Chapter 261 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
The position of the Crown Princess became increasingly stable. As time passed, the Crown Princess had been sitting on the throne of heir for twelve years.
The princes who once competed with the Crown Princess for the throne of heir to the throne have now lost their struggles. They were pinned down by the Crown Princess as soon as they jumped up and down, and were also scolded by the Emperor. Their supporters were also suppressed one by one. Later, seeing that the Crown Princess would not kill them all as long as they did not continue to support the princes in fighting the Crown Princess, they all jumped off the sinking ship of the princes and quickly got off.
This year, the emperor fell seriously ill. Although he managed to survive, his health was not as good as before. So the emperor abdicated and became the emperor emeritus, and let the crown princess ascend the throne.
The reason why the emperor could abdicate so readily was that, first, he knew that his health was not good and that if he continued to work hard, he would only exhaust himself. He thought that he was still afraid of death, so he quickly gave up power and let the crown princess ascend the throne to take over.
Secondly, he felt that as the first female emperor in history, he was worried that after his death, the Crown Princess would ascend the throne again, and some villains would jump out to oppose the Crown Princess' rule. It would be better for him to abdicate early so that he could still support his daughter after the Crown Princess ascended the throne.
Many people were surprised that the emperor would abdicate so quickly, especially the younger princes.
They thought that no matter how stable the position of the Crown Princess was, as time went by, the Emperor would gradually grow old and the Crown Princess would be strong and powerful. Sooner or later, the Emperor would be wary of the Crown Princess, just like those deposed Crown Princes in history...
By then, their young age will be an advantage.
But they never expected that the emperor was not so obsessed with power. He abdicated the throne to the crown princess very decisively and did not give them any chance to compete for the throne!
The emperor's brilliant move made those who supported the crown princess secretly happy, but the other princes who wanted to compete for the throne were very disappointed and desperate.
The Crown Princess successfully ascended the throne, and with the Emperor Emeritus as her backer, what else could they have to do with it?
Si Yuan did not expect the emperor to be so open-minded. After all, he had seen many emperors who were reluctant to give up power even when they were about to die. Many emperors and princes had fought to the death, all because the emperor was reluctant to give up power and became more and more wary of the prince.
The old lion only feels that his young and strong son is a threat, and has no sympathy for him at all.
This emperor surprised Si Yuan again and again.
First, in order to ensure the stability of his dynasty, he would rather risk the wrath of the world and make his intelligent daughter his heir than to settle for a mediocre son.
Later, in order to ensure the inheritance of the country, he decisively abdicated and became the emperor, allowing the crown princess to ascend the throne smoothly.
This decisiveness and willpower are among the best among the emperors Si Yuan has ever seen.
Si Yuan, who had originally planned to retire, decided to help the Crown Princess secure the throne before retiring.
The emperor abdicated and became the emperor emeritus. He seemed to be not attached to power, but it was not necessarily because of poor health that he chose to abdicate. What if after the abdication the emperor emeritus still wanted to control the government and make the empress a puppet emperor, and in order to restrain the empress, he promoted other princes to compete with the empress, wouldn't that ruin the previous good situation?
Si Yuan didn't want his efforts to go to waste, so he temporarily gave up retirement and stayed in the court to help the newly enthroned empress consolidate her position.
With Si Yuan, the chief minister of the cabinet and the support of all the officials, the empress's path to power was indeed much easier.
Si Yuan's methods were also very clever. He could identify many court officials who seemed to have done no wrong but who were actually dissatisfied with the empress's rule in their hearts. He then wrote them down one by one on a list and handed it to the empress, telling her that these officials could be used but could not be trusted.
After the empress had firmly established herself on the throne, and seeing that the retired emperor had taken the initiative to move to the Mountain Resort to recuperate and had no intention of competing with the empress for power, Si Yuan wrote a letter to the emperor begging for his remains.
The empress was reluctant to let Si Yuan leave the court. Although Si Yuan had not openly stood behind her to support her over the years, and the two of them were more of a collaborator, the empress knew that if Si Yuan had not implemented the Female Inheritance Act, her father would not have thought of making a woman the crown prince heir, and she would not have had the opportunity to compete with her brothers for the throne.
Later, when she became the Crown Princess and Empress, Si Yuan was always there to help her stabilize her position and eliminate dissidents.
She had witnessed Si Yuan's abilities and methods, and was both wary and respectful of him. She had learned a lot from Si Yuan.
Even though Si Yuan is not her teacher, in her heart she still regards Si Yuan as her teacher.
If Si Yuan continues to hold on to power, the empress may gradually see him as a rival to her imperial power, gradually change her attitude and become more wary of him.
But Si Yuan begged for the remains at the right time, as the empress had firmly established herself on the throne and hoped that he would stay and continue to help her. She was not yet so wary of him.
So the empress really wanted to keep Si Yuan.
However, Si Yuan knew very well what kind of person the emperor was. It had nothing to do with whether the emperor was a man or a woman. As long as the emperor valued the imperial power in his hands, he would never tolerate a minister with greater power and influence than himself to continue to stay in the court.
The empress is not so afraid of him now, it's just that she hasn't realized this yet. When she realizes that in the entire court, his words are more effective than hers as the emperor, she will be unable to sleep or eat.
Si Yuan was not a power-hungry person, so he decided to retire decisively.
Despite the empress's repeated attempts to persuade him to stay, Si Yuan still resolutely chose to retire.
However, his daughter Ning Fu and granddaughter Ning Xi have already established their foothold in the court.
The empress valued the mother and daughter very much. After Si Yuan retired, the empress felt very regretful, so she put all her efforts to make up for this regret on Ning Fu and Ning Xi, the mother and daughter, and valued them even more.
Ning Fu and Ning Xi were both taught by Si Yuan. They have no problem being officials and are worthy of the empress's appreciation.
The mother and daughter served together in the court. Because the empress valued them highly, they did not shy away from each other. Ning Xi even surpassed her mother, Ning Fu, at one point holding a higher official rank than her mother. It was truly a story of a student surpassing his teacher.
Si Yuan lived in this small world until he was one hundred and twenty years old. He left this world only after he saw the first Empress Zhaohua pass away and the second Empress Minghu ascend the throne and firmly established herself on the throne. He also sent Ning Fu and Ning Xi away.
After all, if a woman is not careful in ruling the country, the throne may be taken away by the side branches of the royal family, and the country will return to the era of men ruling the country. All the female officials in the court will be driven back to the backyard and locked up, their wings will be clipped and their freedom will be taken away.
Si Yuan still didn't want to see this scene. He was the one who promoted the development of this situation. Of course, he hoped that within a few generations, he would not be beaten back to his original state.
It only takes three generations. As long as there are three consecutive generations of empresses, even if a man becomes emperor afterwards, everyone will get used to empresses and female officials. At this time, even if someone wants to lock the women back up in the backyard, the huge group of female officials will not agree. Even many men who are far-sighted and have high moral character will not agree to suppress women in this way.
So when Si Yuan saw Empress Minghu appoint a Crown Princess and the Crown Princess outperformed her other brothers and sisters, Si Yuan knew that the third generation of Empress was already secured.
After Ning Xi's death, he chose to leave this world and return to the Tiancang Realm.
This time, as soon as he returned to the Tiancang Realm, he felt a sudden rush of energy - this was a premonition of a breakthrough.
So Si Yuan urgently went into seclusion. While he was in seclusion to improve his physical cultivation, dark calamity clouds gradually gathered outside his cave.
The entire Wangtian Sect was immediately alarmed by the condensed calamity cloud. Ordinary disciples could only watch the situation from afar, but the sect master and elders all knew whose cave was where the calamity cloud was.
The high-ranking members of Wangtian Sect gathered outside the range of the calamity cloud covering Siyuan Cave Mansion. They were surprised and worried: "Young Master is about to pass the immortal calamity!"
"As expected of you, you are the Junior Grandmaster. You can transcend the tribulation and ascend to heaven after practicing for more than a hundred years."
"Young Master will definitely have no problem surviving the tribulation!"
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