Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 716: Two Refusal and Two Concession
Night falls quietly.

In the emperor's bedroom, the lights were bright and the music of zither and harp was harmonious.

In the open space of the inner hall, there were beauties playing the piano and the flute, and there were also beauties wearing light gauze skirts and bare feet, dancing gracefully on the red carpet. With their steps, their white legs outlined a graceful curve.

Behind the long desk at the top, Emperor Yong'an, dressed in a red imperial robe, with his hair disheveled and his robe slightly untidy, sat lazily, holding a wine cup in his hand, his face flushed, a strong smell of alcohol emanating from his breath, and he stared at the ground below with a dazed look.

These dancers and beauties below are all from the Jiaofangsi of the Ministry of Rites. They were once the wives, concubines and relatives of ministers in the court, and their husbands/fathers were formerly subordinates of Xu Guozhong, Lu Sheng and others, and were later implicated and sent to the Jiaofangsi.

Therefore, these beauties, in addition to being stunningly beautiful, also have a special kind of nobility and are extremely alluring, but Emperor Yong'an's mind is not on them and his heart is filled with melancholy.

The abdication edict has been issued. It won’t be long before he will no longer be the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the foundation left by his ancestors will be completely destroyed in his hands.

To say I'm not sad would be a lie.

He could only numb himself with alcohol and think of comforting words to comfort himself.

At least I am no longer an emperor, so I don’t have to worry anymore.

"Your Majesty, you are drunk and cannot drink anymore." A soft voice sounded in the ears of Emperor Yong'an.

Emperor Yong'an turned his head and saw that it was his queen, Wu Xian, but on the surface, Wu Xian was still a noble concubine.

Although Wu Xian was a female member of a branch of the Wu family, she had bright eyes and white teeth and was quite pretty, but Emperor Yong'an did not like her at all. Instead, he felt disgusted with her. After all, he did not choose her, but gave her to him by force.

But Emperor Yong'an did not dare to show his disgust. Instead, he listened to Wu Xian's words very obediently: "Thank you for your concern, my beloved concubine."

As he said this, he put down the wine cup in his hand, waved his hand, asked the dancers below to retreat, and then he held his forehead with one hand and said, "I feel a little dizzy."

"Please allow me to massage your majesty. When I was at home, I massaged my father when he was drunk. It was quite effective." Wu Xian said softly.

"Excuse me, my dear."

"It's no trouble, Your Majesty, you are too polite."

Wu Xian supported Emperor Yong'an's body, let his head rest on her legs, found the acupoints on Emperor Yong'an's head, and gently massaged them with both hands.

Compared to Emperor Yong'an's disgust towards Wu Xian.

Wu Xian had some affection for Emperor Yong'an.

Although Emperor Yong'an was a puppet emperor, he was still an emperor. The status of the Son of Heaven was still unattainable for many people.

Then there is the fact that Emperor Yong'an had good genes and was particularly handsome.

Finally, it was his conversation and manners, especially his beautiful handwriting, which particularly attracted Wu Xian.

On the other hand, as a branch of the Wu family, if Wu Xian did not marry the emperor, she would have been married to a young master of a family or a rich man as a partner of marriage alliance, which was obviously not as good as Emperor Yong'an.

Therefore, Wu Xian was very satisfied with Emperor Yong'an, and she served him wholeheartedly without any perfunctory attitude.

At this moment, a eunuch holding a whisk walked in quickly and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine, Prime Minister Geng requests to see you."

"It's getting late. If Prime Minister Geng has something to report, ask him to come back tomorrow morning." Before Emperor Yong'an finished speaking, Wu Xian frowned slightly and said crisply.

"Pass it on quickly." Emperor Yong'an sat up suddenly and said.

Wu Xian said, "Your Majesty, the court officials have bullied you too much, forcing you to issue an edict of abdication, and now they are coming to the audience at night. In my opinion, you should leave them alone."

To be honest, Wu Xian is a good woman. Now she speaks for Emperor Yong'an and protects his interests.

But Emperor Yong'an would definitely not listen to her at this time and insisted on meeting Geng Songfu.

Soon, the two met Geng Songfu.

"Prime Minister Geng came into the palace so late, is he trying to force Your Majesty to move out of the palace?" Wu Xian stared at Geng Songfu with a cold voice.

After all, the abdication edict has been issued.

"My beloved concubine." Emperor Yong'an glanced at Wu Xian, pretending to be angry, and then whispered, "What important matter has Geng Qing come to the palace at this time?"

Geng Songfu bowed his hands, then took out the abdication edict written by Emperor Yong'an from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, the abdication edict written by Your Majesty was declined by the King of Wei."

"?"

Emperor Yong'an was stunned, and a hint of joy flashed through his heart, but he soon became nervous again: "Geng Qing, what does the King of Wei mean?"

"The King of Wei didn't say that."

Geng Songfu straightened his back, looked up at Emperor Yong'an, and said, "But in my opinion, your Majesty's abdication edict lacks sincerity. I think your Majesty should have all the civil and military officials in the court read out the abdication edict."

"How dare you." Wu Xian stood up and shouted, forcing His Majesty to write an abdication edict, but actually asking His Majesty to read it out in court. Isn't this just throwing His Majesty's face on the ground? She said coldly: "Is this your intention, or the King of Wei's intention?"

Geng Songfu ignored Wu Xian and stared at Emperor Yong'an without wavering.

Emperor Yong'an had no expression on his face, but his hands were tucked into his sleeves and clenched into fists. He felt extremely humiliated, but he didn't dare to show it. Instead, he forced a smile and said, "It should be so."

"Your Majesty." Wu Xian couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

"Your Majesty is wise." Geng Songfu bowed again, then said another word, left the edict of abdication, and left.

After Geng Songfu left, Emperor Yong'an punched the long table in front of him hard, and the table broke into pieces, with porcelain bowls and plates falling to the ground.

"Your Majesty." Wu Xian was also a little frightened.

……

after one day.

Prince Wei's Mansion.

In the study room that had witnessed countless love affairs, the sun was shining brightly in June, and the doors and windows were closed to keep the sunlight out. Inside, wisps of sandalwood smoke were curling up.

Yue Ruyan stood behind the desk with half her clothes undressed, a strand of hair stuck to her cheek by sweat, she bit her thin lips lightly, and one of her beautiful legs was rolled up.

I don't know how long it took, but on that delicate and heroic face, there was a trace of shyness that was rarely seen. Her cheeks gradually turned red. After hesitating for a moment, she turned back and whispered, "Husband, I... I may be pregnant."

Hearing this, Chen Mo, who was concentrating, was slightly shocked. He put down the beautiful legs in his hands and said, "Can someone take your pulse?"

"No." Yue Ruyan shook her head and whispered, "But my period hasn't come yet."

Hearing this, Chen Mo frowned. He didn't want Ruyan to get pregnant so early.

After all, in this palace, only Ruyan can cooperate with him in practicing the Tantric dual cultivation method. If she becomes pregnant, the speed of practice will have to slow down.

This is also his fault. He has been spending time with Ruyan almost every day recently. He didn't take any safety measures because he felt that pregnancy was not that easy.

But in order to prevent Ruyan from thinking that he didn't want her to get pregnant, Chen Mo pretended to smile calmly and said, "It's okay, we'll have the baby if we get pregnant. It's time for us to have a child."

"But now that you have a child, I won't be able to help you."

"It's okay." Chen Mo kissed Yue Ruyan's face.

Yue Ruyan felt much more relieved.

"somebody is coming."

At this time, Chen Mo and Yue Ruyan both sensed someone approaching the study.

"It's Mi'er." Chen Mo's perception was stronger and he recognized the footsteps of Wu Mi.

Yue Ruyan was suddenly a little flustered. She got away, tidied her clothes, then quickly walked over and opened the window.

After all, this is a study room, so Yue Ruyan was still a little embarrassed. Soon, there was a knock on the door and Wu Mi's voice rang out.

"Come in." Chen Mo said.

Wu Mi pushed the door open and saw Yue Ruyan in the study. Her expression froze for a moment, but she soon regained her composure. She did not avoid Yue Ruyan and spoke directly, "My husband, the Imperial Concubine sent someone over just now and said something that I did not quite understand. She said something about not letting you go too far."

Wu Mi's original words are paraphrased.

Chen Mo was stunned when he heard this, but then he didn't take it to heart and said with a smile: "Mi'er, your niece is really brave. She turned her elbow outward so quickly."

"When she entered the palace, Sixth Uncle probably didn't teach her much, or she didn't take it to heart." Wu Mi frowned.

"It's okay, don't worry about her. She knows how to protect His Majesty, which means she is quite satisfied with this marriage. At least your father and your sixth uncle didn't match them up randomly." Chen Mo said.

"But I am worried that she will cause trouble to you, my husband."

"It's okay." In order to prevent Wu Mi from worrying about this, Chen Mo took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Mi'er, take Ruyan's pulse. She said her period hasn't come yet. Check to see if she's pregnant?"

"Really?" Wu Mi was delighted and quickly took Yue Ruyan's pulse.

As a result, Wu Mi's diagnosis of pregnancy was in vain after taking the patient's pulse.

Yue Ruyan was also a little disappointed: "Then why is the period delayed?"

"There are many reasons, and pregnancy is just one of them. I'll get you some medicine later to treat your condition and see if it helps."

"Thank you, Sister Mi'er."

……

As time entered mid-June.

this day.

When the civil and military officials were attending the morning court, a eunuch hurriedly trotted into the hall and knelt down with a thud.

The eunuch said that there was a large group of people surrounding the palace.

Some even said in a terrifying way that the people were planning a rebellion.

Geng Songfu stepped forward and told Emperor Yong'an that he would go out to check the situation.

About an incense stick of time later, Geng Songfu came back in a hurry with a piece of cloth in his hand. When he came to the center of the hall, he opened the cloth in front of Emperor Yong'an and his ministers.

This is a petition of all nations.

The people of Tianchuan City petitioned Emperor Yong'an to abdicate the throne to King Wei.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yong'an, who was sitting at the top of the table, felt his heart tighten and he retracted his hands into his sleeves, in which was a letter of abdication.

During this period, he brought it with him every time he attended the morning court.

But there was no suitable opportunity to read it.

Now he knew that the opportunity had come.

This so-called petition of the people was probably created by Geng Songfu.

Emperor Yong'an took a deep breath, took out the abdication edict from his sleeve, and slowly read it out in front of all the ministers.

After reading it, Emperor Yong'an felt that he had lost all face, so he simply stood up and wanted to go down and hand the abdication edict to Chen Mo personally.

But Chen Mo declined on the spot, saying righteously: "I am not talented enough to take on this task."

After saying this, he faced the gazes of all the ministers and left the hall.

Chen Mo's departure left the hall in silence.

After the meeting, Emperor Yong'an held the imperial edict in his hand, looked at Geng Songfu below, and said, "Mr. Geng, the King of Wei refuses to accept it. What should we do?"

Geng Songfu stepped forward, cupped his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the King of Wei is a man of high character and integrity. I admire him, but we cannot ignore the people's petition."

Zuo Lianglun also stepped out at this time: "Your Majesty, please write another edict of abdication and announce it to the world."

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

All the ministers came out at this time.

Seeing the pressure from all officials, Emperor Yong'an had no choice but to do as he was told.

……

On this side, Chen Mo had just returned home when he saw Sun Meng coming to greet him.

Chen Mo was stunned at first, then his face lit up: "You are finally back. What happened? Why did you come back just now?"

Sun Meng naturally told Chen Mo everything he knew.

After listening to this, Chen Mo frowned. Does he really have to force himself to go that far?

Chen Mo forced a smile on his face, raised his hand and patted Sun Meng on the shoulder, saying: "You've worked hard, I'm glad you're okay, go back and have a rest, I'll give you a holiday."

"It's not hard. I don't need a holiday." When saying this, Sun Meng's voice was still a little nervous. He had been away from King Wei for so long. He heard that Luo Yong had replaced him during his absence. If he took another holiday, he was really afraid that King Wei would completely alienate him.

Chen Mo looked at Sun Meng's burning gaze, sighed and said, "Then you go down and have a rest first, and come back to report in the afternoon."

"promise."

...

Back house.

When they learned that Yang Qingqing had returned, the children were happier than anyone else in the house.

Dabai can play with them again.

As soon as Yang Qingqing returned to the backyard with her pet white tiger, she was pestered by several children.

Yang Qingqing learned that so many things had happened in the capital and the mansion during her absence. She had a complicated expression and asked Wu Mi, "Sister Mi, where is my husband?"

"My husband went to the morning court and hasn't come back yet." Wu Mi said, and also curiously asked Yang Qingqing why it took so long to come back.

As Yang Qingqing was speaking, someone came to report that the prince had returned.

Before Yang Qingqing had even had the chance to sit down and have a sip of tea, she was already the first one to rush to greet them.

After seeing Chen Mo, she said nervously, "Husband, you're back?"

"Yeah." Chen Mo's face was warm, and he knew that she had something to say to him. In order to prevent her from appearing too nervous, he asked her to sit down with a smile, and then chatted about family matters: "Qingqing, did your return to Shu Mansion go smoothly this time?"

Yang Qingqing nodded: "Everything went smoothly on the road, thanks to General Sun Meng."

Chen Mo sat down next to Yang Qingqing, held her delicate hand, stared at her face and said, "You've been traveling all the way back from Shu Prefecture, and I see you look a little tired. This won't do. Go back to your room and get some rest."

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