QWTBWASIFOC Chapter 49

Chapter 49: The Upright Military General x The Eccentric Prince 20

July 3rd.

The newly crowned Emperor Liang Jue, having rushed south, brought his wife, a commoner he’d married in his humble beginnings, back to the capital, infuriating the rigid old officials in the court to the point of chest pains.

Same-sex relationships were truly a violation of the natural order!

Yet, their remonstrations were utterly useless, the new Emperor on the throne didn’t even bother to listen.

After a failed round of objections, the Prime Minister Lin, forced by the new Emperor to oversee the country, supported his aged body while blowing his beard and glaring, ultimately deciding that ignorance was bliss.

As long as he couldn’t see it, nothing had happened.

A male consort? Non-existent! The new Emperor was still a pure and untainted good young man!

The Imperial Wedding Ceremony? He was old and couldn’t hear!

Prime Minister Lin dutifully accepted the new task arranged by the new Emperor, reforming the imperial examination system according to the new Emperor’s requirements, expanding the scope of talent selection.

Not only scholars and military men, but also essential talents such as doctors, craftsmen, and agricultural scientists were to be included, and even the construction of relevant academies was to be initiated.

Work, work, work makes this old man happy!

Prime Minister Lin, numbing himself with busy work, had no time to bother with the new Emperor taking a male consort.

Other restless courtiers were also put to good use by their new Emperor, assigned new tasks, each one forced to work themselves to the bone, making the most of their remaining energy.

For example, the Minister of the Court of Judicature was re-examining past cases, overturning previous wrongful convictions.

For example, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was hurriedly rushing to produce bows and crossbows with the blueprints provided by the new Emperor, his mind focused solely on improving the combat effectiveness of the Liang army.

In short, everyone was running around in circles, busy as could be.

The long-ailing Liang court was operating frantically at an extremely rapid pace, with the new Emperor correcting course whenever necessary.

Any festering flesh would surely be excised cleanly by him.

Just like those local officials within Liang’s borders who were guilty of embezzlement and abuse of power, and those aristocratic sons who were empty shells but acted overbearingly.

The new Emperor saw no distinction between high and low, noble and base. All those who hindered the creation of a prosperous age would become a burden discarded by this era.

The official historians would only record their evil deeds and their eradication by the Emperor.

These Liang officials, who cared about their personal posthumous reputations, did not want to be remembered for their infamy, so they chose to express their support and submission to the new Emperor, who intended to create a golden age, and listened to the commands of the ruler.

Who wouldn’t want to become a virtuous minister in the history books?!

Unless they were scoundrels and ruffians with rotten hearts or without proper education.

Therefore, when it was time to bow their heads, they should bow their heads.

Since the new Emperor himself didn’t care about having no descendants, and was willing to adopt an heir, then they didn’t need to interfere any further.

Compared to concerning themselves with the new Emperor’s private affairs, they were more concerned about their own fame, fortune, and the future development of their families.

If they didn’t establish merit now, where would they find the opportunity to build unparalleled achievements when the golden age arrived?

Heh, they were busy, they had no time to meddle in other people’s business!

Whether it was the group of officials who had long recognized reality and started working overtime, or the rigid officials who were forced to work later, they all admitted defeat.

Just do it! What else could they do if they didn’t?

They couldn’t win in a fight, and they couldn’t persuade him, they as ministers were also very helpless.

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The Imperial Palace, Dragon’s Roar Palace.

The redecorated and renovated Imperial bedchamber once again housed its master, the soon-to-be male consort of the new Emperor, Lu Yunqi.

After entering the palace, Lu Yunqi resided in the Dragon’s Roar Palace.

In fact, he should have entered the court as an official; Changli had even drafted the imperial decree bestowing an official title.

However, he didn’t want to be separated from Changli for the time being, so he chose to stay in the palace, waiting until after the wedding to accept the imperial decree and enter the court as an official.

The most important thing at the moment was their wedding.

The wedding ceremony he and Changli had previously held in Wuzhou wasn’t grand enough and didn’t have enough guests, so this wedding naturally had to be as big as possible.

He wanted the people to know about his and Changli’s love.

When Changli was a commoner, he followed the words of the matchmaker and married Changli as his husband, staying with him through thick and thin, never abandoning him.

When Changli was the new Emperor of Liang, he followed the imperial decree and married the new Emperor to become the Empress of Liang, their love as deep as the sea.

However, Lu Yunqi, who appeared calm and collected, also had a grand goal in his heart.

[Deep affection in love, complementary support in politics.]

Simply put, he wanted to be in love with the new Emperor and help each other.

To be more specific, he wanted to conquer all directions as the Empress of Liang, subduing the countries on the border, and having envoys from all countries pay tribute to the Liang Emperor.

Changli had not thought about stopping him and was very supportive.

Due to the previous Emperor’s absurdity and inaction, the small countries entrenched near Liang had long been eager to make trouble, and the slightly stronger countries had quietly set their sights on Liang’s vast territory and abundant resources.

Waiting for an opportunity, war would surely break out.

Since this war was inevitable, then they must make full preparations.

If any of the surrounding countries dared to reach out, he would wipe them all out, guaranteeing a one-stop shop for national destruction, giving them a home-away-from-home experience.

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System 143, sensing the couple’s bad intentions, shed a sympathetic tear for those countries.

Tsk tsk tsk, who did you have to provoke but these two!

If you don’t get your countries destroyed, you’ll be letting down your restlessness, Changli, and Lu Yunqi’s efforts.

However, its thoughts only lasted for a moment, and it was soon being ordered by its beautiful host to temporarily monitor the officials on behalf of the yet-to-be-built Inspectorate.

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Alas, Liang had too many chronic ailments, and it would probably take a long time to clear them all away.

It could only help out for the time being.

As for the thousands of small paper figures released by the beautiful host, they were also being driven to work non-stop. If their spiritual power source wasn’t provided by this world, they would have all collapsed on the ground, unable to move.

The small paper figures’ spiritual power supply came from Changli’s private treasury.

As long as Changli’s private treasury had enough spirit stones, these low-level paper figures that relied on spirit stones to operate wouldn’t die. In fact, if the high-level paper figures with awakened intelligence weren’t completely rejected by this novel-derived world…

Changli wouldn’t need to let low-level paper figures appear.

These low-level paper figures only had a weak consciousness, which was to obey their master’s orders.

High-level paper figures could transform into humans, possessing higher intelligence and stronger abilities, providing Changli with more appropriate services.

As for the Red Lotus Karma Fire that Changli often used, after being suppressed to the strength tolerated by the small world, it could be used normally, but the effect wasn’t as good as in its full state, but burning a few people to death was no problem.

And Changli’s own strength would also be suppressed, otherwise, it would inevitably directly explode that world because of the power that far exceeded what the small world could contain.

This wasn’t nonsense, but the truth.

Otherwise, System 143 would have directly brought Changli’s main body to the small world, why would it need to use the bodies of those with lingering obsessions to act.

The reason was that Changli’s Nine Heads Phoenix main body wasn’t something that the small world could withstand.

But even if his strength was suppressed, it was more than enough for Changli to deal with the disobedient courtiers and some assassins who tried to assassinate him.

Awakening, the moment of counter-killing has officially arrived!

There’s no return from Dragon’s Roar Palace today, who told the two fierce overlords to abuse the weak online!