Wei Xicheng hadn't found a solution to the energy problem yet, and then the Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree. The late emperor had just passed away, and the election should not be too grand. The Empress Dowager requested that everything be kept simple, but the necessary procedures must be followed.
This decree warned the officials in the court not to be cunning and have other ideas. Recently, the number of lobbyists coming and going in Yanbei Mansion has increased by at least twice as much as in the past.
This decree was like a stick that stirred up the undercurrent in the capital, and all forces began to move around.
There is still a hurried month before the emperor election. After the election, the dust has almost settled. Most officials in the court will send their wives of marriageable age to the palace. People can look down on the little emperor in the palace, but they cannot look down on the connections and power held by the empress dowager and the uncle.
All the noble daughters and young ladies were sent to the deep palace to be tortured by a fool emperor. It was unknown whether this overwhelming wealth was just a flash in the pan. People tend to seek profit and avoid harm. For these families, this was a truth they did not want to see.
For those who covet the imperial power, they don't want to see this election. After the election, most of the officials' daughters were taken into the palace. How can they maintain their original intentions?
Perhaps it is because of greed for fame and fortune, or perhaps it is because of the emphasis on family affection. No matter which point it is, it is beneficial to the little emperor on the throne.
As a result, Wei Xicheng became the most important person in the capital. Yan Bei was so busy that he didn't know how long it had been since he entered the palace. Even if they were in the court, they would be distracted by other things if they glanced at each other.
The princes in the territory were restless, frequently returning to the capital without orders, and swaggering in front of people. Some of the more powerful ones had already had several conversations with Yan Bei. No one knew the content of the conversations, but Wei Xicheng still got the news from the gossip of the palace people.
Wei Xicheng pretended that he didn't know. He was now more concerned about what went wrong with the system.
Xiao Taozi looked at the emperor walking alone in the imperial garden. He rarely saw the emperor in this state. It seemed that since the two of them grew up playing together, the emperor was different from other princes. His liveliness was unique in the palace, and he was never bothered by troubles.
He thought about the news the guard had just told him, and hesitated, wondering whether he should go forward and tell the emperor the truth. If he told the emperor, he was afraid that it would make the emperor even more unhappy, but if he didn't tell the emperor, he was afraid that someone would take advantage of the situation when the emperor was with that person, and it would ruin the whole thing.
Hey. Xiao Taozi knocked his forehead. Mood is important, but personal safety is more important. He and the emperor are tied to the same boat. If the emperor suffers, he will not be able to get away with it.
Thinking of this, Xiao Taozi trotted forward and caught up with Wei Xicheng's pace, but was always half a body behind. He bent forward slightly and spoke in a very light tone, for fear of angering his master.
He said, "Your Majesty, a secret report has come in that General Yan and the Second Prince have a close personal relationship."
After saying the last two words, Xiao Taozi realized that his tone was too clear, and the emperor might not have heard them clearly. Even so, he still felt a chill on his back.
No one knew the emperor's temper better than him. General Yan had such a good relationship with the emperor a while ago, but now he turned around and frequently contacted the Second Prince. The emperor must be sad.
Xiao Taozi took a half step back and fell behind Wei Xicheng, waiting for Wei Xicheng's instructions.
They waited for half an hour, but the little emperor didn't move at all.
"Your Majesty..." He couldn't help but ask.
"I'm fine." Wei Xicheng shook his head slightly, then took a step forward. He didn't think Yan Bei would help others to snatch his throne, but he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.
After that night, he and Yan Bei seemed to have formed some kind of tacit understanding. They never took the initiative to bring up what happened that night, nor did they talk about issues related to their relationship.
The king is the king, the minister is the minister, it seems that the two are in two different worlds. Wei Xicheng touched the hair crown on his head. The pearl symbolizing the imperial power was inlaid in the center. The bright yellow color made the pearl more dazzling.
For the first time, Wei Xicheng felt uncertain about the relationship between the two. He could say that he really loved Yan Bei, but in a new world, his lover would change every time, which made Wei Xicheng wonder what kind of person he knew as his lover.
He had never thought about this problem before. After spending some time with Yu Beiyan, who had memories with him, in the previous online game world, he had never realized the problem between them.
He couldn't figure it out, and Yu Beiyan didn't give him time to think. After coming to this world, some of Yan Bei's actions reminded Wei Xicheng.
For Yan Bei, he lives in this world. Even though he and Yu Beiyan are the same person, they have different personalities and thinking habits that are unique to Yan Bei.
So at this moment Wei Xicheng was suddenly confused.
His confusion was of no use at this moment. He was restricted from leaving the palace by the Queen Mother, and the maids and eunuchs in the palace seemed to know something. The atmosphere in the palace was tense and quiet, and there seemed to be a faint depression hanging over everyone's head.
Yan Bei no longer entered the palace, as the situation outside was more tense than inside the palace.
After a few days, Wei Xicheng was called to the Queen Mother's bedroom.
"I heard that the Emperor was very close to General Yan Bei some time ago?" The empress dowager lowered her voice, sounding much more mature and old. Although she was sitting at the top, she lowered her chin and raised her eyelids to look at Wei Xicheng who was sitting below.
The pair of phoenix eyes were not as clear as before, but had a bit more sinisterness.
"Yes." Wei Xicheng had nothing to hide. He had been alone in the palace from the beginning. There were spies and spies everywhere, and he didn't want to hide.
Even if Yan Bei's people helped to cover up later, they couldn't hide it from the Queen Mother who was very skilled. Wei Xicheng even felt that the Queen Mother knew about his relationship with Yan Bei from the beginning of the meeting, but just turned a blind eye to it. After all, the tiger talisman in Yan Bei's hand was still a big threat.
"Has the Emperor upset General Yan recently?" The Queen Mother's words tore apart the only superficial relationship between the two.
Wei Xicheng narrowed his eyes, revealing a bit of anger, "What does your mother mean by this? Who do you think I am? I have to look at everyone's face. It's really frustrating to be the emperor. It's better for your mother to find another candidate."
"How dare you! You bastard!" The tea set on the table rolled down and hit the ground with a crisp sound.
All the palace servants in the room quietly retreated. The Queen Mother dared to scold the Emperor, but they did not dare to listen.
"I have wholeheartedly supported you to ascend the throne, and you speak to me like this?" The empress dowager pressed her chest lightly with her hand, and her gorgeous and grand palace dress bulged. The emperor's words made her very angry.
"Support? Mother, I never wanted such support." Wei Xicheng threw his sleeves and stood up. He faced the Queen Mother and spoke word by word, "I never wanted to be the emperor."
"Good, very good, good."
Wei Xicheng glanced at the empress dowager who seemed a little out of control, turned around and was about to leave.
"Stop." After saying this, the room was quiet for a while. The Queen Mother seemed to have calmed down and her tone became much calmer. "I raised you, and this is how you treat me? Since you are sitting in this position now, it is not up to you to decide whether the emperor becomes the emperor or not!"
"I never wanted to make my mother angry."
"Then go and repair your relationship with Yan Bei!" Seeing Wei Xicheng surrender, the Queen Mother's tone hardened unconsciously, "If he stands on our side, no one can take away your kingdom."
"Mother, I'm not cut out to be an emperor, you know that." Wei Xicheng closed his eyes, sorted out his thoughts, and slowly spoke out a part of his heart that the original owner had never said, "I never thought about becoming an emperor. On the day of the coronation ceremony, I also had great ambitions in my heart. I also thought about being a person like my father, governing such a big country, and letting the people live and work in peace and contentment."
"But these are really... too difficult." Wei Xicheng paused, turned around and looked at the Queen Mother, "Too difficult. I know how to eat, drink and have fun, but I have never learned how to be a monarch."
"I feel sad every day when I see all the ministers shaking their heads in denial, mother. I know everything you and uncle did, but I never said anything. But I'm tired of living like a puppet. Really enough."
"As for General Yan Bei, I used to admire him very much. Now..." Wei Xicheng smiled, "The throne should be occupied by those with ability. Mother, you have always said that I am willful and mischievous. This is the last time I will say to you..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a slight sound outside the room. Wei Xicheng reacted quickly. The Queen Mother was even more fierce than him. Perhaps she had never entered Wei Xicheng's emotions. She shouted, "Who!"
The rustling sound quickly disappeared, and several palace servants hurriedly followed, and the guards in the palace were also mobilized.
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor standing in the hall and smiled like a loving mother, "The Emperor has grown up and has his own ideas. Someone come here!"
Wei Xicheng looked at the guards surrounding him, raised his chin, and looked at the queen mother standing on the steps, "What do you mean, mother?"
"Emperor, I don't want to hurt the mother-son relationship with you. The situation is critical now. You have to do it whether you want to or not." The Queen Mother gently stroked the corner of her lips with her finger and forced a smile.
She had no choice but to come to this point. Being attacked from both inside and outside, if the emperor suddenly abdicated, who knows how much trouble it would cause. She had to stabilize the emperor first before she could focus on solving the problems later. However, after this incident happened today, the illusion of peace was completely torn apart. She pressed her forehead and brows, one wrong step would lead to another.
Wei Xicheng retracted his gaze and glanced at the guards surrounding him. All the guards he saw lowered their heads to slightly conceal their appearance.
Wei Xicheng had a rough idea of who had just flown away from outside. He was not afraid at all. He used his hand to push away the guard's sword sheath that was blocking him, and said in a cold voice: "In that case, everything will be up to the Queen Mother."
The words sounded familiar, but even the last bit of familiarity that was there before disappeared without a trace.
This time when Wei Xicheng walked out of the palace, no one stopped him.
Little Taozi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and followed closely behind him, terrified by the tense confrontation just now.
Ignoring Xiao Taozi's thoughts, Wei Xicheng was thinking about the system energy problem and why Yan Bei was doing this at the moment. Wei Xicheng, who had never received any prompts, felt really bad.
When he walked to a certain position, he happened to open the system panel and saw the sign of Yan Bei's position right next to him.
Wei Xicheng glanced to the side, and it was the first time he saw the rockery marked by Yan Bei. This time he only stopped to glance, but within a second he took the lead and walked forward.
The sign fell behind the two of them, not too far away.
It was not until Wei Xicheng entered the bedroom and sent Xiao Taozi out that the sign appeared on the familiar beam.
Wei Xicheng snorted, took off his boots, lay down on the bed, and pulled the quilt to cover his head.
The author has something to say: The first thirty comments today will receive a red envelope!
The following is some useless chatter, if you don’t like it, just block it.
This world was originally intended to be written as a guide, with the unromantic wooden general and the stupid and aggrieved little emperor changing their way of getting along with each other, and then affirming each other's feelings.
But when I wrote about the last online game world, I found that the source of their feelings seemed to be simply because they needed each other's company over a long period of time.
Wei Xicheng's love is based on the fact that every time the lover loses his memory, it is fun once or twice, but it is a grievance if it happens more than once. Only one person remembers the past, and the other person always starts from scratch. The same is unfair to Yu Beiyan. But Yan Bei is Yu Beiyan without memory, so Xicheng has no way to solve it.
This world is about two people recognizing their feelings, so there may be a lot of psychological drama, and it is also a bit inexplicable and aggrieved QAQ Of course, the above may be excuses, and it may be because I have been obsessed with studying recently and I broke down! Hug yourself tightly while you cry!
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