The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 212 The Finale
In the winter of the fourth year of Yongjia, Emperor Yongjia, who suffered from severe illness, finally closed his eyes on the sickbed and passed away forever.

Although Zhao's magic circle was broken and the curse was removed, Emperor Yongjia's condition was too serious to be reversed.It has been a blessing to be able to delay for more than a year.

During this year, Yun Ruochen, the Princess of the Supervisory Kingdom, had completely consolidated her power in the court, including the power of the outer court and the inner court, and found a delicate balance among several major interest groups.

The emperor made a big trip, and the imperial edict ordered the crown prince Yunyao to succeed him.Since the prince was only six years old, the imperial edict clearly ordered the 15-year-old Princess Huarong to be the princess regent from the prisoner princess to assist the new emperor and listen to the government behind the curtain.

The new emperor succeeded to the throne, with the reign name Mingguang.On the day of the enthronement ceremony, the young Emperor Mingguang and his eldest sister went to the court hand in hand, and the pattern of the two siblings governing the same court was established.

There are naturally different voices in the court, and there are naturally discussions among scholars and the people.

But at this time, Yun Ruochen was no longer the little princess she was back then. She already had the ability to control the public opinion between the court and the countryside through many supporters, both open and secret.

The Northern Shang Party inevitably declined, and the southeast nobles, represented by Chu Qingbo and Zhao Xuan, officially rose.

However, Yun Ruochen still took care not to let the southeast people become too powerful, and did not kill all the officials of the Northern Shang Dynasty.It is in her de facto supreme ruler's interests that several groups continue to vie with each other.

After two years of calm, Yun Ruochen finally tore off her gentle and calm veil, and began to carry out drastic reforms item by item.The reform touched the interests of many bigwigs in the dynasty, and there was another wave of opposition to Yun Ruochen's supervision of the country, but Yun Ruochen was happy and fearless.

In the court struggles again and again, her power has become stronger.

And because the drought and flood disasters have been reduced for two consecutive years, and the people have been able to recuperate, Yun Ruochen's reputation among the people has also begun to change in a good direction.

Everyone slowly accepted the rule of the eldest princess. Although new problems appeared every day, she was able to solve them one by one with abundant energy and superb wisdom.Even if it can't be solved for a while, she can still select suitable people to make long-term arrangements, hoping to make things better at the right time in the future.

People thought that she was working hard for her power, but only a few people knew that Yun Ruochen was just... loving her brother.

She wants to give her Xing'er a better world than before, so that Xing'er can be more relaxed when she is really in power.

It's not that no one wants to provoke Yun Yao's relationship with her.There are always some ambitious people who think that the young emperor has no opinions, as long as he separates him from the growing princess, he will naturally benefit from it.

There are many people who think this way, and many practice it, but the end is miserable.

As for Yun Yao, he never doubted his sister's love for him.

He stayed quietly in the deep palace, studied scriptures and history assiduously, and learned the art of becoming a king.Of course, he will also exercise with Guo Zheng, the commander of the imperial guards, every day.

Without the curse of the Zhao family's magic circle, and with Yun Ruochen taking good care of him, Yun Yao's body became healthier day by day.

In the winter of the third year of Mingguang, a major event happened in the capital.

The Princess Regent finally got married and married Ye Shenyan, the son-in-law who had been appointed back then.Originally, noble girls in the Qing Dynasty could get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but Princess Huarong's marriage was postponed for three full years because of the need to observe filial piety.

The eldest princess's wedding was very low-key, in stark contrast to her power over the world.

In the imagination of the people in the capital, their beautiful and majestic Princess Eldest Princess should be dressed in red makeup and decorated with flowers. She should be carried into the Princess Mansion amidst loud gongs, drums and fireworks all over the city.

However, Yun Ruochen disappointed them. Her marriage was no more extravagant than that of ordinary princesses, and even simpler.

The guests are only the closest courtiers and friends.

On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, Ji Jianing led the maidservants to retreat, and only the newlyweds were left in the new house, unlike some dignitaries who still have maids in the house to wait on them.

Yun Ruochen took off her make-up early, and only wore a thin coat, leaning against the bed and drinking tea.

There are heaters burning in the four corners of the room, even if there were no such things, with her current profound cultivation, she would not be afraid of the slightest bit of cold air.

In these years, no matter how busy the government is, she has never relaxed her practice.Now, her martial strength has reached the level of a master, but she is still inferior to Ye Shenyan.

Ye Shenyan's skills have improved by leaps and bounds in the past few years, basically approaching Nie Shen's cultivation level back then.He didn't stay in the capital all the time, but took over part of the work that Nie Shen had mastered in Tingyu Tower, and practiced and performed tasks in various places.

It is impossible to become a real guardian without the determination to protect important people without the corresponding strength.

When he returned from the grassland that year, Ye Shenyan returned to Tingyu Tower, and brought Ye Cong a handful of Nie Shen's ashes, which he put in a small porcelain vase.

Ye Cong locked himself in his room for seven days and seven nights, not allowing anyone to disturb him.

Ye Shenyan was very worried that Ye Cong would do something astonishingly sad, such as venting his anger towards Yun Ruochen, wanting to kill Yun Ruochen, etc... But when Ye Cong came out, his expression was as calm as if nothing had happened Same thing.

The landlord of Tingyu Tower, since then, he is the only one left.And Ye Cong also told Ye Shenyan that he didn't plan to accept any more disciples, and that after listening to Yulou, he would hand it over to Ye Shenyan to inherit.

Although he didn't know the complicated thoughts in Ye Cong's heart, Ye Shenyan could feel that he had no hostility towards Yun Ruochen.Therefore, there are still various cooperations between the two parties.Ye Cong never objected to Ye Shenyan using Tingyulou's influence to help Yun Ruochen.

On the other hand, Yun Ruochen has to provide various conveniences for Tingyulou, which is what should be done.

"Princess."

Ye Shenyan also changed into his home clothes, a majestic expert, he hesitated for a while before walking to the bed.

Until now, he felt as if he was dreaming.When going to the chapel, he was completely led by the bridesmaids, and he didn't even know where to put his hands and feet.

Of course, I don't know now...

"Pfft, what's your expression?" Yun Ruochen smiled, and patted the seat beside him.

"Come and chat."

"Oh."

Ye Shenyan sat down obediently, and Yun Ruochen rolled his eyes at him: "Is this the Chu River Han Realm? Why sit so far away, I can eat people?"

"……Oh."

Ye Shenyan moved a little closer awkwardly.

"You..."

Yun Ruochen supported his forehead, threw the teacup away, and smiled helplessly: "My lord, do you have a little self-consciousness about being a husband? Don't act like a little daughter-in-law, making it look like I'm bullying you."

"Princess, I have a request."

"What request?"

"Please don't call me Mrs. Husband, oh, can you not even call me Mrs. Husband?"

Ye Shenyan said weakly.

"...Then what do I call you? Wife? Daughter-in-law?"

Yun Ruochen couldn't laugh or cry, well, she understood that Ye Shenyan had been her subordinate for half his life, and he couldn't get over it mentally.Well, maybe not for a while?It might not be possible to turn around forever.

"It's the same as before, isn't it?"

Ye Shenyan shrank his neck, and his voice became softer.

"Row……"

In short, this was an atypical bridal night, and no one dared to investigate whether they succeeded in consummating their marriage in the end.It's just that on the second day, the son-in-law's walking posture was a bit strange, but the princess was always refreshed, and she handled the memorial and official duties as usual, nothing unusual at all!
In the spring of the fourth year of Mingguang, the eldest son of Song Guogong Zhao Xuan and his wife Chu was born.In the same year, news of Gu Che's marriage came. He married the daughter of a general.Gu Che did not hold a wedding in the capital, but returned to his hometown to pay his respects. His grandfather, Gu Ge, had spent many years in his hometown after he became an official. Although he was old, he was in good health.

In the second year, Mrs. Gu added a son and grandson to the Gu family, continuing the bloodline of the equally weak Gu family.

In this year, Ji Jianing was promoted from a court lady to a female official, and officially became Yun Ruochen's assistant, following her in and out of the court, and handling many government affairs for her.

Many people are paying attention to the "pregnancy" of the eldest princess, but she has been married for many years and is still childless, and she and her son-in-law don't seem to care about it.The issue of the eldest princess' heir caused many courtiers to worry and worry, while some secretly rejoiced.

If a powerful eldest princess had a parent-child, would she have selfish intentions and want to take over the world of the Yun family... It is really unknown.

In the 12th year of Mingguang, the emperor got married.His queen is only a daughter of a good family in the capital, and it is said that the eldest princess personally selected it for the emperor's younger brother.

Not long after the emperor got married, the eldest princess began not to go to court for several days, and later she did not appear in front of people for several months.In the first month of the 13th year of Mingguang, after the Spring Hunting Ceremony, the eldest princess suddenly announced that she would no longer be in charge of the government and quit the court.

The possible struggle for power between the elder princess and the emperor, which made countless people worry, turned into invisible in such a calm manner.No one could have imagined that Yun Ruochen would hand over the power in his hands so easily, completely dissipate the prosperity, and live the most ordinary life of a lady.

But the emperor still respects the eldest princess, and still visits his sister in the princess mansion in private from time to time.It is rare for royal siblings to have such a deep bond of affection.

At this time, the topic of the eldest princess having no heirs no longer attracts everyone's interest.

In the 17th year of Mingguang, the eldest princess, who had been out of sight for many years, suddenly left the capital with her son-in-law, and went to her fief in the north.

In fact, she did not live in the princess mansion on the fief, but lived in the wilderness where Nie Shen was buried all year round.

The grass on Nie Shen's tomb is luxuriant. The small tree they planted with their own hands is already as graceful as a canopy.

"I promised to come back..."

"It's been 18 years, Nie Shen, I can finally let go of Xing'er and come back to accompany you."

"Shen Yan also come to accompany you with me."

"Ah, and Xiao Jin, this guy is getting bigger and bigger!"

"And Ah Che, he is now a great general! He often abandons the army without doing his job, and secretly comes to drink with us by himself, really. I heard that he is some kind of prairie nemesis now, and as soon as he says his name, he can make Hu People and children stop crying, it's so scary, so scary, hahaha..."

"Nie Shen."

"We're all doing well. I haven't cried anymore..."

The wind in the prairie blew away the woman's low whispers and flew to farther and farther places...

Time is like water, and the years change.All the legendary stories of the past were quietly covered by the dust of history, and disappeared in the change of seasons.

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