Chapter 790 The Imperial Advisor is Stunningly Beautiful (17)
He had seen the infatuated looks on the Empress's face when they were bowing earlier, and now the Empress belonged to him completely; he was truly fulfilled.
Ning Yan: This is the first person to say that marrying her is a pipe dream.
"Okay. If you're good, you won't wake up from this dream."
Yuan Yan said happily, "Don't worry, I'll be super good. I'll listen to you from now on."
Ning Yan: The chances of encountering a top-tier romantic genius in ancient times are slim, but unexpectedly, she ended up with one.
Sure enough, having a nice face is very useful.
"Well, since you're being so obedient, you can sleep on the soft couch tonight."
"What? My Imperial Advisor, did I do something wrong?" Yuan Yan was dumbfounded. Had Yan Yan said something wrong?
Ning Yan deliberately said, "What, you're not willing to sleep on a soft couch just because I'm offering you one? Didn't you say you'd listen to me?"
"But Grand Preceptor, today is our wedding day."
"What can we do? I'm carrying a little one. You can't just abandon your son, can you?"
Yuan Yan: ...
That night, Yuan Yan spent a wedding night that he would never forget.
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Emerging from the palace, the Crown Prince of Chen remained silent for a long time. Although the bride covered her face with a fan, he still saw her incomparably beautiful face. This woman should only exist in heaven, but now she has been given to Emperor Canglan. He really wanted to take her to Chen.
...
Three years later, in the Golden Palace.
The ministers in the palace noticed that the emperor was carrying a small baby today.
They initially thought the Emperor had brought the eldest prince to the morning court session, but once the officials had stood still, the little bundle nestled in their arms stirred twice, revealing a pink and tender little face—it was Princess Jiaoyue!
The ministers were astonished.
Their emperor is truly extraordinary; three years after his grand wedding, he insisted on taking the empress with him to court.
Just when the Empress had finally given up on coming, less than half a month later, she brought Princess Jiaoyue back.
This is the Imperial Palace, you should bring the eldest prince if you're going to bring anyone.
"If you have something to report, please do so; if you have nothing to report, please leave the court."
The father and daughter on the dragon throne yawned simultaneously, but the emperor knew to cover it up by raising his sleeve to hide his face.
Princess Jiaoyue, however, hit him openly and generously.
After finishing, she still had to complain: "No wonder Mother and Brother don't want to accompany Father to court. They got up too early. I'm so sleepy."
Yawning is contagious. Following the little princess's innocent words, the ministers below also started yawning one after another. The princess was right; it was indeed too early for court.
“If Jiaojiao thinks that the court sessions start too early, she can change it once she becomes the emperor.”
The voice was quite loud; the ministers below could all hear it.
The courtiers were all astonished. The Emperor actually wanted to pass the throne to Princess Jiaoyue?
What about the eldest prince?
Isn't Your Majesty afraid of upsetting the eldest prince?
The eldest prince wasn't angry at all. In fact, he asked his sister to take his place as the crown princess.
Mother is right. Father is somewhat useless; he's only good at maintaining the status quo.
He is different; he is the Empress's son, and he will naturally achieve great things in the future.
Once he has mastered martial arts, he will lead his army to conquer the surrounding small countries and unify the world!
This was the ambition he set when he was three years old.
Two years later, the Chen Kingdom launched a war against the Canglan Kingdom.
The emperor handed over the administration of the court to the empress and personally led the expedition.
He's been holding back a lot of anger.
The spies left in Chen reported that the Crown Prince of Chen had long since come of age but refused to take a concubine. The servants in the Crown Prince's residence also spread rumors that he already had someone in his heart, because whenever the Crown Prince was in a bad mood, he would look at a portrait of a beautiful woman.
Later, a notorious thief stole the painting, and someone recognized it as belonging to the Grand Preceptor of Canglan Kingdom, who is also the current Empress of Canglan Kingdom.
Anyone who dares to covet his empress will face the destruction of his country and the ruin of his family.
Ning Yan was stunned when she heard his decision. So, she's destined to be stunningly beautiful, right?
In her previous life, the Canglan Kingdom was destroyed because of the original owner of the kingdom. In this life, will the Chen Kingdom be destroyed because of her?!
The war with the State of Chen lasted a full year and a half. After all, the Crown Prince of Chen had been plotting something for a long time and had been preparing for five years in advance. His strength was formidable. If the State of Canglan had not been so powerful, the outcome of this war would have been uncertain.
After the fall of the Chen Kingdom, the Crown Prince of Chen begged Yuan Yan to let him see Empress Canglan.
Enraged, Yuan Yan killed the man and then fed the body to the dogs!
Ning Yan: ...This, this guy's brain must have been eaten by zombies, he's really asking for death!
...
Twenty years later, the continent was unified, and Empress Jiaoyue became the empress with the largest territory in the history of Canglan Kingdom, while her brother went to build a navy and prepare to set sail for the other side of the sea.
The 28-year-old empress had countless concubines, and the choice of a legitimate ruler was not finalized until this year.
The day after their wedding, the Empress Dowager happily drank tea with her grandson-in-law, then put down her teacup and handed over the palace affairs.
Even though she looks to be only in her fifties at most, damn it, she's seventy-three this year, not thirty-seven!
No wonder her daughter-in-law kept giving her medicine. If it weren't for her granddaughter's ambition in winning over a royal husband, she probably would have worked herself to death!
Waaaaah, my daughter-in-law just wants to find someone to do her work for free!
A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Yan brought Ning Yan to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.
Ning Yan habitually took out a small bottle. "Mother, I have refined another kind of pill... Would you like to try it?"
Before she could finish speaking, the Empress Dowager immediately interrupted, "Yes, yes, I want it!"
She can complain when she wants to, and take her medicine when she needs to. This old woman hasn't had enough of this prosperous and beautiful world yet!
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Extra:
The Canglan Kingdom has a history spanning thousands of years.
It's a full thousand years!
Many scholars and professors in later generations studied the history of the Canglan Kingdom and explored the secrets of its thousand-year-old heritage.
As they continued their research, they discovered many things.
There's no way around it; the Canglan Kingdom simply has produced too many outstanding individuals.
For example, Yan Di, who is known as the most love-obsessed person.
Why do I say he's love-obsessed?
Because he only had one woman in his harem!
For example, Empress Diana.
She was the only female emperor in ancient history!
For example, Empress Jiaoyue's elder brother was the Holy Martial Emperor, who was addicted to war and made the Dragon Kingdom twice the size of its territory.
Emperor Chongwu, son of Empress Jiaoyue.
Emperor Chongwu's grandson, Emperor Yangji, and so on.
Even the Empress Dowager Duanren Shengmin Ciren, the mother of Emperor Yan, who lived to the age of 112, left a significant mark on history due to her longevity.
However, the most legendary one is Ning Yan, the National Preceptor of Canglan, who also served as Empress Canglan, and whose Taoist name was Zixu.
Many biographies left by the Canglan Kingdom, and even the "Daily Records of Emperor Yan," contain extensive descriptions of this Grand Preceptor.
As a result, later generations have had many differing opinions on this imperial advisor and empress.
She has many memorable moments:
First, a snow disaster was predicted in the north.
Second, on New Year's Eve, all flowers bloom.
Third, Jizhou is suffering from a severe drought and is praying for rain.
Fourth, the universe hidden in one's sleeve.
Fifth, the inventor of glass.
Sixth, the royal family of Canglan Kingdom, starting with Emperor Yan's mother, all lived long lives. Even the last emperor, who had the shortest lifespan, lived to the age of sixty-three. He did not die of natural causes; he committed suicide when he felt he had let down his ancestors when Canglan Kingdom was destroyed.
Seventh, she had 49 disciples in her lifetime. All of these disciples were born in the year, month, day, and hour of the yin (a concept in Chinese astrology). Moreover, each of them achieved extraordinary success, becoming a first-rank prime minister, a great general in battle, a physician, a famous chef, or even inheriting her mantle to tell fortunes. They were involved in almost every profession.
Some people believe that the Imperial Advisor was a person who knew everything about astronomy and geography and could predict the weather. The evidence is his prediction of the snow disaster in the north and his prayers for rain in Jizhou (he observed in advance which day it would rain and then went there to pray for rain).
Besides, she might also be a time traveler, evidenced by the presence of glass.
But the rest cannot be explained.
Some believe that the Imperial Preceptor was a true Taoist practitioner, and that it's normal for a Taoist to find glass while refining elixirs, right?
It's quite normal to develop elixirs that can extend lifespan, right?
It's normal for someone to sit on an altar, pray for rain, predict snow disasters, and cause flowers to bloom, right? It's normal for someone to have a hidden ability, right?
Those disciples were definitely used by her to set up an array to prolong the lives of the Yuan family.
But their disciples also tend to live long lives, which doesn't make sense.
Some people believe that this was all political leverage that Emperor Canglan gave to the Grand Preceptor, who was a Taoist priest. If the Grand Preceptor hadn't been so capable, winning the hearts of the people and silencing the ministers, she wouldn't have been able to become Empress.
These people argue online all day long, and no one can convince the other.
One day, someone discovered a few sentences in Volume 2 of the "Daily Records of Emperor Yan".
This refers to the day before the Lunar New Year, when the Imperial Advisor commanded all flowers to bloom.
After the flowers bloomed, the Imperial Preceptor said: "The profusion of flowers reflects the vast blue sky, and wealth and honor will be passed down for ten thousand generations. May my Canglan Kingdom be as prosperous as these flowers in full bloom for ten thousand years!"
But Emperor Yan said, "Good, good! With the help of the Imperial Advisor, my Canglan will definitely become stronger and stronger, and its legacy will last for tens of millions of years."
A single word can change the length of time, turning "ten thousand years" into "ten million years".
Some say that millions of years is different from a thousand years.
However, in ancient history, "ten thousand years" meant ten thousand years, "thousand thousand years" meant one thousand years, and similarly, "ten million years" meant one thousand years!
The emperor's words are law; who would dare disobey?
Even the imperial advisor couldn't change this outcome.
Therefore, the Canglan Kingdom has been passed down for exactly one thousand years.
This viewpoint sparked another online argument...
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