Chapter 231 Finale
At the end of January, Xiao Mo officially ascended the throne and changed the country's name to Yongchang.
The following month, Shen Shuyao was crowned queen.
Thinking of what Zhu Hongyuan had said before, Xiao Mo gave the former queen Zhang Youru and Cui Zhaoran the freedom to stay or go.
Of course, the two could also stay in the palace, but their status would change from queen and virtuous concubine to dowager concubine.
After Chen Shuyao brought the emperor's words to them, the two did not choose to leave as Zhu Hongyuan thought.
Zhang Youru accepted the change of identity very calmly.
Cui Zhaoran had complicated feelings. She originally thought that entering the palace would change Cui's fate.
But after entering the palace, she found that the little emperor never touched women at all. It was obvious that he was still a child who had not grown up!
Things later went in a direction she didn't want to see.
The emperor was terminally ill and her sacrifice was of no use.
Just when Cui Zhaoran was almost in despair about the future, that man passed the throne to Xiao Mo.
She was delighted when she heard it.
My eldest cousin ascended the throne and became the emperor. At least the Cui family was saved temporarily, but I still had a little hope in my heart.
I hoped that her position as the virtuous concubine would not change, but unexpectedly... she is now the dowager concubine.
Concubine Dowager... Cui Zhaoran repeated it in his mind again.
This happened a generation ago, and she herself couldn't help laughing.
When Chen Shuyao returned, she heard that the emperor had come. Little Qiyun had just turned eight months old.
Xiao Mo sat beside the child's crib, holding a cloth tiger in his hand to lead him over.
The child crawled twice and then sat there sucking his fingers, ignoring his father's teasing.
The man snorted, "Stinky boy!"
When he looked up, he saw Chen Shuyao walking in from outside the hall.
"How?" he asked lazily.
"They all stayed." After saying that, he continued to tease his son and said, "You don't seem surprised."
Xiao Mo raised his eyebrows: "It's just raising two more people."
Shen Shuyao didn't say anything. She suddenly thought of the other person's situation.
Although the late emperor voluntarily abdicated, it was still a change of dynasty.
Previously, in order to avoid being criticized, Xiao Mo had acted out a heartfelt play with the Prime Minister, but those old foxes in the court knew everything clearly.
Zhu Hongyuan had to choose the Xiao family. The Zhu clan naturally had children, but instead of supporting a puppet emperor, it would be better to be generous. Perhaps the descendants of the Zhu family would be able to please them in the future.
After Xiao Mo ascended the throne, he did not touch any members of the Zhu family.
He was a military general and did not have a close relationship with the civil officials. Even Prime Minister Zhang repeatedly advised the new emperor to expand his harem to balance the forces of all parties, and even to take a woman named Zhu into the palace.
Xiao Mo didn't express his opinion, but Shen Shuyao kept it in mind.
When she heard the other party talking about raising more people, she stared at the back of the man's head for a long time.
Xiao Mo teased little Qiyun for a while, then turned around and didn't see the queen, so he asked the wet nurse to take the child away and went to the bathroom himself.
At this moment, in the warm bathtub, the man embraced the woman. They had just experienced a passionate lovemaking, and the afterglow was still lingering. "Tell me! What are you so angry about?"
Chen Shuyao said forcefully, "I'm not angry."
"Really?"
"No."
"Then I'm angry."
"What?"
"Who did you meet before?"
Seeing that he looked like he was going to accuse someone, Chen Shuyao thought of the figure that had just disappeared while she was talking to Cui Shixuan, and she felt a little annoyed: "Master Cui came to see the Concubine Dowager and said a few words to me. Is that not allowed?"
"What are you talking about?" the man behind him asked in a deep voice.
"It is said...it is said that the court is currently discussing the matter of filling the emperor's harem."
Xiao Mo sneered: "He's really quick-witted!"
"So? How long do you want to keep this secret from me? Are you going to wait until a bunch of sisters appear in the palace before telling me?" Chen Shuyao was not to be outdone.
Xiao Mo ignored her and quickly began his second round of attack. The originally breathless girl could only cling to his body and float up and down...
After the matter was over, the man looked at the rosy and moist little face in his arms and said with a smile: "Let's continue the topic just now!"
Chen Shuyao closed her eyes and ignored him.
Xiao Mo, however, said to himself, "If we have more children, no one will dare to urge us anymore."
“…”
Seeing the young lady in his arms with a sad face, he smiled happily.
In the end, Chen Shuyao didn't know how the calls for expanding the harem faded away, and she didn't wait for the greetings from her so-called sisters.
The couple occasionally get angry with each other, but they will make up quickly.
At the beginning, it was usually the men who lowered their heads first, but later, she also learned to hold out a ladder so that both parties could step down.
Chen Shuyao always remembered the wise old lady when they had their first quarrel after marriage.
The old man is gone, but the fragrance of the Eight Treasures Cake in Songhe Hall remains in the years and nourishes them as they move forward.
The man said to have more children, but in the end Shen Shuyao only gave birth to two sons and one daughter.
Xiao Mo really didn't like being an emperor, but during his fifteen years in power, the border was stable and the people were prosperous.
Maybe this is a kind of talent!
In the fifteenth year of Yongchang, the emperor took the initiative to hand over the burden to the crown prince Xiao Qiyun.
And he and Shen Shuyao finally had some time to themselves.
The emperor, who was in his thirties, was like a jar of fine wine, and his whole body was overflowing with the charm accumulated over the years.
The beautiful woman beside him was like a clear spring and a handful of new lychees, her color just right.
On the grassland, a man embraced a woman and galloped on horseback, bringing with them the scent of green grass...
After stepping down from the emperor's throne, their life outside the palace has just begun.
End of text, September 30, 2025
Thank you to all the readers who have been with me along the way. I hope everyone will meet me by chance and fulfill my wish.
At the beginning of the story, neither he nor she was the best version of themselves.
After that, they achieved each other's success and spent their lives together.
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