Chapter 647: Meeting Old Friends, Enthronement Ceremony

The Queen thought the dog emperor had misunderstood, and she explained, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of leaving the palace."

The emperor asked uncertainly: "Really?"

The Queen said, "Of course it is true. If I really wanted to leave, I would have left long ago and would not have waited until now. Last time, it was because the Emperor was too excessive that I had no choice but to go out and clean myself up."

The emperor thought about the empress's departure that time. He did have his reasons, but he was the emperor and he was not given any face and left without any reason!

"What is Ye Chu doing here?"

The Queen said, "I haven't seen you for three years, so you just came to see me."

The emperor asked again: "How old were you when you first met him?"

The queen looked at the emperor in confusion, "Eight years old, what's wrong?"

"So he said we've known each other for more than forty years, so this is also called more than forty years?" The emperor snorted. He had seen Ling'er when she was six years old, two years earlier than Ye Chu.

"..." Queen: "In a few years it will be forty years, it will be soon."

The emperor was in a better mood now. He stared at the empress for a long time and suddenly thought of what the empress looked like when she was six years old, wearing a red dress, the most eye-catching among all the daughters.

It wasn’t because she was wearing red, but because of her eyes, which were bright and energetic.

He stood among the princes, looking at the red figure from afar, chasing and playing with the other daughters.

Seeing the emperor staring at her without saying anything, the queen called out, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

The emperor withdrew his thoughts, smiled and shook his head, "Nothing."

*

Jun Moqing was sitting in the house drinking tea and chatting with Feng Qingyan.

The two have been separated for twenty years. Jun Moqing is a man of few words, and Feng Qingyan is also not talkative, but she talks a lot in front of Jun Moqing.

Xue Huai came in, lowered his brows and nodded, "Master, Young Master Ye is here."

Jun Moqing raised his head when he heard that, and saw Ye Chu walking in slowly in a moon-white gown and a black fox fur coat.

"Mr. Ye, long time no see."

"Master Imperial Master, long time no see." After Ye Chu sat down, he glanced at the woman beside Jun Moqing and asked, "Is she your wife?"

When Ye Chu met Jun Moqing, he only had a daughter who was a few months old, and his wife suddenly disappeared.

Jun Mo introduced: "Well, my wife Feng Qingyan."

Feng Qingyan greeted generously, "Hello, Mr. Ye."

When Ye Chu first saw Shen Chuwei, he thought she looked very similar to Xiaojiu. Now that it has been confirmed that it is Xiaojiu, he still finds it incredible.

"Xiaojiu looks a lot like you."

He looked at Jun Moqing again, "Congratulations, your family is reunited."

"Thank you." Jun Moqing picked up the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea in front of Ye Chu. "Are you here to visit Chang Wenling?"

"Yeah, I just saw it." Ye Chu picked up the teacup in front of him, put it to his lips and took a sip.

Jun Moqing asked: "Do you plan to stay like this forever?"

Ye Chu paused while drinking tea, thinking of Chang Wenling, he said: "If I don't see her truly happy, I won't be able to rest assured."

Feng Qingyan was eating melon seeds. These seeds were given to her by her daughter, and she couldn't stop eating them after she started.

She discovered a secret.

"Do you like the Queen?"

Ye Chu looked at Feng Qingyan and did not deny it, "Well, what's the problem?"

"Is the Empress the Emperor's woman?" Feng Qingyan wanted to say, aren't you thinking about a married woman?

Ye Chu said nonchalantly: "So what? If she is unhappy and regrets it, I can take her away."

Feng Qingyan said: "The Emperor and Empress have been married for more than 20 years. If they wanted to regret it, they would have done so long ago."

Ye Chu paused after hearing this, and continued, "Life is unpredictable, what if you regret it later?"

"You are too infatuated." Feng Qingyan looked at Jun Moqing, "I can't be so infatuated. If you didn't react at that time, I might not have been able to hold on."

Jun Moqing paused while drinking tea, raised his head and looked at Feng Qingyan, and heard her say, "Fortunately, you have realized it."

He was silent for a while, then uttered three words, "Thank you."

Feng Qingyan laughed out loud, "How can I say thank you?"

Jun Moqing asked seriously, "What should I say?"

Feng Qingyan cleared her throat and said, "You should say that we are destined to be together. That's why so many women wanted to be your wife but failed. Only I moved your heart, and you have remained a virgin for me for so many years."

Jun Moqing was very aware of what he said and repeated it again, "We are destined to be together. That's why so many women wanted to be my wife but failed. Only you moved my heart, and I have remained chaste for you for so many years."

Feng Qingyan: “…”

Ye Chu looked at the two people in front of him. He used to be curious about who Jun Moqing's wife was and what kind of person she was to be able to steal Jun Moqing's heart.

Now that he saw her, he realized that only a woman like Feng Qingyan could move a cold-hearted man like Jun Moqing.

Seeing that Feng Qingyan didn't say anything, Jun Moqing asked again, "Do you want to say it again?"

Feng Qingyan sighed helplessly, "Drink your tea."

"Okay." Jun Moqing lifted the teacup, brought it to his lips and took two sips.

Jun Moqing looked at Ye Chu again, "How about drinking together tonight?"

Ye Chu nodded, "Okay."

When Xiao Jinyan learned that Ye Chu had arrived, he couldn't wait to see him.

It has been three years since the last time we met.

He had not recovered his memory before, but now that he has, he knows that it was Ye Chu who taught him kung fu when he was in Nanzhao Kingdom and he was also his master.

Xiao Jinyan came to the study and saw a man in a moon-white robe standing in front of the desk. He stepped forward to greet him, "Master."

Ye Chu turned around and saw Xiao Jinyan. He found that after not seeing him for three years, he had become much calmer.

"I heard that you have recovered your memory?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "Yes, Master, it was the Imperial Master who helped me recover."

Ye Chu was not surprised, "Only he can do it."

Xiao Jinyan asked, "When did Master come back? Why is there no news at all?"

Ye Chu said: "I just returned to the capital today."

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Master, how long do you plan to stay this time?"

Ye Chu: "After the first month of the lunar year."

Xiao Jinyan thought for a while, and finally asked the question in his heart, "I remember that three years ago, Master said that it was my mother who asked Master to come to Nanzhao Kingdom to teach me martial arts."

Ye Chu said: "Well, if she didn't tell me, I wouldn't accept a disciple."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jinyan clasped his fists and saluted again, "Thank you, Master."

Ye Chu looked at Xiao Jinyan. He had never thought of taking in a disciple. If it weren't for Ling'er, he would not have traveled all the way to Nanzhao Kingdom.

However, Xiao Jinyan does have a talent for martial arts, and he actually failed.

Ye Chu had dinner with them.

Ye Chu, like Jun Moqing, seldom drinks, but today they both drank three cups.

Xiao Jinyan also drank two cups with him.

Feng Wuyou was happily discussing with Feng Qingyan what to have for breakfast tomorrow morning.

"Mom hasn't eaten red bean rolls yet, would you like to try it?"

Feng Qingyan nodded vigorously, "Okay, make some more fried dough sticks, fried dough sticks are delicious."

Feng Wuyou also had some fried dough sticks, licked his lips and asked, "How about some hot pot stickers?"

Feng Qingyan had never heard of pot stickers and was a little curious, "What are pot stickers?"

Feng Wuyou explained: "It's a bit like dumplings, but it tastes better when fried."

Feng Qingyan thought about it for a while and decided to trust her daughter's taste. "Then try it. I haven't eaten it before."

Susu suddenly came over and said in a baby voice, "I want a big meat bun."

Feng Wuyou looked at Susu's happy face and agreed readily, "Okay."

In fact, Donggong makes meat buns every now and then because Susu, Dabai and Xuetuan like to eat them.

Since the tiger lion came, we have to make a lot of meat buns. It has a scary appetite and it loves to eat meat buns.

Susu raised her two little hands and drew circles with the pen, "Mom, you have to do a lot."

Feng Wuyou smiled and said, "Mom knows. Dabai likes to eat it, Xuetuan likes to eat it, and Tiger Lion likes to eat it."

Susu patted her chest and said, "There's also Wo, I love it too."

Feng Wuyou nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, Mom is anxious, and Chunxi has remembered it too."

Susu hugged Feng Wuyou's arm and smiled, "Mom loves you too."

Feng Wuyou praised her generously, "Susu has a really good memory."

Susu said proudly: "Father said that I am like my mother, and my mother has a good memory too."

Feng Wuyou couldn't help laughing out loud. Wasn't Xiao Jinyan's way of saying that his daughter was also greedy?

Ye Chu temporarily lives in the palace.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the fifth day of the first lunar month. The emperor announced his abdication and became the emperor emeritus, and the crown prince Xiao Jinyan succeeded him.

The emperor had received a vaccination beforehand, and ever since he had fallen ill, he had been using the excuse of poor health.

Naturally, the civil and military officials would not say a word, and they believed that the prince was a wise ruler.

Xiao Jinyan's succession ceremony will be held on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

The Ministry of Rites began preparing for the succession ceremony early on.

In addition to the Ministry of Rites, even the Shangyi Bureau was rushing to make dragon robes and phoenix robes overnight.

The night before the coronation ceremony, Shen Chuwei looked at the phoenix robe and could hardly believe that she would be the empress tomorrow.

Xiao Jinyan came over, stood beside her, and looked down at her, "What's wrong?"

Feng Wuyou raised his head and looked at Xiao Jinyan, still a little bit unbelieving, "You are the emperor, and I am the empress."

Xiao Jinyan was very happy, "Well, tomorrow you will be my queen."

Feng Wuyou thought for a moment and asked again, "Will it be difficult to be an empress? Will the civil and military officials have to hold a large-scale selection?"

Xiao Jinyan stretched out his arms and held her in his arms, saying in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Feng Wuyou chuckled, "I'm not afraid, I have someone to back me up."

Xiao Jinyan laughed when he heard this, "Yes, the Imperial Master is a very strong backer."

Feng Wuyou yawned, "Jinyan, go to sleep. You have to get up at five o'clock tomorrow morning."

Xiao Jinyan also felt that he should go to bed early tonight, as the coronation ceremony was more troublesome than getting married.

Tonight, Xiao Jinyan just held her in his arms to rest and did not do anything else.

At five o'clock in the morning, Feng Wuyou was woken up without having a good sleep. With squinted eyes, he allowed a group of maids to help him bathe and change clothes.

Today is the longest day Feng Wuyou has ever experienced. The process is too complicated.

That's not the point. The point is that she was hungry.

She couldn't eat secretly in front of the civil and military officials, and she was so hungry that her head felt heavy and her eyes were blurry.

Just receiving congratulations from civil and military officials is a long process.

She turned her head to look at Xiao Jinyan. He was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown. His aura was completely different from when he was the crown prince.

She still remembered that he said that he wanted to be a wise ruler.

National affairs are tiring and tiring.

She sighed and thought that salted fish was still the best. All she had to do was eat and sleep, and she didn't have to think about anything else.

After the ceremony, Feng Wuyou collapsed on the couch, "I can't do it anymore, I'm so tired."

Xiao Jinyan poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her, "Come, drink some hot tea first. Chunxi has already gone to prepare lunch."

Feng Wuyou sat up with difficulty, took the teacup from his hand, put it to his lips and took a few sips to moisten his throat.

Chunxi was very quick and soon brought the hot meals and placed them on the table one by one.

Feng Wuyou put down the teacup, sat down at the table impatiently, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the braised pork and put it into his mouth, as if he was eating the most delicious food in the world.

Xiao Jinyan picked up some food for her and reminded her, "Eat slowly."

Feng Wuyou said confidently, "You don't understand. When you are hungry, you have to eat a lot to feel good."

Xiao Jinyan: "...When you are not hungry, you eat fast."

Feng Wuyou said while eating the braised pork: "It's all the same."

Then he picked up a piece of meat and put it into Xiao Jinyan's bowl, "Your Majesty, you eat too."

It was the first time that Xiao Jinyan heard her call him "Emperor". He was still a little uncomfortable. He smiled and called out, "My Empress."

Feng Wuyou took the time out of her busy schedule to raise her head and come over, smiling, "I'm here."

Since Xiao Jinyan ascended the throne, the two moved out of the East Palace, one living in Fengyi Palace and the other in Yangxin Palace.

Feng Wuyou was a little worried, "What should I do with my chicken coop, my vegetable garden, and my fish pond?"

Fengyi Palace is far away from the East Palace, and it is not convenient to travel back and forth.

Xiao Jinyan saw the reluctance in her eyes and comforted her, "Let them watch over you, just eat."

What could Feng Wuyou say? He couldn't move them to Fengyi Palace.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor Retired and the Empress Dowager took Susu out of the palace and went to Lingnan for a short stay.

The main reason I bring Susu is that I can’t see it when I want it.

When Susu left, she took Dabai with her.

If possible, Susu would like to bring the tiger lion beast with her.

These days, Ye Chu also knew that the emperor abdicated because of Ling'er.

When they left the palace, Ye Chu saw them off in person.

Chang Wenling had a smile on her face, and one could tell at a glance that she was in a good mood.

"Brother Ye, I'm going out to play."

Ye Chu stared at her for a long time, "Yeah, you're having fun."

Chang Wenling waved to him happily, "Goodbye, Brother Ye."

"Yeah." Ye Chu stood on the city wall, watching the luxurious carriage go farther and farther away until it was out of sight.

Ling'er's vision was not bad. After waiting for thirty years, she finally no longer had to be trapped in the palace.

But that person is not him, it is still the person she chose when she was young.

"For thirty years, I worried about you being bullied every year, and hoped you would ask me to take you away."

"Now, I really want to let it go."

In the carriage

After leaving the palace, I felt extremely relieved without the constraints of my status as queen.

Chang Wenling opened the curtain and kept looking out.

Xiao Qi saw this and felt somewhat dissatisfied. He put his arms around her shoulders and pulled her into his arms.

"What are you looking at?"

Chang Wenling raised his head and looked at the Dog Emperor. No, he was already the Emperor Emeritus.

"I feel like something is wrong with Brother Ye."