Before long, Xiao Fuxuan reached the age to choose a crown princess. Fu Yu called Xiao Fuxuan over and asked him if he had a woman he liked.
"Your subject will follow the arrangements of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor."
Xiao Yuying raised an eyebrow. "Brother is lying. You clearly have a woman you like."
Fu Yu patted the spot next to her, gesturing for Xiao Fuxuan to sit down beside her.
Xiao Fuxuan sat down properly, glancing sideways at Xiao Yuying nestled in Fu Yu's arms, signaling her to keep quiet.
Unfortunately, Xiao Yuying was fearless, not even afraid of the cold-faced Xiao Yuchen, and her heart belonged only to her mother, Empress Fuyu.
She is a typical mama's boy.
"Mother, last time I saw him staring intently at a maid from the East Palace, his eyes practically popping out of her!"
"Nonsense! Nianqing is not a maid; she is the fiancée of the son of the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. Besides, I wasn't staring at her directly..."
Xiao Fuxuan spoke the last few words with extreme guilt.
Fu Yu understood, "It seems that such a person does exist."
"Mother, she is already engaged to another man, but, but..."
"You like her."
Xiao Fuxuan clenched his fists and nodded with difficulty.
"The first time I saw her, I was attracted to her. I have never felt this way about any other woman before..."
Is it so hard to say "I will marry no one but her"?
Xiao Yuchen stepped into the main hall, his dragon robe exuding majesty and solemnity.
He stood with his hands behind his back, a hint of disappointment in Xiao Fuxuan's indecisiveness showing between his brows.
She walked to Xiao Fuxuan's side, raised her hand to signal him to move aside and not take up her exclusive spot next to Fu Yu.
Xiao Fuxuan pouted and muttered, "Not everyone is as shameless as Father Emperor, falling in love at first sight and tricking Mother Emperor into the palace. I could never do such a thing~"
"What did you say?"
Xiao Yuchen's voice was icy cold.
The air was eerily quiet. Fu Yuqing cleared her throat and slapped Xiao Yuchen's hand as if punishing him.
"Fu Xuan is still a child."
"A child? When I was his age, I had already become emperor and debated with a group of scholars!"
"Alright."
Fu Yu's harsh words immediately silenced Xiao Yuchen, whose thin lips moved with a hint of grievance. "Ayu, what I said is true. He is a coward and incompetent man, yet he makes fun of me."
Xiao Yuchen and Fu Yu held hands, as if seeking comfort.
Xiao Fuxuan rolled his eyes.
Never mind.
Hoping that the Emperor would understand his pure and devoted feelings for Nianqing is less likely than praying that the sun would rise in the west.
But to his utter surprise, that very night, his father had a heartfelt conversation with him, a conversation that was truly between men.
"Do you really like that Gu Nianqing?"
"Father, you don't need to worry about it."
Xiao Yuchen looked at Xiao Fuxuan, who had turned his head away with a defiant expression, and sneered twice.
"You only know that Ayu was tricked into entering the palace by me, but you don't know..."
His father told him a story.
The boy who was once locked in a dog cage, no one cared whether he lived or died.
Outside, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and a fierce storm raged. The people who had bullied him let him get soaked to the bone without offering him any help.
Finally, a little girl dressed in brocade clothes stumbled to the dog cage, opened her umbrella, and shielded the boy from the rain.
The boy couldn't see the girl's face clearly, but he saw her kindly handing him a steamed bun and speaking softly.
"Xiao Yuchen, you must live on, you must live with dignity and integrity."
The boy, who had never eaten white flour steamed buns before, wolfed them down and looked at the little girl with a longing expression.
He thought the little girl must taste just as good as a steamed bun.
It's sweet, soft, and fragrant.
The boy finally escaped the dog cage and searched everywhere for the little girl.
Upon learning that the young girl's family had been destroyed and she had fled to the capital, the boy rushed back immediately...
Xiao Fuxuan was dumbfounded.
Xiao Yuchen stood up and patted the young man who looked remarkably like him on the shoulder.
What kind of destiny is this, preordained by fate?
Love requires relentless pursuit, meticulous planning, and defying fate without regard for consequences in order to obtain happiness.
"I don't need to teach you the rest, do I?"
"You are my son, don't let me down."
...
Later, Xiao Fuxuan ascended the throne. Like Xiao Yuchen, he did not establish a harem, but only had one empress named Gu Nianqing.
On their wedding day, Xiao Yuying cried the most.
"My darling daughter, are you perhaps thinking of getting married? Should your mother choose an auspicious day to help you select a husband?"
"don't want!"
Xiao Yuying had no desire to leave her sweet and soft mother.
"I want to stay by my mother's side and stay with you for the rest of my life. I will not go anywhere else."
Fu Yu smiled and pinched her cheek.
The system revealed that Xiao Yuying would fall in love with the top scorer in next year's high school entrance exam.
When children grow up, they eventually have to experience the ups and downs of love.
...
If we were to summarize Xiao Yuchen's life in historical records, it would be a mixed bag of praise and criticism.
He implemented harsh policies, was ruthless and cruel, and showed no mercy in eliminating dissidents.
However, under his rule, the Le Dynasty was indeed peaceful and prosperous, with efficient governance and harmonious relations, and the chronic problems accumulated by previous emperors were resolved.
Of course, when talking about Xiao Yuchen, we can't avoid mentioning Empress Fu Yu.
She was the most important woman in Xiao Yuchen's life, the only woman he ever loved.
She founded women's schools, encouraged women to participate in the imperial examinations, study medicine and commerce, and broke down barriers based on social class and gender.
Not only that, she also took the lead in establishing a women's army, specializing in horsemanship, archery, and martial arts.
When they went into battle, the female soldiers' achievements were no less than those of ordinary troops.
It can be said that Phuc Ngoc was an absolute 'idol' in the hearts of women in the Le Dynasty.
Some people even stopped opposing Xiao Yuchen because of her existence.
When Fu Yu woke up, she saw Xiao Yuchen looking at her with deep affection.
"Don't you get tired of watching it every day?"
"No, even if I watch it a thousand times or ten thousand times, I won't get tired of it."
Xiao Yuchen hugged Fu Yu as if he were holding the most precious treasure in the world.
In his previous life, Xiao Yuchen was just a hair's breadth away from finding Fu Yu.
Disheartened, he accepted Empress Dowager Yu's arrangement and made Xie Zhaohua Empress.
He knew Xie Zhaohua didn't love him, and he also knew Pei Jingheng was ambitious.
Nothing is more tragic than a broken heart, especially with the world system constantly feeding him the information that Fu Yu is dead.
It made him feel that living in this world was meaningless.
Therefore, the assassination attempt in the previous life was less a result of Pei Jingheng's well-planned scheme and more a result of Xiao Yuchen's voluntary suicide.
At that time, he was nothing more than a walking corpse, with no difference between being alive and being dead.
But in this life, he found his own Fu Yu.
Everything has changed.
He wanted to live for Fu Yu; his life was given to him by Fu Yu.
She gave him the dignity of being born a human being.
"Ayu, Xiao Yuchen will always be your most loyal subject, at your feet."
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