Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 763 Shaobai 36

Emperor Tai'an had more than a dozen sons who survived and grew up, and not many died young. There was also an eldest son who was seriously injured on the battlefield. He used to lead troops outside, but now he was injured, so Emperor Tai'an did not drive him back to his fiefdom. As for the rest, in addition to Xiao Xie who still couldn't give up, there were also many people who deliberately wanted to make things difficult for Xiao Ruofeng.

Xiao Ruofeng's reputation allowed him to do nothing about these old hands, but these old hands were not without weaknesses. Even if they didn't have any, couldn't Ji Ruofeng create one?

Therefore, Emperor Tai'an could not rest in peace during his recuperation period. Instead, he was implicated and the situation became even worse. Especially after Emperor Tai'an learned that Xiao Ruofeng had bribed the eunuchs in the palace, he even vomited blood on the spot. Zhuoqing couldn't help but feel that the situation was hopeless and the destiny had been given to Crown Prince Xiao Ruofeng.

Among the princes, the eldest prince, Prince Changling, who was seriously injured and bedridden, and Xiao Lingchen, the youngest who had not yet been canonized, remained in the capital, while the rest were sent to their fiefdoms by Emperor Tai'an.

As for Xiao Lingchen, no one mentioned that his name was similar to that of the eldest son of Crown Prince Xiao Ruofeng, and the two were not even much different in age.

Emperor Tai'an was unable to recuperate properly, and during this period he joined forces with other princes to try to dethrone Xiao Ruofeng. Unfortunately, Xiao Ruofeng's power was already established, and his Four Guardians of Apocalypse took the opportunity to dethrone the princes who had jumped the highest, and made them all demoted to commoners along with Xiao Xie. All power in Beili was concentrated in the hands of Xiao Ruofeng. Emperor Tai'an had lost his wisdom, and the situation was hopeless. Xiao Ruofeng also took the opportunity to come up with the imperial examination method to suppress all the powerful families.

In the spring of the nineteenth year of Tai'an, in the Yuxu Palace on Wangcheng Mountain, Jiang Xinxin was chatting and laughing with Wang Yixing, Zhao Yuzhen and Ye Dingzhi, when they heard someone come in and report that Emperor Tai'an had passed away, Crown Prince Xiao Ruofeng had ascended the throne and was proclaimed emperor. All people in the world were forbidden to marry or feast for a month to mourn for Emperor Tai'an.

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up, and Jiang Xinxin announced loudly: "From now on, everyone on Wangcheng Mountain will wear green clothes."

The Taoist boy responded and went out to pass on the message. Jiang Xinxin went back to her room and changed into a plain green dress. Ye Dingzhi also went back to change clothes. Wang Yixing and Zhao Yuzhen never liked luxurious clothes, so they didn't need to change clothes at this moment.

Wang Yihang looked at the tea on the stove and said with emotion: "It's a good thing that the crown prince has ascended to the throne. At least we in Wangcheng Mountain don't have to be feared like before."

Zhao Yuzhen also smiled and said yes, but Jiang Xinxin shook her head: "Being a prince or a crown prince is very different from being an emperor. In the past, Xiao Ruofeng himself was attracted to the martial arts world, so in his eyes, the court was full of intrigues and power struggles, while the martial arts world represented a happy life, doing whatever he wanted."

"The more we cannot get something, the easier it is for us to beautify it. Over time, those things we cannot get become like the bright moon in the sky, which is out of reach, yet extremely perfect and even cannot be touched by others."

"But now Xiao Ruofeng has become the emperor. Even though he only believed in his own judgment in many things before, the many people around him who talk about it will inevitably shake his mind. It just so happens that I do have some destiny on me, and Wangcheng Mountain has indeed become famous because of me."

Wang Yihang couldn't help but suppress the joy on his face. "Now our Wangcheng Mountain has a close relationship with Xueyue City, and also has a good relationship with Tangmen. We also have exchanges with Chaisang City, and are even closer to Muliang City. Because of Baili's relationship, we also have some incense and friendship with Qiandong City. Now it seems that we are really involved in a lot!"

Zhao Yuzhen felt that Wangcheng Mountain was still independent of all forces, and there was nothing to worry about. "We just need to continue to maintain our independence. The reputation among the people is almost all brought by my sister. The new emperor should be very clear about this, no matter what else he says."

"Besides, my sister also helped the new emperor in Tianqi City. At least he must recognize this favor in the first few years."

Everyone tacitly ignored the Thirty-Six Cities Outside the Territory. Now, the trade between the Thirty-Six Cities Outside the Territory and Beili is becoming more and more frequent. In particular, all the keys to the wool business are controlled by Beili. This is the biggest gift that Wangcheng Mountain has given to the court. The court cannot forget Wangcheng Mountain’s contribution to the court so quickly.

Soon, the mourning period for the late Emperor Tai'an ended, and Crown Prince Xiao Ruofeng officially held the coronation ceremony. As the head of Wangcheng Mountain and the most prestigious person in Taoism besides the National Master Qi Tianchen, Jiang Xinxin was also invited by Xiao Ruofeng to attend the coronation ceremony, and even stood with the National Master Qi Tianchen.

Of course, there were also objections from the court officials. Their biggest objection was that Jiang Xinxin was a woman, and such an important occasion as the coronation ceremony was not suitable for women to participate.

But Xiao Ruofeng ignored the opposition and even used Jiang Xinxin as an excuse to amend the law. Not only did he agree to allow women to set up households, but he also granted them land. This fundamentally raised the status of women. After all, he now has Li Xinyue, who was born in Jianxin Tomb, who is responsible for fog prevention in the imperial palace.

Jiang Xinxin really didn't expect that Xiao Ruofeng's first fire would be burned here, but this also hit the nail on the head. It happened that because of wool, a large number of women in Shuzhong and even in the entire western border of Beili and even in the eastern border gradually got the opportunity to make money because of wool, and their status began to improve. Now Xiao Ruofeng added two clauses to the law regarding women being granted land and setting up households, which was just icing on the cake.

Jiang Xinxin thought that although Xiao Ruofeng had not considered her at all in this action, he had accidentally done what she had always wanted to do. She wanted to appreciate this favor, so she wrote a letter to Sikong Changfeng, asking Sikong Changfeng to inform Xiao Ruofeng to set up a library in Tianqi City to collect books from all over the world and open it to people all over the world for reading. At the same time, he also allowed wealthy families in various states and counties to set up such libraries.

When Sikong Changfeng received Jiang Xinxin's letter, he immediately realized that the law promulgated by Xiao Ruofeng to allow women to establish female households and grant land pleased Jiang Xinxin, so Jiang Xinxin returned the favor by giving Xiao Ruofeng advice on how to implement the imperial examination.

Under normal circumstances, Sikong Changfeng would just take the letter and go directly to Xiao Ruofeng to discuss things, but now Xiao Ruofeng is the emperor, and he is not just the third city lord of Xueyue City, or the so-called Four Guardians of Apocalypse, but a serious fifth-rank city defender. When meeting Xiao Ruofeng, he has to hand over a sign to the emperor first, and also write down what he wants to report and submit it in a memorial.

Thanks to the fact that he had spent quite a long time with Jiang Xinxin, Sikong Changfeng was talkative and liked to pry into other people's secrets, but he was always very concise when reporting things. He could explain the cause, development, result and handling method of a matter in just three or five sentences. Now he also writes memorials in the same way. Therefore, Xiao Ruofeng had to follow Sikong Changfeng's template when writing memorials recently.

After receiving the reply from the emperor, Sikong Changfeng went to the emperor with the memorial in his pocket. Of course, he knelt down to show respect when he saw Xiao Ruofeng. When he heard Xiao Ruofeng complain that everyone was more polite than before and not as casual as usual, he just smiled and said, "In the past, everyone was just a gangster. Now that you have a proper official position, you can't still act like a gangster and make the imperial censors in the court hold on to the rules."

Xiao Ruofeng smiled and shook his head, knowing that the past was gone forever and it was time to give up his dream of becoming a martial arts hero.

Sikong Changfeng presented the memorial. Xiao Ruofeng flipped it open and took a quick look. He could not help but get up excitedly and walked down, holding Sikong Changfeng's arm and asked, "Changfeng, is what you wrote true?!"

Sikong Changfeng understood how much influence the contents of the memorial would have on the new emperor Xiao Ruofeng, and nodded in affirmation, "How can this be false? The works of the Little Heavenly Master of Wangcheng Mountain are never false!"