Chapter 165
Ten years later, the Great Yu army launched a surprise attack on the grasslands and, after three months, completely reclaimed the grassland region.
As a prisoner, Wanyan Chengzhang was packaged up and handed over to Chu Congxia by Qin Su.
"What you do with him from now on is up to you."
The current Chu Congxia is no longer the naive and innocent girl from her previous life, nor the naive girl who has just been reborn. Under Qin Su's guidance, she has begun to show the dignity and composure of a decision-maker.
She thought for a moment and said, "I don't actually hate him that much anymore, but I don't want him to have an easy time either."
“That’s fine. He made me lose my memory for twenty years, and I’ll make him lose his memory for twenty years. That’s how things should be fair.”
Chu Congxia remained calm.
“He kept me in the deep palace, not because he truly loved me, but because he treated me as a trophy in his life, a symbol of his victory. So this time, let him also be a symbol of my victory.”
Thus, Princess Wanchun gained a male concubine from a foreign tribe in her harem.
Yes, there are many, not just one.
Because Chu Congxia has had quite a few people in his backyard over the past few years.
Unlike Qin Su, who maintained a deep and loving relationship with the emperor and empress for more than a decade, Chu Congxia fully demonstrated what it means to be "passing through a sea of flowers" in terms of relationships, with her backyard filled with a dazzling array of beauties.
Although the system of female officials has been in place for several years and there are quite a few women in high positions, it is rare to see someone as unscrupulous as her in accepting male lovers. Therefore, many officials impeached her at the beginning.
But when it comes to such private matters of the heart, as long as it's consensual, it's hard for outsiders to interfere.
Not to mention that the entire court quickly realized that His Majesty had not had any children or added any concubines to the harem, but instead devoted himself to cultivating Princess Wanchun. This clearly indicated that His Majesty intended to make Princess Wanchun the crown prince.
A woman taking male lovers? Ministers submitted memorials one after another.
The future crown prince takes male concubines? Oh, that's alright then.
Not only is it okay, it's a fantastic thing!
You must know that the court officials have long been troubled by the lack of imperial offspring.
Qin Su is a woman of her word, and the court officials dare not pester her about having children every day. But with such a full harem for the next crown prince, he will definitely have children!
In the eyes of ancient people, leaders must have children, because this means that there will be successors and the lineage will not be broken.
Especially now that the Great Yu Dynasty is thriving, and the ministers are living comfortably and contentedly, they naturally hope that the dynasty will not waste its energy on the issue of descendants.
As for your question about whether it would be bad if the new crown princess is also a woman and the next emperor is also a woman?
Just kidding. As long as there are enough benefits, who cares whether the person sitting on the throne is male or female?
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In the twenty-fifth year of Zhaoyang, the retired Emperor Jingxi passed away, and the whole country mourned. The emperor suspended court for seven days, and the entire Yu kingdom was covered in white.
In the twenty-eighth year of Zhaoyang, Empress Zhaoyang abdicated, and her niece, the former Princess Wanchun and now Emperor Jiading, whom she had personally taught, ascended the throne.
Emperor Jiading was a ruler who maintained the status quo. During his reign, his ideas and policies were in line with those of Emperor Zhaoyang. With decades of accumulation and preparation, he brought the prosperity of the Great Yu Dynasty to its peak.
The abdicated Emperor Zhaoyang and his empress stayed in the palace for only a year before disappearing without a trace.
Before leaving, Qin Su and Ye Yan bid farewell to Chu Congxia.
"I have done everything I promised you, and I have done what I was supposed to do. It is time to say goodbye."
Chu Congxia bit her lip as she looked at them.
Time has left no trace on this couple; Qin Su and Ye Yan look exactly the same as they did in their childhood—in this respect, they seem unlike ordinary people.
"You..." She had so much to say, so many questions to ask, but all the words in her heart boiled down to one: "Will we really ever see each other again?"
Qin Su and Ye Yan exchanged a glance.
Qin Su patted her head like she did when she was a child and said, "A hundred billion Mount Sumerus, a hundred billion suns and moons, we are all just fleeting visitors in this world, why should we strive for everything?"
The process of a mortal's growth is a process of constantly moving towards separation.
The emperor was especially so.
The path Chu Congxia chose destined her to be a lonely person.
After that, she never saw Qin Suye again.
Chu Congxia vaguely sensed that perhaps they had already left this world.
She sat on the dragon throne, picked up a bowl of soup sent by some newly arrived beauty from the harem, and reminisced about her carefree life in modern times, the torturous love affair in her previous life, and all the changes since her rebirth. Suddenly, she laughed.
When she was still an innocent young girl, she dreamed of traveling through time and having a lifelong, exclusive love with a prince or nobleman. Later, she actually traveled through time and once thought that her dream had come true.
Now that I think about it, what good would it have done to become an empress or a princess?
Many affectionate emperors claimed to offer their empires as a dowry and to love only their beloved for life, yet none of them actually shared half of their power with their lovers.
Now, she has as many handsome men as she wants, each one incomparably good-looking, charming, and of noble birth, and all of them will love only her for the rest of their lives.
So this is the result of choosing the right path.
Chu Congxia thought silently.
Su Su, thank you. You not only fulfilled my wish, but also changed my life.
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