become an empress like her aunt when she grew up.
At that time... I will be able to leave the capital, whether to go to the southwest or the north, or like Song Shanggong, Aunt Mu Xiao, and Aunt Lan Qian, I can get a big ship and go to the other side of the sea to see the blue-eyed, blond-haired foreigners that Song Shanggong and the others talked about, and fish bigger than the ship...
But Shi Wei... only had the abacus in her eyes.
"Shiwei, why don't you like being the emperor? If you were the emperor, no one would dare to stop you from using an abacus and not eating." Xiao Jingjue continued to coax her.
Ye Shiwei gave a soft "oh," and then looked at Xiao Jingjue seriously.
"Brother Emperor, is being Emperor really a good thing?" Ye Shiwei asked.
“Of course it would be great! Being the emperor is the best thing in the world, otherwise why would so many people want to be the emperor!” Xiao Jingjue said immediately.
Ye Shiwei snorted.
"Since being emperor is so good, the best thing, why don't you keep it for yourself and give it to me!"
"Who would push away their favorite thing?" Ye Shiwei asked.
Xiao Jingjue...
"Brother loves you! He cherishes you the most, that's why he gave you his favorite thing! Shiwei, if you say that, then brother will be sad."
"Your brother is so good to you!" Xiao Jingjue immediately put on a heartbroken expression.
Ye Shiwei watched Xiao Jingjue's performance quietly.
If Ye Shiwei hadn't been used to such scenes, she would have been easily appeased by Xiao Jingjue.
Ye Shiwei remembered it clearly: last year, when her mother passed the throne to this older brother, the emperor brother clung to her mother's leg and cried loudly.
"Aunt, I'm still too young. I can't shoulder such a heavy burden!"
Could you please pass the throne to me a few years later?
I'm not ready yet! I can't be emperor! And I can't handle so many things in the Great Yu!
Aunt, you care about Dayu, you certainly can't watch Dayu suffer, right?
Ye Yunshu didn't even think before saying just two sentences.
"Why don't you just be the emperor and your seventh uncle be the regent to assist you in governing?"
Either you just get married properly, even if you're not that old, get married first, and make the future empress..."
"Aunt, I'd rather be the emperor!" Xiao Jingjue immediately made the choice that was most advantageous to her.
And so, Xiao Jingjue ascended the throne with a bitter expression...
"Brother Emperor, if it weren't for the fact that you like eating hibiscus cake just like me, and that you always fight with me for it, I would believe what you said."
You won't even give me your favorite hibiscus cake, but if the throne were really that good, would you give it to me?
Furthermore, Mother, Seventh Uncle, and you all push the throne away. How can this throne be a good one?
Was my mother not smart? Or was my seventh uncle not smart?
"If they don't like it, then the emperor must be bad. I believe in Mother and Seventh Uncle." Ye Shiwei said very calmly.
Xiao Jingjue...
He never expected that things would go wrong because of a few pieces of hibiscus cake.
"That's because..." Xiao Jingjue wanted to explain further.
"Alright, Emperor brother, don't count on me. I just like using an abacus, and my surname is Ye, not Xiao."
You can only find someone with the surname Xiao to be emperor.
"But I can give you an idea." Little Ye Shiwei decided to help her brother the emperor.
"What idea?" Xiao Jingjue was taken aback.
"You should get married soon! Find someone to marry and then have a baby quickly."
It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman; if it's a woman, she'll be made Crown Princess, and if it's a man, he'll be made Crown Prince.
Once the child is born, you can simply leave the child with your seventh uncle or mother, and then take the Empress on a trip to enjoy the scenery.
Children are born of you and must obey you, otherwise they are considered unfilial.
Wasn't this the reason my mother was forced to become emperor by my grandfather?
"So, if you don't want to be emperor anymore, this is the only way!" Ye Shiwei said very seriously.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingjue thought, "This method... is not good at all!"
He didn't want to get married, because if he did, it would be even less likely that he would leave the capital.
Compared to a grand wedding, he should just become emperor...
"Fine, let him be the emperor! At worst, I'll just push all the responsibilities onto Uncle Seven."
Shiwei, come on, brother will take you to eat some delicious hibiscus cake.
"I'll give you an extra piece this time..."
Xiao Jingjue immediately took Ye Shiwei and left.
...
Ye Yunshu couldn't help but smile after watching the two children, one big and one small, leave. Those two kids…
Then look at the man walking this way...
Ye Yunshu's eyes never left the man.
Indeed, Shen Yunshan has maintained a very good physique over the years, especially under that suit of armor...
"Commander Shen, come have some tea!" Ye Yunshu smiled slightly at Shen Yunshan.
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