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“Not bad,” Li Chang’an said.
"At that time, we will help you to the throne. If it were someone else, I'm afraid the Great Feng's fortune would be dissipated."
Huaiqing said sincerely, "Li Lang...you can be the emperor yourself..."
"You now enjoy popular support, while Joan of Arc's prestige has plummeted."
Li Chang'an flipped Huaiqing over, "Of course I can, and I can do it anytime."
"But before that, I want to be the man behind the Empress."
Huaiqing's face gradually turned red.
……
Harem.
Fengqi Palace.
The stunningly beautiful empress stood in the palace, one hand gathering her sleeve, the other burning incense.
"You came!"
She was quite surprised and delighted to see Wei Yuan enter the hall.
"Yes," Wei Yuan replied indifferently.
The empress led him to a seat and instructed the palace maids to serve him tea and pastries.
"You've recovered your cultivation?" The Empress's face was beaming with barely suppressed joy.
"Yes," Wei Yuan said calmly.
"I heard that you had a huge fight with His Majesty, and the rumors in the harem are going around that you could depose the emperor with a single word!"
The empress looked somewhat nervous, yet also somewhat expectant, and somewhat incredulous.
"Yes," Wei Yuan said with certainty.
The Queen pointed to the pastries on the table, "I made these myself."
“I don’t know when you will come, but I know you love my pastries the most. So every afternoon, I cook some myself.”
Wei Yuan nodded, picked it up and ate it. After he finished, he handed his hand to the Empress.
Before the Empress could react, Wei Yuan's gaze towards her deepened.
The Empress immediately took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands.
“In the past, A-Ming would always try to take the pastries I made from you, and you never let him have them.”
In the Shangguan family, you are more like the legitimate son than he is.
Because you are my father's most valued student, and also the son of his savior.
Wei Yuan stood up, straightened his robe, and turned to leave.
Since Shangguan Ming was mentioned, Wei Yuan's eyes had been lowered and he hadn't looked up again.
The Empress then realized something was wrong, "I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore."
The Shangguan family caused Wei Yuan to become a eunuch; what a humiliation that was.
Wei Yuan walked to the door and gazed at the sycamore tree in the courtyard.
August has arrived, and occasionally leaves fall from the trees.
Wei Yuan twitched his fingers slightly and picked up a fallen leaf.
The Empress's stunning face remains as breathtaking as ever.
Autumn has come again, and another year has passed.
“Yes.” Wei Yuan has only ever said these two words since he entered the room.
His eyes, gazing at the falling leaves, were filled with deep sorrow.
“Wei Yuan…you’re blaming me…” The Empress felt that she had put Wei Yuan in a difficult position regarding Shangguan Ming.
"Yes," Wei Yuan sighed.
The Empress was astonished!
"Are you really resenting me?" The Empress felt a pang of sorrow and resentment.
Wei Yuan was acting very strangely today; from the moment he entered, he only uttered two words.
"But Ah Ming is my own brother..."
Wei Yuan immediately stepped down the stairs without looking back.
The Empress felt a pang of pain in her heart, immediately lifted her skirt and followed, then reached out and grabbed Wei Yuan.
"It was my fault, I won't mention him again."
"I heard you're going to war again... How long will you be gone this time?"
Wei Yuan glanced at the slightly yellowed leaves in his hand, his gaze turning deep and sorrowful once again.
Then, he slowly opened his mouth, finally saying something that was no longer those two words.
Every year in the snow, I would often insert plum blossoms and get drunk.
I've carelessly plucked all the plum blossoms, only to find my clothes soaked with tears.
This year, though we're far apart, my temples are turning gray.
Judging from the evening wind, it will be difficult to see the plum blossoms.
The Empress looked up and saw Wei Yuan's graying temples. She reached out to stroke them with heartache.
"This year, though we're at the ends of the earth, my temples are streaked with gray..."
After reciting just one sentence, tears had already soaked his clothes.
"It's all my fault. I knew you rarely come here, so why did I keep bringing up other people?"
"You have every right to resent me; ultimately, it was my family that ruined you..."
"If you hadn't met me, your fate would have been completely different..."
Wei Yuan turned his gaze to the tearful empress, but there wasn't a single tear in his eyes.
Shangguan Xixue suddenly felt a chill in her heart... Could it be that he had changed his mind?
Yes, I'm married and have two children now.
He has now recovered his cultivation level and is now a second-grade martial artist!
They can live for hundreds of years!
"Shangguan Xixue, come with me."
The Empress was startled again, "Ah!"
"If I leave like this... Won't His Majesty make things difficult for you...?"
"I don't want it because of me..."
"Shangguan Xixue," Wei Yuan decisively interrupted the Empress's tearful words.
The Empress was clearly not used to Wei Yuan's change.
Wei Yuan stared into his eyes, his gaze incredibly domineering.
"This is a notification, not a discussion."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yuan's aura exploded beneath his feet.
Then Wei Yuan stepped on the air and pulled Shangguan Xixue away into the sky.
The Empress was both shocked and frightened, and instinctively hugged Wei Yuan tightly...
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The emperor's palace.
After several days of recuperation, Emperor Yuanjing finally regained his composure.
In any case, as long as Li Chang'an did not depose Yuan Jing from the throne, the time for a fight to the death was not yet reached.
As long as the throne remains and I can continue cultivating, there is always a chance.
He finished his cultivation and then slowly opened his eyes.
The old eunuch slowly walked over and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Wei Yuan... has taken the Empress away."
I thought Emperor Yuanjing, who has lost his composure these past few days, would be furious, but it seems he isn't.
"Empress... let her go."
The Empress was originally kept alive to threaten Wei Yuan, but now that Wei Yuan has dared to force the emperor to abdicate, there's nothing else she wouldn't dare to do.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Li Chang'an has taken another concubine."
The old eunuch almost blurted out that the Heavenly King had taken another concubine.