Emperor Hui died, and Zhao Yunwan's body remained, but it could not be kept for long.
Therefore, Xiao Sheng announced to the public that Empress Zhao Yunwan, who had been missing the late emperor, fell ill from grief and followed him to the west.
However, because the deposed Empress Zhao Yunwan had committed numerous evils, she was not worthy of being buried in the imperial mausoleum, and the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs sentenced her to be punished by having her bones scattered to the winds.
When Xiao Yuyan heard the news that Xiao Sheng had announced to the world, she cried for three whole days in Chonghua Palace.
Xiao Ding remained calm.
He kept thinking about what caused his huge chance of winning to vanish overnight.
After much thought, I realized that all the changes began when Xiao Sheng appointed Li Ting as his Grand Tutor.
Recently, he felt that his mind had been opened up, and he thought of many things he had never thought of before.
Xiao Sheng ignored the brother and sister.
When Xiao Sheng was nine years old, around the time of the New Year, Xiao Yuyan learned from a gossipy palace maid that she was not Emperor Hui's biological son.
In other words, she was actually a fake princess.
His mother had lost her title of Empress, and he was not of the Xiao family bloodline.
Upon hearing this news, Xiao Yuyan immediately ordered the guards in Chonghua Palace to kill those palace servants with a single blow.
Ten palace servants in Chonghua Palace were killed by Xiao Yuyan.
Upon learning this, Xiao Sheng ordered Xiao Yuyan to be locked up and forbidden from seeing anyone.
After a period of utter despair, Xiao Yuyan gave in.
Xiao Sheng released her.
After Xiao Yuyan was released, she changed her personality and started fawning over Xiao Sheng every few days.
Xiao Sheng did not strip Xiao Yuyan of her princess title, and allowed her to continue to enjoy the treatment of a princess.
Little did they know that this eight-year-old girl harbored malicious intentions. At a royal banquet, Xiao Yuyan stabbed Xiao Sheng with a dagger.
Then Xiao Yuyan was captured on the spot.
When Xiao Ding learned about Xiao Yuyan's background, he lamented that his younger sister was a complete fool, and that he had lost another helper.
Seeing Xiao Yuyan bound hand and foot, Xiao Ding showed no emotion whatsoever.
So what if he's dead? This brainless sister only slows him down.
As Xiao Yuyan was dragged away, she screamed in anguish, "Brother, save me! Brother, please save me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
As predicted by Fan Zuan, Xiao Yuyan would not live past the age of eight.
That day, Xiao Sheng made an excuse that he hadn't eaten at the Li family's house in a long time and went there.
Hearing of Xiao Yuyan's short life ending, Li Xingran sighed.
Xiao Yuyan in the book is so powerful; she is always unreasonable and unforgiving, whether she is right or wrong.
Just like that, he was only eight years old when he died?
As expected, "If you don't act recklessly, you won't die." Zhao Yunwan's foolish daughter.
Xiao Sheng found Xiao Ding's attitude very strange.
Xiao Sheng told the Li family about this strange place.
"Grand Tutor, Xiao Yuyan has committed a capital offense and has been given poisoned wine, but Xiao Ding remains unmoved."
He didn't say a word, just watched his sister die quietly.
"Even after Xiao Yuyan died, Xiao Ding only asked the people of Chonghua Palace to collect her body and find a place to bury her."
"Although Xiao Ding has always been aloof and indifferent since childhood, showing no signs of joy or sorrow, this time, when his younger sister, with whom he had lived for so many years, committed a grave mistake and died, he did not shed a single tear."
"Not to mention pleading for his sister."
"Grand Tutor, I feel that Xiao Ding is not quite right."
Xiao Sheng shared his thoughts with Li Ting.
Li Xingran overheard it as well.
“Brother Emperor, we have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and our hearing is excellent. You can listen to what Xiao Ding is doing when you have time.”
"We should be on guard! I'm afraid that person's abilities are extraordinary, and he might complete the soul fusion before the ten-year period is up, which would put us all in grave danger," Li Xingran advised Xiao Sheng.
[She thought she could finally avenge her enemy, but little did she know that without Zhao Yunwan's support, Xiao Yuyan wouldn't even survive to the end.]
Xiao Sheng is becoming more and more reliable; the demeanor and majesty of an emperor are now clearly visible in him.
Xiao Sheng was happy for several days after hearing Li Xingran's praise.
In three years, Nan Chen Kingdom developed its economy, agriculture, education, and military, and its national strength leaped to become the most powerful country on the Cangxuan Continent.
In three years, Qianjimen built more advanced ocean-going ships that could carry more cargo.
At Li Xingran's suggestion, Huoshan started engaging in foreign trade.
They sold Nanchen's domestically produced silk, porcelain, tea, and various tools mass-produced by the Ministry of Works of the Imperial Court overseas.
They received a large sum of money in return.
With Li Ruizhang joining the Ministry of Works, many tools were produced for the Nan Chen Kingdom to facilitate the daily lives of its people and for industrial, agricultural, and handicraft manufacturing.
The Ministry of Works' status was instantly elevated in the eyes of the people.
The young emperor was also deeply loved by the people.
Xiao Sheng often traveled incognito to talk with the people in the fields.
Xiao Sheng knew exactly what the people thought and what they needed.
Xiao Sheng also built a caravan and started foreign trade with Huo Shan.
It's really easy to make money overseas.
The caravan brought back many overseas goods, with writings on them that no one on the Cangxuan Continent could decipher.
Li Xingran acted as a translator. Every time a caravan brought back goods, Li Xingran would translate the uses and ingredients of those goods before selling them to the people of Nanchen Kingdom.
The most popular of these is coffee.
There were also many pearls, gems, spices, and rare birds and animals—anything that didn't exist in Nan Chen Kingdom or Cang Xuan Continent—that the caravan brought back.
Xiao Sheng kept Li Xingran's words firmly in mind: for a country to develop, it cannot do without science and technology, civilization, and books.
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