Chapter 65 Long Live Your Majesty 1 The Land is So Beautiful
Qi Wang opened his eyes and immediately saw the yellow bed curtains embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon above his head. He seemed to sense something and looked down. He was wearing a yellow nightgown with dark patterns in gold thread on the cuffs.
Well, this is a good start; he's an emperor.
In Qi Wang's eyes, being the emperor was just a job. He had entered countless mission worlds and had been an emperor countless times, so he could switch between them almost seamlessly and quickly adapt to his new identity.
It was still early, not time for court, so Qi Wang closed his eyes and began to receive the original owner's memories.
The original owner, Qi Wang, was the sixth emperor of the Daqing Kingdom, with the reign title Qinglong, and was known as Emperor Qinglong.
His father, Emperor Yongzheng, was a diligent and capable ruler who eliminated foreign enemies, purged the court, and replenished the national treasury. The country he inherited was a prosperous and thriving empire.
However, Emperor Yongzheng did not have many children. As Emperor Yongzheng's only healthy and intelligent prince, the original owner was made crown prince when he was young. After Emperor Yongzheng passed away, the original owner succeeded to the throne, changed the country name to Qinglong, and became Emperor Qinglong.
The original owner wasn't particularly capable, but fortunately, his father was powerful enough, the country was stable, and the people lived in peace and prosperity. As long as he didn't cause trouble, he could basically stay on the throne smoothly until he died.
However, the original owner was a Buddhist emperor who happened to have an ambitious but love-obsessed son.
The original owner only had one son, Qi Zhen, but seven daughters. Therefore, Qi Zhen was made crown prince when he was six years old, and he sat in the position of crown prince for fifteen years.
At the age of twenty-one, the crown prince launched a rebellion, overthrowing the original emperor. Shortly after ascending the throne, he relinquished it to another.
Yes, that's right. Qi Zhen went to great lengths to rebel, even risking the stigma of patricide, all so that he could pass the throne to his beloved after ascending the throne.
The Daqing Dynasty lasted for seven generations before it collapsed. After the Empress ascended the throne, she changed the country's name to Yan, becoming Emperor Taizong of Yan.
Qi Zhen deeply loved Emperor Taizong of Yan, Pei Yan, and willingly entered her harem, becoming a male concubine in the harem alongside the other six men, regardless of rank.
Emperor Taizong of Yan said that childbirth is harmful to the body, and she would only have one child. However, the seven men who bore her children were all her fathers.
Qi Zhen was happy to accept it, even if it meant losing his country and the throne for Pei Yan, becoming a member of Pei Yan's harem, and never having his own child again.
From Pei Yan's perspective, Qi Zhen is indeed a rare and excellent man: loyal, devoted, and loving beauty more than power. For the sake of his lover, he was willing to give up his vast empire.
But that's from Pei Yan's perspective.
From the original owner's perspective, Qi Zhen was an unfilial descendant who deserved to be torn to pieces and a sinner of the Great Qing Kingdom.
If he were to commit regicide and rebellion for his own ambition, for the sake of becoming emperor, that would be acceptable, since the vast empire would at least be inherited by the Qi family.
But he was not like that. He ascended the throne, but handed it over to someone else, content to be a virtuous wife.
Even if we take a step back and assume that Pei Yan is capable, then so be it, at least the common people wouldn't have to suffer the pain of war.
But Pei Yan was not a good emperor.
She is a woman from another world who has traveled to this world. She is skilled at dealing with men and can charm seven men to willingly become her devoted followers.
Her ability to charm men was unparalleled and truly astounding.
But perhaps all her talent was focused on charming men. Having never received systematic imperial education and knowing nothing about the rules of ancient political systems, Pei Yan naturally formulated policies and implemented decrees according to her naive ideas.
The result was predictable.
After she ascended the throne, the people suffered greatly, and their grievances were widespread.
Those foreign tribes that had been defeated and subdued became even more restless, probing and harassing the border. When they discovered that the generals leading their troops were incompetent, they immediately gathered their forces and marched south.
In the original owner's memory, the Great Qing Kingdom was riddled with holes by Pei Yan and those seven men.
Pei Yan's ingenious ideas kept popping up, and no matter what she was thinking, the seven men would do everything they could to help her achieve them.
Decrees were changed frequently, and the lower levels followed suit, plunging the court into chaos. All the officials were looking out for themselves and doing everything they could to gain personal benefits.
If an emperor doesn't care about the country, and an official doesn't care about the people, one can imagine what will become of this nation.
The Great Qing Kingdom, which had been renamed the Great Yan Kingdom, was engulfed in war and its people suffered greatly because of Pei Yan and those seven men. Pei Yan, however, said that being an emperor was meaningless, too bitter and tiring, and even more boring than she had imagined.
She no longer wanted to be emperor.
So Pei Yan faked her death to escape, dusted herself off, and left the Great Yan Kingdom with her seven men and her precious son.
A leaderless group is even more troublesome than having an unreliable emperor.
Without an emperor, all those powerful families and commoners, whoever had the ambition to become emperor, wanted to get a share of the spoils.
The world is in complete chaos.
Although the original owner was not a particularly outstanding emperor, at least during his twenty years on the throne, the country was stable, the people lived in peace and prosperity, and although there were occasional disturbances from foreign tribes, everything was still within a controllable range.
However, after Qi Zhen killed him and took the throne, the country was thrown into complete chaos in less than three years.
When a dynasty prospers, the people suffer; when a dynasty falls, the people suffer.
Dynasties rise and fall, heroes vie for power, but it is always the common people who suffer.
The original owner was unwilling to accept this. He watched helplessly as his country collapsed and his people suffered, yet he was powerless to change anything.
Therefore, he was willing to use all his merits to bring Qi Wang to his aid and change everything.
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Qi Wang opened his eyes and raised his hand to rub his temples.
Qi Zhen is now nineteen years old, and there are still two years before he rebels.
The original owner was very confident in Qi Zhen, the crown prince.
After all, he only had one son, Qi Zhen. Once he died, the throne would naturally fall back into Qi Zhen's hands, and no one would compete with him for it.
However, the original owner did not expect that Qi Zhen was a complete love-obsessed person.
He had already married the Crown Princess when he was sixteen. Although there weren't many women in the Crown Prince's palace, there were two concubines and two maids. These five women had given him three sons and one daughter, a total of four children.
However, after Qi Zhen successfully rebelled and became emperor, he dealt with all these women and children.
After all, he had to show his loyalty to Pei Yan, that he would only love her for the rest of his life, and the mistakes he made when he was young and ignorant naturally had to be erased.
Disloyalty, unfilial piety, and lack of brotherly love are not only unworthy of being sons, but utterly unworthy of being human.
"Your Majesty, it's time for court."
Just then, a slightly shrill voice came from outside the door.
Before the words were finished, a figure walked in from outside the door.
It was a man dressed as a eunuch, who was also the head eunuch by the original owner's side, Zhang Yu.
Of course, he was also one of Pei Yan's concubines.
Would Pei Yan's harem consist of eunuchs? Of course not.
Pei Yan's harem is filled with all sorts of handsome men, and Zhang Yu is the gloomy and crazy type of handsome man.
Zhang Yusheng is very beautiful. She has an androgynous face, and although she is pretty, she does not appear effeminate.
While other eunuchs wore loose-fitting clothes, his eunuch robes were different. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, which, combined with his fair and radiant skin, made him extremely eye-catching.
Everyone else treated him like a eunuch, and since the original owner wasn't interested in men, they naturally didn't look at him with any special eyes.
But Pei Yan is different.
Oh, right, Pei Yan was a concubine in the original owner's harem, the lowest-ranking concubine, and she had never seen the original owner since she entered the palace.
However, by chance, Pei Yan, who was admiring the moon in the plum garden, caught Zhang Yu's eye, and Zhang Yu became Pei Yan's first admirer.
The cautious and timid man, who was afraid of his secrets being exposed, did many things that crossed the line for Pei Yan.
He helped Pei Yan avoid the emperor's favor by secretly taking her out of the palace so that she could meet other outstanding men.
Despite being the emperor's concubine, she lived a more carefree and unrestrained life than anyone else.
Qi Wang: "..."
How come his imperial palace is so leaky, like a sieve?
The Crown Prince, who lived in the Crown Prince's residence, could enter the palace at any time to meet with the concubines in the harem. The chief eunuch around him had astonishing power and could easily send the concubines out of the palace. Gold, silver, jade, and jewelry were sent to Pei Yan like flowing water.
He really had a bit of a frustrating time as emperor.
Is this a matter of love between men and women?
This means that the palace's defenses are essentially zero. They can enter and leave the palace silently, and even make a concubine disappear for several days and leak the news. This means that they can also hide rebels inside the palace.
Of course, there was another reason why they were able to leave so smoothly: the leader of the Imperial Guards, Ye Chaoyu, was also a follower of Pei Yan.
Qi Wang: "..."
The original owner was really lucky to have survived until now. If he hadn't been so lucky, he probably wouldn't have been able to be emperor for so many years before someone slit his throat.
After Zhang Yu woke Qi Wang, he clapped his hands and summoned a palace maid to help him change his clothes.
"Your Majesty, this servant believes that you should wear a jade pendant with a dragon pattern today."
Zhang Yu took a jade pendant from the plate, intending to put it on Qi Wang.
Qi Wang lowered his eyes and looked at Zhang Yu.
This man was about the same height as Qi Wang, and to distinguish his status, he wore different clothes than the other eunuchs.
Hmm, a grand eunuch, wearing clothes with four-clawed dragons that only princes could wear, yet he can hang around the emperor all day without being convicted of usurpation.
Was this really a legitimate feudal dynasty?
"Someone come here."
Qi Wang spoke calmly.
No one came in.
Zhang Yu looked at Qi Wang and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what is it? If needed, this servant will summon him for you."
As he spoke, Zhang Yu called out, "Someone come here, His Majesty has something to say."
In just a few breaths, three eunuchs and three palace maids walked in from outside.
"Eunuch Zhang."
They first bowed to Zhang Yu, and then knelt down before Qi Wang.
"His Majesty."
Qi Wang: "..."
He searched through the original owner's memories and found that there were quite a few such things.
The original owner gave instructions, but no one responded. He had to go through Zhang Yu. When he called for help, no one came. But when Zhang Yu called for help, a bunch of people came in immediately.
If you didn't know better, you'd think Zhang Yu was the emperor.
The original owner was, after all, an emperor with real power, whose imperial authority was inviolable. How could he allow such a fake eunuch to be by his side? He was clearly just a servant, but this servant controlled everything about him.
No wonder they ended up with the downfall of their country.
"Your Majesty, why are you not saying anything? You can give them any orders, and they will do their best to fulfill them."
Qi Wang didn't tell them what he wanted them to do, he just told them to leave.
But the six people didn't move until Zhang Yu continued speaking, then they left.
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